Financial Analysis Task 5 Part B-Report to CEO B1. Custom Snowboards sales history has been steadily increasing per the table below. CSI has had small growth in sales with an equal increase in COGS. The COGS is relative to the increase in the net sales‚ however‚ CSI should look further into ways they can decrease their COGS line item in order to see more profit growth from year to year. We can see on the Horizontal Analysis below that net sales‚ COGS and Profit all had the same increases from years
Premium
TASK TWO Task Two 1 A1. Concerns in Budget Planning: Budgetary Items. Depreciation: Depreciation is “the method that the accountants use to allocate the cost of equipment and other assets to the total cost of products and services as shown on the income statement” (Berman‚ Knight‚ & Case‚ 2013). Depreciation is said to be based on the same fundamentals as accruals in that a company “wants to match as closely as possible the costs of products and services with what was sold” (Berman et al.‚
Premium Asset Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Balance sheet
Quantitative Analysis Task 5 Competency 309.3.3: Expected Value Decision Analysis Task A. Expected Value for each decision Develop New Product Decision Brach 1 – Develop Thoroughly EV if Market reaction is good= $500.000(0‚ 4)= $200.000 EV if Market reaction is moderate= $25.000(0‚ 4)= $10.00 EV if Market reaction is poor= $1.000(0‚2)=$200 Total EMV=$200.000+$10.000+200= $210.20 Decision Brach 2 – Develop Rapidly EV if Market reaction is good= $500.000(0‚ 1)= $50
Premium Probability theory Decision theory Expected value
Task 2 Financial Analysis Karen Wilson A. Summary Report A budget is a numerical expression of revenues and expenses for a specific period of time. (Sullivan‚ 2003) It expresses plans of business units in measurable terms. This document is a guide for predicting performance situations. The budget should assist the company in planning use of its resources and providing direction. Concerns: Sales: Sales for FY 8 decreased by 15% when compared to FY7. The decline in sponsorships for the professional
Premium Marketing Sales
Task 1 The Toy Company | To: | CEO | From: | [Your name] | CC: | HR Member | Date: | 5/15/2013 | Re: | Response to Employee’s Claim | Comments: | In reference to the employee’s claim‚ I appreciate the vote of confidence instilled in me by allowing me to do the research on the case. It gave me the opportunity to familiarize myself with the situation‚ refresh on the laws‚ understand our current policies and in addition‚ it gave me the opportunity to think about strategies to mitigate
Premium Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Religion Supreme Court of the United States
Financial Analysis Task 2 A1. Concerns There are a couple of concerns with Competition Bikes Inc.‚ ProForma for year 9. The first concern is the amount of money that is allocated to research and development. For the previous three years‚ they have been all over the board with their budgets. The sixth year was $71‚460‚ the seventh year was $98‚280‚ and the eight year was $82‚284. This is concerning that the budget has fluctuated so much. In the ninth year they have allocated $85‚861. This budget
Premium Budget Cost Management
Conduct informal meeting and prepare for formal meeting Submission details Candidate’s name Phone no. Assessor’s name Phone no. Assessment site Assessment date/s Time/s The Assessment Task is due on the date specified by your assessor. Any variations to this arrangement must be approved in writing by your assessor. Submit this document with any required evidence attached. See specifications below for details. Performance objective Candidates are to demonstrate the skills and knowledge necessary
Premium Management Meeting
Assessment Task 2 – Manage Recruitment Selection and Induction Processes Save this document to your desktop. Write the answers in the spaces and templates provided. You will need to plan for well detailed and expansive responses. Please ensure that you save your document regularly. Make sure that you save a final copy of your assessment before submitting. Upload your document in the upload section in week 2. Please upload this document as a word document and not PDF for marking and feedback purposes
Premium Recruitment Discrimination
Competition Bikes Inc. Storyline Operational Analysis 03/10/2014 WGU JET2 Financial Analysis Task 2 Introduction In this task‚ the budget schedule and proformas as well as the flexible budget were reviewed. Below you will find my analysis and recommended corrective actions as well as how management by exception applies. Budget Planning Concerns Competition Bikes has a good starting point for a budget but is overall weak and has several budgetary concerns. A few of those items are
Premium Management Revenue Budget
Task 1 Horizontal analysis Horizontal analysis allows side by side comparisons on a year to year basis to determine the performance from one year to the next. The company decides on standards to compare the results of the analysis. Standards are researched by checking competitors‚ internet research of general industry guidelines or standards created from past experience in the company. The Company states in the summary that they attribute the net sales decrease in sales to the economy. The
Premium Inventory Balance sheet Internal control