The Western Company is a public utility holding company which builds and helps to operate electric generating plants across the world. Western is facing increasing competition as the utility industry moves toward deregulation. In the past Western has relied on engineers to make key decisions in the area of capital budgeting selecting projects with the lowest present value of future costs. This is a continuation of the previous case in which the managers are now using the actual company projects to
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Case 19-3: Brisson Company Approach This problem takes the student through a complete cycle of transactions in a standard cost system in a simple setting. It shows how such a system works‚ including the development of variances‚ and ties cost accounting to the accounting cycle the student learned in Part 1 of the book. (Brisson’s system is the same as the one depicted in Illustration 19-2.) This seems to be a valuable exercise‚ especially in helping to minimize the omnipresent problems students
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Question Presented Can an insurance company be held liable for the insurance agent’s error? Short Answer Yes. Missouri does distinguish that in assured environments an insurance agent may be obligated to owe certain liabilities to its clients and also may be accountable for an inattentive breach of such liabilities. However in this situation‚ Davis inferred the lease as not to require coverage on the building. He was performing activities particular to his role as an insurance broker‚ not as a soliciting
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HISTORY In 1975‚ Tony Tan Caktiong and his family opened a Magnolia Ice Cream parlor in Cubao.. THE ORGANIZATION Jollibee Foods Corporation is the parent company of Jollibee‚ a fast-food restaurant chain based in the Philippines. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE JOLLIBEE LA UNION 3 Bryan G. Heruela RM (Restaurant Manager) or TQA (Total Quality Assurance) Joan Decena ARM 1 (Assistant Restaurant Manager 1) or PQM (Production Quality Manager) Vince Laraya ARM 2 (Assistant Restaurant
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series of events‚ Atomic Company has enjoyed a sharp increase in sales of their Tiger Pants line. The most obvious and immediate pains being felt by management is the inability to predict future sales and the high amount being paid out in sales commissions. While these are legitimate concerns‚ I believe deeper problems exist. The current sales structure divides independent sales representatives into different product lines and territories. This means that an Atomic Company retailer carrying four
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Northwestern Mutual is one of the top insurance companies listed on the Fortune 500 whose annual report is effective in showing the company’s value and mission‚ and in promoting its image. The company has been providing and will continue delivering beneficial insurance and financial products to its customers. By repeating select words in varying contexts‚ using powerful and illustrative photos of the company’s customers and employees‚ as well as applying easy-to-navigate and accessible design‚ Northwestern
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Introduction A brilliant company that produces a diverse range of a product is prone to run in to trouble if the processes are not well designed‚ inefficient quality measures prevail and decision making is more prone to ad hoc basis rather than a standardized process. Blitz Company‚ an organization distinguished for its capability to cater the diverse needs of their customers‚ not only on basis of design features but also lot size‚ has been facing a cumulative number of issues. To name a few‚ these
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XPO Logistics‚ Inc. (XPO) BRADLEY S. JACOBS is the Chief Executive Officer of XPO Logistics‚ Inc. A career CEO‚ he has led two public companies. United Rentals‚ Inc.‚ which he cofounded in 1997; and United Waste Systems‚ Inc.‚ founded in 1989. Mr. Jacobs served as Chairman and CEO of United Rentals for the company’s first six years‚ and as Executive Chairman for an additional four years. He served eight years as Chairman and CEO of United Waste Systems. Previously‚ Mr. Jacobs founded Hamilton Resources
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Nike has a 25-years publicly traded debt‚ which still has 20 years to maturity‚ so we calculate the YTM of this debt as 7.17%2. Another way to calculate the cost of debt is to use its rating and a typical default spread‚ since Nike is a rated company. Its rating in 2001 is A13
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to drop significantly. When a company has a favorable ratio‚ it indicates that company may have a good credit risk. A company that has other debt such as bank loans‚ the company is required to a maintain a debt-to-equity-ratio commonly known as a debt covenants (Wright‚ n.d.) An example of an off-balance sheet financing are operating leases. When a company has operating leases‚ the lessor will only keep the asset on the company’s balance sheet‚ whereas‚ the company leasing the asset is only responsible
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