Component Technologies‚ Inc 1) Prepare the manufacturing staff’s calculations for the three alternatives (please refer to the attachments): a) In the first set of calculations‚ the staff used a discount rate of 20%‚ a five-year time horizon‚ and ignored taxes and terminal value. What is the relative attractiveness of these three alternatives? During the period of 5 years (from 1994 to 1998)‚ if the discount rate is 20%‚ Waltham plant is the only one that has a positive amount in NPV. The
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Aspen Technology Inc. 1. What are Aspen Technology´s main Exchange rate exposures? Aspen Technologic Inc‚ is firm specialized in the development of simulation software for customers in process manufacturing industries‚ particularly the chemical industry. Big part of the AspenTech earnings comes for the licenses of their existing products. The 52% of Aspen Tech’s software license revenues came from customers outside de United States. With most‚ but not all‚ of its expenses incurred in the
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Billy’s Beats Inc. Billy’s Beats Inc. (Billy’s)‚ an SEC registrant‚ is a new audit client with a fiscal year-end of December 31‚ 2012. Billy’s manufactures musical instruments. Billy’s acquired Little Drummer Boy Inc. (Little Drummer) in 2012 for $575 million in cash. Significant assets acquired included property‚ plant‚ and equipment totaling $865 million and other assets totaling $145 million. The useful lives assigned to the property‚ plant‚ and equipment acquired were 30 years for the plant
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Case Study Background Custom Molds Inc produces custom made molds for plastic parts and manufactures connectors for the electronics industry. The father founders of Custom Molds Inc are father and son‚ Tom and Mason Miller‚ in 1987 which is located in Tucson‚ Arizona. Tom Miller who is a mechanical engineer‚ had vast experience in the connector industry with AMP. Mason Miller is a double degree holder in chemistry and chemical engineering‚ a graduate from Arizona State University. Originally‚
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Nabokov: Providing a Flood and Lifeboat In Nabokov’s 1948 “Good Readers and Good Writers‚” the reader has the opportunity to view the possibilities of a beautiful collision of a major reader and a major writer. This piece discusses reading and writing: skills that have become standardized and slightly devalued as education has advanced. Literacy has become so expected that little thought is put into what defines a good reader or writer; Nabokov tackles this idea head on. Nabokov’s intention
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Assignment Details and Rubric Unit 3 [140: Introduction to Management] This week’s Assignment consists of reading a scenario about Sandwich Blitz‚ Inc. and writing about what strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats (SWOT) that the business faces if Dalman and Lei commit to a large-scale expansion of their business. In this Assignment on creating a business SWOT analysis for Sandwich Blitz‚ you will engage in developing the following professional competencies: • Problem solving
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MATTHEW YACHTS‚ INC. This is an excellent case to address the characteristics of process-oriented vs. repetitive vs. product-oriented production. 1. Matthew Yachts is profitable‚ thanks to its custom-designed yachts. Its management experience appears to have competitive advantage in custom-designed yachts‚ hence the higher profit margins. However‚ since the demand for the “fixed” design is growing‚ expansion into this area‚ with its repetitive-oriented layout and procedures (see Table 7.2 and
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Team of Pleasure Craft INC. From: Group A+ Subject: Expanding Production Date: September 29‚ 2010 Since beginning 40 years ago‚ Pleasure Craft INC. has been successful in both the domestic and international marketplace. Currently producing two products‚ snowmobiles and personal watercraft‚ both of which have become mature markets and thus giving little room to grow‚ two options have been determined to further the growth of Pleasure Craft INC.. First being to start production
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Tire City Incorporated Tire City‚ Inc. is a rapidly growing retail distributor of automotive tires. Although they have 10 shops located throughout the Northeast region‚ the bulk of TCI’s inventory is managed at a central warehouse. During the last three years‚ sales have been growing at a compound annual rate in excess of 20%. With such a great reflection of their excellent service and customer satisfaction in their net income‚ TCI’s central warehouse is “bulging at the seams”. TCI has decided
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ANALOG DEVICES‚ INC. (A) Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) was a leading manufacturer of integrated circuits that convert between analog and digital data. From 1981 through 1996‚ ADI experienced periods of growth and stagnation‚ both achieving record profits and sales a experiencing its first loss ever. To meet the needs of the changing market‚ management at ADI introduced a number of different management tools to implement change. One such tool was its corporate scorecard. ADI’s corporate scorecard was
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