sales forecast ought to be based on clearly stated assumptions about future economic conditions. Next‚ they should prepare pro forma financial statements by either assuming that the key items vary proportionately with sales or remain constant (as the case may be). Based on their asset utilization rate‚ they would be able to determine the asset requirements for growth. Some of the funds required to finance growth would be raised from spontaneous sources such as accounts payables and accruals and from
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Citations: “Scotts Miracle-Gro: The Spreader Sourcing Decision‚” Harvard Business Review‚ Case Study. “Climate in Temecula‚ California‚” http://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/ca/temecula. “Sunshine State‚” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_State.
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restaurant broke even the co-owner‚ Bruce Melhuish‚ is not content as there is a lack of efficiency with the staff and a high demand of customers. Queue lines to be seated and at the cooking station are causing Sunset-at-Blue to lose profits. This case study analyses how Sunset-at-Blue can improve service efficiency‚ increase seating capacity and future profits. Sunset-at-Blue‚ a franchise of Sunset Grill is located in Ontario‚ Toronto and is co-owned by Bruce Melhuish whom was an executive for
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Company X would like to have a method to be able to quantitatively analyze if there’s a business case for creating production cells in the factory. The company currently operates in a job shop based manufacturing environment in which similar machines are grouped into functional departments. This means that the parts are moved from department to department through the manufacturing process. The company currently does not have any production cells‚ neither have they identified products which together
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million households. Most of the time buying and owning a laptop in particular is an investment‚ as they don’t come cheap. To protect this investment it is common for consumers to use a protective outer case. The younger generation however‚ does not particularly like the look of these bulky‚ bland cases. Instead‚
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Mini Case 3 The Merger between Youku and Tudou Basic Information of Tudou Items | Data | Yield on US long-term government bonds | 3.50% | Risk premium | 7.50% | Beta of Tudou | 1.35 | Required return rate of equity | 13.62500% | Required return rate of debt | 7.50% | Leverage ratio | 0.2 | Weighting of debt | 0.2 | Weighting of equity | 0.8 | Marginal tax rate | 25% | Growth rate | 6% | WACC | 12.025% | Number of shares | 91 | The required return rate of equity:
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Contents Introduction1 Fundamental Analysis1 Prospect Analysis3 Financial Analysis4 Investment Analysis4 Operating Policy7 Conclusion8 Appendix Introduction Ocean Carrier Inc. owned and operated cape-size dry bulk carriers worldwide. Major Cargo type is iron ore and coal. Vessel sizes are 80‚000 DWT to 210‚000 DWT. Cape-size carriers travel around Cape Horn rather than the Panama Canal due to size constraints. The cargo operations include maintenance‚ repairs‚ insurance‚ supplying of
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finance that growth internally by its efficient use of working capital and its profitability. Dell’s Competitive Advantage: The extent of Dell’s working capital advantage over its competitors can be assessed using data contained in Table A of the case on days sales of inventory (DSI) for Dell and its competitors. In 1994 and 1995‚ Dell’s DSI was about half the level of its competitors. In January 1996‚ for example‚ Dell had inventory to cover 32 days of sales while Compaq Computer had inventory
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And the firm willing to pay YSL’s normally billing rates. 2.0 Answer the question (a) The full cost of the Surenex engagement including indirect costs and direct costs. Direct costs consist of travel cost and cost of conducting surveys. In the case‚ direct cost means direct charge is about $3‚000. The professional compensation charges include partner $4‚800 and professional staff $4‚000. Each of engagement receives an allocation of overhead based on professional compensation charges. The data
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who tried the product found value in it. The target segment of the soap is women in the age group 18-35 years. The name “Sehra” is a headdress worn by grooms during weddings. Giving a masculine accessory’s name to a soap targeted at women is a case of incorrect positioning. The ad campaigns developed focused more on the Jasmine fragrance than the ‘purity’ aspect. Decision: “Sehra” should be launched nation-wide. Marketing Plan: Price: The purchase value as well as quantity increased when
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