Business Studies, Management & Entrepreneurship

Electronic data interchange (EDI) is the computer-to-computer exchange of business documents in a standard electronic format within a business, and between the business and customer. Find out how a (fictional) bakery implements an EDI system to effectively automate its entire production process, from raising the initial purchase order to receipt of payment for the delivered goods to a superstore.

A mind-map diagram representing topics discussed in the accompanying podcasts 'The Way We Think Doesn’t Work Anymore'.

The second of a two-part podcast that sees Martin Whitehill, senior lecturer in strategy, talk about the causes of our changing environment and the effects these have on the way we think.

The first of a two-part podcast that sees Martin Whitehill, senior lecturer in strategy, talk about the causes of our changing environment and the effects these have on the way we think.

Using financial records to monitor the performance of your business compared to your budget projections.

The product life cycle can be applied to any product within any industry or market. Here you can see the cumulative cash flow stages encountered during this cycle.

Here you will look at the financial benefits to be gained by a business when investing funds outside of it’s domestic market.

Find out how ‘factoring’ can be used within business to release money generated by sales more quickly than would be possible through the normal procedures for invoice payment.