Consumer goods companies have spent the past few years trimming their product catalogs. The logic is easy to follow. Fewer SKUs means simpler production runs, cleaner shelves, fewer forecasts to miss, and less working capital tied up in slow movers. Research from Bain & Company complicates that picture in a way worth sitting with. Bain’s […]
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Want to include AI in your accounting course? Free AI in accounting teaching materials
July 27, 2025 
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If you’ve been thinking about incorporating generative AI into your accounting courses but aren’t sure where to start, I have a resource for you. AI in Accounting Education: A Practical Guide for Educators and Students is a free PDF book you can use immediately in your classes. It includes 28 chapters that span financial, managerial, […]
Continue readingCh 01 Financial statements, Ch 01 Introduction, Ch 02 Building Blocks, Ch 02 Transaction analysis, Ch 03 Accrual income, Ch 03 Job Costing, Ch 04 ABC, Ch 04 Internal control and cash, Ch 05 Process Costing, Ch 05 Receivables and revenues, Ch 06 Cost behavior, Ch 06 Inventory & COGS, Ch 07 CVP, Ch 07 PP&E and Intangibles, Ch 08 Current liabilities, Ch 08 Short-term Decisions, Ch 09 Budgeting, Ch 09 Long-term liabilities, Ch 10 Performance Evaluation, Ch 10 Stockholders' equity, Ch 11 Standard Costs and Variances, Ch 11 Statement of cash flows, Ch 12 Capital Budgeting, Ch 12 Financial statement analysis, Ch 13 Stmt of Cash Flows, Ch 14 Financial Statement Analysis, Ch 15 Sustainability, Data analytics, Financial accounting, Managerial accounting, Miscellaneous
How does the Toro Company’s product mix impact its profitability?
October 13, 2024 0 Comments
The Toro Company (NYSE: TTC) recently released its third quarter financial results for fiscal year 2024. (Toro has a fiscal year end of October 31.) Toro’s financial results were affected by its product mix across Residential and Professional segments. The Residential segment includes products such as lawn mowers, snow blowers, and smaller gardening equipment that […]
Continue readingHow does shifting the sales mix at Ford Motor Company to more F-150 trucks affect Ford’s break even sales volume?
November 11, 2022 0 Comments
Ford Motor Company (FORD) sales jumped 31.5 % during June 2022 in the United States as compared to the prior month. Sales of Ford’s F-series trucks and the Explorer, Expedition, and Navigator SUV models drove the sales growth. According to a Bloomberg article (link) earlier this year, the F-150 Series product line is Ford’s most […]
Continue readingWhat impact do higher fuel costs and other changes have on American Airline’s break even point?
November 1, 2022 0 Comments
American Airlines Group (AAL), the world’s biggest airline, posted a loss in the first quarter of 2022, but expects to return to profitability as early as the second quarter of 2022. Despite the large profit, airlines have been experiencing a large increase in the cost of oil. The price of oil has risen during 2022; […]
Continue readingWhat costs are relevant when determining how many pizzas a month Stellar Pizza must sell to break even?
January 4, 2022 0 Comments
Stellar Pizza has a pizza-making robotic machine that was built by three former SpaceX engineers. More than 23 former SpaceX employees work at Stellar Pizza. The pizza-making robot can produce a pizza every 45 seconds. A pizza can be customized, baked, and topped in less than five minutes by the robotic machine. Stellar Pizza will […]
Continue readingHow would a nail-painting robot impact a hotel spa’s cost behavior and operating leverage?
November 17, 2021 0 Comments
Clockwork, a startup in San Francisco, has built a robot that paints nails in under ten minutes. This video shows the nail painting robot in action. The robot has a 3D camera with which it takes pictures of each nail to build a 3D map of the nail. Then the robot’s artificial intelligence system uses […]
Continue readingNew! Constructing an Interactive Excel Dashboard project for introductory managerial accounting available
February 23, 2021 2 Comments
Note from Wendy: This case is the fourth of the four interactive Excel dashboard cases I created around the Jubilee Superstores data set – so if you have been following this blog, you have already seen the prebuilt dashboard in financial accounting project, the constructing a dashboard project for financial accounting, and the prebuilt dashboard […]
Continue readingNew! Prebuilt Interactive Excel Dashboard project for introductory managerial accounting available
February 8, 2021 5 Comments
This new case has students use a prebuilt interactive Excel dashboard to analyze a company’s product contribution margins and segment margins. This dashboard is ready for students to use; students will view a tutorial video about the case, read the instructions, and use the Excel dashboard to answer the case questions. The case will take, […]
Continue readingHow will the change in Chipotle’s sales mix due to the pandemic impact Chipotle’s profits?
October 19, 2020 0 Comments
Digital sales for Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG) grew 216.3% in the second quarter of 2020, accounting for 60.7% of sales for the quarter, as the effect of the pandemic for the entire quarter sent customers to online options rather than dining in. Many digital customers opted for delivery, viewing it as a safer […]
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