Clarkson Lumber Case I. Statement of Problem. The basis of Clarkson Lumber Companies problems occurs from their rapid growth in the recent years. Sales have increased by 54.7% from 1993 to 1995; assets have increased by 78.12%‚ while net income has only increased by 28.33%. In order to support these growth patterns‚ Mr. Clarkson has been required to rely on loans in order to have sufficient funds. Also‚ Mr. Clarkson decided to buy out his old partners Holtz’ interest in the company. Clarkson
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Clarkson Lumber Company Solutions Questions: 1.What problems does Clarkson Lumber face? 2.Why does Mr. Clarkson have to borrow money to support this profitable business? 3.Is a line of credit of $ 750‚000 sufficient to meet the firm’s future financial needs? 4.As a banker‚ would you approve Mr. Clarkson’s loan request‚ and if so‚ what conditions would you put on the loan? 1. The Problem Defined: The Clarkson Lumber Company has been expanding rapidly for several years. Increases in working
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Timothy Gregory Acct 461 Week 2 Case 13-6 Questions 1. How well is Butler Lumber doing? Despite the fact that‚ Butler is demonstrating development consistently; 2009 18.62%‚ 2010 33.83%‚ 2011 6.61% up to the first quarter‚ its gainfulness is gradually declining; 2009 28.61%‚ 2010 27.62%‚ 27.3% 2011 first quarter. In any case‚ the decrease in gross net revenue won’t be so terrible on the off chance that they can figure out how to have great expense administration and bring down their working cost
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Clarkson Lumber Company Group 8 Connor Caruso Leah Chambers Eugene “Trey” Nolfi Trevor Landry (Rough Draft) Summary of facts: Clarkson Lumber Company is a top lumber supplier in the Pacific Northwest and was founded in 1981 as a partnership between Mr. Clarkson and his brotherinlaw‚ Henry Holtz. In 1994‚ Mr. Clarkson bought out Mr. Holtz’s share in the company for $200‚000. Sales for Clarkson Lumber Company has seen rapid growth‚ increasin
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Case: Clarkson Lumber Company Issues The issues that Mr. Clarkson should consider when analyzing the future of his business are: • Can the business support growing at such a high rate? • Is it a wise decision to continuing borrowing on an even higher line of credit? • Is the business making wise choices in regards to whom it sells to? Decision The business cannot support the current rate of growth much longer. Mr. Clarkson has no choice but to infuse the business with outside cash
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QUESTION 1 WHY HAS WILSON LUMBER BORROWED INCREASING AMOUNTS DESPITE ITS CONSISTENT 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
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Chapter 8 Conservation of Energy Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education‚ Inc. Units of Chapter 8 • Conservative and Nonconservative Forces • Potential Energy • Mechanical Energy and Its Conservation • Problem Solving Using Conservation of Mechanical Energy • The Law of Conservation of Energy • Energy Conservation with Dissipative Forces: Solving Problems Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education‚ Inc. Units of Chapter 8 • Gravitational Potential Energy and Escape Velocity • Power
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Q1-1. Why has Clarkson Lumber borrowed increasing amounts despite its consistent profitability? Because they have faced cash shortage trouble. Their profitability has grown for 1993 ~ 1995 period‚ as we can see from their I/S (e.g. Sales and Net Income‚ etc.). However‚ as its business size grows‚ their A/R increased‚ which means that it is getting difficult to collect cash. On the other hand‚ A/P decreased for the same period‚ which means that the company paid cash for A/P‚ resulting in critical
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RR: Lee Daniel’s The Butler Sara Crocker For this reader response‚ I chose to see the movie‚ Lee Daniel’s The Butler. I was really surprised at how I took the movie. It was almost as if the rest of the day‚ I continued to see parts of the movie in my head and be disgusted with my ethnicity and the history of white people’s actions. It was sickening to see how black people were treated‚ and the extremes that white people would enforce in order to inhibit their freedom. Throughout the life of Cecil
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