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What four perspectives are included in Balanced Scorecard?

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Financial - ROI- Revenue Growth- Profitability

Customer - Increase Customers- Increase Satisfaction

Internal Business Processes - Efficient and Effective Operations- Improve Quality- Reduce Defects

Learning & Growth - Training- Personnel Development

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Why was Balanced Scorecard created?

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To measure Performance.

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What are Strategy Maps?

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Diagrams of Strategic Cause and Effect Relationships.

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What is a Strategic Initiative?

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A plan to achieve goals.

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What measures are used under Value-Based Management?

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Return on Investment
Residual Income
Spread
Economic Value Added
Free Cash Flow
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How is Return on Investment (ROI) calculated?

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ROI = Return / Investment

Example: You Invest $100 to buy a machine that generates $60 in Operating Income

$60 / $100 = 60% ROI

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How is Residual Income calculated?

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Operating Income - (Required Rate of Return x Invested Capital) = Residual Income

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What is another name for Required Rate of Return (RROR)?

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RROR is also called Cost of Capital

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What is Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)? How is it calculated?

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Cost of Capital is the weighted average of the interest rates you pay for your Capital.

Includes Debt and the Rate of Return your Equity Shareholders expect

Example: 45% of your Capital is supported by debt and has an interest rate of 9%. 55% of your Capital is supported by equity and shareholders expect a ROR of 12%

Your Cost of Capital is: (.45 x .09) + (.55 x .12) = 10.65%

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How is Spread calculated?

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Spread = ROI - Cost of Capital

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What is the primary point of Economic Value Added? How is it calculated?

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Investments should exceed costs- with an emphasis on stockholder value.

Economic Value Added = Operating Income After Tax - (Net Assets x WACC)

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How is Free Cash Flow calculated?

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Operating Income After Tax
\+ Depreciation & Amortization
- Capital Expenditures
- Change in Net Working Capital
= Free Cash Flow
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What is measured by Six Sigma?

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It measures a product versus its quality goal.

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What is the Asset Turnover Ratio?

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Sales / Average Assets

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What does the Current Ratio tell us? How is it calculated?

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Can the company pay their short-term liabilities?

Current Ratio = Current Assets / Current Liabilities

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What does the Debt to Equity Ratio tell us? How is it calculated?

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How is the company financing its capital?

Debt to Equity Ratio = Total Debt / Total Equity

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What does the Debt to Total Assets ratio tell us? How is it calculated?

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What proportions of the company’s assets are encumbered with debt?

Debt to Total Assets = Total Liabilities / Total Assets

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What does Gross Margin % tell us? How is it calculated?

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How profitable is the product after COGS?

Gross Margin = Gross Profit / Net Sales

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What does Operating Profit Margin tell us? How is it calculated?

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How profitable is the product after all expenses (except interest and taxes)?

Operating Profit Margin = Operating Profit / Net Sales

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How is Times Interest Earned calculated and what does it mean?

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Can the company make their interest payments?

Times Interest Earned = Earnings Before Tax & Interest / Interest Expense

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What does Return on Assets tell us? How is it calculated?

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What % return are the assets generating?

Return on Assets = Net Income (net of interest & taxes) / Average Total Assets

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How is Market/Book ratio calculated?

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Market Value of Common Stock / Book Value of Common Stock

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What is Inventory Turnover and how is it calculated?

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How quickly does inventory get sold?

Inventory Turnover = COGS / Average Inventory

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What is the Quick Ratio and how is it calculated?

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It measures short-term liquidity- and only includes assets that are quickly available (i.e. not inventory)

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What is Average Collection Period- and how is it calculated?

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How many days does it take the company to collect payment on A/R?

Average Collection Period = Average AR / Average Sales Per Day

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What is an Internal Failure?

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Products have quality defects- but are caught BEFORE they leave the warehouse.

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What is an External Failure?

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Product reaches the customer- but they are not satisfied with the quality of the product.

This includes recalls.

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What is Appraisal Cost?

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Quality control- testing & inspection costs.