From my evaluation of the information provided by Franklin Printers of Fort Lauderdale, FL their suggestion to have the sum of the simple cash flow from the investment be positive after a maximum of 5 years is a very extreme bid for Abcor to meet. In order for Abcor to meet their requirement Abcor will have to discount their machine from $12,000 to $6,000, which is a 50% discount. This will cause Abcor to only make $3,734 DCF (Figure 3.1) after 5 years, which isn’t a great profit for a company over 5 years. Looking at the break-even analysis graph(Figure 3.2) it seems this could be a solution, but the confirmation of this being a bad bid can be found in the Cash Flow vs Machine Cost graph (Figure 3.3), where we can see that the buyers DCF is constantly in the negative. This shows us that discounting the machine will not bring positive cash flows to the buying company.
Tanglewood losses approximately 50% of their sales associates due to turnover in a typical year because of this continuous recruitment is a must. Below is a recruitment guide for the position store associate. EXHIBIT 3.1 Recruitment Guide for Store Associate Position: Store Associate Reports to: Shift Leaders, Department Managers Qualifications: No specific qualifications required Relevant labor market: Pacific Northwest Timeline: Begins 7/18/2011 Continuous recruiting effort Staff members involved: V.P. Human Resource HR Managers Department Managers Shift Leaders Budget: Fixed costs | Media | Referrals | Kiosk | Job service | Agency | Cost of setup (per site) | $ 10,000.00 | $ 10,000.00 | $ 40,000.00 | $ 10,000.00 | $ 50,000 | | | | | | | Variable costs | | | | | | Materials cost per applicant | $ 10.00 | $ 10.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 5.00 | $ 10 | Processing cost per applicant | $ 30.00 | $ 30.00 | $ 30.00 | $ 15.00 | $ 30 | Additional pre-hire costs | $ 20.00 | $ 120.00 | $ 20.00 | $ - | $ 20.00 | Orientation and training | $ 2,000.00 | $ 2,000.00 | $ 2,000.00 | $ 1,000 | $ 1,000.00 | Ideal candidates for
Global Communications (GC), despite supplying new calling features to the industry has lost a large market share in recent years and its stock value has plummeted more than 50% in the last three years. This is due to strict competition which comes from sources both locally and across the globe, it is also do largely in part to the fact that cable companies have recently developed packages for customers that include all forms of communication such as phone and internet included with their basic cable service. These packages are popular with customers because they only have to deal with one bill instead of several and are less costly to the consumer. As Global Communications has continued to watch market share slip even further away and profitability continue to fall as well, the leaders of the company realized something needed to soon be done. Several of the company leaders soon devised a plan to expand globally and also cut deeper into the local markets by cutting costs.
You can either get a degree or not. The harder route would be not to get a degree and this is because only a small number of applicants get in without a degree of some sort. This is around 5% of applicants that get accepted without a degree. You also
With the current high operating cost (Operating costs: Revenue = 0.93) it is not a surprise that the EBIT is only 3.7% of total Revenues while Net income account only for 0.5%. We also did ratio analysis of Tottenham Hotspurs to further analyze its financial performance. • The Company has a Current Ratio of 0.75 and Acid Test Ratio of 0.73. Both these ratios are quite high implying that the company may have difficulties in meeting future obligations given that they have higher Current liabilities (£64.40 million) when
In period 3 & 4 the back-orders out-stand the production and in period 5 it equals it. The only advantage of this level plan is that in terms of human resource the moral of the work force should be at is best; as we hired 3 workers and did not laid off anyone. However the Chase plan is much better suited to handle such a task. As shown below the Chase plan has a lower total cost as opposed to the Level plan. Level plan: Total Costs | | $334,200 | Production | 2250 | 2250 | 2250 | 2250 | 2250 | 2250 | 2250 | 2250 | Cumulative Production | 2250 | 4500 | 6750 | 9000 | 11250 | 13500 | 15750 | 18000 | Inventory (Excess Units) | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 950 | 200 | Backorders (Units Short) | 0 | 800 | 3050 | 3800 | 2550 | 800 | 0 | 0 | Chase plan: Total Costs | | $316,000 | Production | 1800 | 3500 | 4500 | 3000 | 1000 | 500 | 500 | 3200 | Production | 2250 | 2250 | 2250 | 2250 | 2250 | 2250 | 2250 | 2250 | Cumulative Production | 2250 | 4500 | 6750 | 9000 | 11250 | 13500 | 15750 | 18000 | Inventory (Excess Units) | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 950 | 200 | Backorders (Units Short) | 0 | 800 | 3050 | 3800 | 2550 | 800 | 0 | 0 | As shown above the Chase plan adjusts the hours and number of employees working to match the demand; while the Level plan has a constant production.
Walter serves as merely one out of numerous individuals who view material possessions as the sole and authoritative factor in determining one’s success. According to a 2012 study from the San Francisco Federal Reserve, those who make less than $10,000 per year are 50 percent more likely to commit suicide than those making over $60,000 per year (Fairchild). However, there are still the millions of middle and lower class individuals all around the world who, though lacking in material gain, consider themselves to be successful. Their reasoning for this belief vary – family, loved ones, happiness, an enjoyable job, perhaps even the simplicity of their lifestyle – but their belief in having achieved success remains constant, even despite their
Properly trained technicians often can recover data. The process can be painstaking and delicate, and only a few are qualified to recover data. Those who are qualified usually charge high prices for their service, which customers are willing to pay. Fred earns a comfortable living as president of his own small data recovery company, Recoupabyte Confidential, Inc. Starting five years ago from a one-person operation, he now employs a team of six: three technicians for the service side, and three staff members for the business side.
(All the calculations in the charts were based on revenue potential and acquisition costs.) Comparingbetween the 2 options, it seemed that choosing affluent customers only would be easier to achievesince number of the required customers of breakeven point with a ROI of 5 million is smaller thanthat of choosing both middle class and affluent customers. Moreover, as customer base grew, profits of selecting affluent customers only were bigger than those of selecting both middle
While a good part of the House did not feel it was necessary to pay for such programs the majority of the House saw the importance it plays in every English speaking/non English speaking American and the opportunities it allows for in the future when it comes to communications. Around 500 political subdivisions in 31 states are forced to offer bilingual assistance after this vote came out with the majority supporting bilingual assistance. (Press, 2006) Of those 31 states only 5 must provide that assistance across the entire state. Those states being Alaska, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. In closing, the importance of bilingualism, from my point of view is evident in everyday life.