smoothing with a weight of 0.6 on actual values: a) If sales are $45‚000 and $50‚000 for 2010 and 2011‚ what would you forecast for 2012? (The first forecast is equal to the actual value of the preceding year.) Actual values are 2010: $45‚000 2011: $50‚000 α = 0.6 F2012 = 0.60A2011 + 0.40A2010 = 0.60(50000) + 0.40(45000) =48000 Forecast for 2012 is $48‚000 b) Given this forecast and actual 2012 sales of $53‚000‚ what would you then forecast for2009? Actual value of 2012 = $53‚000 F2009
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Matching Dell 1. Analyzing Dell’s value chain and competitive strategy‚ explain how Dell was able to succeed (build competitive advantage) in the low profitable situation of the PC market. “Value Chain Analysis” is a tool for analyzing the value creation system of competitors. Objective is to develop a value creating system with competitive advantage. A value chain is a chain of activities. Products pass all activities of the chain in order and at each activity the product gains some value. The
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agent if the agent acts within his/her authority. There are two types of authority which an agent could rely on‚ namely actual authority and apparent or ostensible authority. Actual authority is the authority given by the principal to the agent and could be in written or oral form. The capacity of an agent to act is the same as the capacity of his/her principal. The express actual authority of an agent means that an agent has been told orally or in written form by the principal to act on his behalf
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future. Lastly‚ the threat of substitutes was low but growing. Consumers were becoming reliant on PC’s as they became commodities but new technologies such as laptops‚ PDA’s‚ and smartphones among others were slowly emerging. Business Model Although Dell sold to a diverse range of customer segments‚ they generally targeted the
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Group Case – FASB Comment Letters Dell Company FASB wants to institute a new regulation on the financial statements about the share-based payment‚ and for these procedure the organization releases on its webite an exposure draft on the subject. One of the reasons for sharing this information is to enhance the proposed techniques through collaboration of companies and / or individuals in the accounting area. Dell‚ an IT company that registered $2‚37 billion net income in 2013‚ was one of the companies
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....................................................................................6 C URRENT S ITUATION ..................................................................................................................................6 Performance...........................................................................................................................................6 Missions‚ Objectives‚ and Strategies...................................................................
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INTRODUCTION Dell Computers was started by Michael Dell in 1984. Dell’s primary differentiator was its business model. It sold primarily on the B2C market and custom built personal computers on demand. Therefore‚ it had very low inventory by comparison to its competitors. As a result of this‚ Dell was able to operate quite efficiently and profitably in its niche market. By the late 1980’s – early 1990’s‚ Dell noticed that its market share was only 1% of total and that industry amalgamations
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Dell case According to the 10-K filed on 30/13/2012 on Dell’s website‚ the following data has been appeared on the fiscal 2012 financial statement. Sales: 62‚071 Total Assets: 44‚533 Net income: 3‚492 Cash flows from operating activities: 5‚527 Number of employee: 2012 109‚400(106700 regular employee and 2‚700 temporary employee) 2011 103‚300(100‚300 regular employee and 3‚000 temporary employee) 39‚900 located in USA and 66‚800 in other countries Dell’s products Dell’s products
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Case Study 1 -1 REALITY CHECKS: IDEAL VERSUS ACTUAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Strategic congruence The individual goals are aligned with unit and organization goals? Yes‚ as in my organization (etisalat Misr) we are working as a team but individually solving individual cases to achieve our SLA which is aligned with organization goal‚ so we can’t achieve our organization’s Goals without congruence ------------------------------------------------- Thoroughness Yes but not all times
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Management and Leadership at Dell Computers Tiffany Seda November 8‚ 2010 Greg Flick MGT/330 “Leadership and management are two opposing styles of employee supervision actively used within today’s business world” (Kumle & Kelly‚ 2006‚ Para. 1). The basic skills in leadership and management include problem solving‚ decision making‚ planning‚ meeting management‚ delegation‚ and communications;
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