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  • FASB Codification System Orientation

    $7.50

     FASB Codification System Orientation

    Resources: FASB Codification System website accessible through the FASB Online link located on your student website

    Access the FASB Online website and familiarize yourself with the contents.

    Write a 350-word paper in which you answer the following questions:

    ·   What is the FASB Codification System?

    ·   What is the purpose of the FASB Codification System?

    ·   What are the nine content areas located in the FASB Codification System? What types of items are located under each content area?

    Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

  • Amazon Strategy Recommendation Project Final

    $10.00

    Amazon Strategy Recommendation Project Final

    Introduction………………………………………………………………………………          3

    Brief explanation of Project…………………………………………………………..           3

    Who is Amazon………………………………………………………………………          3

    Why did I choose Amazon……………………………………………………………          3

    Amazon’s Channel Design including its use of the Web…………………………………           3-4

    Web Beginnings………………………………………………………………………           4

    Today…………………………………………………………………………………          4

    Amazon’s future including key strengths and weaknesses………………………………          4

    Amazon’s Vision and the changing Web……………………………………………           4-5

    Key Strengths and Weaknesses………………………………………………………          5-6

    Opportunity and Threats……………………………………………………………..           6

    SWOT Analysis…………….……………………………………………………………     7-9

    Amazon’s Ethical Challenges……………………………………………………………           9

    Changing Web Ethics………………………………………………………………..           9

    Ethical challenges for Amazon………………………………………………………           9

    Strategy Recommendations for Amazon…………………………………………………           9-10

    References………………………………………………………………………………..          11

  • Amazon’s Strategic Plan

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    Amazon’s Strategic Plan

    Table of Contents

    INTRODUCTION                3

    History of Amazon           3

    VISION STATEMENT        5

    MISSION STATEMENT    6

    INDUSTRY OVERVIEW    7

    EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 7

    Political, Governmental, and Legal Forces             7

    Social, Cultural, Demographic, and Environmental Forces              8

    Economic Forces              8

    Technological Forces      10

    Competitive Forces         11

    EXTERNAL FACTOR EVALUATION              12

    Opportunities    12

    Expanding to New Countries      12

    Introduce a Spanish Website to Increase the Amount of Hispanic Customers       13

    Same-Day Delivery          13

    Promote Small Businesses           13

    Threats 14

    Multiple Lawsuits             14

    Seasonality of the Business         14

    Aggressive Competition                15

    Seller Fee Rate  15

    INTERNAL FACTOR EVALUATION              15

    Strengths            15

    Disruptive Technology Innovator              15

    Strong Brand Name Due to Customer Service Experience             16

    Variety of Product Availability    16

    Most Visited Online Retailer       16

    Weaknesses      17

    Limited Grocery Market                17

    Overzealous Expansion 17

    Network/Internet Reliability       17

    Third-Party Vendors and Their Impact on Customer Satisfaction                17

    SWOT ANALYSIS MATRIX              18

    STRATEGIC POSITION AND ACTION EVALUATION (SPACE)            19

    Financial Strength            19

    Competitive Advantage                19

    Environmental Stability 20

    Industry Strength            20

    LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES              20

    STRATEGY SELECTION    22

    IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES   23

    Product Development Strategy 23

    Implementation #1 – Market Segmentation (Marketing)              23

    Implementation #2 – Delivery Drone Development (Research and Development)            24

    Implementation #3 – Amazon Trucks (Management-Operations)             24

    Implementation #4 – Optimize Supply Chain/Fulfillment Capabilities (Management-Operations)               25

    Implementation #5 – Increase Hub Cities by Upgrading Distribution Centers (Management-Operations)                25

    Implementation #6 – Offer Competitive Pricing (Marketing/Finance)      25

    Market Penetration Strategy      26

    Implementation #1 – Increase Media Advertising (Marketing)    26

    Implementation #2 – Face-to-Face Advertising (Marketing)         26

    Implementation #3 – Increase Sales Promotion with Complimentary Items Associated with the Product (Marketing)       27

    Implementation #4 – Improve Competency and Relationships with Third-Party Companies (Management-Operations)  27

    Implementation #5 – Training of Employees (Management-Operations)               27

    Implementation #6 – Focus on Customer Retention (Management-Operations)                28

    CONCLUSION    28

    APPENDIX           29

    Appendix 1 – Evaluation of Mission Statement   29

    Appendix 2 – SWOT Analysis Matrix        29

    Appendix 3 – SPACE Matrix         30

    Appendix 4 – External Factors Evaluation Matrix                31

    Appendix 5 – Internal Factors Evaluation Matrix                32

     

  • Amazon: Undertaking Internal Shipping

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    This case analysis concerns Amazon, a multinational Fortune 500 e-commerce company specializing in selling goods over the internet.  This analysis will provide a summary of events highlighting the company’s current operations and potential shipping expansion.  Next, this analysis will provide an event analysis explaining why the event is necessary.  Furthermore, this analysis will highlight Amazon’s strategic direction and the impact a shipping expansion will have on the company.  Last, this analysis will provide recommendations concerning a proposed shipping expansion

    7 pages

  • Rekindling the Online Grocery Market: AmazonFresh

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    Amazon Fresh: Rekindling the Online Grocery Market

    MG316.Service-Operations Management Case Study Analysis

    Bentley University

    • What was important about Jeff Bezos 1997 letter to the shareholders?
    • What key actions did Amazon take to support its growth?
    • What were the challenges to on-line grocery?
    • Comment on Amazon’s entry into grocery. What do you view as the strengths/weaknesses of their approach?
    • What was Amazon’s market and who were their customers? What were they looking to establish as their competitive advantage?
    • Case Write-up
  • LIFO method to value inventories

    $3.00

    ACC 497 Week 2 Discussion

    Discuss the following:

    Client X contacted you for clarification and recommendations on how the use of the LIFO method to value its inventories will be impacted if a switch to financial statements prepared in compliance with IFRS will be made.

  • Exercises and Problems XACC/291

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    Individual Problems

    E9-1

    The following expenditures relating to plant assets were made by Spaulding Company during the first 2 months of 2011.

    1. Paid $5,000of accrued taxes at time plant was acquired.
    2. Paid $200 insurance to cover possible accident loss on new factory machinery while the machinery was in transit.
    3. Paid $850 sales taxes on new delivery truck.
    4. Paid $17,500 for parking lots and driveways on new plant site.
    5. Paid $250 to have company name and advertising slogan painted on new delivery truck.
    6. Paid $8,000 for installation of new factory machinery.
    7. Paid $900 for one-year accident insurance policy on new delivery truck.
    8. Paid $75 motor vehicle license fee on the new truck.

     

    • Explain the application of the cost principle in determining the acquisition cost of plant assets.
    • List the numbers of the forgoing transactions and the opposite each indicate the account title to which each expenditure should be debited.

    E9-7

    Brainiac Company purchased a delivery truck for $30,000 on January 1, 2011. The truck has an expected salvage value of $2,000 and is expected to be driven 100,000 miles over its estimated useful life of 8 years. Actual miles driven were 15,000 in 2011 and 12,000 in 2012.

    • Compute depreciation expense for 2011 and 2012 using (1) the straight line method (2) the units of activity method and (3) the double declining balance method.
    • Assume that Brainiac uses the straight line method.
    • Prepare the journal entry to record 2011 depreciation.
    • Show hoe the truck would be reported in the December 31, 2011 balance sheet.

    E9-12

    The following are selected 2011 transactions of Franco Corporation.

    Jan. 1   Purchased a small company and recorded goodwill of $150,000. Its useful life is indefinite.

    May 1   Purchased for $90,000 a patent with an estimated useful life of 5 years and a legal life of 20 years.

    Prepare necessary adjusted entries at December 31 to record amortization required by the events above.

    P9-7B

    The intangible assets section of Time Company at December 31, 2011 is presented below.

    Patent ($100,000 cost less $10,000 amortization)                              $90,000

    Copyright ($60,000 cost less $24,000 amortization)                          $36,000

    Total                                                                                                    $126,000

    The patent was acquired in January 2011 and has a useful life of 10 years. The copyright was acquired in January 2008 and also has a useful life of 10 years. The following cash transactions may have affected intangible assets during 2012.

    Jan. 2 Paid $45,000 legal costs to successfully defend the patent against infringement by another company.

    Jan. – June   Developed a new product incurring $230,000 in research and development costs. A Patent was granted for the product on July 1. Its useful life is equal to its legal life.

    Sept. 1  Paid $125,000 to an Xgames star to appear in a commercial advertising the company’s products. . The commercials will air in September and October.

    Oct. 1 Acquired a copyright for $200,000. The copyright has a useful life of 50 years.

    • Prepare journal entries to record the transactions above.
    • Prepare journal entries to record the 2012 amortization expense for intangible asset.
    • Prepare the intangible assets section of the balance sheet at December 31, 2012.
    • Prepare the note to the financials on Time’s intangibles as of December 31, 2012.
  • Codification Research Paper

    $15.00

    What is a Signature Assignment?

    A signature assignment is designed to align with specific program student learning outcome(s) for a program. Program Student Learning Outcomes are broad statements that describe what students should know and be able to do upon completion of their degree. The signature assignments are graded with an automated rubric that allows the University to collect data that can be aggregated across a location or college/school and used for program improvements.

    Resource: FASB Codification Link.

    Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper.

    Your client, Cascade Company, is planning to invest some of its excess cash in 5-year revenue bonds issued by the county and in the stock of one of its suppliers, Teton Co. Teton’s shares trade on the over-the-counter market. The company would like you to conduct some research on the accounting for these investments.

    Instructions:

    Access the FASB Codification.

    Once you login using the username and password provided from the link above “login instructions” click on Education (from the menu across the top) > select FASB & GARS > click on FASB User Login and use the same credentials given for the initial login page.  That will get you to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (professional view) page.

    Review the log-in instructions.

    Provide Codification references for your responses below.

    Incorporate your review of the FASB link to determine when the fair value of a security “readily determinable”.

    Since the Teton shares do not trade on one of the large stock markets, Cascade argues that the fair value of this investment is not readily available.

    Describe how an impairment of a security is accounted for.

    Determine how close to maturity Cascade could sell an investment and still classify it as held-to-maturity.

    To avoid volatility in their financial statements due to fair value adjustments, Cascade debated whether the bond investment could be classified as held-to-maturity; Cascade is pretty sure it will hold the bonds for five years.

    List disclosures that must be made for any sale or transfer from securities classified as held-to-maturity.

    Format your paper consistent with APA standards.

    Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

    Assignment Deliverables Summary:

    1. How can the shares investment in Teton Inc. fair value be determined according to GAAP, provide FASB codification reference?

    2. How should the bond investment in a County Government be classified if Cascade Company does not plan to hold the bond to its maturity? can the management change its intention in later years?

    3. Under what condition and factors for an equity investment to be considered as “impaired”, provide FASB codification reference?

    4. What are the disclosure requirements for reclassification of sale or transfer of security from one category to another?

  • Signature Assignment: Week 5 Presentation

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    ACC 422 Week 5 Signature Assignment Presentation 

    2016 – 2017

    Create a 5- to 10-slide presentation and use the same publicly traded company selected in Week 2 to address the following:

    • Be sure to use the most recent SEC 10-k or Annual report.

    • Identify the Company’s current liabilities for the past two years?

    • Compare the current portion of long-term debt for the past two years? • Discuss some of the items found in the current liability section.

    • Describe any lease obligations the Company disclosed.

    • Explain what contingency liabilities are disclosed in the financial statements?

    • Recommend, from the perspective of a bank, whether or not you would support this company.

    • Compute the Debt ratio and Debt to Equity ratio. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.