JUST FOR FEET‚ INC. CASE STUDY QUESTIONS 1) Prepare common-sized balance sheets and income statements for Just for Feet for the period 1996-1998. Also compute key liquidity‚ solvency‚ activity‚ and profitability ratios for 1997-1998. Given these data‚ comment on what you believe were the high-risk financial statement items for the 1998 Just for Feet audit. 2) Just for Feet operated large‚ high-volume retail stores. Identify internal control risks common to such businesses. How should these
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CASE STUDY BUS 601 Alexa Smith STRENGTH WEAKNESSES TRAITS 4 new product lines Research and development skills not mentioned. Creative Good marketing skills Insightful Good experience Persistence Good reputation Determination Kelsey Metts STRENGTH WEAKNESSES TRAITS 2 new product lines (research) Low experience. Intelligence Educated Sociability Good reputation Influence Thomas Santiago STRENGTH TRAITS 3 new product lines. ( development
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CASE STUDY QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 1.What are the inuts‚processing‚ and outputs of UPS’s package tracking system? Ans. Using a handheld computer (DIAD )‚ UPS drivers automatically capture customers’ signatures along with pickup‚ delivery‚ and time-card information. The drivers then place the DIAD into their truck’s vehicle adapter‚ an information-transmitting device that is connected to the cellular telephone network. Package tracking information is then transmitted to UPS’s computer network for storage
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engine that drives the entire QFD process. There are many different forms of the House of Quality‚ but its ability to be adapted to the requirements of a particular problem make it a very strong and reliable system to use. Its general format is made up of six major components. These include customer requirements‚ technical requirements‚ a planning matrix‚ an interrelationship matrix‚ a technical correlation matrix‚ and a technical priorities/benchmarks and targets section. The Voice of the Customers
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The IEEE-30 bus system is used throughout this work to describe the proposed approach. It consists of six generating units‚ 41 transmission lines‚ 4 tap changing transformers and two VAR sources. The generator‚ bus‚ line‚ cost and emission data of the IEEE-30 bus system is taken from [27]. The one line diagram of this system is shown in Figure 5.1. The detailed system parameters are presented in the Appendix Tables A.1.Throughout all cases‚ the IEEE-30 bus system base MVA has assumed to be 100 MVA
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The City Bus Corporation Case Study By Stacy Knapp Excelsior College The City Bus Corporation provides school bus transportation to public schools in Lancaster County the city owns fifty buses that are garaged in three different cities within the county. The firm faces competition from two larger bus companies that operate in the same area. Public school boards and private schools generally award contracts to the lowest bidder‚ but the level of service and overall performance are also
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1. The report is based on a panel discussion with six of Atlantic Canada’s finest leaders in a series of short and long answer questions. The panellists provide their views‚ opinions‚ and personal reflections on topics including what makes a successful leader‚ various management styles‚ strategic planning‚ importance of various stakeholder groups‚ performance appraisals‚ and the significance of having a formal education. Panellists Biographies: Bill Black – Former CEO of Maritime Life Black is the
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CHENGDU BUS GROUP By Runtian Jing‚ University of Electronic Science and Technology of China The Chengdu Bus Group (CBG) is a Chinese‚ state-owned enterprise with more than 4‚000 buses and 14‚000 employees. A few years ago‚ CBG encountered serious problems. The primary issue was the company’s management systems‚ but it also faced a considerable financial crisis. Complaints against CBG from its many customers were becoming increasingly common‚ and the operations of the company were in disarray
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STUDY CASE QUESTIONS: 1. What are the inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs of UPS package tracking system? The input s in the UPS package tracking system is the detailed information about the sender‚ the destination‚ and when the package should arrive. The processing takes places when the information is inputted in the scannable bar-coded label which is attached to a package. The information from the smart label is then transmitted to one of UPS’s computer system‚ and then it is finally sent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 2 Executive summary Page 3 Introduction Page 4 Main supply chain issues within the Hewlett Packard-UPS case study Page 6 Strategies for the future Page 8 Conclusion 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The concept of supply chain is tightly linked to the concept of collaboration. A supply chain by nature involves the interaction of two or more firms‚ sharing resources‚ risks and capabilities and jointly working to achieve higher business performance. Therefore‚ companies involved
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