Metify ABM

Goals

• This three-day instructor-led course is designed as an introduction to the Metify ABM software and will provide you with the skills necessary to design and build a basic model.
• You should take this course to learn how to define model structure, link elements and input value data.
• The course also covers importing data into a model from third party software such as Microsoft Excel.
• The use of basic rules to alter cost flow in a model is also covered. In this course you will also gain the skills needed to retrieve basic reports that can be used to display data from your model.

Audience

• The target audience for this course is technical pre and post sales consultants.

Prerequisites

• * Prerequisite Education
• Not applicable for this offering. * Prerequisite Knowledge/Experience (While not required for this course, experience with these products or technologies will be helpful:)
• Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of Activity Based Costing

Content

• Introduction to ABC/M and Metify
• • Introduce the basic principles of Activity Based Costing/Management
  • Introduce the Metify software and interface
• Activity Costing
• • Show how the underlying concepts of Activity Based Costing are applied in practice within the Metify ABM software
• Cost Object Analysis
• • Define and enter details at the Cost Object level of a model
• Periods Analysis
• • Introduce the concept of accommodating multiple time periods within a Metify ABM model
• Reallocations
• • Develop the skills needed to reallocate cost from shared services Activities and shared General Ledger costs within a model
• Basic Back Calculation
• • Perform What If analysis on model data to enable future planning
• Profitability Analysis
• • Examine profitability including the introduction of external costs, unit rates and units sold information
• Importing
• • Import information into a Metify ABM model using .DAT files and the DataBridge application
• Metify Link
• • Export data from a Metify ABM model into Microsoft Excel to produce bespoke reports
• Case Study
• • Consolidation exercise to recap on model building routines in Metify ABM
• Advanced Importing
• • Cover advanced importing techniques such as the importing of model structure
• Overrides and Spare Resource
• • Introduce the concept of overrides
  • Calculate spare resource within a Metify ABM model
• Account and Activity Types
• • Add different account and activity types into a Metify ABM model and their effect on calculation
• Advanced Cost Object Analysis
• • Introduce the concept of derived and weighted Cost Drivers into a model and their effect on calculation

Notes

• Additional Education
• • Not applicable for this offering.
• Applicable Certification
• • Not applicable for this offering.

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