Agility and Risk Management at Pacific Life: Optimizing Business Unit Autonomy Case summary Intro * Pacific Life (PL) holds its culture as central to 139 years in business. * 5 strengths: (a) Risk management; (b) Customer service culture (both distributor and customer levels); (c) Team orientation (different expertise combined); (d) Continuity of operations and company identity; and (e) Integrity (providing value to clients). * Need to balance business unit
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Wong Tze Siang. 22972668. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY By 2015‚ Pacific Grove (hereafter referred as "PG") will reach a 55% ratio of interest/bearing debt to total assets and their equity multiplier will be 2.77 which is consistent with Peterson’s expectation. I must be noted that over the next 4 years‚ PG’s interest coverage is forecasted to increase suggesting that they will gradually be building up more earnings to cover its debt payment which is a good sign for the banks. Dilution of shares seems have
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PACIFIC HEALTHCARE CASE STUDY American Military University Case Name: Pacific Healthcare I. Major Facts Pacific Healthcare and its subsidiaries consists of Pacific Memorial‚ Pacific Cabrillo‚ and Pacific Isla Vista. It is the largest provider of healthcare in Santa Barbara County. The director of supply management is Barney Rubble‚ who is responsible for procuring supplies. Before passing away‚ Thurston Howell‚ director of radiology‚ made all decisions involving the purchasing of
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Case Name: Pacific Healthcare TLMT313: Supply Management 15 June 2014 I. Major Facts A. Pacific Healthcare is the largest healthcare provider in Santa Barbara County. B. The institution consists of three hospitals: Pacific Memorial (415 beds)‚ Pacific Cabrillo (250 beds)‚ and Pacific Isla Vista (300 beds). C. Barney Rubble is the corporate director of supply management for Pacific and he is in charge of procuring supplies for all Pacific Healthcare subsidiaries
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Executive Summary This sourcing strategy report represents the result of our analysis of four potential suppliers both domestic and international in an attempt of the company to outsource many key product components and subassemblies‚ including the 9000x series DVD drives. The identified suppliers include: - Elecom Technologies: a global firm with solid reputation‚ and has price as a competitive edge. Their net sale is 1.5 times more than the other three suppliers combined. - SureTech is a small
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JAKKS Pacific (JAKK)‚ a Malibu‚ Calif.-based toymaker‚ has hit a rough patch in recent year. After hitting a multi-year low last October‚ the stock rebounded to $9 price levels in April this year. But‚ then‚ lost most of its gains after the company reported a soft bottom line improvement in the second quarter. // Insert JAKK1.png Notwithstanding those who might think the bearish trend in the stock would continue‚ below I highlight the reasons why investors should look to buy the stock at current
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GASPARD Virgile LAFITTE Pierre AC504E External auditing Take home case Pacific Sunwear of California Inc 1 Executive summary ................................................................................................................................. 3 The Sarbanes Oxley act: a compliance plan ............................................................................................ 4 Overview: .................................................................................
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islands of the eastern Pacific was the result of planned expeditions rather than accidental wandering? Both DNA evidence and linguistic similarities indicate that the Polynesian settlement of the islands of the eastern Pacific was planned and not an accident. Question 2: How‚ and by whom‚ were the islands of the Caribbean settled? In the Americas‚ early Amerindian voyages form South America colonized the West Indies‚ and there were limited maritime contacts between Pacific coast populations in
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Union Pacific has designed its Performance Management process to ensure employees have a clear understanding of what is expected of them‚ how their work links to Union Pacific’s business goals‚ and how the employee will be measured. Union Pacific refers to its Performance Management system as the Total Performance Tracker (TPT). An employee’s supervisor/team lead prepares the annual and mid-year TPT. Union Pacific assigns ratings at the year ending TPT. The
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Case Synopsis A. The chairman of Citic Pacific‚ Larry Yung Chi-kin’s father Yiren Rong started the company in 1978. • Citic was started “to pioneer reform in the financial sector‚ lure foreign investment and technology to China and develop international business.” (Ko‚ 2009) • When Yung became involved with the company he began to acquire more companies. o Eventually had Citic Pacific listed as a red-chip company in the Hong Kong
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