1. Hard copy of assignment should be stapled in the top left corner and submitted to the School Office. 2. Electronic copy of assignment should be submitted through the Turnitin software. 3. 10% of marks are awarded for satisfactory use of language and/or good presentation. 4. 5% of marks are awarded for satisfactory referencing and/or presentation of a bibliography where either is required. Note that all referenced work should be obtained from credible sources. 5. Students should ensure that they comply with Glyndwr University’s plagiarism policy. 6. Students should make correct use of the Harvard referencing method. Learning Outcomes Tested in this Assignment : 1. To identify the sources of finance available to various business entities and understand who uses financial statements and why. 2. To understand the content of basic financial statements and be able to analyse, using various financial indicators, the performance of a business. Would students please note that achievement of the learning outcomes for this assessment is demonstrated against the assessment criteria shown below (which are not necessarily weighted equally). All marks/grades remain indicative until they have been considered and confirmed by the Assessment Board Assessment Criteria Grade Awarded Grade Available 1 Identify sources of finance available to the various business entities (Sole trader, Partnerships, Private Limited Companies, and Public Limited Companies). 10% 2 Explain who uses financial statements, and why they use them. 15% 3 Describe the information source, format, content and purpose of the financial statements (Income Statement, and Statement of Financial Position). 20% 4 Calculate ratios, and then explain what each ratio means and give possible reasons for the differences in the results of the individual ratios over the two years. 40% 5 Satisfactory use of English, including grammar, spelling, clarity of presentation. 10% 6 All sources of information are to be referenced satisfactorily 5% Additional Comments from Second marker or External Examiner (if required) : LEARNING OUTCOMES 3. Identify the sources of finance available to various business entities and understand who uses financial statements and why. 4. To understand the content of basic financial statements and be able to analyse the financial performance of a business using various financial indicators. Scenario Your organisation, Alpha plc, producer of hi-tech scientific equipment, is introducing a graduate intake programme and financial awareness is going to be part of the induction training. You have been tasked to provide literature on the sources of finance available to an organisation. 1. Prepare a report outlining sources of finance available, the advantages and disadvantages of each of these for a business (including the costs of these sources). The work you have produced for the graduate induction programme has been very well received. It has been identified that graduates also need to know how to examine the financial health of a business for decision-making purposes. To accomplish this you should: 2. Explain who uses financial statements, and why they use them.

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1. Heart Start produces automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in each of two different plants (A and B). The unit production costs and monthly production capacity of the two plants are indicated in the table below. The AEDs are sold through three wholesalers. The shipping cost from each plant to the warehouse of each wholesaler along with the monthly demand from each wholesaler are also indicated in the table. How many AEDs should be produced in each plant, and how should they be distributed to each of the three wholesaler warehouses so as to minimize the combined cost of production and shipping?

Unit Shipping Cost

Unit

Monthly

Warehouse 1

Warehouse 2

Warehouse 3

Production

Cost

Production

Capacity

Plant A

$22

$14

$30

$600

100

Plant B

$16

$20

$24

$625

120

Monthly Demand

80

60

70

 

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(1) Grunewald Industries sells on terms of 2/10, net 40. Gross sales last year were$4,562,500 and accounts receivable averaged $437,500. Half of Grunewald’s customerspaid on the 10th day and took discounts. What are the nominal and effectivecosts of trade credit to Grunewald’s nondiscount customers? (Hint: Calculate sales/day based on a 365-day year, then calculate average receivables of discount customers,and then find the DSO for the nondiscount customers.

 

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1. How is the traditional production system organized?

2. The university has a football team (or other athletic team). Which part of the athletic department represents the production system?

3. How has DT changed your life (how do you use it)?

4. What are the major functional elements or departmental areas of the production system?

5. What is the master production schedule (MPS)?

 

 

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1. How does the ERM operate?

2. What is the advantage of freely floating exchange rates?

3. What is ‘dirty floating’?

 

 

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