Long-Term Assets

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Using the SEC 10-K for Tesla; NASDAQ; TSLA, answer the following questions:

1.Reading the notes to the financial statements, as well as the balance sheet, post information about the Accounts Receivable for your company. Who owes the company money?

2.Search for the phrase “Bad Debts” or Allowance (for collectible accounts). When you read the balance sheet, you may see that the receivables are listed as a net of $x,xxx to show the Allowance for Bad Debts. Comment about the changes in Accounts Receivable and the Allowance for Bad Debts. Are they increasing or decreasing? How does this relate to sales (are sales increasing or decreasing)?

3.Property, Plants, and Equipment / PPE (Capital Assets; Fixed Assets): Comment about PPE and accumulated depreciation. How are these values changing from year to year: PPE, Accumulated Depreciation, and Net PPE?

Long Term Investments

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Assume that the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food company from Assignments 1 and 2 wants to expand, and has to make some long-term capital budgeting decisions. The company is currently facing increases in the costs of major ingredients.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

  1. Outline a plan that managers in the low-calorie, frozen microwaveable food company could follow in anticipation of raising prices when selecting pricing strategies for making their products’ response to a change in price less elastic. Provide a rationale for your response.
  2. Examine the major effects that government policies have on production and employment. Predict the potential effects that government policies could have on your company.
  3. Determine whether or not government regulation to ensure fairness in the low-calorie, frozen microwavable food industry is needed. Cite the major reasons for government involvement in a market economy. Provide two (2) examples of government involvement in a similar market economy to support your response.
  4. Examine the major complexities that would arise under expansion via capital projects. Propose key actions that the company could take in order to prevent or address these complexities.
  5. Suggest the substantive manner in which the company could create a convergence between the interests of stockholders and managers. Indicate the most likely impact to profitability of such a convergence. Provide two (2) examples of instances that support your response.
  6. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Propose how differences in demand and elasticity lead managers to develop various pricing strategies.
  • Analyze the economic impact of contracting, governance and organizational form within organizations.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in managerial economics and globalization.
  • Write clearly and concisely about managerial economics and globalization using proper writing mechanics.

Prepare a prepare a monthly cash budget

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To avoid any uncertainty regarding his business’ financing needs at the time when such needs may arise, Cyrus Brown wants to develop a cash budget for his latest venture: Cyrus Brown Manufacturing (CBM). He has estimated the following sales forecast for CBM over the next 9 months:

March$100,000
April$275,000
May$320,000
June$450,000
July$700,000
August$700,000
September$825,000
October$500,000
November$115,000

He has also gathered the following collection estimates regarding the forecast sales:

  • Payment collection within the month of sale = 20%
  • Payment collection the month following sales = 60%
  • Payment collection the second month following sales = 20%

Payments for direct manufacturing costs like raw materials and labor are made during the month that follows the one in which such costs have been incurred. These costs are estimated as follows:

March$187,500
April$206,250
May$375,000
June$337,500
July$431,250
August$640,000
September$395,000
October$425,000

Additional financial information is as follows:

  • Administrative salaries will approximately amount to $35,000 a month.
  • Lease payments around $15,000 a month.
  • Depreciation charges, $15,000 a month.
  • A one-time new plant investment in the amount of $95,000 is expected to be incurred and paid in June.
  • Income tax payments estimated to be around $55,000 will be due in both June and September.
  • And finally, miscellaneous costs are estimated to be around $10,000 a month.
  • Cash on hand on March 1 will be around $50,000, and a minimum cash balance of $50,000 shall be on hand at all times.

To receive full credit on this assignment, please show all work, including formulas and calculations used to arrive at the financial values.

Group Project Guidelines

  • As a group, prepare a monthly cash budget for Cyrus Brown Manufacturing for the 9-month period of March through November.
    • Use Excel to prepare the monthly cash budget.
  • Based on your cash budget findings, answer the following questions:
    • Will the company need any outside financing?
    • What is the minimum line of credit that CBM will need?
    • What do you think of CBM’s cash position during the budget period? Do you see any concerns for the company in this regard?
    • If you were a bank manager, would you want CBM as your client? Why or why not?
  • It is up to the members of the group to divide the assignment tasks evenly. You will be graded on group participation

Your submitted Group Project (150 points) must include the following:

  • 75 Points. An Excel spreadsheet that contains your group’s monthly cash budget for Cyrus Brown Manufacturing.
  • 75 Points. A double-spaced Word document of 1–2 pages that contains your answers to the questions listed in the Assignment Guidelines.

Demonstrate a working knowledge and practical application of the concepts discussed over the course of the term.

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erm Paper – Project Instruction

The purpose of the term paper is for the student to demonstrate a working knowledge and practical application of the concepts which were discussed over the course of the term. 

Students are encouraged to use Microsoft Power Point or other Office software to properly present their information.

Although hand drawn parts and processes are acceptable for submission, all drawings required for the project must be neat and legible and data is to be presented in an acceptable business format.

Please note that the paper is in the form of a presentation and a seperate paper is not necessary detailing the information of the presentation.


The following are the requirements and points allotted for the specific tasks of the assignment:

I. CHOSE A PRODUCT WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, SELL AND DEVELOP INTO A BUSINESS.

You may use an existing product that you can modify or change the component of a product to make the product a “green” product. If you have an idea that you currently are working on, test it out here.

II. DESIGN THE PRODUCT:

  • Show the assembly drawing of the product and its parts. This should look like an instruction sheet with pictures to show how the individual components make up the assembly.(Hand made drawings scanned into the computer are acceptable).(10 pts)
  • List the raw materials that are required to make the part and the Bill of Materials that compose the assembly (B.O.M). For example, a chair is made of foam, fabric, wood and steel. Detail the amount of each material required for your product. For the assembly B.O.M. the components are the frame, legs, casters, seat adjuster and so on.. List the components you will need, the quantity requried and cost per piece. (10pts)

III. DESIGN THE PROCESSES TO MAKE THE PRODUCT

  • Show the process flow chart of your operation. How the components flow from one process to the next for assembly should be illustrated. In the flow chart , include the places where you must make a decision. These are normally the points where inspection and rework must take place. Be sure to include what happens when a part is rejected. (10pts)
  • Draw a simple layout your assembly system of your plant. Do you have straight line production? Do departments make components and feed an assembly line? Does your production line follow a lean manufacturing concept using the U shape for material flow? The material flow should also be documented. (10pts)
  • Determine the location of your plant and justify why you chose to be there. (10pts)

IV. CONDUCT YOUR BREAKEVEN ANALYSIS:

  • Show the break even analysis based upon an estimated annual sales of the product. These are based on your “market research”. Include a sentence as to where you found the data that allowed you to forecast your annual sales. (10 pts)

V. PLAN FOR THE QUALITY OF YOUR PRODUCT:

  • Describe the various methods of quality control, and quality assurance you will be using to maintain the products quality through out the assembly process and supply zero defect quality. What are you doing with rejected products in your assembly operation? Do you tear them down and recycle parts or do you scrap them? (10pts)

VI. PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL:

  • Describe how are you going to forecast the annual demand of the product. What system will you employ to regulate production? Will you make to order only or will your spread your production out over the year to capture seasonal trends? Include how long you are planning on making the product in it’s current state before you either redesign or get rid of the product line. Are you using planned obsolescence? (10pts)
  • Illustrate your production plan for the period of one year. Show your master production schedule and a material requirement planning schedule for the one year time frame.This should include the amount of materials needed monthly, the units produced monthly and the predicted sales monthly. (This can be done using an excel spreadsheet). (10pts)

VII. REFERENCES:

  • List the references that you used for forecasting your sales, material costs and any other information necessary to complete the assignment.If you used web sites for your data, please reference them properly according to the MLA format. (10pts)

DUE DATE:

  • The project write up is due by 5:00 PM , Friday of week 8. Your project must be submitted through “Term Paper – Submission (Due: Friday of Week 8; 100 pts)” at the bottom of this page by this deadline. Early postings are acceptable. Any posting after this deadline will loose 4 points per day. No project will be accepted after 5 days past the posted deadline.

EVALUATION CRITERIA:

  • The project will be subjectively evaluated based upon the content and quality of the materials presented by you in each section as requested in the guidelines. Please follow the project outline and format to insure that all points of interest are included in your project write up. Points will be deducted if the project does not contain the criteria as detailed above.