Rachel Johnson Addy JET Task 2 March 29, 2014 JET Task 2 1. A budget is an itemized estimate of expected income as well as estimated expenses over a specified period of time. The reason to design a budget is to regulate spending. There are multiple causes of concern with Competition Bikes budget plan. The main cause for concern is that the sales estimated for year 9 is 3,510 units. This estimate is not supported by past sales data. Due to the current economic status, the amount of units sold
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A budget is a comprehensive plan given in a quantitative term that directs where resources will be acquired and spent in a given period. It is a financial document which operates on income and expense basis. This document depends on the balancing of the monthly or yearly income and expenses. In this case, plan is used as the controller of what is going to happen while budget assess the performance of the required project. The meaning of setting a budget is to provide direction, improves efficiency
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1. There are a few areas of concern with the Budget that Competition Bike, Inc. has displayed within their budget for year 9. The most prominent area of concern in is in the Revenue section of the budget. In the budget for year 9, Competition has included units sold to be 3510. This is a lofty prediction given that year 8 had seen such a big decline in that number. In year 8, Competition sold 3400 units, but the previous year had sold around 4000 units, a 15 % decline. The company is hoping
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A1. Budget planning is in essence the process of forecasting and determining a company’s financial goals for both the long term and short term. Competition Bike, Inc. has come up with a budget schedule for year 9 operations. Based on its previous years and past financial numbers there are several areas of concern. First research and development is a concern because in the years that they invested more money in research and development it seemed sales where at its highest. Research and development
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Horizontal analysis results Horizontal analysis compares the company’s finances over several years, with a base years for comparison. Competition Bikes uses year 6 as the base year, and a comparison of changes from year 6 to 7 and then with years 7 and 8. The strengths are mostly for year 6 to year 7. Net sales were $4,485,000 for year 6 and increased by $1,495,000 to $5,980,000 in year 7. Then from year 7 to 8 there is a decline in sales by $897,000 this decrease was the major weakness. The cost
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Financial Analysis Summary Report Task 1 Competition Bikes Incorporated Lisa A Castro, MSW Western Governors University Horizontal Analysis (A. 1. a) A horizontal analysis can be defined as “the study of percentage changes in comparative statements” (Charles T. Horngren, 2008, p. 746). It is useful in determining a company’s financial stability. This section will analyze Competition Bikes Incorporated’s (CBI) percentage changes from years 6 to 7 and then 7 to 8. The report will include
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Competition Bikes Inc. Summary Report 2014 Here is the Horizontal Analysis for years 6 and 7 for Competition Bikes Inc. Income Statement Sales Revenue: Net sales for Competition Bikes Inc. increase from $4,485,000 to $5,980,000, which was an increase of 33.3% for the year. This is a strength for the company since it shows that the demand for Competitions Bike’s product has increase over the year. This figure should also make stockholders very happy since the money the company makes
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Requirements for Task 1: A Prepare a summary report in which you do the following: 1) Evaluate the company’s operational strengths and weaknesses based on the following: a) Review the horizontal analysis, analyze the results, and discuss operational areas of concern. “Horizontal analysis of financial statements involves comparison of a financial ratio, a benchmark, or a line item over a number of accounting periods. This method of analysis is also known as trend analysis
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Competition Bikes Summary Report Sherri Silva Western Governor's University Abstract Competition Bikes, Inc. is a successful business that makes bikes for professional cyclists helping them to live their dreams and compete in major cycling events to include triathlons and other competitive cycling sports. After three years in business, Larry Ferguson, the business owner decided to take the company public in efforts to gain the capitol needed to build the current two manufacturing facilities
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JET2 – Task 4 Financial Statement Analysis Managing Internal Cost & Controlling Finances Summary Report In response to a request from the Vice President of Competition Bikes for an analysis and recommendation regarding Activity Base Costing, as well as a request for a break-even analysis with projections of the company’s target profit, I have developed the following report. 1. Costing Method Evaluation Traditional Costing and Activity Based Costing (ABC)
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