Solution to Case 1 Cash Flow Analysis Signal Cable Company* * Note to Instructors: When assigning this case‚ inform the students that the firm’s stock price has recently dropped from $7 per share to $5.50 per share. Case objective: The objective of this case is to cover financial statement analysis and cash flow analysis‚ with a particular emphasis on liquidity and net working capital. Student Preparation time: Approximately 2 hours. Answers to questions: 1. Why has the stock price fallen
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Case 1: Signal cable company 1. Why has the stock price fallen despite the fact that the net income has increased? Ans: The stock price for Signal Cable company could have fallen for a variety of reasons. Stock price is influenced by the performance of the company‚ investor expectations as well as general market/economic conditions. In the case of Signal‚ it is clear that the stock price fell despite an increase in the net income. This could be possibly because the
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Case 1: Signal Cable Company Introduction The Signal Cable Company‚ located in Tarrytown NY‚ is a cable manufacturer for analog and digital interconnects‚ speaker‚ video and home theater cables. The company is well known for “highest standard in quality and customer service” and their “superior design” and “No-Hype approach resulted in one of the best price/performance ratio in the industry” (www.signalcable.com). After a steady growth over the last few years‚ the management decided to enter
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MARKETING ANALYSIS Name: Pepple AnnabeL A marketing oriented company is one that provides for the needs and wants of customer and potiential customers to drive all the company’s strategic decisions. The companies in question should be able to be committed to creating customer value. To achieve meeting customer’s need and wants and most importantly having a suitable competitve adavantage‚a market research
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CASE Raynal‚ W. “Teaming with Enthusiasm.” Auto-Week‚ May 4‚ 1992. Royer‚ P. S. “Risk Management: The Undiscovered Dimension of Project Management.” PM Network‚ September 2000. An extended version of this article appears in Project Management Journal‚ March 2000. Sheffi‚ Y. The Resilient Enterprise. Cambridge‚ MA: MIT Press‚ 2005. Stamatis‚ D. H. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: FMEA from Theory to Execution‚ 2nd ed. ASQ Quality Press‚ 2003. Tennant‚ D. “PMO Failure: An Observation‚”
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CASE: Samyeong Cable Company The problem: Samyeong‚ as one of the major suppliers of Hyundai for control cables‚ they are pressured to make major changes in the area of cost‚ quality and‚ productivity which are Hyundai’s selection criteria. Courses of Action In order to meet Hyundai’s selection criteria‚ Samyeong must have a responsive supply chain which focus on innovative products and stable processes. This will utilize strategies aimed at being responsive and flexible to the rapid
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team might feel slighted as their opinions were not considered in this major decision‚ and it may affect their current strong feeling of value hat they have with the company. Essentially if feeling of value is affected then productivity will be affected‚ as Steve Cooper a contributor to Forbes points out studies show that companies that effectively appreciate employee value enjoy a return on equity & assets more than triple that experienced by firms that don’t. (Cooper‚ 2012) The advantage of such
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Oilwell Cable Company‚ originally known as Chord Cable Company out of New Jersey‚ has been acquired by new management and relocated in Lawrence‚ Kansas. Original manager behind this move was Gino Strappoli‚ who came up with a corporate structure that determined company’s success. His vision of the company was for everyone to have some responsibility‚ all the way down to the workers in production. One of the reasons behind this approach was that this was a continuous manufacturing process that involved
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Rogers Cable: First Time Right Program CASE STUDY ANSWER GUIDELINE A. Defining the Issue(s): -Eliminate the repeat effort currently required to successfully install and service customers during the 1st visit by Rogers Cable service technicians. B. Analyzing Case Data: (Option One) -1993 Canadian Telecommunication Act 1993 opened competition. -Cable companies have typically focused on growing rapidly. -Establishing a large subscriber base is key for pay-off to high investment cost
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