promotions‚ and price pressures. The gathered data from the Ontario region demonstrates these factors as their customer relationship strategy. The activity for a local run‚ presented in Exhibit 3‚ with a particularly heavy load (Drop #1)‚ took the carrier just over 2 hours to deliver to a location within 8 Km. There was no charge on this delivery in the local Ontario region. Yet‚ another drop of close weight and distance to that of drop #1‚ only took .75 hours (45 min) and was charged the 1.5 percent
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Introduction Continental Carriers Inc is a trucking company which specialises in transporting general commodities. Since its establishment in 1952 the company operates within the district of the Pacific Coast and from Chicago to various points in Texas. It was noted that the company maintains an overall low debt policy‚ whereby they obtain infrequent short term loans and avoid long term debt. Furthermore with the appointment of Mr. Evans as president‚ the company became more profitable and experienced
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AIR CARRIERS Question 1: What is the major advantage of air carriers? How does this advantage impact the inventory levels of those firms using air transportation? Explain how this advantage relates to the choice of modes when choosing between air carrier and other modes of freight and passengers transport. SPEED How does this advantage impact the inventory levels of those firms using air transportation? Lower inventory cost Lower related logistics cost Higher variable cost
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1856‚ Australian inventor James Harrison‚ used ammonia on experimental basis but used ether in the equipment that was previously constructed. Then‚ in 1902‚ Willis Carrier‚ the “Father of Air-Conditioner” designed humidity control for a new air-cooling system and pioneered modern air conditioning. Willis Carrier also originated the carrier equation upon which the psychometric chart and all air conditioning is based. Later‚ in 1906‚ Stuart Cramer‚ engineer in North Carolina‚ invented a ventilating
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4.0 CARRIER’S IMMUNITIES FROM UNSEAWORTHINESS OF SHIP According to Hague-Visby Rules‚ Article 1 (a)‚ carriers include owner or the charterer who enters into a contract of carriage with the shipper. The carrier will not be liable for losses or damage to cargo if it falls under any of the circumstances stated in the carrier’s immunities. First‚ in the Art IV rule 1 if the carriers exercises due diligence‚ immunities will be given only against latent defects that is not discoverable on a reasonable
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acquisition was an investment to properly position Merck in an unpredictable future. If this future held a system in which the most drugs were sold through PBMs‚ or not‚ Merck would be positioned to continue their successful business. As one Merck-Medco put it “Our business is constantly changing.” (Pg. 19). This merger had to occur to create a company flexible and agile enough to adapt to a changes. Merck had a strategic vision to become embedded as part of a total healthcare solution. To
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Continental Carriers‚ Inc. Advanced Financial Management Continental Carriers‚ Inc. (CCI) should take on the long-term debt to finance the acquisition of Midland Freight‚ Inc. for a few reasons. The company is heavy on assets‚ the debt ratio will only grow to 0.40 with the added $50M in debt. Also‚ the firm will benefit from an added $2M in a tax shield and be able to return $12.7M a year to its stockholders and investors‚ instead of $8.9M if equity is raised to finance the acquisition
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February 2005 Harvard Business School features Sapient as example of excellence in Leadership and Organizational Behavior “We need to be focused on our clients like no one else. And our desire for their success has to be unparalleled‚ it has to be.” Jerry Greenberg Co-Chairman and Co-CEO Sapient Harvard Business School (HBS) professors Joel Podolny and Rakesh Khurana recently chose Sapient to feature in a case study on leadership. Sapient is now one of a select group of companies featured
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I. Executive summary: A. Problem statement: Optical Distortion Inc.(ODI) is a small new company‚ not yet in business‚ with a patent for an innovative product designed to prevent chickens from cannibalism behaviors toward each other. These lenses are used instead of traditional way of debeaking. ODI must develop marketing strategies about targeting‚ positioning and optimal pricing to launch its new product. B. Recommendation: The dilemma ODI faces is whether introduce its product
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1. How many truckloads of product are actually required to carry $10 million of product? Show your calculations. A) Find the volume of the truck: Interior dimensions of the truck = Interior volume of the truck = = B) Find the manufacturer price (Biovail) for one tablet: Wholesale price for one tablet = $2.83 Distributor price for one tablet = Producer price for one tablet = [Since Wholesale margin is 35%] [Since Distributor mark-up is 400%] = $0.3679 C) Find
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