Frost‚ GKE1 Task 1 Page 1 GKE Task 1 Part A: Over the centuries there have been many different environmental and geographical factors that have shaped the development of the United States. Two of these factors that I feel are extremely significant to this development are the Irish Potato Famine and the discovery of gold in California. The Irish Potato Famine began in Ireland in September 1845. The famine was caused by an airborne fungus‚ phytophthora infetans‚ which attacks the leaves of the
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Risk Management Problem Set II Risk Management Problem Set II 17-1 (Spot exchange rates) An American Business needs to pay (a) 10‚000 Canadian dollars‚ (b) 2 million yen and (c) 50‚000 Swiss francs to business abroad. What are the dollar payments to the respective countries? A) 10‚000 ( Canadian $) x .8437 ( U.S. $/Canadian $) =$8‚437 B) 2‚000‚000 (Yen) x .004684 ($/Yen) = $9‚368 C) 50‚000 (Swiss franc) x .5139 ($/Swiss franc) = $25‚697. 17-2 (Spot exchange rates)
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How do JIT demand-based systems differ from forecast driven systems? JIT demand-based systems or as they are called (Just In Time) is a production strategy that strives to improve a business return on investment by reducing in-process inventory and associated by carrying costs. In other words it involves a production process that operates solely on customer demand. The reasoning for a JIT system is very simple it is used to highlight the system’s hidden cost of monitoring the inventory. It is
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1. You are the finance director of CR7‚ a US based manufacturer of luxury products. The CEO has just signed a large contract with ‘Hotel de Paris’ from Monaco for a large delivery of accessories‚ worth € 1 million. Both delivery and payment are due in 7 months from now. At the current exchange rate of about 1.25 $ per €‚ this contract is worth about $ 1.25 million. A: Next the cash flow (in $) of CR7 as a function of the $/€ exchange rate will be given. Based on a long position in € (unhedged)
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150 million barrels (Sundaram & Das‚ 2011). “Stack-and-roll” strategy There is no doubt that the market risk had involved under this circumstance. On one hand‚ if the market prices of the oil kept falling or did not rise substantially at that time‚ the firm could obtain the huge profits. On the other hand‚ MGRM’s fixed price forward delivery contracts exposed it to the risk of rising energy prices. Therefore‚ instead of traditional hedging strategies‚ the company hedged its market exposure
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promoters of civil engineering and building projects of the importance of adequate site investigation for the successful completion of their project. It indicates what a site investigation is likely to comprise‚ the important role of the promoter‚ and the risk to the project of undertaking an inappropriate or inadequate site investigation. The design of a structure which is economical and safe to construct‚ is durable and has low maintenance costs‚ depends upon an adequate understanding of the nature of
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Just-In-Time (JIT) Inventory for the Service Industry Just-In-Time (JIT): Just-in-time is an inventory strategy implemented to improve the return on investment of a business by reducing the carrying costs of in-process inventory. It emphasizes that production should create items that arrive when needed and neither earlier nor later. Quick communication of the consumption of old stock which triggers new stock to be ordered is key to JIT and inventory reduction. This saves warehouse space and costs
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Task 1: Marketing techniques P1: ‘Describe how marketing techniques are used to market products in two organisations’ Task 2: M1: ‘Compare marketing techniques used in marketing products in two organisations’ Task 3: D1: ‘Evaluate the effectiveness of the use of techniques used in marketing products in one organisation’ Marketing techniques are the strategies used in order to make the business a success‚ which involves the business meeting the right needs of their specific company‚ every
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Arvand Moaddab Martina Lenkova Risk Management The main purpose of risk management is to prevent‚ minimize and eliminate unacceptable risks. Risk management consists of analyzing‚ assessing‚ controlling and avoiding. In order to properly manage future events‚ an organization will typically use a combination of risk assumption‚ risk avoidance‚ and risk transfer. Risk management is essential any time an event manager analyzes and attempts to assess potential losses in an investment‚ and
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RAMP Risk Assessed Management Plan Principal activity to be conducted on the premises. The SAMPLE Restaurant is a food and beverage business located AT SAMPLE RESTAURANT ADDRESS The premises comprises the Restaurant‚ serving lunch and dinner from Tuesday to Sunday‚ and a private room which is used for small functions. (amend as required) The main revenue source for the SAMPLE RESTAURANT business is derived from the Restaurant and the restaurant has a CERTAIN STYLE whilst being positioned in the
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