Case 9: Horniman Horticulture 1. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the company Horniman Horticulture. Strengths * Constantly growing firm with increasing revenue (15.5% in 2005)‚ net profit‚ total assets and high returns on equity (5.1% in 2005) * Large product offerings‚ with a recent increase of 40%. Majority of offerings are in high demand * Management (in regards to Bob Brown) has good ties with employees and customers * Tax expense hasn’t drastically
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Do you agree: Australian media representatives of Asian society are biased? Give reasons by way of examples. Mired in debt in Europe together with North America being under the background of weak economic recovery‚ the Australian government would link the future development and boom of Asia closely and it is undoubtedly wise and far-sighted. In fact‚ the "look Asian" and "embrace" in Asian policy had been proposed by politicians decades ago. As the financial turmoil sweeps the world‚ Australia
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Do You Agree with China’s One Child Policy? China’s government had always had the problem of finding a way to provide for its large population. After the death of Mao in the 1970s‚ China finally realized that if the economy or the standard of living were ever going to improve‚ they would need to reduce China’s massive population. Thus‚ in the 1980s‚ the One Child Policy was introduced as a solution but did China make the right choice by limiting parents to only one child? After giving much
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DIGITIZING ACCOUNTS PAYABLE DOCUMENTS When accounting files are sent to the archives at the end of the year‚ the portion taken up by the accounts payable documents usually exceeds that of all other documents combined. For some companies with high accounts payable files‚ it is a major expense to remove all the paperwork‚ box it up and identify it‚ and ship it off to a warehouse‚ from which it must be recalled occasionally for various tasks. Digitizing the documents is a means of avoiding the expense
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Background Horniman Horticulture is a wholesale nursery company‚ which was purchased by the browns couples from Maggie’s father at $999‚000. The nursery’s operations filled 52 greenhouses and 40 acres of productive fields and employed 12 full-time and 15 seasonal employees. Sales were primarily to retail nurseries throughout the mid-Atlantic region. The company specialized in such woody shrubs as azaleas‚ camellias‚ hydrangeas‚ and rhododen-drons‚ but also grew and sold a wide variety of annuals
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over cash disbursements use a voucher system. ANS: T PTS: 1 4. In a voucher system‚ the sum of all unpaid vouchers in the voucher register equals the firm’s total voucher payable balance. ANS: T PTS: 1 5. The accounts payable department reconciles the accounts payable subsidiary ledger to the control account. ANS: F PTS: 1 6. The use of inventory reorder points suggests the need to obtain specific authorization. ANS: F PTS: 1 7. Proper segregation of duties requires that
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Highly organized and detail-focused individual with an exceptional track record of accurately handling accounting‚ cashiering‚ inventory management‚ retail management and operational efficiency. Skilled in all aspects of managing and reconciling accounts and ensuring it’s accuracy and completeness. Expertise in developing and delivering daily and monthly reports for management within tight deadlines. Proven ability to identify and implement improvements to streamline processes and increase efficiency
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Improving Ramsville Accounts Payable Key Issues The key problem encountered by Ramsville is that 6.5% of the accounts payable (AP) are overdue‚ causing Ramsville’s relationships with their suppliers to deteriorate. In a few cases‚ it is impacting further shipment of parts‚ potentially causing Ramsville’s manufacturing plant to miss shipping due dates and negatively impacting customers. Ramsville’s irregular distribution of workers and the inefficient accounts payable process has led
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Do you agree with the modernisation theorists’ assumption that development involves a process of modernisation? Modernisation theory is an understanding and explanation of the process of transformation from the traditional or so called “underdeveloped” societies to modern societies. From reading the theorists work surrounding the topic of modernisation it is believed that modernisation is the process change towards those types of social‚ economic and political systems that have been developed in
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