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Level 4 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Addressing Financial Under-Performance

LSC404 · Finance and Accounting — Week 11 of 16

CourseLSC404
Week11 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Addressing Financial Under-Performance

  1. Interpreting financial distress indicators
  2. Cost reduction through route optimisation
  3. Supplier renegotiation strategies
  4. Working capital restructuring in logistics
  5. CIMA P2 Working capital
  6. Chapter 11: Bankruptcy restructuring | Stocks and bonds | Finance & Capital Markets | Khan Academy
  7. Days Sales Outstanding DSO

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Analyse the financial performance of a business from information drawn from financial statements.
  • 4.2 Identify actions to address the under-performance of a logistics business.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the financial performance of a business from information drawn from financial statements.

Study materials

Videos

  • CIMA P2 Working capital · YouTube · OpenTuition · 33 min · for registered students
  • Days Sales Outstanding DSO · YouTube · The Finance Storyteller · 8 min · for registered students
  • Financial Performance Measurement – Liquidity Measures - ACCA Management Accounting (MA) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 22 min · for registered students
  • Interpretation of Financial Statements part a - ACCA Financial Accounting (FA) lectures · YouTube · OpenTuition · 23 min · for registered students
  • Interpretation of Financial Statements part b - ACCA Financial Accounting (FA) lectures · YouTube · OpenTuition · 26 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Managerial Accounting, ch. 13: How Do Managers Use Financial and Nonfinancial Performance Measures? · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 883–972 · for registered students
  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 19: The Importance of Trade Credit and Working Capital in Planning · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 567–598 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Logistics, ch. 3: The Cost of Logistics · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 42–50 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Financial Record-Keeping
  • Week 2: Core Financial Statements and Logistics Decision-Making
  • Week 3: Business Capital and Fixed Asset Depreciation
  • Week 4: Working Capital and Liquidity Management
  • Week 5: Sources of Finance for Logistics Operations
  • Week 6: Budgetary Frameworks and Approaches
  • Week 7: Budget Preparation in Logistics
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Variance Analysis and Budgetary Control
  • Week 10: Financial Performance and Ratio Analysis
  • Week 11: Addressing Financial Under-Performance
  • Week 12: Applying Finance and Accounting in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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