Sorzal Distributors 2 Identification of the Strategic Issues and Problems Sorzal distributors is a nationally recognized importer and distributor of a wide variety of South American and African artifacts and a major provider of southwestern Indian authentic jewelry and pottery. Based in Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ the company is a well established organization that has built its reputation on customer satisfaction through the verification of every piece of artifacts it imports. Expansion of the company
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Case 10-5 Danle Corporation In November 2008‚ Danle Corporation，a public company engaging in the design‚ development‚ manufacture‚ and assembly of motors，was sued because of safety issue of parts it manufactured. Danle made no disclosure of the lawsuit in Form 10-K since it determined that the risk of potential loss was remote and no amount of potential damages could be reasonably estimated. In October 2009‚ Danle was served a second complaint for the same reason. Danle’s external counsel believed
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Nicole Wells MISM The Case Study Question Set: The following questions accompany the case and are both useful in helping the student think about WGD case study content and as a homework assignment due prior to an actual in-class discussion of the case. 1. Draw a system diagram showing the product and information flows between WGD and FastFit‚ starting with FastFit placement of an order through when it makes payment for goods received. This diagram will represent each company as a circle
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Decision Case 5-10 a). The CEO is mainly concerned with reporting the highest amount of income possible. Thus the CEO will be pleased if the company uses the FIFO method. This method recognizes as cost of goods sold the oldest costs‚ and because prices are rising‚ the costs charged to cost of goods sold will be less than if LIFO is used. b). It would be difficult to state absolutely which method is truly in the best interest of the stockholders‚ as FIFO results in lower COGS on the income report;
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pressure from the firm’s clients. However‚ the new offerings only account for a small percentage of Sorzal’s sales. 2. How would one define Sorzal’s Business? How might accepting the contract affect Sorzal’s Business definition? Sorzal’s is a distributor of primarily authentic items that sell at high value to a customer base‚ which is interested in the authenticity of the items. This differentiates them from their competitors because they have a reputation of selling unique‚ authentic pieces. To
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.................................... 4 Barrier #2: Confusing Checkout Process .............................................................. 5 Barrier #3: Customers Cannot Find the Store ....................................................... 7 Barrier #4: Customers Can’t Find Products .......................................................... 8 Barrier #5: Achieving Good Design ..................................................................... 8 Barrier #6: Unable to Sell Products Under the "Long
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Solutions – Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Financial Analysis Question 1. Which of the following types of firms do you expect to have particularly high or low asset turnover? Explain why. Supermarket—High asset turnover. Supermarkets tend to be high volume businesses. Many of the food products in supermarkets are perishable‚ and freshness is often used to differentiate products‚ forcing a certain amount of inventories turnover. The typical consumer buys groceries on a regular basis‚ guaranteeing grocery
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Week 5 HW Solutions 13-22 a. (2) b. (2) c. (1) d. (4) 13-23 a. (2) b. (3) c. (1) d. (3) * Discussion Questions and Problems 13-24 a. | b. | 1. TD of B 2. TD of B 3. AP 4. T of C 5. ST of T 6. AP 7. TD of B 8. T of C 9. TD of B 10. T of C 11. T of C | RecalculationDocumentationAnalytical proceduresDocumentationDocumentationAnalytical proceduresDocumentationInquiry and observation ConfirmationDocumentationInquiry
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Chapter 5 |Activity-Based Cost Systems |[pic] | QUESTIONS 5-1 Traditional volume-based cost allocation systems that use only drivers that vary directly with the volume of products produced—such as direct labor dollars‚ direct labor hours‚ or machine hours—are likely to systematically distort product costs because they break the link between the cause for the costs and the basis for assignment
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CASE REPORT #7	 GROUP 10 (按姓氏首字母排序) 黄昕 靳子仪 刘静 刘天娇 王小茜 2011/5/3 CASE REPORT #7： Southwest Airlines: Waging War in Philly Case Briefing： In May 2004‚ Southwest Airlines’ new line in Philadelphia began to operate‚ which triggered enormous commotion in the existing airline industry—especially US Airways. Southwest Airlines is famous for its low cost strategy‚ which goes against the industry’s conventional wisdom (See Form 1 below). Having persisted in its strategy‚ Southwest expended
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