...AMBA 640 / AMBA 640 HYBRID COURSE MATERIALS ASSIGNMENTS Acme Mexico City and Application of World-Class Operations and Information Systems Management Techniques and Production Planning and Strategy for Toyota North America (Version 06/01/15) Background Information for Acme Mexico City Acme Home Improvements, Inc. was founded in 1982 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. By mid 2015, the company had 125 stores along the US East Coast from Florida to Maine. Its annual sales are currently ~$5,400,000,000 with $280,000,000 net income. The average store is about 100,000 square feet with an additional 10,000 square feet of outside garden center. The stores typically carry 40,000 different products from 5,000 vendors worldwide. Major US competitors include Ace, Home Depot, Lowe's, and TruValue. All four operate already in Mexico. 1 In the interests of seeking greater profits and buffering against downturns in the US market, Acme has determined to follow these and other competitors to Canada and Mexico. In the latter, it has established, in accordance with Mexican law, a joint venture with local interests, known as Acme Home Improvements de México, SA de CV ("Acme de México" or "Acme Mexico City"). (SA de CV = Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable, a Mexican corporate form.) There are five major product groups within each Acme store: plumbing and electrical supplies, building materials, hardware and tools, seasonal and garden/yard items, and paint, flooring and wall coverings. Each store...
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...wiL1084x_fm_i-xxiv_1.indd Page i 1/10/11 7:53:00 PM user-f499 /Users/user-f499/Desktop/Temp Work/Don't Delete Job/MHBR231:Wild:203 Managerial Accounting John J. Wild University of Wisconsin at Madison Ken W. Shaw University of Missouri at Columbia 3 rd edition wiL1084x_fm_i-xxiv_1.indd Page ii 1/10/11 9:14:31 PM user-f499 /Users/user-f499/Desktop/Temp Work/Don't Delete Job/MHBR231:Wild:203 To my students and family, especially Kimberly, Jonathan, Stephanie, and Trevor. To my wife Linda and children, Erin, Emily, and Jacob. MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING Published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10020. Copyright 2012, 2010, 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States. This book is printed on acid-free paper. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 DOW/DOW 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 978-0-07-811084-9 MHID 0-07-811084-X Vice president and editor-in-chief: Brent Gordon Editorial director: Stewart Mattson Publisher: Tim...
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...[pic] Group Assignment Unit: Introduction to E-Commerce Unit Code: IECO 106 Release date: 11/05/2014 Submission date: Week 12 Monday (16/6/2014) 02:30 PM AEST Assessment item 3: Group Project (4/5 students in a group) Objective(s): This addresses Unit Learning Objectives 7 Weighting: 20% Due: Week 12 Monday (16/6/2014) 02:30 PM AEST Task: The students need to conduct research on 4/5 real companies that implemented electronic commerce to answer few specific questions. Submission: Electronic submission through trunitin website. The assignment report, are due by 16 June 2014 02.30 PM AEST A penalty of 10% of the overall marks per day will apply for late submissions. Student caught plagiarising will be awarded zero marks for the assessed tasks. Assignment Details Identify at least 4 different companies from at least 2 different industries that implemented and integrated E-commerce to add value to their operations and strategies. Briefly describe the enterprises, in terms of its operations, products/services, markets, competitors etc and its e-commerce strategies, initiatives and implementations. Please visit web sites, annual reports, media etc. of these companies to find the relevant information related in this matter. Your also need to refer to press releases, case studies ,white papers published in popular press and online databases. Then, discuss the likely advantages...
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...Investment AFC Term 1 CBD 2015 Dept of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies Contents General Information Learning Outcomes General Assessment Information Assessment Tasks Delivery and Resources Unit Schedule Learning and Teaching Activities Policies and Procedures Graduate Capabilities Changes from Previous Offering Important Notice Standards Required to Complete the Unit Satisfactorily 2 2 3 3 7 8 10 10 12 15 15 15 Disclaimer Macquarie University has taken all reasonable measures to ensure the information in this publication is accurate and up-to-date. However, the information may change or become out-dated as a result of change in University policies, procedures or rules. The University reserves the right to make changes to any information in this publication without notice. Users of this publication are advised to check the website version of this publication [or the relevant faculty or department] before acting on any information in this publication. http://unitguides.mq.edu.au/unit_offerings/52041/unit_guide/print 1 Unit guide ECFS895 Private Equity Investment General Information Unit convenor and teaching staff Lecturer (Sydney/Melbourne) Stephane Chatonsky stephane.chatonsky@mq.edu.au Contact via Email Unit Convenor / Lecturer Roger Casey roger.casey@mq.edu.au Contact via Email Credit points 2 Prerequisites (Admission to MAppFin or PGCertAppFin or GradDipAppFin) and ECFS866 Corequisites Co-badged status Unit description This unit uses the principles...
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...M2 discussion managerial accounting Unit 2: Module 2 - M2 Assignment 1 Discussion Discussion Assignment Assignment 1: Discussion—Activity-Based Costing System Activity-based costing is one of the most accurate methods that can be used to allocate overhead. However, it is not often used in many smaller organizations due to the substantial cost involved with its implementation. Using the module readings and the Argosy University online library resources, research the activity-based costing method. Use your research and/or your experiences as a working professional to complete this assignment. Respond to the following: If you have utilized an activity-based costing system in your former or current employment, describe how this system had been used. In your response, be sure to include your experience and position on the effectiveness of the activity-based costing system. Support your ideas by drawing on your readings and scholarly articles. If you have not encountered this type of system in your work experience, assume a company needs to switch to an ABC system. Describe the common cost drivers that could be used. How would the organization identify the cost drivers? How would the organization use them in the implementation of this system? You may use your former or current company for the analysis. Write your initial response in 3–4 paragraphs. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. By Saturday, June 21, 2014, post your response...
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...reid_cut_CH_hr.qxd 11/9/09 12:03 PM Page 35 CASE: FabQual Ltd. FabQual Ltd. manufactures parts and subassemblies for a number of small-volume manufacturers of specialized construction equipment, including bulldozers, graders, and cement mixers. FabQual also manufactures and distributes spare parts. The company has made a specialty of providing spare parts for equipment no longer in production; this includes wear parts that are no longer in production for any OEM. The Materials Management Group (MMG) orders parts— both for delivery to a customer’s production line and for spares—from the Fabrication Department. Spares are stocked in a finished goods store. FabQual’s part number 650810/ss/R9/o is a wear part made only for spares demand. It has had demand averaging 300 units per week for more than a year, and this level of demand is expected to persist for at least four more years. The standard deviation of weekly demand is 50 units. The MMG has been ordering 1300 units monthly of part number 650810/ss/R9/o from the Fabrication Department to meet the forecast annual demand of 15,600 units. The order is placed in the first week of each month. In order to provide Fabrication with scheduling flexibility, as well as to help with planning raw material requirements, a three-week manufacturing lead time is allowed for parts. In the Fabrication Department, two hours is now allowed for each setup for a run of part number 650810/ss/R9/o. This time includes strip-down...
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...Title: Written Assignment 2 Weighting: 30% (Assessable value) (20% Part A and 10% Part B) Total Marks: 40 marks for Part A (will be weighted down to 20 marks) 10 marks for Part B Due Date: 15 February 2016 by 11:59 PM (AEDT). Adelaide and Brisbane students please allow for time difference. . Assessment Description . Submission: The assignment will need to be submitted electronically through the student portal – use the link under “Assessments overview and submission” to submit the information. The portal will close at 11:59 PM (AEST). Adelaide and Brisbane students please allow for time difference. . .Requirement: This assessment consists of two parts: • • Part A: Measurement and decision making - You are required to answer all of the following four questions (see details below) Part B: Critical reflection (see details below) The assignment must be completed individually and submitted before the due date to avoid any late penalties. Please make sure you follow the guidelines noted in your subject outline especially those relating to presentation of written work, late policy and academic integrity. GB519/MADM/3T2015/MIR/SK Page 1 of 4 Part A: 4 tasks @ 10 marks each Task 1 (10 marks) (approximately 500 words) Blake Romney became Chief Executive Officer of Peters Inc. two years ago. At the time, the company was reporting lagging profits, and Blake was brought in to “stir things up.” The company has three divisions...
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...Project Management Competencies in the Project Oriented Organization In the project-based organization, project management (pm) competences are not only required by individuals, but also by project teams and by organizations. As project management has to be considered as a core competence of the project-based organization (called in this document the project-oriented organization, POO), this competence has to be explicitly developed by the organization. Source: People in Project Management Copyright: Roland Gareis and Martina Huemann Copyright statement This white paper is a chapter taken from a Gower book and provided free of charge to visitors to the website of the National Centre for Project Management. You may download it freely from the website www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/ncpm/about.html. You may also share it with colleagues, either in printed or electronic form (via e-mail), as long as you include this copyright page, each time you do so. Please respect the copyright of the author and do not publish the material in any form (printed or electronic) or circulate the material to any e-mail network. For permission to include this document in a website, intranet or extranet, please visit the Gower website (www.gowerpub.com) and contact our e-marketing manager, Elaine Hill, through the website. Gower Publishing, Gower House, Croft Road, Aldershot, Hants, GU11 3HR, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1252 331551 e-mail: sales@gowerpublishing.com web: www.gowerpub.com 3 Project management competences...
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...Program Unit Code: ORM-1211 Unit Details: Organisational Resource Management (ORM) Instructor/Assessor’s Name: Professor. Dr. Rashad Al Saed Assignment Title: Assignment ORM | Assignment is Part or Full Assessment of Unit? Full AssessmentTask 1 and Task 2 | Student Full Name: | Centre: Sharjah | Westford Student ID: | ABP Student ID: | Date Assignment Issued:13th May 2013 | Date Assignment Due :10.00 pm, 20th May (Task 1) & 02th June 2013 (Task 2) | Internally Verified by: | Date Actually Submitted: | Learning Outcomes | 1 Understand the role of human resource management in supporting business strategy2 Know how to develop human resources in organisations3 Understand the role of marketing in supporting business strategy4 Understand the role of information systems management in supporting business strategy | Organisational Resource Management Case study Finding People Who Are Passionate About What They Do Trilogy Enterprises Inc., of Austin, Texas, is a fast-growing software company, and provides software solutions to giant global firms for improving sales and performance. It prides itself on its unique and unorthodox culture. Many of its approaches to business practice are unusual, but in Trilogy's fast-changing and highly competitive environment they seem to work. There is no dress code and employees make their own hours, often very long. They tend to socialize together (the average age is 26), both in the office's well-stocked kitchen and on company-sponsored...
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...ASSIGNMENT COVERSHEET This form should be completed, and attached as the cover of each piece of assignment submitted. Please note without the cover sheet your assignment cannot be marked. STUDENT NAME: ATRINATH BHATTACHARYA PROGRAMME START DATE: 16/06/2013 PROGRAMME TITLE: 3HRC COURSE LOCATION: DUBAI PERSONAL TUTOR: MARK FIELDER ASSIGNMENT TITLE: 3HRC ( 1st Submission ) SUBMISSION: (delete) 1ST 2ND Extension DATE OF SUBMISSION: 24/07/2013 Before submitting your work to www.bradfield.co.uk please read the following statements and tick the appropriate box to show that you have understood and completed what is required. 1. I have read my work through and have checked it for spelling and grammatical errors using, where appropriate the spell and grammar checker on the computer. 2. I have written my name at the top of each page of my work and have numbered each page. 3. I have read the definition of plagiarism. I realise that plagiarism is cheating and can confirm that the assignment I am submitting is my own work. Y Y Y l ‘Plagiarism is the act of presenting the ideas or discoveries of another as one’s own. To copy sentences, phrases or even striking expressions without acknowledgement in a manner which may deceive the reader as to the source is plagiarism; to paraphrase in a manner which may deceive the reader is likewise plagiarism. Where such copying or close paraphrase has occurred the mere mention of the source in a bibliography...
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...Intro. Project Management Unit 2 Assignment 1 The International Project Management Association: IPMA is recognized throughout the world as its leading authority on competent project, programmer and portfolio management (PPPM). Through our efforts, PM best practice is widely known and appropriately applied at all levels of both public and private sector organizations. Our mission in regards to PM is to help our Member Associations succeed. IPMA has many ways as the PM level to help and assist their company in making it the most successful company in the industry • Support the development of our Member Associations. • Actively promote the value of project management. • Engage in setting professional standards. • Offer IPMA products and services that move forward for individuals, organizations and society. • Work to improve certification methods for both individuals and organizations. • Appreciate, integrate, and benefit from the cultural diversity in the PPPM community, and larger society. • Enable project managers from around the world to take part in the advancement of the discipline. ESI International ESI is a global, project-focused training company. Our clients tell us that we're better and different because we take them beyond traditional training to achieve sustained...
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...After studying this chapter, you should be able to . . . 1. Explain the strategic role of activity-based costing 2. Describe activity-based costing (ABC), the steps in developing an ABC system, and the benefits and limitations of an ABC system 3. Determine product costs under both the volume-based method and the activity-based method and contrast the two 4. Explain activity-based management (ABM) PART I 5. Describe how ABC/M is used in manufacturing companies, service companies, and governmental organizations 6. Use an activity-based approach to analyze customer profitability 7. Identify key factors for successful ABC/M implementation Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin This chapter has a lot to do with implementing the spirit of Benjamin Franklin’s observation—in cost management terms—that it really does matter how accurately you calculate a cost. Why? Having accurate costs is important for a variety of reasons: a company might find that it has a difficult time determining which of its products is most profitable. Alternatively, it finds its sales increasing but profits declining and cannot understand why. Perhaps the company keeps losing competitive bids for products and services and does not understand why. In many cases, accurate cost information is the answer to these questions. Accurate cost information provides a competitive advantage. It helps a company or organization to develop and to execute its strategy...
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...Management After studying this chapter, you should be able to . . . 1. Explain the strategic role of activity-based costing 2. Describe activity-based costing (ABC), the steps in developing an ABC system, and the benefits and limitations of an ABC system 3. Determine product costs under both the volume-based method and the activity-based method and contrast the two 4. Explain activity-based management (ABM) 5. Describe how ABC/M is used in manufacturing companies, service companies, and governmental organizations 6. Use an activity-based approach to analyze customer profitability 7. Identify key factors for successful ABC/M implementation PART I Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin This chapter has a lot to do with implementing the spirit of Benjamin Franklin’s observation—in cost management terms—that it really does matter how accurately you calculate a cost. Why? Having accurate costs is important for a variety of reasons: a company might find that it has a difficult time determining which of its products is most profitable. Alternatively, it finds its sales increasing but profits declining and cannot understand why. Perhaps the company keeps losing competitive bids for products and services and does not understand why. In many cases, accurate cost information is the answer to these questions. Accurate cost information provides a competitive advantage. It helps a company or organization to develop and to execute its strategy by providing...
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...CCSI 410 Forensic Lab Report 1) Investigator’s Name: _Henry Broncano____ 2) Date of Investigation:__11-21-15 3) Lab Number and Title: _Week 4 Ilab____ 4) Summary of Findings When looking into week four of the ILabs I conducted the necessary steps requested. Do to the finding in the search of the floppy disk and its key search in the result of bob and manuel I believe there is enough to investigate. The findings show a solid lead to this case and deserve more of an evaluation. 5) Details of Investigation Saturday, 11/21/2015 1:00 PM: Determined Keyword List: Bid AND fraud*,Bid OR fraud* ,Acuerdo* AND agree*,Acuerdo* OR agree*,Bid* AND money,Bid* OR Money,Sub*,profit, stipulation, account ,contract. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 03/22/05, 11/08/05* Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua, Mexico, 04/19/05*, 07/14/05 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 01/31/05, 06/08/05* Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 09/12/05 Laredo, TX, 02/10/05, 08/29/05, 10/04/05 Havens, New Mexico, 09/28/05*, 12/03/05 Tucson, Arizona, 02/28/05*, 05/27/05 Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California, Mexico, 03/06/05 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 01/05/05, 05/18/05 1:15 PM: Created Case File then added the provided floppy image file to begin my investigation. 1:20 PM: Added Keywords into the search 1:47 PM: was able to answer question 3. 2:19 PM: Setup of Case completed, and set Indexing option...
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...Management After studying this chapter, you should be able to . . . 1. Explain the strategic role of activity-based costing 2. Describe activity-based costing (ABC), the steps in developing an ABC system, and the benefits and limitations of an ABC system 3. Determine product costs under both the volume-based method and the activity-based method and contrast the two 4. Explain activity-based management (ABM) 5. Describe how ABC/M is used in manufacturing companies, service companies, and governmental organizations 6. Use an activity-based approach to analyze customer profitability 7. Identify key factors for successful ABC/M implementation PART I Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin This chapter has a lot to do with implementing the spirit of Benjamin Franklin’s observation—in cost management terms—that it really does matter how accurately you calculate a cost. Why? Having accurate costs is important for a variety of reasons: a company might find that it has a difficult time determining which of its products is most profitable. Alternatively, it finds its sales increasing but profits declining and cannot understand why. Perhaps the company keeps losing competitive bids for products and services and does not understand why. In many cases, accurate cost information is the answer to these questions. Accurate cost information provides a competitive advantage. It helps a company or organization to develop and to execute its strategy by providing...
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