You have been hired as a business consultant for Universal Technologies, a high-tech firm specializing in the development of microelectronics and integrated circuits. This firm had been an industry leader for several years, but is now struggling to break even. Universal's CEO, John Morgan, has determined the company must either sink or swim, and you are the last hope for the company's existence. If things stay as they are, many jobs will be lost and the firm will likely declare bankruptcy.
Mr. Morgan assures you that you will have access to any financial information you need.
To get an overall picture of the strengths and weaknesses of the company, including sales, cost of merchandise sold, gross profit, operating expenses, etc., you ask for what report?