FastFit Case Study Q1-6 General Question 1. Mark the main flows of goods and money in the diagram (above) and employ a key or table of descriptive elements to explain your answer. Chronological flow of activities (Business Process): 1. Customers give orders and purchase products. / Stores receive orders and money and offer products to customers.
6. Customer receives products from the store in exchange for money 2 a) List the specific items of information that are usually gathered at the POS (Point of Sale terminal or cash register) and recorded when a customer checks out (excluding obtaining the identity of the customer which is covered in Q3)? Transactional Information * Transaction number * POS transaction ID * Payment method (credit/debit/cash) * Purchase date and time * Purchase receipt Product Information * Kind of product (Apparel/Equipment) * Size of the Apparel * ID of the product * Price of the product * Brand of the product Staff Information * Name of vendor * Vendor ID * Rank of the staff member * Department that the staff member is allocated to b) What are two important uses of this information at the store by the technician and by headquarters management – a total of four uses? (use a table) (It is important that you give different responses/uses for store manager and HQ) Uses of Information by Store Manager | Uses of Information by Management at HQ | * Depending on the product information the store manager is able to identify which products are sold more often and which are remaining in inventory. This
Promotion – design – so that the company knows what products to promote. 4. PROMOTION_ID- PROMOTION CODE PROVIDED BY COMPANY PROMOTION_AMOUNT- PROMOTION AMOUNT FOR THE CODE COUPON ID AMT_POINTS- THE AMOUNT OF POINTS THE CLIENT HAS COUPON_ID DISCOUNT CODE OFFERED BY THE COMPANY CUSTOMER ID ONLINE_NAME- LOG IN OR USER NAME CUSTOMER_NUMBER- REWARDS CARD NUMBER FOR IN STORE SHOPPERS SERVICES ID SERVICE_ID- SERVICE IDENTIFIER FOR SERVICE RENDERED STORE_JOB- -STORE PROVIDING SERVICES TRANSACTION ID TRANSACTION ID- ID FOR TRANSACTION TYPE TRANSACTION_TYPE_ TYPE OF TRANSACTION BEING PRERFORMED PRODUCT ID RODUCT_ID- PRODUCT NAME
4. (TCO 6) Discuss the role of intermediaries in B2B. Distinguish between buy-side and sell-side intermediaries. (Points : 35) The major role of intermediaries in B2B transactions is to make sure that buy-side and sell-side conditionals coincide. Buy-side transactions focus on one buyer purchasing goods/services from many different sellers.
1) What are the three sections of a Cash Budget, and what is included in each section? The three sections of a Cash Budget are; Cash receipts, Cash disbursements, and Financing. A cash budget allows you to estimate and track all of the money that comes into and leaves your business. Cash Receipts are any monies your business takes in, such as sales receipts. Cash disbursements show where you must spend some of your money, such as on employee pay, raw materials purchases, and manufacturing overhead costs Financing shows expected payments and the repayments of the borrowed funds plus interest.
Cui xin yuan Case 11 -1 Polluter Corp Objectives: the appropriate classification in the statement of cash flows for the company’s purchase and sale of Emission allowances Accounting pronouncement: ASC 230 -10 statement of cash flow ASC 350 -30 -25 -3 General Intangibles Other than Goodwill Question 1: What is the appropriate classification in the statement of cash flows for the company’s purchase of Emission Allowances? The recognition of intangibles is defined under ASC 350 -30 -25 -3[Costs of internally developing, maintaining, or restoring intangible assets that are not specifically identifiable, that have indeterminate lives, or that are inherent in a continuing business or nonprofit activity and related to an entity as a whole, shall be recognized as an expense when incurred According to case, Upon receipt of the EAs, the Company recorded the EAs as intangible assets with a cost basis of zero, in accordance with The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) accounting guidance for EAs. And To meet its need for additional EAs in fiscal years 2010–2014, on April 2, 2010, the Company spent $3 million to purchase EAs with a vintage year of 2012 from Clean Air Corp Acquiring of emission allowances means that Polluter Corp. had to buy allowances from another company. The emission allowances re regarded as tangible assets with zero cost basis. because the Emission and the cost of emission allowances have indetermination lives and inherent in a continuing business , the emission allowance is recognized as expense when incurred.
| Huffman Trucking | Memo To: Graham Grove, Vice President of Industrial Relations From: Paul Johnson Director of Accounting CC: Simone Ojeda Accounting Specialist Date: [ 4/9/2012 ] Re: Results from ratio calculations and horizontal and vertical analysis What do the liquidity, profitability, and solvency ratios reveal about the company’s financial position? Liquidity ratios are the ratios that measure the ability of Huffman Trucking to meet its short term debt obligations. These ratios measure the ability of this company to pay off its short-term liabilities when they fall due. Profitability ratios measures Huffman Trucking’s ability to generate earnings relative to sales, assets and equity. These ratios assess the ability of the company to generate earnings, profits and cash flows relative to some metric, often the amount of money invested.
Consumer Traits and Behaviors paper and Presentation References Identify at least three psychological processes and three social processes that may influence consumer behavior. Eisenstein, E. M. (2006). Psychological Processes in Financial Decision-making: A Consumer Perspective. Advances in Consumer Research, 33(1), 403-405. Retrieved from EBSCOhost Consumers base their purchases in their innate needs and their acquired needs.
| Outsourcing and offshoring | Outsourcing is the aspect of tasking a third party contractor. Offshoring is basically moving the headquarters of a business to another country. | Investipedia.com | Inventory turnover | The inventory turnover ratio is the inventory sold and replenished over a period of time. | Investipedia.com | Just-in-time inventory (JIT) | A plan that is conducted when receiving and producing inventory; maximizing efficiency of warehousing. | Titman, S., Keown, A. J., & Martin, J. D. (2014).
1). Internally, a cash flow statement helps an organization check its inflows and outflows of cash; from this the company can see if they have a shortage or surplus of cash. A cash flow statement will also help a company evaluate its ability to pay its bills in a timely manner. Managers can use cash flow statements to see whether he or she has cash available for the day-to-day expenses of the company. Employees can use this statement to estimate if the company will be able to afford compensation.