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1. BUS 315 Week 1 Discussion 1 Three Major Concerns
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"Three Major Concerns" Please respond to the following:
Analyze at least two major concerns for the federal government
concerning the pricing of goods and services. Determine which
major concern you believe is the most important to address, and
provide a rationale for your response.
Distinguish between at least two of the major factors that are
important when a company decides upon a price at which to sell its
goods and services to the government. Provide a rationale for your
response.
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BUS 315 Week 1 Discussion 2 Fair Pricing
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"Fair Pricing" Please respond to the following:
Categorize at least two factors that VectorCal uses to determine a
fair and reasonable price for the navigation system it is marketing to
the government. Suggest key reasons why these two factors are
important in determining the fair and reasonable prices for
VectorCal's navigation systems. Support your response with one
example of the importance of such factors.
Using the two important factors that you identified in Part 1 of this
discussion, suggest the manner in which the proposed price is fair
and reasonable for the government to pay. Provide a rationale for
your response.
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BUS 315 Week 2 Discussion 2 Fixed Price -vs- Cost-
Reimbursement
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"Fixed Price -vs- Cost-Reimbursement" Please respond to the
following:
• Compare and contrast the fixed-price and cost-reimbursement for
the VectorCal navigation system. Determine which type of costing
mechanism best serves VectorCal's needs. Provide a rationale for
your response.
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BUS 315 Week 3 Assignment 1 Proposal (2 Papers)
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Assignment 1: Proposal
Due Week 3 and worth 150 points
4. Note: Refer to scenarios and readings from previous weeks in order
to complete this assignment.
Imagine that you just created a new start-up company. You want to
compete in the growing industry of drone navigation systems.
VectorCal is the only major company in the field. You also want to
be a leaner, faster version of a company that you view as being too
slow and costly. Note: You may create and / or make all necessary
assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
1. Describe the new start-up company that you have created.
Include in your description the nature of your company, its
mission and vision, your company’s product, an analysis of
your staff, and your target clientele.
2. Criticize VectorCal’s forecasting method. Determine the
appropriate forecasting approach for your company. Provide a
rationale to support the determination.
3. Suggest the semi-variable, allocated, and indirect costs that you
should address in the start-up phase of your company. Provide
a rationale to support the response.
4. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this
assignment.Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not
qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
5. must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included
in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Determine the characteristics of government contracting that
affect pricing and what is considered fair and reasonable
pricing.
Outline the process to forecast the likely price of an
acquisition, calculate semi-variable costs, and allocate direct
and indirect costs.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
cost and price analysis.
Write clearly and concisely about cost and price analysis using
proper writing mechanics.
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BUS 315 Week 3 Discussion 1 Price Analysis
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"Price Analysis" Please respond to the following:
Examine at least two purposes that price analysis serves to a
company like VectorCal and to its product line. Support your
answer with two (2) examples of companies that used price analysis
to better serve their organizations.
Imagine you are a CEO of a large company. Provide two examples
of the manner in which you would incorporate a price analysis in
your company. Predict the important ways in which your use of
price analysis would lead to financial success for the whole
company.
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BUS 315 Week 3 Discussion 2 Best Use of Price Analysis
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7. "Best Use of Price Analysis.' Please respond to the following:
• Examine all of the methods for performing a price analysis that
VectorCal can use when creating its own price analysis, and then
specify two to three (2-3) price analysis methods that would best
serve VectorCal's needs. Explain your rationale. • From the e-
Activity, speculate on key areas where most companies fall short
when conducting price analyses. Suggest two (2) methods that a
company CEO should use in order to reduce price analysis
inconsistencies. Support your suggestion with real-world examples.
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BUS 315 Week 4 Assignment 2 Price Analysis for the
Navigation Systems (2 Papers)
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8. In order to complete this assignment, refer to the scenario from
Assignment 1, as well as to the scenarios and readings from previous
weeks.
Write a four (4) page paper in which you:
Analyze your company’s cost classification for pricing of the
navigation system. Defend your cost classification to the U.S.
government.
Determine reasonable, allowable, allocable, variable, fixed, and
semi-variable costs for your company after the initial start-up phase
is complete.
Predict the method for performing price analysis that the U.S.
government will want from your new company and VectorCal.
Justify the response.
4. Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note:
Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),
with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must
9. follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for
any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.
The cover page and the reference page are not included in the
required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Examine the various cost classifications, the different allocation
bases, and the application of cost-accounting standards.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in cost
and price analysis.
· Write clearly and concisely about cost and price analysis using
proper writing mechanics.
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BUS 315 Week 4 Discussion 1 Classifications of Costs
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"Classifications of Costs" Please respond to the following:
Diagram two to three (2-3) of the classifications for costs, and
propose the value of each of these classifications in the production of
the navigation system at VectorCal. Explain your decision for each
classification chosen.
From first the e-Activity, compare and contrast the manner in
which VectorCal and the other businesses that you researched
utilize cost principles. Specify which cost principles you believe to be
the most and least important for any business, and justify your
rationale for each.
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BUS 315 Week 4 Discussion 2 Other Costs
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"Other Costs" Please respond to the following:
11. Determine the differences between overhead costs and G & A costs
in the production of VectorCal’s navigation systems overall. Analyze
the role that each of these types of costs plays in the long-term
production of VectorCal’s navigation systems. Justify your analysis.
Predict VectorCal’s direct labor cost, direct material cost, overhead
costs, and G&A costs related to production. Next, from the second e-
Activity, provide two to three(2-3) examples of companies
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BUS 315 Week 5 Discussion 1 How to Forecast Costs
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"How to Forecast Costs" Please respond to the following:
Infer the main reasons for the high number of government
contracting invitations extended for the purpose of obtaining
certified cost or pricing data. Speculate on why the invitation is the
last item in the gathering of cost and pricing process. Justify your
response.
12. Provide two to three (2-3) examples of other strategies to use to
obtain cost or pricing data in a more accurate fashion. Predict the
manner in which these examples could be utilized to also save the
government funds. Provide a rationale for your response.
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BUS 315 Week 5 Discussion 2 Certified Costs
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"Certified Costs" Please respond to the following:
Imagine that a contracting office requests certified cost or pricing
data related to your company, VectorCal. Speculate on what would
happen to VectorCal in the long term if the cost or pricing data was
defective or inaccurate. Provide a rationale for your response.
Predict the manner in which VectorCal would absorb the certified
cost or pricing data expense based on the information presented in
Chapter 5. From the e-Activity, present two to three (2-3) examples
of instances where companies have absorbed the certified cost or
pricing data expenses similarly to your prediction of VectorCal.
Speculate on what the manner in which the existing companies
13. absorbed the certified cost or pricing data expenses bodes for the
future of VectorCal.
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BUS 315 Week 6 Assignment 3 Buy American Requirements
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Assignment 3: Buy American Requirements
Due Week 6 and worth 240 points
In order to complete this assignment, refer to the scenario from
Assignment 1, as well as to the scenarios and readings from previous
weeks.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
14. 1. Specify the main points of the Buy American Requirements in
one (1) page or less.
2. Determine the substantive means by which the Buy American
Requirements would benefit both VectorCal and your new
company. Provide a rationale for the response.
3. Analyze the fundamental ways in which the Buy American
Requirements are contradictory to a capitalistic ethos, given
that the U.S. government claims to promote competition and
the U.S. espouses a free market ideology (e., capitalism).
Support your answer with two (2) examples of such a
contradiction.
4. Debate whether or not you believe that the exceptions to the
Buy American Requirements set forth by the government are
fair and advantageous to the U.S. economy. Provide a rationale
for the response.
5. Determine the key advantages and disadvantages of using the
Buy American Requirements with the navigation system that
both VectorCal and your company produce. Justify the
response.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this
assignment.Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not
qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
15. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included
in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Determine how to validate costs and certify cost and pricing
data.
Specify the government policies regarding profit and pricing
adjustments for contracts.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
cost and price analysis.
Write clearly and concisely about cost and price analysis using
proper writing mechanics
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BUS 315 Week 6 Discussion 1 Labor Costs
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16. "Labor Costs" Please respond to the following:
Identify at least two factors that VectorCal uses to determine its
labor costs for the creation of the navigation system that it is
marketing to the government. Specify key reasons why these two
factors are important in determining the labor costs for VectorCal’s
navigation systems. Support your response with one example of such
importance.
From the e-Activity, speculate on key areas where most companies
fall short when determining their labor costs. Suggest two (2)
methods that a company CEO should use in order to reduce price
labor cost inconsistencies. Support your suggestion with two (2)
real-world examples.
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BUS 315 Week 6 Discussion 2 Work Breakdown Structure
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17. "Work Breakdown Structure" Please respond to the following:
Compare and contrast work breakdown schedule (WBS) and Phase
Diagram in terms of appropriateness and effectiveness for the
VectorCal navigation system. Determine which method best serves
VectorCal’s needs. Provide a rationale for your response.
Suggest two to three (2-3) other methods that VectorCal could use to
obtain labor cost data in anaccurate fashion in addition to WBS and
Phase Diagram. Predict the manner in which VectorCal could use
these methods to decrease the amount of government funds needed.
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BUS 315 Week 7 Discussion 1 Indirect Costs
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"Indirect Costs" Please respond to the following:
Predict VectorCal’s indirect costs based on the direct costs (e.g.
direct labor, direct materials or both). Next, from the e-Activity
provide two examples of companies with the same indirect costs that
18. you predicted for VectorCal. Speculate on what the indirect costs of
the existing companies bodes for the future of VectorCal.
Suggest one way in which how VectorCal could estimate the future
indirect costs for at least ten potential line items related to the
production of its navigation systems. Determine three (3) line items
that could affect the indirect costs the most. Justify your response.
Use the Internet to research articles discussing predictions on the
indirect costs for different companies. Be prepared to discuss.
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BUS 315 Week 7 Discussion 2 Direct Costs
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"Direct Costs" Please respond to the following:
19. Examine the methods that VectorCal could use for estimating the
direct costs. Next, specify two to three (2-3) ways in which VectorCal
could control these costs. Explain your rationale.
Determine the manner in which VectorCal could estimate the future
direct costs for at least ten potential line items related to the
production of its navigation systems. Determine two to three (2-3)
line items that could affect the direct costs the most. Justify your
response.
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BUS 315 Week 8 Assignment 4 Analysis of Direct Costs (2
Papers)
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20. In order to complete this assignment, refer to the scenario from
Assignment 1, as well as to the scenarios and readings from previous
weeks.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
1. Predict the main costs (e.g., labor cost, material cost) associated
with the production of VectorCal’s drone navigation system.
Provide a rationale for the response.
2. Compare and contrast the direct and indirect costs associated
with the drone navigation system that both your company and
VectorCal would assume. Predict whether or not your company
could easily control these costs and thus reduce production
expenses. Justify the response.
3. Compare your company with VectorCal relative to the price of
acquisition, semi-variable costs, and allocated direct and indirect
costs of the drone navigation system. Justify the response.
4. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment.
Note:Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality
resources.
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BUS 315 Week 8 Discussion 1 Overhead Expenses
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"Overhead Expenses" Please respond to the following:
From the-Activity, compare and contrast the manner in which
VectorCal and other businesses that you researched analyze
overhead costs.Selecttwo to three (2-3) methods that the businesses
in question used for allocating costs for theanalysisof their overhead
expenses. Explain your rationale.
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BUS 315 Week 8 Discussion 2 G & A Expense
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"G & A Expense" Please respond to the following:
22. Specify several advantages of operating a small business when it
comes to General and Administrative (G&A) expenses. Determine
the single most important advantage that you believe would benefit
the small-business owner the most. Explain your answer.
Compare and contrast the G&A expense from a large company and
a smaller company. Determine which characteristics you believe are
the most important for both large and small companies. Justify your
response for each.
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BUS 315 Week 9 Discussion 1 Facility Costs
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"Facility Costs" Please respond to the following:
Suppose you have been working with the federal government for a
period of time, and you decide to form a small company. Explain the
difference between depreciation and the facilities capital cost of
23. money. Specify the key advantages of having facilities capital cost of
money as an allowable cost. Justify your response.
Compare and contrast the facility costs of VectorCal and the US
Government. Determine at least two advantages for using facility
costs for both VectorCal and the US Government. Explain your
rationale.
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BUS 315 Week 9 Discussion 2 Procedures of FCCOM
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"Procedures of FCCOM" Please respond to the following: •
Describe two to three (2-3) circumstances in which facilities capital
costs of money is an allowable cost. Determine the single most
significant advantage of having facilities capital costs as an
allowable cost under the circumstances you described. Support your
response. • Determine two to three (2-3) possible factors that could
make facilities capital costs of money unallowable based on the
information presented in Chapter 9. Present two to three (2-3)
24. examples of instances where companies have made facility capital
costs of money available.
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BUS 315 Week 10 Assignment 5 Federal Contracting
Activities and Contract Types (2 Papers)
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Assignment 5: Federal Contracting Activities and Contract Types
Due Week 10 and worth 240 points
Note: Refer to scenarios and readings from previous weeks in order
to complete this assignment.
The Department of Defense plans to issue a $400,000 government
contract to a company that specializes in drone navigation
25. technologies. As a result, a government auditor has been contacted
to examine the operational data VectorCal and one (1) competitor
(previously identified as “your company”) in order to decide which
company should win the government contract.
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions
needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1. Create a one (1) page overview of the history and background
of each company vying for the government contract.
1. Determine the type(s) of contract for which both companies
might be eligible (e.g., fixed-price, cost reimbursement, etc.).
Justify the response.
2. Discuss at least three (3) direct costs and three (3) indirect
costs that each company incurred during the production of its
navigation system. Explain the manner in which this data
would factor into your decision as to which company would be
more eligible to receive the contract.
3. Suggest which company should be awarded this government
contract based on the data that was presented for each
company. Next, provide three to five (3-5) reasons to support
your stance.
4. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this
assignment.Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not
qualify as quality resources.
26. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on allq sides; citations and
references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check
with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included
in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Specify the government policies regarding profit and pricing
adjustments for contracts.
Evaluate the role played by contract auditors.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
cost and price analysis.
Write clearly and concisely about cost and price analysis using
proper writing mechanics
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BUS 315 Week 10 Discussion 1 Profit
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"Profit" Please respond to the following:
Determine two to three (2-3) reasons why VectorCal may not always
receive the exact amount of profit that it negotiated into its contract
with the federal government. Predict two to three (2-3) outcomes
VectorCal may experience as a result of not meeting the profit
requirements specified in their government contract. Justify your
response.
Hypothesize two examples of circumstances where a company has
not met the profit requirements of a government contract. Next,
speculate on why these circumstances resulted in a failure to meet
the profit requirements of its contract with the federal government.
Next, from the e-Activity, provide one example of a company that
has not met the profit requirements of a government contract, and
specify the company’s end result.
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28. BUS 315 Week 10 Discussion 2 NASA
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"NASA" Please respond to the following:
Analyze the methods used by NASA in its structured profit
approach, and speculate on how VectorCal could possibly use the
same structured profit approach with their manufacturing
operations. Support your analysis with examples of such an
approach.
Take a position on whether or not companies benefit from using a
structured profit approach to calculate their profits. Provide an
explanation of your position with at least two examples or scenarios
of the use of such an approach.
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BUS 315 Week 11 Discussion 1 Course Wrap-Up
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"Course Wrap-Up" Please respond to the following:
Sum up two of the most important concepts you learned from this
course and state how you might use these.
Identify someone in your life who would benefit from taking this
course, and explain the reasons why.
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BUS 315 Week 11 Discussion 2 Looking Forward
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"Looking Forward" Please respond to the following:
30. • Speculate on what technology might be able to do in 15 years to
improve the contracting process. • Hypothesize whether contracting
with the government will be easier or more difficult in the future.
Provide a rationale for your answer
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