Diapers One morning‚ a Costco store in Los Angeles began running a little low on size-one and size-two Huggies. Crisis loomed. So what did Costco managers do? Nothing; They didn’t have to‚ thanks to a special arrangement with Kimberly-Clark Corp.‚ the company that makes the diapers. Under this deal‚ responsibility for replenishing stock falls on the manufacturer‚ not Costco. In return‚ the big retailer shares detailed information about individual stores’ sales. So‚ long before babies
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“Managerial decision making: an Anglo-Brazilian comparison”‚ in Warner‚ M Axelsson‚ R.‚ Cray‚ D.‚ Mallory‚ G.R. and Wilson‚ D.C. (1991)‚ “Decision style in British and Swedish organizations”‚ British Journal of Management‚ Vol Barney‚ J.B. (1991)‚ “Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage”‚ Journal of Management‚ Vol Bugra‚ A. (1994)‚ State and Business in Modern Turkey: A Comparative Study‚ State University of New York University Press‚ New York‚ NY. Carr‚ C. (2005)‚ “Are German‚ Japanese and Anglo-Saxon
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Article 32 TARGET COSTING FOR NEW-PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: PRODUCTLEVEL TARGET COSTING Robin Cooper and Regine Slagmulder Editors’ Note: This article is an updated synthesis of in-depth explorations contained in Target Costing and Value Engineering‚ by Robin Cooper and Regine Slagmulder (Portland‚ Oregon: Productivity Press‚ 1997). Part two of the series discusses product-level target costing; part three‚ to be featured in an upcoming issue‚ will address component-level target costing. tomers. Consequently
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DATE: December 7‚ 2012 TO: Polluter Corp. FROM: SUBJECT: Emissions Allowances Facts: Polluter Corp‚ has recently spent $3 million to purchase emission allowances‚ with a vintage year of 2012‚ in order to meet the need for additional EAs in the fiscal years 2010-2014. They will also need to sell EAs‚ with a vintage year of 2016‚ in order to offset the costs of the purchase. It is to my understanding that the need for EAs arose because of the significant amount of greenhouse gases emitted by
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Polluter Corp. (the “Company”)‚ an SEC registrant‚ operates three manufacturing facilities in the United States. The Company manufactures various household cleaning products at each facility‚ which are sold to retail customers. The U.S. government granted the Company emission allowances (“EAs”) of varying vintage years (i.e.‚ the years in which the allowance may be used) to be used between 2010 and 2030. Upon receipt of the EAs‚ the Company recorded the EAs as intangible assets with a cost basis
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systems with such destructive power that any aggressor knew that the retaliatory capability of the United States could and would inflict vast destruction. Hundreds of millions of dollars were committed to ideas concerning technology that had not been developed yet. Aerospace and defense contractors were growing without bounds‚ thanks to cost-plus-percentage-of-cost contract awards. Speed and technological capability were judged to be significantly more important than cost. To make matters worse‚
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product may contain different degree of spending on indirect or supporting resources‚ and high variety on product and consumer characteristics. As such‚ activity-based cost system is considered to be a more accurate costing of present resource that will enable Sippican to project its future resource demands more effectively. 2. Calculate the practical capacity and the capacity cost rates for each of Sippican’s resources: production and setup employees‚ machines‚ receiving and production control
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a substitute to animal blood while Hemopure is a substitute to human blood. The CEO need to identify the influence of the launch of Oxyglobin bring to Hemopure. If the company is launching Oxyglobin‚ the CEO need to decide the price‚ identify the target client‚ choose distributing method and consider the production capacity. The CEO need to take actions to minimize the negative effect and maximize the positive effect of launching. RECOMMENDATION The company should launch Oxyglobin as soon as possible
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WHAT IS IT? Target marketing is simply the practice of identifying and selling to your ideal customers. Many small business owners believe their offerings appeal to “everyone”‚ but the reality is any product or service only has a concentrated appeal to certain types of people. Even mass market products‚ like mobile phones‚ are each designed to target a certain segment of the market‚ whether it is social networking teenagers or busy businesspeople. A business’s market segments can be differentiated
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Target Corporation’s CEO Discusses Q4 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript Feb. 26‚ 2014 2:30 PM ET | About: TGT Operator Ladies and gentlemen‚ thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Target Corporation’s Fourth Quarter Earnings Release Conference Call. During the presentation‚ all participants will be in a listen-only mode. (Operator Instructions) As a reminder‚ this conference is being recorded Wednesday‚ February 26‚ 2014. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Gregg Steinhafel
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