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BUS 315 Week 1 Discussion 1 Three Major Concerns
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ree Major Concerns" Please respond to the
following Analyze at least two major concerns
for the federal government concerning the pricing
of goods and services. Determine which major
concern you believe is the most important to
address, and provide a rationale for your
response.
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BUS 315 Week 1 Discussion 2 Fair Pricing For
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Pricing" Please respond to the following Categori
ze at least two factors that VectorCal uses to
determine a fair and reasonable price for the
navigation system it is marketing to the
government. Suggest key reasons why these two
factors are important in determining the fair and
reasonable prices for VectorCal's navigation
systems. Support your response with one example
of the importance of such factors.
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BUS 315 Week 2 Discussion 2 Fixed Price -vs-
Cost-Reimbursement For more classes
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Cost-Reimbursement" Please respond to the
following  Compare and contrast the
fixed-price and cost-reimbursement for the
VectorCal navigation system. Determine which type
of costing mechanism best serves VectorCal's
needs. Provide a rationale for your response.
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BUS 315 Week 3 Assignment 1 Proposal (2 Papers)
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s Tutorial contains 2 Papers Assignment 1
Proposal Due Week 3 and worth 150
points  Note Refer to scenarios and readings
from previous weeks in order to complete this
assignment.  Imagine that you just created a new
start-up company. You want to compete in the
growing industry of drone navigation systems.
VectorCal is the only major company in the field.
You also want to be a leaner, faster version of a
company that you view as being too slow and
costly. Note You may create and / or make all
necessary assumptions needed for the completion
of this assignment.  
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BUS 315 Week 3 Discussion 1 Price Analysis For
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Analysis" Please respond to the
following Examine at least two purposes that
price analysis serves to a company like VectorCal
and to its product line. Support your answer with
two (2) examples of companies that used price
analysis to better serve their organizations.
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BUS 315 Week 3 Discussion 2 Best Use of Price
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.com   "Best Use of Price Analysis.' Please
respond to the following  Examine all of the
methods for performing a price analysis that
VectorCal can use when creating its own price
analysis, and then specify two to three (2-3)
price analysis methods that would best serve
VectorCal's needs. Explain your rationale. From
the e-Activity, speculate on key areas where most
companies fall short when conducting price
analyses. Suggest two (2) methods that a company
CEO should use in order to reduce price analysis
inconsistencies. Support your suggestion with
real-world examples.  
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BUS 315 Week 4 Assignment 2 Price Analysis for
the Navigation Systems (2 Papers) For more
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Tutorial contains 2 Papers In order to complete
this assignment, refer to the scenario from
Assignment 1, as well as to the scenarios and
readings from previous weeks. Write a  four (4)
page paper in which you Analyze your companys
cost classification for pricing of the navigation
system. Defend your cost classification to the
U.S. government.
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BUS 315 Week 4 Discussion 1 Classifications of
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m   "Classifications of Costs" Please respond to
the following Diagram two to three (2-3) of the
classifications for costs, and propose the value
of each of these classifications in the
production of the navigation system at VectorCal.
Explain your decision for each classification
chosen.
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BUS 315 Week 4 Discussion 2 Other Costs For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   "Other
Costs" Please respond to the following  Determine
the differences between overhead costs and G A
costs in the production of VectorCals navigation
systems overall. Analyze the role that each of
these types of costs plays in the long-term
production of VectorCals navigation systems.
Justify your analysis.
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BUS 315 Week 5 Discussion 1 How to Forecast
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m   "How to Forecast Costs" Please respond to the
following Infer the main reasons for the high
number of government contracting invitations
extended for the purpose of obtaining certified
cost or pricing data. Speculate on why the
invitation is the last item in the gathering of
cost and pricing process. Justify your response.
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BUS 315 Week 5 Discussion 2 Certified Costs For
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ed Costs" Please respond to the
following Imagine that a contracting office
requests certified cost or pricing data related
to your company, VectorCal. Speculate on what
would happen to VectorCal in the long term if the
cost or pricing data was defective or inaccurate.
Provide a rationale for your response.
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BUS 315 Week 6 Assignment 3 Buy American
Requirements (2 Papers) For more classes
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contains 2 Papers     Assignment 3 Buy American
Requirements Due Week 6 and worth 240 points  In
order to complete this assignment, refer to the
scenario from Assignment 1, as well as to the
scenarios and readings from previous
weeks.  Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in
which you
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BUS 315 Week 6 Discussion 1 Labor Costs For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   "Labor
Costs" Please respond to the following Identify
at least two factors that VectorCal uses to
determine its labor costs for the creation of the
navigation system that it is marketing to the
government. Specify key reasons why these two
factors are important in determining the labor
costs for VectorCals navigation systems. Support
your response with one example of such importance.
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BUS 315 Week 6 Discussion 2 Work Breakdown
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l.com   "Work Breakdown Structure" Please respond
to the following Compare and contrast work
breakdown schedule (WBS) and Phase Diagram in
terms of appropriateness and effectiveness for
the VectorCal navigation system. Determine which
method best serves VectorCals needs. Provide a
rationale for your response.
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BUS 315 Week 7 Discussion 1 Indirect Costs For
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t Costs" Please respond to the following Predict
VectorCals indirect costs based on the direct
costs (e.g. direct labor, direct materials or
both). Next, from the e-Activity provide two
examples of companies with the same indirect
costs that you predicted for VectorCal. Speculate
on what the indirect costs of the existing
companies bodes for the future of
VectorCal. Suggest one way in which how VectorCal
could estimate the future indirect costs for at
least ten potential line items related to the
production of its navigation systems. Determine
three (3) line items that could affect the
indirect costs the most. Justify your response.
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BUS 315 Week 7 Discussion 2 Direct Costs For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   "Direct
Costs" Please respond to the following Examine
the methods that VectorCal could use for
estimating the direct costs. Next, specify two to
three (2-3) ways in which VectorCal could control
these costs. Explain your rationale. Determine
the manner in which VectorCal could estimate the
future direct costs for at least ten potential
line items related to the production of its
navigation systems. Determine two to three (2-3)
line items that could affect the direct costs the
most. Justify your response.
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BUS 315 Week 8 Assignment 4 Analysis of Direct
Costs (2 Papers) For more classes
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contains 2 Papers   In order to complete this
assignment, refer to the scenario from Assignment
1, as well as to the scenarios and readings from
previous weeks. Write a two to three (2-3) page
paper in which you 1. Predict the main costs
(e.g., labor cost, material cost) associated with
the production of VectorCals drone navigation
system. Provide a rationale for the response.
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BUS 315 Week 8 Discussion 1 Overhead Expenses
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erhead Expenses" Please respond to the
following From the-Activity, compare and
contrast the manner in which VectorCal and other
businesses that you researched analyze overhead
costs.Selecttwo to three (2-3) methods that the
businesses in question used for allocating costs
for theanalysisof their overhead expenses.
Explain your rationale.  
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BUS 315 Week 8 Discussion 2 G A Expense For
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Expense" Please respond to the following Specify
several advantages of operating a small business
when it comes to General and Administrative (GA)
expenses. Determine the single most important
advantage that you believe would benefit the
small-business owner the most. Explain your
answer.
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BUS 315 Week 9 Discussion 1 Facility Costs For
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y Costs" Please respond to the following Suppose
you have been working with the federal government
for a period of time, and you decide to form a
small company. Explain the difference between
depreciation and the facilities capital cost of
money. Specify the key advantages of having
facilities capital cost of money as an allowable
cost. Justify your response. Compare and contrast
the facility costs of VectorCal and the US
Government. Determine at least two advantages for
using facility costs for both VectorCal and the
US Government. Explain your rationale.
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BUS 315 Week 9 Discussion 2 Procedures of FCCOM
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ocedures of FCCOM" Please respond to the
following Describe two to three (2-3)
circumstances in which facilities capital costs
of money is an allowable cost. Determine the
single most significant advantage of having
facilities capital costs as an allowable cost
under the circumstances you described. Support
your response. Determine two to three (2-3)
possible factors that could make facilities
capital costs of money unallowable based on the
information presented in Chapter 9. Present two
to three (2-3) examples of instances where
companies have made facility capital costs of
money available.
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BUS 315 Week 10 Assignment 5 Federal Contracting
Activities and Contract Types (2 Papers) For
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Tutorial contains 2 Papers Assignment 5 Federal
Contracting Activities and Contract Types Due
Week 10 and worth 240 points  Note Refer to
scenarios and readings from previous weeks in
order to complete this assignment.  The
Department of Defense plans to issue a 400,000
government contract to a company that specializes
in drone navigation technologies. As a result, a
government auditor has been contacted to examine
the operational data VectorCal and one (1)
competitor (.
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BUS 315 Week 10 Discussion 1 Profit For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   "Profit"
Please respond to the following Determine two to
three (2-3) reasons why VectorCal may not always
receive the exact amount of profit that it
negotiated into its contract with the federal
government. Predict two to three (2-3) outcomes
VectorCal may experience as a result of not
meeting the profit requirements specified in
their government contract. Justify your response.
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BUS 315 Week 10 Discussion 2 NASA For more
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Please respond to the following Analyze the
methods used by NASA in its structured profit
approach, and speculate on how VectorCal could
possibly use the same structured profit approach
with their manufacturing operations. Support your
analysis with examples of such an approach.
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BUS 315 Week 11 Discussion 1 Course Wrap-Up For
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Wrap-Up" Please respond to the following Sum up
two of the most important concepts you learned
from this course and state how you might use
these. Identify someone in your life who would
benefit from taking this course, and explain the
reasons why
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BUS 315 Week 11 Discussion 2 Looking Forward
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oking Forward" Please respond to the
following   Speculate on what technology might
be able to do in 15 years to improve the
contracting process. Hypothesize whether
contracting with the government will be easier or
more difficult in the future. Provide a rationale
for your answer
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