Case Study 1 Springfield Express is a luxury passenger carrier in Texas. All seats are first class‚ and the following data are available: Number of seats per passenger train car 90 Average load factor (percentage of seats filled) 70% Average full passenger fare $ 160 Average variable cost per passenger $ 70
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Study #2 A) What is the break-even point in passengers and revenues per month? Unit CM = $160 – $70= $90 Unit of Sales = 3‚150‚000 / $90= 35‚000 passengers Unit of Sales = 35‚000 x $160= $5‚600‚000 revenue B) What is the break-even point in number of passenger train cars per month? Unit of Sales = 35‚000/63= 555.5= 556 passenger cars C) If Springfield Express raises its average passenger fare to $ 190‚ it is estimated
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Identification of the strategic issues and problems The first issue for the Springfield Nor’easters was being a new minor league baseball team in an already troubling market. A minor league ice hockey team named the Falcons had already announced that unless the team sold 300 plus season tickets‚ they would be leaving Springfield. Another important issue for the Nor’easters was Larry’s lack of sport industry experience and the length of time to develop a pricing strategy. Larry had 6 months to
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What is the break-even point in passengers and revenues per month? First we have to figure out the contribution Margin = Sales per fare – variable expense per unit: $160.00 - $70.00 = $90.00 (Contribution Margin. Break Even point in passengers= Fixed costs (divided) contribution Margin: $3‚150‚000 / $90 = 35‚000 passengers. Break-even point in revenues per month = Fare sales to breakeven (X) Sales per unit. 35‚000 x $160 = $5‚600‚000 • What is the break-even
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Springfield Express is a luxury passenger carrier in Texas. All seats are first class‚ and the following data are available: Number of seats per passenger train car 90 Average load factor (percentage of seats filled) 70% Average full passenger fare $160 |Average variable cost per passenger $70 |Fixed operating cost per month $3‚150‚000 1. What is the break-even point in passengers and revenues per month? Unit CM = $160 – $70= $90 a.) Unit of Sales = 3‚150‚000 / $90= 35‚000 passengers
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Springfield Express is a luxury passenger carrier in Texas. All seats are first class‚ and the following data are available: Number of seats per passenger train car 90 Average load factor (percentage of seats filled) 70% Average full passenger fare $ 160 Average variable cost per passenger $ 70 Fixed operating cost
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Li-Hsien Chen 09/16/12 Case Study 1 The Springfield Nor’ easters : Maximizing Revenues in the Minor League 1. Critically analyze the research undertaken by Larry Buckingham‚ Nor’ easters Marketing Director. Discuss if you feel the objectives‚ questions asked‚ sample chosen‚ and method utilized were appropriated and why they were or were not. What type of questions would you have added to the survey and why? 2. ------------------------------------------------- What do you consider
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on Thursday‚ July 2015 at the Springfield Rescue Mission on Bliss Street‚ Springfield‚ Massachusetts. The interviewee was Mr. Ron Willoughby‚ Executive Director of Springfield Rescue Mission‚ Inc. After the interview‚ I was allowed to make a visual inspection of both of their facilities‚ including their emergency shelter building in Taylor Street. In addition‚ I examined several years of IRS Forms 990 for two of the homeless service providers in the City of Springfield‚ MA. All non-profit organizations
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Football Stadium Recommendation The residents of Springfield have a big decision to make; “Springfield finally has a surplus in the budget after years of being in debt‚ and all citizens have to decide if building a new NFL stadium is a good investment of their tax dollars.” Building the stadium would initially cost the taxpayer’s $90 million dollars‚ but “the team promises that the voters will be paid back the money to build a new stadium through tax revenues that the new stadium will generate.” Even non-sports
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Additional Problems and Cases Chapter 1 Extra Problems/Cases 41. What is the difference between a parameter and a decision variable in a mathematical model? 42. Discuss how a spreadsheet can facilitate the development of a model shell and the model itself. 43. United Airlines faces not only the situations described in the opening vignette to this chapter‚ but many other problems as well. Give five examples of optimization models and five examples of prediction models that you feel would be relevant
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