Sales forcast determines that how much production is required and then to meet that production level how much new investment and machinery etc required.
Budget is more accurate than forecast. A budget can be had from historic data whereas forecast looks into the future trends.
A budget forecast.
the sales forecast or sales budget.
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The Production Budget for Executive Decision was $55,000,000.
The Production Budget for The Valley of Decision was $2,160,000.
While the capital budget and revenue budget are both budgets, the capital budget is incorporated for the long term. A revenue budget is made for the short term.
If you have a stable market in which you operate, then you could forecast for the sales. Normally sales budget should not exceed the sales forecast. Exceeding the sales budget over the forecasted sales can help the firm invest more capital in marketing and promotions. The Sales forecast would be beneficial for the production department.
an operating budget and a capital budget
The budget of Capital School District is 93,108,292 dollars.
Spreadsheet
A financial package or a spreadsheet.