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Training

ABM Systems offer comprehensive services that focus on transferring the skills your people require to implement rapid and sustainable solutions. Our services include an extensive range of training services which we run at our training centre in Sydney, around Australia, and in-house. Our standard training courses include:

  • Executive workshop - A half day awareness and focus workshop. A must for senior executives considering the implementation of Activity Based Costing, Process Improvement and / or the Balanced Scorecard. Session includes core process definition in order to provide a framework for implementation.
  • ABM - A practical two day introductory ABM course. Covers the 10 Foundations of ABM, process mapping, activity definition, storyboarding, value adding and cost driver analysis, and implementation steps. System development, activity budgeting and reporting are also explored. A key feature is our interactive business improvement game which demonstrates how you use ABM to deliver dramatic business improvement.
  • ABC - An intensive one day Activity Based Costing course. Focuses on product & customer profitability analysis. Learn how to improve your product costing accuracy by factors of 25% to 100%, or more. This course features video, case studies and practical hands-on exercises.
  • Budgeting - A course devoted to simplifying budgeting, integrating financial forecasting into strategic and operational planning processes and getting your staff to work together on driving a better bottom line. Covers output and process based planning and budgeting, earned value reporting and the integration of financial and operational performance measures into a balanced scorecard.
  • Balanced Scorecard - A one day workshop for implementers. Focuses on strategic planning, goal setting, definition of critical success factors and key performance indicators. Explores the critical link of business processes to performance measurement and management.
  • Strategy Mapping - A one day workshop covering strategy development. Focuses on translating your financial goals into the value proposition/s that your customers will act on, to the underlying business processes required to deliver on the promise, and the human and technological capital required to drive it.
  • Inventor - A creative one day course. You will learn how to add five dimensional value to your business. These tools and techniques will help your company become more effective, efficient and grow your profitability!
  • proDacapo Intro - An online one day introductory course for proDacapo system users. Covers system set up and basic information to ensure users build robust systems.
  • proDacapo Expert - A comprehensive five day advanced level course. Focuses on developing a first-rate ABM system. You learn how to integrate ABC, Process improvement and the Balanced Scorecard using proDacapo as an ongoing system.
  • STaR - Our Skills Transfer and Rollout methodology is designed to help you implement ABC, Process Improvement and the Balanced Scorecard. It is a structured implementation program comprising theoretical and on-the-job practical training to provide your people with the skills to complete high quality implementations within 2 to 4 months.

Upcoming Events

Month     Event  
February S   Budgeting 25
March S * Balanced Scorecard 21
April S   Budgeting 9-11
May S

C

M

 

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Strategic Planning

Outcomes & Outputs : A practical guide to identifying & measuring using ABC & the Scorecard

Balanced Scorecard

8

14-15

28

June S

S

M

  Customer Profitability

ABC & Balanced Scorecard for Finance Sector

Customer Profitability

4

11

18

July S   Activity Based Costing Workshop 25
August M

S

B

 

*

Strategic Planning

ABC & Process Improvement

Balanced Scorecard

8

15

22

September S

S

M

S

  Management Accounting : Hands on Cost Modelling

ABC & Balanced Scorecard for Manufacturers

Implementing ABM Workshop

Financial Controllers Summit

6

15

16

20-21

October M

B

C

M

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*

*

Budgeting

Activity Based Management workshop

Outcomes & Outputs : A practical guide to identifying & measuring using ABC & the Scorecard

Local Government Management workshop

8

10

14-15

26

November B

S

S

S

* Management workshop

ABC Workshop

Strategic Reporting Systems Discussion Forum

Customer Profitability

5

15

23

25-26

December S   Performance Measures 12-13

S=Sydney, M=Melbourne, B=Brisbane, C=Canberra

 

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