Controllership February 29th‚ 2012 Solartronics Inc. Case 10-2 1. In light of the expected‚ average monthly profit of $30‚000‚ January results were so poor because the budgeted average monthly sales should be $250‚000. This is calculated by dividing the $3‚000‚000 in sales by 12 months. Unfortunately the actual average monthly sales turned out to be $ 165‚000. Another reason that results were so poor is because they were in a normal seasonal downturn. Furthermore‚ during this period‚ fixed
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1. Activity Based Costing benefits businesses that are more complex in nature. In this case‚ Greetings. INC has added a new product line‚ Wall Decor‚ which permits them to grow without expanding their physical stores; however‚ they have significantly raised their overhead costs by multiplying their cost drivers. Not to mention the fact that they have incorporated a largely automated system into their product line‚ which we know calls for an ABC system. The main reason to move to ABC though‚ would
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Team-Based Incentives: Not Your Usual Office Wilfredo Gonzalez University of the Incarnate Word Abstract Done-Deal Paper‚ Inc. operates throughout central Pennsylvania with offices in Scranton‚ Harrisburg‚ and Altoona. Providing paper and paper needs to most of Central Pennsylvania‚ Done-Deal is one of the top two competitors in the area. In January 2012 an office manager‚ Michael Carell‚ convinced the CEO‚ Jerry Zucker‚ to change incentives for sales representatives. There were 20 sales representatives
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CASE STUDY: ADVENTURE IN THE AIR – THE WORLD OF AIR SPORTS Man has only conquered the air in the past three centuries‚ and particularly the last hundred years‚ but it has already become a well established milieu for adventure tourism. Exhibit 1 illustrates the main elements of the modern air sports field. Exhibit 1: The main air sports Most of these forms of air sport have only really developed in the past two or three decades‚ with growing numbers of people becoming active participants
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obligations. This paper will look at the case study Eat at My Restaurant – Cash Flow (Gibson‚ 2013) and will analyze the difference between net cash provided by operating activities and net income and determine which a better indicator of long-term profitability is. It will then provide an analysis of the cash flow ratios for each of the firms contained in the case study. Finally‚ this paper will conclude with a determination of if one of the companies in the case study has a cash flow problem. Net
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Case 10-2: Philip Morris International Background Philip Morris International is the leading international tobacco company. PMI owns a total of 56 manufacturing sites‚ over 78‚000 employees around the world‚ and product availability over 180 countries. PMI holds an estimated of 28.1% international market shares‚ where US and China accounts for 12.1% of their total market shares. They are the largest company in 13 markets. They are the current owner of top international tobacco brands around
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Case 2. Healthy Foods‚ Inc. Healthy Foods‚ Inc. situation is a tough one. Profits‚ along with morale‚ are down. They have just recently broken off from their parent company and gotten a new president. Some of the policies and business practices they have in place aren’t working for them anymore. Healthy Foods has a line-forcing policy‚ which requires that any store wanting to carry its brand name must be willing to carry most of the 65 items in the Healthy Foods line. This policy‚ along
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Memorandum To: John J. Morris‚ Department of Accounting From: Group #1 (Anthony Smith‚ Jessica Kolb‚ Jeffrey Brownlee‚ Caleb Dykes) Date: 4/11/13 Subject: ACCTG 642: Case 10-1‚ SolvGen Inc. Statement of Relevant Facts Direct Drugs Inc. (Direct) has created a plan for the acquisition of SolvGen Inc. (SolvGen)‚ which is a publicly owned company. Direct has engaged an audit team to review agreement and procedures dealing with two separate material agreements. The first agreement is a
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10 CASE Nucor Corporation: Competing Against Low-Cost Steel Imports ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS 1. What are the primary competitive forces impacting U.S. steel producers in general and the producers like Nucor that make new steel products via recycling scrap steel in particular? Please do a five-forces analysis to support your answer. 2. What driving forces do you see at work in this industry? Are they likely to impact the industry’s competitive structure favorably or unfavorably? 3. How attractive
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Week 10: Case Study: Promotional Novelties‚ p. 549 Write a 1-2 page paper answering the two questions (explain your answers) in the following case study: Promotional Novelties (below and on p. 549 in your textbook). Your paper does not need to be in APA format; however‚ if you choose to use any outside sources‚ references and/or citations‚ APA format would need to be included. Review the scoring rubric below for further details regarding how your paper will be graded. When you’re finished please
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