Scenario
You are a management accountant at Aspen Sporting Goods, Inc., a start-up in the Pacific Northwest. Your supervisor, the CEO, would like to develop a system for analyzing the financial and operational results of performance. Your supervisor would like information regarding break-even analysis, cost types and cost drivers in the organization, and other elements that affect the organizations profitability. Your supervisor has asked you to create a presentation on the factors impacting the organizations profitability trends.
This milestone will help you with the project, where you will be required to develop cost reports within an organization.
Directions
Using the template in the What to Submit section, create a PowerPoint presentation of a cost report analysis.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
- Explain the parts of a break-even analysis.
- Compare the types of costs used to develop a cost report in the organization. Include the following in your response:
- Fixed
- Variable
- Step
- Mixed
- Describe the importance of cost drivers as part of a sensitivity analysis in the organization.
- Analyze the benefits of job-order costing versus process costing in the organization.
- Differentiate the preparation of a break-even analysis from that of a master budget. Consider the following:
- The parts of a break-even analysis
- The parts of a master budget
- Explain the operating cycle of the organization in financial terms.
- Determine how profitability trends could impact the organization.
- Explain the difference between cost and revenue within the organization.
- Recommend potential financial goals for a department in the organization. Consider the following departments to guide your response:
- Sales
- Purchasing/procurement
- Marketing
What to Submit
Submit your 11-slide PowerPoint presentation with all the required sections by completing the . Sources should be cited according to APA style.
AI Usage
If you use gen AI tools to support your work on this assignment, be sure to follow . You must acknowledge your use of these tools in your work. Guidelines on how to cite AI tools can be found in .
Milestone One Rubric
| Criteria | Exceeds Expectations (100%) | Meets Expectations (90%) | Partially Meets Expectations (70%) | Does Not Meet Expectations (0%) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parts | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Explains the parts of a break-even analysis | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to explaining the parts of a break-even analysis | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Types of Costs | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Compares the types of costs used to develop a cost report in the organization | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to comparing the types of costs used to develop a cost report in the organization | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Cost Drivers | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Describes the importance of cost drivers as part of a sensitivity analysis in the organization | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to describing the importance of cost drivers as part of a sensitivity analysis in the organization | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Benefits | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Analyzes the benefits of job-order costing versus process costing in the organization | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to analyzing the benefits of job-order costing versus process costing in the organization | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Preparation | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Differentiates the preparation of a break-even analysis from that of a master budget | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to differentiating the preparation of a break-even analysis from that of a master budget | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Operating Cycle | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Explains the operating cycle of the organization in financial terms | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to explaining the operating cycle of the organization in financial terms | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Profitability Trends | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Determines how profitability trends could impact the organization | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to determining how profitability trends could impact the organization | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Difference | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Explains the difference between cost and revenue within the organization | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to explaining the difference between cost and revenue within the organizations sensitivity analysis | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Financial Goals | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, or sophisticated manner | Recommends potential financial goals for a department in the organization | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include adding details related to recommending potential financial goals for a department in the organization | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Clear Communication | Exceeds expectations with an intentional use of language that promotes a thorough understanding | Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understanding | Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication | 5 |
| Citations and Attributions | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors | Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution | 5 |
| Total: | 100% | ||||
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