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Assignment 2: Required Assignment 1Cost and Decision-Making AnalysisCheryl Montoya picked up the phone and called her boss, Wes Chan, Vice President of Marketing at Piedmont Fasteners Corporation.Cheryl: Wes, I’m not sure how to go about answering the questions that came up at the meeting with the President yesterday.Wes: What’s the problem?.Cheryl: The president wanted to know the break-even point for each of the company’s products, but I am having trouble figuring them out.Wes: I’m sure you can handle it, Cheryl. And, by the way, I need your analysis on my desk tomorrow morning at 8:00 sharp in time for the follow-up meeting at 9:00.Piedmont Fasteners Corporation makes three different clothing fasteners at its manufacturing facility in North Carolina. Data concerning these products appear below: Velcro Metal Nylon
Normal annual sales volume 100,000 units 200,000 units 400,000 units
Unit selling price $1.65 $1.50 $0.85
Variable cost per unit $1.25 $0.70 $0.25
Total fixed expenses are $400,000 per year.All three products are sold in highly competitive markets, so the company is unable to raise its prices without losing unacceptably large numbers of customers.The company has a very effective lean production system, so there is no beginning or ending work in process or finished-goods inventories.Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research break-even point and costing systems.
Of the total fixed costs of $400,000: $20,000 could be avoided if the Velcro product were dropped, $80,000 if the Metal product were dropped, and $60,000 if the Nylon product were dropped. The remaining fixed costs of $240,000 consist of common fixed costs such as administrative salaries and rent on the factory building that could be avoided only by going out of business entirely (approximately 2 pages):
Calculate the break-even point in units for each product. Explain your methodology.
Determine the overall profit of the company if the company sells exactly the break-even quantity of each product. Present your results.
Evaluate costing systems for this company. Explain if this company should be using a job-order or process-costing system to accumulate costs (1 page).
Be sure to include your calculations in Microsoft Excel format.Write a 56-page report in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc.By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area

Assignment 1: DiscussionAbsorption versus Variable CostingThere are several ways a company can allocate overhead costs to products produced or services provided. Two of these methods are absorption costing and variable costing. This assignment will allow you to explore the two methods of costing and compare/contrast the different uses of each costing system.Using the module readings and the Argosy University online library resources, research absorption and variable costing. Use your research and/or your experiences as a working professional to complete this assignment.Respond to the following:
Explain, with the help of an example, how a company could use a variable costing system, as well as an absorption costing system. You have the option of using the company you work for as an example.
Explain which method is better for the company being discussed.
By the due date assigned, post your response to the Discussion Area. Through the end of the module, review and comment on at least two peers responses.Write your initial response in 300500 words. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Assignment 2: Manufacturing OverheadBorealis Manufacturing has just completed a major change in its quality control (QC) process. Previously, products had been reviewed by QC inspectors at the end of each major process, and the company’s 10 QC inspectors were charged to the operation or job as direct labor. In an effort to improve efficiency and quality, a computerized video QC system was purchased for $250,000. The system consists of a minicomputer, fifteen video cameras, and other peripheral hardware and software. The new system uses cameras stationed by QC engineers at key points in the production process. Each time an operation changes or there is a new operation, the cameras are moved, and a new master picture is loaded into the computer by a QC engineer. The camera takes pictures of the units in process, and the computer compares them to the picture of a good unit. Any differences are sent to a QC engineer, who removes the bad units and discusses the flaws with the production supervisors. The new system has replaced the 10 QC inspectors with two QC engineers.The operating costs of the new QC system, including the salaries of the QC engineers, have been included as factory overhead in calculating the company’s plant-wide manufacturing-overhead rate, which is based on direct-labor dollars. The company’s president is confused. His vice president of production has told him how efficient the new system is. Yet there is a large increase in the overhead rate. The computation of the rate before and after automation is as follows: Before After
Budgeted Manufacturing Overhead 1,900,000 2,100,000
Budgeted Direct Labor Cost 1,000,000 700,000
Budgeted Overhead Rate 190% 300%
Three hundred percent, lamented the president. How can we compete with such a high overhead rate?Using the module readings and the Argosy University online library resources, research manufacturing overhead.Review the situation. Complete the following:Define manufacturing overhead, and:
Cite three examples of typical costs that would be included in manufacturing overhead.
Explain why companies develop predetermined overhead rates.
Explain why the increase in the overhead rate should not have a negative financial impact on Borealis Manufacturing.

Describe how an activity-based costing system might benefit Borealis Manufacturing.
Write a 34-pages paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2.doc.
By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area

Respond to the following:If you have utilized an activity-based costing system in your former or current employment, describe how this system had been used. In your response, be sure to include your experience and position on the effectiveness of the activity-based costing system. Support your ideas by drawing on your readings and scholarly articles.
If you have not encountered this type of system in your work experience, assume a company needs to switch to an ABC system. Describe the common cost drivers that could be used.
How would the organization identify the cost drivers?

By the due date assigned, post your response to the Discussion Area. Through the end of the module, review and comment on at least two peers responses.Write your initial response in 300500 words. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Assignment 1: Policy Brief Due Week 2 and worth 180 points The Federal Budget and how it gets made is a complex and lengthy process that has important implications for Federal and State agencies. Obviously, funding for each agency is going to affect that agencys budget. Likewise, federal funding for social programs, education, and other programs such as disaster relief affects how states fund those programs in their own budgets. Using the e-Activity from Week 1, 2017 America First A Blueprint to Make America Great Again, compare the federal budget with the budget of one of the departments listed below and note how they are interconnected. Department of Energy Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Education Department of Homeland Security Social Security Administration In a two- to three-page paper (not including cover and reference page), address the following: Summarize the mission and budget of the department you selected. Does the proposed budget of the department you chose include policy actions to reduce the deficit in the near future? Does the proposed budget restrain major entitlement programs or introduce changes in spending and tax policies that will have cumulative beneficial fiscal effects over time? Your assignment must follow these requirements: Include a short introduction and use the questions as section headers. Please include at least three references, not including the presidents budget and the budget of the department of your choice (peer-reviewed not required, as most of your sources will be within the last one to three years). Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Analyze the basic skills and tools needed for budgeting for public sector agencies and / or departments. Evaluate a budgeting system at any governmental level. Analyze the scope and sequence of budgeting in terms of sources of revenues, purpose of government expenditures, budget cycles, budget preparation, and debt administration. Analyze the steps required for budgeting, such as preparing a budget, making a financial plan, conducting a cost-benefit analysis, and making budget decisions. Use technology and information resources to research issues in public budgeting and finance. Write clearly and concisely about public budgeting and finance using proper writing mechanics.
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Topic : GERONTOLOGICAL REMINISCENCE For this discussion, need a small introduction and conclusion paragraph. Need a purpose statement on the introduction. Please watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E463tZdAGn4 Vedio: Tuesday with Morrie In body paragraph explain In this DB, after watching the video Tuesdays with Morrie (1999) by Mitch Album, answer the following questions. Refer to the video located under INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. Discuss the following prompts related to normal aging and acute and chronic co-morbid physical conditions as they relate to Morrie. Discuss the modalities of reminiscence and life review and the significance of the life story of an elder. What inference can you make to improve effective communication strategies for older adults with speech, language, hearing, vision, and cognitive impairment. One of them must be a journal called The effectiveness of group of reminiscence therapy for loneliness, anxiety and depression in older adults in long term care Minimum of two (2) total references: one (1) from required course materials (the journal above) and one (1) can be the video above. No direct quotes are allowed in the discussion board posts. Initial Post: Minimum 200 words excluding references (approximately one (1) page).

Topic : CASE STUDY IDENTIFYING ETHICAL CONCERNS For this discussion, need a small introduction and conclusion paragraph. Need a purpose statement on the introduction. Please read an article called Bad Blood: A Case Study of the Tuskegee Syphilis Project. (I will attach that with the order separate) In this discussion board, you will read the “Bad Blood” Case Study provided in instructional materials. After completing the reading. Give some thought to the following questions and post your response in the DB: Why do you believe the participants took part in this study? Why or why not? must contain minimum of two (2) references, in addition to examples from your personal experiences to augment the topic. Synthesize and summarize from your resources in order to avoid the use of direct quotes, which can often be dry and boring. No direct quotes are allowed in the discussion board posts. at least one (1) from required course materials to support rationale LoBiondo-Wood, G. & Haber, J. (2013). Nursing research: Methods and critical appraisal for evidence-based practice (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. AND 1 from peer-reviewed* references (between 2013-2018) from supplemental materials or independent study on the topic to support responses No direct quotes are allowed in the discussion board posts. Initial Post: Minimum 200 words excluding references (approximately one (1) page). APA only needed in in text citation and references. Thanks
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A recurring theme in this course will be the transfer of ideas and culture through the contact between civilizations and peoples. What evidence have you seen of this already in the lessons on ancient Sumer and Egypt?

Discuss the difference between a dual relationship and a multiple role relationship. Describe an example of a dual relationship that you are already familiar with or can imagine. Discuss the ramifications for the professional and the person affected by the professional’s actions or inaction.