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  • Efficiency Analysis of XYZ Company’s Operating Cycle and Recommendations for Improvement

    Description
    You will create this assignment following the Assignment Detail instructions below.
    Review the tutorial How to Submit an Individual Project.
    Assignment Details
    A company’s operating cycle is the time frame from when a company buys materials until it obtains cash for the sale of an item.
    Consider a business that you have worked for or you are familiar with, or utilize a fictitious company. The supervisor would like an analysis of the efficiency of the operations. Prepare a minimum 15-slide PowerPoint presentation and include the following:
    Draw an operating cycle of the company (e.g., you could use SmartArt in PowerPoint).
    Predict the length of the cash conversion cycle within that cycle.
    Determine the working capital needs of the company.
    Discuss the need for liquidity to conduct business.
    Show how efficiency ratios can be used to determine the best way to conduct the operations of the company.
    Provide recommendations to improve efficiency.
    Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:
    Title slide: Remember the running head. The title should be in all capitals.
    Length: 15 slides minimum
    Body slides: This begins on the slide following the title slide and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your presentation for this assignment is 15 slides. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
    Reference slide: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final slide of your presentation. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hanging indent, italics, and uppercase and lowercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the Reference slide is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citation.

  • Title: Financial Analysis and Recommendations for Improving the Financial Health of XYZ Company

    Analyze financial statements, the Income Statement and the Statement of Retained Earnings. Based on your analysis, you will evaluate the financial health of the company and recommend steps to improve it. You will submit a PowerPoint presentation.
    create a PowerPoint presentation of 5 slides, plus a title and a reference slide, about the following:
    Vertical Analysis. Perform at least 4 vertical analysis tests on the financial statements with no errors.
    On the slide, name the vertical analysis tests you perform, and show the calculations and results. You must complete a minimum of 4 tests but doing more may help you better understand the condition of the company.
    Profitability Ratio Analysis. Perform at least 4 ratio analysis tests on the company’s profitability with no errors.
    On the slide, name the profitability ratios you perform, and show the calculations and results. You must complete a minimum of 4 tests but doing more helps you better understand the condition of the company.
    Organization Health. Assess the financial health of the organization based on the appropriate interpretation of at least 6 of the vertical and ratio analysis tests you performed. Add speaker notes to this slide to provide an explanation of your assessment of the organization’s financial health.
    Referring to at least 6 of the indicators you included on the Vertical Analysis and Profitability Ratio Analysis slides, assess the overall financial health of the organization. This slide shows what is going well for the company.
    Organizational Risk. Identify at least 3 risks facing the organization based on the appropriate interpretation of the vertical and ratio analysis tests you performed. Add speaker notes to this slide to explain the organizational risks you identified.
    Recommendations. Recommend at least 3 appropriate steps the company should take to improve its financial health. In the speaker notes, explain how the recommendations will help improve the company’s health.
    References. Use 2 sources to support your writing.