Description
Budget process that starts from maximum constraint
Advantage
Theoretically the right way to budget
Disadvantage
Very Slow and costly - Because each year the budget has to be redone from the start with an updated forecast
What is limiting factor analysis used for?
To maximise contribution per limiting factor
Limiting factor analysis procedure
*Identify total amount of each factor
*Calculate contribution of each product per unit of limiting factor
*Rank products high to low according to contribution per limiting factor.
Allocate capacity to maximise output pf highest ranked product an then work down.