had the objective to find hidden profits and losses contained in their current accounting system. The old system did not fully disclose how their costs were applied to the sales accounts. The goals are very sensible as they will allow them to move forward with the proper information. 2. Why did Ridderstråle feel that the previous cost system was inadequate for the new strategy? The new strategy/system was needed “to promote high-margin products to high-profit customers.” The old system didn’t
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Sales Maximization A reasonable‚ and often pursued objective of firms is to maximize sales‚ that is‚ to sell as much output as possible. Clearly sales lead to revenue‚ meaning that maximizing sales is also bound to maximize revenue. But as the analysis of short-run production indicates‚ maximizing sales does NOT necessarily maximize profit. So why do firms do it? Are firms unreasonable? Are they irrational? Do they NOT understand the basic economic principles of short-run production? For some firms
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SALES Current Situation Products Red Bull has expended their product line from the original Red Bull Energy Drink to Red Bull Sugarfree‚Total Zero‚Energy Shot‚and most recently‚Red Bull Editions.Red Bull Editions is their line of fruit flavoured drinks which include cranberry‚lime and blueberry.Red Bull products continue to gain popularity with an increase in product sales of 12.8% in 2012‚resulting in 5.226 billion cans sold worldwide (Red Bull‚2013).And if we overwiev Red Bull sales statics;number
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PATRICIA ALCARAZ‚ assisted by GLORIA F. NOEL as attorney-in-fact‚ respondents. The petition before us has its roots in a complaint for specific performance to compel herein petitioners (except the last named‚ Catalina Balais Mabanag) to consummate the sale of a parcel of land with its improvements located along Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City entered into by the parties sometime in January 1985 for the price of P1‚240‚000.00.The undisputed facts of the case were summarized by respondent court in this
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Not for profit organization: A non profit organization (NPO) is an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals rather than distributing them as profit or dividends. While not-for-profit organizations are permitted to generate surplus revenues‚ they must be retained by the organization for its self-preservation‚ expansion‚ or plans.[3] NPOs have controlling members or a board of directors. Many have paid staffs including management‚ while others employ unpaid volunteers and even
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P5 – Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet Profit and Loss Sheet: | |£ |£ | |Sales: | |80‚000 | | | | | |Less Cost of Sales: | | | |Opening stock |32‚000 | | |Purchases |6‚000 | | |Less Closing stock
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What is sales forecasting? In general terms‚ forecasting means “A statement made about the future”. So‚ Sales forecasting is the estimation of sales made for the future. Sales forecast is an estimate of sales in rupees or in units for future period. A sales forecast is the prediction of sales volume that a company can estimate to achieve in specified period of time in future. Following are some of the definitions given by different scholars: According to American marketing Association
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SAMPLE ANSWER FOR QUESTION 5 Profit-making is one of the most traditional‚ basic and major objectives of a firm. Profit-motive is the driving-force behind all business activities of a company. It is the primary measure of success or failure of a firm in the market. Profit earning capacity indicates the position‚ performance and status of a firm in the market. In spite of several changes and development of several alternative objectives‚ profit maximization has remained as one of the single most important
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1. Basic present value calculations Calculate the present value of the following cash flows‚ rounding to the nearest dollar: a. A single cash inflow of $12‚000 in five years‚ discounted at a 12% rate of return. b. An annual receipt of $16‚000 over the next 12 years‚ discounted at a 14% rate of return. c. A single receipt of $15‚000 at the end of Year 1 followed by a single receipt of $10‚000 at the end of Year 3. The company has a 10% rate of return. d. An annual receipt of $8‚000 for three
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leader in the Indian fight for independence from the British Raj. He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari’ meaning the same and was part of the Lal Bal Pal trio.[1][2] He was also associated with activities ofPunjab National Bank and Lakshmi Insurance Company in their early stages. He sustained serious injuries by the police when leading a non-violent protest against the Simon
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