This case is designed to provide students with practice analyzing data and allow them to work collaboratively as a team to prepare and present meaningful reports for management. Skill development is concentrated on data analytics, data visualizations, teamwork, and written communication. This case has successfully been used at the undergraduate level in an Accounting Information Systems class. It has been implemented as an individual project and as a group project over a two-year period. The rubric used to assess the project, data analytics, and teamwork skills is provided (see the link to download in Appendix A). Upon completing the case, students should be able to:
Students are asked to analyze company data including sales order transactions, approved customer list pricing, and inventory costs. The class time needed to introduce the case, deliverables, and software is 45 minutes. Students are then asked to either work individually or work collaboratively as a...
