FIN 485 – Brief Case #5 The Morrison Company December 5‚ 2013 Case Overview/Key Issues The Morrison Company is a manufacturer of Radio Frequency Identification Tags (RFID). These tags can be scanned from small distances away and are used to track items in the shipping and supply chain process. The Morrison Company provides RFIDs to companies in the Pharmaceutical and Retail industries. The company has seen a large increase in sales over the past year‚ which has forced production to increase as
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difficulties due in part to the fact that it was running two distinctly different production lines serving two quite different industries – pharmaceutical and retail. In addition‚ there are longer-range concerns about capacity constraints in the face of rapidly growing demand. 1. Identify and assess the operations problems occurring at The Morrison company. o Significant increases in sales and shortage of available raw material cause problems in the production process o There are inefficiencies
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Animal Testing for Pharmaceuticals: Ethical or Unethical? People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is a foundation that has been described as “by far the most successful radical organization in America” (Carlton). The keyword “radical” is a perfect adjective used to describe PETA. According to the co-founder and president‚ Ingrid Newkirk‚ they pursue total animal liberation from serving humans which clearly means no meat and dairy‚ but also means no medical research using animals. PETA
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1. Export Companies * International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated * Gardenia * Cebu Jewelpico Corporation 2. Products Offered by each Export Company International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated manufacturer and distributor of a diversified range of pioneering and innovative high quality pharmaceutical products like liniment‚ ointment‚ ethyl alcohol‚ personal care products such as papaya herbal soaps‚ germicidal soaps‚ whitening soaps‚ lotions and facial cleansers‚ facial creams‚ scar
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BMI View: Data released by the Turkish drugmakers association for 2013 sales corresponds with our own forecasts. We have also modified our pharmaceutical sales forecast for 2014 and beyond to reflect the volatile exchange rate situation. We now see Turkey’s lustre as an emerging pharmaceutical market regressing over the medium term. We believe that the business environment will continue to impede the industry and see very little scope for the central government to enact business-friendly reform in
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INTRODUCTION Performance evaluation of a company is usually related to how well a company can use its assets‚ share holder equity and liability‚ revenue and expenses. Financial ratio analysis is one of the best tools of performance evaluation of any company. In order to determine the financial position of the Square Pharmaceutical Limited and to make a judgment of how well is the efficiency of Square Pharmaceutical Limited‚ its operation and management and how well the company has been able to utilize its assets
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The Global Pharmaceutical Industry: Swallowing a Bitter Pill The case describes the evolution of the pharmaceutical industry and its strategic environment. Attention is drawn to environmental pressures from regulators and payers. Key forces driving the industry are discussed‚ including addressing unmet medical needs‚ the importance of innovation and time to market‚ and globalisation. The case illustrates how an increasingly hostile environment‚ combined with a decline in R&D productivity‚ led
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PHARMACEUTICAL PATENTING IN INDIA:PROBLEM OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO HEALTH TABLE OF CASES 1) Novartis AG v. Union of India‚ (2007) 4 MLJ 1153 2) Bayer Corporation & Others v. Cipla‚ UOI & others‚ 2009(41) PTC 643 (Del). INTRODUCTION A pharmaceutical drug‚ also referred to as medicine‚ is a chemical substance used in the medication or in the preparation of medication for treatment‚ cure‚ prevention or diagnosis of disease. The definition of the term drug includes articles intended for use in
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Production & Operations Management Case Study Analysis COMPANY BACKGROUND Set up in 2003 by CEO Jason Robbins. Idea behind setting up this company was the emerging supply chain management trends including the use of RFID technology to track pallets and cases of goods after they left the shipping dock en route to downstream supply chain positions. Morrison developed and manufactured RFID tags known as smart labels for retail and pharmaceutical industries. RFID Radio-frequency identification
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A New Era of Sustainability UN Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study 2010 A New Era of Sustainability CEO reflections on progress to date‚ challenges ahead and the impact of the journey toward a sustainable economy. Peter Lacy Tim Cooper Rob Hayward Lisa Neuberger June 2010 Contents Foreword ...........................................................................02 Introduction .....................................................................03 Acknowledgement of CEO participants
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