| Polysar Limited | Memo | | For the first nine months in 1986‚ NASA rubber division generated a sale of $66 million which exceeded the budgeted sales by $4.7 million. At the same time‚ NASA created a positive gross margin of 40 million which exceeded the budgeted gross margin by $3.7 million. However‚ they experienced a net loss of .876 million‚ which was $2.8 million lower than the budgeted amount. | Actual | Budget | Difference | | ($ ’000) | ($ ’000) | ($ ’000) | Sales |
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Memo ------------------------------------------------- Background Polysar Limited is Canada’s largest chemical company. Its Rubber Group accounts for 46% of Polysar’s sales. The primary products for this group are butyl and halobutyl and the principal customers for these products are tire manufacturers. The rubber Group has two divisions: NASA (North America & South America) and EROW (Europe & elsewhere). There
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Narrow-casting in Acxiom has traditionally been understood as the dissemination of information (usually by radio or television) to a narrow audience‚ not to the general public. Narrow-casting involves aiming media messages at specific segments of the public defined by values‚ preferences‚ or demographic attributes. Also called niche marketing or target marketing. Acxiom (Acxiom Corporation) is a marketing technology and services company with offices in the United States‚ Europe‚ Asia and South
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Bridgewater Castings‚ Inc. This haevily disguised case is set in the “nature “woodstoves business in 1986. It is not based on The Vermont Castings Company. The issue is product line strategy based on product line profitability. In early 1986. Tim Morrissey was reviewing the disappointing 1985 results of oprations for his company ( see Exhibit 1). The business had been founded in 1938 by Tim’s grandfather as a modermization of an older iron forge company which Tim’s great- great –grandfather
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Periwinkle Pty Limited Case Study A Fringe Benefit is a form of pay that employees pay employees by providing the employee to enjoy certain privileges. Providing a company car for the employee to use is a commonly used fringe benefit that is made available for management and field work workers. Also‚ the company can decide to offer cheaper prices for its employees by availing the services and products to the employees. This allows the employee to access the products of the company at a price that
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Color Blind Casting is for Everyone Who Is Not a Minority Numerous opportunities are given to people in the entertainment industry. While some people struggle with making it in Hollywood‚ others flourish and become prosperous in their abilities. In that fact‚ you can find so many talented people that are not cut out for “stardom.” Most of the time character roles are not based on talent‚ but one’s looks; looks that are features of a person‚ like skin color‚ face shape‚ and much more. That can’t
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The Metal Casting or just Casting process may be divided into two groups: Hot Forming Process Examples are Centrifugal casting‚ Extrusion‚ Forging‚ Full mold casting‚ Investment casting‚ Permanent or Gravity Die casting‚ Plaster mold casting‚ Sand Casting‚ Shell Mold casting. The method to be used depends upon the nature of the products to be cast. Cold Forming Process Examples are Squeeze casting‚ Pressure die casting‚ Gravity die casting‚ Burnishing‚ Coining‚ Cold forging‚ Hubbing‚ Impact
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Individual assignment Introduction The case in this assignment is mainly talked about the issue of directors’ rights and duties and minority protection in the company. The case states that Ko invests $3 million as a joint venture with the partnership formed by Ho and Lo. They formed a new company named Lemon Limited. All the three people are directors and subscribe the same amount of shares. Hence‚ the profits and losses are also shared equally. After running for five years‚ Ho and Lo decide to
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HRM CASE STUDY Management Appraisal at Attock Refinery Limited MBA II Marketing I Group Members Hira Tanveer M.Waqas Tahir Rabbia Shahid Tehmas Zaki Introduction: Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) was incorporated as a Private Limited Company in November‚ 1978 to take over the business of the Attock Oil Company Limited (AOC) relating to refining of crude oil and supplying of refined petroleum products. It was subsequently converted into a Public Limited Company in June‚ 1979 and is listed on the three
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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS- MGAC70 CASE ASSIGNMENT 1 PAK ELEKTRON LIMITED: CONVERTING SYSTEMS TO ERP SUBMITTED BY: OCTOBER 9TH‚ 2014 A1. Introduction to the Case Analysis Report PAK ELEKTRON LIMITED (PEL) is a manufacturer of transformers‚ switch gears and electric motors for the power industry‚ which decided to implement an ERP system in order to integrate all data from there 25 locations in one central system (also known as Oracle E-business
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