Operational Budget Forecasting: Protecting Budgets Against External Headwinds

Learn from senior lab operations professionals how to forecast operational budgets with embedded flexibility, futureproofing against external changes and remaining conservative with spend.

This workshop will help you learn to better visualize and accurately allocate budget for the future of your operations, to mitigate risk and preserve capital.

  • Collaborating with scientists to forecast future scientific growth to ensure appropriate budget allocations
  • Breaking down and visualizing cost of preventive maintenance (PMs), equipment servicing, and consumables procurement to contribute to budget forecasting
  • Undertaking life cycle assessments for assets to understand e capex budget requirements and map out accordingly
  • Understanding how to best account for unprecedented tariffs on COGs and source within target spend when budgeting to minimize risk