MMB053 Managing Business Finance Assignment - York St John University, UK

Assessment Task - Case Study Report

Learning Outcomes -

1. Appraise the performance of a range of organisations using appropriate accounting ratios and the usefulness of financial accounting information for a range of stakeholders.

2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the role of accounting information in the planning, control and decision making of a range of organisations.

Case Study - Younibike Cycles

Required - Produce a business report, in good style, that covers the following issues:-

a) Provide recommendations on the selling price that should be charged for each model of bicycle produced.

b) Provide brief calculations on the expected level of sales that you believe need to be made to break even. Justify your initial variables and your methods of calculation. Comment on the results obtained.

c) Explain the possible issues in using absorption costing to control the manufacturing operations of the business and state the case for a switch to activity-based costing.

d) Evaluate the potential issues that may arise of the alternative options to increase capacity and Justify the suitability of the business from moving to an absorption costing system to an activity-based costing system.

Please ensure that your work is in a suitable report format and is correctly referenced.

Attachment:- Case Study - Younibike Cycles.rar