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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What costs are relevant when determining how many pizzas a month Stellar Pizza must sell to break even?
January 4, 2022 
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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 will Texas Instruments account for the cost of its new semiconductor wafer plant?
December 7, 2021 0 Comments
Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ:TXN) is expanding its chip manufacturing capacity. It announced recently that it will begin construction in 2022 on its new plant for manufacturing 300-millimeter semiconductor wafers. Semiconductor wafers are used in a variety of products, particularly in industrial and automotive electronics. Texas Instruments (TI) acquired the land for the plant in 2021. […]
Continue readingHow does Apple’s dividend declaration affect its liabilities?
November 30, 2021 0 Comments
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:APPL) recently had a dividend announcement. The announcement read: Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) on 10/28/2021 declared a dividend of $0.2200 per share payable on November 11, 2021 to shareholders of record as of November 08, 2021. Questions On which date will Apple record a liability for the dividend? On which date will Apple pay […]
Continue readingWhat impact does Target’s dividend announcement have on its balance sheet?
November 22, 2021 0 Comments
Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) recently made a dividend announcement. The announcement read: MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The board of directors of Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) has declared a quarterly dividend of 90 cents per common share. The dividend is payable December 10, 2021 to shareholders of record at the close of business November 17, 2021. The 4th quarter dividend will be the company’s 217th […]
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 readingHow will the issuance of common stock affect Casper’s current and debt ratios?
November 9, 2021 0 Comments
Casper Sleep Inc. (NYSE: CSPR) is a mattress company launched in 2014 that has a unique direct-to-consumer business model. It sells its mattresses online and retail showrooms. Its mattresses are made from a variety of foams and have been popular with consumers. In November 2021, Casper announced that it is seeking to raise $50 million […]
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 3 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 readingJoin me for an AICPA Faculty Hour webinar on January 29, 2021: CPA Update & Excel Dashboards
January 19, 2021 4 Comments
Join Vikki Nunn, CPA, CITP, and me on Friday, January 29, from 2-3:30PM ET for a free webcast presented by the AICPA. Vikki and I are part of the CPA Evolution Core Curriculum team and during the first part of this webinar, we’ll provide an update on the status of the CPA Evolution Initiative and […]
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