How can a company use information technology to make its company financial plans? Information technology offers a great depth of knowledge to many companies when making financial plans. Information system helps businesses to gather and share information which is vital in financial planning of any kind of business enterprise‚ for instance customer’s preferences‚ and business environment. That’s why is recommendable to have in depth knowledge of your business so as to make of the right kind system
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importantly budget deficits and the national debt. Given all of the talk‚ one may come to think that budget deficits and the national debt are one in the same. While the two do go hand-in-hand‚ it is important to understand that they are two separate things. InvestorWords.com defines a budget deficit as the amount by which a government‚ company‚ or individual’s spending exceeds its income over a particular period of time. To remain within the limits of one’s income would create a budget surplus;
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Explain why companies use distribution channels and discuss the functions these channel perform. Answer: Definition of Distribution Channel One of the company goals is to deliver their value within the network through supplier‚ distributor‚ and also customer. In delivering the value‚ organization must have and build a distribution channel because most producers do not sell their product or service directly to the consumers. Distribution channel (also called marketing channel or trade channel)
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Determine the revenue variance from Arcadia Hospital’s 2005 budget. Is the variance positive or negative? Upon reviewing the Arcadia Hospital Income Statement for the year of 2005‚ I would say that the variance is negative because the actual budget for 2005 $568 million minus the budget of $596 million equals a negative amount of $28 million under budget‚ which means less revenue. In other word‚ revenues were $28 million below budget‚ therefore the variance is negative. Which is desirable
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Manage Quality Customer Service Marketing Loyalty Program Assessment Details: The marketing department has sent out emails publishing the loyalty program for the Hotel Futura chain. The response has been excellent and you as the Marketing Manager want to define more closely the new customer expectations. You will design a strategy for this and your team must address the following: * A tool that will gain detailed information on the needs‚ expectations and satisfaction levels of customers
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Integrative Problem and Study Questions Mark Camagong FIN 370 January 20‚ 2010 Art Philibert Week 4 Assignment Integrative Problem and Study Questions 1. Why is the capital-budgeting process so important? Capital budgeting decisions involve investments requiring large cash outlays at the beginning of the life of the project and commit the firm to a particular course of action over a relatively long period of time. As such‚ they
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What financial and non financial motivators are used to motivate employees? Introduction It is important that a company makes the employee feel motivated. There are many reasons as to why they should do this. One of the reasons is that if an employee does not feel motivated then they may feel that their job is quite boring and therefore as a result of this they may decide to leave the employment and resign. If they do this‚ this would cost the company money to hire and recruit a new employer as
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things within the organization can determine whether the budget process will be effective or not. Past research on the budgeting process has shown that budget estimates are rarely achieved for two principal reasons: imperfect forecasting models and divergence between individual and organizational goals (Otley‚ 1987). In other words‚ these problems lead to distorted‚ or biased‚ information input to the accounting system therefore the budget process. So‚ it’s imperative that the leaders understand
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Operating Budget Final Paper Padube09 ACC 206 Jacob Gordon March 25‚ 2012 ACC206 Final Paper An operating budget helps to organize and manage the costs and income to run your business. It helps a company to understand day to day costs and income for the company. “A detailed projection of all estimated income and expenses based on forecasted sales revenue during a given period usually one year.” (Operating budget) Overall it is a great way to ensure that the company can see if it is set
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FINANCIAL FORECASTING The complete meaning of financial forecasting is a way to be able to develop the related things of pro forma and the projected financial statement. Base on the projected statement‚ any business will be able to determine the future position of accounts receivables‚ inventory‚ accounts payable‚ and the other expense accounts of the business as it will be informed of the profits and borrowing of the business that is required. A brand new company will need to be able to provide
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