Executive MBA Case Summaries Accy 401, EMBA; Fall 2000 Accounting courses are usually separated into five general categories. Two, taxes and auditing, are usually quite technical and often focus on CPA preparation. The other three categories are more general: 1. Financial accounting deals almost strictly with financial statement preparation. It focuses on pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the SEC, and on accounting concepts such as materiality
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CHAPTER 10 Auditing Revenue and Related Accounts 1 Explain the concept of accounting cycles and their impact on audit approaches, and identify the accounts in the revenue cycle. 2 Discuss the importance of proper revenue recognition and the characteristics of revenuerelated fraud. 3 Describe the major types of fraud and misstatements that have occurred in the revenue accounts. 4 Describe how to use analytical procedures to identify possible misstatements in the revenue cycle. 5 Assess
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Saddle Creek and G-3 Enterprises Saddle Creek began working with G-3 in 1997 Operate (3) RDC’s – DFW, ATL, FLA Warehouse, transportation & value-added 15MM cases annually throughput Metrics Program (KPIs) developed in 1999 Goals of this session What makes KPIs/Metrics Programs effective from Customer and Provider perspective? Case Study – Understanding the G-3 Metrics from both perspectives Determining if your KPIs are focused and standardized Distinguishing Metrics & KPIs G-3 Supply
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ACT 4197 INTEGRATED CASE STUDY FLAT CARGO BERHAD: AN AUDITORS CONUNDRUM Submit to Prof. Madya Dr Nor Aziah binti Abu Kasim Submit by Ummu Syafiqah binti Yaakob 156756 Lee Liu Kim 157279 Nurhafiza binti Abdul Razak 157458 Tay Yee Joe 159264 Semester 2, 2013/2014 * Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Case Overview 2 3.0 Issues Identified in FCB 4 3.1 Material Misstatements in Financial Statements of FCB 4 3.2 Lack of Internal Control 7 3.3
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SMACKEY DOG FOODS, INC. Smackey Dog Foods, Inc., is a privately owned dog food manufacturing company, which was started by three sisters, Sarah, Kim, and Jillian, in the kitchen of their suburban Chicago home. They started by manufacturing a natural dog food with ingredients they bought from a local grocery store. These products were discovered by local pet stores and small grocery stores which also became distributors of their products. A larger facility was then needed as the demand steadily
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Case Study ERP Implementation Failures ERP systems are an integrated software solution that is typically offered through a vendor as packaged software that supports the organization’s supply chain and other business functions, such as, receiving, inventory management, customer order management, production, planning, shipping, accounting, and human resource management. The use of ERP is very widespread across a multitude of industries. As a matter of fact, a report by Computer Economics Inc. states
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Chapter 16 1 Total Quality Management Teaching Notes for Cases 16-1: Precision Systems, Inc. This case illustrates that quality cost information can play an important role in alerting top management about the importance of quality improvement in a non-manufacturing department of a manufacturing firm. The case is based on the following article: Kalagnanam, S. S. and E. M. Matsumura, "Cost of Quality in an Order Entry Department," Journal of Cost Management (Fall 1995)
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Chapter 7 Activity-Based Costing and Management LEARNING OBJECTIVES Chapter 7 addresses the following questions: Q1 How is activity-based costing (ABC) different from traditional costing? Q2 What are activities, and how are they identified? Q3 What process is used to assign costs in an ABC system? Q4 How are cost drivers selected for activities? Q5 What is activity-based management (ABM)? Q6 What are the benefits, costs, and limitations of ABC and ABM? These learning questions (Q1 through
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Case: Dell Inc.: Improving the Flexibility of the Desktop PC Supply Chain It was June 2005, seemingly a good time for Dell Inc. Since the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, the price of the company’s stock had roughly doubled. Both the company’s revenue and net income were reaching new heights. In spite of the confidence and optimism, however, Dell’s desktop PC manufacturing division found that its manufacturing costs had continued to surge. Tom Wilson, one of the division’s directors, revealed: “The
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