...Financial Analysis Tools Nicola Maclin American Military University Managers should have the ability to assess performance of decisions they have made or intend to make, through structured and robust financial analysis. Managers need tools to forecast or predict as they struggle to make decisions on a daily basis to execute business strategy for the company. Financial analysis tools can drive projections and predictions in many areas of the business, from planning for production and distribution to decisions on a product or service. Managers can use these tools to both assess and improve business performance. Performance evaluation is an important component of managing a business. Managers need feedback to evaluate how well they have accomplished business strategy and managed key business process. Managers need to be able to link strategy with profitability. Financial analysis tools can help provide that much needed feedback. Financial data can be used to compute ratios analysis. These financial ratios gives managers the first look at the company’s vital signs and is used to assess a complete financial health and identify operational problems. Ratio analysis allows management to quickly and efficiently address concerns like: return on capital investment and the company’s profit margin. Ratio analysis can be an effective and useful management tool if ratios are calculated on items that are meaningful and where practical steps can be taken to make improvements in...
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...05/09/2014 Instructor: Marie Bengtsson Course: Classic Leadership and Organization Dilemmas SWOT ANALYSIS: The basic strategic tool through history (?) It is generally known that in order to be competitive in a market, one must be able to see the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that lay the fundament of success in the organization. This analysis, is one of today’s perhaps most frequently used tools when analysing a company’s possibilities to be successful in the modern market situation. Moreover, the question is; where does this tool derive from? Is SWOT analysis a natural instinct of strategy that has been used throughout mankind, or is it constructed? Out of this natural perspective on the SWOT- analysis different tactics emerge. To begin answering this question, there will initially look back on the historical, cultural and social aspects that could be traced to be the core of the SWOT concept. Then the discussion will move on, to a practical application on a historical event and also a modern example where the SWOT can be identified. We will see the evolution of it, throughout ages and time. In order to understand our allegation, we must go back in time and see where these strategic notions “took birth”. No matter if we are in favour of religious philosophy, or the Darwin’s evolution theory, we can easily see early clues of actual swot analysis, but of course not as it is known today. On the first hand we have God as the ultimate strategist. He...
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...Analysis Tools Unit 5 Individual Project ACCT205-1205B02 Instructor Jean Riese AIU Online Kristina M Langan February 10, 2013 Overtsock.com (the company) received some negative publicity in 2010 after the company made their relationship with external auditors. The company then had to restate their published financial statements going back to 2008. The surrounding issues were that overstock.com had improperly deferred income that it earned but had under-billed its fulfillment partners during prior reporting periods (Q3 of 2008 and before) by moving these such incomes to different future reporting periods (Q4 of 2008, Q1 of 2009, Q2 of 2009, and Q3 of 2009). So this means overstock.com took prior reporting period income (Q3 of 2008 and before) and moved it to future reporting periods (Q4 of 2008 and later) because this materially overstated its financial performances in these later reporting periods. (Anatar, 2010). The Big O also admitted that it incorrectly amortized the expense related to restrict stock units based on the actual three year vesting schedule rather than a three year straight line amortization and applied an outdated forfeiture rate in calculating its expenses under the plans. While they were at it, they threw a bunch of other corrections that were not material either individually or in the aggregate, as the saying goes (Newquist, 2010). Once this type of magnitude is reached by an accounting error, it generally involves a number of top-lever company...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS Situational Analysis 3 Alternatives 7 Decision Criteria 11 Action Plan 12 In 1910, Black & Decker was founded by two 23 year olds S. Duncan Black, and Alonzo G. Decker in Baltimore. 73 years after receiving its first patent, Black & Decker was the world’s largest producer of power tools, power tool accessories, electric lawn and garden tools, and residential security hardware. The brand has also made its successful foray into households with products such as the DustBuster, and Spacemaker amongst other things. The franchise also holds nearly 30% of market share overall in the US power tools market. With strong segment shares in the professional industrial and consumer market at...
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...Team D-1’s Analysis Of The Black & Decker Corporation in 2000 Executive Summary Black & Decker had always been a market leader in the power tools industry. Many changes took place that helped out in the company in the short run, but hurt in the long run. In 2000 Black and Decker Corporation was still reeling from the financial and strategic problems stemming from the company's acquisition of Emhart Corporation in 1989. In late 1998 Black & Decker management celebrated the completion of an almost decade-long effort to divest nonstrategic business gained through its 1989 acquisition of Emhart Corporation and expected the company to enter a long-awaited period of growth as its entire management refocused its attention on its core power tools, plumbing, and security hardware business. Archibald believed that "This portfolio restructuring will allow us to focus on core operations that can deliver dependable and superior operating and financial results." However the portfolio restructuring did little to improve the market performance of the company's securities. Yet Archibald and the management continued to express confidence that the company's streamline portfolio would allow Black & Decker to achieve revenue and earnings growth that the market would find impressive. So far the 1998 divestitures have not produced steady increases in the company's stock price, but look promising for the future due to the efforts to refocus efforts on the successful power tools line. Strategic...
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...Hamilton Power Tools marketed industrial products by catering to constructional and industrial tool market. Their construction product lines included power trowels, power trowels, concrete vibrators, generators and power driven tools. Their industrial lines were primarily pneumatic tools: drills, screwdrivers etc. One of their products – gasoline-powered chain saw was slightly different from the above tools. Mr. Campagna, the marketing manager for Hamilton Power Tools knew that the chain saw industry primarily catered to following markets:-Professionals (lumberjacks), farmers, institutions and casual users. Among these casual user segment was considered to be the future growth market. Hamilton Power Tools thus hired Consumer Metrics of Chicago to conduct two research projects. The first one was a projective technique known as Thematic Apperception Test(TAT) using picture response techniques. The basic premise of TAT research is that it in an unstructured and indirect manner encourages respondents to project their emotions, needs, motives, attitude and values at a sub-conscious level. Purpose of research: The research was primarily exploratory to gain insights into reasons why people make certain purchases. Mr. Campagna also wanted to get a flavour of language people use in talking about chain saw. Analysis of method: The research was conducted in states of Illionois and Wisconsin. People who were selected for TAT were screened on basis of whether they planned to purchase...
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...Activity 1: Building a New Structure – Problem Analysis Here are the most common causes of fiber network malfunctions: • Broken fibers because of physical stress or excessive bending • Insufficient transmitting power • Excessive signal loss due to a cable span that’s too long • Excessive signal loss due to a contaminated connector • Excessive signal loss due to faulty splices or connectors • Excessive signal loss due to having too many splices or connectors • Faulty connection of fiber to the patch panel or in the splice tray Typically, if a connection is completely dead, it’s because of a break in the cable. However, if the connection is intermittent, there are several possible causes: • The cable’s attenuation may be too high because of poor quality splices or too many splices. • Things like dust, fingerprints, scratches, and humidity can contaminate connectors. • There is low transmitter strength. • There are bad connections in the wiring closet. Some tools to assist in determining the issue with the network would be: Cable fault finder - fault locator, cable and wire manager and tone generator Electrical Contractor Telecom Kits - these kits contain essential industry standard telecommunications tools and test equipment. Voltage Detector - provides protection against hazardous voltages. Punchdown Tool - termination tool allows you to terminate jacks. Modular Crimper Cable Strippers Once you find the problem, you have to repair it. Besides the...
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...extracted gas from underground wells. Electrical and Electronic. The E & E segment was Cooper’s largest in 1988, generating one-half of corporate sales and 57% of operating profits. Cooper had entered this segment with the 1981 purchase of Crouse-hinds. By 1988, E&E had four sub-segments, each representing quite diverse business, but all focused on the mature North American market that accounted for over 90 percent of segment sales. Commercial and industrial. In the commercial and industrial segmen Cooper participated in the non-powered handtool and window treatment business, and in the automotive aftermarket. In the Tool group, consolidation of acquisitions was completed and new manufacturing of acquisitions was completed and new manufacturing facilities constructed by 1988, and the company held the preeminent market position in most of its tool lines. Compression, drilling and energy equipment Compression and drilling segment had been Cooper’s largest in 1981, generating over 50% of revenues and over 60% of operating profit. However, the collapse of the energy industrgy in the early and mid-1980s caused sales of oil and natural gas equipment to fall preipitously. By 1988, this segment accounted for 21 percent of Cooper sales and less than 10 percent of income. II. List of Questions • What is...
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...Notes for using the Job Analysis template Job analysis is an in-depth study of a job (not the person in the job). It provides information for job descriptions. In doing the analysis, you will need to gather information about the job, eg by interviewing employees, observing performance of certain tasks, asking employees to fill out questionnaires and worksheets, and collecting information about a job from other sources such as related units of competency. Whatever sources you use to get basic information on what the job entails, the analysis should end up with written results that can be reviewed by the incumbent, or other employees who know the job. During the review, duties, competencies, knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics of the job can be added, deleted or modified. Job analysis is designed to provide a reliable method of quickly and effectively identifying critical competencies (ie knowledge, skills and abilities) and establishing the qualifications for a job or role. The step-by-step process below will assist you to complete a job analysis using the template provided. |Process |Explanation | |Step 1. Understand the job |Start by developing a complete understanding of the position. This is the foundation on which training (and | |including duties and tasks |other human resources processes) is based. The basis...
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... Here my objective is to choose between one and three of these solutions of a module and create a 2-3 page report on. A few of the questions that I will briefly but clearly explain are what do I think of the purpose of the tool represented? What do I think can be learned from these tools? In what situations do I think these too would be useful? How can or could I apply these tools in my organization, career, or personal life? And last but not least my overall evaluation of the tools mentioned? Purpose The purpose of the SAP business object is for the NCIS is to have the opportunity to track all criminal activity in real time, identify crime trends, and allocate resources effectively. NCIS also uses this software to report to the U.S. Congress and justify funding. The next question asked was what I learned from these tools? A few of the items that I learned that I thought could not be possible was how amazing how this tool provided NCIS the opportunity to become proactive. NCIS went from solving crimes to actually preventing, investigating and solving them before they actually happen. The other question that I was asked to discuss was how I think that this tool would be useful. According to Ofelia Perotti, who is a analytical cell division chief at NCIS. She states within this article that “Congress allocates funds specifically for different functions. For example if certain...
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...Shortages Fortune 2000 food product manufacturer rapidly increases network visibility, extends useful life for existing tools, and accelerates MTTR for troubleshooting problems “We selected the Anue Net Tool Optimizer to eliminate our SPAN shortage problem. Since it has been deployed, we have also seen a significant improvement in network visibility, cost savings on tools, and faster MTTR for diagnostic troubleshooting.” – Lead Network Administrator “The Anue Net Tool Optimizer allows us to share traffic from our limited number of SPANs with eight tools, without dropping packets or overloading the tools with data.” – Lead Network Administrator Company Profile The Customer is a $4B food product manufacturer in North America (FY 2010). With products that distribute across the continent, in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the Customer is one of the leaders in packaged coffee, health/natural foods, and a variety of other packaged edibles. Problem The Customer runs a complex network with approximately 7,500 networking devices deployed at their headquarters, as well as 33 remotely located sites, 75% of which are primarily manufacturing facilities. They use a variety of tool types, including Application Performance Management (APM), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), URL Filtering, Packet Capture, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP). With such a variety of tools, the Customer’s networking team found that the data center lacked available access points, specifically SPAN ports...
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...(MEL). Web Support link: http://www.nbaa.org/ops/maint/inoperative-equipment/minimum-equipment-list.php Inoperable Equipment and Minimum Equipment List I have chose to use NBAA.org as a good resourceful tool for learning in general when it comes to aviation. This web link will teach you an easy and simple way the definition and use of a MEL. Definition of MEL: A Minimum Equipment List (MEL) is one method aircraft operators may use to obtain relief from Federal Aviation Regulations that generally require that all equipment installed on the aircraft be operative at the time of flight. A MEL is a precise listing of instruments, equipment and procedures that allows an aircraft to be operated under specific conditions with inoperative equipment. It will explain you step by step the procedure and use of an MEL, such as: * Obtaining FAA approval * Conducting operations with an MEL * Correcting MEL inoperative items * Record keeping requirements NBAA.org is an excellent website for any professional in aviation or for anyone interest in aviation. Using this beside you can find information from student material, airport operations, security, maintenance, job search and much more. As a professional pilot, I recommend the use of this website as a tool in your aviation journey, career and studies. I will also advise you to consider getting a free membership with them, which will open even more opportunities of resourses....
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...Personal Responsibility as a Development Tool Arquímedes Cedeño University of Phoenix, Puerto Rico Campus GEN/200 February 14, 2012 Lic. Lopez-Rivera Personal Responsibility as a Development Tool In the society, the persons require a high degree of personal responsibility to be considered as a successful person in life. If they want to be successful must take responsibility as a habit necessary to create, without it, they are predetermined to fail. As Tracy says in his study: The more responsibility you take, the more in control you are. And the freer you are, especially in your own mind, to make decisions and to do the things you want to do. So there’s a direct relationship between responsibility, control, freedom and happiness. The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their lives (p. 1). What is Personal Responsibility? Personal responsibility is the ability to determine one’s own decisions, choices, and actions (What is personal responsibility?, 2012). Are those actions that help us improve our quality of life, our relationship with people and the environment around us. Complying with the rules imposed by our society and enforces them through the rest of it. Responsibility is not a burden, it's a blessing (Gallozzi, 2012) How we acquired it? We acquired it through the teaching of our parents, early education. Those little...
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...CHAPTER 12 – EXERCISE 12-4 Solution Normal selling price: 389.95 Direct materials $143.00 Direct labor $86.00 Manufacturing overhead $35.00 unit production cost $264.00 Most MO os fixed and unaffected by variations in j ewelry produ ced $7 of the MO is variable with respect to bracelets produced Additional Special order: $6.00 per Special tools purchase $465.00 tool No affect on sales or capacity What affect? Special price $349.95 per Should the special order be accepted at this price Company: Miyamoto Jewelers Per Unit 10 Bracelet Incremental revenue $349.95 $3,499.50 Incremental costs: Variable costs: Direct materials $143.00 $1,430.00 Direct labor $86.00 $860.00 Variable Manufacturing overhead $7.00 $70.00 Special filligree $6.00 $60.00 Total variable cost $242.00 $2,420.00 Fixed costs: Purchase of special tool $465.00 Total incremental cost $2,885.00 incremental net operating income $614.50 CHAPTER 12 – EXERCISE 12-16 Solution Diehl Company Diesel Tractors unit product cost based on 60000 parts per year Per Part 60000 units Direct materials $4.00 $240,000.00 Direct labor $2.75 $165,000.00 Variable manufacturing overhead $0.05 $3,000.00 Fixed manufacturing overhead, traceable $3.00 $180,000.00 Fixed manufacturing overhead, common $2.25 $135,000.00 (allocated on the basis of labor hours) unit production ...
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...CAT 3 Overview This task is designed to allow students to use tools in Microsoft Word in order to create a business letter. Students will need to use persuasive language in order to convince the local council why the theme park should be built here. Your letter needs to cover the following points - An introduction to who you are and your park building company ( you can make up fake awards that you have won. - Outline what the park is going to be and some of the potential attractions you would like to build - Outline the advantages of building your park in this area - Outline the potential problems and how you intend to overcome them You need to make sure that your letter follows the correct outline of a business letter How long will you need? This will be due at the end of week 9 What you need to do |Tasks |Due dates | |Collect teacher notes | | |Create Brainstorm the potential advantages and disadvantages to the park |Week 8 | |Create a persuasive business letter |Week 9 ...
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