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The final round of pre-seen materials for the November 2016 CIMA case study exams were published yesterday and the SCS students will focus on a company called ADF (Anderson Dairy Farming).

You can find the official pre-seen materials from CIMA on the SCS November 2016 exam here.

This SCS exam signals the end of the CIMA journey for those students who face it next so the next six weeks represents the most important in your CIMA studies!

With this in mind, the pre-seen video analysis provided by Astranti is the perfect starting point for getting to grips with the materials published by CIMA yesterday.

Good Luck!

ADF: Pre-Seen Video Analysis

SCS students will be taking on the role of Senior Manager in the Anderson Dairy Farming Company (ADF). So the tasks and questions you will face will be of a strategic nature as opposed to the more operational and mid-managerial level.

But first, we must get to grips with the pre-seen materials for ADF.

I would recommend going through the materials yourself, make notes and highlight the key information – then watch the pre-seen analysis from Astranti and align your notes accordingly.

Below is a pretty big preview video (57 minutes) of the full pre-seen analysis.

You can find the full set of videos on the November SCS here.

ADF: Strategic Analysis

By now, you should know the pattern we are going to take!

The strategic analysis of ADF should be under-taken so you get a firm grip on the strengths and weaknesses of the company and their overall strategy.

What markets are they operating?

What customers are they targeting?

What gives them their competitive advantage?

What are their competitors doing? 

The ideal model to use is the SWOT analysis – Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Anyhow the Strategic Analysis video will give you a great platform for understanding the strategy behind ADF.

You can find the full set of videos (including Strategic Analysis) on the November SCS here.

ADF: Top 10 Issues

Once you have understood the strategic analysis and performed the pre-seen analysis, you should have an idea of the kind of questions that will come up on exam day.

However, this can be very subjective and given the amount of information you need to digest it’s an almost impossible task to identify all of the syllabus areas and likely issues that could come up on exam day.

This is where the Top 10 Issues video gives you a focus and advice from a CIMA tutor on what they believe will come up on exam day regarding the ADF case study. It’s a great way to focus your studies in the lead up to exam day.

You can find the full set of videos (including the Top 10 Issues) on the November SCS here.

Astranti SCS Pass Guarantee

Finally, the full SCS course for the ADF case study covers all of the resources you will need for exam day – ranging from the videos mentioned above to online revision classes with mock exams and tutor feedback and marking.

You can find full details on the SCS course with pass guarantee here.

SCS Course Contents:

• SCS study text (part 1 and 2)
• Pre-seen analysis (video and text)
• Strategic analysis (video and text)
• Top 10 issues (video and text)
• Industry analysis (video and text)
• 2 x online master classes – each class is a full day revision (recorded and live)
• 3 x online mock exams – answered with detailed tutor feedback
• Ethics pack
• Personal advice and guidance