1. What are the pros and cons of Mr. Evans’s e-commerce strategy? What is the best argument that Ms. Miko can make to keep her sales force intact? In your opinion‚ should Cardinal Connectors Inc. eliminate its sales force? Explain. 2. Assume your company‚ which sells paper products‚ has 60 percent of the business at your largest account. What factors would make it relatively easy for you to get a larger share of that customer’s business‚ and what factors would make it harder? 3. One manufacturer
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Sales and purchase: The terms ¨sales order¨ and ¨purchase order¨ are not interchangeable‚ they are two very different documents. A sales order‚ abbreviated in business as SO‚ comes from a business to a customer. By comparison‚ a purchase order comes from a business to a vendor. Both are fulfillment methods‚ the sales order representing outside sales‚ and the purchase order representing internal corporate goods or service requests. Sales orders and purchase orders are tools for tracking business
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Chapter 2--Job Order Costing Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Cost accounting systems are used to supply cost data information on costs incurred by a manufacturing process or department. True False 2. A manufacturer may employ a job order cost system for some of its products and a process cost system for others. True False 3. A job order cost accounting system provides for a separate record of the cost of each particular quantity
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Direct Marketing Chapter - 10 Direct Marketing While most companies continue to rely primarily on the other promotional mix elements to move their products and services through intermediaries‚ an increasing number are going directly to the consumer. These companies believe that while the traditional promotional mix tools such as advertising‚ sales promotion‚ and personal selling are effective in creating brand image‚ conveying information‚ and/or creating awareness‚ going direct with these same
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Everything for Sale by Robert Kuttner: A Summary [Insert full name here] [Insert institutional information here] Everything for Sale by Robert Kuttner: A Summary In his book‚ Robert Kuttner (1999) tries to shake the dominant orthodoxy of laissez-faire economics‚ which he sees as the “natural form of capitalism‚” by attempting to “reclaim a defensible middle ground” between when the market is “best left alone” and when it “needs help” (p. 5). Kuttner’s
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Vassil Doudov English 1302-7002 04/28/2012 Mss. Brown Iraq for Sale The first scenario shows how a young man gets killed because of lack of protection in his vehicle. Scotty had a two month contract in Iraq which also allowed him to make a lot more money working there. Blackwater security counseling is the name of the company he worked for. There were four American civilians killed and sadly Scotty was one of them. First his vehicle was not armored properly. Second there was no gunner
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Sales Agreement THIS SALES AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) dated this 10th day of October‚ 2012. BETWEEN: Jim Doe of 456 First St.‚ Secondville‚ Michigan (the “Purchaser”) OF THE FIRST PART AND Brenda’s Widgets Inc. of 123 Main St.‚ Podunk‚ Iowa (the “Seller”) OF THE SECOND PART IN CONSIDERATION OF THE COVENANTS and agreements contained in this Sale Agreement‚ the parties to this Agreement agree as follows: Sale of Goods 1. The Seller will sell‚ transfer‚ and deliver to the Purchaser the
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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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Journal article report An experiential‚ social-network based‚ approach to direct marketing By Palmer Adrien Mainstream print and broadcast media have faced major challenges in the recent years‚ with many newspapers facing closure and television channels suffering shortfalls in revenue. Audiences and attention is shifting to online channels. The proliferation of low-cost internet access opened up opportunities for companies to deal directly with millions of individual customers in a way that was
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Hatch Auto Sales. It is an important event of my life because it was my first job. I started working there because I wanted some money to buy my own things and don’t be asking my parents for money every time I wanted something. In Hatch Auto Sales I work wash cars and I get paid 9 dollars an hour.I feel like this is the right job for me because it is not difficult to and it’s not boring either.It is not boring because 2 of my friends also work with me. Working in Hatch Auto Sales is good because
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