...Duke Energy Corporation Company Analysis Project Table of Contents Introduction 3 Utility Structure 4 Microeconomic Environment 5 Macroeconomic Environment 7 Regulatory Impacts 9 Ethical Considerations 12 Conclusion 14 References 16 Introduction Duke Energy Corporation is an energy company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina that operates in the United States as well as in Latin America and is subject to regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 2013 operating revenues totaled $24.6 billion and assets totaled $114.8 billion (Duke Energy, 2014). On December 31, 2013, Duke Energy had 27,948 employees with 5,548 operating and maintenance employees represented by unions (p. 13). The three main business segments are Regulated Utilities, International Energy, and Commercial Power. Regulated Utilities serves 7.2 million retail electric customers and 500,000 retail natural gas customers in six states principally relying upon coal, natural gas, and nuclear fuel for its generation of electricity (Duke Energy, 2014). The electric and gas services are subject to the rules and regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the North Carolina Utilities Commission, the Public Service Commission of South Carolina, the Florid Public Service Commission, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, and the Kentucky Public Service Commission (Duke Energy, 2014). With the exception of Ohio, regulated...
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...Individual Learing Project 1: Company Analysis and Evaluation Project Instructions In this project, you will select an organization, or a segment of an organization, and interview key employees for the purpose of gathering information concerning the organization’s critical success factors. Please be sure to inform those interviewed for this project that any proprietary information included in this project will be kept confidential. You will then develop a SWOT analysis to clarify and aid in the identification of the organization's / segment's CSFs. The written project requires you to prepare and submit the following in order: 1. Brief description of the organization/segment–1 paragraph. 2. SWOT analysis in chart form–Four categories - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats - each item should be clearly and concisely stated. 3. Balanced Scorecard in chart form. Clearly and concisely list CSFs in each of the four categories identified in the text. For each CSF indicate in a separate column explain how the measurement of the CSF will transpire. 4. A discussion of the CSFs chosen for the organization/segment–why were these particular factors selected? Why are they important in accessing the success of the company? (2–3 pages) 5. An evaluation of the organization/segment to determine if it is achieving each of the CSFs. Analyze each CSF and use data from the measures indicated in the balanced scorecard as support for the conclusions. (2–3 pages) Some...
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...ARMY FORCE SIZE BY RANK | The Defense Department's latest official accounting of Army active and reserve personnel strength showed these manning levels Feb. 1: | Rank/Grade | Regular Army | RA women only | Army National Guard | Army Reserve | General | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Lieutenant General | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Major General | 116 | 8 | 64 | 36 | Brigadier General | 131 | 6 | 150 | 75 | Colonel | 4,275 | 488 | 1,500 | 1,853 | Lieutenant Colonel | 9,669 | 1,251 | 3,677 | 5,442 | Major | 16,738 | 2,910 | 6,725 | 6,882 | Captain | 29,248 | 5,798 | 10,674 | 10,503 | First Lieutenant | 14,134 | 2,750 | 8,394 | 5,122 | Second Lieutenant | 6,487 | 1,340 | 5,468 | 2,499 | CW5 | 657 | 39 | 381 | 96 | CW4 | 2,117 | 180 | 1,484 | 562 | CW3 | 4,134 | 391 | 2,060 | 792 | CW2 | 6,311 | 629 | 3,499 | 1,446 | WO1 | 1,969 | 187 | 1,129 | 395 | Total Officers | 96,047 | 15,982 | 45,206 | 35,703 | Sergeant Major | 3,506 | 263 | 2,057 | 1,562 | Master Sergeant | 11,643 | 1,298 | 7,424 | 5,559 | Sergeant First Class | 38,275 | 4,437 | 21,727 | 15,766 | Staff Sergeant | 59,718 | 6,462 | 40,197 | 19,673 | Sergeant | 72,826 | 9,810 | 63,777 | 28,353 | Specialist | 116,602 | 17,045 | 90,302 | 58,158 | Private First Class | 51,030 | 7,417 | 39,322 | 17,114 | Private E-2 | 26,273 | 3,828 | 21,775 | 7,962 | Private E-1 | 18,146 | 2,407 | 17,592 | 8,147 | Total Enlisted | 398,019 | 52,967 | 304,173 | 162,294 | Military Academy cadets | 4,335 | 767 | n/a...
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...Three Case Study Questions Trina G. Stevens trinagstevens@bellsouth.net Part III of the Course Project for PM598 Nov10 Contract and Project Management Presented to Instructor Robert Davy of DeVry University December 5, 2010 RUHLING MANUFACTURING COMPANY QUESTIONS Question # 1: Why might negotiation be favored over competitive bidding in certain procurement situations? A buyer or a procurement section of an organization, or business might choose negotiation over competitive bidding when a project is small, not planned, or an emergency. There are some situations in which a buyer would favor negotiation rather than competitive bidding. For example, when the buyer is contracting for part of the seller’s services rather than a product. Also when there are ambiguities involved with the project. Another reason to use negotiation is when cost and risk cannot be correctly identified early within the project. Negotiation is used a lot when there are new, or unexpected ideas introduced to solve a problem within the project. Negotiation is usually cheaper and quicker than competitive bidding. Question # 2a: Considerations of Epsilon's alternative proposal: a. What is the applicability of a requirements contract from Ruhling’s point of view? - Assume that Epsilon will still make a profit resulting from economics of long runs and learning curves The applicability of a requirement contract from Ruhling’s point of view is that they would agree...
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...Business Analysis & Valuation Project The objective of this project is to apply financial statement analysis techniques in a typical (equity) investment decision-making context. You should assume that you are required to make an investment recommendation to a fund manager. The fund manger wishes to add a stock to a diversified portfolio. The investment manager has a strategy of maximizing investor returns over the long term. Consistent with the course objectives, the project is an essential part of the course and aimed at developing your understanding of, and practical skills in financial statement analysis and valuation. It is also designed to enhance teamwork, and analytical and communication skills. To maximize the benefits of the project, you are required to progressively complete the project as the techniques are examined in the course. The project comprises two components: (1) an industry and company analysis, (2) a detailed project report, and Getting Started (Weeks 1-2) By the end of Week 2 you are required to: (1) Form groups of ideally 4 or 5 members. For part-time students who have difficulties in finding common free time for group meetings, groups of 2 or 3 are acceptable. (2) Select a company that is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Your companies must have at least three years of annual reports available – it is your responsibility to pick a company with the required information available); (3) Enroll your group members online through Blackboard...
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...Deliverables Company Selection – Week 1 Course Project Horizontal Analysis – Week 2 Course Project Vertical Analysis – Week 3 Course Project Final Ratio Analysis – Week 4 General Expectations for Your Final Course Project Submission – Week 7 Citation Help |Deliverables | | Course Project Company Selection Please post your chosen companies for comparison for my approval in the Week 1 Course Project Dropbox by Sunday, end of Week 1, 11:59 p.m. (MT). I will give you feedback to make sure that you're on the right track for this assignment. (5 points) Course Project Horizontal Analysis Please post the horizontal analysis for your Course Project in the Week 2 Course Project Dropbox by Sunday, end of Week 2, 11:59 p.m. (MT). (40 points) Course Project Vertical Analysis Please post the vertical Analysis for your Course Project in the Week 3 Course Project Dropbox by Sunday, end of Week 3, 11:59 p.m. (MT). (40 points) Course Project Final Ratio Analysis Please post the Ratio Analysis for your Course Project in the Week 4 Course Project Dropbox by Sunday, end of Week 4, 11:59 p.m. (MT). (40 points) Final Course Project Submission Please post the Course Project final summary assignment to the Week 7 Course Project Dropbox by Sunday, end of Week 7, 11:59 p.m. (MT). (75 points) |Category ...
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...S.W.O.T Analysis in Project Management Md. Mashreki Islam Sami Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering International University of Business Agriculture and Technology Dhaka, Bangladesh Abstract The main objective of this paper is to give an extensive knowledge on SWOT Analysis. In this paper SWOT analysis is discussed in the case of project management. SWOT analysis stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. Such analysis can be a part in a project or in a business venture. A SWOT analysis can be carried out for a product, place or person. It involves specifying the objective of the business venture or project and identifying the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieving that objective. The technique is credited to Albert Humphrey, who led a convention at the Stanford Research Institute now called SRI International, in the 1960s and 1970s using data from Fortune 500 companies. Performing SWOT analysis allows setting achievable goals or objectives for the organization. SWOT analysis is important for organizations to plan future steps that are to be taken for development or to compete with other companies. Through SWOT analysis, a company or organization come across advantages, disadvantages, possibilities, capabilities and problems that they may face in a project takes visual. In this paper different sectors are considered where SWOT analysis is done successfully. Some other techniques of analysis such as Benchmarking, PESTLE...
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...following terms: a. Project cash flow; accounting income b. Incremental cash flow; sunk cost; opportunity cost; externality; cannibalization; expansion project; replacement project c. Net operating working capital changes; salvage value d. Stand-alone risk; corporate (within-firm) risk; market (beta) risk e. Sensitivity analysis; scenario analysis; Monte Carlo simulation analysis. f. Risk-adjusted discount rate; project cost of capital g. Decision tree; staged decision-tree analysis; decision node; branch h. Real options; managerial options; strategic options; embedded options i. Investment timing option; growth option; abandonment option; flexibility option a. Project cash flow: The process of inflow or outflow of cash in any project is called cash flow. In project cash flow the increase in income results cash inflow on the other hand, expenditure results cash outflow. Accounting income: Accounting income is the result after deducting the total sales revenue from its expenses. The result of accounting income and cash flow differs in the financial statement because accounting income makes records of both cash and non cash transaction. While in cash flow only pure cash transaction are recorded. b) Incremental cash flow: Incremental cash flow is the additional cash that company may receive by taking a new project. If a company sees positive incremental of cash flow then it means the company can get additional cash flow in future, if new project is accepted. ...
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...Course Project Structure 1. Executive Summary 2. Company Overview and Project Focus - Company Background - Company Mission - Sources of Competitive Advantage - Course Project Focus - Market Opportunity/Problem Statement 3. Situational Analysis - Industry Analysis o Market Size o Market Growth o Market Trends - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis - Competition - Customer Analysis - Product (AND 4 P )Analysis – WHAT IS the current marketing mix 4. Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning (STP) – WHAT IS it currently - Market Segments - Target Market Identification - Positioning 5. Marketing Strategy & Marketing Mix Recommendations (THIS IS YOUR PLAN) Marketing Strategy (What should it BE?) - Market Segments - Target Market Identification - Positioning If it is the same, then you just need to explain that and justify it. (For example, if you are suggesting improving the current product to sell more to the current customer (market penetration) or if you are suggesting launching a new product for current customers (product development), then your segment would be the same. Else, it might change. ...
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...10 October 23, 2014 New Heritage Doll Company Write-up Introduction New Heritage Doll Company is a firm that has ventured into doll production which has sought to extend its brand in order to broaden its market framework and more importantly capitalize on high levels of customer loyalty. The vice president of the Company, Emily Harris, is to forward her project proposal to the Budgeting Committee for evaluation. The Vice-president’s objective for proposing the project was based on potential to strengthen the Company’s division of production and drive future growth. Emily Harris has to produce a compelling project to avoid the committee from declining the proposal. Basis of Assessment There are two projects between which the company can choose from or drop the proposals in their entirety. The methods of project evaluation would be based on discounting cash flows analysis and thereafter determining the Net Present Value (NPV) of each of the proposed project with Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Profitability Index and Payback Period. If the project has a positive NPV, it would suggests the project is generating more cash than is required to service the debt and provide the appropriate returns; thus, the higher NPV, the better it is for the company. The project proposal with the positive and highest NPV, IRR and profitability index along with the shortest payback period would be acceptable for investment. New Heritage Doll Company managed to produce a capital budgeting structure...
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...A REPORT ON (A STUDY ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF ORIENTAL STRUCURAL ENGINEER’S PVT. LTD.) By: VISHAL (ORIENTAL STRUCTURAL ENGINEER’S PVT. LTD.) (Date: 2ND JUNE TO 31st JULY) A REPORT ON (A Study on Financial Performance of Oriental Structural Engineer’s Pvt. Ltd) By (Vishal) (PGDM) A report submitted in partial fulfillment of The requirements of PROGRAMME (2013-2015) Delhi school of Business-VIPS, Technical Campus Company Guide: C.A Anand Shukla Faculty Guide: Dr.Indira Bharadwaj Company Name: OSE Pvt. Ltd. College name: Delhi school of Business Designation: DGM-Finance Designation: Associate Professor, Finance DECLARATION I hereby declare that this project report “A STUDY ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF ORIENTAL STRUCTURAL ENGINEER’S PVT. LTD.” is my own work, to the best of my knowledge and belief. It contains no material previously published or written by another person nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma of any other institute, except where due acknowledge has been made in the text. Name: Vishal Roll No.201301021 Date: 31-07-14 PGDM-2013-2015 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that...
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...careful attention to the characteristics of the company and its IS projects. NOTE: This is an individual, not a team, iLab. In your review, make notes specifying how you would rate the following characteristics of the company and project. These notes will not be turned in, but you will use them in conducting your analysis in Step 2 and preparing your memo in Step 3. 1. Is theproject technologyextremely stable, moderately stable, or experimental? 2. At the start of the project, are theproject requirementswell known, partially known, or mostly unknown (i.e., experimental)? 3. Is theproject domainheavily regulated, moderately regulated, or lightly regulated by government or other outside agencies? 4. Is thesize of the organizationlarge, mid-sized, or small? 5. Is theorganizational culturebureaucratic, mixed, or entrepreneurial? 6. Is theorganization's competitive environmentslow-paced, moderately paced, or fast-paced? STEP 2: Analyze SDLC suitability Based on the information given in the case study, analyze the suitability of a specific Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) model for Acme Medical Data Storage LLC: • If the last digit of your DSI Number is 0, 1, 2, or 3, use theWaterfall SDLC; • If the last digit of your DSI Number is4, 5, or 6, use theUnified Process; and • If the last digit of your DSI Number is 7, 8, or 9, use anagile SDLC (Scrum or XP). In your analysis, examine your notes from your review of the project and organizational characteristics from Step...
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...careful attention to the characteristics of the company and its IS projects. NOTE: This is an individual, not a team, iLab. In your review, make notes specifying how you would rate the following characteristics of the company and project. These notes will not be turned in, but you will use them in conducting your analysis in Step 2 and preparing your memo in Step 3. 1. Is theproject technologyextremely stable, moderately stable, or experimental? 2. At the start of the project, are theproject requirementswell known, partially known, or mostly unknown (i.e., experimental)? 3. Is theproject domainheavily regulated, moderately regulated, or lightly regulated by government or other outside agencies? 4. Is thesize of the organizationlarge, mid-sized, or small? 5. Is theorganizational culturebureaucratic, mixed, or entrepreneurial? 6. Is theorganization's competitive environmentslow-paced, moderately paced, or fast-paced? STEP 2: Analyze SDLC suitability Based on the information given in the case study, analyze the suitability of a specific Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) model for Acme Medical Data Storage LLC: • If the last digit of your DSI Number is 0, 1, 2, or 3, use theWaterfall SDLC; • If the last digit of your DSI Number is4, 5, or 6, use theUnified Process; and • If the last digit of your DSI Number is 7, 8, or 9, use anagile SDLC (Scrum or XP). In your analysis, examine your notes from your review of the project and organizational characteristics from Step...
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...and c are correct. e. All of the statements above are correct. Relevant cash flows Answer: c Diff: E . A company is considering a new project. The company’s CFO plans to calculate the project’s NPV by discounting the relevant cash flows (which include the initial up-front costs, the operating cash flows, and the terminal cash flows) at the company’s cost of capital (WACC). Which of the following factors should the CFO include when estimating the relevant cash flows? a. Any sunk costs associated with the project. b. Any interest expenses associated with the project. c. Any opportunity costs associated with the project. d. Statements b and c are correct. e. All of the statements above are correct. Relevant cash flows Answer: d Diff: E . When evaluating potential projects, which of the following factors should be incorporated as part of a project’s estimated cash flows? a. Any sunk costs that were incurred in the past prior to considering the proposed project. b. Any opportunity costs that are incurred if the project is undertaken. c. Any externalities (both positive and negative) that are incurred if the project is undertaken. d. Statements b and c are correct. e. All of the statements above are correct. Relevant cash flows Answer: b Diff: E . Which of the following statements is most correct? a. When evaluating corporate projects it is important to include all sunk costs in the estimated cash flows. b. When evaluating corporate...
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...conventional playing company in Bangladesh Reckitt Benckiser has strong intention for modern developed capital budgeting technique in evaluating their potential projects especially in large R&D projects. The company mainly uses IRR. It uses sophisticated methods to project future cash flows. The company also uses scenario analysis to incorporate risk and for some very complex projects, it uses simulation analysis with the help of parent company in UK. However, Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh Ltd is a well established company and it does not take large projects very often. Those capital budgeting techniques are normally used in evaluating large projects and in case of acquisition of an existing company. Company Overview Company Profile Reckitt Benckiser is a world leader in FMCG household, health and personal care. In Bangladesh it has started its journey as Reckitt Benckiser (Bangladesh) Ltd. The Company was listed in DSE in 1986 and in CSE in 1995 as a pharmaceuticals and chemical company. Currently, Reckitt Benckiser (Bangladesh) Ltd is a leading player in the FMCG market of Bangladesh with a focus on Health, Hygiene & Home. RB is involved in the business of manufacturing and marketing Household, Toiletries and Pharmaceuticals items. The company’s product array includes brands like Disprin, Dettol, Harpic, Mortein, Moov, Veet etc. Its strong achievement and entrepreneurial focused culture is renowned for giving employees unparalleled ownership of projects and decisions and...
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