what is the purpose of a budget?
To financial plan that is agreed in advance.
what is sales volume budget?
The planned sales level
what is sales revenue budget?
The sales volume budget + price
what is production cost budget?
is the sales volume budget + all planned production costs
what is zero-based budgeting?
when costs cannot be justified therefore no money is allocated to those costs
what does variance mean?
the difference between the business budget figure of the business and the actual figure
whats the difference favourable and adverse variance?
favourable means its better than what the company expected while adverse means its worse than what they expected.