Do balance sheets leave you baffled? Does costing leave you caustic?
From price issues to revenue and production financial contraints the financial training program here will help you become more acquainted with financial statements, project analysis, costing, and management accounting. You don't always have to know exactly how things are done, but you have to be familiar enough to make sense of it all . . . and that is the bottom line.
The Balance Sheet
Barrier: For Non-financial Managers - DVD/CD-ROM
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT
Use The Balance Sheet Barrier: for Non-financial Managers for training and key financial
documents will lose their terror. It's an excellent lesson for
every manager at any level. It's also invaluable for training
accounting staff and others who need to understand the practical
value of complex-sounding concepts. In this vital program, John
Cleese stars as Julian Caruthers, a high level executive who's
terrified of numbers! 30 minutes
To Purchase The Balance Sheet Barrier Video - $999.00 DVD
Balancing the Books: Understanding Financial Reporting - DVD This dramatization follows trainee accountant Calvin Clegg, a contestant on the faux game show Who Wants to Make a Million?, as he is quizzed on the basics of accounting. Viewers learn about the four components of the accounting process, the balance sheet, calculating profit and loss, cash control, and assessing financial performance, all in an entertaining format. The video also covers different types of businesses, entrepreneurship, and accounting software. Viewable/printable educational resources accompany the DVD on a CD-ROM. (32 minutes)
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This program spotlights two very different small-business owners—a physical therapist and a performance artist—who have something very important in common: a business plan. Over the course of the video, Peter Dolan and Neda Rahmani talk about the key components of a business plan: the executive summary and overview, the operations plan, the marketing plan, and the financial plan. Expert commentary is provided by Nicole Donegan, a business growth adviser with 20 years’ experience in B2B and professional services marketing.
How do businesses monitor their financial health and the profitability of their projects? Module one of this program presents balance sheet analysis as it is used by the world-class soccer team Ajax Amsterdam; module two introduces the concept of cash flow analysis with PricewaterhouseCoopers and their client Swisscom; and module three explains financial analysis of investments through the strategic partnership of the Tunisian Tourist Office and the Hotel Dar Cheralet.
KPMG is one of the world’s largest financial services firms, providing audit, tax, and advisory support to businesses across the globe. This program joins KPMG’s Ben Skarrasbrek and Alexi Terrovex as they embark on a virtual tour of financial planning and management in large organizations. Starting with common financial roles and duties, the video establishes the vital importance of developing good cash flow, liquidity, and return on capital investment. It then engages in an in-depth audit of the planning cycle, from addressing the current financial position and developing a business plan, through monitoring cash flows and financial reporting, to maintaining financial controls and minimizing risk. Viewable/printable educational resources are available online.
Purchase Financial Management and the Planning Cycle on DVD for $359.95.
Financial Reporting for Business - DVD/CD-ROM
Accounting reports convey vital information about cash, profits, and financial position to the owner and key stakeholders of a business. This program explores the content and format of the three key accounting reports: the cash flow statement, the profit and loss statement, and the balance sheet. Interviews with working accountants and financial managers show how these reports are used within a business for analysis and decision making. In addition to various reporting functions, the program also introduces viewers to principles of data storage, the basics of financial spreadsheets, and some examples of accounting and bookkeeping software.
Purchase Financial Reporting for Business on DVD for $359.95.
Formulating a Business Plan
A good business plan is a roadmap to success. You've got to know where you are going AND how you are going to get there.
The three modules of this program look at the process of creating a business plan from three different perspectives: the transformation of an idea into a marketable product, the determination of financial feasibility, and negotiation with potential investors. German airship manufacturer Cargolifter, the Swiss musical production Space Dream, and data broadcasting innovator The Fantastic Corporation serve as case studies.
Purchase Formulating a Business Plan on DVD for $359.95.
More Than Numbers: Management Accounting in Practice - Series - DVD More companies every day are looking toward management accounting for answers to their survival. Using real-life case studies, this practical 12-part series designed for students and business professionals explores the entire subject of management accounting, from specific accounting techniques and key accounting concepts to ethical questions involving how information is presented. The material is relevant to small, medium, and large businesses; case studies include on-site interviews with company representatives. Problem-solution formats, used wherever possible, help students identify the concepts presented and encourage them to consider what methods they might employ when handling similar problems. 12-part series, 28 minutes each.
The Series Includes:
Introduction to Management Accounting
Fixed and Variable Costs
Project Analysis
Revenue and Production Constraints
Process and Job Order Costing
New Approaches to Costing
Pricing Issues
The Time Value of Money
Capital Expenditure Analysis
Strategic Planning
Managing Uncertainty
Cutting-Edge Issues in Management Accounting
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Introduction to Management Accounting - DVD This first program explains what management accounting is and how it is used to make optimal business decisions. The second part of the program focuses on business ethics, with insights into how different conclusions might be drawn from the same information, depending on how it is presented. Three dramatic vignettes offer clear examples of specific ethical dilemmas and advise on how each should be handled in the interests of fairness and integrity. (28 minutes, color)
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Fixed and Variable Costs - DVD This program features case studies on cost analysis. Meyer-Mercer Inc. had its supplier and customer base drastically reduced during the recession, yet it was able to survive by accurately analyzing its fixed costs. The second part of the program focuses on the hospitality industry, where slim margins are the rule. We visit a hotel where managers use their intimate knowledge of fixed and variable costs as well as step-variables to maintain comfortable profit margins. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series More Than Numbers: Management Accounting in Practice
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Purchase Fixed and Variable Costs on DVD for $309.97.
Project Analysis - DVD Northern Telecom has to decide which of their products they will continue to manufacture and which they will out-source. Details are given on how they conducted their study. A small manufacturer of houseware products has to discount prices in order to get shelf space in large chain stores. We see how they cope with a take-it-or-leave-it pricing situation. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series More Than Numbers: Management Accounting in Practice
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Revenue and Production Constraints - DVD Cutler Forest Products receives most of its orders for one product in a relatively short period of time, which creates production bottlenecks. We see how they minimize production constraints while maximizing profits. A second case study shows how Wilfred Laurier University, despite cutbacks in government financial support, continues to operate successfully. One of the reasons is a decentralized budgeting process that allows management to actually expand service while operating under revenue constraints. (28 minutes, color)
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Process and Job Order Costing - DVD Much of College Tool and Die’s business is custom work. Using job order costing, the company isolates overhead costs and reduces them. The effectiveness of process costing techniques is explored in a Dupont Corporation case study that shows how the company controls costs while processing thousands of unique customer orders. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series More Than Numbers: Management Accounting in Practice
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New Approaches to Costing - DVD In the first case study, a hospital employs a radical new approach to determining the cost of hospital care by tracing all costs back to individual patients. In a separate but related case study, a telecommunications company changes from a traditional approach of allocating overheads to a new system of activity-based costing. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series More Than Numbers: Management Accounting in Practice
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Purchase New Approaches to Costing on DVD for $309.97.
Pricing Issues - DVD The difficult yet crucial task of pricing products is examined as a photocopy franchise develops a creative pricing strategy to remain competitive. A second case study shows how a stone supplier uses joint product costing to price dissimilar products originating from one stone block. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series More Than Numbers: Management Accounting in Practice
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The Time Value of Money - DVD The El Sembrador Worker’s Co-op, a fledgling import-export business, secures a start-up loan by proving to investors that money spent wisely today will produce future revenues higher than the initial debt. In the second study, an apple orchard decides when to plant and sell based not only on farming knowledge, but also by weighing present expenses against predicted future revenues. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series More Than Numbers: Management Accounting in Practice
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Capital Expenditure Analysis - DVD To assess the profitability of investing in new machinery, managers at a DuPont plant predict future cash flows, then discount them to their present value and establish a payback period. Another case study examines how a company assesses the risk involved in a quarter-million-dollar investment. (28 minutes, color)
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Strategic Planning - DVD The success of Atlas Van Lines is shown to be the result of a long-term strategic planning process that allows for organization-wide input and a strategy to increase market share through marketing and customer service. A second case study shows how a museum survives funding cuts. It develops a wide consultative process in which its employees provide the requisite information and buy into the new strategic plan. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series More Than Numbers: Management Accounting in Practice
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Format: DVD
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Managing Uncertainty - DVD Situations involving flexible budgetary strategies are explored in a case study of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. A second study focuses on what happens when separate projects under way at the burgeoning Equine Research Centre require different cost and revenue information for decision making. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series More Than Numbers: Management Accounting in Practice
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Cutting-Edge Issues in Management Accounting - DVD For nonprofit organizations, evaluating outputs is difficult because they do not produce revenue and dollar values that can be readily determined. In the first case study, we see how one organization matches costs with nonmonetary measures of output. The second case study focuses on total quality control. In it, a Xerox plant allows its employees at all levels to understand and contribute to the financial success of the operation. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series More Than Numbers: Management Accounting in Practice
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Format: DVD
List Price: $309.97
Do balance sheets leave you baffled? Does costing leave you caustic? 
This dramatization follows trainee accountant Calvin Clegg, a contestant on the faux game show Who Wants to Make a Million?, as he is quizzed on the basics of accounting. Viewers learn about the four components of the accounting process, the balance sheet, calculating profit and loss, cash control, and assessing financial performance, all in an entertaining format. The video also covers different types of businesses, entrepreneurship, and accounting software. Viewable/printable educational resources accompany the DVD on a CD-ROM. (32 minutes)
This program spotlights two very different small-business owners—a physical therapist and a performance artist—who have something very important in common: a business plan. Over the course of the video, Peter Dolan and Neda Rahmani talk about the key components of a business plan: the executive summary and overview, the operations plan, the marketing plan, and the financial plan. Expert commentary is provided by Nicole Donegan, a business growth adviser with 20 years’ experience in B2B and professional services marketing.
How do businesses monitor their financial health and the profitability of their projects? Module one of this program presents balance sheet analysis as it is used by the world-class soccer team Ajax Amsterdam; module two introduces the concept of cash flow analysis with PricewaterhouseCoopers and their client Swisscom; and module three explains financial analysis of investments through the strategic partnership of the Tunisian Tourist Office and the Hotel Dar Cheralet.
KPMG is one of the world’s largest financial services firms, providing audit, tax, and advisory support to businesses across the globe. This program joins KPMG’s Ben Skarrasbrek and Alexi Terrovex as they embark on a virtual tour of financial planning and management in large organizations. Starting with common financial roles and duties, the video establishes the vital importance of developing good cash flow, liquidity, and return on capital investment. It then engages in an in-depth audit of the planning cycle, from addressing the current financial position and developing a business plan, through monitoring cash flows and financial reporting, to maintaining financial controls and minimizing risk. Viewable/printable educational resources are available online.
Accounting reports convey vital information about cash, profits, and financial position to the owner and key stakeholders of a business. This program explores the content and format of the three key accounting reports: the cash flow statement, the profit and loss statement, and the balance sheet. Interviews with working accountants and financial managers show how these reports are used within a business for analysis and decision making. In addition to various reporting functions, the program also introduces viewers to principles of data storage, the basics of financial spreadsheets, and some examples of accounting and bookkeeping software.
A good business plan is a roadmap to success. You've got to know where you are going AND how you are going to get there.
More companies every day are looking toward management accounting for answers to their survival. Using real-life case studies, this practical 12-part series designed for students and business professionals explores the entire subject of management accounting, from specific accounting techniques and key accounting concepts to ethical questions involving how information is presented. The material is relevant to small, medium, and large businesses; case studies include on-site interviews with company representatives. Problem-solution formats, used wherever possible, help students identify the concepts presented and encourage them to consider what methods they might employ when handling similar problems. 12-part series, 28 minutes each.
This first program explains what management accounting is and how it is used to make optimal business decisions. The second part of the program focuses on business ethics, with insights into how different conclusions might be drawn from the same information, depending on how it is presented. Three dramatic vignettes offer clear examples of specific ethical dilemmas and advise on how each should be handled in the interests of fairness and integrity. (28 minutes, color)
This program features case studies on cost analysis. Meyer-Mercer Inc. had its supplier and customer base drastically reduced during the recession, yet it was able to survive by accurately analyzing its fixed costs. The second part of the program focuses on the hospitality industry, where slim margins are the rule. We visit a hotel where managers use their intimate knowledge of fixed and variable costs as well as step-variables to maintain comfortable profit margins. (28 minutes, color)
Northern Telecom has to decide which of their products they will continue to manufacture and which they will out-source. Details are given on how they conducted their study. A small manufacturer of houseware products has to discount prices in order to get shelf space in large chain stores. We see how they cope with a take-it-or-leave-it pricing situation. (28 minutes, color)
Cutler Forest Products receives most of its orders for one product in a relatively short period of time, which creates production bottlenecks. We see how they minimize production constraints while maximizing profits. A second case study shows how Wilfred Laurier University, despite cutbacks in government financial support, continues to operate successfully. One of the reasons is a decentralized budgeting process that allows management to actually expand service while operating under revenue constraints. (28 minutes, color)
Much of College Tool and Die’s business is custom work. Using job order costing, the company isolates overhead costs and reduces them. The effectiveness of process costing techniques is explored in a Dupont Corporation case study that shows how the company controls costs while processing thousands of unique customer orders. (28 minutes, color)
In the first case study, a hospital employs a radical new approach to determining the cost of hospital care by tracing all costs back to individual patients. In a separate but related case study, a telecommunications company changes from a traditional approach of allocating overheads to a new system of activity-based costing. (28 minutes, color)
The difficult yet crucial task of pricing products is examined as a photocopy franchise develops a creative pricing strategy to remain competitive. A second case study shows how a stone supplier uses joint product costing to price dissimilar products originating from one stone block. (28 minutes, color)
The El Sembrador Worker’s Co-op, a fledgling import-export business, secures a start-up loan by proving to investors that money spent wisely today will produce future revenues higher than the initial debt. In the second study, an apple orchard decides when to plant and sell based not only on farming knowledge, but also by weighing present expenses against predicted future revenues. (28 minutes, color)
To assess the profitability of investing in new machinery, managers at a DuPont plant predict future cash flows, then discount them to their present value and establish a payback period. Another case study examines how a company assesses the risk involved in a quarter-million-dollar investment. (28 minutes, color)
The success of Atlas Van Lines is shown to be the result of a long-term strategic planning process that allows for organization-wide input and a strategy to increase market share through marketing and customer service. A second case study shows how a museum survives funding cuts. It develops a wide consultative process in which its employees provide the requisite information and buy into the new strategic plan. (28 minutes, color)
Situations involving flexible budgetary strategies are explored in a case study of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. A second study focuses on what happens when separate projects under way at the burgeoning Equine Research Centre require different cost and revenue information for decision making. (28 minutes, color)
For nonprofit organizations, evaluating outputs is difficult because they do not produce revenue and dollar values that can be readily determined. In the first case study, we see how one organization matches costs with nonmonetary measures of output. The second case study focuses on total quality control. In it, a Xerox plant allows its employees at all levels to understand and contribute to the financial success of the operation. (28 minutes, color)