SciTronics had net fixed assets of $ 18,000 and sales of $ 244,000 in 2008. Its fixed asset turnover ratio in 2008 was 13.6 times, a deterioration from 16.3 times in 2005. Leverage Ratios: How soundly is the company financed? 1. SciTronics’
Decision Analysis, Task 1 Western Governor’s University JGT2 Task #1 Memorandum TO: Cynthia Crowninshield, VP and Alistair Wu, Plant Operating Director FROM: Gwen Loyd DATE: July 29, 2014 RE: Analysis of Production A. Workflow Improvement Recommendations The workflow analysis of Shuzworld Rugged Wear Work Boots has been completed and I have formulated recommendations to improve the current workflow processes. The Shanghai facility currently utilizes eight workstations for each task required to complete the boot assembly process. The decision analysis tool implemented was Assembly Line Balancing. Efficiency can be realized by combining tasks at various workstations. The workstations would then be reduced from 8 down to 5.
Case Study 1: Pillsbury Cookie Challenge Summary Refrigerated Baked Goods (RBG) in Canada branch performance were not quite satisfied over the past two years. Volume growth between 2004 and 2006 had been flat at 1%, Household penetration had fallen to 24% from previous years. As marketing manager of the RBG business, Guillen must propose a solution to repair Pillsbury refrigerated baked goods business performance. Since the refrigerated-cookie product line consisted of 62% of RBG’s unit sales and over 75% of the company’s profits, Guillen found it is necessary to change the segment in the Canadian market. Proposing this idea to GMCC, Guillen need to consider all the challenges he faces, and he need to discover a strategy to increase household penetration in the following years.
Synopsis: Toucon Collections, Inc. is an importer and distributor company with a history about 100 years. Now, its bargaining position has eroded and the gross margin slipped in recent years due to aggressive competitive bidding by others. And this case is about an opportunity for Toucon Collections to broaden their firm’s position through a contract with mass-merchandise store chain. The contract submitted by the chain stated that it would buy at 10% below Toucon’s existing prices, and that its initial purchase would be for no less than $750,000. And they estimated the purchases to be at least $4 million annually.
This process wastes hours with associated increase for errors. Through the implementation of the NetSuite with the ability to Data mine information, Kudler will be able to accurately display up-to-date accounting reports instantly. Additionally, by beginning the implementation with the parent facility, and then branch out to the other locations in a uniformed method, Kudler and NetSuite can work together to bring forth insightful analysis in real-time. NetSuite is scalable for faster growth, streamlined operations securing future improvement. With all these features, NetSuite can be custom fit to the exact needs of any Kudler store, and will grow with the company as it
This program will keep track of individual customers purchasing behaviors, which will allow Kudler to know how much of a certain product to stock. This could also determine manpower needs for certain days of the week. Just by increasing efficiency on these two topics will increase revenue by cutting out under or overstocking as well as overstaffing. This program may also increase the number of loyal
"Administrators need to see their groups performing beneficially, and making positive move towards attaining the group's targets". Short Term and Long Term Strategies of XYZ Company, INC XYZ Company must execute some short and long haul methodologies for its financial needs, and create the procedures for the organization to deal with its working capital. XYZ Company must begin increasing sales today. It must attain its objectives and targets. In the event that the sales increase, the organization will create additional working capital, and can undoubtedly accomplish its yearly objectives.
Bombardier I predict that Bombardier stock prices will increase. Some of the factors that will give an impact to the price are: new products, good customer services, supply and demand, and major deals with another major company. New products (Global 5000, Challenger 300 and Learjet 40)1 will cause an impact to stock prices, because producing new products will motivate citizens to buy their products. In current news, Deutsche Bahn has bought 42 new double deck coaches from Bombardier Transportation3. From this news, I can see their will be an increase of the company earnings, and also, the stock price might go up.
The price of honey, globally, has already been on a steady incline (Exhibit 2) and the shortage will further intensify this trend. Another issue UR is facing is that there is also an uneven relationship between the two companies. Harrington Honey is well aware of this and is using this to its advantage by not offering better choices to UR. Additionally, 80% of UR’s honey operations are tied to one major customer, and this customer has tough standards. As stated earlier, Unifine Richardson has approximately one month of honey inventory left and it has to make a decision based on the available options presented by Harrington Honey.
WANGUI MUTHAKA CASE ANALYSIS 2 “ROI for a Customer Relationship Management Initiative at GST” EBTM 740 Tuesday March, 10th 2015 This case attempts to assess Teradata, a data warehouse technology provider, proposed data mart consolidation program for GST which would improve the effectiveness of the marketing programs and also increase the retention of the quality customers. In addition to that, the company could also analyze the trends of different customer, changes in their tastes and also launch new policies regarding to the needs of the customers. As a result, this would increase the profits of the company and hence, its market share significantly. The CFO of GST, Mark Johnson and Vice President of marketing, Erica Kolks are concerned regarding the profitability of the proposed program. The management of the company has decided to introduce changes to the business processes.