Abstract This report will analyse the corporate activities and position of Next plc‚ focusing on clothing‚ which is the company’s main product area. The report firstly provides an overview of the history and background of the company as well as mentioned the state of the clothing retail market. Following the introduction the report then goes into deep analysis of Next‚ beginning with identifying the company’s key strengths and opportunities for future success‚ before going on to explore certain
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Next Plc | 2011 | 2010 | PerformanceGross Profit | 1008.7/3453.7 = 29.21% | 996.9/3406.5 = 29.26% | Operating Profit | 574.8/3453.7 = 16.64% | 529.8/3406.5 = 15.56% | ROCE | 574.8/(232.4 + 727) = 59.91% | 529.8/(133.4+802) = 56.63% | Asset Turnover | 3453.7/(232.4+727) = 3.60 times. | 3406.5/(133.4+802) = 3.64 | LiquidityCurrent Ratio | 1067.3/832.9 = 1.3:1 | 1041.2/758.1 = 1.4:1 | Quick Ratio | (1067.3 – 368.3)/832.9 = 0.84:1 | (1041.2 – 309)/758.1 = 0.97:1 | Inventory Days
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Balance Scorecard Study performance measurement in companies whose intangible assets played a central role in value creation. Interest in measurement for driving performance improvements Nordstrom: meets the needs of (Customer relationships and solution rather than price sensitivity.) Goal: obtain desired customer outcomes‚ such as acquire‚ satisfy‚ and retain targeted customers‚ and to build the share of their spending done with the company. Objectives in the learning and growth perspective
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1. Explain how the Voice of the Employee supports improved internal processes (Voice of the Business)‚ and how the Voice of the Business supports customer satisfaction (Voice of the Customer). The Voice of the Employee supports improved internal processes because the Voice of the Employee focused on providing a safe and secure workplace in response to instances of violence and poor employee relations. Employees were given an opportunity to voice their opinions and make suggestions to create a
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Marketing communication of NEXT plc Retail outlets and emailing influential people on the product’s behalf similar developments are likely to continue in the future whereby consumer targets become active participants in the design and implementation of marketing communication efforts. In order to respond most effectively and efficiently to changing world‚ marketers must have a clear understanding and accurate picture of the directions those changes are taking. Such a picture cannot emerge without
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THE BALANCE SCORECARD: TESCO STORES INTRODUCTION The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is a performance measurement tool that originated in the business worlds. Performance measurement is a way to track performance over time to assess if goals are being met. Organizations measure their performance to monitor how they’re doing in achieving their overall mission and goals. The BSC was originally developed as a performance measurement system in 1992 by Dr. Robert Kaplan and Dr. David Norton at the Harvard
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To: Date: From: Subject: Next pc is a uk based retailer that sells moderately price clothing for men‚ women and children. It also specialize in housewives and furnitures through 500 stores primarily in uk and irelandl. It also franchise more than 200 stores in asia nad Europe counties. Profitability The primary financial indicator is the roce which has shown an increases to 53.4 % in 2012 from 52.09 %. But‚ if the capital employed included the new £300m committed bank facility that yet drawn
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Describe the balance scorecard approach to performance measurement. The Balanced Scorecard is a framework firms can use to verify that they have established strategic and financial controls to assess their performance. This technique is most appropriate for use when dealing with business-level strategies. Many firms jeopardized their future performance by overemphasizing on financial controls rather than strategic controls. Thus‚ the balanced scorecard should be use to balance these two areas
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Business Accounts – Assignment I Introduction Next plc is a retailer founded 1864 in the United Kingdom‚ that not only sells men’s‚ women’s and children’s wear but also has a home ware department. Their clothes wear are stylish but affordable. Throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland there are over 550 Next stores plus 50 franchises operating in Asia‚ Europe and The Middle East. This report will analyse and outline the company’s profitability‚ liquidity‚ solvency and investment potentials based
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popular management tool for Performance‚ Management since 1990 s. Adoption of it became main stream amongst many industries quickly‚ however‚ the healthcare industry has been slow to adopt them. The healthcare organizations had to face some issues in adopting the BSC to their industry like cost structure‚ competition‚ payor hurdles‚ increasing demand for qualitative treatments‚ shortage of talented specialists‚ which forces them to balance cost versus patient outcomes. Key to overcoming these issues
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