1. Grammy's Legacy wants to build a national distribution system to deliver products to grocery stores and gas station food marts in all 50 states. You discovered Warehouse Distribution, Inc., a national distribution company, that might be a good partner but do not want to make a long-term commitment to use its services unless it is strong financially and shares the same values. Grammy has sent you to evaluate the company and make a presentation and recommendation to the Board of Directors. During your visit, she wants you to evaluate Warehouse Distribution, Inc.'s financial strength using ratio analysis and determine whether or not Warehouse Distribution, Inc. operates with biblical principles. You are to present your findings in PowerPoint because she wants to understand how that application works. Remember, Grammy places a high value on operating her business with biblical principles, and remember to communicate simply and clearly.
2. Read Chapter Four ofFoundations of Finance.As you read, consider how you will evaluate Warehouse Distribution, Inc. and what recommendation you will make to Grammy and the board.
3. ReviewFIN-310 Foundations of Finance Chapter 4 PowerPointto further your understanding of this chapter.
4. Review the website onDesigning Effective PowerPoint Presentations.
5. Review Deuteronomy 25: 13 - 16 and consider what questions you will ask the executive team at Warehouse Distribution, Inc. to determine if they operate their company with biblical principles.Feel free to consider other passages of scripture in developing your questions.
6. Download and read theMini-Case Warehouse Distribution, Inc.and develop a PowerPoint presentation for your board of trustees that answers the following questions:Using what you learned in this chapter and Chapter Three, prepare a financial analysis of Warehouse Distribution, Inc., comparing the firm's financial performance between the two years.In addition to the financial information included in the case, the company's chief financial officer, Mike Smith, has estimated the company's average cost of capital for all its financing to be 10.5%.
7. Based on your analysis would you recommend doing business with Warehouse Distribution, Inc., based on their financial strength?Support your recommendation because the board will want to know why?
8. What three questions will you ask the executive leaders of Warehouse Distribution, Inc. to evaluate whether or not they operate the company based on biblical principles?
9. What answers of theirs would give you confidence that they do operate Warehouse Distribution on biblical principles?
10. Your presentation should include:Introduction and conclusion slides with 10-15 body slides.
11. The presentation should follow a logical and coherent sequence with a strong introduction, clear progression of ideas and thoughts, and an effective conclusion.
12. The results of your ratio analysis.The ratio analysis should be done in Microsoft Excel.You can either do the work in a separate Excel file and copy and paste your ratio analysis into PowerPoint or insert a spreadsheet into the slides that show your analysis.
13. The three questions you will ask the leaders of Warehouse Distribution, Inc., to determine whether or not they operate the business based on biblical principles and the answers you hoped to receive.The question and answer should be on the same slide, so you will have three slides for this portion of the presentation.
14. Any comments in the notes section of each slide necessary to understand the content of the slide.
15. When you've completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself and submit a copy to your instructor using theDropboxby the end of the workshop.