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Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................................3
Mission statement of nestle company:.......................................................................................................3
Vision and values statement by nestle company:........................................................................................3
Planning strategy of nestle company:.........................................................................................................3
Financial and operational performances:....................................................................................................4
Financial Principles and Bottom Line impact:..............................................................................................4
Accounting policies:.....................................................................................................................................4
Accounting policies of nestle:......................................................................................................................5
Financial accounting:...................................................................................................................................6
Managerial accounting:...............................................................................................................................6
Misuse of financial data:..............................................................................................................................6
Competitive financial management:............................................................................................................7
Ratio Analysis & Financial Interpretations:..................................................................................................7
NESTLE COMPANY RATO CACULATION:......................................................................................................8
UNILIVER COMPANY RATIO ANALYSIS:........................................................................................................8
Current ratio, quick ratio and net working capital:......................................................................................9
Evaluation and interpretation of the ratio:..................................................................................................9
FUTURE STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATION:.................................................................................................10
Profitability ratio:......................................................................................................................................10
Nestle and Unilever company profitability ratio:.......................................................................................10
Evaluation and interpretation of the ratio:................................................................................................10
Future strategic recommendation:............................................................................................................11
WORKING CAPITAL RATIO:........................................................................................................................11
Working capital ratio of nestle company and Unilever company:.............................................................11
Evaluation and interpretation of the ratio:................................................................................................12
Future strategic recommendation:............................................................................................................12
Literature Review on Budgeting Practices:................................................................................................13
The goals of budgeting process:................................................................................................................13
Types of Budgets:......................................................................................................................................14
Nestle budgeting process:.........................................................................................................................14
Investment Appraisal Techniques..............................................................................................................15
References:................................................................................................................................................16
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Introduction:
Nestle company is the multinational company which produce food and beverages, the product
which nestle company produce are baby food, bottled water, breakfast cereals, coffee and tea,
confectionery, dairy products, ice cream, frozen food, pet foods, and snacks. This company also
name Forbes magazine as the largest global company. The company head quarter located in
Switzerland. This company has 447 factories all over the world and 339,000 workers work in
company and also largest shareholder value for the shareholders. Nestles link with billions of
people lives so that why the product which company produces are also measures by health and
safety department of all country and also create good image with the help of corporate social
responsibility. The farmers which help to produce the ingredients of nestle company is also
direct link with nestle. The advertisements of this company create good image and make
powerful strong brand image. Nestle target all segment of market for example baby food, bottled
water, cereals, coffee, confectionary, culinary, dairy, heath nutrition and pet care. The slogan line
for nestle is also unique and every consumer trust by seeing their tagline that is GOOD FOOD
GOOD LIFE.
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Financial and operational performances:
I recommend both companies to decrease their creditor ratio and also days ratio, An influence
proportion is a decent method to effortlessly perceive the amount of your organization's capital
comes from obligation and how likely it is that your organization can meet its monetary
commitments. Influence proportions are like liquidity proportions, then again, actually influence
proportions think about your sums, while liquidity proportions center on your present resources
and liabilities. Buy request financing is a momentary credit office where an outsider accepts an
organization's buy orders. At the point when an organization gets a request, they are progressed
cash for buy orders for products to fabricate the request. When the items boat to the clients, the
money organization buys the receipt from the organization. Since an outsider accepts the entirety
of the danger related with the buy request and receipt measure, this sort of financing can be
extravagant. This kind of financing is vital in circumstances where an organization has lacking
income to take care of the expenses of assembling products. The cash progressed through the buy
request financing exchange is fundamental to the proceeded with accomplishment of the
business. This sort of financing is additionally for organizations that don't have fair sufficient
financing to get assets through a bank.
Your Company’s improved operational efficiencies have delivered products of higher quality
and at a competitive cost. Your Company through digitalization has moved towards ‘Paperless
Shop Floor’. By introducing Factory Automation System (FAS) at all factories, your Company
has ensured data security and reliable network. In addition to the above, your Company already
has an Advanced Process Control at Samalkha factory which ensures smooth manufacturing
operations, automated recipe adjustment flexibility, better control on loss and performance and
delivery of quality products.
Accounting policies:
The accounting policies are the principles and procedures that are implemented by a company
management team. The accounting policies are used to prepare the financial statements of the
company. The accounting policies are different from the accounting rules. The accounting rules
are set by the government. The financial accounting standard board sets the accounting rules that
the company must follow while preparing the company financial statements. Whereas, the
accounting policies are those which company follows the accounting rules according to them.
The accounting policies include the accounting methods, measurement systems and the
procedures for the financial statements.
The accounting policies are the set of standards that tells us how to prepare the company
financial statements. The accounting policies have to deal with the tough accounting practices
and that are goodwill, depreciation methods, and the research and development costs, merging of
financial accounts and inventory costs. The accounting policies are different for every company
because it varies from the company to company. Each company sets its own accounting policies
but it must be according to the general accepted accounting principles and the international
reporting standards (IFRS).
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The company management team choose the accounting policies for the company that are
beneficial for the company financial reporting system. The accounting of the company can be
easy but the company specific policies are very important for the company. The accounting
principles are work as a framework for the company in which the company accounting standards
operate.
The accounting policies also help us to know that whether the management of the company is
working good or not while reporting the earnings. The investors while investing in the company
asses the quality of the earning then they invest. The external auditors which are hired to do the
audit of the company also look that company are following the general accepted accounting
principles or not.
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Nestle interest income is calculated using the effective interest rate method (EIR).
The equity instrument also used by the Nestle to make the investment in the equity. These
equity investments are strategic and are long term instrument.
Financial accounting:
The financial accounting is a type of accounting in which the transactions are reported that occur
from the business operations for a specific period of time. The financial accounting also includes
the documenting and summarizing the financial transactions. The financial accounting is for a
particular period of time. In which the financial accounting includes the balance sheet, income
statements, and the cash flow statements that work over a specific period of time.
The financial accounting is work on the accounting standards that are already made. The
financial accountant select the accounting standards for the company based on the regulation of
the company operations. The financial accounting is important for every business because it keep
in tracks the financial transactions of the company. It also help the business to set the resources
according to the finances of the company. The financial accounting also helps your creditors and
investors to invest in your business by looking at your finances of the company. The financial
accounting also help you to become partner with other businesses by looking at the income
statement or balance sheet of the company.
Managerial accounting:
The managerial accounting is also known as the management accounting or the cost accounting.
The managerial accounting is used for the analysis of the accounting information’s that can help
the managers to make the operational decisions. The managerial accounting also identifies and
measures the accounting principles in the company. The financial accounting is concerned with
the external reporting of the company to present the financial transactions to the investors outside
the company. While the managerial accounting is concerned with the internal matters of the
company to make the operations decisions.
The managerial accounting is also help the business to make the fast decisions in the company
because the managerial accounting is highly competitive and fast. The decisions we can make
through the help of managerial accounting are sales, cash flow management and budgeting. The
managerial accounting quickly help us to look at the operational analysis to make the effective
decisions for the company. The managerial accounting looks at the each line of the operations
which is going in the company. The managerial accounting translates the operations in a
statically data for the managers to make the effective decision making. Through this the
company operational efficiency also increases.
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not tell us that the operations are calculated and write accurately in the accounts. If the
operations are high and the values in the monthly accounts are low than there is a problem in the
transaction of the accounts.
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Liquidity ratio help business to measure the short term debt and also assets which can easily
convert into cash and whereas the profitability ratio help business to measure the net profit, gross
profit and sale revenue of business. We can calculate liquidity ratio with current assets and
current liability and also holding inventory. The liquidity ratio has two types first one is current
ratio and the other one is quick ratio (Acid test ratio) and the formula which we can calculate is:
Current ratio=current assets divided by current liability and the other one is quick ratio
which we can calculate by current assets deduct inventory divided by current liability
2018 2019
Current assets 16430 17345
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Total assets 64806 65890
Current liability 20978 20998
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capital of business. AS we know the ratio of nestle company is good as compare to Unilever
Company so it suggest that the company is taking a high amount of risk and not maintain
adequate liquidity.
Profitability ratio:
Productivity proportions are monetary measurements utilized by experts and financial backers to
quantify and assess the capacity of an organization to create pay (benefit) comparative with
income, accounting report resources, working expenses, and investors' value during a particular
timeframe. They show how well an organization uses its resources for produce benefit and worth
to investors. A higher proportion or worth is ordinarily pursued by most organizations, as this
typically implies the business is performing great by creating incomes, benefits, and income. The
proportions are most helpful when they are broke down in contrast with comparative
organizations or contrasted with past periods. The most normally utilized productivity
proportions are analyzed underneath.
PROFIT
RATIO
GP RATIO 35% 40% GP RATIO 33% 38%
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organization or business section. Communicated as a rate, the net revenue shows the amount of
every dollar gathered by an organization as income means benefit. Net benefit is a significant
qualification since expansions in income don't really convert into expanded productivity. Net
benefit is the gross benefit (income less COGS) less working costs and any remaining costs, for
example, charges and interest paid on obligation. In spite of the fact that it might show up more
convoluted, net benefit is determined for us and turned out on the revenue explanation as total
compensation.
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Creditors days 475 485 345 356
Debt turnover ratio: it is calculated by dividing revenue over trade receivables and its determine
the entity ability to collect money from its trade receivables. An increment in the exchange
receivables sum may mean an organization has sold additional item during a specific period, or
that they are not getting installments for solicitations in quick enough. The stepping stool is of
worry to an organization's administration since; in such a case that the business has a higher
proportion of receivables to cash, at that point that may show that the organization isn't
successful in gathering on what it's owed. Or then again it might imply that the organization is
managing an excessive number of unsafe organizations. Assuming the receivable sum is too low,
maybe the installments terms are too severe and insufficient item is getting sold. Some of the
time, organizations can't pay the cash they owe for seemingly forever, or ever. The organization
may have left business, perhaps their industry is seeing a decline popular, or it basically doesn't
have the income. There is a recompense for this on the seller's asset report with a line sum called
"Remittance for Doubtful Accounts". This recompense is the normal misfortune. Organizations
can figure the sum various ways, however the sum is deducted from the records receivable
complete in the resources segment of the asset report.
Trade payable ratio: it is calculated by dividing cost over accounts payable and it does determine
the entity ability to pay its creditors. At the point when an organization initially begins in
business, it should finance its activities with a blend of capital and obligation. Banks are
regularly hesitant to loan cash to new businesses without a solid history of beneficial activities.
Regardless of whether a bank offers a credit extension, they will need to collateralize their
advances with liens on a portion of the organization's resources and proprietors' very own
certifications. Credit from providers isn't just about as exacting as a bank. In contrast to banks,
most exchange payables are unstable expansions of credits. At times, on account of a little,
firmly held business, a provider may request the individual assurances of the proprietors. Hence,
getting credit terms from providers is a significant wellspring of subsidizing for new companies
and is a proceeding with fixing in financing future development.
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comes from obligation and how likely it is that your organization can meet its monetary
commitments. Influence proportions are like liquidity proportions, then again, actually influence
proportions think about your sums, while liquidity proportions center on your present resources
and liabilities. Buy request financing is a momentary credit office where an outsider accepts an
organization's buy orders. At the point when an organization gets a request, they are progressed
cash for buy orders for products to fabricate the request. When the items boat to the clients, the
money organization buys the receipt from the organization. Since an outsider accepts the entirety
of the danger related with the buy request and receipt measure, this sort of financing can be
extravagant. This kind of financing is vital in circumstances where an organization has lacking
income to take care of the expenses of assembling products. The cash progressed through the buy
request financing exchange is fundamental to the proceeded with accomplishment of the
business. This sort of financing is additionally for organizations that don't have fair sufficient
financing to get assets through a bank.
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The budgeting process motivates the managers in the company to achieve the goals of the
company.
Through this the managers can compensate their performance with the budget.
Through budgeting the companies can control their expenses.
Budgeting helps to measure the performance of the managers in the organization. They
are meeting the targets which they have set or not.
Types of Budgets:
The combination of the budgeting process generates the balance sheets, income statements and
the cash flows statements. There are many types of budgets like cash budgets, capital budget etc.
the types of budgets are given below:
Capital budget
Cash budget
Operating budget
Traditional budget
Zero budget
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that are made while setting the budgets. The budget of the Nestle is also changed when they
achieve their goals.
The Nestle is monitoring and controlling their budget in many ways some of them are given
below:
The strategies are made to set the budget to avoid losses in the profits.
All the budgeting process of the Nestle should be communicated to the all managers of
the organization to achieve the goals.
The all budget cost must be reported to the mangers to know the actual cost and see that
what should the improvements has to made.
The cash budget should be set for the production and operations department to improve
the further business goals.
The Nestle should observe the cash when it spends on equipment, research and
productions. This help them to improve the company resources.
If the nestle budget is not set or arranged well then this will affect the Nestle organization profit.
The Nestle can gain the profits from the budget or they have the loss in the organization.
The nestle company use different types of technology to assess the budgeting process for
example More effective reporting processes, Accessing data on-the-go, Competing with giants
within your industry, Implementing AI for increased productivity, Using predictive analytics for
financial analysis. These software are used by the nestle company for budgeting process
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plan. These prerequisites to oblige the way that a singular benefit may be gotten from various
yields. The full assessment of that benefit can't henceforth be attested by any one endeavor.
Consistent and reasonable techniques ought to be used across the program with the objective that
individual assignment business cases can be aggregated and summarized in the tranche or
program business cases.
Net present worth (NPV) is the distinction between the current estimation of money inflows and
the current estimation of money surges throughout a decided timeframe. NPV is utilized to figure
the assessed productivity of a venture and it is a type of capital planning which represents the
time estimation of cash. The time estimation of cash is the rule that cash is worth more in the
present than a comparable sum will be later on in light of the fact that it has longer to acquire
revenue. Money inflows and outpourings are changed by the rule of the time estimation of cash,
considering accessible financing costs. Subsequently, NPV decides if it is all the more
monetarily judicious to put resources into a venture, or to acknowledge an alternate pace of
return somewhere else dependent on projected future returns. To ascertain the NPV, you would
take away the current estimation of put away money from the current estimation of the normal
incomes. Venture examination is significant for dealers since it is a type of essential
investigation and, all things considered, it is fit for showing a merchant whether a stock or an
organization has long haul likely dependent on the productivity of its future tasks and attempts.
On the off chance that an organization is engaged with various long haul venture projects, there
is additionally a more serious danger that incomes, expenses and sources of income may be
harmed. This is something that a dealer should consider before they take a situation on an
organization's offers.
These investment techniques help shareholders and investor to judge the performances of the
company so they can easily invest their money as nestle is the multinational company so globally
people can invest their money into organization with the help of these techniques. These
techniques are use in every organization to evaluate the company performances and assess their
growth and other things. Frequently, one of the vital advantages of going through cash can be the
abilities your business acquires and the future chances that may emerge. A valuable test is to
consider your other options.
References:
Good returns (dec31, 2018). Title: SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
https://www.goodreturns.in/company/nestle-india/accounting-policy.html
Vevey (June 27, 2017). Title: Nestle value creation model
https://www.nestle.com/media/pressreleases/allpressreleases/value-creation-model
CFI (2015). Title: Budgeting
https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/finance/budgeting/
IPL (2020). Title: Nestle budget Analysis
https://www.ipl.org/essay/Nestle-Budget-Analysis-F3GD4A3RCE86
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