Benchmarking Thor Industries’ Inventory Management - Group 2 Teddy Dwork‚ Alexa Esquivel‚ Noelle Fennessy‚ Alec Madow‚ Marc Milgrim 1. Inventory Share of Total Assets Net Accts Rec. Share of Total Assets Gross Profit Percentage (GP/Sales) SG&A Percentage (SG&A/Sales) 2008 15.3% 14.7% 12.2% 6.7% 2007 16.0% 16.7% 12.7% 6.2% 2. 2008 5.8% 13.2% 20.2 25.3 2007 6.9% 17.6% 22.7 24.7 Return on Sales = EBIT/Revenue Return on Equity = NI/Inv Days Receivable = AR/(sales/365) Days Inventory= (Avg Inv/COGS)
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8705 Kleynhans‚ Wessel 1251 7755 Schoeman‚ Willie 1032 6065 Van Wieringen‚ Anton 1231 8388 Wohlfahrt‚ Andre 2255 3533 Chicken Run Class Group Assignment Lecturer: Prof. S. van der Merwe Due Date: 30 July 2011 Roxanne Quimby & “Burt’s Bees” By Bezuidenhout‚ P.J. 1224 6093 Botha‚ Desere 2250 2556 Buys‚ Johan 2049 8705 Kleynhans‚ Wessel 1251 7755 Schoeman‚ Willie 1032 6065 Van Wieringen‚ Anton 1231 8388 Wohlfahrt‚ Andre 2255 3533 Module:
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the consumer and the company. Taking steps to show that the company is honest‚ cares about product quality‚ considers the environment‚ and values customers’ opinions is beneficial and helps a business gain loyal customers. Being a brand that people know and trust is what will push customers into choosing that brand over competitors. Burt’s Bees Inc. Burt’s Bees began in Maine in 1984 and was created by a woman named Roxanne Quimbly and a beekeeper named Burt Shavitz. Burt’s Bees is a personal care
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integrity and loyalty equality fairness and empowerment respect for diversity focus on innovation and excellence. Table of content: Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………page 1 Community what it means to my company and what we do for them…………………………………page 2 Diversity- to assist disadvantage suppliers……………………………………………………………………………page 2 Environment-to recycle and be environmental friendly………………………………………………………..page 2 Ethics- code of conduct…………………………………………………………………………………………………………page
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affecting the bees. The two main reasons why bees are dying is because of human using harsh chemicals along with other environmental changes. These chemicals are weakening their immune system. Another reason is because of parasites. The parasites first take over the bee’s body. When the bees have their babies‚ the parasite goes into the honeycomb then starts to take over the colony mass producing the parasite‚ and eventually taking over the colony meaning all the bees would die. According to Bees Vanish
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What would happen if the bees die Something terrible is happening to bees. Hundreds of millions of them are either vanishing or dropping dead. Beekeepers are tearing their hives out in frustration. [pic] Look how cute these things are?! Fingers are pointing at a number of contributing factors. Relatively new pesticides designed to impregnate the seeds of crops before they have grown could be a potential problem. Climate change has been isolated as a likely cause (though to be fair climate change
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$9 billion of agriculture is pollinated by bees annually (Karimi). Bees pollinate many plants around the world‚ some of these plants grow fruit‚ nuts‚ and vegetables. The pollination process happens when bees transfer pollen from one plant to another so that the plants can make seeds and reproduce. Bee populations are rapidly declining. There are threats against the bee colonies which are causing a decrease in the population‚ including : pesticides‚ habit loss‚ wildfires‚ and monoculture. Some
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(“Sue Monk Kidd”). The Secret Life of Bees started off as a short story written after Kidd went back to college. It was published in the University of Tulsa’s Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry. The short stories received awards like the Katherine Anne Porter Prize and were in the 1994 edition of Best American Short Stories‚ (“Sue Monk Kidd”). “The short story’s success prompted Kidd to expand the work into her first novel. The Secret Life of Bees became a bestseller and won the SEBA
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her bed‚ Lily waits for the return of the bees that have begun to live in the walls of her bedroom. The year is 1964; Lily is about to turn fourteen. She lives alone with her father‚ Terrance Ray‚ and their black housekeeper and nanny‚ Rosaleen. Lily can’t bring herself to call her cruel‚ confused father “Daddy‚” so she calls him T. Ray instead. Rosaleen warns her to watch out‚ because “bees swarm before death.” Lily insists on telling T. Ray about the bees‚ so she wakes him up‚ even though she suspects
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full title · The Secret Life of Bees author · Sue Monk Kidd type of work · Novel genre · Bildungsroman (coming-of-age novel) language · English time and place written · 1997–2001‚ near Charleston‚ South Carolina date of first publication · 2002 publisher · Viking Penguin narrator · Fourteen-year-old Lily narrates the novel in retrospect‚ from the house where she now lives with the Boatwright sisters. point of view · Lily narrates the novel in the first-person‚ describing the events she experiences
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