The Home Depot 2008 Annual Report Dear Shareholders: In 2008‚ our retail sales declined by 7.8 percent‚ with comp sales down 8.7 percent. Our adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations declined 22 percent. In ordinary times‚ these would be very disappointing results. But 2008 was not an ordinary year. Despite the difficult economic environment‚ we continued to improve our retail business‚ through investing in our associates and our stores‚ rebuilding our supply chain and
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I am a Junior at the University of South Florida‚ majoring in chemical engineering‚ and seeking a challenging role internship with Treatt USA‚ Inc. My purpose is to improve manufacturing processes‚ reduce energy costs and ensure maximum product quality. My goals are aligned with those of Treatt. For example‚ offering profitable products to support our supply chains of local producers‚ farmers‚ and investors. Furthermore‚ to enhance the efficiency of the production process of oils and fragrances and
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Case Study Eastern Electronic‚ inc. Selecting a Program Manager The following Case study deals with a problematic situation within a company‚ named Eastern Electronic inc. Since the company developed a new BAT program‚ the need for a new Program Manager emerges. This case study will firstly illustrate the needed skills and properties the Program Manager Job requires. Afterwards‚ this paper will compare the skills and properties of the two perspective Job candidates and recommend a decision
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Introduction Optical Distortion‚ Inc. (ODI)‚ is a small‚ new company that has developed contact lenses designed to impair the vision of egg-producing farm chickens. This development came after an accidental discovery that partially blind chickens demonstrate more manageable and productive behaviors that are valuable to chicken farmers. Market Trends As within many industries‚ the poultry and egg production market has evolved dramatically in the last century— from small backyard barnyards to
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Doughtie’s Foods‚ Inc. William Nashwinter was appointed as a salesperson in the Doughtie’s foods inc. in the late 1970s. He was a young and ambitious man. His hard work soon promoted him to a general manager position in the Gravins Division of Doughtie’s. It was a large warehouse which wholesaled frozen food products to retail outlets. Nashwinter realized that managing a big wholesale was a difficult job and he started getting complains from the headquarters of his poor performances
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INTRODUCTION Toy World‚ Inc. was a manufacturer of plastics toys for children. Its product groups included toys cars‚ trucks‚ construction equipment‚ rockets‚ spaceships and satellites‚ musical instruments‚ animals‚ robots‚ and action figures. The products are a wide range of designs‚ colors‚ and sizes. This kind of business was a highly competitive business. Moreover‚ this industry was populated by a large number of companies‚ which were short on capital and management talent. Since capital
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Bridgewater Castings‚ Inc. This haevily disguised case is set in the “nature “woodstoves business in 1986. It is not based on The Vermont Castings Company. The issue is product line strategy based on product line profitability. In early 1986. Tim Morrissey was reviewing the disappointing 1985 results of oprations for his company ( see Exhibit 1). The business had been founded in 1938 by Tim’s grandfather as a modermization of an older iron forge company which Tim’s great- great –grandfather
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Sustainability of Apple Inc. Introduction Sustainability should mirror the culture of the organization‚ matching the organizations strategic approach to doing business. Organizations are now developing sustainability strategies and embedding them in the organizations culture. The organization understands that sustainability will play a major role in their future success/failure. Corporate Sustainability can be summed up using the Triple Bottom Line approach. The Triple bottom line theory is Financial
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Caterpillar Inc. was formed in 1925 when Holt Manufacturing Company and the C. L. Best Tractor Co. merged to form Caterpillar Tractor Co. These two companies were formed by Benjamin Holt and Daniel Best‚ thus the two founders of Caterpillar. Throughout their history‚ Caterpillar has continued to update and diversify their product lines to meet the demands of consumers. In 1931‚ the first Diesel Sixty Tractor rolled off the assembly line in East Peoria‚ Illinois‚ offering a new efficient source
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[Type text] [Type text] [Type text] FIRST INVESTMENTS‚ INC.: ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CARLOS VILLICANA THURSDAY OCTOBER 23RD‚ 2014 MACC 6753 - FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS DANA MCLENDON‚ MBA WEEK 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Basic Industries is a diversified multinational corporation with major shares in various electric related markets. There is stock that has been held since the early 1980s and we have been asked to analyze and evaluate the past 10 years of data to either sell or continue
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