Library Assignment

Review the following scenario:

Your process team has been requested to identify technology that would be beneficial to manufacturing and service operations clients (e.g., SBS Seating and MLD Hospital). Consider the following:

• SBS Seating manufactures leather seating that consists of various components, such as frames; electrical parts (heating and comfort features); padding; and leather sewing (final assembly). It currently uses basic accounting software and high-end manufacturing plant machinery in its operations.
• MLD Hospital has little or no specific technology tools pertaining to inventory management.
• Walton’s Department Store: a growing retail concern that is interested in providing low cost products and is relying on technological innovation to optimize costs.

Your task is to research and identify appropriate tools for the clients listed above, developing a review of potential technologies (software and hardware) that may be appropriate for each industry area and client in particular. Your deliverable should include the following:

• The 3 clients represent 3 different industries: manufacturing, healthcare, and retail. Explain how the technology requirements for SCM are the same and how they are different.
• Research and identify a minimum of 2 appropriate software tools for each industry and client, explaining how each will support the business and which aspects of the business.
• Research and identify one other nonsoftware technology that might be useful (e.g., robotics for manufacturing) to each industry, and explain how the technology will help optimize costs and efficiencies.

The purpose of this assignment to orient students to the key concepts in statistics. This assignment will introduce students to the language of statistics. Students will also get a chance to warm-up on evaluating some basic descriptive statistics using Excel® prior to the course start.

Assignment Steps

This assignment has an Excel® data-set spreadsheet attached. You will be required to only do one of the three data-sets.

Resource: Microsoft Excel^®, Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Data Set

Download the Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Data Set.

Choose one of the following data-sets to complete this assignment:

• Consumer Food
• Financial (I chose this one)
• Hospital

Answer each of the following in a total of 90 words:

• For each column, identify whether the data is qualitative or quantitative.
• Identify the level of measurement for the data in each column.
• For each column containing quantitative data:
• Evaluate the mean and median
• Interpret the mean and median in plain non-technical terms
• Use the Excel =AVERAGE function to find the mean
• Use the Excel =MEDIAN function to find the median

• For each column containing quantitative data:
• Evaluate the standard deviation and range
• Interpret the standard deviation and range in plain non-technical terms
• Use the Excel =STDEV.S function to find the standard deviation
• For range (maximum value minus the minimum value), find the maximum value using the Excel =MAX function and find the minimum value using the Excel’s =MIN function
  

We’re going to do something a bit different for this next assignment. There’s no assigned podcast.

Earlier this semester, you mostly all expressed interest in learning more about how to manage a startup. Honestly, we could spend years on this topic, it’s so broad. As I begin to build out course material for you, I’d love to hear what you’re most interest in going deep on.

I want you to have a look at this blog post (Links to an external site.) by an old colleague of mine from Techstars, Saba Karim. He does a good job of categorically laying out a few things people with an idea for a startup might be hoping to learn more about. Pick the topic you are most interested in learning more about. Read the related tools and articles that Saba shares as related to the topics listed below.

1. Business: Defining and fine-tuning your core offering
2. People: Finding and working with the right people
3. Technology: Getting the tech correct
4. Growth: Getting customers
5. Fundraising: Money to grow and scale

As usual, write me a 1.5 page paper about what you’re hoping to learn more about, what strikes you as interesting, etc.

The better we do this part, the better I’ll be able to help facilitate discussion in coming weeks, so I appreciate your thoughtfulness!

Review the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for 2013 from the city of Cedar Falls, Iowa, and answer the following questions.

Explain how Cedar Falls follows the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 34. Create a brief outline that showcases the flow.

Read the management discussion and analysis (MD&A) section on page 18 and describe 2 or more significant areas that were addressed by management.

From the notes of the financial statements starting on page 46, describe which accounting policies are being utilized by the city.

What did you discover in the statistical section?

How is the city doing?

Provide an analysis.

Examine the funds listed under the budget on page 37 and discuss how they are being utilized by Cedar Falls. Include some examples of items that would be included in these funds and any restrictions that might apply.

By looking at the budget starting on page 81, choose 2 different funds and discuss how they are being utilized by Cedar Falls. Include some examples of items that would be included in these funds and any restrictions that might apply.

Define and give examples of the infrastructure assets that are held by Cedar Falls.

Describe the circumstances, and provide the journal entries for the 2 entries that are going in to the general fund.

For example, 1 entry goes into the debt service fund and 1 goes into the capital projects fund

In this Individual Project, you will demonstrate an understanding of how to complete the accounting cycle steps. This will provide understanding on the importance of this cycle and the steps for accurate financial reporting.

You will complete financial statements for a company using the data listed below.

Accounting Data

1. 4/1: Jim invested $100,000 in cash and $50,000 in equipment in the company.
2. 4/2: The company prepaid for insurance with $1,200 cash.
3. 4/3: The company paid cash for rent totaling $1,200.
4. 4/5: The company completed services for a client for cash totaling $8,000.
5. 4/10: The company provided a service for $15,000 on account.
6. 4/11: The company purchased equipment for $5,000 and supplies for $3,000 on account.
7. 4/15: The company paid $1,500 cash for employee salaries.
8. 4/24: The company paid $300 cash for utility bills.
9. 4/28: The company paid dividends totaling $2,000 cash.

Adjusting entries completed on April 30

1. Insurance expired for the month of April.
2. An ending count determined that supplies totaled $2,600.
3. Wages of $3,000 were earned but not paid.
4. Services of $5,000 were earned but not billed.
5. Depreciation on the equipment is $500 per month.

Using the above data, complete the following:

• Journal entries
• Posting to T-accounts
• Trial balance
• Adjusting entries
• Adjusting trial balance
• Income statement
• Statement of retained earnings
• Balance sheet and closing entries

Click here to download a template to complete your project