despite the severe recession of 2008-09, Davis continued to be a profitable company. This has been the result of careful budgeting. Budgeting involves making detailed financial plans for every aspect of the business, identifying risks and ensuring that managers are committed to the outcomes that they have agreed.
Budgets are forward financial plans. they show financial targets over a given period of time for income, expenditure and cash flows with in a business. Davis uses budgets to plan the future use of its resources, either in the short or long term. For example, operational areas need to assess the costs of the people needed to meet production targets or the marketing team must determine costs of promoting services to increase sales. Budgets are also communication tools which allow employees to understand where the business is heading.
this case study shows how the development and use of budgets contribute to Davis Service Group meeting its objectives.
Building a Budget
A company's objectives budget is the overall financial plan showing expenditure of the available funds. It is driven by the aims and objectives of the organisation as well as what the organisation can actually accomplish. Many variables in a business can be budgeted.