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Sage Winforecast Professional training course

Sage Winforecast Professional is a two-day course. Our price is £279.00 (Sage's RRP is £535.00).Sage Winforecast Professional

» Overview: Get the very most from Sage WinForecast Professional.

» What do I learn?

Discover the features of Sage WinForecast Professional that allow you to create forecasts, enter data, generate reports, integrate with Sage 50 Accounts and Microsoft® Excel and create consolidated forecasts.

» By the end of this course you will:

  • Know how to preset certain default information to save time when forecasting
  • Know how to create new forecasts using the various types of records available
  • Understand ‘hot-linking’ from Sage accounts software and Microsoft® Excel
  • How to flex data in a forecast and to extend the forecast to cover a longer time period
  • Know how to configure the bank account, business tax and dividends
  • Understand external elements that affect forecasts, such as VAT rates, taxation and bank interest
  • Be able to enter or import actual figures into forecasts and create variance reports
  • Know how to configure the software for multi-currency
  • Be able to customise reports, add formulae and create departmental forecasts
  • Be able to handle domestic purchases and export sales of stock
  • Know how to forecast for fixed and financed fixed assets and how to handle revaluation of assets
  • Understand how to use the employee list to forecast wages
  • Know how to consolidate forecasts and handle goodwill, minority interests and elimination
  • Know how to create templates and maximise the use of memo records

Who should attend? People looking to understand all elements of Sage WinForecast Professional: creating default information, entering data, updating forecasts with actual data, linking Microsoft® Excel, stock modelling, multi-currency, forecasting payroll costs and creating consolidated forecasts.

» Detailed course content

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Session 1 - To Review the Default Settings

  • Default Record Parameters
  • Annual Profile

Session 2 - To Create a New Forecast

  • New Sections
  • Create New Records
  • Review the Record Properties

Session 3 - To Enter the Opening Balances

Session 4 - To Understand Data Entry Methods

  • P & L Records

Session 5 - To Understand Data Entry Methods

  • Balance Sheet Records

Session 6 - To Check the Main Bank Account

  • To Set up Additional Bank Accounts
  • To Review Business Tax
  • Dividends
  • VAT Rates

Session 7 - To Apply Flexing to a Forecast

  • To Change the Extent of a Forecast/li>
  • To Handle Actual Figures/li>

Session 8 - Customising Reports

  • Creating Departments
  • Adding Formulae to Reports
  • Memo Records

Session 9 - Profiles

  • Wages: Employee List Function

Session 10 - Standard Stock Records

Session 11 - Composite Stock Records

  • Revaluation of Fixed Assets

Session 13 - Multi-Currency

  • Factoring
  • Stock Financing
  • Provisions

Session 14 - Graphs

  • Report Generator

Session 15 - Templates

  • Consolidation
  • Eliminations
  • Goodwill

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Sage Winforecast Professional is a two-day course. Our price is £279.00 (Sage's RRP is £535.00).

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