Current Issues in Auditing Volume 8, Issue 1 2014 Pages I1–I10 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/ciia-50775 INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE ABC Electronics: An Instructional Case Illustrating Auditors’ Use of Preliminary Analytical Procedures Paul M. Clikeman and Jamie Diaz SUMMARY: This instructional case demonstrates auditors’ use of analytical procedures during the planning/risk assessment phase of a financial statement audit. An Excel spreadsheet enables instructors to embed
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The ABC Company is a manufacturing firm that specializes in making cedar roofing and siding shingles, with recent sales at $1.2 million, the company wants to reach the $3 million mark over the next 3 years. As a newly hired Corporate Controller for this company, I have been assigned the task of developing and overlooking a new plan made by the CEO that will use some of the shingle scrap materials to build cedar houses. The newly develop plan will certainly bring new challenges for the company on the
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Recruitment & Retention Plan Recruitment refers to the process of attracting, screening and selecting qualified people for a position within an organization (Sheryl & Amy, 2012). According to the case study, the major issue is the difficulty in attracting new employees. To be more specific, Hospital ABC found that there are still vacancies in critical areas that have yet to be filled up. Even with extended block, the Hospital will have difficulty attracting good employees as there are many other
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findings that the organisation fosters open communication and there is a strong commitment from top management towards employees. The communication channels applied most frequently are informal, such as word-of-mouth and telephone coupled with a company intranet or emails which the employees can access. The dialogic communication has paved way for strong interpersonal relationships between the employees. While the firm’s operations are currently goal oriented, as the firm plans to enlarge its scale
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Optimizing Printed Circuit Board Production: A Case Study Abstract This paper focuses on the production of 5 different printed circuit boards (PCBs). The purpose of this paper is to understand the best production model to reach maximum profit. It is understood that there are production capacities that will limit the overall amount of products produce. Through the use of Linear Programming we can determine, based on the current circuit boards sale price, the number of each board type the plant
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Case Study for Student Analysis This case study is to find out the issues in which Mr. Robins has and to concentrate on a solution. I will explain a few matters, which will provide the reader a better knowledge of every perception. The overall scope of this paper is to share the outcomes of my findings, in a manner in which I would tackle the issue. I will also attempt to explain a good solution with identifying the types of
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David Morehouse, G.G.’s manufacturing manager and Robert Parker, President G.G. Toys. | What | Increase the margins of the Geoffrey Doll. | Why | The decline in margins on the Geoffrey Doll has become intolerable. | When | ASAP. | | | Case Difficulty | Analytische | Conceptuele | Presentatie | Problem ? Yes | Theory? | Structured? Yes, 7 pages | Solution? No | | | | Long Cycle Define the problem The decline of the margin on the Geoffrey Doll has become intolerable
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Case study on ‘Two tough calls’ Summary of the case background The reporter of this case is a twenty seven year old woman (let’s call her ‘Susan’) who is the program manager for the soft goods at an online business firm(let's call it ‘ABC Groups’)that sold large varieties of consumer products. The ABC Groups was started by ex-Microsoft employees and right now they are facing a budget freeze. Susan's gives a better picture of the company’s existing culture and policies from her point of view
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Virginia Peralta August 30, 2011 Introduction: The case study of Carl Robbins reveals how a company and one of its employees who was unprepared to welcome new employees properly into the companies environment in spite of having been on the job for only less than six months. Background: This case study shows the obstacles that will pose a threat with the new campus recruiter Carl Robins. Most of which Carl Robins can only
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The following is the case study completed in regards to Allied Office Products. Currently Allied Office Products charges customers a flat fee on product cost. This case study was performed in order to see if Allied Office Products should switch and implement the Sales Based Pricing System. “ABC” based service costs for the TFC business were calculated and Total Cost/Expense were found to be $1,550,000 Storage, $1,801,000 Requisition Handling, $ 761,000 Basic Warehouse Stock Selection, $734
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