to make the following assumptions. First‚ we assumed a 92% service level taking into account the large percentage of canceled orders (up to 30%)‚ and allows for high customer retention. To estimate lead time we looked to the average lot size‚ and then compared it to average demand‚ which gave us a lead time 0.25/Month (1 week). Finally‚ we calculated R based on the monthly production cycle associated with the Steelworks factory. The above noted assumptions allowed us to estimate monthly expected
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Introduction A & B Restaurant originally started in Louisville‚ KY and actually was a restaurant that only served soup. Now in its third generation of family ownership‚ A & B Restaurant has twenty-eight locations across the country and now serves sandwiches as well for its customers. The restaurant is geared towards families‚ but we would like to create a menu that is more diverse to create a broader target market. The restaurant is currently open for lunch from 10am to 8pm. The
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Analysis 10. Startup Expenses & Capitalization 8. Appendices 9. References Executive Summary Description of business Overload Cafe and Laundromat is a new business due to begin operations in January 2009. The business is a Coffee shop and a Laundromat – a two in one service‚ intended to serve the community in Pietermaritzburg‚ in the new section of the Midlands Mall‚ an area where a laundromat will be ideally situated and needed for the area. Our goal is to provide customers with
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ABC Institute of Research has sensitive information that needs to be protected from its rivals. The Institute has collaborated with XYZ Inc. to research genetics. The information must be kept top secret at any cost. At ABC Institute‚ the researchers are unsure about the type of key (asymmetric or symmetric) to use. Please formulate a possible solution‚ and describe the advantages and disadvantages of any solution employed. The best type of key to use in this situation would be public-key cryptography
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M&M MEAT SHOPS—USING DEMOGRAPHICS TO DRIVE DECISIONS Known as the store with hundreds of meal ideas but only one aisle‚ M&M Meat Shops is Canada’s largest retail chain of specialty frozen foods with over 470 locations coast to coast. The demand for “ready-to-heat food” is increasing as more and more households are finding that they just don’t have time to make a home-cooked meal. This is an important demographic dimension for the company. The first M&M store opened in October1980. It was based
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In 2012‚ ABC Studios premiered the television series Perception‚ which ran until 2015. The series centers around Dr. Daniel Pierce (played by Eric McCormack)‚ a neuropsychiatrist and college professor who has schizophrenia. He assists a friend at the FBI and uses his symptoms from schizophrenia to solve cases. While this television series is a step in the right direction towards the inclusivity of mental illnesses‚ it is not perfect and overlooks some of the major effects of living with a psychotic
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Erick Solares Pd.4 ”Average Waves In Unprotected Waters” In the story the Average Waves In Unprotected Waters you see the setting contributes an enormous part to the story. You see this in many ways for example you see how Bets is struggling with Arnold. Also the story takes place around the 1930’s which is a huge role on the outcome of the story
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company from the Dow Industrials Average (there are 30 companies represented in the Dow Industrials) and perform a business analysis of the company and several financial analyses of the company to assess important factors that impact its viability as well as a comparison of the company to a competitor or an industry average. Part 1: This assignment is due to be handed in by the end of Week 2. The student will choose a dividend paying company from the Dow Industrials average to analyze. It helps if the
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The Industry Averages and Financial Ratios Cassandra Brown‚ Diana Smiley‚ Patricia Ramirez FIN/370 - FINANCE FOR BUSINESS 11/23/14 Michael Rodriguez The Industry Averages and Financial Ratios In today’s market business really look at what the others in their competitive market are doing to compare how they are doing as a business or corporation. They do this by evaluating the industry averages and the financial ratios. When corporations and financial advisors look at the industry
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1. For all the line items that are calculated as a percentage of sales‚ we used an average for the last three years as our base case assumptions. Our observations led us to use this average because the percentages were fairly consistent over the last three years. Since the company was not operating at full production capacity we concluded that the company could continue growing without incurring an increase in fixed costs. The dividends were unchanged over the period of observation. Since taxes are
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