------------------------------------------------- Case: Ferguson Foundry Limited (FFL) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Date: March 10 2013 To: Mark Ferguson‚ President From: Carl Holitzner Re: FFL’s Lower-Than-Budgeted Profit for the Fiscal Year Ended May 31 2010 The major issue is determining why Ferguson Foundry Limited’s (FFL) actual profit was $367‚600 lower than budgeted‚ despite selling 2‚000 more wood stoves (12‚000 instead of 10‚000 units). This will be explained using Variance Analysis
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Marketing definition Every company depends on an efficient marketing program to fulfill customers ’ needs. Marketing is a process of finding out what the customer wants and meeting those requirements. Within the company‚ the marketing group has to consider customer values and customer satisfaction before considering offering a product. Marketing is part of our everyday world‚ and can be perceived everywhere and every time. At any time‚ everyone has been exposed to different kinds of marketing or
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Internal Control and Accounting Systems (AQ2013) For use in the AAT Accounting Qualification Chic Paints Ltd Assessment book Time allowed: Four months Note: Your report must be written/typed‚ completed and submitted for formal assessment within four months. You will have four more opportunities to submit further supporting evidence at the discretion of your assessor. Please discuss this with your assessor. AAT Level 4 Diploma in Accounting QCF qual ref SCQF qual ref QCF unit ref
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informational and military programs. They must not begin programs that are beyond the economic‚ technological or sociocultural capabilities of the Host Nation to maintain without further U.S. assistance. Such efforts are counterproductive. SO policy‚ strategy and programs must‚ therefore‚ be durable‚ consistent and sustainable.” Atkins’ operation was the epitome of “operate with and through others” which translated to “ensure long term engagement.” He established mutually beneficial conditions through
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DEFINITION OF MARKETING MARKETING is a comprehensive term and it includes all resources and set of activities necessary to direct and facilitate the flow of goods and services from the producer to the consumer. Marketing is providing the right goods and services to the right people‚ at the right place‚ at the right time and at the right price with the right communication and promotion. It is not just about symbols and brands. It is about how we choose the products and services we want to buy.
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motivation‚ situational involvement triggered extrinsic motivation (Laurent & Kapferer‚ 1985; Richins & Bloch‚ 1986). According to studies‚ flow and situational involvement will lead to concentration of attention with stimulating to some certain and limited areas‚ And then they will invest time on an interest in something. When consumers’ attention is not focus on these things any more‚ they will be tired about it then transform their favor of investment to another more attractive and challenging activity
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Economic growth is considered as one of the most essential parts of the economics‚ and it is defined an increase of goods and services of a country within certain period (Acemoglu‚ 2012). Modis (2013) claimed that‚ this economic growth conception particularly relates to the growth of potential output and production which is measured by gross domestic product per capita (GDP). Economic growth ideology has a long history‚ though it has been existed since the mid-18th‚ economic growth has dominated
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* 1. Company’: Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL‚ formerly known as Maruti UdyogLimited) is a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation‚ Japan. MSIL has been the leader ofthe Indian car market for over two and a half decades. The company has twomanufacturing facilities located at Gurgaon and Manesar‚ south of New Delhi‚ India. Boththe facilities have a combined capability to produce over a 1.2 million (1‚200‚000) vehiclesannually.Maruti Udyog Limited (MUL)‚INDIA’s finest and Asia’s largest automobile
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Economic Growth‚ Economic Freedom and Morality Mikita Katliarou LCC International University Economic Growth‚ Economic Freedom and Morality In our fast-developing world where people are overwhelmed with all the insane progress we never stopped for moment to think rationally “whether it is good thing that we developed for the last decade more than for the last ten centuries?” But for now let’s put up this question for later. “The pursuit of high economic growth is considered desirable as it generates
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In some ways marketing is as old as civilization itself. The growth of markets received a big boost during the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries. In a new era‚ marketing is now entering with a dynamic and exciting new dimension for both consumers and companies alike‚ a radical change with the new technology available. Marketing will change and develop‚ becomes increasingly more important with business. Indeed‚ today the success of an organization may depend on how well it markets
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