YFHC? What are the current problems faced by YFHC due to problems in forecasting. (5 marks) (max.100 +100words) Ans: Adams has been using the Qualitative method rather than Quantitative method. 2. What is the importance of accurate forecasting for YFHC? Justify with case specific information and avoid general comments. (5 marks) (max.150 words) 3. What should be an appropriate forecasting horizon (duration)? Justify with one specific example connected to the case. (5 marks) (max. 150 words)
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the total cost of borrowing over the life of the bond. (4) Would the total bond interest expense be greater than‚ the same as‚ or less than the total interest expense that would be reported if the straight-line method of amortization were used? SOLUTION (a) (1) 2010 July 1 Cash 3‚501‚514 Discount on Bonds Payable 498‚486 Bonds Payable 4‚000‚000 (2) Dec. 31 Bond Interest Expense ($3‚501‚514 X 5%) 175‚076 Discount on Bonds Payable 15‚076
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Airbnb offers free rentals to the victims of hurricane Matthew The government ordered millions of residents in the southeastern U.S to vacate their places due to the dangerous hurricane have approached the city. The home sharing platform‚ Airbnb has decided to help the people whose houses were affected by the dangerous storm. Hurricane Matthew moved to Florida’ east cost before affecting the regions of Georgia and South California. Though the storm has weekend‚ the impacts it created takes days to
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Ducati & TPG – A “Wild Ride” LBO Case Study December‚ 2010 Q1. The nature of the opportunity and the question of brand expansion 1.1 The situation of the target firm Positives: (1) The Ducati brand was world famous;(2) The product was great in terms of technology and quality and it had won the 1990‚ 1991‚ 1992‚ 1994‚ and 1995 World Superbike championships against strong competition;(3) Ducati’s product family was broad offering 15 models in four families based on seven different engines;(4)
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In the context of computing‚ A Legacy system refers to any outdated computer systems‚ programming languages or application software which are preferred instead of currently available latest upgraded versions. Every organization would start with a system from the initial start to come into existence and with the change in technology in this modern age there are vast advancements which leave these systems in terms of performance and efficiency. And if the organization continue using these systems which
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Topic 2 – Spot Exchange Markets Question 1 You need to buy CHF 1‚000‚000 to pay your Swiss watch supplier. Your bank quotes bid-ask rates of CHF/USD 1.3990 – 1.4000. What will be your dollar cost of the CHF 1‚000‚000? The bid-ask rates of USD/CHF are: 1 1 1.4000 1.3990 0.7143 0.7148 The dollar cost: 1 1.3990 USD 714‚ 796.28 CHF 1‚ 000‚ 000 Question 2 As a FX trader‚ you see the following quotes: USD/CAD 0.7047 MXN/CAD 6.4390 MXN/USD 8.7535 Is there an arbitrage opportunity‚ and if
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Bank of America Using Six Sigma in Banking Bank of America is a large‚ complex organization with high goals to be #1 in customer satisfaction‚ the world’s most admired company and the world’s largest bank. To achieve these goals‚ the Bank recognized the need for an enterprise-wide quality system that focused on customer needs and key business strategies. To execute its quality system‚ Bank of America favored rapid deployment across the company for complete enculturation. Bank of America’s
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Is Isom’s business vision responsive to the situation? In general‚ most of the companies in property and casualty insurance business would want to be high performing specialists rather than generalists. Yes‚ in this case however his vision was responsive to the situation. He had a good view of the situation and knew that radical shift in the divisions strategy is required to turn around the future. P&C was a low performing generalist insurance division • Years of
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materials to consumer purchase. As the case points out‚ finding the starting point of a product concept is hard to nail down with Zara. But the following is an attempt to do this: Design: The starting point is a collaborative phase that includes teams of creative professionals who carry out the design process and store managers who spot trends and feed data to corporate. Materials: Zara makes 40 percent of its own fabric. It is not clear from the case where the other 60 percent comes from‚ but
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1) What caused the existing system at ETO to fail? This system was based on the assumption that direct costs and overhead are consumed in the same proportion for all product testing. However‚ this is not the case and therefore the system failed. For example‚ due to the implementation of the vendor certification and the just-in-time delivery‚ some products are already tested and do not need any further tests‚ and ETO faces a decreasing number of the tests performed. On the other hand‚ new components
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