Simple Math Tricks There are many ‘math tricks’‚ which ask you to choose a number or two and work through several steps‚ often ending up with your original number(s) mixed up somehow‚ or with a value that’s the same every time. When they arrive by email‚ they will often be described as ‘amazing’‚ or ‘impressive’‚ as if they were magical. There isn’t any magic‚ and you don’t have to be Harry Potter to understand how these tricks work‚ or to make up tricks of your own. All you have to do
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Corporate Finance Valuation Project Yes‚ I would invest in McDonald’s stock‚ specifically for it’s consistently “high yielding” dividend. According to Morningstar‚ MCD’s dividends started to show a significant leap in earnings per share in 2008‚ which I am attributing to their significant increase in net income from 2007’s $2395 million to 2008’s $4313 million. I would want this stock in my portfolio specifically for its growth. I do realize that the stock price continues to fluctuate several
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References: 1. McDonald ’s Corporation: Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain‚ Case pack‚ Harvard Business School 2. Supply+Chain+Management+A+Logistics+Perspective+9e 3. McDonald’s online report (http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/Ourworld/Environment.html) 4. McDonald’s
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in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States‚ the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948 they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand using production line principles. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955. He subsequently purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers and oversaw its worldwide growth. A McDonald’s restaurant is operated by either a franchisee‚ an affiliate‚ or the corporation
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the world you can find a fast-food franchise such as McDonalds. When I think of McDonalds of course the first thing that comes to mind is‚ Big Mac‚ Large fries and a Milkshake‚ but to the employees of McDonalds it’s a much bigger picture. Have to ever drove out of a mcdolads “drive thru” and thought about the employee that just served you a meal? Do you know that McDonald’s employees are making 7.35 hour? Well it’s a shocking fact. McDonalds and many other fast food chain restaurants are profiting
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mcdonalds.com COMPANY BACKGROUND: As a company‚ McDonald’s was first introduced in Des Plaines‚ Illinois in 1955. This was the very first McDonald’s restaurant‚ which all started in San Bernardino‚ California in 1954 when Ray Kroc approached the McDonald brothers with a business proposition to start a new company. In 1965 McDonald’s went public and was later‚ in 1985 added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. (www.mcdonalds.com) The company has gone through quite a few changes with its changing
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number three on Gartner’s Supply Chain Top 25 List for 2012. This was recently announced at Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May of this year. McDonald’s started in 1937 as a drive-in restaurant by two brothers‚ Richard and Maurice McDonald. Hamburgers were just ten cents. In 1948‚ after realizing that most of their profits came from hamburgers‚ they closed the drive-in and made it a self-serve operation. They set up their kitchen like an assembly line to ensure maximum efficiency
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consumer base in the fast food market. They seemed to have the market monopolized‚ however in time it’s consumer base drifted away. It would appear that Mcdonalds had become comfortable in the position it was in and put little to no emphases on product variety or quality and simply focused on the speed and convinience as the customer draw. Mcdonalds was suffering from low growth and market base as well as decreasing profits. The factors which affected this low growth and lack of profit was not only
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Improving Production at Sutton Branch McDonalds Productivity is a very important factor in a business. It is how well a business produces it’s goods depending on how efficient the output is made. For McDonalds this is very important because as a fast food chain we need to keep costs and waste as low as possible‚ whilst still producing quality burgers and chips to meet customer demands and company goals. McDonalds in general uses all three types of production. Job production is when one-off specialised
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company that began with small beginnings‚ and a simple burger it now has expanded menu that includes healthy food. Currently‚ the McDonald name and its brand serves to approximately 64 million customers each day‚ in over 333‚000 local restaurants locations‚ in about 119 countries. II. Company History The McDonald name and history began in 1940 when Dick and Mac McDonald open their doors in San Bernardino‚ California to the public as “McDonald’s Barbeque Restaurant” and featured a large menu and car
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