Memo

For this assignment, you will be writing a professional memo to a co-worker explaining how the switch from traditional costing to ABC will impact the selling price of your company’s products or services. Be sure to indicate the type of company you are discussing in the memo. As part of your justification, provide a specific, relevant example using Excel that relates to the company you are discussing and shows a numerical comparison between the 2 methods (traditional and ABC).

Writing Requirements:

1 or 2 pages total (not including the cover page or reference page) using memo format or a memo template in Word and not more than 2 pages
Embed your Excel example in your memo
Use proper APA format on citations and references
Minimum of 1 scholarly source

Please type in memo form

In memo format, provide the following information:

List the topic selected.
A short description (paragraph) about the topic selected:
1. How does it relate to engineering (what field(s))?
2. Why is it important?
A list of the 2 journal articles/conference papers you will analyze (upload both to Bb Learn).
1. Use proper citation format following IEEE guidelines.
2. Indicate the type of publication (journal article or conference paper).
Create a table with the following information:
1. Web Searching
  1. Do some web searches to see if you can find more background information about your topic or a method for tackling your topic. What keywords did you use to search?
  2. Do any of the websites you found provide you with information you’d like to cite in your paper? If so, list your website citations here, using IEEE citation style.
2. Library Catalog Search
  1. Do a search in the Library’s Catalog to see if you can find any books that might be relevant to your topic. What keywords did you use to search?
  2. If you find you any that you intend to use as a sources for your paper, list them here using IEEE citation style.
3. Compendex
  1. Search Compendex to find research papers or articles relevant to your paper. What keywords did you use to search?

Find two articles that are research articles. You can identify research articles because they will have some or most of these sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion. List at least two research articles or papers you intend to use for your paper. Use IEEE citation style.