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Instructions As a consultant working in the area of business analysis, you are expected to make recommendations to clients regarding the optimization of business operations, including production, material control, quality, and delivery.  In order to convey a sense of professionalism, self-efficacy, and value to the client, you have decided to create a detailed report that outlines the key components of MRP to recommend or caution against the ...

Other / Other 25 May 2017 Expiry Date: 25 May 2017

Instructions This assignment challenges your ability to identify, capture, sequence, and align process activities in a way that enables clear communication of the process and visibility to all activities, including those that are unseen by the customer.  Create a service blueprint that depicts an overnight stay in a nationally-recognized hotel chain.  Your blueprint should capture the process, which begins with a client’s call to th ...

Other / Other 12 May 2017

Instructions To any person considering the launch of an enterprise, the Shouldice Hospital story is a refreshing reminder of how startups in any field – in this case, health care – can succeed with the right ingredients and passion to excel.  This week’s readings include references to a successful startup that grew from the willingness of one individual (Dr. Edward Earle Shouldice) to respond to a recognized need.  You ...

Other / Other 04 May 2017

Instructions   Select a US-based firm that has made the decision to outsource some portion of its manufacturing operations offshore (i.e., not in the United States). Assume the role of the business unit manager with overall responsibility for the outsourced function(s). Create a case analysis for the Chief Operating Officer (COO) that critically evaluates the outsourcing decision. Select two peer-reviewed articles and two industry-generated ...

Other / Other 02 May 2017

Assume that you have just been hired as a financial consultant to a startup company that plans to introduce a new beverage to the soft drink market. Your company’s product is advertised as a healthier alternative to soda and other artificially flavored drinks. The all-natural sparkling beverage has only 25 calories, 5 grams of sugar, no chemicals or preservatives, and comes in four fruit flavors: orange, pineapple, apple and grape. Two ye ...

Other / Other 10 Apr 2017

Part I: One duty of a financial manager is to choose investments with satisfactory cash flows and rates of return.  Therefore, a financial manager must be able to decide whether an investment is worth undertaking and be able to choose intelligently between two or more alternatives. To do this, a sound procedure to evaluate, compare, and select projects is needed. This procedure is called capital budgeting. Virtually all general managers face ...

Other / Other 10 Apr 2017

Use the That’s WACC. The Best WACC Calculator. to generate estimates of the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for five different companies (pick companies from different industries such that you find a relatively wide range of WACC estimates): Build a three column table displaying the full company name and its stock symbol in the first column, a brief description of the company and its main line(s) of business in the second column, ...

Other / Other 30 Mar 2017

Here is your opportunity to dream! Choose a vacation destination anywhere in the world (to which you must fly) for a two week trip (assume you have vacation time from work to take the trip) that you would like to take exactly ten (10) years from today. This can either be an individual vacation, a couple trip or a family excursion, depending on your life circumstances. After you’ve picked your destination (dream big), determine the fo ...

Other / Other 20 Mar 2017

Answer these questions (for quantitative questions, show your work): How does the present value of a lump sum compare to the present value of an annuity? How does the future value of an ordinary annuity compare to the future value of an annuity due? How does the present value of an annuity compare to the present value of an annuity due? What’s the value today of $500 received in 3 years if the going rate of interest is 10% per year? A ...

Other / Other 20 Mar 2017

An annual report is a comprehensive statement describing a company's activities throughout the preceding year. Annual reports are intended to give shareholders and other interested stakeholders information about the company's activities and financial performance. All public corporations must provide shareholders with a financial report every year so that shareholders understand and are able to assess overall performance. The front part of the re ...

Other / Other 12 Mar 2017