IMPROVEMENT OF THE METHOD OF ANALYSIS OF ASSET MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY

Abstract

Assets are the key factor in the financial well-being of a business (the financial health of a business). Their composition and efficiency of use directly influence the end result of the enterprise's economic activity. Effective asset management can improve financial sustainability and increase the competitiveness of an enterprise. Therefore, in order to ensure financial sustainability and competitive advantage in the long run, it is necessary to address the challenge of continuous improvement in asset management. Financial analysis is an important tool for substantiating and controlling asset use decisions. As the turnover and return on assets depend to a large extent on the particularities of the industry and the conditions of business, the means of financial analysis must be tailored to specific situations. Therefore, the issues of improving the methods of financial analysis that would take into account the peculiarities of the activity of the enterprise are urgent. The purpose of this study is to substantiate a methodological approach to the analysis of asset utilization of Ukrainian bakeries. The methodological basis of this study is a system-based approach to solving the problems of analytical asset management. In generalizing the methodological principles of financial analysis of asset management effectiveness, techniques of abstract-logical method are used, namely: analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, analogy and comparison. There were used methods of average and relative values, methods of modeling and factor analysis to make all the calculations; they were used to establish the relationship between the systems of financial indicators of asset efficiency. The calculation of the indicators of profitability and asset utilization in turnover was made according to the financial statements of Ukrainian bakeries. Asset management is aimed at increasing the efficiency of their use, the main generalization of which is the return on assets. The need to improve the methodology for analyzing the return on assets is due to the limited use of this indicator in the analysis of unprofitable enterprises on the one hand, and, on the other hand, to the need to take into account the specifics of the industry where the enterprise operates. Under conditions of loss, the asset return indicator distorted reflects the impact of its change factors, and industry features are reflected in different turnover rates of individual components of assets, and accordingly, in different intensity of their impact on profitability. The proposed approach is based on a multifactorial model that reflects the dependence of the asset on return to sales, non-current assets to sales, inventory to sales, accounts receivable to sales and cash assets to sales. The model determines the intensity of the impact on the return on assets of the partial indicators of the assets to sales. The calculations were made by a group of bakeries from different regions of Ukraine. As a criterion for assessing the effectiveness of asset management, it is proposed to use the average growth rate of partial indicators of the model of return on assets, which is determined taking into account the intensity of their impact. The specifics of the approach are more focused not on absolute indicators, but on indicators of dynamics, on the identification of trends. The advantage of the proposed indicator is the ease of interpretation, especially for the case of loss-making, which is peculiar for one third of the enterprises of the industry.

Keywords

• asset management, asset utilization efficiency, indicators of assets efficiency, return on assets, ratios of assets to sales