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ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-41
Course Title : Working Capital Management
Assignment No. : MS-41/TMA /SEM-I/2017
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2017 to the coordinator of your study center.
1. As a Finance Manager describe the various factors that you would take into consideration before assessing the working capital requirements.
2. The Average Monthly Usage of a particular item in Reliable Industries Limited in the current year is expected to be 3000 units. The fixed cost per order is Rs. 1500/-. The purchase price is Rs. 2400 per box, containing a dozen units in each box. It, however, is not necessary to order for the full box of 12 units. The inventory carrying cost is 25% of the inventory value per annum. The quantity discount allowed per unit is 2%.
What will be the Optimum Order Quantity in each of the following three cases, on an Annual Usage Basis:
When the minimum order size required for quantity discount is:
(a) 1000 units
(b) 3000 units
(c) 10,000 units
Give reasons for your specific answers in each of three cases separately, duly supported by facts and figures.
3. “Trade credit is regarded as a spontaneous source of short term finance”, discuss and comment.
4. The management of Royal Industries has called for a statement showing the working capital to finance a level of activity of 1,80,000 units of output for the year. The cost structure for the company’s product for the above mentioned activity level is detailed below:
Cost per unit
Raw material Rs. 20
Direct labor 5
Overheads (including depreciation of Rs. 5 per unit) 15
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Profit 40
Selling price 10
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50
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Additional information:
(a) Minimum desired cash balance is Rs. 20,000.
(b) Raw materials are held in stock, on an average, for two months.
(c) Work-in-progress (assume 50% completion stage) will approximate to half- a-month’s production.
(d) Finished goods remain in warehouse, on an average, for a month.
(e) Suppliers of materials extend a month’s credit and debtors are provided two month’s credit; cash sales are 25% of total sales.
(f) There is a time-lag in payment of wages of a month; and half-a-month in the case of overheads.
From the above facts, you are required to prepare a statement showing working capital requirements.
5. Discuss the critical decisions that you need to take in working capital management. Emphasize the important ways in which those decisions differ from those concerned with the management of the fixed capital of a business.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-42
Course Title : Capital Investment and Financing Decisions
Assignment No. : MS-42/TMA /SEM-I/2017
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2017 to the coordinator of your study center.
1. What is cost of Capital? How is it calculated for different sources of Capital? How is average weighted cost of Capital measured?
2. Discuss the various components of project planning. Explain the application of work breakdown structure in monitoring and controlling a project.
3. What are major global sources of financing? Distinguish between Foreign Direct Investment and Portfolio Investment.
4. What are the major factors that are taken into consideration for determining the dividend policy of a company? Compare Walter’s Model with Gordon’s Model and examine their rationality.
5. What is financial engineering? Briefly discuss the financial engineering process that you will follow while developing new products or solutions.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-43
Course Title : Management Control Systems
Assignment No. : 43/SEM-I/2017
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2017 to the Coordinator of your study center.
1. What are the implications of the ethical dimension in Management Control? Explain with the help of organisation of your choice. Give your suggestions on how the Management Control System could be made more effective?
2. ‘Every Responsibility Centre Manager in an organisation is an Expense Centre Manager also’. Do you agree with this statement and if so, try to demonstrate the same by giving examples.
3. Explain Performance Reporting in detail? What are the uses and limitations of Performance Reports?
4. What are the difficulties that you may face while designing the Management Control System for service organisations. You may select any service organisation of your choice.
5. Study the ‘Thana District co-operative Fisheries Project (B)’ case given in Block 5 of this course and answer the questions given at the end of the case.
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