If you teach managerial accounting, you may want to look at Dr. Karen Braun’s Excel projects for managerial accounting. She has created seven Excel projects on various topics in managerial accounting, complete with step-by-step student instructions and instructor solutions. The topics include: Job costing Cost behavior CVP analysis Process costing Budgeting Flexible budgeting Division evaluation […]
Continue reading
Archive | Ch 10 Performance Evaluation RSS feed for this section
Introductory managerial accounting Jeopardy game for end-of-semester review
April 6, 2017 
4 Comments
A few days ago, I shared a Jeopardy-style PowerPoint file that can be used for an end-of-semester review in introductory financial accounting classes. In this post, I am sharing a Jeopardy-style game that covers basic topics within an introductory managerial accounting course. This PowerPoint file contains a Jeopardy-style game suitable for use in an introductory […]
Continue readingWhat type of responsibility center would Mickey Thompson Performance Tires be for Cooper Tire & Rubber Company?
July 12, 2016 0 Comments
Mickey Thompson Performance Tires (https://www.mickeythompsontires.com) designs, develops, and distributes specialty tires for drag racing and other motor sports. The company was founded in 1963 and the company holds several patents related to tires. Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (CTB), the 12th largest tire company in the world, purchased Mickey Thompson Performance Tires in 2003. Mickey […]
Continue readingWould the owner of the PNC Arena where the Carolina Hurricanes play hockey be better off financially if the arena were to shut down?
February 16, 2016 0 Comments
The Gale Force Holdings Limited Partnership owns both the Carolina Hurricanes (a professional hockey team) and the PNC Arena where the Hurricanes play. A recent news article stated that the Carolina Hurricanes owner lost $1.3 million in operating the PNC Arena for the fiscal year ending June 2015 (Forbes, Mike Ozanian, “Carolina Hurricanes Owner Lost […]
Continue readingWhat type of responsibility center would a Kohl’s Café within the department store be considered?
November 24, 2015 0 Comments
In an effort to increase the number of shoppers coming into its stores and the length of time those shoppers stay, Kohl’s (KSS) is adding a small café (Kohl’s Café) to each of two of its department stores in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. Each café will sell Caribou Coffee items including lattes, cappuccinos, and other […]
Continue readingNow that Dyson owns a battery firm, how will the transfer price for batteries used in its vacuums be determined?
October 22, 2015 0 Comments
Dyson, the vacuum cleaner manufacturer, recently made a large investment in a battery technology firm, Sakti3. Sakti3 is a Michigan-based startup that is working on a solid-state battery. These solid-state batteries would last approximately twice as long as current lithium-ion batteries. Solid-state batteries also do not use liquid electrolyte, the lithium-ion substance that can cause […]
Continue readingHow should the cost of national advertising by Whole Foods impact the performance report (and segment margin) for each store?
October 24, 2014 0 Comments
Whole Foods Market, Inc., is a supermarket chain based in Austin, Texas, with 381 stores in the US (it also has stores in the UK and Canada.) Whole Foods specializes in natural and organic food and has annual sales of $13 billion. In October 2014, Whole Foods rolled out its first national advertising campaign in […]
Continue readingHow does cost cutting at Best Buy impact its ROI?
June 28, 2014 0 Comments
Best Buy is struggling to thrive (and some would say it is even struggling to survive) as it competes with online giant Amazon.com. According to a recent article in Forbes, one way Best Buy is aiming to improve its financial outlook is to cut its cost of goods sold through supply chain efficiency gains. Questions […]
Continue readingWhat type of quality cost is involved with Toyota’s Prius recall?
March 31, 2014 0 Comments
Toyota issued a recall in February 2014 for its hybrid Prius. Cars that were built between 2010 and 2014 were recalled globally for a software glitch in the engine control unit (ECU). Customers need to return to the dealer to have the repairs made to fix the issue. Questions What type of quality costs is […]
Continue readingHow should Amazon Web Services price its services to Zappos?
December 19, 2013 1 Comment
Amazon.com has some of the biggest data centers in the world, where it runs cloud-based hosting services. Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), is the division of Amazon.com that provides compute, storage, and database services to a wide variety of companies, including GE, Netflix, Pfizer, Pinterest, and others. Amazon’s divisions also use its cloud-based hosting services. […]
Continue reading
Accounting in the Headlines 