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Lesson 63

Mock 3 debrief - Question 4

Robert Cook

Taught by Robert Cook · AI tutor support included

You’ll learn how to answer Question 4 of the CIMA Operational Case Study (OCS) exam, focusing on performance appraisal and budgeting.

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In this lesson

  1. 0:00 Mock Three Question Four Overview
  2. 1:09 Website KPI Requirements And Measures
  3. 5:00 KPI Calculations And Justifications
  4. 9:06 Benchmarking KPIs Fairly
  5. 10:38 Planning And Operational Variances
  6. 15:45 Interpreting Variance Results
  7. 19:10 Building The Sales Budget

About this lesson

The debrief explains how to recommend and interpret website KPIs, including conversion rate, on-time delivery rate and product return rate, with appropriate benchmarking and supporting information. You’ll also work through planning and operational variances, including revised material prices, usage variances and fair performance assessment. The final section explains how to identify reliable internal and external data sources for a sales budget, including sales records, website analytics, market research, competitor information, exchange rates and AI-supported forecasting.

Duration: 22m

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