Focus on Auto Service Aftermarket biz up in slow economy WASHINGTON -- The International Franchise Association (IFA) anticipates a continued slowdown in economic recovery‚ with minimal growth in the franchising market. "As the economic recovery continues at a slow pace‚ business conditions for small businesses are not improving. The availability of credit remains an issue‚" according to the revised "Franchise Business Economic Outlook: May 2012" produced by IHS Global Insight for the IFA Educational
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ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 2. 1. Read Articles "Deep Change" and "Services revolution". It should help you with the task below. 2. Pick two companies competing in the same industry (e.g.‚ retail stores‚ auto companies‚ catalog sales‚ hospitals‚ banks‚ pharmaceutical companies‚ etc.) and compare their operating strategies (similarity and differences) along categories listed below. Feel free to use tabular format. Company A Company B Cost Quality: -top quality -consistency Time: -delivery speed -on
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RUN‚ INC. Case 1) What are the practical differences in the accounting for a change in estimate and a correction of an error? Why might managements prefer one approach to another? What pictures do the two accounting presentations paint for readers outside the company? A change in estimate is a normal and ongoing process of a company. It usually arises from the appearance of new information that alters the current situation. Accounting for a change in estimate is treated prospectively. Companies
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RSSWORKS INC Case Memo What business model would be appropriate for the RSS Works? The Business model for RSS Works would be advertising supported content by inserting adds on the feeds posted by RSS and while users are surfing the information they add window will automatically open up and thus revenue can be maximised. And they should combine with Freemium and Enterprise model with this combination the content can be developed more. Rather than going for the option of investing in physical
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The problems at Engstrom Auto Mirror have become highly detrimental to the performance of the organization and are threatening its viability. The employee performance issues can be attributed to a lack of motivation and a perceived lack of fairness that has caused distrust in management. Another reason for the decrease in the quality of employee production is the dissatisfaction with the Scanlon Plan that has outlived its usefulness and should be redesigned. The result of low productivity and poor
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` an information system consulting firm BUSINESS CASE Module 1: Final assignment ICS‚ Inc. Ivana is the owner of ICS‚ Inc.‚ an information systems consulting firm of 20 employees. The company mostly designs and implements information technology projects for small and medium-size businesses in the metropolitan area. Although ICS has a sufficient level of business‚ the environment is becoming more competitive as more entrepreneurs are starting their own information technology
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Case study BIGGER ISN’T ALWAYS BETTTER! Andres Pires opened his automobile parts store‚ Quickly Auto Parts‚ 5 yrs ago‚ in a mid-sized city located in southern Mindanao. Having worked for an automobile dealership‚ first as a technician‚ and later as the parts department manager‚ for over 15 yrs‚ Andres had learned the many nuances of the fiercely competitive automobile servicing business. He had developed many contracts with dealers and service technicians‚ which came in really handy when establishing
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In Focus: North Korea’s Nuclear Threats Updated April 16‚ 2013 What exactly is North Korea threatening to do? North Korea has been issuing near-daily threats against the United States and South Korea‚ and sometimes at United States forces in the Pacific. In one of the boldest warnings‚ the North said it could carry out pre-emptive nuclear strikes against the United States. Many analysts are extremely doubtful that the North could hit the United States mainland with a missile‚ whether nuclear-tipped
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Synopsis BPO‚ Inc. is a professional service organization that offers clients a range of services from risk management and insurance to management consulting. The company has grown and profited from the developing trend in the 90’s and 2000’s of companies outsourcing business processes‚ such as human resources and claims processing. Presently‚ BPO has launched a six sigma initiative to identify areas for process improvement and financial savings in the Human Resource Outsourcing department. Concurrently
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company’s strategic plan is basically a road map to how the company will achieve growth and financial prosperity. To achieve financial growth over the next four years PPQ Auto Parts must expand its operations globally. When a company decides to expand globally a lot of things must be considered. The upper-management of PPQ Auto parts decided that this would be the best thing that the company could do. As told by (Graves‚ 2012) when companies decide to take their operations internationally the must
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