If the sales outlook for the coming three years was only 20,000,000 and B.E. continued producing at the rate of 30,000,000 units, a total of 10,000,000 units would be dumped into ending inventory at the end of each year once again reducing costs of goods sold and falsely increasing income. By the end of year 2013, B.E. Company would have 35,000,000 units sitting in ending inventory taking up space and costing money to store. Once again if the president’s bonus is based off of net income, this situation is the most favorable for a high paying bonus and encourages stockpiling inventory to inflate net income.
However, pensioners will be hit hard because the extra income they earn from saving will have dramatically reduced, making them worse off. On the other hand, savers may leave the pound for better interest rates in other countries (hot money), causing a fall in the demand for the pound. As a result the value of the pound will fall, making exports cheaper and there will be an injection of net exports. In conclusion, the impact of loose monetary policy will be beneficial to the economy because extra consumption and investment will cause AD to increase which will increase economic growth. However, it takes a long time for changes in interest rates to feed through to consumption and investment and by then the economy may have gotten worse.
Because the company is interested in increasing production at Shanghai from 1,300 units to 2,800 units, it is recommended that the distribution patter be altered. Instead, 1500 units should be sent from Shanghai to Warehouse 2. Shuzworld H should transfer 300 units to Warehouse 1, and 1,800 units to Warehouse 3, totaling 2100 units. Twenty-two hundread units should still be moved from Shuzworld F to Warehouse 1. Although the supply increased by 1,500 units, this revised distribution pattern would cost the company only $13,400.
,Sarah L. G January 6, 2013 Written Assignment #1 1. A) $1,000 with 5% interest after 10 years gives you $1,628. Therefore, you would gain $628 in interest. B) If the interest is withdrawn each year, a total of $500 would be earned because the $1,000 investment would earn $50 of simple interest each year. C) The answers are different because if the interest is left untouched, it makes the principal amount higher each year, giving more money after 10 years.
The 10 percent increase of private label bags led to some consumers switching to gas grilling and others moving to the Kingsford brand, increasing its market share. The downside of increasing prices was that if it held out on increasing prices another year they may be able to significantly cut into Royal Oak’s market share. The brand managers Smith Boyle and Warren should propose to moderately increase prices in accordance with the price elasticity studies. These price increases should remain slightly more than that of their competitors. They should be able to offset the
Another way to improve the company’s working capital is by reducing costly expenses. According to Competition Bikes’ Comparative Income Statement, the company spent $3,662,837 on operating expenses from year 6 to year 8. Most of the cost was incurred for general and admin expenses. By reducing the cost of executive compensation, the cost of utilities, administrative salaries, or a combination of the three, Competition Bikes’ working capital can be greatly increased. A2b.
International Trade ECO 372 University of Phoenix There are many contributing factors to the stabilization and prosperity of our global market. We, the United States, are living in a time of severe trade deficit, meaning that we are importing many more goods than we are exporting. While it is nice to be able to buy foreign products at a lower price, there is risk in doing so. When we purchase foreign goods over domestic at lower prices it forces our domestic companies to sell their goods at lower prices to remain competitive. These lower prices may lend to making enough profit to sustain the current workforce.
To achieve the company’s stated CSR objectives REI has instituted an employee commuting policy, climate-neutral travel framework, and improved shipping procedures based on the greenhouse emission metrics. As a result, while 2010 sales increased 14% from 2009, its total climate impact increased by less than 7.3%. The addition of four new stores and moving two locations to larger spaces, has allowed REI to decrease its energy consumption by 2.4%. Beyond energy efficiency initiatives, REI took additional steps to decrease waste and its total paper consumption. Although REI admits it still has a very high rate of paper usage, because of its direct mail campaigns and catalogs, the company has taken steps to optimize its catalogs, use electronic means of advertising such a mobile phone and internet and also increased the share of FSC-certified
Even though the acid-test ratio is less than 1 which rates in the lower third quartile in the industry of 1.6, 0.9 to 0.6, it indicates a concern with repaying current liabilities. This could be due to quick expansion of inventory with the intention of increasing sales. While this is currently considered a weakness and is concerning, a rise in the ratio should be seen by 2013 due to the increase of suggested sales. 3. I calculated an “inventory turnover ratio” which measures the number of times a company sells its inventory during a year.
Adding to that the lows median income (lowest among the 5 projects) can be among the reasons why Walmart has performed well with its low price policy. Brand Awareness impact: While the closes Target is 80 miles away from the project store, it can be assumed that Target brand dose not have a well-known brand awareness. It will take time and investment for Target to increase the brand awareness and also compete with established brand such as Walmart; all expected marketing investment on brand awareness would contribute to 25% sales increase in 5 years. Further comparison with other projects in