Case Presentation Curled Metal Inc. (CMI) faced a pricing and channel marketing decision for metal pile cushions utilized during pile driving. CMI’s approach to metal pads has significant efficiency advantages over currently used pads available in the market. However‚ CMI has to take into account several barriers to entry into this market. The primary barrier is that most companies viewed role of pads as a necessary accessory or tangent item instead of viewing them as a potentially value adding or
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Case 3.5 Goodner Bothers Inc. 1. Internal controls should have included these controls; -Adequate security for the inventory -Better periodic verification of inventory -Segregated duties when it comes to inventory -Proper supervision for sales transactions and the procedures that they employ to record them -Proper authorization by management for inventory transactions 2. Internal control weaknesses - Lack of segregation of duties involving sales and recording -Security controls over
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Toll Brothers‚ Inc. MEMORANDUM A request has been made in regards to the strategic management effort of Toll Brothers‚ Inc. current and future financial position by senior management. The report has several components starting with a Memorandum Introduction followed by an EFE Matrix‚ IFE Matrix‚ SWOT Matrix‚ Porter’s Five Competitive Forces‚ and the conclusion. Toll Brothers is a construction company that was founded in 1967 originally designed and built luxury homes in the suburbs of Philadelphia
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Introduction The Amber Inns & Suites‚ Inc. is a 250 property hotel chain in the western and Rocky Mountain states. Amber Inn & Suites‚ Inc. was established in 1979 and is made up of 250 hotel chain properties each consisting an average of 120 individual guest rooms or suite units. Amber Inn & Suites‚ Inc. can be found in locations among ten western and Rocky Mountain States with two hundred fifty different property hotel chains. On average‚ each property consists of one hundred twenty individual guest
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Case 1: Acclaim Entertainment Capital Budgeting: Multiple Projects with Unequal Lives Acclaim Entertainment‚ Inc. is a mass marketer of interactive entertainment software whose games can be played on such well known video game systems as Nintendo and Sega. Some of their more successful games include Mortal Kombat I and II‚ NBA Jam I and II‚ Maximum Carnage‚ Virtual Bart (Simpson)‚ and NFL Quarterback. Acclaim has also obtained licenses from True Lies‚ Batman Forever‚ and Spiderman. The interactive
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Apple Inc. 2010 Case Study Case Summary: Steve Jobs and Steve Wazniak started Apple over 30 years ago. Over that time span‚ Steve jobs was fired from Apple and rehired. It was essentially Jobs that save apple with superb vision and creative innovations. The first innovation was like a fashion statement. The iMac was an innovation that put 2 products into one. The desktop was built into the screen. Then‚ Jobs tackled the world of portable music by inventing the iPod. He shortly followed
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MEMORANDUM TO: Mayra Reid‚ Vice President of Production‚ Blue Inc. FROM: Market Analyst. DATE: April 23‚ 2011 SUBJECT: Final Sales Forecasts and Predictions. In response to Blues Inc. efforts to maintain a profitable business and maintain continues growth‚ the market analyst has evaluated the market and Blues Inc.’s financial information and made some decisions that will positively impact the forecasted sales of Blue Inc. The decision made by the analyst on the first week was to increase
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ELEKTRA PRODUCTS‚ INC. CASE ANALYSIS REPORT I. BACKGROUND: As to the Company: Elektra Products‚ Inc. is an 80 year old company‚ publicly held and had once been a leading manufacturer and retailer of electrical products and supplies. Challenges that have to be addressed: In recent years‚ the company experienced a host of problems as follows: declining market share due to increased foreign and domestic competition; new product ideas were few and far between; departments such as manufacturing and
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and Apple Computer‚ Inc. Case Analysis Dubinsky’s primary mistake was relying on her position and reputation rather than mounting an effective‚ persuasive‚ and fact-based argument. As noted by Jay Conger in The Necessary Art of Persuasion‚ today’s employees are not content to accept a decree from above and seek to understand the reasons behind a decision. She should have taken Jobs’ JIT proposal seriously from the beginning and‚ as soon as she heard of it‚ worked to make her case affirmatively using
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Custom Fabricators‚ Inc. Case Study With the constant change in demand‚ businesses must consistently review various strategies‚ customer needs and core competencies to determine all are in align with the company purpose and mission. Manufacturing companies are endeavoring to be order winners in the various markets today. They must differentiate between the competition and core competencies in a very challenging economy. Custom Fabricators‚ Inc has been the primary manufacturing company for Orleans
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