because it better matches costs with revenues. All manufacturing costs are assigned to products in order to properly match the costs of producing units of product with their revenues when they are sold. Financial reporting standards explicitly require companies to use traditional costing for external reporting purposes. However‚ traditional cost accounting methods suffer from several defects that can result in distorted costs for decision-making purposes. All manufacturing costs‚ even those that are not
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projections suggest that spending on prescription drugs will increase between 10 and 11% annually through 2013. So these customers spending will increase the profit of pharmaceutical companies automatically. 3. The prospect for the industry for going forward is very positive. Because the proprietary drag companies like Pfizer has already eight Blockbuster drugs that usually enough to generate 55% revenue. Q3.What are the opportunities‚ and what are the threats? There are also some big opportunities
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the need for developing a modern and updated brand strategy. SWOT analysis covers the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities & threats which a company is facing in its internal & external environment. Strengths & weaknesses fall under the internal environment of the company and opportunities & threats fall under the external environment of the company. In the beginning‚ The Fashion Channel was quite popular among the viewers but due to intense competition‚ it is planning to change its strategies
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Q. What are the unique features of Shouldice’s services‚ as compared to that of a typical hospital? A. The hospital focused on this new procedure for treatment of external types of abdominal hernias. Some differentiating features of the Shouldice process were the arranging of abdominal muscles into three distinct layers‚ reinforcing the abdominal wall with six rows of sutures and did not involve any insertion of screen and mesh under the skin. Beyond the surgical procedure‚ it was the service
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time. Business is relying on turnover of stock to meet obligations. Here‚ we recommend that Muhibbah should consider level of their accounts payable or paying off their liabilities and ensure the cash flow of the business is optimal meaning that the company must make sure their accounts receivable pay on time. Gamuda have high result of acid test ratio which indicates high degree of assurance that immediate debts can be paid. But‚ sometimes too high a liquidity ratio may not always be good because it
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Hurry Date‚ a small & privately owned company‚ is one of the America’s leading provider of speed dating with a strong brand recognition. It’s an online version of traditional round-robin speed dating. It operates a website HurryDate.com to screen singles looking to mingle. The range of service it provides are‚ online match-making‚ personal browsing and event hosting. It does this by hosting round-robin meeting event for potentials dating candidates. This is where they make money by charging
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Destin Brass Products Problem: - The Company is producing 3 major products – Valve‚ Pump and Flow Controller. The Company is concerned about the price cutting of Pumps going on in the market every month. It is also surprised to see no change in sales of Flow Controller despite 12 ½% increases in prices. Current Scenario: - Currently it is using traditional accounting system‚ Unit of product is charged for material cost‚ labor cost (standard time for labor times the labor pay rate $16 per hour)
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by marketing department. Main aim for forecast of demand is to minimize inventory and also not lose any sales due to lack of availability of inventory. We feel that the present method being used by Yankee is a little too subjective and that the company should bring in the quantitative method of time series methods to analyze the pattern in past demand to project demand in future period. This would also reduce the probability of disagreement among executive members and hence the chances of communication
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CASE: MAKING NORWICH TOOLS LATHE INVESTMENT DECISIONS PAR T A: PAYBACK PERIOD years cash flows 0 1 2 3 4 5 (660‚000) 128‚000 182‚000 166‚000 168‚000 450‚000 PBPA LATHE A cumulative cash flows cash flows LATHE B cumulative cash flows 128‚000 310‚000 476‚000 644‚000 1‚094‚000 (360‚000) 88‚000 120‚000 96‚000 86‚000 207‚000 88‚000 208‚000 304‚000 390‚000 597‚000 4.04 PBPB 3.65 ACCEPTABILTY OF EACH PROJECT: Lathe A will be
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Short Assignment 1 * What was the positioning challenge Apple faced? Competitors enter market * In 1981‚ IBM entered PC market used Microsoft’s DOS OS and microprocessor and will be Apple best rival for the start on 1981. Jobs forced out in 1985. * In 1985‚ Compaq and IBM do a research and development (R&D) and make move Apple into the mainstream by becoming low-cost producer and joint venture with IBM. This’s one of Apple failure moment and Apple Gross margin drop to 34%. *
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