increase profit; and (4) other. Super was targeted at the third category. Estimates for payback and return were required for any project requiring more than $50‚000 in capital and expense before taxes. In calculating the repayment period‚ only incremental income and expenses related to the project were used. The desire was to show continuous growth. However‚ the nature of the food industry is cyclical. Given the size and breadth of General Foods‚ they desired to introduce new products without
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manage risks. Don’t define in detail the entire system at first. The developers should only define the highest priority features. Define and implement those‚ then get feedback from users/customers (such feedback distinguishes "evolutionary" from "incremental" development). With this knowledge‚ they should then go back to define and implement more features in smaller chunks. Each iteration of the prototype represented as a cycle in the spiral. The Spiral software development model is a risk-oriented
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BONDS Bonds pay fixed coupon (interest) payments at fixed intervals (usually every six months) and pay the par value at maturity. Par value = $1‚000 Coupon = 6.5% or par value per year‚ or $65 per year ($32.50 every six months). Maturity = 28 years (matures in 2032). Issued by AT&T. Types of Bonds Debentures - unsecured bonds. Subordinated debentures - unsecured “junior” debt. Mortgage bonds - secured bonds. Zeros - bonds that pay only par value at maturity; no coupons. Junk bonds - speculative or
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CAE 312 Homework Number 2 Due on Feb. 16‚ 2015 Both online section students: submit your homework no late than 3:05pm by e-mail or in class. TA: Siyuan Going (sgong1@hawk.iit.edu ) Grader: Yang Gu (ygu17@hawk.iit.edu ) Office: AM 203C 1. Currently‚ two options are available for modernization of a pumping station in a water treatment facility. Option 1 is to install a pumping system which is more durable at a cost of $20‚000. With this option‚ the system will require to be replaced every 15 years
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CHAPTER 11 DECISION MAKING AND RELEVANT INFORMATION SHORT‐ANSWER QUESTIONS 11‐1 The five steps in the decision process outlined in Exhibit 11‐1 of the text are 1. Identify the problem and uncertainties 2. Obtain information 3. Make predictions about the future 4. Make decisions by choosing among alternatives 5. Implement the decision‚ evaluate performance‚ and learn An example of interdependencies include absenteeism/low employee morale and increased labour costs. 11‐2
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Introduction 2 Overview of Business Operation 2 Performance Objectives and Strengths and Weaknesses 2 Quality 3 Speed 4 Dependability 5 Flexibility 5 Cost 6 Area for Improvement and Approaches to Improve Operations 7 Passive Incremental 7 Proactive Incremental 8 Passive Breakthrough 8 Proactive breakthrough 8 Managerial Actions to Enhance Process 9 Conclusion 10 Executive Summary This report is focussed upon the operational processes of the Tomorrowland festival. The report
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Introduction to Standard Costing Standard costing is an important subtopic of cost accounting. Standard costs are usually associated with a manufacturing company’s costs of direct material‚ direct labor‚ and manufacturing overhead. Rather than assigning the actual costs of direct material‚ direct labor‚ and manufacturing overhead to a product‚ many manufacturers assign the expected or standard cost. This means that a manufacturer’s inventories and cost of goods sold will begin with amounts reflecting
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capital-budgeting decisions? Should the company be interested in incremental cash flows‚ incremental profits‚ total free cash flows‚ or total profits? Caledonia should focus on cash flows‚ not accounting profits. Free cash flows are able to be reinvested‚ whereas accounting profits are shown when they are earned‚ not when the cash is actually received. The company should be interested in incremental after-tax cash flows. The incremental cash flow will allow Caledonia to see the profits or losses
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About nine months ago‚ I made one of the biggest changes in my professional life‚ that would have profound impact on my non-profit that I lead. After not being satisfied with the disorganization of the non-profit. I made a change similar to the re-orientation discussed in the one assigned readings (Nadler 1989). I knew if I didn’t make the changes‚ my non-profit would have to go into recreation mode within 5-7 years (Nadler 1989). I knew once the company was in recreation mode‚ it would not be long
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planning board Economics is a social Science concerned with the allocation of scarce Resources to meet the unlimited wants Of the members of a given society. Marginal analysis involves the comparison or evaluation of: * The incremental cost versus the incremental benefit of a decision * * An good economic system must address the following questions: * What gods are to be produced? * How they are to be produced? Who gets what is produced? * * An equitable outcome is
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