Case #1 CAINSBORO MACHINE TOOLS CORPORATE Question 1. What risks does the firm face? What is the limit of Exhibit 8 in terms of the risk analysis? From the article‚ there are two major risks the company face. First‚ the company’s financial condition is not very good. From 2003 to 2004‚ the gross profit declined from 314‚522 thousands to 257‚759 thousands. This leads the company suffer from an operating loss in 2004. For the first quarters of 2005‚ the board declared no dividend. This
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The Starnes-Brenner Machine Tool Company of Iowa City‚ Iowa‚ has a small one-man sales offi ce headed by Frank Rothe in La- tino‚ a major Latin American country. Frank has been in Latino for about 10 years and is retiring this year; his replacement is Bill Hunsaker‚ one of Starnes-Brenner’s top salespeople. Both will be in Latino for about eight months‚ during which time Frank will show Bill the ropes‚ introduce him to their principal customers‚ and‚ in general‚ prepare him to take
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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Although this case presents several different issues to consider‚ the underlying problem is the correct implementation of Eastboro’s dividend policy. Eastboro was founded as a manufacturer of machine parts‚ and has traditionally paid a fairly substantial dividend. However‚ in recent years‚ the core focus of the company has shifted toward technology in the fields of computer-aided design and manufacturing‚ highlighted by its latest development‚ Artificial Workforce. This
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Activity 2: Case Study: Your task is to: Define the sales team goals for the next 12 months. Ensure that they are SMART. Define the KPI’s and standards for each goal. Define the timeframe for each goal. Select 1 goal and create an action plan which clearly documents how you will achieve this goal. Detail the methods/processes that you will engage in‚ the resources that you need and risks or constraints. The business’ strategic plan for the next twelve months is to; Increase turnover by 30%
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Question 1 (Statement of the Problem) Pinnacle Machine Tool Company is an example of an opportunity and a problem that needs to be examined. The CEO of Pinnacle‚ Don Anglos‚ has the opportunity to acquire Hoilman Inc. If Pinnacle Machine Tool Company acquires Hoilman Inc‚ they have the resources to develop software that transmits real-time information on its customers’ equipment. This advantage will enable the company to upgrade itself and be more sufficient to its customers. However‚ CFO and
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| Fit a Poisson distribution to the data and test the goodness of fit. 3. A drug manufacturer has installed a machine which automatically fills 5 gm of drug in each phial. A random sample of fills was taken and it was found to contain 5.02 gm on an average in a phial. The standard deviation of the sample was 0.002 gms. Test at 5% level of significance if the adjustment in the machine is in order. (Ans. tcal = 33.33‚ H0 is rejected.) 4. The heights of 10 males of a given locality are found to be
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EAGLE MACHINE COMPANY The Eagle Machine Company has fallen on bad times. Eagle‚ a maker of specialty restaurant equipment‚ has sales totaling $72 million‚ but sales are declining while costs continue to increase. If things continue in this direction‚ Eagle soon may have to close its doors. At a special management meeting‚ the president lays it on the line! He demands that the firm break even in the remaining quarter of the year. For next year‚ he calls for profits of 5 percent‚ a 20 percent increase
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Agricultural Tools and Machines The development of machines began in the 1890 ’s when the first steam tractor and combine were made in California (Meij 3). There was a need to make more efficient use of the labor; therefore‚ machines were developed ("Agripedia" 2). By 1914‚ the combine started to spread outside of California to the rest of the United States (Meij 4). Then in 1928 it spread to Great Britain and then to the Netherlands after World War II (Meij 4). The development of these machines was affected
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Simpson Company ACL Assignments Chapter 7 Question 4. Determine whether the record counts in the three tables are consistent with the information you received from the IT department. Simpson master file of accounts receivable has 64 records which is consistent with IT. Simpson shipping documents for cut-off tests has 47 records which is not consistent with IT records that totals 45. Question 5. Determine if the amounts for each of the four transaction types are consistent with the information
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of sales promotional tools in Malaysia: the case of low involvement products. Subject: Sales promotions (Analysis) Author: Ndubisi‚ Nelson Oly Pub Date: 07/01/2006 Publication: Name: Academy of Marketing Studies Journal Publisher: The DreamCatchers Group‚ LLC Audience: Academic Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Business‚ general Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2006 The DreamCatchers Group‚ LLC ISSN: 1095-6298 Issue: Date: July‚ 2006 Source Volume: 10 Source Issue: 2 Product: Product Code: 9914350 Sales Promotion
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