Case Study: ‘Ocean Carriers’ By: Alyssa Linder Wenliang Zhang Xhangoli‚ Eva 1. Daily spot hire rates are determined according to supply and demand of the shipping capacity. According to the article‚ the supply of ships available equals the number of ships currently in the fleet plus any new ships added‚ minus any scrapings and sinking. According to Exhibit 2‚ there are a limited number of ships older than 24 years which are likely to be scraped. For those ships under the age group
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budgeting processes. First of all‚ planning and budgeting processes have to enhance management control. Derived from the case‚ we think corporate managers have too much control on the targets. General managers give corporate managers an estimate of the targets they can achieve but in all the divisions‚ targets were adjusted. The CEO always has the last call on the targets and in the case of Sealtron we see that this isn’t good. No one believes Sealtron can achieve a PBT of 1milion $ and still the CEO wants
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QAUNTITATIVE TECHNIQUES SOLUTION FOR THE CASE CUTTING CAFETERIA COSTS LPP MODEL FOR CAFETERIA COST CUTTING Objective: To reduce the purchase of potato and green beans‚ so as to meet the conditions of the various constraints to achieve the goal of minimizing the purchase cost. Constraint conditions: Potatoes Green Beans Protein 1.5 g per 100 g → 1.5% 2 g per 100 g → 2% Iron 0.3 mg per 100 g → 0.3% 1.2 mg per 100 g → 1.2% Vitamin C 12 mg per 100 g → 12% 10 mg per 100 g → 10%
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Explain New 5-6 Use of capital projects funds Explain 5-4 revised 5-7 Encumbrances Explain Same 5-8 Construction work in progress Explain New 5-9 Multiple capital projects Explain Same 5-10 Special assessment capital projects Explain New Cases: 5-1 Modified approach for infrastructure assets Evaluate‚ write 5-2 5-2 Options for financing public infrastructure Evaluate‚ explain New 5-3 Political versus economic factors in financing capital improvements Evaluate‚ explain 5-1 retitled
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Case Study: Hill County Snack Food Co. 1.1 How much business risk does Hill County face? Hill County operates in a very competitive market where new potential entrants can be a threat to its operation either through lower price offering or lower production cost. Competition from peer companies has significant effect on its operation‚ because Hill County is price taker in the market‚ that is‚ increase in prices is not one of the choices it can implement. Also‚ due to the fact that its profitability
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third biggest vertically integrated oil and Gas Company. In 2005‚ TNK –BP became the second largest oil producer in the Russian market with an average of 1.58 million barrels of oil produced per day. TNK –BP maintained production growth above the industry average through the consistent application of world class technology‚ a continuing renewal and reserve replacement in excess of production. The company was moved into Russia’s gas sector by an agreement on major terms of cooperation with Gazprom
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goals and objectives‚ and the strategies – manufacturing‚ marketing‚ and financial – it has employed to pursue its goals and objectives. 1) Describe Hanson’s manufacturing‚ marketing‚ and financing strategies Brief Description about Hanson Hanson Industries is a company that was found in 1970 by its president‚ Alden B. Hanson. It was a small company that was privately held by few shareholders and selling skiing equipment as their major business operations. 1. Manufacturing Strategy In 1973‚ Hanson
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which Colfax products are excelled. The five major business units of Colfax were former leading independent and highly regarded pump companies from Germany‚ France‚ Sweden‚ Netherlands and the United States. 1. What problems Colfax faces in this case? In the year 2008‚ all the heavy industrial manufacturers faced an important business development issue across the world‚ one of them was Colfax. The reason behind the issue was the rapidly rising thirst for oil from markets like Asia‚ Middle East
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SRI SRI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES 2013-15 A FIELD REPORT ON MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS OF Submitted by: Group 7 Sameera Tamvada Aveek Raichoudhuri ABSTRACT Management information Systems (MIS)‚ sometimes referred to as Information Management and Systems‚ are the discipline covering the application of people‚ technologies‚ and procedures — collectively called information systems — to solving business problems
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FIFE SOLUTIONS LTD SECTION A: STARTING UP Fife Solutions Ltd‚ a firm of IT consultants was set up by Pradeep Sharma and Justyna Brown 10 years ago. It had always been their dream whist at University to set up their own business but immediately after graduating‚ they went their separate ways and gained experience in the IT field. A generous development grant from the government allowed them to pursue their dream and Fife Solutions was born. This new company allowed Justyna and Pradeep to play
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