In finance Ratio analysis is carried out to judge the liquidity of the organization. It helps the analysts to find if a company is capable enough to pay its liabilities. Moreover it also helps to show the operating efficiency and internal return of an organization. Keep in mind that the ratio is good or bad only if it is compared to the industry in which the organization is operating in. Some of the important ratios are: * Current Ratio * Asset Test Ratio * Return on Asset *
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5.2. Performance Analysis Factors The most widely used measures to assess the performance of diagnosis the disease systems is as follows. Table 7 shows the confusion matrix containing the information about actual and predicted classifications which is used to evaluate the performance metrics. The entries in the confusion matrix have the following meaning in the context of our study: tp (true positives) is the number of cases covered by the rule that have the class predicted by the rule. fp (false
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Company AFS FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE TRADING COMPANY (PTY) LTD Holistic over view of operating performance (Using a traffic light system to quickly highlight performance) 1. RONA - Return on Net Operating Assets 2010 18.4% 2009 21.2% Net Operating profit (Income Statement) Net Operating Assets (Balance Sheet) 135 735 84 396 Note: Net Operating Assets - take total net Assets‚ and add back cash‚ overdraft balances‚ tax and dividends. These are financing factors‚ and are not part of operations
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Factors when designing and implementing Material Handling system in FMS Introduction Material handling equipment selection is vital in the design of an effective and efficient flexible manufacturing system (Kulak*‚ 2005). There are many factors to consider when designing MHS system. A properly designated MHS would be able to decrease manufacturing lead times‚ increase efficiency of material flow‚ and improve facility utilization and increase productivity (Kulak*‚ 2005). According to (Sule‚ 1994
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In “Consider the Lobster‚” David Foster Wallace asks his readers to consider if eating lobsters or other animals is ethical. He describes how lobsters show a preference to not be boiled by their efforts to avoid or escape the pan. He argues that this preference is proof that the lobster suffers or feels pain. However‚ I can compose the same argument about plants. Grasses produce a chemical in distress right before they are cut from a lawnmower or attacked by insects. This shows that the grass has
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Price/Earnings Ratio Model (P/E) The P/E looks at the relationship between the stock price and the company’s earnings. The P/E is the most popular metric of stock analysis. A valuation ratio of a company’s current share price compared to its per-share earnings. For example‚ if a company is currently trading at $60 a share and earnings over the last 12 months were $2 per share‚ the P/E ratio for the stock would be 30 ($60/$2). The earnings multiplier can be computed as follows: P/E Ratio = Current Market
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Financial Statements Analysis Interpretation of Financial Ratios Financial statements analysis is the process of examining relationships among elements of the the company’s "accounting statements" or financial statements (balance sheet‚ income statement‚ statement of cash flow and the statement of retained earnings) and making comparisons with relevant information. Financial statements analysis is a valuable tool used by investors‚ creditors‚ financial analysts‚ owners‚ managers and others in their
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Spetz‚ J. (2002). Minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in acute care hospitals in California. Health Affairs‚ 21(5)‚ 53-64. Retrieved from http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/21/5/53.full.html In the article‚ Coffman‚ Seago‚ and Spetz (2002) questioned that mandating minimum nurse-to-patient ratios could eventually help to improve outcomes and conditions of both nurses and patients in acute care hospitals in California. They found that mandatory ratios could create opportunity costs that were
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Clemenceau‚ the Vampire Interpreting a cartoon How do I interpret this cartoon? ‘Clemenceau the Vampire’ From the German newspaper Kladderadatsch (July 1919) 1. Context – what was happening at the time? 2. Content – what is happening in the cartoon? 3. Comment – what is the meaning of the cartoon? Context – what was happening at the time? • Germany had just been defeated in WWI. • The Treaty of Versailles was signed in1919. • It had been written by the ‘Big Three’ and imposed on Germany
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