Riverbend Telephone Company The Riverbend Telephone Company is experiencing growth and had previously tried outsourcing some of its installation work to handle the overflow above its capacity. This was unsatisfactory‚ and so to accommodate the new customers‚ RTC needs to obtain a new maintenance truck and crew. It is considering whether leasing or buying the new truck necessary to their operations is the preferable method of investment. Question 1& 2 Without considering financing the
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Summary Prestige Data Services is a subsidiary of Prestige Telephone Company‚ designed to perform data processing for the telephone company and also to sell computer services to other companies and organizations. The subsidiary started operations in 1995 and has yet to experience a profitable month and by the end of 1996 its income was low enough to necessitate a report to shareholders. Mrs. Bradley thinks the company just needs more time while Mr. Rowe feels it is time to reassess Prestige
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calculated as follows to demonstrate the financial impact to the Prestige Telephone: A To keep Prestige Data Service in operation‚ Prestige Telephone will incurre: Expense Lost of Subdiary Revenue Earned Space Corporate Service Total Expense $ 82‚000 21‚438 9‚240 15‚236 78‚962 Service fee paid to Prestige Data Service Net Loss in March Fee paid by Prestige Data Service B To close down Prestige Data Service‚ Prestige Telephone will incurre: Expense Sunk Cost Total Expense 178‚400 4‚560‚000 $ 4
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It is easy to say - “conserve water” and lately‚ everyone seems to be saying it! We had several NGOs disturbing us by distributing pamphlets about conserving water. Aiming that crumpled pamphlet to the waste basket‚ I used to wonder “Why are they wasting paper in the name of saving water?” After hearing NGOs blaming the government‚ I had resigned to the notion that “water conservation” is an issue that the government should take care of. It looked like the world is conspiring to make me feel guilty
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Case Analysis: Prestige Telephone Company Liam Hennessy‚ Xinyi Zhang‚ Yuan Chai‚ and Anthony Saba 1. Reasons for Continuing Losses Prestige Data Services’ main problem is that they have too many available hours that are not generating any revenue. In the first quarter of 2003‚ they have an average of 176 available hours per month of available hours. Its operations exact a huge amount of fixed costs to cover. If they could find more commercial customers for the available capacity‚ they could
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The Prestige Telephone Company 2- Assume that the total expenses are around the average of $ 231‚000. (By observing first three months’ results) If the total expenses are $ 231‚000 than the total revenue should be $ 231‚000 at the Break-Even Point. On the other hand if the company demand for service will be 205 hours ‚ which means company sales revenue will be $ 82‚000 (as the Public Service Commission’s restrictions says)‚ and the other revenues in the commercial sales assume that around
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Title: PRESTIGE TELEPHONE COMPANY: A CASE ANALYSIS Point of View: Management Consultant I. Issues and Concerns: ■ In 1999‚ the Public Service Commission encouraged all public utilities to: 1. seek new sources of revenues and profits since heading towards deregulation; and 2. To reduce the need for rate increases. ■ Prestige Telephone Co. realized that a centralized service that could plan‚ control‚ and account for its own
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Tri-State Company. Since he is the manager of the company his duties are to manage the day to day affairs of the company.He can make plans‚ decisions and policy to implement these plans. AT&T Company This is the Company in America known as American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Ithas a good market over US. This was the company who sent the shock waves throughout theindustry by its price scheme which affected Tri-State very badly. Customers and Elderly People They are the King of the company. They
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Prestige Telephone Company Scott Johnson‚ Nicole Phillips‚ Ashton Shuler‚ & Brandy Watts February 25th‚ 2014 Group Contributions Responded to all texts‚ discussion boards‚ and emails Participated in online chat and conference call Answered question 3 Provided the framework of how the case would be set up Suggested new ideas for later projects on how to discuss our topic Responded to all texts‚ discussion boards‚ and emails Participated in online chat and conference call Answered
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Qualities of a good telephone operator Punctuality – it is extremely important that an operator reports for duty at least five minutes before his/her shift. Personal hygiene and deportment – operators must be particularly careful that their mouths are free from odour. Hair should be properly groomed and finger nails well maintained. Accuracy – errors are usually caused by carelessness or misunderstanding. All this can be avoided by the exercise of reasonable care‚ particularly in putting
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