CALIFORNIA SYSTEMS CORPORATION (CSC) Executive Summary: Since CSC has decided to broaden its reach by entering the personal computing industry and made a strategic decision to outsource the DVD drives due to the manufacturing costs involved‚ it needs to decide on the sourcing strategy and select a supplier which would optimize its cost over the long run and result in profits for the company. On the basis of the suppliers considered‚ an evaluation scorecard has been formed which would rate the
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CASE: MAKING NORWICH TOOLS LATHE INVESTMENT DECISIONS PAR T A: PAYBACK PERIOD years cash flows 0 1 2 3 4 5 (660‚000) 128‚000 182‚000 166‚000 168‚000 450‚000 PBPA LATHE A cumulative cash flows cash flows LATHE B cumulative cash flows 128‚000 310‚000 476‚000 644‚000 1‚094‚000 (360‚000) 88‚000 120‚000 96‚000 86‚000 207‚000 88‚000 208‚000 304‚000 390‚000 597‚000 4.04 PBPB 3.65 ACCEPTABILTY OF EACH PROJECT: Lathe A will be
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The central purpose of writing this Case Study Analyses on The Gap‚ Inc. is to identify and isolate key issues and their underlying implications and offer practical solutions and plans for implementing those solutions. This will be done by highlighting the social influences that influence the Gap‚ Inc. marketing strategy‚ segmentation strategies with respect to distinct retail markets‚ and positioning strategies that can be used or changed in a retail setting‚ as requested in the course assignment
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SureCut Shears Case Write-up The issues presented in this case are mainly due to incorrect assumptions about the market for sales in 1995 and the subsequent retail downturn that followed. More specifically‚ Mr. Fischer (CEO of SureCut Shears) assumed sales and demand in 1996 would be consistent with the prior year. However‚ as noted in the actual financial statements for 1996‚ inventories grew‚ reflecting that demand for its products was not as anticipated beforehand. In addition‚ sales declined
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line (replicas). This presents an issue for Toucon’s president‚ Andrew Smythe‚ as he is not sure if the company should dedicate such a large portion of the company’s product line toward replicas. Alternative Courses of Action An alternative solution might be to counter the contract and propose that Toucon will produce only double its production of replicas and sell the replicas at 15% below the current selling price‚ but the authentic artifacts will remain at 10% below existing prices. This
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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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has been using the Qualitative method rather than Quantitative method. 2. What is the importance of accurate forecasting for YFHC? Justify with case specific information and avoid general comments. (5 marks) (max.150 words) 3. What should be an appropriate forecasting horizon (duration)? Justify with one specific example connected to the case. (5 marks) (max. 150 words) 4. Please draw the graph of 4 years demand data and write down your observations (5 marks) (max.100 words for observations)
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Short Assignment 1 * What was the positioning challenge Apple faced? Competitors enter market * In 1981‚ IBM entered PC market used Microsoft’s DOS OS and microprocessor and will be Apple best rival for the start on 1981. Jobs forced out in 1985. * In 1985‚ Compaq and IBM do a research and development (R&D) and make move Apple into the mainstream by becoming low-cost producer and joint venture with IBM. This’s one of Apple failure moment and Apple Gross margin drop to 34%. *
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months. They would launch and run business for another six months until when they decide to either expand or not and continue to run business for six more months. At the end of 18 months‚ Bernard would definitely sell his interests. According to the case‚ Bernard’s value of original opportunity was $68.465K. Subtracted by the initial investment of $90K‚ the NPV was $21.535K. Thus‚ he planned to pass the opportunity. But his friends offered him alternatives which may generate positive outcomes to the
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ABC Inc. Case Study Brian Laningham University of Phoenix Comm/215 Claudia Browning June 22‚ 2010 ABC Inc. Case Study THESIS This case study is to determine the responsibilities of the campus recruiter in the hiring of new ABC Inc. employees’‚ and how it can be accomplished more effectively. INTRODUCTION Carl the recruitment officer for ABC Inc. has procrastinated and caused a scuttle two weeks
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