Case 3C RUG BUG CORPORATION A. L. Young has come a long way with his latest invention‚ the Rug Bug‚ a motorized wheelchair made especially for children. His lightweight‚ relatively inexpensive model has no direct competition in a field dominated by companies that produce scaled-down versions of adult models that are inappropriate to the needs of children. A working prototype has been built‚ office space and manufacturing capacity contracted‚ and an initial sales force recruited. The only element
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the point of view of Mr. Ricardo Sarmiento‚ Vice President for Finance of First Farms Corporation (FFC for brevity). Mr. Sarmiento will present to the Board the financial performance and financial position of the company from 1993 to 1995. In the process‚ he will also make recommendations as to the feasibility of the proposed expansion. II. Case Context In 1995‚ FFC raised P1.1 billion from its initial public offering. P500 million of the proceeds was used as working capital (livestock inventories
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Rochester Manufacturing Corporation (RMC) is considering moving some of its production from traditionally numerically control machines to a flexible machining system (FMS). Its numerical control machines have Machine utilization‚ as near as it can be determine‚ and are about 10%. The machine tool sales persons and a consulting firm want to put the machines together in a FMS. They believe that a $3‚000‚000.00 expenditure on machinery and the transfer machines will handle about 30% of RMC s work. There
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be of equal or better quality than national brands. Product Selection is limited to 4‚000 items within a wide variety of categories. Costco does however include ancillary businesses to increase member alternatives. The loss of sales from customers who refuse to purchase large amounts is considered “Intelligent loss of sales.” Treasure-Hunt Merchandising consists of a constantly changing selection of 1‚000 luxury items on the floor enticing shoppers to spend more than they might otherwise by offering
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The Problem. The Zoëcon Corporation faces the following problems regarding their marketing strategy for their Strike ROACH ENDER product: • Should the Zoëcon Corporation expand the distribution to a 19 city area where 80 percent of roach control products are sold? • Should the Zoëcon Corporation focus their attention on the professional pest control market (Pest Control Operators (PCOs))? • Should the Zoëcon Corporation contact the makers of Raid‚ d-Con‚ or Black Flag for the purpose of including
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Regis Corporation Implementation Plan Kimberly Regis Corporation Implementation Plan The Regis Corporation has gone through a shake up within the last three years in regards to their top senior management and also sold one of their top brands to adjust to the current market conditions. “Regis also announced today a corporate organization restructuring that will improve the Company’s ability to adapt to the dynamic marketplace and the current economy” (Behind The Chair‚ 2011‚ para. 4)
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EXAMPLE OF STUDENT-WRITTEN STRATEGIC AUDIT (San Miguel Corporation and A. Soriano Corporation) I. CURRENT SITUATION A. Current Performance According to Soriano‚ the companies had developed their budgeting and long-range planning system several year earlier but‚ despite the many advantages these gave them‚ they still were not satisfied with their ability to respond to the rapid changes in the environment around them. They‚ therefor‚ search for a process that would enable
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Teletech Corporation 1996 Teletech Corporations has headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas‚ defined itself as a "provider of integrated information movement and management. The firm had two main business segments: The Telecommunication Services and the manufacture of computing and telecommunications equipment named‚ Product and Systems. Margareth Weston‚ a Teletech chief financial officer‚ learned of Yosarrian’s letter in January 1996. Margareth organized a team immediately of lawyers and finance
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1. On 1st Jan’ 1988 Megha corporation issued eight percent 50‚ 00‚000 bonds of Rs 100 each at Rs 103. Issue cost was 0.5% of the amount raised. On 1st Jan 2008‚ Five years before its maturity the firm wanted to call the bonds at Rs 108. The corporation spent Rs 80‚000 on reacquisition of bonds. What accounting entries would be passed in the books of Megha Corporation? 2. On 1st January 2009 Shweta corporation purchased 10‚00‚000 of its fully paid shares at Rs 22 per share. On 20th January 2009
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KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION CASE REPORT 1. Analyze the economic rationale of the Carborundum acquisition. Under what conditions an acquisition would be expected to add to shareholder value in general? Do any of these reasons apply to Carborundum acquisition? Prior to the consideration of Carborundum as an acquisition target‚ Kennecott‚ a copper company‚ pursued an acquisition of Peabody‚ a coal company‚ for $285 million in cash in 1968. There are two main rationales behind the acquisition of
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