Christine's First Job Christine Has Just Earned Her Undergraduate Degree in Accounting and in Accounting

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Christine's First Job
Christine has just earned her undergraduate degree in accounting and has successfully completed the CPA exam.She recently interviewed with a relatively small and new company and was offered a job.The offer sounded very promising; the job had opportunities to grow with the company and provided diverse challenges.Christine accepted the job.
Once Christine started working, she realized that the owners and employees did not have a general understanding of accounting.She had to teach them the steps in an accounting cycle so they would be able to understand how she was going to create reports.When she talked about the statement of financial position, they had no idea what she was talking about.She was the qualified individual responsible for accounting.No one else working with her had much knowledge.They did not even know the different financial ratios that someone could use to understand the financial standing of a company.Christine knows it will be a challenge to keep everyone on the same page when it comes to numbers and reports.
-Refer to Christine's First Job.If the owners were interested in obtaining their working capital figures, Christine should do which of the following?

• A) divide current assets by current liabilities
• B) multiply current assets by current liabilities
• C) divide net income after taxes by net sales
• D) get the difference between current assets and current liabilities
• E) subtract inventory from current assets

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Definitions:

Kaizen

A Japanese term for 'continuous improvement', focusing on small, incremental changes in processes to improve efficiency and quality.

Small Lot Sizes

Manufacturing or purchasing strategy characterized by producing or acquiring goods in small quantities, which can reduce inventory costs and improve flexibility.

Material Handling

The movement, protection, storage, and control of materials and products throughout manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, consumption, and disposal processes.

JIT

Just-In-Time; an inventory management strategy that aims to increase efficiency and decrease waste by receiving goods only as they are needed in the production process.