INTRODUCTION
Apples & Oranges brings financial statements to life through its simple, profound model of a company. By depicting how value circulates through a company, participants may never look at business finance the same way again.
Participants from the incoming management team of A&O Inc. – an established company that is facing some tough challenges. The company is losing market share and there are increasing demands from suppliers and customers.
A&O Inc. needs a new, disciplined financial strategy.
Teams learn how to monitor cash flow, make resource utilization improvements, and measure results on the balance sheet and income statement.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Participants of all experience levels are able to gain new skills or build on prior experience to:
- Read and interpret financial statements.
- Identify critical elements affecting profitability.
- Analyze financial ratios and key performance indicators, and make priorities accordingly.
- Choose a strategy, implement it, and measure the outcomes.
- People will explore the cause-and-effect relationships that govern a company’s financial statements – and develop an intrinsic business sense that will govern their future decisions back on the job.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The program will help participants:
+ Understand inventory capital management
+ See how the use of assets affects profitability.
+ Realize the impact on customer satisfaction and profitability when using personnel in the most effective way.
+ Make decisions and observe how improvements contribute to financial success in areas such as distribution optimization, stockroom efficiency, scheduling of staff, store traffic strategy, checkout efficiency, customer service and signage, and point-of-purchase display.
+ Realize how their daily decisions impact the company strategically and financially.
+ Learn basic business finance language and the logic of business – “how it works”.
+ Realize how their business generates profits today and how it will need to generate profits in the future.
WHO MUST ATTEND
Apples & Oranges is designed for employees at all levels within the organization.
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