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  A continual improvement process, also often called a continuous improvement process, is an ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes. These efforts can seek "incremental" improvement over time or "breakthrough" improvement all at once. How can I improve continuously? 7 Ways to  Continuously Improve . The Truth About The Best Way to Create  Continuous Improvement . ... Make no excuses. ... Celebrate other people's success. ... Give and receive feedback. ... Don't feel sorry for yourself. ... Lose yourself. ... Don't oppose. ... Doing is more important than thinking Simply put, continuous  improvement  is important because it's the best way to ensure that we're doing things the most efficient, effective, and productive way, every single day of the week, and on every single component that we're working on. What are the six steps in continuous process improvement? The  six  (6)  steps  of the  Continuous Improvement Process  ar

AS29 : PROVISIONS CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND CONTINGENT ASSESTS

AS29 : Provisions ,Contingent Liabilites and Contingent Assests Basics liability : Settlement expected to result in outflow present obligation : > 50% likely that result in outflow of resources possible obligation : <50% chance All about Provisions meaning : liability which can be measured recognition criteria (3 conditions) >50%chance +  outflow + reliable estimate measurment provision best estimate other notable points All about Contingent liability meaning : consumer filed a case possible obligation <50% of loosing case i.e, flow of resources present obligation  outflow not probable reliable estimate cant be made recognition: should not be disclosed disclosure : generally  disclose but dont disclose if remote Contingent assest meaning : possible assest recognition: dont  exception: if virtually certain disclosure: director's report Reimbursement recognition : only virtually  certain valuation : must not exceed provision disclosure :  p/l /; show net of provision b

Valuation & Corporate Finance

  Valuation & Corporate Finance The most-commonly used and perhaps the best resource to learn about corporate valuations is Professor Aswath’s Damodaran’s writings and courses. Prof. Damodaran teaches at NYU, and is widely regarded as the authority on valuation and corporate finance. You can either go through his video lectures or you can read his books . For video lectures, you can either see his full lectures (classroom lecture recordings) or smaller condensed lectures. I feel that the latter are enough to understand the basics, and you can watch the former if you want to see the principles being applied. If you are just starting out, the smaller lectures are advisable: [Short] Valuation [Short] Corporate Finance [Full] Valuation [Full] Corporate Finance If you prefer books, Damodaran on Valuation is an excellent book. A relatively lesser known book which I found really useful is Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies by McKinsey & Co. I believe it

Financial Modeling

  Financial Modeling A financial model is simply a tool (generally built in Excel) to forecast a business’s financial future. It serves as one of the critical inputs for financial analysis and valuation. Knowing how to build an integrated 3-statement financial model and Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model is a must-have skill for professions like equity research, investment banking and private equity. I will divide the recommendations here in two parts. First , in case you want to learn financial modelling just to build or augment your skill-set. Second , in case you want to obtain a certificate of having gone through a financial modelling course to improve your chances of landing a finance role. For the first case, if you are just keen on learning, I would suggest subscribing to A Simple Model . While there are a lot of free tutorials available online, what is actually needed is a structured approach to learning financial modeling, and ASM does a very good job at that. And for just U

Industry & Business Analysis

  Industry & Business Analysis An excellent way to learn industry and business analysis is to go through equity research reports by leading brokerages – particularly ‘Initiating Coverage’ reports. IC reports provide a comprehensive analysis of industries and businesses. Some of the reports can be found here: Trendlyne There are also some groups on Telegram which provide access to equity research reports. Here’s the link to one of them: Equity Research Reports Another great place is the ValuePickr forum. You can find several quality discussions on companies and industries here: ValuePickr Forum And here’s a good place to scan through financials of listed companies as well as look through key ratios, peer comparisons etc: Screener There are several other good books and blogs which deal with industry analysis. I have covered them in my other posts on this blog (links at the end of the post)

Financial Reporting & Analysis

  Financial Reporting & Analysis A large part of finance is understanding businesses, and in order to do that well, a sound knowledge of accounting is essential. While you may not need to know how to actually make financial statements, being able to read them and to draw inferences from them is an important skill to have. There are several highly-rated courses on financial reporting available on Coursera, many of which are free unless you want a certificate of completion. The popular ones are: Financial Accounting Fundamentals (offered by University of Virginia) Introduction to Financial Accounting (offered by University of Pennsylvania) Go through the course content and the expected time commitment for the 4-5 top-rated courses, and choose the one that best meets your requirements. However, do note that most of these courses do not go into a lot of depth, and are beneficial only if you are an absolute beginner. If you want to understand how to read and interpret financial sta