Questions: Dakota Office Products 1. Why was Dakota’s existing pricing system inadequate for its current operating environment? Dakota’s existing pricing system was inadequate for its current operating environment because the pricing was based on traditional allocation of overheads. The result of which were that the actual costs incurred for fulfilling the orders of customers were not ascertained. There were two effects of this method. First‚ the overall prices of all the products increased
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Supply Chain: Buyers The buying office is based in Stockholm‚ Sweden. Here‚ designers‚ pattern makers and buyers‚ together with merchandisers in their production offices‚ create‚ plan and purchase their collections. Merchandisers Based in one of their 15 production offices in Asia and Europe‚ merchandisers are the link between H&M’s buying office and our suppliers. They identify which suppliers to place orders with. Auditors Also based in their production offices‚ their sustainability team – consisting
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MAC II Dakota Office Products Q1) Why was Dakota’s existing pricing system inadequate for its current operating environment? The existing policies being followed by Dakota regarding Accounts receivables are a major issue‚ which is affecting its payment of working capital line of credit (@10%). Customer A pays its bill within 30 days‚ whereas B takes up 90 days or more. Dakota can achieve sufficient liquidity‚ if it tightens its credit policy. | | | | | 2) Develop an activity
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Company Profile of The Home Depot ANALYSIS #1 1. COMPANY BACKGROUND Home Depot Inc. was founded in 1978 and is the world’s prevalent home improvement retailer and the second largest retailer in the United States. The sales for the fiscal year 2000 were $45.7 billion‚ compared to $38.4 billion in fiscal 1999. As of January 2001‚ the company was operating 1‚134 retail stores in forty-seven states‚ six Canadian provinces‚ Puerto Rico‚ Chile and Argentina. Home Depot stores sell a wide variety
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Case Study One: Amazon.com Amazon started as an e-commerce book site and has now added music‚ toys‚ electronics‚ software‚ and home improvement equipment to its list of product offerings. The Amazon supply chain is longer than that of a bookstore chain such as Borders or Barnes and Noble because of the presence of an additional intermediary—the distributor. The distributor margins in the Amazon supply chain can also be viewed as an increase in cost. However‚ Amazon has exploited several opportunities
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Public information officer From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search | This article may need to be wikified to meet Wikipedia’s quality standards. Please help by adding relevant internal links‚ or by improving the article’s layout. (May 2012) Click [show] on right for more details.[show] | Public Information Officers (PIOs) are the communications coordinators or spokespersons of certain governmental organizations (i.e. city‚ county‚ school district‚ state government
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Families and Communities Research Methodologies: * Phone Interviews * Internet Observation 1) Meaning of Support Services and the purpose. Support networks are networks of personal or professional contacts available to a person or organization for practical or moral support when needed‚ it includes facilities and people who interact and remain a confidential communication style for mutual assistance. The purpose of certain services in communities is to provide available support
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GROUP ASSIGNMENT TWO Case Study: The Case of the Unidentified Risks In September 2010‚ ALFA Fabricators advised its staff that their new factory and offices out in semi-rural Angle Vale would be ready for completion by the end of April 2012. ALFA was a responsible company and liked to keep their premises clean and tidy and their staff happy. The new premises at Angle Vale were developed on a 4.5-hectare site‚ previously used for grain crops. Consequently‚ ALFA decided that significant landscaping
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ASSIGNMENT 1: Strategic Corporate Finance Type of Assessment: Case Study: 2500 words (equivalent) Submission deadline: Upload to Moodle before 14:00 noon Friday 22nd March 2013. Weighting: 50% of module mark Uploading to Moodle * Attach the feedback sheet and marking grid to the front of your assignment * Upload your spreadhseet Learning outcomes 1. Analyse different capital budgeting techniques 2. Evaluate the information derived from different capital budgeting techniques
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PLA 2673 – Law Office Management Protecting the Client and the Law Firm. Client Files • There are numerous variables in law firms regarding client files: - Electronic & Paper Storage. - Filing System (identification) - Organization There is no one “perfect” procedure or style that is suitable for all law firms. Electronic and Paper Records Retention • A paper and electronic records retention policy should be a law office necessity. • Records retention policies can be difficult to adopt
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