Forecasting: The McDonald ’s Way McDonald’s is a well-known worldwide franchise and has been around since the 1950s. Serving customers for over 50 years successfully entails a strong inventory and operations management system. “McDonald ’s is the world ’s #1 fast-food company by sales‚ with more than 33‚500 restaurants serving burgers and fries in 119 countries” (University of Phoenix [UOP]‚ 2012‚ p. 2). To maintain and continue a successful franchise operation‚ quality food items‚ and highly successful
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ANALYSIS :- In this era of high volatility in markets‚ investors look at several parameters before investing in stocks for example EPS‚ earning growth rate‚ debt/equity ‚ p/e ratios. These parameters will no doubt help us to select the best companies but beta is one such parameter which can tell us about the returns with the volatility of a particular stock with respect to market. The concept of beta is actually very simple - it ’s a measure of individual stock risk relative to the overall
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Chapter FORECASTING Discussion Questions 1. Qualitative models incorporate subjective factors into the forecasting model. Qualitative models are useful when subjective factors are important. When quantitative data are difficult to obtain‚ qualitative models may be appropriate. 2. Approaches are qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative is relatively subjective; quantitative uses numeric models. 3. Short-range (under 3 months)‚ medium-range (3 months to 3 years)‚ and long-range (over
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Title New strategies for FMCG companies Author Source References sreekanth reddy‚ MBA II Mktg Forthright 1. Marketing Management‚ Phillip Kotler 2. site.securities.com 3. FT.com 4. The Economist 5. www.wikipedia.org Document Type Secondary Analysis Subject Date Abstract The FMCG sector is undergoing a slow but definite change towards higher productivity gains in spite of decreasing retail prices. In this scenario it is important for the companies to innovate‚ use economies of scale and
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Exchange rate movement has been an important subject of macroeconomic analysis and market surveillance. Despite its importance‚ forecasting the exchange rate level has been a challenge for academics and market practitioners since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system. Empirical results from many of the exchange rate forecasting models in the literature have not yielded satisfactory results. This paper is constructed for the purpose of comparing the forecast performance of various competing models
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A Foray into Indian FMCG Industry Wrote by : Saraswat Bhattacharya MBA 090093 Amrita school of business 1. What is FMCG? Products which have a quick turnover‚ and relatively low cost are known as Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). FMCG products are those that get replaced within a year. These include a wide range of frequently purchased consumer products such as toiletries‚ soap‚ cosmetics‚ tooth cleaning products‚ shaving products and detergents‚ as well as other nondurables such as glassware
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project at hand. The data series are not seasonally adjusted. Univariate model Data Inspection First we will smooth the series by transforming the data on oil demand into their logarithmic form. The log transformation allows the model to be less vulnerable to outliers in the data‚ and thus enables for a more precise forecasting model. Next the data series must be checked for trend and seasonality. Figure 1.1 shows the time series plot for the log transformation of oil imports in Germany from
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running a business. Objectives The aim of this section is to help you to prepare financial forecasts. It will enable you to: • Understand costing and pricing; • Use break-even analysis as a way of setting sales targets; • Understand financial forecasting; and‚ • Assess working capital requirements. Assignment The purpose of these assignments is to ensure that you are able to prepare the necessary financial forecasts for your business. Satisfactory completion of the set of assignments
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behavior towards the new packaging of FMCG products. The importance of packaging design as a vehicle for communication and branding is growing in competitive markets for packaged FMCG products. This research utilized a focus group methodology to understand consumer behavior toward such products. The challenge for researchers is to integrate packaging into an effective purchasing decision model‚ by understanding Consumer’s behavior towards the packaging of FMCG products. When consumers search for and
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Competitive Model for FMCG Industry: 1. Rivalry among Competing Firms: In the FMCG Industry‚ rivalry among competitors is very fierce. There are scarce customers because the industry is highly saturated and the competitors try to snatch their share of market. Market Players use all sorts of tactics and activities from intensive advertisement campaigns to promotional stuff and price wars etc. Hence the intensity of rivalry is very high. 2. Potential Entry of New Competitors: FMCG Industry does not
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