from the standpoint of the lite product project? The opportunity cost would be “free‚” or costless‚ but the number of units produced would decline with fixed costs remaining the same‚ technically creating a loss. 5. Should the erosion of profits from High Energy—Original sales be charged to the High Energy–Lite project? What if it were believed that if Tasty Foods did not introduce the lite product‚ a competing firm would develop a very similar lite product‚ so that High Energy—Original sales
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Forests and their Products 1. Managed forests are manmade forests‚ usually of one or two tree types and in which all the trees are the same age. Natural forests‚ which contains different tree species and of different ages. 2. 1. Draining the land and fencing 2. Planting of young trees 3. Tinning 4. Harvesting 5. Second rotation 6. Transportation 3. The trees are planted closely because as they grow their branches form a mat which excludes the light. This prevents the growth of branches
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TREETOP FOREST PRODUCTS Treetop Forest Products Inc. is a sawmill operation in Oregon that is owned by a major forest products company but operates independently of headquarters. It was built 30 years ago and completely updated with new machinery 5 years ago. Treetop receives raw logs from the area for cutting a:q.d planing into building-grade lumber‚ mostly 2by-4 and 2-by-6 pieces of standard lengths. Higher grade logs leave Treetop’s sawmill department in finished form and are sent directly to
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Question 12: Northrend Forest Products uses an incentive-based compensation plan for its upper management personnel. a. Do you see any obvious conceptual problems with the company’s compensation program? b. How would you expect the compensation plan to influence managers’ reaction to Betty’s recommendation? Would these reactions be good or bad from the standpoint of maximizing the price of NFP’s stock? c. What other options could NFP consider to reduce the division impact on compensation
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Facts‚ assumptions and problem identification Building-grade lumber industry is competitive and product being sold is not differential; only differentiation is due to product packaging and presentation. Product packaging is biggest factor when buyers are making a purchasing decision between buying from Treetop or competitors. Over the last 2 years‚ Treetop has declined in ratings for package of lumber products as a result lost customers to competitors . Treetop has six departments: boom‚ sawmill‚ planer
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Instructions: Treetop Forest Products Ltd is a sawmill operation in Oregon‚ USA‚ that is owned by major forest products company but operates independently of headquarters. It was built thirty years ago and was completely updated with new machinery five years ago. Treetop has one general manager‚ sixteen supervisors and support staff‚ and 180 unionised employees. The mill is divided into six operating departments: boom‚ sawmill‚ planer‚ packaging‚ shipping and maintenance. And packaging department
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Marketing is the anticipation‚ stimulation‚ facilitation‚ regulation and satisfaction of consumer and public’s demand for products‚ services‚ organizations‚ people‚ places‚ and ideas through the exchange process. 4. According to Philip Kotler‚ Marketing is a social and managerial process by which individuals and groups obtain what they need and want through creating and exchanging products and value with others. Generally‚ the definition of marketing can be grouped in to two: classical (narrow) definition
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(for 4) 3. Alternative development Bremmer has 3 alternatives: (1) Do nothing (=don’t submit bid)‚ (2) submit a bid for both jobs‚ and (3) submit a bid for one job only. 4. analysis Evaluation 1: Decide to bid or not Through this project Northern (1) could be established as one of the Canada’s most technically competent drilling contractors‚ achieve its growth strategy‚ (2) diversify its income sources and decrease its dependency on its biggest client (Noranda)‚ (3) strengthen its reputation
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and support animal right activist.” There are some organizations that participate in it such as ELF and ALF. ELF stands for the Earth Liberation Front. The most notorious action of ELF comprise of burning a ski resort‚ terminate the office of a forest product company and blow up the university labs. In January‚ The members of ELF blew up a building trailer parked at the university of Minnesota caused $40‚000 (Gassett‚ 2012). Moreover‚ ALF or Animal Liberation Front has been launched in order to prevent
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Temperate forests correspond to forest concentrations formed in the northern and southern hemisphere‚ or in temperate regions. Main characteristics include: wide leaves‚ large and tall trees and non seasonal vegetation. Temperate forests can be further distinguished by weatherpatterns and geographical features that favor the predominance of certain kinds of trees. In temperate coniferous forests‚ evergreen coniferspredominate‚ while in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests‚ a more even distribution
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