Dear all: I'd like to seek your advice on how to break down revenue and cost if the company has “multiple different business lines”. Given the short time frame, should I focus more on coming up with more “ideas” (i.e. different possible revenue sources and major costs items) or should I try to come up with “numerical drivers” (i.e. listing down the math formula of different revenue source)? Should I always break down the revenue and cost of different business lines (in some cases, different divisions might share the same cost pool)?
For instance, if the company has triple business line (night club, cafe, and restaurant), I wouldn't have time to break down each business lines' revenue into it math formula (ex: cafe revenue = #customer * average cups of coffee purchase * average price). How specific should the revenue and cost items in each business line be, and what is the best way to structure the revenue and cost items in such scenario? “”Thank you so much.
