EXAMPLE OF STUDENT-WRITTEN STRATEGIC AUDIT (San Miguel Corporation and A. Soriano Corporation) I. CURRENT SITUATION A. Current Performance According to Soriano‚ the companies had developed their budgeting and long-range planning system several year earlier but‚ despite the many advantages these gave them‚ they still were not satisfied with their ability to respond to the rapid changes in the environment around them. They‚ therefor‚ search for a process that would enable
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KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION CASE REPORT 1. Analyze the economic rationale of the Carborundum acquisition. Under what conditions an acquisition would be expected to add to shareholder value in general? Do any of these reasons apply to Carborundum acquisition? Prior to the consideration of Carborundum as an acquisition target‚ Kennecott‚ a copper company‚ pursued an acquisition of Peabody‚ a coal company‚ for $285 million in cash in 1968. There are two main rationales behind the acquisition of
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THE MERIT CORPORATION Family-owned and -operated for three generations‚ the Merit Corporation manufactured and sold children’s furniture. John Kirschner‚ Merit’s CEO and grandson of the company’s founder‚ was actively involved with every aspect of the firm’s operations. Now‚ as he was considering early retirement in the next few years‚ he began to think about his legacy for the future. Merit’s headquarters and the biggest of its three manufacturing plants were located in an industrial park 10 miles
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Boston Beer Company operates on the sale of beer in the beer industry. The company’s financial statements from 2007 to 2011‚ has served for an analysis of company’s success in asset utilization‚ solvency‚ profitability‚ and liquidity. The company has demonstrated strong financial qualities pertaining to its solvency and profitability. Because Boston Beer Co. has no debt; the likelihood of them meeting expansion and growth goals is high. Consistency in incremental increases
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SHOE CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS GROUP 8; SECTION B By IMPORTANT ISSUE * Incorporation of the rapidly changing styles in the production and the procedure to do the same * Problem between the Manager of styling and the Assistant to the superintendent of the Centerville plant‚ i.e. Lack of understanding and communication between the styling Department and the production Department. * Delay and ambiguity in the process of maintaining historical statistics on shipments (Bypassing
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(ERP) Project Students name: Registration number: Course: Date: Table of Contents ABSTRACT 3 INTRODUCTION 5 VENDOR OVERVIEW 8 INTRODUCTION 8 SAP 8 ORACLE 9 BUSINESS FUNCTIONS 13 Production 14 Sales 14 Support services 15 External services 15 BUSINESS FUNCTIONS SUPPORTED BY ORACLE AND SAP 16 TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM FROM SAP AND ORACLE 19 COST COMPARISON BETWEEN SAP AND ORACLE 20 EASE OF USE 22 ERP MODULES 23 Oracle’s Financial Management Analytics 23 Oracle database
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CORPORATION LAW INTRODUCTION Definition and attributes of a corporation A corporation is an artificial being created by operation of law‚ having the right of succession and the powers‚ attributes and properties expressly authorized by law or incident to its existence. A corporation‚ being a creature of law‚ "owes its life to the state‚ its birth being purely dependent on its will‚" it is "a creature without any existence until it has received the imprimatur of the state acting
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“Hershey Foods Corporation” History: Milton Hershey’s love for candy making began with a childhood apprenticeship under candy maker Joe Royer of Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania. Mr. Hershey was eager to own a candy-making business. By 1901‚ the chocolate Industry in America was growing rapidly. Hershey’s sales reached $662‚000 that year‚ creating the need for a new factory. Mr. Hershey moved his company to Derry Church‚ Pennsylvania‚ a town that was renamed Hershey in 1906. The new Hershey factory provided
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To: Executive‚ Zoecon Corporation From: Date: Thursday‚ February 17‚ 2005 Subject: Strike Roach Ender Introduction Projected Industry Consumers Professional Projected Growth Rate of 10% annually Projected growth rate of 8% annually Projected sales of $4.4 million Projected sales of $2.7 billion Flea IGR Introduction Similar Scenario Great success of introduction of flea IGR PRECOR into PCO‚ veterinary and pet store markets. In 1980 Zoecon broke into the supermarket
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Business Analysis ‘Strategic Business Analysis and Evaluation of McDonald’s Corporation’ January ’2012 Prepared by: Mohammad Marai ‚ Georgia Kabantega ‚ Anthony Amoonu ‚ Meng Foo ‚ Oluwadamisi Tayo-Ladega Word Count: 3‚306 excluding Cover page ‚ table of content ‚references and appendices. Table of Contents Project Summary 3 MacDonald’s Organization Overview 3 MacDonald’s Mission 3 MacDonald’s Products 4 MacDonald’s Current Business Strategy 4 Financial Situation
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