Question1 Mr. Kenton should accept Bid #2 – West Paper Company at $430 as it was the lowest bid and thus will give Northern Division the highest return. Under the current company policy each division is judged independently based on profit and return‚ thus Mr. Kenton would only be interested in his own division’s success and not the overall success of the company. ------------------------------------------------- Question 2 In order to decide which bid is in the best interest of Birch Paper
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officer decides that adequate price competition exists and that the specification or statement of work is well defined to enable offerors to bid on a fixed-price basis. On the other hand negotiation is used when sealed bidding is inappropriate‚ such as instances when the specification or statement of work may not be well-defined enough for offerors to bid on a fixed-price basis. Contracting Methods and Contract Types: Pricing Implications Sealed Bidding Sealed bidding is used when the contracting
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delivery loCation freight differentials 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 MetaLLUrgicaL coaL assessMents aPPendix i: overview of Market on cLose assessMent market on Close: platts assessment proCess 7 8 8 aPPendix ii: Market on cLose ProcedUres bids/offers eXeCutability performanCe inCrementability repeatability nomination proCedures 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 norMaLization ProcedUres Quality Quantity / order size timing 4 4 4 5 METHODOLOGY AND SPECIFICATIONS GUIDE IRON ORE Platts methodology
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Information System Engineering 1 PROGRAMME OF STUDY Bsc(Hons) Business Information Technology GREENWICH COORDINATOR Mr Phil Clipsham COURSE Comp 1304 Information System Engineering PROJECT TITLE Child Support Agency (CSA) STUDENT NAME Gicharu Joyce Wambui UOG NUMBER 000753044 SUBMISSION DATE 12th November 2012 SUPERVISOR Mr Ndambuki Information
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Gulf Oil Corp.--Takeover Summary of Facts o George Keller of the Standard Oil Company of California (Socal) is trying to determine how much he wants to bid on Gulf Oil Corporation. Gulf will not consider bids below $70 per share even though their last closing price per share was valued at $43. o Between 1978 and 1982‚ Gulf doubled its exploration and development expenses to increase their oil reserves. In 1983‚ Gulf began reducing exploration expenditures considerably due to declining oil prices
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January 2006 The 11 Greatest Supply Chain Disasters Introduction Many of us rightly take pride in the growing recognition role of supply chain both within companies and in the public markets. An increasing number of companies cite supply chain initiatives and prowess in annual reports and meetings with financial analysts. But of course the opposite effect must then also occur – supply chain snafus are increasingly cited by CEOs and CFOs to explain poor financial performance. Which
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CHANTIX® (varenicline) Tablets DESCRIPTION CHANTIX® tablets contain the active ingredient‚ varenicline (as the tartrate salt)‚ which is a partial agonist selective for α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes. Varenicline‚ as the tartrate salt‚ is a powder which is a white to off-white to slightly yellow solid with the following chemical name: 7‚8‚9‚10-tetrahydro-6‚10-methano-6H-pyrazino[2‚3h][3]benzazepine‚ (2R‚3R)-2‚3-dihydroxybutanedioate (1:1). It is highly soluble in water. Varenicline
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the bid if they decide to go with another offer. b. Is it premature for a contractor to offer price-cutting suggestions prior to signing a contract? Why or why not? Yes‚ I find it premature for the contractor to offer the suggestions before signing a contract because just like in this senerio‚ the contracter basically gave them ideas to lower the cost and now the owner is looking for a deal even cheaper than the one presented. It’s a cut throat world out there may the best bidder bid‚ never
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would submit and if so at which price on a bid to sell a Computron 1000X digital computer to Konig & Cie AG‚ German’s largest chemical company. In an international context as described in the case‚ price are driven by costs‚ consumer economic conditions‚ consumer goals and competitor pricing policies. Competitors and customers reactions to price change‚ threats on market shares and profits are important issues for Zimmerman. Computron must also adjust his bid to the geographic location of the market:
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these cells will differentiate into tumor stem cells (TSC) or tumor-initiating cells with stem-like properties (TICs). Researchers previously identified TICs in glioblastomas and confirmed that TICs share functional similarities to neural stem cells (NSCs). A similarity is that‚ in both cell types‚ BMP is a key inhibitor regulatory of TICs from glioblastomas. On the other hand‚ a difference is that TICs undergo genetic aberrations that are similar to tumors‚ which in turn give rise to the typical tumor
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