economic downturn that began in late 2000. In addition‚ they did not take into consideration that as a global company with operations in countries that are hugely different from the U.S they needed a more sophisticated way to think about risk and the cost of capital around the world. besides‚‚ with AES’s international expansions‚ the model of capital budgeting was not supposed to be exported to projects overseas‚ since the same model became increasingly strained with the expansions in brazil and Argentina
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An Introduction to Strategic Cost Management (SCM) Vance Chan Associates www.vancechan.com Introduction to SCM ©1998 Vance Chan Associates. Not to be reproduced without permission. 1 The challenge Rising costs are everyone’s concern… Introduction to SCM ©1998 Vance Chan Associates. Not to be reproduced without permission. 2 The challenge In today’s economy‚ most companies must make fundamental changes to cost structure while trying to maintain growth Slower revenue
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Procedure for Cost Control | | | Table of Contents 1. Purpose 2. General 3. Responsibilities 4. Procedure 5. Flowchart 6. References 7. Attachments 1. PurposeTo establish a system whereby developments which affect the costs of the project are timely reported‚ thereby allowing for corrective action when adverse trends are detected‚ and to inform about funding requirements for the execution of the project.To establish a procedure to control flow of information which affects
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President of Marketing for Dysk Compyer‚ Inc must decide whether to introduce a mid-priced 2 version of the firm’s DC6900 minicomputer product line-the DC6900-X minicomputer. The DC6900-X would sell for $ 3900‚ 3 with unit variable costs of $ 1‚800. Projections made by an independent marketing research firm indicate that the DC6900-X 4 would achieve a sales volume of 500‚000 units next year‚ in its first year of commercialization. One-half of the first year’s 5
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Factory Office 1‚500 500Rent Factory Office 5‚000 2‚500Commission to Salesman 1‚250Advertising 1‚250Income Tax 10‚000 Sales1‚89‚500Q1. Prepare the cost sheet Q 2 Prepare a cost sheet for the year ended March 31‚2009 Stock of finished goods ( April 1‚ 2008) 6‚000Stock of raw materials (April 1‚ 2008) 40‚000Work in Progress (April 1‚ 2008) 15‚000Purchase of raw Material 4‚75‚000Carriage inwards 12‚500Factory rent
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Super Bakery‚ Incorporated Costing Methods Super Bakery Incorporated (SBI) is a successful virtual corporation focused on supplying donuts and other baked goods to the institutional food market. SBI was founded in 1983 by former Pittsburgh Steelers’ running back Franco Harris. The management has used an outsourcing strategy‚ whereby‚ selling‚ manufacturing‚ warehousing‚ and shipping functions have been outsourced to strategic partners. The goal is to extract the maximum value-added from these
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Cost structures Starbucks How Starbucks minimizes the impact of coffee prices I believe there are two explanations for the "irrelevance" of coffee prices. 1. Purchase contracts 2. Hedging Purchase contracts Starbucks buys most of its co ffee from suppliers through fixed-price commitments. This means that it won’t feel the effect of short-term fluctuations in coffee prices‚ as the price and quantity are fixed. I estimate that these commitments typically last around a year. Hedging
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1) Executive Summary Marriott needs to calculate hurdle rates which will be used in its investment project selection. The company chooses to use cost of capital as its hurdle rate. Since the company has three business divisions and the cost of capital in each division varies and differs from that of Marriott as a whole‚ each division needs to have its own hurdle rate. The reason behind this practice is the company’s strategy which focuses on growth. Using a single hurdle rate for the whole company
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Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Self-Test Questions 1. The difference between the sales price and the total variable costs is the contribution margin. (D) 2. The breakeven volume in units (perfume sticks) for 2005 is TR-VC-FC=PBT MR=900000/1800 = 500 TR-VC-FC=0 VC/Q = 495000/1800 = 275 Q*MR - Q(VC/Q) = FC Q = _____FC_____ MR-VC/Q Q = 247500/(500 275) Q=1100 Therefore (B) 3. If sales volume is expected to be 2100 units with prices/costs same‚ after-tax net income is expected
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Chapter 24 Measuring the Cost of Living Introduction 1931 – Year of Great Depression in the USA. But in spite of this fact some people contrived to earn $80 000‚ it was famous baseball player Babe Ruth. Even the President Herberd Hoover had a lesser salary of $75 000. When Ruth was asked if he thought it was right that his salary was higher than President’s he replied that he had a better year. Year of 2007 describes a different picture. The average baseball player gets paid $4.8 million
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