Internet Exercise #1

A consulting company that provides software and services relating to business intelligence and analytics includes a library of customer success stories on its website at http://www.sas.com/index.html. Select and read one of the success stores relating to Activity-Based Management. (Access the list as follows: Click on the "Success Stories" link near the top of the page. Click on the "Success Stories by Solution" link in the left-hand column of the "Success Stores" site.) Then, write a brief paper (3 - 5 paragraphs) that summarizes the success story.

Internet Exercise #2

Perform an Internet search using the term, activity-based costing, and locate an article (less than one year old) from the results of your search. (Make sure that you do not select an instructor's lecture notes or a class assignment from the results of your search.) After reading the article, write a brief paper (3 - 5 paragraphs) that summarizes and comments on the article. (Your critique should provide the appropriate citation for the article. If necessary, you may wish to refer to the following website, which includes information about citations: http://www.cod.edu/library/research/citenet.htm.)