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What steps are in the value chain for vegetables grown and sold by Dussel Farm?

Dussel Farm Feed Store is a family owned and operated farm and store that has been in the Dussel family since 1948. It grows and sells a wide variety of produce, including vegetables and fruits. In addition to the produce, Dussel operates a feed store. Each year, it plants a variety of vegetables, such as […]

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What professional accounting certifications might an accountant earn?

In the United States, accountants have a variety of certifications from which to choose to enhance their skill sets and further their career prospects. Some of these certifications are: View a quick tutorial video about professional accounting certifications at this link and then answer the following questions. Questions Copyright 2022 Wendy M. Tietz, LLC

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30-minute webinar on Google Sheets data cleaning project this Tuesday, July 19, 1 pm Eastern

Are you interested in data cleaning and visualization? Do your students use Google Sheets? Want a ready-made project for your class that uses Google Sheets for data cleaning and visualization? I have developed a case that is suitable for introductory accounting that uses just Google Sheets – and I provide step-by-step tutorial videos, making it […]

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A financial statement analysis mini-dashboard for a quick data analytics exercise

Looking for a quick data analytics exercise for financial statement analysis in an introductory accounting class? You can give your students the link for this financial statement analysis dashboard and then ask a series of questions. There is no software for students to install; the dashboard is hosted on Tableau Public and can be accessed […]

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A job cost mini-dashboard for a quick data analytics exercise

Looking for a quick data analytics exercise for introductory managerial accounting? You can give your students the link for this job cost analysis dashboard and then ask a series of questions. There is no software for students to install; the dashboard is hosted on Tableau Public and can be accessed by anyone with the link […]

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What impact does the rising cost of avocados have on Wholly Guacamole’s variances?

The cost of avocados is rising. For example, the price of a 20-pound box of avocados from the state of Avocado prices from Michoacán state in Mexico has jumped to $38 from $21, which is an 81% increase. The current price of avocados is the highest price on record in data that goes back to […]

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New! Beginning Data Cleaning (ETL) & Analytics Project for Excel: KAT Concession Supply

Just posted this project on the other blog I co-author, Accounting Is Analytics. I am really excited about this project – it introduces accounting students to basic data cleaning and analytics concepts using Excel. Read on for how to request this first beginning level project that uses Excel for data cleaning and analytics. A key […]

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What costs are relevant when determining how many pizzas a month Stellar Pizza must sell to break even?

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 […]

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How would a nail-painting robot impact a hotel spa’s cost behavior and operating leverage?

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 […]

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New! Constructing an Interactive Excel Dashboard project for introductory managerial accounting available

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 […]

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