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A level edexcel Business 2024 > Theme 2 > Flashcards

Theme 2 Flashcards

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Working capital

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  • businesses day to day finance (net current assets)
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Key financial concerns for new business start ups

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  • start up costs
  • running costs
  • how much customers spend
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Raising finance short term

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  • bank overdraft

- trade credit

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Raising finance medium term

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  • bank loan

- leasing

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Raising finance long term

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  • owners savings
  • sales of shares
  • reinvested profits
  • venture capital loans
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Financial management for an established business

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  • budgeting

- cash flow forecasting

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Need for finance

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  • starting up
  • growing
  • cashflow problems
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Internal finance

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  • retained profit
  • sales of assets
  • improved management of working capital
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External sources of finance

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  • family and friends
  • banks
  • peer to peer funding
  • business angels
  • crowd funding
  • other businesses
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External methods of finance

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  • Loans
  • share capital
  • venture capital
  • overdrafts
  • leasing
  • trade credit
  • grants
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Finance appropriate for unlimited liability businesses

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  • owners capital
  • bank finance
  • leasing
  • trade credits
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Finance appropriate for limited liability businesses

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  • share capital
  • bank finance
  • angel or venture capital
  • peer-to-peer or crowdfunding
  • leasing and trade credit
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Relevance of business plan in obtaining finance

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  • executive summary
  • product/service
  • market
  • marketing plan
  • operational plan
  • financial plan
  • conclusion
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Analysis of cash flow forecast

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  • difference between opening + closing balance
  • monthly closing balance to assess trends
  • analyse timings of inflows/outflows
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Uses and limitations of cash flow forecast

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  • keep stock of raw materials to minimum
  • helps budgeting
  • uncertain (external factors)
  • raw data inaccurate
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Purpose of sales forecasts

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- determines:
Human resource plan (staff)
Cash flow forecast
Profit forecast
Production scheduling
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Factors affecting sales forecasts

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  • consumer trends
  • economic variables (income elasticity, exchange rates, tax)
  • competitors
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Difficulties of sales forecasting

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  • changing economy

- dynamic market

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2 ways to measure sales

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  • volume

- value

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Ways to boost revenue

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  • higher price

- lower price higher volume

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21
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Why managers need to be aware of costs of production

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  • assess profitability

- compare with forecasted or budgeted figures

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22
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Fixed costs examples

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  • rent

- salaries

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Variable costs examples

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  • raw materials

- commission

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24
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Break even calculation

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FC/(sppu - vcpu)

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Break even charts

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  • total costs
  • fixed costs
  • total revenue
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Margin of safety

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  • the amount by which demand can fall before the firm starts to make a loss
  • current output - break even output
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Factors influencing break even

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  • fall in demand
  • competitors
  • changing production (labour/capital)
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Interpretation of break even graphs

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  • estimate break even point
  • assess impacts of planned price changes
  • take decision on whether to produce own products or purchase externally
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The purpose of budgets

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  • prevent overspending
  • measure success
  • enable spending power to be delegated
  • motivate staff in a department
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How to construct a budget

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  • make judgement of likely future sales revenues
  • set cost ceiling which allows for profit
  • break down budget into departments/managers
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Types of budget

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  • historical (based on previous)

- zero based budget (all spending must be justified)

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32
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Best criteria for setting budgets

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  • relate to business objective

- involve managers in process

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33
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Variance analysis

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  • favourable variance (higher profit than expected)

- adverse variance (lower profit than expected)

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Difficulties of budgeting

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  • seasonal businesses (doesn’t work)

- budgeting system could cost more in terms of time and money (opportunity costs)

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Gross profit

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Revenue - cost of sales

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Operating profit

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Gross profit - fixed overheads

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37
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Net profit

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Operating profit - tax

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38
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Statement of comprehensive income (profit and loss account)

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  • plc required to state annual profits

- shows gross, operating, net profits

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Measuring profitability

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(Type of profit/sales revenues)x100

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40
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Value of measuring profit margins

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  • shows growth
  • profitability
  • areas needed to be improved
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Ways to improve profits

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  • increase revenue (promotion, price strategy)
  • decrease costs (switch suppliers, reduce staff, wastage)
  • combination of above
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Ways to improve profitability

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  • increase price

- cut costs

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43
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Liquidity

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  • the ability of a firm to find the ash to pay its day to day bills
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Measuring liquidity

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  • current ratio

- acid test

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45
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Current ratio

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  • current assets/current liabilities

- ideal 1.5:1

46
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Acid test

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  • (current assets-inventories)/current liabilities

- ideal 1:1

47
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Ways to improve liquidity

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  • selling under used assets
  • raising share capital
  • increasing long term borrowings
  • postponing investments
48
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Working capital

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  • finance available for the day to day running of the business
49
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Working capital cycle

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  • how long it takes for a complete cycle from to cash out (buying stock) to cash back (payment from customer)
50
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Factors influencing working capital

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  • customer financial difficulties

- inflation of costs (raw materials)

51
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Contingency finance

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  • planning for the unexpected by either keeping a cash cushion in the firms current account or keeping an overdraft facility little used
52
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How should a business manage its working capital

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  • control cash used (minimising stock, low customer credit)
  • minimise spending on fixed assets
  • plan ahead by estimating cash needed
53
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The importance of cash

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  • day to day bills
  • buy supplies in bulk
  • fund long term development
54
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Internal causes of business failure

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  • marketing failure
  • financial failure
  • system failure
55
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External causes of business failure

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  • rival usp
  • arrival of competitor
  • economic climate
  • behaviour of banks
56
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Financial causes of business failure

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  • running below break even
  • cash flow crisis
  • overtrading
57
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Non financial causes of business failure

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  • lurch in sales for competition

- declining sales for business

58
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What is resource management steps

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  • design
  • establishing the supply chain
  • working with suppliers
  • managing quality
  • achieving high levels of efficiency
59
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What is resource management

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  • the central business function of creating the product or service and delivering it to the customer
60
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Methods of production

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  • job production (one-off)
  • batch production (number of identical items)
  • flow production (continuous production of single item)
  • cell production (small production group working, flexible)
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Productivity

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  • amount a worker produces over given time
62
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Importance of productivity

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  • measure performance
  • impacts costs per unit
  • competitiveness
63
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Factors influencing productivity

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  • level of investment in modern equipment
  • skill level
  • improve employee motivation
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Difficulties of increasing productivity

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  • directors focus on profits
  • not often a direct target
  • production focused (ensures customer orders are fulfilled)
65
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Link between productivity and competitiveness

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  • lower productivity causes higher labour costs per unit

- less competitive wth rivals

66
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Labour intensive production

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  • labour costs high % of total costs
67
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Capital intensive production

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  • large % of total costs used purchasing and operating machinery
68
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Importance of capacity

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  • vital to cope with changes in demand
69
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How to change capacity

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  • increase production space

- increase storage space

70
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How capacity utilisation is measured

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  • (current output/max possible output) x 100
71
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Implications of under utilisation of capacity

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  • low efficiency

- fixed costs per unit increase

72
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Implications of over utilisation of capacity

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  • if demand rises you have to turn it away (competitors benefit)
  • struggle to service machinery and train staff
  • demotivation (stress)
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Ways of improving capacity utilisation

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  • increase demand

- cut capacity

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Types of stock

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  • raw materials and components
  • work in progress
  • finished goods
75
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Stock control charts features

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  • stock levels
  • max stock level
  • reorder level
  • min stock level (buffer stock)
76
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Implications of poor stock control

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  • opportunity costs (stock prevents use of capital in other ways)
  • cash flow problems
  • increased storage costs
  • increased finance costs
  • increased stock wastage
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Costs of holding too few stocks

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  • lost orders (urgent orders cannot be met)
  • worker downtime (delayed orders)
  • loss of reputation
  • stockholding costs
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Just in time

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  • attempt to operate with zero buffer stock
79
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Waste minimisation method

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  • just in time
80
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Competitive advantage from lean production

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  • lean production aims to produce more using less, eliminating waste
  • max input from staff
  • focuses upon quality of supplies and production
81
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Advantages of lean production

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  • higher labour productivity
  • requires less stock
  • marketing advantages (less defects)
82
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Importance of quality

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  • min level expected by customers
  • competitiveness
  • reputation
83
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Methods of improving quality

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  • quality control (inspection that output meets min requirements)
  • quality assurance (govern quality at every stage in production)
  • total quality management (embedded philosophy across workforce to max quality)
84
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Other quality initiatives

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  • quality circles (employees meet together to identify problems)
  • zero defects (aim to produce goods with no faults)
85
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Continuous improvement (kaizen)

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  • improvements based on ideas rather than investment in tech

- small changes (cumulative effects are substantial)

86
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Goal of kaizen programme

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  • convince employees they have 2 jobs
    Doing their job
    Looking for ways to improve it
87
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Competitive advantage from quality management

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  • more repeat purchase
  • brand building
  • premium price
  • products easier to place
88
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Factors that create current economic climate

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  • business cycle
  • changes in inflation
  • changes in interest rates
  • changes in exchange rates
  • changes in tax and govt spend
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Inflation

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  • measures % annual rise in the average price level
90
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Effects of inflation on businesses

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  • firms with large loans benefit (reduces value of money owed)
  • can damage profitability (higher costs if increase)
  • if costs rising faster than other countries, firms find it hard to be competitive with firms abroad
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Interest rates

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  • price charged by a bank per year for lending money or providing credit
92
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Why are interest rates important for firms

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  • affects consumer demand
  • affect total operating costs (higher costs of running overdraft)
  • less attractive for firm to invest into future
93
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Exchange rates

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  • quantity of foreign currency that can be bought with one unit of domestic currency
94
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Impact of high exchange rate on firms with large export markets

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  • low exchange rate (weak pound) benefits company exporting

- if pound appreciates company will have to charge higher price abroad (lower demand)

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Impact of exchange rates on firms that import most of raw materials or stock

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  • strong pound benefits

- reduces cost of buying goods abroad

96
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How taxation and govt spending affect business

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  • if inflation increases, govt could increase income tax

- cutting demand for products and services produced by businesses

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Effect of economic uncertainty on the business environment

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  • unable to forecast demand

- due to factors (exchange rates, economic growth, value of product)

98
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GDP

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  • value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year
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Discretionary income

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  • income after deducting taxes and fixed payments
100
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Economic climate

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  • atmosphere surrounding economy
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Legislation

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  • laws initiated by govt but passed by parliament that relate to business operations and therefore employers, general public and environment
102
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5 ways law affects businesses

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  • consumer protection
  • employee protection
  • environmental protection
  • competition policy
  • health and safety
103
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Consumer protection

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  • sale of goods act (must be fit for purpose)

- trade descriptions act (every claim is true)

104
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Employee protetcion

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  • min wage
  • right to contract of employment (job security)
  • right to sick, maternity, paternity leave
  • redundancy (payments)
  • trad union rights
105
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Environmental protection

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  • landfill tax

- environmental protection act (waste management and emissions control)

106
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Competition policy

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  • investigating takeovers and mergers
  • investigating possible anti-competitive practices
  • bring criminal proceedings against those committing cartel offences
107
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Health and safety

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  • health & safety at work act (provide safe working environment)
108
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Degree of competition within a market

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  • one dominant business (monopoly)
  • competition among few giants (oligopolies)
  • fiercely competitive market
109
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Competition and market size

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  • big markets
  • small markets
  • changes in the competitive environment
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Responses of businesses to a changing competitive environment

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  • price cutting
  • increase product differentiation (design, usp)
  • collusion (dealing with competitors)

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