that is embarrassing and humiliating for all those involved‚ especially David Duchovny. His first feature film after his rise to television and Internet fame as Special Agent Fox Mulder of The X-Files‚ Playing God was supposed to launch the actor’s big screen career. Instead‚ Playing God is such a failure that it is sure to turn into what Point Break was for Keanu Reeves: a showcase of his worst acting surrounded by an even worse plot and characters. Duchovny plays Eugene Sands‚ a L.A. junkie who
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material quantity of Kaufmann manufacturing company was way above the budget Question 4(a) Actual power cost= 1‚200‚000 dollars Standard power cost = 1‚200‚000dollars Variance = Actual power cost – standard power cost = 1‚200‚000dollars – 1‚200‚000dollars =0 dollars The total power cost variance equals to 0 dollars. It is therefore seen that the variance is neither favorable nor unfavorable because it is the same amount as the one that is planned for by Kaufmann manufacturing company. Question 4(b)
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In the recent years Redlands Manufacturing‚ Inc. has been audited and subjected to constant fiscal penalties due to fraudulent financial reporting on the companies part. Due to the following incorrect procedure the company has had to paid a tremendous amount fines: Channel Stuffing: Incorrect Practice: For financial gain‚ Redlands Manufacturing‚ Inc. shipped equipment to vendors with out a full merchant agreement and agreed to except returned merchandise back if it was not sold by yearend
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Blue Nile Inc. Strategy 2011 Blue Nile Inc. Strategy 2011 Introduction In 2009‚ the U.S. jewelry and watch market was 42% of the worldwide market‚ which was estimated to be as much as $140 billion. Industry revenues had grown 5.5% annually for the 20 years prior to the recession in 2008. Despite the recession and intense competition in this highly fragmented market‚ Blue Nile Inc. (NILE) capitalized on the industry growth rates and grew to become the world’s largest online
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SCM44 Case Study Cheng Gong 1. What are some key success factors in diamond retailing? How do Blue Nile‚ Zales‚ and Tiffany compare on those dimensions? Blue Nile has an obvious advantage in product variety and product availability since customers can “build their own ring” by choosing from an inventory of about 75‚000 stones online. The Tiffany brand is very strong and well established. It is associated with glamour‚ luxurious‚ trust‚ and customer service. So Tiffany can get higher margins than
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Blue Nile Case Questions 1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Which one of the five competitive forces is the strongest? Do a five-forces analysis to support your answer. The competitive forces that are confronting Bule Nile and other online retail jewelers are strong. The threat of new entrants is high because the brick-and-mortar stores have a low cost of entry into the online retail of their jewelry. The threat of substitutes is
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Blue Nile Case Study 1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Do a five-force analysis to support your answer. The competition among the competing sellers in the industry is strong. Competitors for Blue Nile not only include the online jewelry sellers such as Diamonds.com‚ Whiteflash.com‚ Ice.com and JamesAllen.com‚ but also include brick-and-mortar jewelers‚ chain department stores‚ mass merchants‚ local jewelry shop‚ and large jewelry
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9-810-108 REV: JANUARY 6‚ 2012 BHASKAR CHAKRAVORTI JANET KRAUS SHIRLEY M. SPENCE Blue Man Group: Creativity‚ Life and Surviving an Economic Meltdown 1 Sometimes when we look at where Blue Man Group has gone; we just sort of scratch our heads. And we think about how we started‚ basically just the three of us saying‚ “Why don’t we get bald and blue and do stuff?” — Chris Wink‚ co-founder with friends Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton Monday evening on July 7‚ 2008‚ Chris‚ Matt and Phil
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In the finding of the liquidity‚ profitability and the solvency ratios regarding the Riordan Manufacturing Inc‚ it has revealed that the company is able to pay its debts to the creditors and investors. The liquidity ratio is good for our investors‚ creditors and bankers so that they can see that we can pay off our debts. With the profitability ratio‚ it comes in handy for the company when trying to find out if we have made any profit for the year or it we have lost money. With using the profitability
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the Jet Blue case was former CEO David Neeleman. He was the person who started Jet Blue and formed it to become a low cost airline provider‚ providing luxury and comfort and destinations to various cities at a low affordable cost. He understood how to cut cost and keep operating expenses low‚ and as a result Jet Blue had rapid expansion and flew to 53 destinations in 21 states‚ including Mexico‚ Puerto Rico‚ and the Caribbean. Up until 2007‚ when David Barger took over‚ Neeleman made Jet Blue prosperous
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