Case 20: Diamond Chemicals plc (A) --PT07 Group 10 INTRODUCTION: Diamond Chemicals is a large worldwide chemicals producer with two factories in Liverpool England and Rotterdam Holland. Both of their plants were built in 1967 with annual output of 250‚000 metric tons polypropylene. Compare with low-cost producer‚ the production cost per ton is 1.09 which is a little bit high than competitors (see Exhibition 1). With the decline EPS from £60 in 1999 to £30 in 2000 and worldwide economic slowdown
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Next Plc | 2011 | 2010 | PerformanceGross Profit | 1008.7/3453.7 = 29.21% | 996.9/3406.5 = 29.26% | Operating Profit | 574.8/3453.7 = 16.64% | 529.8/3406.5 = 15.56% | ROCE | 574.8/(232.4 + 727) = 59.91% | 529.8/(133.4+802) = 56.63% | Asset Turnover | 3453.7/(232.4+727) = 3.60 times. | 3406.5/(133.4+802) = 3.64 | LiquidityCurrent Ratio | 1067.3/832.9 = 1.3:1 | 1041.2/758.1 = 1.4:1 | Quick Ratio | (1067.3 – 368.3)/832.9 = 0.84:1 | (1041.2 – 309)/758.1 = 0.97:1 | Inventory Days
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“DEVELOPING AND FINANCING EFFECTIVE AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS” Experience from CRDB Bank Plc Samson Keenja‚ CRDB Microfinance Services Company Limited‚ Dar es salaam‚ Tanzania INTRODUCTION Agriculture is the leading economic sector in Tanzania‚ providing a livelihood to 80% of the population. It is the primary source of food and raw materials accounting for 50% of the GDP and a leading export sector. It remains important for achieving sustained growth‚ poverty reduction and rural development
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Tesco PLC in India Many developing countries are emerging markets in which are attractive tons of foreign investors to participate. Like China‚ Russia‚ and Brazil‚ India is one of the most conceivably profitable places. However‚ in order to have a successful business in such markets‚ the investors have to consider many factors of those countries such as level of freedom‚ corruption‚ competition and risks. In this case‚ although India has restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail
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PROJECT PROPOSAL The research investigation will be focused on the use of cost-volume-profit analysis as a management tool for decision making using Nigerian Breweries Plc as a case study. Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) analysis narrowly called break-even analysis‚ is the application of marginal costing and seeks to study the relationship between costs‚ volume and profits at differing activity levels and can be a useful guide for short-term planning and decision making. There are series
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Rapid Dry Cleaning PLC Gemma Marks From an examination of the case study explain the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats for RCDC plc Strengths RCDC covers a wide geographical area and so lots of people will know the brand. RCDC also have shares in their biggest competitors; Bletchley’s. They could take advantage of this by looking at their annual report and looking at what they have been doing to make a profit. They could also look at what Bletchley’s see are their biggest
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A critical study of The Impacts of Business Strategies On Performance Management in Retail Industry ( A Case Study Of Tesco Plc.) Submitted By: Muhammad Ahsan Riaz Supervisedor by: Dr. Liaqat Ali University Student Number: 1092187396468 College Student Number: 130479 Submitted In Partial Fulfilment of the MBA Finance University Of Wales (London College of Business)
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Beynon-Davies‚ P. (2013). EasyJet Case Study. Available: http://www.palgrave.com/business/beynon-daviesbis2e/students/case-studies/Easyjet_2nd-edition.pdf. Last accessed April 2014. EasyJet PLC. (2013). 2012 Annual Report. Available: http://2012annualreport.easyjet.com/corporate-responsibility/our-people.aspx. Last accessed April 2014. EasyJet PLC. (2013). About Us. Available: http://corporate.easyjet.com/about-easyjet.aspx?sc_lang=en. Last accessed Feb 2014. EasyJet PLC. (2013). Winning Against Low-Cost
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[Online]. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk. (Accessed: 6 January 2015). Entrepreneur‚ (2015) Positioning Definition | Small Business Encyclopedia. [Online]. Available at: http://www.entrepreneur.com. (Accessed: 8 January 2015). Greggs Plc.‚ (2013) Greggs plc Annual Report and Accounts 2013. [Online]. Available at: http://corporate.greggs.co.uk. (Accessed: 4 January 2015). Greggs The Bakers‚ (2015) Greggs Rewards - Greggs. [Online]. Available at: https://www.greggs.co.uk. (Accessed: 6 January 2015)
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