1. SHEFFIELD SURGICAL LIMITED (SSL) – CURRENT POSITION
SSL has been manufacturing stainless steel and titanium surgical instruments since 1967. Throughout the years, SSL has built a reputation in producing high quality surgical instruments and accessories within the modern operating theatre environment. Over the past 10 years, the business has developed immensely and became a global supplier due to their accomplishments over the years. However, demand of sales has been decreasing gradually in the last 12 months. SSL has been adopting Traditional Budgeting System (TBS) and thinking of moving into the concept of ‘Beyond Budgeting’ (BB), as it meets the modern day global competitive business environment, which SSL now operates within.
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In other words, it is the exercise of comparing set-up budgets with actual results and identifying the differences between them, which helps in adopting corrective measures in a corporation. Therefore, making TBS vital for companies in preparing for future activities, decision making, and in controlling performance (Leiwey and Perks, …show more content…
RISE OF BEYOND BUDGETING (BB)
In the current business world, criticisms for budgeting have been increasing and are claimed to be no longer useful for businesses. According to Hope and Fraser (2003), budgeting should be eliminated in most businesses and replaced by ‘Beyond Budgeting’, as it is an annual performance trap. Over the years, BB has been suggested as an alternative management tool that enables flexibility, coordination and responsiveness in a business (Goode and Malik, 2011). Thus, BB is not only a concept that puts an end to budgeting but also a trigger to enhance management control within operations.
Many companies are exploring alternatives to better budgeting or BB, as there are many issues occurring in budgeting. The six tools that are beneficial towards BB are shareholder value models, benchmarking models, balanced scorecards, activity-based management, customer relationship management tools and enterprise information systems and rolling forecasts (Hope and Fraser, 2003). Swedish bank Handelsbanken is one of the companies that has successfully implemented the concept of BB and abandoned budgeting in 1970 (Bogsnes, 2009). Since then, it became the most cost effective universal bank in Europe and among the best performing banks in Scandinavia. Google, American Express, Aldi, Southwest Airlines, WholeFoods are also other examples of BB, which many of them also practice lean management (Bogsnes,
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