TUTORIAL 2 Linear Programming - Minimisation Special cases Simplex maximisation 1. Innis Investments manages funds for a number of companies and wealthy clients. The investment strategy is tailored to each client’s needs. For a new client‚ Innis has been authorised to invest up to $1.2 million in two investment funds: a stock fund and a money market fund. Each unit of the stock fund costs $50 and provides an annual rate of return of 10%; each unit of the money market fund costs
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Case : Foremostco‚ Inc. (A) Foremostco Inc. was a family run business of 60 employees and they had grown really fast in 90s. They had become the largest source of imported starter plant material in North America. In the year 2000‚ they replaced their legacy IT system with the new one and faced issue of computer system breakdown. Issue in consideration: • Why did this project get into such trouble? • What should be done to recover from the crisis described in the case? Solution: Foremostco faced
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the ingredients and production of the product‚ Cool Beans financial risk is reduced. It also ensures ‘cash flow can be freed up for other outgoings such as salaries and marketing activities’ (Cool Beans‚ 2015: 30). At present‚ the company’s biggest expense is salaries. As the company grows‚ more staff will need to be hired which will impact their profit margins. As mentioned in a personal interview in October 2015‚ the next target of the Cool Bean Company is to make Sarah O’Connor a full-time employee
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PLANNING‚ FORECASTING & REPLENISHMENT) Introduction: CPFAR is a practice/concept that aims to enhance supply chain integration by supporting and assisting joint practices so as to minimize waste and have lean processes in place. CPFAR Origins CPFR began in 1995 as an initiative co-led by Wal-Mart ’s and the Cambridge‚ Massachusetts software and strategy firm‚ Benchmarking Partners. The Open Source initiative was originally called CFAR (pronounced See-Far‚ for Collaborative Forecasting and Replenishment
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This lab was testing different methods to prevent bean beetles form infesting a chickpea harvest. They wanted to find something that would protect the crop from this invasive creature. To do this they created 3 replicate experiments which contained 25g of seeds each group with a different genotype‚ and 5 newly hatched adult C. maculatus were added to the jar. They continued to check this on a weekly basis‚ at the end of the experiment they found that the results where quite different for each jar
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2.0 MISSION AND VISION Gap’s mission “Gap‚ Inc. is a brand-builder. We create emotional connections with customers around the world through inspiring product design‚ unique store experiences‚ and compelling marketing." To make it easy for you to express your personal style throughout your life. Comment : Until now‚Gap Inc have six branch which are Gap‚ Old Navy‚ Piperlime‚ Banana Republic‚ Atletha and the latest on INTERMIX. Each brand have their own target market and specify the trend
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Size-Up Narnia Inc is in the manufacturing industry‚ and is competing against three companies‚ that are newly releasing the same unique products as Narnia’s. Narnia originally competed through their new innovative products‚ but will be forced to compete through low cost when the other companies release their products. The organization needs to take control and allocate their costs appropriately in order to be able to price their products lower‚ to where the new companies have said to be pricing
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Executive Summary Aircraft Solutions (AS) is a recognized leader in the design and fabrication of component products and services for companies in the electronics‚ commercial‚ defense‚ and aerospace industry. The mission of AS is to provide customer success through machined products and related services‚ and to meet cost‚ quality‚ and schedule requirements. Company Overview The main company strategy of Aircraft Solutions is to provide low cost design and computer-aided modeling packages to customers
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Case 11 Teaching Note Gap Inc. in 2010: Is the Turnaround Strategy Working? Teaching Outline and Analysis 1. What does a five-forces analysis reveal about the strength of competition in the U.S. family clothing stores industry? In leading the class discussion of the five-forces analysis‚ we encourage you to direct the attention of students to Figures 3.3‚ 3.4‚ 3.5‚ 3.6‚ 3.7‚ and 3.8 in Chapter 3 to support their analysis. 11-1 Case 11 Teaching Note Gap Inc. in 2010: Is the Turnaround
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Case Analysis AMFAC INC. In Partial Fulfilment of the Course Requirement for BA 206 - Managerial Accounting Submitted by: Ampatin‚ Jupiter C. Bacitas‚ Benjamin C. Crisologo‚ Buddy L. Salazar‚ Lancer James L. Submitted to: Rosfe Corlae D. Badoy‚ CPA‚ Ph.D. August 2‚ 2014 I. Statement of the Problem The financial statements of Amfac Inc. are given below: AMFAC INC. Balance Sheet As of December 31‚ XXXX Assets Cash
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