Each of three vice presidents has rendered a separate and distinct strategic initiative, and they are “Introduce a new product”, “Increase promotion”, and “Raise prices and cut costs” respectively. However, only one of these alternatives can be implemented next year because of issue of management time. As a financial analyst, I will analyze quantitative and qualitative factors of the three alternatives and compare pros and cons among them. “Introduce a new product”
Stimulation Review Cost cutting measures are the first portion of the simulation. These measures are implemented by a company to improve profitability and reduce expenses. Cost cutting measures may include reducing employee pay, lay off of employees, downsizing to a smaller building, changing hours of service, or changing to a less expensive health insurance employee plan ("Investopedia", 2015). Gilbert Sanchez set a target for cost saving in the amount of 900,000 in the first year. The EHC will receive $2,300,000 from managed care companies and Medicare in three months, but the shortfall at the business must be resolved first.
When the sales are increased for his division, bonuses could be paid to the managers. Frank Campbell reviewed the purchase orders received from November and December. He wanted to determine if any shipments to the customers before December 31 may increase their sales. The alternative way to report sales was to increase sales by sending out two shipments to customers. Although the customers only needed the shipment the following year, this would be a way to exceed the targeted budget.
If a new business opens and has one or both of these products in stock, we would likely lose potential customers. If they follow a similar marketing plan, we could lose our client referrals to a business with more diverse products. We’ve seen tremendous growth this year, going from taking a $4000 loss in the first year, to a $30,000 profit this year. These risks are most likely not detrimental to our business, but could prevent a profit decrease due to
?? Step Six The greater decline of Profit Margin compared to Gross Profit Margin may have been caused of the increasing expenses over the years. Based on the analysis, Expenses has been increasing, thus reducing Profit. Another important aspect may have been because the Income Tax has been increasing, reducing the profit margin even more. Since Profit Margin are calculated using EBIT, Income Tax plays a great role to affecting the results.
If production is kept the same, the company is predicted to sell every unit produced which would avoid a stockpile of inventory and also safeguarding an extra 5,000,000 units in ending inventory in case sales go above 30,000,000. In the end, B.E. Company’s net income would increase by a substantial amount due to an increase in sales rather than an increase in ending
Explain your answers. a. If a firm in the industry wishes to increase total sales revenue (ignoring cost considerations), will it raise or lower its selling price? Why? The selling price would only increase because the absolute value of -2.5 is 2.5 which are greater than 1 meaning it is elastic and an increase in price leads to a reduction in total revenue.
A 6% increase in Electricity costs. 1. A 2.5% increase in material cost When the material costs increases, the affect will occur on the master budget. The 2.5 % increase on the material cost means we will be paying more; as a result the profit will be less, unless we increase the selling price, reduction of employees (redundancy), to cover the change. Here below are show the calculation of the change: Material cost is 50355.15 2.5% of 50355.15 = 50355.15x 2.5 = 1258.87 100 The new material cost is = 50355.15 + 1258.87 =
Financial Analysis- Task 5 A. 1. Some key points of the company’s financial picture that could impact the bank officer’s decision are as follows: while there is an increase in gross profits from year 12 to 13, there is a decrease from year 13 to 14, also while the payroll and executive compensations steadily increases from year 12 to 14, advertising basically decreases, and services and utilities continue to increase as well as expenses in general. The operating income also has a major decrease from year 12 to 14, which is not good for the company as it indicates what is available to the company before a few other items need to be paid, such as preferred stock dividends and income taxes, which needs to be increasing for the company, not
This greater demand leads to increases in both output and prices. The degree to which higher demand increases output and prices depend, in turn, on the state of the business cycle. If the economy is in recession, with unused productive capacity and unemployed workers, then increases in demand will lead mostly to more output without changing the price level. If the economy is at full employment, by contrast, a fiscal expansion will have more effect on prices and less impact on total output. According to the MPR, the unemployment rate was projected to continue to decline toward its longer-run normal level over the projection period (Monetary Policy Report,