1101IBA – Management Concepts Literature Review and Report Valve Case Study By Muhammad Rabani b. Shamsul Khairil s2834180 Semester 2‚ 2012 1 583 words Table of Content 1. Introduction 3 2. Problem Identification 3 3. Analysis 4 3.1 Vertical Organisation
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3. Why did Superior improve profitability during the period January 1 to June 30‚ 2005? How useful was the data in Exhibit 4 for the purpose of this analysis? As we know from the case‚ the Superior is implementing the standard cost system which was introduced in early 2005---“Next year’s standard costs were last year’s actual per unit costs adjusted for anticipated cost changes”. By looking at Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 4‚ we could compare the level of all the costs under the items. The applicable
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COMPANY : Valve Corporation THE BUSINESS THE COMPANY IS INTO : Valve Corporation‚ (also known as Valve Software or simply as Valve)‚ is an American video game development and digital distribution company based in Bellevue‚ Washington‚ United States. It is also well known for its social-distribution network steam; and for developing the Source engine‚ which has been used in every Valve game since its introduction in 2004. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY : Valve was founded
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W.B. “Bill” Flinder‚ the president of Flinder Valves and Controls Inc. (FVC)‚ and Tom Eliot‚ the Chairman and CEO of RSE International are currently in the midst of negotiating a merger of FVC and RSE. Both companies are aware of the benefits‚ but also remain apprehensive due to the risks of completing an acquisition in the struggling economy. Prior to 2008‚ the U.S. manufacturing industry had experience a decrease in consumer demand because of tighter borrowing standards and a weak housing sector
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Corporate Finance Juan Carlos Ganme Gerardo Fumagal Osvaldo Gallegos Cases: Marriott A and Flinder Valves Case Marriott A Questions to solve: 1. Why is Marriott’s CFO proposing the Project Chariot? To improve the financial performance of the firm‚ by re-structuring the company in two separating activities to distinguish those that require a large fixed assets (Real estates ownership) and those with relative low amount of assets
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Flinder Valves and Controls Inc. Acquisition BACKGROUND In early May 2008‚ talk began between president of Flinder Valves‚ Bill Flinder and Tom Eliot‚ chairman and CEO of RSE about a possible acquisition of Flinder Valves by RSE. The industrial manufacturing industry had taken a hit due to rough economic times and the acquisition made sense. Both leaders were very concerned about the challenges and risks of the deal. Flinder was a company that engineered and manufactured specialty valves and heat
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Yet‚ we created them from our wildest thoughts. To us a “Monster” is a valve that lets out the dark within us‚ a mask that allows to hide behind while we show our true intentions‚ and a menace portrayed from what we fear in real life. A “Monster” is a valve because it lets us release the dark and evil within us and for a moment it lets us act out the “Monsters” we imagine. The movie The Purge is a perfect example of a valve. The movie is about an alternate US where unemployment is at 1% and
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Fpv (p − F ) L 1 2 L2 ∆pm ax (1) = F p1 ∆pmax (2) =F 2 1 C v 2 ‚F L 2 FL1 > FL 2 pv pvc p2I p2II p2III p2IV HANDBOOK FOR CONTROL VALVE SIZING * PARCOL HANDBOOK FOR CONTROL VALVE SIZING CONTENTS NOMENCLATURE VALVE SIZING AND SELECTION 1 PROCESS DATA 2 VALVE SPECIFICATION 3 FLOW COEFFICIENT 3.1 KV coefficient 3.2 Cv coefficient 3.3 Standard test conditions 4 SIZING EQUATIONS 4.1 Sizing equations for incompressible fluids
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INTRODUCTION Valve software is a successful entertainment and software company with over 300 employees. Valve software wanted to create a working environment that empowered their employees and gave them the freedom to be creative. What they have achieved is a very successful company that operates on a ‘flat’ structure where there are no managers or supervisors to report to and all employees are equals. “The company tries to keep its structure flat to remove or reduce barriers between the employees
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Superior Manufacturing Company Analysis Key Points: Superior Manufacturing Company faced a huge risk from declining prices for its most successful product. The prices would most likely cause that product to become unprofitable. The two other products sold by Superior were already unprofitable‚ even at their current prices. The manufacturing strategy and cost system used by Superior does not clearly differentiate indirect costs associated with each factory. Indirect costs make up a significant
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