Chapter 7: managing flow variability: safety inventory 7.1 Objective In the previous chapter on inventory‚ we focused on economies of scale as the major driver for inventory. The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the notion of safety inventory as a buffer against stochastic variability in supply / demand and discuss various levers for reducing it. The chapter is covered over two classes each of duration 100 minutes. In the first class‚ we first motivate the need for forecasting as a way
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How are ETFs different from index funds? Comment on their popularity and the future of EFTs. The ETF’s have the following advantages over a index funds: 1. Support the same types of orders as stock‚ like: limited‚ best price‚ stop-loss‚ etc. 2. Can be purchased at any time through out the trading session‚ while the index funds net asset value only mark the end of each session. 3. The consequence of points 1 and 2 is that at the time of purchase will know exactly the price you will pay
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5 & 6 Cash flow reporting and analysis REVISED BY DR SIMONA SCARPARO (FEBRUARY 2013). EARLIER R E V I S E D B Y D R G U S H O S S A R I ( J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 0 ) ‚ B A S E D O N O R I G I N A L M AT E R I A L P R E PA R E D BY GARRY CARNEGIE‚ GRAEME W INE‚ CHRISTINE JUBB AND JUDY NAGY Contents Lectures 5 & 6: Introduction 1 Objectives 1 Learning resources 1 Prescribed text Online readings Glossary CloudDeakin 1 2 2 2 Importance of cash flow information
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increased ways to help people around the world‚ but we shouldn’t be spending a large sum of money on NASA due to other important matters. We could use the money for the helpless and the military instead of space exploration. Doesn’t mean we should not fund NASA at all
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Was the film simply too cerebral? True‚ “Blade Runner initially polarized critics: some were displeased with the pacing‚ while others enjoyed its thematic complexity. (Nevertheless‚ it was) hailed for its production design‚ depicting a retrofitted future‚ (and) it remains a leading example of the neo-noir genre” (Wikipedia). Ridley Scott utilized German Expressionism in the film by transforming some real location shootings into gloomy backdrops of a claustrophobic futuristic city‚ and gritty techno
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study Mutual Fund Data Solution for a Bank Branch Network The Client Headquartered in Toronto‚ Canada‚ with 74‚000 employees in offices around the world‚ our client offers a full range of financial products and services to approximately 17 million customers worldwide‚ managing $435 billion in assets. The bank also ranks among the world’s leading on-line financial services firms‚ with more than 4.5 million on-line customers. The bank approached VAULT when it needed a new mutual fund data solution
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International trade Payment methods Payment Methods for International Trade * Prepayments: The goods will not be shipped until the buyer has paid the seller. * Time of payment: Before shipment * Goods available to buyers: After payment * Risk to exporter: None * Risk to importer: Relies completely on exporter to ship goods as ordered * Letter of Credit (L/C): These are issued by a bank on behalf of the importer promising to pay the exporter upon presentation of the shipping
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c. Both a and b. d. Should be strongly affected by a nation’s balance of trade. e. Should be strongly affected by current relative income‚ relative prices‚ and relative interest rates. 4. The current international flow model of exchange rate determination says that the spot rate should: a. Follow a random walk. b. Be affected primarily by a nation’s long-run economic prospects
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The Circular Flow of Income and Expenditure The circular flow of income and expenditure refers to the process whereby the national income and expenditure of an economy flow in a circular manner continuously through time. The various components of national income and expenditure such as saving‚ investment‚ taxation‚ government expenditure‚ exports‚ imports‚ etc are shown on diagrams in the form of currents and cross-currents in such a manner that national income equals national expenditure
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