[pic] MARKS: 100 COURSE: MAPM SUB : Apparel Production Development Marks 15 01) Compare the number of SKUs for product lines using sizing systems for men’s dress shirts with collar and sleeve length and men’s sport shirts sizes small ‚ medium ‚ and large . Compare SKUs for lines of man’s pants sized by waist and length for lines of mans paint sized by waist and length and missy
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Gross margin is calculated by subtracting cost of goods sold from total sales divided by sales. The result‚ a percentage‚ is the amount a company is able to retain after incurring direct costs of production. Coffee retailer‚ Starbucks‚ has seen a steady rise in its gross margin over the last five fiscal years‚ from 56.29% in 2012 to 60.07% at the end of fiscal year 2016; rising roughly 1% each year‚ as seen in the chart below: Date Revenue (In millions) (Cost of Goods Sold) Result September 30‚
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Blue Nile Case Study 1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Do a five-force analysis to support your answer. The competition among the competing sellers in the industry is strong. Competitors for Blue Nile not only include the online jewelry sellers such as Diamonds.com‚ Whiteflash.com‚ Ice.com and JamesAllen.com‚ but also include brick-and-mortar jewelers‚ chain department stores‚ mass merchants‚ local jewelry shop‚ and large jewelry
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less than industry average. Inventory’s percent of change has increased to 19.6% from 2011 to 2010. This is 8.2% above the industry’s average‚ which might lead to obsolesce of inventory. Gross profit margin and net profit margin has increased but gross profit margin is above industry average and net profit margin is below industry average. We noticed a couple one-sided entries on the books for pre-paid expenses and accrued expense. Analyzing the cash flows statement‚ we found a mathematical error
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Profitability ratios help users of a company financial statements determine the overall effectiveness of management regarding returns generated on sales and investments (Gapenski‚ 2012). Commonly used profitability ratios are gross profit margin‚ operating profit margin and net profit margin (Gapenski‚ 2012). Ratios that measure the effectiveness of management decision making are referred to as efficiency ratios. Efficiency ratios evaluate turnover and the return on investments (Gapenski‚ 2012). Examples
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global glut of sugar production. Only sugar companies with ethanol operations are showing some reasonable growth and profitability. Analysis as per nine month ended 31st March 2013 The gross sales of nine month ended March 2013 shows around 21.12% decline as of the same period in 2012.The gross profit margin decreased from 32.42% to 27.84% around 16% change from last year same period financial results. The administrative expense increased by 2.21% and distribution expense incremented by 10.57%
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benefit to the staff? Should catering operate as a service to support the wider needs of the company? Should the financial target for catering be set to recover direct operating costs only‚ as opposed to total cost recovery or profit generation? Should all facilities remain for the use of Siemens personnel only as opposed to being open to members of the public? To what extent has the balance of using bought in products been assessed against the merits of producing
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Case 3: Oliver’s Market 1) One key element of Oliver’s Market strategy is to be the finest local gourmet and natural food store in the marketplace‚ which takes the respective customer base into consideration. That is why the store in Santa Rosa has been set up differently so as to match the more upscale clientele. Another important element of their strategy is the emphasis on delivering value to their customers amongst the perception of quality. In order to stay competitive‚ Oliver’s Market
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combined with the operating efficiencies achieved by volume purchasing‚ efficient distribution‚ and reduced handling of merchandise in no-frills‚ self-service warehouse facilities‚ enabled the company to operate profitably at significantly lower gross margins than traditional wholesalers‚ mass merchandisers‚ supermarkets‚ and supercenters. • Yes‚ this model is appealing for the following reasons: o Allows the company to sell and receive cash for inventory before it had to pay many of its merchandise
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Company Background Square Pharmaceuticals Limited has been a household name in Bangladesh since 1958 when it started its operations as a partnership‚ getting incorporated in 1964 and finally getting listed at the stock exchange in 1995. The company has been in the leading front of innovation‚ and continues to introduce new and better medicines in the market every year. Today the 97% of the demands for medicine in the domestic market is catered to by the local pharmaceuticals company and Square
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