Case Summary: Owens & Minor‚ Inc. Owens & Minor‚ Inc. is one of the nation’s largest distributors of medical and surgical supplies that has been in operation for over 114 years. Obtaining and keeping profitable customers was critical for Owens & Minor‚ Inc. The company had an opportunity to negotiate business with Ideal Health Systems‚ a manufacturing company‚ when Ideal’s $30 million annual medical/surgical supply contract was up for bid. This was an opportunity Jose Valderas‚ divisional vice
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Case Overview Thomas Zimmermann‚ manager of the European Sales Division from Computron‚ has to give a reasonable bid to win the contract of 1000X digital computers to Konig & Cie AG (Germany)‚ which is the largest chemical company and comprises of 80% business for Computron in Germany in 2005-2006. Because there are conflicts between the company pricing policy and the bid requirements due to tough competition‚ we will explain in the following the strategic positioning that Thomas Zimmermann needs
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Case Summary of the Loewen Group Inc Summary: The Loewen Group inc.‚ headquartered in Burnaby‚ British Columbia‚ is the second largest funeral service company in North America. Loewen operated and owned over 1100 funeral houses cross every corner of the world and more than 400 cemeteries in U.S. and Canada. By acquisitions in last twenty years‚ Loewen has been grown explosively. Just before the time the company went to bankruptcy‚ the company’s consolidated revenue had grown 30 percent per year
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Family of Woodstock‚ Inc. BSHS/355 Mar 04‚ 2015 Family of Woodstock‚ Inc. The history of human services agencies is tied to a famous event in America’s history know as‚ "Woodstock". In 1969‚ Woodstock was a musical moment in music history that lasted three days. This event hosted 32 musical performances performed outdoors and attracted an audience of over 400‚000 young people. Even though this event was held an hour away from the town known as Woodstock‚ the name stuck‚ and the town became
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Shukaku Inc. Company is a foreign company wanted to invest in Cambodia for purposes to develop Boeung Kak Lake into a high-end residential‚ commercial and tourism complex. Likewise‚ there is a land dispute between the investor and the resident after the agreement of Shukaku Company and Cambodia government had been made with a 99 years lease. On top of that‚ the government asked the families living there to move away from the land but provide compensations such as money $8‚000 compensation‚ getting
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In 2005‚ Phillip (Phil) Landgraf faced several glaring problems in the financial performance of his company‚ BioPharma‚ Inc. The firm had experienced a steep decline in profits and very high costs at its plants in Germany and Japan. Landgraf‚ the company ’s president for worldwide operations‚ knew that demand for the company ’s products was stable across the globe. As a result‚ the surplus capacity in his global production network looked like a luxury he could no longer afford. Any improvement in
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A Case Study on Pressco‚ Inc. (1985) Submitted by: Cherry Ann Abangtao Maricor Quilnat Hyacinth Mae Yarcia Jan Joseph Tayzon 4BSA Financial Management II History Jane Rogers‚ a marketing representative of Pressco Inc.‚ was attempting to sell mechanical drying equipments to Paperco but was unsuccessful in her efforts. However‚ in November 1985 new tax legislation had been rumored that gained the interest of Paperco to buy new equipments. This gave Jane Rogers the
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Diversity of Small Caps Aurora Cannabis Inc. (ACB.CN) Our group decided to only pick three small cap companies to invest in‚ because we were only left with $3‚000 to invest with‚ so we spent $1‚000 on shares on each of the 3 companies. The first company we invested $1‚000 into was Aurora Cannabis Inc. (ACB.CN). Aurora Cannabis is a licensed producer of medical marijuana‚ and is a key player in the cannabis industry. Our group picked this stock because medical/legal marijuana is becoming very popular
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Corporate Case Study: Apple Inc. Article One: Apple’s Secret Plan for Its Cash Stash In 2012‚ Forbes Magazine published an article that discusses what Apple Inc. plans to do with the large amounts of money it has acquired over the years. The sum reaches up to $100 billion‚ making the company one of the most profitable in history. However‚ the company has around $64 billion of their cash stuck oversees. If Apple were to choose to move the money back to the United States they would be hit with a
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Prism Canada Inc. Case Study Problem Statement: Will outsourcing the company’s inefficient sheet metal operation be a proper strategic move to save the company money and satisfy current and potential customers with respects to quality and delivery lead time? Size up: Item | So What? | Machine break-downs | Since break-downs occur at the initial step‚ the rest of the process gets delayed causing longer customer lead time and extra shifts are required which increases labour expense. |
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