Case study 4-2 1)What rationale is offered by Ocean Spray in support of the idea of using a 3PL? Do you agree with the reasons cited for the interest in 3PL? Ocean Spray Cranberries‚ Inc. offered several reasons for using a 3PL for their transportation and logistics area. They looked at the transportation within the logistics chain and realized there was a lot of variability in this area. The company decided that it wants to centralize and bring all of it’s transportation logistics into uniformity
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Case Study 2 Springfield Express is a luxury passenger carrier in Texas. All seats are first class‚ and the following data are available: Number of seats per passenger train car 90 Average load factor (percentage of seats filled) 70% Average full passenger fare $ 160 Average variable cost per passenger $ 70 Fixed operating cost per month $ 3‚150‚000 Formulae’s: Revenue = Units Sold * Unit price Contribution Margin = Revenue – All Variable Cost Contribution Margin Ratio =
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CHAPTER 2: CELLS Learning about disease is often simplified by growing it in a dish – some cells like heart and nerve cells however do not grow easily outside the body. Cellular reprogramming takes cell back to a state similar to stem cells and then coaxes them to specialize in a different way. Example – LEOPARD syndrome MIM 151100. Acronym for symptoms: enlarged heart w/blocked valves to the lungs‚ freckles‚ abnormal genitals‚ deafness. Skin cells taken from patients were reprogrammed to give
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Case Study #2 – Internal Control 1. The decision to take LJB Company public will require the company to follow new control procedures. The company will have to comply with The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). The company will be required to maintain an acceptable system of internal control. The board of LBJ will be responsible for warrant that the control process is effective. The companies must have external auditors verify to the adequacy of the internal controls put in place. Be aware
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The Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (A) CASE 4 Group 3: Antonio Carlos Teles Caleia #1028 Federica Carcani #2258 Edoardo Covicchio #2259 Leandro José Pereira Domingues #1023 Francesca Romana Gambini #2260 Mergers‚ Acquisition and Restructuring (TB) Prof. Josè Neves de Almeida Q1. The rationale behind the intention of CSX to buy Conrail is mainly to anticipate a proposal from the other big player in the market Norfolk Southern. Both CSX and Norfolk Southern have basically the same
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Chapter 2 CASE STUDY | The Creamy Creations Takeover THE SHOPPE Creamy Creations Ice Cream Shoppe is a small and popular ice cream parlor in a midsized southern city. In 2007‚ Creamy Creations had been open for almost two years and was gathering a loyal clientele of fami-lies and students from the local community college. Creamy Creations specialized in fancy‚ individualized ice cream confections. Customers would order their base ice cream ( or frozen yogurt) plus the toppings they wanted to make
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height and weight‚ your BMI‚ is indicative of your overall health and is unaffected by bone mass or density. When calculated‚ your BMI is approximately 46. According to the HSC 3211 textbook‚ a BMI greater than 40 falls under the category of extreme or case three obesity (90). The book also indicates that this level of obesity‚ coupled with your waist circumference‚ places you in extremely high risk for disease (90). Consequently‚ your weight has negative effects on your overall health. Obesity can lead
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[pic] By: Michael Malone Statement of the Problem Rajat Singh‚ a managing director at Hudson Bancorp‚ needs to find a way to rejuvenate the paper check corporation. One main part that needs to be calculated is the appropriate mixture of debt and equity for the firm. The company needs to determine the correct mixture so that they can both minimize the cost of capital and increase the shareholders value. I will analyze the current and future situation of the company‚ trying to find the correct
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Case study outline for Unit CU3049 Section 1: setting the context Describe the two learners you are going to be using for the case study and the programme which you are assessing. These can be learners you have actually worked with‚ or learners who you imagine you would work with‚ or a composite of learners you have known. If they are different from each other‚ this allows you to provide more evidence as you explain how you will adapt to each. Explain the assessment strategy that applies
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FBE 421 Marriott Corporation ------------------------------------------------- Introduction Founded in 1927‚ Marriott Corporation has become one of the leading food service companies in the United States. As of 1987‚ Marriott recorded a profit of $233 million on sales of $6.5 billion and retained a high sales growth rate of 24%. Marriott runs on three major lines of business lodging‚ contract services‚ and restaurants. Lodging division which includes 361 hotels generated 41% of 1987 sales
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