This means that they could adopt a computerised accounting system to deal with financial transactions and many staff can help them do this these transactions. Computerised Accounting system can benefit them because they can do all their calculations in the computer which helps them to do their work quickly. Rumble is a small business so they will have less staff. On the other hand If Rumble did not have many staffs this means they won’t need to adopt a computerised accounting system because it is too expensive and also manual accounting system could help them instead if they had less staff. In this case Manual accounting system is easier for them to handle with their calculations through sales day book, petty cashbook and cashbook.
This means that the TNC can pay workers less, not worry about providing good working conditions. All of these factors greatly benefit TNCs because they can produce their products or components for a fraction of a price that they would have to pay in their country of origin. Another thing that has enabled companies to spread out over the globe is the fact that global communications and travel has improved. Emails make it much easier to communicate with colleagues in other countries and not have to worry about time differences. Satellite links have allowed people to have video meetings even if the people taking part are miles apart.
The company needs to improve their financial performance by controlling cost to increase their profit margin. Costco’s total asset turnover has stayed relatively the same from 1999 to 2008. The average total asset turnover in that time period was 3.40 compared to the industry average of 2.85. Compared to the industry Costco has a moderately high total asset turn over. This means that Costco is doing a very efficient job in using its assets in creating sales.
Outsourcing brings proven benefits in the form of economic leveraging, increase in the quality of products and it provides a number of opportunities to less developed countries. For example in recent times, Americans are overwhelmingly supporting the major retail stores like Wal-Mart, Target and K-Mart. The reason behind this consumer loyalty is that it has become much easier to shop at these locations rather than the local mom and pop stores located on the corner of most neighborhoods. The benefit is that you can purchase everything on your shopping list from one location, saving you time, money and gasoline. In a highly competitive business world, on a firm’s priority list is the subject of increasing profit and reducing cost.
Selling latest item on their site would get more customer, by getting more customers this will help Amazon business to gain better shopping place for customers. However Amazon get loads of customer’s everyday purchasing item from their website, this is because their products are very low cost which customers be happy to buy from them. They also give offers to customers who buys their items regular from their website, by giving offers like vouchers or free delivery on next order this would keep the buyers happy so they could shop more often on their site Amazons website is very masculine this is because the website has been using black and white colours with the normal fonts, but few days ago it was Halloween therefore they have made it look very attractive for the customers to shop on their website for Halloween styles clothing for kids and family as they have loads of Halloween products in stock they have putted all the items on low cost so they could get more customers shopping on their site. Because of Halloween they have designed the website homepage with all the top popular item that customers would be interested most they have done this so the
Through the Internet Bury can use his patent to hold the market share by appealing to demand from people who want digital readers with ease of access, and at a fair cost. Bury can expand his market from leisure consumer reading to business and educational titles. Bury found an article from "a reputable source that suggests customers of digital and audio books are relatively affluent, there household incomes are above average, and acceptance of digital reading for pleasure is lagging behind acceptance of digital reading for business" (University of Phoenix, 2012). Through the understanding of the market structure Bury can begin to consider ideas for generating
The penetration price strategy also favors Wal-Mart’s business approach of low costs products and services. Wal-Mart customers’ expectations are quality products and services at a price that is marginally lower than the competition. The penetration strategy can significantly increase the lifetime value of customers, because they are “hooked” with the outstanding initial service offering. This approach also provides Wal-Mart with the additional business to remain in the maturity phase of the product life
The more scooters the dealership sells, the lower their cost to purchase the merchandise. One advantage of such an incentive is the building of a partnership between Company S and the dealership. The disadvantage is the increased cost to the Company. 2. Increased Profit Opportunities Company S will also increase dealership motivation by providing additional profit opportunities.
Group Case: Dell's Working Capital Fundamentals of Managerial Finance 1) How was Dell's working capital policy a competitive advantage? Dell Computer Corporation in the mid-90s was using a just in time order fulfillment system and accurate forecasting to reduce its inventories to the lowest possible levels in the highly competitive PC market where profit margins are very small. This working capital policy allowed Dell to achieve higher levels of liquidity and inventory turnover than its competitors. As a result Dell was able to have a quicker response than its competitors every time the computer industry released new microprocessors and operating systems which proved to be key in obtaining a privileged competitive advantage over major PC manufacturers of the time, such as Apple, IBM, and Compaq. 2) How did Dell fund its 54% growth in 1996?
The Internet brought everyone right next door. So use this new and rich source to bring in more clients and spring board McBride Financial to the top of the charts.” The internet has transformed business marketing. No matter what you do, the internet is likely to be at the heart of your marketing strategy." (Atom Content Marketing, 2014) Research One the first area to start in would be research, to see which direction McBride want to go in. We would need to understand the company's weakness and strength.