Events BI > JUNE 2006 What ’s Important in an Annual Report Running a Faster Paper Chase by Bob Adams Editor ’s note: This article is based on a class taught by Bob Adams at past CompuFest meetings and is just a sample of the excellent education available at the annual event organized by the Computer Group Advisory Board. This year ’s meeting will be June 23-25 in Reno‚ Nev. Bob‚ a CGAB vice president‚ will teach sessions titled Advanced SSG Topics: Judgment Aids; Take the Oops Out of the
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However‚ if you were in a company faced with this situation‚ these numbers would be available. The spreadsheet for Whirlpool contains two worksheets. Worksheet 1 is a net present value analysis‚ and worksheet 2 applies an options pricing model to the decision. Be sure to save a copy of the spreadsheet when you download it because most of the questions refer back to the original spreadsheet‚ which you will often change in a preceding question. NPV Analysis (Worksheet 1) The NPV analysis
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The EOQ Inventory Formula James M. Cargal Mathematics Department Troy University – Montgomery Campus A basic problem for businesses and manufacturers is‚ when ordering supplies‚ to determine what quantity of a given item to order. A great deal of literature has dealt with this problem (unfortunately many of the best books on the subject are out of print). Many formulas and algorithms have been created. Of these the simplest formula is the most used: The EOQ (economic order quantity) or
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to assist in the human service field is the computer. People in the Human Service field can search the web for additional services‚ write a paper or recommendation of services‚ create a presentation in order to advocate or mediate‚ database‚ or spreadsheet. One main use of the computer in the human service field is for record keeping. This kind of technology helps meet the client needs and provide services more efficiently. Human services help all type of people. An example‚ the elderly population
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Violent crime in America has always been a problem‚ but as a result of the media citizens think it is a bigger issue than it actually is. The media would rather focus on violent crime‚ specifically murder‚ rather than the more common crimes such as: burglary assault‚ etc. This helped create what is known as the ‘CSI Effect‚’ which is the idea that viewers think crime is exactly like crimes portrayed on television. As a Criminal Justice major I am able to see how the ‘CSI Effect’ affects members of
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Course Project Horizontal Analysis – Week 2 Your outline should include (but is not limited to) the following. I. Choice of Companies and an Overview of Their Operations and Industry – Briefly outline what each company does and its industry. (5 points) For my course project‚ I chose to compare the Pharmaceutical company Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and its competitor Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY). Pfizer is Pfizer is the world’s leading pharmaceutical company with more than 122‚000 employees worldwide
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be searched using queries to pull all relevant information. You may be wondering why you wouldn’t just use a spreadsheet instead. A database allows you to search for information in multiple columns at once. In a spreadsheet you can only search one column at a time. If you were trying to search your recipes for one that contained chocolate and rice it would be harder to search in a spreadsheet. You would first have to search for all recipes that contain one of the ingredients. You would then need to
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Excel spreadsheets‚ report writers and canned reports. BI can be defined as the ability to extract actionable insight from data available to the organization‚ both internal and external‚ for the purposes of supporting decision-making and improving corporate performance. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are mostly owner-managed‚ entrepreneurial companies. And for many entrepreneurs‚ decision support tools tend to be a combination of static historical reports‚ analysis spreadsheets and gut
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calculating the distribution written in the will forced me‚ as executor‚ to use an analysis pad‚ then an excel spreadsheet. The distribution formula consisted of twenty beneficiaries receiving different amounts of property calculated in percentages and shares. In fact‚ the complicated distribution formula took me a few drafts to get to a final draft. After completing the final draft on an excel spreadsheet‚ to make sure the distribution calculation was accurate‚ I emailed the
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Abstract Keywords: Interference‚ Memory‚ Caffeine‚ Bilingualism How Interference Affects Working Memory Recall Attention and memory tend to go together. The better attention we pay to something‚ the better we can remember it later on. This notion memory and attention pertains greatly to working memory‚ which deals with small amounts of information that are ready for immediate use (Chun & Turk-Browne‚ 2007). The connection between attention and memory has been studied for many years through
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