WAL-MART CASE STUDY ANALYSIS SWOT STRENGTH ▪ Information Technology : They have a strong information technology system as implemented EDI‚ Information system‚ UPC at POS‚ Satellite system‚ Pick to light system‚ Vendor management inventory system which was not implemented by any other competitor. ▪ Supply Chain (Strong). They had a long term relationship with the supplier as there was no non sense negotiator as they eliminated the manufacture representative from negotiation with the suppliers
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of its segments share the same general risk and growth factors‚ aside from their non-Nike brand lines. However‚ they only comprise 4.5% of company revenues and are relatively insignificant. One of the first errors regarding the analysis in the case is that the employee calculated equity as a portion of total capital based on the company book value of $3‚494.5. It is more appropriate to value the equity based on current market value. The current market value of the firm as shown in the analysis
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employees. Grocery stores serve as community anchors. They create jobs and provide a source of basic necessities like food and water. Therefore‚ with this in mind‚ it is essential for every possible consumer to be aware even with tiny details. In this study‚ the reporters compared two of the most frequented grocery stores in Dumaguete. According to the research‚ Lee Super Plaza is superior compared to that of Cang’s Incorporated. Firstly‚ this is due to the prices of the products‚ Cang’s Incorporated
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LEDIIA CIIRKO LED A C RKO Date 25th May‚ 2011 BOSTON CHICKEN INC (CASE ANALYSIS) Questions 1. How is the company reporting on its performance and risks? What are the keys assumptions behind these policies? Do you think that its accounting policies reflect the risks? 2. What adjustments‚ if any‚ would you make to the firm’s accounting policies? 3. What questions would you ask management about the company’s performance? 4. How is Boston Chicken performing? 5. What assumptions is the market making
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1. Do you expect the search business to become more concentrated? Is search a winner-take-all business? For the case of Google‚ we can conclude that the search business of Google has become more dominated and concentrated. In terms of the companies‚ they do not expect the search business to be dominated by only fewer firms. Because the search business earned large revenues from the corporates’ advertisement and the fee is very high. If the companies want to advertise on the website of search business
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1. The first interesting fact that I found out about Food Inc was that their tomatoes are ripened with ethane gas. I thought that was interesting because I never thought that they did that but they do. Ripening tomatoes on gas makes them get to people like us two times quicker because it is like putting them on steroids. This makes you really think about what you eat and what you are putting into your body. This makes me not want to eat tomatoes because the ethane gas can’t be good for the human
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1- Describe the existing cost system and explain why it failed The current cost system is based on two components: a direct and indirect cost measurement. There are only two types of cost: direct labor and burden. Burden is grouped into a single cost pool and represents the cost of both testing rooms‚ engineering burden costs (software and tooling development)‚ plus the administrative costs of the division. Burden was then calculated for each lot‚ with a burden rate of 145% The lot’s total
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1) Why did Merrill Lynch need to update its IT infrastructure? Merrill Lynch needed to update its IT infrastructure in order to remain competitive. One of the most important ways to do so was to provide customers with Internet-based applications that provided them with up to date access to portfolios and the tools needed to work with those portfolios. There are many competitors in the financial management industry and if Merrill Lynch cannot maintain its technological edge then those competitors
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borrowing. ↓ Increase financial obligation (interest payment). 3. Credit limit of Cold Gold Sdn Bhd had gone into its level and yet the marketing department continued to supply product to them. ↓ Operating loss → exorbitant price of chicken feed. * Cold Gold had been asked to pay part of the payment. ↓ Best friend → issue on professionalism here…. 4. The figures on statement of account not tie up with balance in account (debtor balace). ↓ Encik Munir not disclosed
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in groups of equipment called bays‚ hence the assumed age of assets per bay is the same. Asset condition is determined based on an Asset Health Index derived from condition assessments and reliability data (MTBF‚ MTTF‚ MTTR) which is missing in this case. Typically a Health Index Score between 50% and 60% means an asset needs to be monitored more closely with a potential change in proactive maintenance approach. For 50% lower a risk assessment is required and if it is a high risk assets‚ it be put
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