Inc. Managing Capital & Financial Assets 05/10/2014 WGU JET2 Financial Analysis Task 5‚ Part II - PASSED To: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Custom Snowboards Inc. Subject: Report of historical data and recommendation on how to proceed with expansion plans to Europe. European Expansion Historical Analysis To make a decision about expansion to Europe‚ we must first analyze past performance as an indicator about future performance. A historical analysis was completed on the company’s
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Task 2 – Budgeting A1 - Prepare a summary report in which you do the following: 1. Discuss specific budgetary items raise concern in the budget planning (Spreadsheet Tab: Task 2_Budgets_and_Proformas). Competition Bikes has prepared a budget for year nine of operations. In reviewing the budget presented several technical areas of concern have been noted. For ease of review‚ budgetary issues that raise concerns are presented in a bullet format. · The first issue of concern is in the direct
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Competition Bikes‚ Inc. (CBI) Financial Analysis Report In order to determine a company’s performance‚ analysis must be done for key metrics‚ including the ability to pay debts‚ how much cash or other liquid assets are available‚ and the company’s viability to continue operations. These analyses involve the review of income statements and balance sheets‚ where current and past performance will be studied with the goal of predicting how the company will perform in the future. Upper-level management
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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
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Competition Bikes Budgeting and Variance Analysis Report Western Governor’s University Competition Bikes Budgeting and Variance Analysis Report Competition Bikes‚ Incorporated (Inc.) makes bicycles for professional and other highly accomplished riders who compete in bike races‚ biathlons‚ and triathlons. Approximately sixty percent of all race winners have been victorious using bicycles designed by Competitions Bikes‚ Inc. This extraordinary success rate
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Subject: Financial Statement Analysis – Task 2 Summary Report A budget‚ as defined by Hilton (2009 pg 348)‚ is a detailed plan‚ expressed in quantitative terms that specifies how resources will be acquired and used during a specific period of time. A budget is a financial document utilized to project future income and expenses. A budget is based on how much you make in income and what your monthly expenses are. Budgets evaluate performances while the plan is what is going
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Competition Bikes‚ Inc. Budget Summary Report A1. Concerns Upon reviewing the Competition Bikes Inc. (CBI) Budget Schedules and ProFormas for Year 9‚ there are a few concerns that should be analyzed. The first is the forecasted sales in units. The forecast for year 9 is 3‚510 units‚ which is a 3.2% increase over the 3‚400 units sold in year 8. The storyline mentions the economic downturn‚ which has led to a decrease in bike sales. It can take some time to recover sales lost during an economic
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Work Related Learning. Company: Jet2.com Airline Introduction: This report will be analysing‚ aiming to identify the main political and economical factors that will be affecting Jet2.com in the coming years. In order to structure the information‚ several management tools will be used such as: SWOT analysis: this will help to identify the strength and weaknesses together with the company’s environmental opportunities and threats. PESTEL analysis: This tool will select the vital influences
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Competition Page 4 History Page 5 Marketing Page 6 Accessories Page 7 SWOT Analysis Page 8 Works Cited Page 9 Executive Summary Statement of the Problem- Schwinn is not attracting the younger market and its sales are suffering because of increasing competition and loss of market share especially in the mountain bike market segment. Background- Schwinn is a bicycle brand that for years had 25 percent of the market. Schwinn did not adapt to the mountain bike
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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.‚
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