BIRCH PAPER COMPANY CASE ANALYSIS Executive Summary Birch Paper Company is a medium sized‚ partly-integrated paper company. It produces white and craft papers and paperboard. It has four producing divisions and a timberland division – The Thompson division converts the paperboard output into corrugated box and prints and colors the outside surface of the box. The Northern division produces the paper box‚ while the Southern division supplies the corrugating medium and inner and outer liners. Timberland
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Birch Paper’s current transfer pricing policy and rewarding system as given‚ Mr. Kenton should accept the West Paper Company bid for $430. By accepting this bid‚ the Northern Division will incur in the lowest cost possible and be able to generate a higher mark-up when selling the product. Because the division will be rewarded based on its own profit‚ this is the best decision. The company currently has a competitive profile‚ in which the divisions are measured based on profit generated and are incentivized
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The Kardell paper mill was established at the turn of the century on the Cherokee River in southeastern Ontario by the Kardell family. By 1985‚ the Kardell Paper Co. had outgrown its original mill and had encompassed several facilities in different locations‚ generating total revenues of $1.7 billion per year. The original mill continued to function and was the firm’s largest profit center. The Kardell family no longer owned shares in the firm‚ which had become a publicly traded company whose shares
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Subject: Case Analysis- Fe’nix del Sur‚ LLC I. Problem Statement The company is evaluating whether to sign a contract to supply large amount of replicas to mass merchandiser in order to gain profits of $4 million in addition; also have the opportunity to expand company’s position by carrying wider lines of products. II. Industry Analysis Fe’nix del Sur is mainly competing in the industry offering authentic artifacts and replicas. The two main types of end-users are artifact
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Dimitri Sakellarides Case 18 Draft Bob Prescott‚ the comptroller for the Blue Ridge Mill‚ was weighing the pros and cons of adding a new-on site longwood woodyard. Two primary benefits for this new addition include eliminating the need to purchase shortwood from an outside supplier and creating an opportunity to sell shortwood on the open market. Also‚ the new woodward would reduce operating costs and increase revenues. Blue Ridge Mill currently purchases shortwood from the Shenandoah Mill‚ which
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President Birch Paper Company Although the current financial implications for Birch Paper Company are not substantial‚ as the contract in question is less than 5% of the volume in any division‚ it is imperative that Birch Company establishes and addresses its transfer price policies and procedures with each division. This will ensure that the divisions are not putting their objectives ahead of the Company’s and as a result‚ not maximizing the overall revenues and profits of Birch Paper Company. This report
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Purpose: The purpose of this memo is to explore the issues facing Hammermill Paper Company as the company seeks to communicate a new planning process to its five‚ relatively autonomous‚ operating divisions. Summary of Changes In an effort to improve the flow of planning information between Hammermill Paper’s corporate division and the operational divisions‚ a new planning procedure has been designed. This new procedure is to be a flexible‚ two-way process. The hope for the new planning and communication
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In 2009‚ Juan Martin Del Potro won an Olympic silver medal in a U.S Open games. The champion is eying on returning to Flushing Meadows on Tuesday. After receiving a wild invitation card‚ this will be his first time there in three years. Juan received his invitation card from the U.S Tennis Association. When wagering on Tennis‚ Online Tennis lines come in handy. With three operations performed on his left wrist‚ Juan missed two years of major tournaments. He then retuned in June to Grand Slam
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respected companies that sell pre Colombian artifacts. It started selling replicas in 2001.these replica are not authentic that only a fewer true collectors would recognize that these replicas were not authentic. The total sales of replicas is small ratio to total company’s revenue. The company doesn’t want to add replicas as a new product line. But due to the high demanding from their clients to add more product lines‚ the company start selling them as a secondary product. II. Case Problem:
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Fe’nix del Sur‚ LLC Case Analysis Jamil Caldwell Overview: Fe’nix del Sur is a limited liability company that sources and sells a wide variety of South American and African Artifacts. They originated as a trading post operation in the early 1990’s. They are also a major source of southwestern Indian authentic jewelry and pottery. Fe’nix del Sur‚ LLC has a full line of replicas of authentic artifacts they sell to gift buyers. Recently‚ the company was presented a contract that could potentially
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