Dollar General Case Analysis Dollar General (DG) has succeeded in becoming a prominent competitor in the extreme value retail market segment in the United States. Throughout the years‚ DG has executed key business initiatives that have led to major advantages. They have implemented a low cost business model that targets smaller communities‚ which in turn allows for lower prices on products that consumers consider essential. By using the low cost business model‚ DG has been able to sustain a
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Auditing procedures: Five assertions: 1. Occurrence: Define: transactions and events that have been recorded have occurred and pertain to the entity. Explain: sales and purchases shown in the income statement belong to the company and are real‚ that is they actually took place. 2. Completeness: Define: all transactions and events that should have been recorded have been recorded. Explain: all the individual transactions making up the balances in the income statement are recorded; no sales
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THE GENERAL PROCEDURE There are several variations in problem analysis. But the general approach is the following: Step One: Determine the appropriate product or activity category for exploration. This has already been done if the product innovation charter has a use‚ user‚ or product category dimension in the focus statement. Step Two: Identify a group of heavy product users or activity participants within that category. Heavy users are apt to have a better understanding of the problems‚ and
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Dollar General Case 1. Consider the $13.4 million of freight costs. What is the correct (GAAP) method of accounting for these? How did Dollar General in fact originally account for these costs? (Include in your answer a table of the effects on income in any years affected‚ both before and after tax‚ of the correct accounting and the accounting they originally used. The correct GAAP method to account for freight costs is as an expense of Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) that occur at the time
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THE NIGHT AUDIT Front office records must be periodically reviewed for accuracy and completeness. This need is met through the NIGHT AUDIT. With computerised accounting it can be carried out at any time during the day. These properties choose to call the audit the Front office audit or System up date. Even though computerised properties can perform these functions at any time‚ they almost invariably follow the night time tradition since the no. of transactions are less during the late night or
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portioned depends on the actual situation. The specific audit procedures to obtain evidence regarding the opening balances include: Current assets and liabilities. Audit evidence about opening balances for current assets and liabilities may be obtained as part of the current period’s audit procedures. For example‚ the collection (payment) of opening account receivable (account payable) during the current period will provide some audit evidence of their existence‚ rights and obligations‚ completeness
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Valuation and Analysis of Dollar General Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………1 Overview of Dollar General…………………………………………6 Five Forces Model..............................................………..9 Rivalry among Existing Firms................................9 Industry Growth………………………………………….10 Concentration………………………………………….….10 Differentiation and Switching costs……………………13 Scale Economies and Fixed/Variable Costs…………..13 Excess Capacity and Exit Barriers………………………14 Threat
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Memo To: Management From: Date: [ 11/10/2010 ] Re: Competitive strategy Confidential Over the last several years Dollar General has seen great success with the strategies currently in place. With potential changes in the economy and some situations presently in the company Dollar General must plan for the future. This memo was put together to identify our strengths and weakness‚ analysis the external factors of the company‚ and find options for the future. The options of where to invest
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flexible to reorganize the business profile as well as the management team. In many cases‚ shareholders and board members receive very rewarding financial benefits from this transaction. However‚ in some situations‚ public firms do not have a choice in the matter‚ as is the case in a “hostile takeover”. In assessing Dollar General’s performance‚ we first must conduct an internal comparison‚ in which the Statement of Income shows both production and period cost had increased greatly which resulted
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successful retailers in America is the small town oriented Dollar General Store. The value and convenience offered by Dollar General Store focuses mostly on low‚ middle and fixed income families in rural areas that are not normally served by larger retailers. The current programs used by Dollar General Store helps to bring the consumable basics to their customers at a low price. Dollar General Store Introduction The mission of Dollar General Store to their “customers is a better life”‚ their
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