...3. Brinks Brinks, Livewatch, and Moni have recently merged to provide you the best in DIY home security and professional monitoring services. In addition, the Brinks system is very affordable because the equipment is included with most of the contracts for free so there is no upfront payment required. The Brinks name is widely known and respected in the home security industry so you can rest assured you are dealing with a company who knows what they are doing and has a long-term history of value and affordability. Pros: • Equipment Included Free (with most contracts) • 24/7 Monitoring • Smartphone Controls • Home Automation Features • 90-Day Return Policy • Equipment and Installation Options Better Than Most • DIY or Professional Installation...
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...embodies the idea that the buyer alone is ultimately responsible for assessing a producer and the quality of the items it sells before agreeing to purchase the firm’s product. Whenever I am in the market for looking to buy a particular item I tend to do a lot of research of different stores and I tend to read some of the reviews. If most of the reviews are negative I will not buy that product. I want to make sure that I am as much aware of the pros and cons of what I am buying before I buy it because I hate returning items to a store. 2. The second common rationale is asymmetric information. In the context of many producer- consumer interactions, this term refers to situations in which a producer has information about a product that the consumer lacks. For instance, 3. Asymmetric information can create situations in which most of the available products are of low quality. I can remember that last year when I was looking online for cars I wanted a specific car for a specific price. Well I have found about six and compared the pros and cons and found the right one. I got it at a low price because that type of car was no longer in demand. 4. Lemon Problem-the potential for asymmetric information to bring about a general decline in product quality in an industry. Besides a broken car being considered a lemon. In my household we had upgraded our computer and TVs to the new ones because nobody is no longer selling the box screen computers and TVs. If something were to go wrong...
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...Aqualisa Quartz Subject: How to best market the new Aqualisa Quartz line of showers Problem: Aqualisa has created a superior new shower line that seems to be perfect for the needs of customers but the sales are far below expectations. Customers do not have brand awareness of Aqualisa, plumbers are wary of innovation and salesmen are unsure of how to positively market a product without negatively reflecting on other products in their company. Background of the situation: In the United Kingdom only about 60% of homes have showers due to the unique issues of bathroom remodels in Victorian era homes. Homes with plumbing from this period are gravity fed, with a separate boiler; this meant poor water pressure and temperature fluctuations. Three types of shower solutions were installed in UK bathrooms. * Electric Showers use water from cold water supply. Electrical heating elements in the shower raise the temperature of the water. This type of shower did not address the flow problem. These are a budget solution and very bulky. * Mixer Shower valves; either Manual or Thermostatic. Both mix hot and cold water to create the desired temperature of the water; these require a lot of excavation of the wall during the installation. To help the water pressure additional booster pump was used. These are a high end, attractive, but costly solution. * Integral power showers are compact with thermostatic mixer valve and a booster pump. They require mounting of a box in the wall...
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...plethora of entry-level accounting software available on the market Intuit’s QuickBooks Pro and Sage’s Peachtree Pro are still two of the most popular accounting software specially designed for the needs of small businesses. Both provide excellent solutions to many of the accounting challenges faced by small businesses that use double entry accounting. QuickBooks Pro and Peachtree Pro are promoted as software designed for users with little or no accounting knowledge. Although very similar, there are key elements that differentiate one from the other. For the small business owner ease-of-use, efficiency, security, systems compatibility and operability, vendor support, options to expand and upgrade, and cost feasibility are essential criteria that need to be met. Software Comparison QuickBooks Pro is easy to use and offers the user help in setting up the company, selecting a chart of accounts, and recording transactions in the proper place. Functions are grouped to help direct the user to what is available in a particular category. The menus are simple to understand and offer the user representational icons for what they want to do. For example, a check looks like a check and so on. The homepage offers the user easy navigation through shortcuts allowing information to be pulled in different ways. Like QuickBooks Pro, Peachtree Pro has a user-friendly interface. Peachtree Pro, on the other hand, is slightly more complicated to use and may require some knowledge of...
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...Canada Homes Corporation Report prepared for: CHC Board of Director Prepared by: Erdell & Co., Management Consultant July 2, 2006 Executive Summary Canadian Home Corporation (CHC), a residential developer in Eastern Canada, was incorporated in 1978 and is well-known in the residential construction industry for quality and innovative design. Currently CHC is experiencing challenges in generating profitable income and meeting shareholder’s objective of annual dividends. It remains unprofitable due to rising material and labor costs, and the cyclical nature of the real estate industry. In addition, quality issues have created negative publicity that threatens the reputation of CHC. The purpose of this report is to analyze strategic and operational issues with CHC and to provide recommendations to improve the performance of the company. CHC’s external opportunities and threats that affect the company’s decision on its strategic alternatives include: increasing popularity of prefabricated housing, high demand of renovation, labor shortage, and a shortage of land available for development. In light of its internal analysis and external environment, CHC must: 1. Pursue renovation services 2. Manufacture prefabricated homes 3. Reject GH’s joint venture proposal 4. Reject rental property development proposal 5. Divest Maritimes Division To mitigate the various operational issues: 1. Declare bankruptcy for its European subsidiary ...
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...House Risk Paper INTRODUCTION The many advantages to owning a home have been well publicized. However, the above satistics make it clear that owning a home is not without risk. To form a complete picture, you, the prospective buyer, need to consider the potential risks and disadvantages of home ownership as well. Understanding these disadvantages beforehand will give you a better chance of minimizing their impact and avoiding the fate suffered by these homeowners. RISKS IDENTIFICATION There are many risks in buying a new house such as: • The opportunity cost of investing in an alternative investment is very high because the entire cash and future income stream is tied up into one asset a home, which may or may not appreciate. • The house is an undiversified investment, so if the market tanks as it has, game over. • Knowing that we do not own our home, the bank does. • A lot of cost connected to home ownership, such as repairs and insurance and fees and potential hazards I have not considered. • If I lose my job, game over, this will put a lot of stress on me. • There is a chance that your new home will lose value. Luckily, in general, the longer you own your home, the less likely a loss becomes. Loss of value is typically a short-term problem, possibly due to the local or national economy, and prices normally recover.. • If land values fall Own or rent a home comparison, the risks of buying a home calculator will tell in dollars and cents but does not consider...
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...The advantages and disadvantages of online shopping Who doesn't like to shop? Buying new things is fun—except for when it takes so much time that it becomes more of a chore than a pleasure. Of course, now with online shopping and banking, you can go on a spree from your home. Purchases are just a click away on the Internet—life never has been so easy! Online shopping is a very popular kind of e-business where one consumer can shop over the Internet and have their goods delivered. Ebay and Amazon are the two most popular and trusted websites for shopping online, selling millions of products each. Nowadays many people prefer to shop online because of its numerous benefits. However, the practice has disadvantages as well as advantages. This article will go over the pros and cons of shopping online. Advantages of Online Shopping Online shopping can save you the time of having to leave your house to run errands. It makes products easy to find: Finding a product online is much easier than looking for it in the local store. In a store, you have to search for the product you want; if it's not there, you may have to visit several locations, which is frustrating and time-consuming. However, online you can easily search for any product by using the website's search feature, and it's more likely to be in stock. If the website doesn't have it, you can simply go to another without wasting your time. For example, if you can't find the suitable product in eBay, you can look for...
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...policies to repair what the financial market had created. One of his policies he has fought to renew was the global financial crisis. In the aftermath President Obama’s stimulus plan has halted the recession and has slowly reversed its ill effects. Yet, after almost four years the economy is not growing as fast as it should. Hence, President Obama has introduced legislation to urge congress to expand tax cuts for existing small businesses and set aside funds for new ones. This topic is written to identify the pros and cons of the partnership as a form of ownership; the funding options for small businesses with examples of how managerial accounting can help managers with product costing; incremental analysis, and budgeting; the basic components of the marketing process; and the roles of social responsibility and technology in the marketing function. (According to the APA format, section headers needed to identify different sections of the paper.) (i.e. The Pros and Cons of Partnerships) Starting a business as a sole proprietorship by your self is extremely difficult. In most cases there are not adequate funds or resources available to establish the business or the criteria for one to qualify for a business loan. However, in a partnership business as a form of ownership, banks are more inclined to loan money. The reason is that banks can hold two or more...
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...6-3 A bank in a medium sized Midwestern city, Firm X, currently charges $1 per transaction at it’s ATM’s. To determine whether to raise price, the bank managers experimented with a number of higher prices(in 25-cent increments) at selected ATM’s. The marginal cost of an ATM transaction is $0.50. ATM Fee USAGE $ 2.00 1000 $ 1.75 1500 $ 1.50 2000 $ 1.25 2500 $ 1.00 3000 What ATM fee should the bank charge? When you say "marginal cost", we have to assume you mean marginal for transactions over 1000 and that the cost for the first 1000 transactions is zero. That means the revenue equation is specified as : R=(P*Q)-((Q-1000)*0.5) where R=Revenue Q= Quantity of transactions P= Price per transaction In this case, $1.50 maximizes R If you meant to say that 50 cents is the VARIABLE cost, not the marginal cost then the equation is: R=(P*Q)-(Q*0.5) The optimal pricing is still $1.50, though. 7-4 Since each additional unit costs $6 less, your break even pint on the first is $64, on the second your costs are $64 + ($64 - $6) or $64 + $58 = $122... then subtract another $6 for the third and find your total costs, etc. Do the same for the 5th and 6th units for the second contract (with the 5th unit the cost of the 4th unit minus $6). 7-5 If the 30% decline in fixed cost due to joint /shared facilities exceeds the value of decreased sales [20% in this case], then this multiconcept restaurant should open a shared facility whereas in reverse...
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...refrigerator, you can decide what type you prefer or would fit into your kitchen layout and budget. Types of refrigerators require different installations. A counter-depth model is usually wider than a same-capacity freestanding unit and can give your kitchen a custom look for less outlay than a built-in model. Available types: * Freestanding full size * Counter Depth (will be flush with counter) * Built-in * Compact or Under Counter * Professional Built-in Refrigerator & Freezer Pair * Counter-Depth Refrigerators - Pros and Cons * Refrigerator Set Up Costs You Can Expect * Refrigerator Styles * Right or Left Hand Refrigerator? What Style or Model Do You Prefer? Refrigerator style is a matter of preference and convenience, but you should consider installation limitations when choosing a style since clearances may vary. An All refrigerator model does not have a freezer but has the best capacity. This may suit your home if you have a freezer close at hand. A Top Mount model has...
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...12 BEST BUY CO. INC.: SUSTAINABLE CUSTOMER CENTRICITY MODEL? 12 BEST BUY CO. INC.: SUSTAINABLE CUSTOMER CENTRICITY MODEL? CASE # 3 Best Buy Co. Inc.: Sustainable Customer Centricity Model? MGT403 Strategic Management Prepared for Tanvir H DeWan Coordinator of College of Business IUBAT Prepared by Serial Number | Name | ID | 01 | Shahriar Rawshon (Group Leader) | 09102095 | 02 | Md. Zakiruzzaman | 09102151 | 03 | Suchona Akter Swarna | 09102163 | 04 | Shahara Akter Eva | 09102156 | 05 | Kanij Fatama | 09102165 | 06 | Ruksana Aktar | 09102130 | 07 | Md. Al Amin | 09302012 | Section: B International University of Business Agriculture and Technology Date of Submission: 29th May, 2012 Current Situation: Best Buy was a specialty retailer of consumer electronics. It operated over 1,100 stores in the United States, accounting for 19% of the market. With approximately 155,000 employees, it also operated over 2,800 stores in Canada, Mexico, China, and Turkey. The company’s subsidiaries included Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video, and Pacific Sales. In Canada, Best Buy operated under both the Best Buy and Future Shop labels. From a strategic standpoint, Best Buy moved from being a discount retailer (a low price strategy) to a service-oriented firm that relied on a differentiation strategy. In 1989, Best Buy changed the compensation structure for sales associates from commission-based to non- commissioned-based, which resulted in consumers...
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...Acknowledgement First we owe a great many thanks to the many people who have helped us in completing our report. We show our deepest gratitude to our honorable course instructor Mr. Adeyl Khan for giving us the permission to do this report. We are also thankful to him for guiding us throughout our entire project and correcting various aspects of our work with endless patience and attention. We would also like to thank Khondker Murshid, Assistant General Manager at R.B Group of Companies Limited (WALTON) for his time to guide us regarding the product and service design and production process in this project. Finally, we would like to thank North South University for letting us use its Internet and library facilities, which helped us a lot to complete our report. Executive Summery Walton is a Bangladeshi brand which has many subsidiaries. One of which is Walton Motors. It produces motor vehicles. The brand Walton is owned and operated by Walton Group head quartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This report is focused on some specific operations management of Walton Ltd. More specifically this report is about Walton motorbike and it’s after sales service. The paper has been designed in a way that shows the current operating processes and a proposed procedures so that they can improve effectively and efficiently over current operation processes. In this report we analyzed the operation management system of the Walton motorcycles from the design to production. We learned how they...
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... We are currently in the times when we have a lot of choices to make in our day-to-day lives. With the globalisation, we have gained access to much wider markets, to find variety of the products that suits our needs at the most competitive price. Contrary to this, whilst we have too many choices to be made, it is very essential to know that when we have access to the product information, knowledge and the equivalent products available at an equivalent price, it could be mentally challenging to put a choice on one after going through so much detail. Therefore, we are here bringing to you a set of few questions – answers that would help you better in understanding about the real time check by summing up the various discussions on pros and cons about which type...
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...PM598 – Contract and Procurement Management RUHLING MANUFACTURING COMPANY Cyrus Ruhling founded the Ruhling Manufacturing Company in 1901. Until 1915, the firm made electric motors. In 1915, Mr. Ruhling was persuaded by the War Department to take on several defense contracts. Ruhling expanded rapidly. After World War I, Ruhling found itself the possessor of much excess capacity. Cyrus decided to cater to the small but growing home appliance industry. Today, Ruhling is one of the nation's largest appliance manufacturers. Although appliances account for all the firm's sales, a small electric motor capacity has been retained, partly for historic purposes and partly to protect against unforeseen contingencies. Whenever feasible, Ruhling follows a dual sourcing policy. In some cases, three sources may be under contract. Last month, purchasing issued an invitation for bids for 11/32 horsepower motors for a six-month period. Ruhling's estimated price for the motors was $29.00. The quantity estimated was 48,000 motors over the six-month period. Orders were to be placed daily through the firm's automated material requirements planning system, with deliveries to be within one week of release of an order. Three days ago, the bids were opened. They were as follows: Able Electric $30.00 Beta Products $28.00 Gamma Manufacturing $32.00 Delta Electric $29.25 Epsilon Products $30.00 Today, prior to the award of a purchase order, Epsilon Products contacted...
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...LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR MICROSOFT SOFTWARE WINDOWS PRO 8.1 Thank you for choosing Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro. This is a license agreement between you and Microsoft Corporation (or based on where you live, one of its affiliates) that describes your rights to use the software in Windows 8.1 Pro. For your convenience, we have organized this contract in two parts. The first part includes introductory terms presented in question and answer format; then are the Additional Terms and Limited Warranty that contain more detail. You should review the entire contract, including any terms linked because all terms are important and together create this contract that applies to you. Once the software is running, you can review the terms linked if you paste the link in your Windows Explorer. The Additional Terms contain a binding arbitration clause and class action waiver. If you live in the United States, it affects their rights to settle a dispute with Microsoft, so you should read it carefully. By accepting this Agreement or using the software, you agree to all these terms and consent to the transmission of certain computer information during activation and Internet-based features of the software. If you do not accept and comply with these terms, you may not use the Software or its features. Instead, you must return it to the retailer for a refund or credit, if any. How I can use the software? We do not sell our software or a copy of it - just what we license. Under our license, we grant...
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