MAC II Dakota Office Products Q1) Why was Dakota’s existing pricing system inadequate for its current operating environment? The existing policies being followed by Dakota regarding Accounts receivables are a major issue‚ which is affecting its payment of working capital line of credit (@10%). Customer A pays its bill within 30 days‚ whereas B takes up 90 days or more. Dakota can achieve sufficient liquidity‚ if it tightens its credit policy. | | | | | 2) Develop an activity
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INCREAS PROFITABILITY OF BRANCH profit center Definition A business unit or department which is treated as a distinct entity enabling revenues and expenses to be determined so that profitability can be measured. Distinctly identifiable department or unit that contributes to the overall financial results of a firm. Where adequate cost accounting systems are in place‚ profit centers are given responsibility to target certain percentages of the total revenue and are given adequate authority
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do. There are usually a small amount of large firms and they usually control the market. Competitive firms will use the firms marginal cost to produce the price. The price of the good must be lower than the cost to produce it. To maximize the profits is when the price is equal to the marginal cost of production. The competitive firm must be producing at the point where price equals marginal cost. In monopoly firms they cannot just set a high price for their good because the customers will completely
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Mulberry - Gross margins 2011 - Higher proportion of sales being made at full retail price throughout the year and because there was relatively little end of season stock for clearance compared to the previous year. 2010 – Dropped slightly form 60% to 59% because of price discounting within our retail business as we cleared surplus inventory during the first quarter 2009 - The proportion of retail sales to wholesale sales is increased‚ but due to the devaluation of sterling‚ the margins stay
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Dignity plc. Communication Analysis Content Company Information 2 Strategies and Beliefs 3 Part A: Investment Report 4 1. How is Dignity’s performance? （Income Statement Analysis） 4 1.2 Revenue Analysis 5 1.3 Operating Profitability Margin and Gross Margin 6 2.1.1 Liability Supports (Cash Cycle and Interest Cover Indication) 10 3. Shares Performance 11 3.1 EPS Analysis 12 3.2 How is the Dignity’s future: P/E and PEG 12 4. Conclusion and Suggestions 13 Introduction of Part B 14 5. Part
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Ch1: The Fundamentals of Managerial Economics * Managerial Economics is the application of microeconomic theory to business decision-making. Revenue‚ costs‚ and profits * Revenue(TR=total revenue) is gross inflow of money to firm from producing and selling a good * Costs = 2 kinds of production costs 1. Explicit costs: all costs requiring the firm to pay money to someone (out of pocket costs) 2. Implicit costs: the opportunity costs to the firm of using inputs it owns(land
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Gross National Happiness Question Two: GDP and HDI are at odds with GNH on the one level that highlights the immeasurable but important positives of life. As stated‚ GDP seeks to measure social welfare on the basis of economic prosperity in terms of the nation’s success (and thus‚ capacity) to produce goods/services. GNH on the other hand measures just that; the holistic approach to happiness‚ ie‚ mental well being independent of materialistic objects of prosperity. The problem therefore
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Profits With no Cash University Dr. Sep 10‚ 2014 Profits With no Cash It is regularly a common thing in business to make profits without having any cash due to several aspects of business. This is happening by the non-cash flow adjustments that are recorded as transactions while no cash flows are involved. It is possible to make business transactions without cash involvement. In credit transactions‚ cash is not usually transacted but the transactions are usually recorded therefore if
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Manufacturing companies should build smart products and provides smart services are to enjoy long-term profits. It is because any industrial manufacturer that has not awakened to the fact that it must become a service business is in serious peril today. Sadly‚ there are many such businesses—companies that still think of themselves as builders of things and that state their gross margins‚ operating profits‚ and other measures of success solely in terms of “the product.” But even their more enlightened competitors
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similarities in their market environment‚ we can include both CPs and bottlers in our definition of the soft drink industry. In 1993‚ CPs earned 29% pretax profits on their sales‚ while bottlers earned 9% profits on their sales‚ for a total industry profitability of 14% (Exhibit 1). This industry as a whole generates positive economic profits. Rivalry: Revenues are extremely concentrated in this industry‚ with Coke and Pepsi‚ together with their associated bottlers‚ commanding 73% of the case
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