The company also felt the higher end jobs were being paid too little. The union agreed to lower the rates of the foundry janitors and increase the rates of the more skilled jobs. The company also agreed to “red circle” the current janitors at the Class 1 rate. To “red circle” means that the company would not lower the rate of the current foundry janitors. Move forward to 2006 where the company has abolished all foundry janitor jobs and outsourced the work.
To save any money it would be better to manufacture than buy. 2. The accountant decided to investigate the fixed costs to determine whether any incremental changes would occur if the subassembly were no longer manufactured. The accountant believes that Yoklic will eliminate $50,000 of fixed overhead if it accepts the proposal. Does this new information change the decision?
CalPERS vs. JC Penney Overview CalPERS investment program began on February 22, 2000 when they included JC Penney on their annual Focus List. CalPERS further exclaimed that due to declining sales and a deteriorating customer base they had lost confidence in Penney’s management. Subsequent to the release of their focus list JC Penney made numerous strategic decisions to revitalize and boost the value of the company. Penney forced their current CEO James Oesterreicher to retire. Next instead of promoting from within, they searched for new blood and hired former Barney’s CEO Allen Questrom.
How are your suggestion linked to improve customer satisfaction? In business literature, Delta had a primary capability on human relations by paying competitive wages, treating personnel equitably as it grew, and adopting a “no-layoff policy”. Things changed in the 1990’s for Delta though. Key business trends altered the competitive advantage, and the human resource strategy had to change too. After two straight years of financial losses in 1994, CEO Ron Allen rolled out a new strategy called “Leadership 7.5.” Allen targeted to reduce Delta’s cost per each available seat mile from more than 10 cents to 7.5 cents, which would match that of major competitor Southwest Airlines (Bryant, 1997).
A merger would best be used in this situation since it will help lower his taxable income and he can improve his operations and competitiveness. If he feels that the investment in new manufacturing equipment will help increase profits and can take on the extra liability, then he should buy Smithon. His debt –to-equity ratio will rise and may cause him to have a hard time getting money to finance his company. But with a two year loss he is keeping his taxable income down and may be able to show investors that things are going to turn around when all operations are working together and
Following the MBO the company moved away from the household paints market and towards the niche market of specialised paints as there is less competition and profit margins are higher. The shareholding of the company is as follows:Managing Director 25% shareholdingFinance Director 25% shareholdingSales Director 20% shareholdingProduction Director 15% shareholdingHRM Director 15% shareholdingThe Sales and Production directors have indicated that they would like to sell their shares and retire. In July 2 possible replacements were found who are thought to have the necessary skills.Chic Paints Ltd turnover is currently £120 million having steadily reduced from £200 million over the 6 years but profit margins are around 30% having risen in the same timeframe from 12%. Net assets are over £25 million and the company employs 350 staff.Who are the businesses major stakeholders (internal and external) and why?Stakeholders of the business would include internal and external parties who have an interest in the business.The major stakeholders of Chic Paints Ltd would include the following:• Shareholders - Would
With reference to extract one, assess the likely effect of a fall in the sterling exchange rate on the UK’s deficit in the trade of goods and services. (12 marks) A fall in the exchange rate of 25% means the pound becomes weaker, this means imports are more expensive, and exports are cheaper. As a result of this, this may mean a large increase in demand for exports and a considerable decrease in demand for imports, therefore decreasing the deficit of the balance of payments in the UK as predicted. However, if the goods we are importing and exporting are inelastic, meaning they have a less than proportional response to price, an increase in the price of imports, and a decrease in the price of exports may not have a great effect on the trade of goods and services and so therefore not improve on the deficit the UK holds. As stated in extract 1, it tells us that the goods we import are not made in the UK and so makes it impossible to replace the imports, therefore meaning that we still have to import goods, despite the high prices due to the low exchange rate of sterling.
The economy in which the read-mix industry operates may have a potential slowdown. Despite Alliance’s success and potential growth, the company is facing with a difficult decision to choose between renegotiating debt obligations, postponing long overdue capital improvement, or reducing the dividend payment to National. Being a ready-mix concrete company, Alliance’s obligation is to have their product deliver to the customers on time. However, the main issue of Alliance Concrete is the negligent to upgrade their old equipment which cost the company $2.6 million and two-week shutdown. Thus, Alliance needs to focus on improving operating efficiencies by investing in capital improvement.
Case 3.1 A day in the life of Brent Dorsey: Staff auditor Professional Pressures What alternatives are available to Brent in regards to the audit of Payables? What are the pros and cons of each alternative? According the case, Brent had several alternatives suggestions from his co-workers. One of them suggested that in the past years the audit of the payables had not been wrong and that they only had to pulled a few invoices, maybe this year they may be able to pull less invoices and that should help them meet the 35 hour requirement. In order to complete the audit in the budget Meagan suggested that they change the audit plan.
Also, a low profit margin decreases the price they proposed. For Union Stamping, a low indirect cost of manufacturing, benefit from high company productivity and management efficiency might be the key factor of low price. In conclusion to my cost analysis, I will give a recommendation of which price to take would be fair and reasonable to both Frich Turbo and the supplier, with consideration of their pros and cons. Then, I will explain the steps of implementing and ways of monitoring. ISSUE IDENTIFIED Mr. Fingold, from Frich Turbo Engine Company was in the process of purchasing a replacement valve.