John and Michael scenario, management homework help

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Read the scenario. (See attachment)

John and Michael know that to be successful they need to properly staff their company and order the right amount of materials, and to do so, a new forecast method is needed. While they have used a simple forecast up to this point, they no longer believe that method will work for them and the company. They are now coming to you for help in selecting the right forecasting method and to develop an initial forecast. Individual portion:

The first step in this project requires to research and select a relatively new company for which he or she will use as a benchmark. After researching your selected company, come up with a recommendation, for them, on which type of forecasting method they should use and why. Based on the recommendation, you must create a spreadsheet with a 12-month forecast highlighting the key factors used in its development. Your spreadsheet may also contain assumptions that support your argument.

You must submit a spreadsheet consisting of 1,200-1,500 words in which you recommend a specific method of forecasting for your selected company. For full-credit, you must address the following in your spreadsheet:

  • Research and select a relatively new company.
  • Explain the various methods of forecasting to develop an aggregate forecast.
  • Explain which type of forecasting method the company should use and why.
  • Create a spreadsheet with a 12-month forecast highlighting the key factors used in its development.
  • Explain why you chose the method that you did.
  • Provide some assumptions that support your argument.

APA, 3-5 references, a spreadsheet consisting of 1200-1500 words

The objectives of this assignment are to:

  • Relate the logistics principles of inventory management and distribution to supply chain management.
  • Develop an aggregate forecast.
  • Use analytical tools and techniques for supply chain analysis.

healthcare turnover

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According to recent reports produced by the Council of Saudi Chambers, healthcare turnover is on the rise within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Nurses and physicians are leaving the Kingdom to Western countries in search of higher pay and better training facilities.

You will develop a written paper addressing the financial costs associated with staffing. You will use current research to distinguish costs associated with staffing and turnover. Differentiate costs associated with hiring verses costs of current staff retention.

For this Critical Thinking Assignment, conduct research on the costs associated with turnover and employee retention.

Your paper should meet the following structural requirements:

  1. The paper should be 4 pages in length, not including the cover sheet and reference page.
  2. Formatted according to APA  writing standards.
  3. Use heading to arrange your work
  4. Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of four scholarly articles.
  5. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but two must be external.
  6. No plagiarism
  7. The references should not be more than 5 years back

Tax-655 Milestone two

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MILESTONE TWO

You will submit a draft explaining the tax effects of salaries if cash is withdrawn from a business. You must also explain the tax consequences of paying the owners based on the taxable S Corporation selected for the business, as well as the tax consequences for each individual’s personal tax returns.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

Memorandum

A Explain the tax effect based on providing $180,000 per year for the client’s salary and $70,000 per year for his daughter’s salary if they withdraw cash from the business or pay dividends as appropriate.

B. Justify the percentage of ownership the client’s daughter should have in the business based on the type of business entity recommended.

Consider the tax law in reference to the recommendation and how the decision will affect the daughter’s tax return.

Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2-to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format

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Financial Statement manufacturing company COCA COLA, accounting homework help

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In a 1-2 page paper, please complete the following:

  • Review the financial statements from the manufacturing company COCA COLA
  • Discuss the importance of each type of budget (master, sales, production, direct materials, manufacturing overhead, sales and administrative).
  • Give 1-2 examples describing how each budget can assist the company in improving profitability for future periods.
  • Be sure that the paper has no spelling or grammatical errors.

nontraditional health care practices

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Research different popular nontraditional health care practices. Write a 1,000-1,200-word paper exploring nontraditional health care practices and include the following:

  1. Describe nontraditional health care practices in different cultures. Compare at least three cultures.
  2. Explain the importance of these practices in providing holistic and quality health care.
  3. Identify the nontraditional health care options in your areas, and identify the number of people choosing to use them over traditional medical practices. Propose reasons why the number of people using nontraditional health care options is rising.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Failure Modes Effects Analysis Project

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Week 10- DUE 10/27/2018
Assignment: Textbook Problems: Failure Modes Effects Analysis Project
How are risk priority numbers (RPN) useful for health care administration leaders?
As you continue your examination of the use of and purposes for FMEA, you will begin to critically evaluate the numbers associated with your analyses. That is, the rates with which certain processes may be failing in your health services organization will allow you to strategically assess and implement efforts aimed to reduce errors and to promote quality health care delivery.
For this Assignment, review the resources for this week regarding chi-square, ANOVA, ANOM, and regression. Pay particular attention to the examples shown in the textbook. Consider how these tools may contribute to the value-chain perspective.
The Assignment: (3- pages)
·  Using SPSS and Microsoft Word, complete problems 1 through 4 on pages 405–406 in the Ross textbook. Show all work. Submit both your SPSS and Word files for grading.

Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Website, HR certification help

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Please respond to the following 1- 2 sentences each:

Claims to Environmental Friendliness, law assignment help

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After reading “The ‘six sins of greenwashing’: A study of environmental claims in North American markets,” (http://sinsofgreenwashing.com/index6b90.pdf) discuss the tension between business’s interests in maximizing profits and the public’s interest in receiving complete, truthful, and non-misleading information about products that they purchase. From a business perspective, what are the dangers of greenwashing? If you were a marketing executive, would you have a policy against greenwashing? Why or why not? APA format, at least 350 words and no plagerism

Analysis on the Procurement or Acquisition Practice of Under Armour

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Hello, I need some some help with this assignment. Thank you!

This week, focus your analysis on the procurement or acquisition practices of Under Armour and the types of materials that the company uses. Also, analyze where those materials are sourced, how they are delivered, and what the overall supply chain operations of the company are.

Submit a report detailing the following:

  • Coordination of acquisition practices with actual product demand
  • Procurement practices
  • Inventory management (including whether the use of MRP would be appropriate)
  • Scheduling of production or service provision
  • Supply chain operations

Homework Sunday

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1. What is the future value of 1,300, placed in a saving account for four years if the account pays 10.00%, compound quarterly (your answer should be correct to two decimal places.)

2. Your brother, who is 6 years old, just received a trust fund that will be worth $24,000 when he is 21 years old. if the fund earned 0.09 interest compounded annually, what is the value of the fund today?

3. If you were to borrow $8,200 over five years at 0.13 compounded monthly, what would be your monthly payment?

4. Your uncle promises to give you $500 per quarter for the next five years. How much is his promise worth right now if the interest rate is 0.05 compounded quarterly?

5. A stock has an expected return of 0.09 and a variance of 0.21. What is its coefficient of variation?

6. Use the following information to calculate your company’s expected return

State         Probability             Return

boom             20%                      0.02

Normal           60%                      0.10

Recession     20%                       -0.18

7. You have invested in stocks J and M. from the following information, determine the beta for your portfolio.

                                      Return              Investment              Beta

Stock J                          0.10                  $100,000                  1.23

Stock M                          0.11                  $300,000                 0.71

8. Frazier manufacturing paid a dividend last year of $2. which is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5%. Frazier has a beta of 1.3. if the market is returning 11% and the risk-free rate is 4%. calculate the value of Frazier’s stock.

9. You have invested 30 percent of your portfolio in Jacob, 40 percent in Bella, and 30 percent in Edward resources. What is the expected return of your portfolio if Jacob, Bella, and Edward have expected return of 0.06, 0.17, and 0.06, respectfully?

10. The covariance of the returns between Willow stock and Sky Diamond stock is 0.0880. the variance of Willow is 0.1430, and the variance for Sky Diamond is 0.1380. What is the correlation coefficient between the returns of the two stocks?

11. A project has the following cash flows

         0           1                 2            3

       ($500)   $160.00    $200      $250.00

What is the project’s NPV if the intrest rate is $6%?

12.  Sony entertainment system is setting up to manufacture a new line of video games consoles. the cost of the manufacturing equipment is $1,750,000. Expected cash flows over the next four years are $725,000, $850,000, $1,2000,000, and $1,500,000. Given the company’s required rate of return of 15%, what is the NPV of the projects?

13. A project requires an initial outlay of $100,000,and to generate annual net cash inflows of $28,000 for the next 5 years. Determine the payback period of the project

a. .28 yrs  b.1.4 yrs c. 3.57 yrs d. 17.86 yrs

14. An investment project requires an initial outlay of 100,000, and is expected to generate annual cash inflows of $28,000 for the next 5 yrs. (round to the nearest tenth of the percentage) Determine the internal rate of return (IRR) for the project using a financial calculator.

15. Capital budgeting anaysis of mutually exclusive projects A and B yields following

                                 Project A                Project B

IRR                                 18%                       22%

NPV                             $270,000              $255,000

Payback Period             2.5 yrs                    2.0 yrs

Management should choose;

a. Project B because most executives prefer the IRR method

b. Project B because two out of three methods choose it

c.Project A because NPV is the best method

d. Either project because the result are not consistant

16. John bought new machinery for $5,135,000 million. this is expected to result in additional cash flow of$1,225,000 million over the next 7 yrs. What is the payback period for this project? Their acceptance period is 5yrs.

17. CIT has invested $2,165,800 on equipment. the firm uses payback period criteria of not accepting any project that takes more than four years to recover costs. The company anticipates cash flows of $448,386, $512,178, $562,755, $764,997, $816,500, and $825,375 over the next 6 yrs. What is the payback period?