Assignment: Review the Capsim Mini-Case Study entitled “Finance”

Option #2: Review the Capsim Mini-Case Study entitled “Finance”
You can see the effect of the matching principle on your Capsim Core Income Statement. When you sell products, the amount you paid for the materials and labor will show up in the Variable Cost section, even though your company paid those bills earlier. The lesson is that those costs are matched to the sales.

When you buy additional capacity for your Capsim plant or add points to your automation rating, your investment in these assets will show up on the Balance Sheet under Fixed Assets as a positive number. That same amount will show up on the Cash Flow statement (as a negative number) under Cash From Investing, because the cash went out of the business for the equipment.

For this assignment, explain the relationship between your team’s Capsim decisions and their impact on the Income Statement and Balance Sheet for last week’s Round 2 competition. Share your decision-making logic. Include in your discussion how your decisions affected, a) sales, b) profit, and c) contribution margin, and explain the concepts and models you used to form and integrate your strategies.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

Be 5-6 pages in length, excluding the title and references pages.
Be formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
In addition to course resources, use the CSU-Global Library to find three additional resources to support the position you take.
Be sure to check out the CSU-Global Online Research and Writing Lab (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Introduction
The industry of organic foods has continued to grow steadily in the recent past. Human beings have become more conscious of what they consume and hence advocate for quality natural products. One of the distributors of such products is Hain Celestial which uses various outlets to sell its products. For such a company to succeed, research and development as well as marketing and production are key. Public trading is always an issue for investors and the only relevant information about any company can be through balance sheets or income statements as will be seen in this essay.
Team’s Capsim Decisions and Their Impact On the Income Statement
The decisions were made based on results from previous years and the desire to grow the organic business. The focus was on increasing production and using technology of our products especially in the low tech level. An investment of 5400 USD..