Case Synopsis: Western Agencies Ltd. is a manufacturers’ agent representing several men’s manufacturers in Western Canada and Pacific Northwest of the United States. Jack Arthurs is an employee who was assigned several large accounts and later acquired nearly 1/3 of the company’s non-voting stock. Jack Arthurs was considered the “number 1 man” under the previous president and founder Mr. A.B Jackson. The problem began when Eaton’s changed their buying strategy‚ and Arthurs openly complained to the
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John Knotwell ACCT 6350 10/10/2014 Case Hilton Manufacturing 1) If the company had dropped product 103 as of January 1‚ 2004‚ what effect would that action have had on the $158‚000 profit for the first six months of 2004? The impact on the profit would have been to decrease the profit by about $2.5M. This would mean that this would now trend to an unprofitable move. It was wise NOT to divest the product in the first half. 2) In January 2005‚ should the company reduce the price of product 101 from $9
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1. Background In order to build trust in the workplace by establishing a new level of credibility and strengthen relations between management and employees‚ Paul Simard‚ the new plant manager‚ ordered the removal of all time clocks from the plant. Although initially employees saw the gesture as a sign of positive change‚ within two months problems started to appear. About 5% of the employees began showing up late‚ leaving early‚ or took extended lunch breaks. Those employees who respected the
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Case Recap Amber Inn & Suites is a 250 property hotel chain located in 10 western and Rocky Mountain States (Kerin & Peterson‚ 2010). The company was founded in 1979 and they operate 200 Amber Inn properties and 50 Amber Inn & Suites properties (Kerin & Peterson‚ 2010). They have 30‚000 total rooms with an average of 120 rooms per property (Kerin & Peterson‚ 2010). The company has had five consecutive unprofitable years and the company wants to be profitable within two years
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In Class #6.1 – Identify items in inventory Shippers Ltd. had the following inventory situations to consider at January 31‚ its year end: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Goods held on consignment for Boxes Unlimited since December 22 Goods shipped on consignment to Rinehart Holdings Ltd. on January 5 Goods that are still in transit and were shipped to a customer FOB destination on January 29 Freight costs due on goods in transit from item 3 above Goods that are still in transit and were shipped to
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Case Hand-In: WhiteWater West Industries Submitted by: Ben Goodman Student Number: 0306298 Submitted to: Prof. Tannys Laughren November 14th‚ 2013 Executive Summary In August 1995‚ President Geoffrey Chutter of Richmond‚ British Columbia based WhiteWater West Industries Ltd.‚ a water slide designing‚ manufacturing and installation company‚ decided that the company’s fiberglass manufacturing facility in Kelowna‚ BC needed to be relocated. The main reasoning for the move
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3. Why did Superior improve profitability during the period January 1 to June 30‚ 2005? How useful was the data in Exhibit 4 for the purpose of this analysis? As we know from the case‚ the Superior is implementing the standard cost system which was introduced in early 2005---“Next year’s standard costs were last year’s actual per unit costs adjusted for anticipated cost changes”. By looking at Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 4‚ we could compare the level of all the costs under the items. The applicable
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Suggested Solution to Dorchester Ltd. Summary of Key Information The current exchange rate in European terms is So(£/$) = 1/1.50 = .6667. The initial cost of the project in British pounds is SoCo = £0.6667($7‚000‚000) = £4‚666‚900. The U.K. inflation rate is estimated at 4.5% per annum‚ or the mid-point of the 4%-5% range. The U.S. inflation rate is forecast at 3% per annum. Under the simplifying assumption that PPP holds [pic] = .6667(1.045)t/(1.03)t. The before-tax nominal contribution
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Introduction Sport Obermeyer‚ Ltd. presents a successful ski apparel company that is addressing logistics-related decisions that face many businesses today. Sport Obermeyer‚ founded in 1947 by Klaus Obermeyer‚ has continued to lead the ski apparel industry since that time through continuous product innovation and fashion-forward styles. Recently‚ the company has faced increased competition from other winter apparel makers‚ namely Columbia Sportswear. Exhibit 1 presents a SWOT analysis of Sport
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Flor Ltd for the total amount of £4971.71 plus interest to date. I wrote to you on 17 October 2015 requesting a refund of £2560.00 for the payment made to Flor Ltd in January 2014. I emailed to you the documents relating to the breach of contract by Flor Ltd and the County Court Judgement against them. You called Mr Wood of Flor Ltd and advised him to reopen the case and you then confirmed to me that you were not going to take any further action because you believed the case was going
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