Elevator Pitch

Overview

Leaders need input, especially from stakeholders, to move ideas along. Having a unique, insightful product or service is just one step. Project outlines that include careful consideration of a company’s mission, opportunities, and risks can help ideas gain momentum and snowball in significance.

Scenario

Now that you have written a blog post identifying critical elements needed to support the rationale of your project, outlining specifics is key! These specifics will be used in an upcoming elevator pitch you will submit to senior management in Milestone One. Before management will approve exploring the idea for new opportunities and funding, they have key performance indicators (KPIs) you will need to address. Your goal for this assignment is to provide an outline that strongly, yet carefully, presents an argument to move your concept forward.

Prompt

Using MarketLine, Yahoo Finance, and the company’s investor relations webpage, continue your investigation of the company you selected in your Module One blog post. Specifically, look at the company’s profile, financials, and SWOT analysis.

Using speculative strategies, articulate your thoughts. Remember, success may mean revenue to a for-profit business; however, to a non-profit, it may mean a specific outcome, such as donor retention rate, social media engagement, or email open rate.

Draft a project outline that presents a prospective timeline and targeted customer segment of your project. This project outline is a precursor to Milestone One: Elevator Pitch. The KPIs you need to consider and address in your outline are:

  • The intended customer: Describe the intended customer or customer profile for the new product or service.
  • Opportunities in the market: Explain the opportunities in the market based on your research.
  • The financial opportunity: Assess the financial opportunity that the project presents for increasing cash flow and topline revenue.
    • Can it be cash flow positive and profitable? For example, Zappos donates a pair of shoes for every pair of shoes sold. This leads to profit in the long run due to good CSR and company image, but is not immediately profitable.

Your contribution will be evaluated based on the quality of the input.

30-minute business simulation

Several of the largest corporations in the world first started as small family-owned businesses. The strategic decisions they made as a family over the years determined their growth path.

In this course, you will complete three runs of a 30-minute business simulation. In the simulation, you will make decisions to grow an innovative and sustainable family business through several generations while balancing the relationships between the business, your family, and ownership.

For this assignment, complete your first run of the simulation https://forio.com/app/harvard/family-business/#/. This time, as you work through the simulation and make decisions regarding diversification for the company, consider the blue ocean strategy in your approach. Then, complete and submit your journal assignment.

Submit your assignment here. Make sure you’ve included all the required elements by reviewing the requirements and rubric.

Overview

The situations you faced and the decisions you made in the simulation may have affected the company’s success in obtaining a competitive advantage over the market. As you have learned in this module, opportunity-based thinking is critical to blue ocean strategy (BOS). For a business to achieve success through BOS, its leader must have the right mindset and ask deeper questions to hopefully remove bias and false boundaries from their judgment.

Prompt

In this journal, you will reflect on whether and how your decisions in the simulation aligned with blue ocean strategy principles, innovation, and competitive advantage.

Discuss your opportunity-focused mindset during the simulation by answering the questions below:

  • Value creation and competitive advantage: How do you think the company did regarding value creation and gaining a competitive advantage across generations?
  • Thought process: Did you “think differently” while you made your decisions in the simulation? Explain why or why not.
  • Discovery: What have you discovered or learned after completing the first round of the simulation?

Guidelines for Submission

Submit a Word document of one to two pages using 12-point Times New Roman, one-inch margins, and double spacing. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

describe Agile and the project characteristics of Agile

Your supervisor in the PMO is excited by the success stories being reported about the use of Agile. You are asked to create a short slide presentation to be presented by your supervisor at the next monthly operations Program Management Review (PMR). You are instructed to keep it short. You will write a more detailed narrative in the speaker notes that accompany the slides. You will describe Agile and the project characteristics of Agile and explain why it is a good thing for the company to pursue in future projects instead of traditional waterfall project management. The VP of Operations and the directors of the various divisions within Operations are the target audience for this presentation.

Cost Classification

You plan to open a business manufacturing collars, leashes, and harnesses for pets. To begin, you will manufacture these in a standard style and size with plans to expand your range over the year. In a few weeks, you will present your company’s financial strategy to some key investors. To begin creating your strategy, you need to consider and record all the costs associated with operating your business. You have decided to use the job order costing system.

Prompt

Use the given operational costs in the Milestone One Operational Costs Data Appendix document to complete the first two tabs, “Cost Classification” and “Variable and Fixed Costs,” in the Project Workbook.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

  • Cost Classification. Accurately classify all your costs in the “Cost Classification” tab of your workbook.
    • Identify direct material, direct labor, overhead, and period costs. (Note: Fixed and variable costs have been classified for you.)
  • Variable and Fixed Costs. Complete the “Variable and Fixed Costs” tab of your workbook. (Note: Some costs are provided for you. Fill in only the missing costs.)
    • Determine your total variable cost per unit and the total fixed costs for each product. Show your work using calculations to the side of the table or using appropriate formulas in the table.

You plan to open a small business for manufacturing pet collars, leashes, and harnesses. You have found a workshop space you can use for sewing your products. After some research and planning, you have estimates for the various operating costs for your business.

The total square footage for the sewing rooms is 1,500 square feet broken into three areas (500 square feet each). You have taken out a loan for start-up costs, and the monthly payment is $550; it goes into effect immediately and should be accounted for in your costs. You will also collect a modest salary for the first year of $500 per month; remember to divide evenly among the services.

Salary and Hiring Data

  • One collar maker, who will be paid $16.00 per hour and work 40 hours per week
  • One leash maker, who will be paid $16.00 per hour and work 40 hours per week
  • One harness maker, who will be paid $17.00 per hour and work 40 hours per week
  • One receptionist, who will be paid $15.00 per hour and work 30 hours per week

Other Costs

  • Rent: $750 per month; allocate based on square footage
  • High-tensile strength nylon webbing—$12 per yard of webbing
    • 3 collars per yard of webbing
    • 2 leashes per yard of webbing
    • 2 harnesses per yard of webbing
  • Polyester/nylon ribbons—$9 per yard of ribbon
    • 3 collars per yard of ribbon
    • 2 leashes per yard of ribbon
    • 2 harnesses per yard of ribbon
  • Buckles made of cast hardware—$0.50 per buckle
    • 4 buckles used per collar
    • 3 buckles used per leash
    • 8 buckles used per harness
  • 3 industrial sewing machines at $3,300 each for a total of $9,900; depreciation is $165 per month (5-year life)
  • Utilities and insurance: $600 per month; allocate based on square footage
  • Scissors, thread, cording: $1,200
  • Price tags: $250 for 2,500 ($0.10 each)
  • Office supplies: $2,400 or $200 per month
  • Other business equipment: $2,000
  • Loan payment of $550 per month
  • Salary drawn of $500 per month

Mini Case in Financial Management: Theory and Practice

Mini Case in Financial Management: Theory and Practice

The purpose of this assignment is to analyze a firm’s capital structure and its impact on firm performance. Within the assignment, explain core concepts related to business risk and recommend sound financial decisions based on analysis of a firm’s capital structure and capital budgeting techniques.

(FIRST PART)Read the Chapter 15 Mini Case in Financial Management: Theory and Practice. Using complete sentences and academic vocabulary, please answer questions a and b.

(SECOND PART)Using the mini case information, write a 250-500 word recommendation of the financial decisions you propose for this company based on an analysis of its capital structure and capital budgeting techniques. Explain why you chose this recommendation.

Identify a specific consumer product that you or your  family have used for   quite some time

Identify a specific consumer product that you or your  family have used for   quite some time
Instructions

Identify a specific consumer product that you or your  family have used for   quite some time. This might be a branded smartphone (if you  have used several   versions over the years), laundry detergent, or even a  favorite fast food   establishment to which you are a loyal consumer. Consider the  various types of   analysis that were presented in the lesson and chapter  readings. Now, consider   the company responsible for producing your product of  choice. Postulate the   types of analysis that the company may have employed that  directly impacted   you  as a consumer. Did it change the price, the quality, the  experience, or   something else? Why did you stay loyal to the  product?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length.  No references or   citations are necessary.

Business Process Costing 

Instructions
Business Process Costing

For this assignment, you will explain managerial concepts as they  pertain to   business process costing. You will select a business process,  describe the     inputs and outputs, and define the job roles. In your paper, you  will evaluate    the current process effectiveness, estimate the cost of the  process, and     propose any improvements for management’s consideration. Be sure  you have     reviewed the assigned chapters and required unit resources on business  process    management.

Instructions:

Consider a business  process using a firm with  which you are familiar.     Business processes include the  following tasks:

  • developing and managing products and services,
  • marketing and selling products and services,
  • managing customer service,
  • developing and managing human capital, and
  • managing information technology.

Once you have  identified the firm and business process, select, describe,     and discuss the  business process by elaborating on the following information:

  • what starts and what ends the process (inputs and outputs),
  • what roles (jobs) participate in the process (map them),
  • the effectiveness of the current process,
  • the cost of the process (document any assumptions), and
  • any improvements for management consideration.

Your  paper should be written in a  Word document and should be a minimum of    three  pages in length. You should include at least two resources to support     your  paper. Adhere to APA Style when  creating citations and  references.

Creating Your Personal Budget

Instructions
Creating Your Personal Budget

For this assignment, you will apply what  you have learned  in this unit to a   small business. To get the business’s  finances under control,  you need to     prepare a budget. You may consider items  from your personal finances  and cash    flow to help you identify possible expense  items for the small business      budget. Research the CSU Online Library or the  Internet for steps to creating    a  personal budget.

Monthly expenses might  include rent, utility costs,   personal loans, car     loans, credit cards,  groceries, childcare, vehicle   maintenance costs and     insurance, phone charges,  and cable or streaming costs.   Cash flow     considerations might include monthly  salaries, commissions, and   allowances.

You can use any budget format that you  are comfortable  with, or  you may     select a free template. Your budget should be  completed using  Excel.  Once    you  have completed your budget, in a separate Word  document, address  the     information below.

  • How can the use of the budget be used in the planning process?
  • How can this financial information influence short-term and long-term              decisions?
  • Based on your personal budget, what are your static expenses? What are              your flexible expenses?
  • As an accountant, reflect on how you can use what you have learned in this              activity in the workplace.

Your  submission should include one Excel document, which  contains your     budget, and  a  one-page Word document, which contains your  responses to the     prompts above.  You  should include at least two resources to  support your     responses. Adhere to  APA  Style when creating citations and  references for     this  assignment.

profit organization and non-profit organization

Q. Discuss any similarities and differences in the presentation of financial statements between profit organization, cooperative and non-profit organization. You may support your answer with illustrations.

MFRS (Malaysian accounting standards)

Read the following articles:

Mohamad, M., Otheman, I.W., & Mohamed, A. (2013). Accountability Issues and Challenges: The scenario for Malaysian cooperative movement. International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, economic, Business and Industrial Engineering, 7(6), 1503-1508.

Roslan, N., Arshad, R., & Mohd Pauzi, N.F. (2017). Accountability and governance reporting by non-profit organizations. SHS Web of Conference, 36, 1-15.

check for turnitin zero similarities

answer in three pages including the illustrations

 Prepare a financial plan for the organization that you select for your business plan. APPLE

Financial plan for an organization

Prepare a financial plan for the organization that you select for your business plan. APPLE

Describe the organization, including the type of business.

Create the business case.

  • Determine why funding is needed for the company.
  • Determine the sources of funding. Consider self-funding, borrowing, loans, equity, venture capital, etc.
  • Evaluate the requirements of each of the funding sources that you plan to use.
  • Analyze the risks that are associated with each funding source.
  • Decide which sources are the best fit for your company based on the requirements of each. Justify your decision.
  • Estimate the cost of capital for both short-term and long-term funding sources. Research current estimated APRs for your selected sources of funding. Create a table or chart to display this information.

Estimate direct costs, including capital, marketing, labor, equipment, and inventory/supply costs.

Prepare a budget that includes starting balances, monthly costs, loan/investment payments, cash flow projections, and required revenue.

Create a profit-and-loss statement for a 3-year period. Provide a revenue forecast, stating realistic assumptions, such as growth per year, in your projections.