Maths focus

Maths focus: productivity ratios by Dawn Weeden - 09.07.2008
An important way of measuring performance in an organisation is by considering productivity. This assesses how well an organisation is using its available resources. You will need to be able to calculate productivity ratios for Unit 7: Preparing Reports and Returns (NVQ) and in Unit 31: Accounting Work Skills(Diploma).

Math focus: calculating value added per employee by Dawn Weeden - 30.04.2008
Financial performance indicators are used by management to measure the effectiveness Barnard of both the organisation and its staff. For Unit 9: Contributing to the Planning and Control of Resources and Unit 33: Management Accounting, you may be required to calculate various performance indicators. One of these is ?value added per employee?.

Maths focus: calculating the profit volume ratio by Dawn Weeden - 03.04.2008
In the Unit 6: Recording and Evaluating Costs and Revenues exam, you may be required to calculate and use the profit volume (PV) ratio. This ratio is used when calculating the break-even point in terms of sales value rather than sales volume.