IKEA has 5 key performance objectives‚ these are:- QUALITY – IKEA aims to offer their customers products which do not compromise on technical or functional quality despite their relatively low prices. IKEA reassure their customers of this fact by having in store mock-up ‘test cells’ which illustrate their product’s robustness (eg. demonstrations of 000’s of cupboard and drawer opening cycles). SPEED – IKEA wants the majority of its products available for immediate purchase‚ enabling the customer
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1. Introduction This report provides a financial quarterly trend analysis for Costco Wholesale Corporation‚ Inc. founded in 1983. Costco Wholesale Corporation is the seventh largest retailer company in the world. As of July 2012‚ it was the fifth largest retailer‚ and the largest membership warehouse club chain in the United States ("Wikipedia‚ the free‚" 2011). Costco Wholesale Corporation’s stock is publicly traded on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ)
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http://www.investopedia.com/university/ratios/liquidity-measurement/default.asp LIQUIDITY RATIOS: The first ratios we’ll take a look at in this tutorial are the liquidity ratios. Liquidity ratios attempt to measure a company’s ability to pay off its short-term debt obligations. This is done by comparing a company’s most liquid assets (or‚ those that can be easily converted to cash)‚ its short-term liabilities. In general‚ the greater the coverage of liquid assets to short-term liabilities the
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Financial Ratios The creditable performance calculation for the Valley of the Sun United Way (VSUW) is used to guarantee that their organization will perform at their most likely current ratio‚ long-term solvency ratio‚ contribution ratio‚ and general and management/expense ratio (Goetsch & Davis‚ 2010). The current ratio will enable VSUW to easily see their current expenses that may be aquired and make sure that the organization has enough resources to pay all of their current obligations
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GROUP 1 REPORT FINANCIAL RATIOS Financial ratios are useful indicators of a firm’s performance and financial situation. Most ratios can be calculated from information provided by the financial statements. Financial ratios can be used to analyze trends and to compare the firm’s financials to those of other firms. In some cases‚ ratio analysis can predict future bankruptcy. SOURCES OF DATA FOR FINANCIAL RATIOS Balance Sheet Income Statement Statement of Cash Flows Statement of Retained
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 MANAGERIAL FINANCE: 3 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANALYSIS: 3 RATIO ANALYSIS: 3 FAUJI CEMENT BALANCE SHEET AND PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT 4 RATIO ANALYSIS: 9 INTRODUCTION MANAGERIAL FINANCE: • Managerial finance is concerned with the duties of the financial manager in the business firm. • The financial manager actively manages the financial affairs of any type of business‚ whether private or public‚ large or small‚ profit-seeking or not-for-profit
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FINANCIAL RATIOS Financial ratios are indicators of a company’s performance as discernable from the company’s Balance Sheet and income Statement. We will discuss some of the simple ratios of a company and talk about their significance. Liquidity Ratios: Show the company’s ability to pay of its current liabilities from its current assets. 1. Current Ratio Current assets should be significantly higher than current liabilities so that the current ratio is higher than 2:1. 2. Quick Ratio
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adequacy of income by comparing it to other items reported on the financial statements. 1) Return on Equity: One of the most important profitability ratios is return on equity (ROE). ROE is the amount of net income returned as a percentage of shareholders equity. Return on equity measures a corporation’s profitability by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested. The return on equity ratio is computed as follows: Return on Equity = | Net Income |
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FINANCIAL RATIOS Gross Profit to Sales (Gross Profit Ratio): profitability ratio that shows the relationship between gross profit and total net sales revenue. Gross margin/Net sales The gross margin is not an exact estimate of the company’s pricing strategy but it does give a good indication of financial health. Without an adequate gross margin‚ a company will be unable to pay its operating and other expenses and build for the future. In general‚ a company’s gross profit margin should be stable
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Financial Reporting Problem: The Procter & Gamble Company “On my honor‚ as a student‚ I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this academic work.” _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ Financial Reporting Financial Reporting Problem Fall 2011 [pic] In order to evaluate your understanding of the use of accounting information‚ you are asked to analyze the 2007
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