The Economicsof Business Planning

Description

The seminar is addressed to both financial and non-financial business executives and provides answers, in a simple and not academic way, to vital questions such as:

Which are the steps, the methodology and the conditions for the formulation of a precise budget, a budget that would be a real tool for the development of a company? (List of Critical Control Points)
How can the company plan the cash flow, in order to avoid unpleasant surprises and increased costs?
How can you measure the contribution of the proper capital management to the total profit of your company? How can that be useful?
Your loans are expensive, and moreover, have many binding terms. How can you decrease your lending weight and acquire greater flexibility in your economic dealings?
What is the real cost of a particular commercial transaction?
You have tied up your capital in your currents work and suddenly a supplier offers you a 40% discount, provided that you pay in cash. How should you exploit such an opportunity?
How certain are you that you make excellent use of your cash, in an open market that changes from day to day?
If you do not have the proper organization and staff in order to exploit the financing opportunities, what should you do in order to remain in the winning team?
Which are the tools provided by the market today for the financing of your imports and exports?
The Bank you are collaborating with does not show the proper flexibility so as to cover your continuously higher needs in financing. Is it time you selected additional ways to supplement or replace your banking finance?
Do you want to extend your facilities, and moreover, increase your sales? Which choices are available in the market in order to achieve a more profitable financing?
How can the data of balance sheets help you increase liquidity, reduce loans, analyze the competition and evaluate your suppliers?
In which cases it is advantageous to increase liquidity?
How do we locate the weak points of Economic Operation? (List of Critical Control Points)

Course Content

INTRODUCTION

Α. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TOOLS

– Floating capital (importance and application)

– Cash Flow (calculation and applications)

Β. FINANCIAL PLANNING

– Drawing up & Control of Budget

– Financing Needs (Annual and Long-term)

FORMS OF FINANCING

– Investments – Assets – Stock Exchange (Analysis of Needs)

– Company Bonds – long-term loans (justification and processes)

– Leasing – Investment Laws (aids and subsidies)

– ΕΟΜΜΕΧ (Support of new and small to medium-sized Businesses)

– Short-term loans

– Factoring

FINANCIAL TOOLS(Theory and Applications)

– The messages of balance sheets & profits and loss accounts year ended

– Vertical and Horizontal Analysis (Tendencies, Comparisons and Consequences)

– Liquidity Analysis (Consequences of Sufficiency and Insufficiency)

– Efficiency Analysis – Activity Measurement

– Sources and uses of capital (analysis and usefulness)

Business owners, Managing Directors, General Managers
Business executives dealing with production, markets, sales and financial planning

To familiarize participants with the following:

Swift and practical analysis of balance sheets’ messages
Planning and management of cash flows and liquidity problems, assets and capital efficiency
Proper selection of modern forms of financing