restaurant broke even the co-owner‚ Bruce Melhuish‚ is not content as there is a lack of efficiency with the staff and a high demand of customers. Queue lines to be seated and at the cooking station are causing Sunset-at-Blue to lose profits. This case study analyses how Sunset-at-Blue can improve service efficiency‚ increase seating capacity and future profits. Sunset-at-Blue‚ a franchise of Sunset Grill is located in Ontario‚ Toronto and is co-owned by Bruce Melhuish whom was an executive for
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Company X would like to have a method to be able to quantitatively analyze if there’s a business case for creating production cells in the factory. The company currently operates in a job shop based manufacturing environment in which similar machines are grouped into functional departments. This means that the parts are moved from department to department through the manufacturing process. The company currently does not have any production cells‚ neither have they identified products which together
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Cipla 2011‚ Harvard Business Case‚ March 27‚ 2012 1°) Since AIDS was identified in 1982‚ various entities have been aiming at limiting the expansion of the pandemic. However each of these entities has had a different role and thus different results: * The World Health Organization has had a critical role through the coordination of the different actors involved. It has obtained significant results in terms of treatments coverage in the last few years. Its action has been completed by the UNAIDS
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million households. Most of the time buying and owning a laptop in particular is an investment‚ as they don’t come cheap. To protect this investment it is common for consumers to use a protective outer case. The younger generation however‚ does not particularly like the look of these bulky‚ bland cases. Instead‚
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Mini Case 3 The Merger between Youku and Tudou Basic Information of Tudou Items | Data | Yield on US long-term government bonds | 3.50% | Risk premium | 7.50% | Beta of Tudou | 1.35 | Required return rate of equity | 13.62500% | Required return rate of debt | 7.50% | Leverage ratio | 0.2 | Weighting of debt | 0.2 | Weighting of equity | 0.8 | Marginal tax rate | 25% | Growth rate | 6% | WACC | 12.025% | Number of shares | 91 | The required return rate of equity:
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Running head: SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS 1 Sustainable Solutions Paper Katherine Kem DBA Strategy Dr. Robert Hockin‚ Instructor February 21‚ 2010 Running head: SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS Sustainable Solutions Paper Walmart has some of the best supply chain methods in the market‚ and is working to become an industry leader in sustainability. Despite this‚ there is much criticism of this ‘giant’‚ and an in-depth look of their organization from a sustainable lens will review their successes‚ failures
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finance that growth internally by its efficient use of working capital and its profitability. Dell’s Competitive Advantage: The extent of Dell’s working capital advantage over its competitors can be assessed using data contained in Table A of the case on days sales of inventory (DSI) for Dell and its competitors. In 1994 and 1995‚ Dell’s DSI was about half the level of its competitors. In January 1996‚ for example‚ Dell had inventory to cover 32 days of sales while Compaq Computer had inventory
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And the firm willing to pay YSL’s normally billing rates. 2.0 Answer the question (a) The full cost of the Surenex engagement including indirect costs and direct costs. Direct costs consist of travel cost and cost of conducting surveys. In the case‚ direct cost means direct charge is about $3‚000. The professional compensation charges include partner $4‚800 and professional staff $4‚000. Each of engagement receives an allocation of overhead based on professional compensation charges. The data
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who tried the product found value in it. The target segment of the soap is women in the age group 18-35 years. The name “Sehra” is a headdress worn by grooms during weddings. Giving a masculine accessory’s name to a soap targeted at women is a case of incorrect positioning. The ad campaigns developed focused more on the Jasmine fragrance than the ‘purity’ aspect. Decision: “Sehra” should be launched nation-wide. Marketing Plan: Price: The purchase value as well as quantity increased when
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Florida Atlantic University Star River Electronics Ltd. – Case Analysis Case Summary Star River Electronics is a joint venture company that has gained respect within the industry for producing high quality CD-ROMs to major software companies. In the mid 1990s‚ multimedia products created a high demand for CD-ROMs‚ allowing manufacturing companies of all sizes to enter the market. As a result‚ an oversupply ensued causing prices to decline as much as 40%. Star River survived a period
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