Case 4-3: Portland Bus Company Situation: Richard Kaplan is a buyer of Materials Department at Portland Bus Company. Reports to David‚ director of Material Department Be responsible for sourcing fabricated metal components PBC was owned by Dawe Motors First use of reverse auctions assisted by Laura Henning‚ business consultant for Bothe US operations Approximately 290 components Involving 7 suppliers Current situation Total annual purchases were approximately $250‚ and about $60 million to
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would involve using Texas public funding to support two-year colleges and four-year universities through a 10% tax increase program each year called The College Help Tax. College tuition‚ today is up to $7‚000 a semester and continues to raise every year. Through this tax program‚ it would be of assistance for all Texas residents to use to attend college. There would be no restrictions so every Texas citizen would be able to receive a college degree without the massive price tag. With any bill that
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Guild Mortgage Company (“Guild”) is in receipt of your correspondence dated August 14‚ 2016 from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”). Guild appreciates the opportunity to review and respond to your concerns. Your correspondence raised concerns in relation to the processing of the assumption of your loan. You also expressed dissatisfaction with the manner in which your impound account was handled; specifically the late charges that were assessed to the account. With regards to
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Little Lamb Company hires Mary as an independent contractor to assist in the programming for a special project. Apparently‚ Mary impressed the company with her skills‚ so Little Lamb offered Mary a position once the special project is complete. Mary accepts the offer and begins working for the Little Lamb Company while using the company materials and working the same schedule as the rest of the company’s employees. After the projects full completion‚ Mary is asked to leave the company. Employer-Employee
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The governance of Bergen Community College is shared among the board of trustees‚ the administration‚ and the faculty. The faculty has primary authority over the academic area‚ including such matters as the curriculum‚ standards of faculty competence‚ and standards of student achievement. The board and administration have primary authority over mission‚ strategic direction‚ physical plant‚ and fiscal resources. These factors have changed the dynamics of shared authority and understanding in ways
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Loblaw Companies Limited Strategic Plan Presented to Galen Weston Jr.‚ Executive Chairman of Loblaw Companies Ltd and Professor Imran Saleem‚ University of Toronto Submitted by Group 4 on March 30‚ 2010 Table of Contents Loblaw Companies Limited Strategic Plan 1 Table of Contents 2 Loblaw Companies Limited Summary 3 History 3 Current Vision 3 Short Term & Medium-Longer Term Plan 3 Detailed Financials 4 Industry and the Competitive Analysis 4 SWOT Analysis
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PROFITABILITY? Although the company seems to be profitable‚ it has faced shortage of cash. It happened due to increase in Accounts Receivable as well as Inventories. On the other hand‚ Accounts Payable does not increase that rapidly and difficulties regarding cash collection become evident. Furthermore‚ the cash collection cycle becomes larger (59 days in year 2003‚ while more than 70 in year 2006). QUESTION 2 HOW HAS MR. WILSON MET THE FINANCING NEEDS OF THE COMPANY DURING THE PERIOD 2003 THROUGH
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October 23‚ 2012 Global: Beverages: Brewing Equity Research Beer bifurcation – separating the fizz from the flat Not all EMs are created equal We prefer EM exposure to DM exposure for beer. However‚ we believe it is increasingly important to differentiate between structurally attractive and structurally unattractive EMs and DMs. SABMiller looks best positioned With the most material exposure to early-stage EMs‚ as well as a relatively attractive DM portfolio‚ SABMiller is in our view
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Kristen’s Cookie Company Key Questions 1) Washing & Mixing | 6 min | Dishing Up | 2 min | Setting the oven | 1 min | Baking | 9 min | Cooling | 5 min | Packing | 2 min | Accept Payment | 1 min | Total | 26 min | 2) The oven holds only one tray (one dozen of cookies) => at full utilization we can cook only 6 dozen of cookies per hour‚ for example after washing and mixing we have two more minutes to wait before oven will free. 26 + 10(x-1)=240 X=22.4 22 orders
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Choice Recall On Monday the 29th of February 2016‚ the food safety authority of Ireland issued a recall of batches of Weetabix Oatibix flakes due to possible presence of rubber pieces. Weetabix Food Company is recalling 4 batches of their Oatibix flakes which include: • 6018 • 6019 • 6020 • 6021 These batches may contain pieces of blue soft rubber. The size of the boxes are 550g. The country of origin where these Oatibix flakes were produced was the United Kingdom. No other Oatibix batches or products
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