...Team M Team M Four Star Industries Case Study Case Study Anaysis Four Star Industries Case Study Case Study Anaysis Table of Contents Background Current Situation * Market * Production * Manufacturing * Order Process * Inventory Management Issues * Model Proliferation * Inventory and Demand Mismatch * Poor Order Management Analysis * Safety Stock Analysis * Warehouse Rent Analysis * MOQ v/s EOQ * Production /Assembly Line Analysis Recommendations Conclusion Background: Four Star Industries Private Ltd is the manufacturer and wholesaler of the renowned Four Star Pocketed spring mattresses which was founded by Neo Gim Sin in 1966. Its business is aggressively and exclusively focused on servicing the local market and until recently, the company has enjoyed tremendous growth and recognition – becoming a leading manufacturer of pocketed spring mattress (PMS) and winning the Grand Prix for International quality. Four Star sells directly to large dealers (LDs) and small dealers (SDs) who then sell to consumers. Current situation: Market: Mattress models grew rapidly from 13 to 230 models between 1996 and 2002, while sales has been experiencing steady decline within the same period. Decline in mattress sales can be attributed to various factors such as; increased competition, seasonality and volatility of the mattress market, supply and demand mismatch, poor production scheduling and focus on high-end mattresses. Production: ...
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.................................................................................... 3 RETAIL INDUSTRY – INDIAN SCENARIO ......................................................................................................... 4 Segmentation ............................................................................................................................................ 4 IMPORTANCE OF MANAGEMENT IN RETAIL INDUSTRY ............................................................................... 6 Place .......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Supply chain and logistics ......................................................................................................................... 6 Inventory ................................................................................................................................................... 6 SWOT ANAYSIS...
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...MANAGEMENT TERM PAPER ON SALES ANAYSIS OF AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY Submitted to:- Submitted by:- Dr. J.K. Sharma Noble Vinayan Professor MBA(General) Amity Business School Section B Amity University Roll No: B-37 Noida INTRODUCTION The automotive industry in India is one of the largest automotive markets in the world. It was previously one of the fastest growing markets globally, but it is currently experiencing flat or negative growth rates. In 2009, India emerged as Asia's fourth largest exporter of passenger cars, behind Japan, South Korea, and Thailand, overtaking Thailand to become third in 2010. As of 2010, India was home to 40 million passenger vehicles. More than 3.7 million automotive vehicles were produced in India in 2010 (an increase of 33.9%), making India the second fastest growing automobile market in the world (after China). India's passenger car and commercial vehicle manufacturing industry recently overtook Brazil to become the sixth largest in the world, with an annual production of more than 3.9 million units in 2011. From 2011 to 2012, the industry grew 16-18%, selling around three million units. According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, annual vehicle sales are projected to increase to 4 million by 2015, not 5 million as previously projected. In 2011, there were 3,695 factories producing automotive parts in all of India. The average firm made US$6 million in annual revenue with profits...
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...Assignment Title:- Communication, Communication, Communication! |Unit Code: |R/600/8939 |Credit Value: |10 | |QCF Level: |BTEC National |Guided Learning Hours: |60hrs | |Assessor: |Mr T Hemming | |STUDENT DECLARATION | |I understand the rules of plagiarism and I declare that the work produced for this assignment is my own. | | | |Student Signature ____________________________________Date_____________ | |Assignment Launch Date |Tuesday 3rd September 2010 | |Assignment Hand in Dates |Assignment 1 |Wednesday 5th October 2011 | | |Assignment 2 |Thursday 19th October 2011 | | ...
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...Table of Contents 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 2.0 SITUATION ANALYSIS 4 2.1 PESTEL ANALYSIS 6 Political 6 Economic……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….6 Technology 7 Environmental/Ecosystem 7 2.2 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 8 High threat of new entrant to the market 9 Medium bargaining power of suppliers 9 Medium -high bargaining power of customers 9 Low threat of substitute products and high level of competition. 9 2.3 SWOT ANALYSIS 10 STRENGTHS 10 WEAKNESS 10 OPPORTUNITIES 10 THREATS 10 2.4 SWOT MATRIX 11 2.5 COMPETITION 12 MARKET LEADERS 12 3.0 KEY ISSUES IDENTIFIED 14 3.1 ASSUMPTIONS 15 4.0 OBJECTIVES TO BE PURSUED 15 4.1 The Keys to Success of the business 15 4.2 Mission Statement 16 4.3 Company Summary 16 4.4 Unique Selling point: 16 5.0 MARKET SEGMENTATION ,TARGETING AND POSITIONING. 17 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this report is to conduct a three years marketing plan for Fortune coffee and cake shop which is a family business. The family is interested in setting up a retail outlet at 200 King Street, Aberdeen because of the closeness to University of Aberdeen, Unite student hostel, Robert Gordon University student hostel and the presence of corporate offices like First Nation bus headquarters, Police Scotland office and others. The major sources of information and data are textbooks, journals, internet and personal interview. The marketing plan is divided into four sections: the situation analysis...
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...Contents Mission statement Page 1 Business profile Page 1 Aims and objectives Page 1 unique selling point Page 2 Basic specification of the Jacket Page 2 Production and selling process Page 2 Pricing page 2 Vision page 3 Equipment page 4 Payment to creditors page 4 Physical resources page 5 Location page 6 Accountancy page 7 Marketing page 8 Swot analysis page 8 Business Name: Flames LTD Presented By: Daniel Bunting Contact Details: Date: 23/2/2011 Asking for a sum of £12,000 Mission statement To warm the cold people of the world. An innovative jacket called Flames. SECTION 1: THE BUSINESS PROFILE Form of ownership The form of ownership that Flames will be a partnership. The reason for this is because there are initially, four of us in this business and we are all investing the same amount of time in the business. A partnership of this type is easy and quick to set up. We are also investing the same amount of money and time in the business. I also want to be part of a partnership because partnerships generally have lower taxation rates, because they don't get taxed on profits. Also as a partnership we are able to raise more and faster finance. Flames will also lend itself for partnership as we have all the skills between the proposed partners that we need. There are also many disadvantages of being a partnership as Business Partners are jointly and individually liable for the actions of the other partners. We aim to get over this...
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...1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Dell was losing its chief advantages – direct marketing and power over suppliers. In 2005, the percentage of PC sale via the phone and Internet fell in US as the sale through US retails stores rose – a channel in which Dell was absent. And by 2006, Dell’s growth in PC sales had slowed to about 5% a year. So that Dell should adjust to its changing environment. So that, the aim of this report are analyzing the internal and external factors, which can affect to Dell’s business, defining the problems and assess Dell’s performance based on it standards and recommending Dell should take corrective actions in order to improve its poor quality of products and services to gain more the competitive advantages than it has now to increase profit, and create a new image about Dell in customer’s minds. 2. INTRODUCTION Dell, Inc. was established in 1984 by Michael Dell at age of 19 while he was a student of University of Texas. He started to earn stake of money from buying back personal computers from the excess inventory of local retailers, then added more features such as memory and disk drivers, then sold out. In 1985, he began manufacturing his own computers and marketed them through ads in computer trade publication. After that, the company kept growing up to be the world’s leading direct marketer of personal computers and one of the top five PC vendors in the world. In 1996, Dell offered its PCs via the Internet at dell.com. By 2001, Dell was...
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...Can Grammar or Phonetics be taught through Games? Table of Contents I. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………..……………1 II. What is Grammar?……………………………………………...………………………………2 III. The place of Grammar in the language teaching……………….…………...2-4 IV. Games and Grammar teaching/learning: A.Background of Grammar Games……………………………………………..…..……4 B.The function of Games………………………………………………………………4-5 C.The roles of teachers and learners………………………………….………5-6 D.Factors affecting Grammar Games: Age……………………………………………………………………..………6-7 Ability in the target language…………………………………..7 Motivation…………………………………………………………………..7-8 Size of group…………………………………………………………..8-9 Time…………………………………………………………………………....9 V. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………...………10 VI. Appendix……………………………………………………………………………….…11-13 Introduction This paper aims at discussing the issue of teaching grammar through game activities, which derives its importance from the pursuit of excellence in language learning and teaching. At this point it is probably a good idea to start with some definitions of grammar, followed by the place of grammar in language teaching. In this context, researchers speak of the grammars of a language rather than of the grammar. Therefore, different methods of teaching a language will be presented and two of them will be discussed individually; that is to say, structural and communicative. What I would like to take into consideration...
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...financials of the company. It shows changes in the amounts of the amounts over a period of time. In the financial statement provided, the horizontal analysis is between years six and seven, and years seven and eight; respectively. When analyzing the income statement provided with the task, several strengths and weaknesses are very apparent. They will be broken down individually and analyzed separately. Horizontal analysis is calculated by using the formula below ("Horizontal Analysis," n.d.) Income Statement Revenue: Net sales between years 6 and 7 demonstrate a 33.3% increase or an increase in approximately $1.5 million. This is a strength because there were positive sales during this time frame. Positive sales are always a positive finding in business. However, sales between years 7 and 8 demonstrate a decrease in net sales of -15% or $897,000. This is a weakness due to the overall sales being down. Cost of Goods Sold between years 6 and 7 demonstrates an increase of 31.8% or $1,048,000. The costs associated with manufacturing goods are always going to be a big expense. While the cost associated may appear to be a weakness for the company, it actually demonstrates strength for the company. The reason being is the percent change in sales. It closely represents the increase in sales during the same period. If the sales number did not adequately correlate with the growth, this would be a weakness for the company and would demonstrate a lack of efficiency or an increase...
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...different accounting standards should be noticed. Follow on; depend on the situation of financial report, using the SWOT methods to analyze the primary challenges faced by Malaysia Airlines and China Southern Airlines. Finally, discuss the positive and negative of U.S. adopting IFRS. Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Ratio analysis of the MAS and CZ 1 3. SWTO analysis of the MAS and the CZ 12 3.1. Strengths 12 3.2. Weaknesses 13 3.3. Opportunities 15 3.4. Threats 16 4. The benefits and problems if US adopt IFRS 18 5. Conclusion 26 6. Reference 27 7. Appendices 36 7.1. Appendices 1—Analysis Current Ratio 36 7.2. Appendices 2—Analysis Quick Ratio 36 7.3. Appendices 3—Analysis Gross Profit Margin 37 7.4. Appendices 4—Operation Profit Ratio 37 7.5. Appendices 5—Analysis Net Profit Margin 38 7.6. Appendices 6—Analysis Return on Equity 38 7.7. Appendices 7—Analysis PE Ratio 39 7.8. Appendices 8—Anaysis Gearing 39 7.9. Appendices 9—Analysis Debtor`s Days 40 7.10. Appendices 10—Analysis Creditors` Days 40 7.11. Appendices 11—Analysis Stock...
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...Masters Programmes ------------------------------------------------- Assignment Cover Sheet Question: [Analyze a strategic issue facing Samsung Electronics Company] “This is to certify that the work I am submitting is my own. All external references and sources are clearly acknowledged and identified within the contents. I am aware of the University of Warwick regulation concerning plagiarism and collusion. No substantial part(s) of the work submitted here has also been submitted by me in other assessments for accredited courses of study, and I acknowledge that if this has been done an appropriate reduction in the mark I might otherwise have received will be made.” Introduction Samsung Electronics Company (SEC), Ltd founded in 1969 is a South Korean multinational electronics company and is the flagship subsidiary of the Samsung Group, accounting for 70% of the group's revenue. Since the introduction of monochrome television sets in 1971, it has grown on average 38 percent a year, broadening its product range from simple consumer electronics and home appliances to advanced information and communication equipment, computers and peripherals and semiconductors (Renee, 2007) . It is currently the world's largest manufacturer of mobile and smart phones, LCD Panels and televisions and displaced Apple Inc. as the largest technology company in 2011 (Renee, 2007). Industry boundary Samsung electronics has the following divisions * Consumer electronics (CE)...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Type of Business E.S. Food Corporation is a corporation established in 2013 that will offer a new product and made from vegetables and fish. The company’s goal is to endorse the production of healthy patties made from organic ingredients. Management Highlights E.S. Food Corporation chose corporation as our form of organization. It is formed and authorized by law to act as a single person although constituted by one or more persons and legally endowed with various rights and duties including the capacity of succession. The associates are known as shareholders and each of their shares in the ownership, control and profits of the corporation is determined by the portion of shares in the company that they own. Success of the company will depend on the input, perseverance and endeavour that they will be providing. Marketing Highlights The company focus their energies on the food industry, particularly- burger patties, which is made up of horseradish and mongo beans. It is low in cholesterol, rich in protein and fights against cancer. Our product is new to the food business ventures that may capture the attention of those who are food lovers through with the product’s Unique Selling Proposition. We see this as an opportunity and advantage to generate effectual marketing and advertising. Financial Highlights The study of the financial stability of the company will only consider years 2014 to 2018 financial accounts. The figures we have in...
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...a chapter which wants more practice and hard work to develop a strong and sound concept. Costing can be defined as “The technique and process of ascertaining costs.” Standard costing is a technique, which uses standards for cost and revenue for the purpose of control through variance analysis. We can say standard costing is a technique of costing, which also established control over costing. Standard cost can be defined “As a pre-determined cost which is calculated from management’s standard of efficient operation and relevant necessary expenditure. It may be used as a basis for price fixing and for control through variance analysis.” Hence we can say standard costs are pre-determined estimates of cost of a single unit or a number of units of a product service. Uses of Standard Cost: - 1. Use of standard cost is an effective way for planning and controlling costs. 2. Pricing decisions and decisions involving submission of quotations, answering tenders etc are also facilitated by the use of standard costs. 3. Identification and measurement of variances from standards have been made possible with the use of standard cost, with a view to improve performance or to correct loose standards, if any. 4. Facilitates management by exceptions. DEFINITION OF STANDARD COSTING Standard costing is defined by the I.C.M.A. London “As the preparation and uses of standard costs, their comparison with actual costs and the analysis of variance to their...
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...A Project Report On A project study on “BANKING AT HDFC BANK LTD.” Submitted by: XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXX University, Mumbai MBA in Banking (Finance) DECLARATION I undersigned XXXXX XXXXX student of MBA 3rd semester declare that I have done the project on “ BASIC BANKING AT HDFC BANK LTD.” has been personally done by me under the guidance of Prof. XXXXX XXXXXXX rajkot in partial fulfillment of MBA Program- during academic year-2008-10. All the data represented in this project is true & correct to the best of my knowledge & belief. I also declare that this project report is my own preparation and not copied from anywhere else. Date 10-7-201X Signature XXXXX XXXXXX Acknowledgement I take this opportunity to express my deep sense of gratitude, thanks and regards towards all of those who have directly or indirectly helped me in the successful completion of this project. I present my sincere thanks to Mr. XXXX XXXX (Branch Manager, bhavngar ) who allowed me to take training at HDFC BANK. I would also like to thank HDFC bank Staff for their wonderful€ support & inspirable guiding. I also thank Prof. XXXX sir XXXX, Rajkot & prof XXXX sir knvibm who has sincerely supported me with the valuable insights into the completion of this project. I am grateful to all faculty members of XXXX rajkot and my friends who have helped me in the successful completion of this project. Last but not the least I am indebted...
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...RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, KOTA A Project Study Report On Training Undertaken at Indusind Bank logo Titled “BASIC BANKING AT INDUSIND BANK LTD.” Submitted in partial fulfillment for the Award of degree of Master of Business Administration [pic] Submitted To: Submitted By: Ms. Dimple Arya Chandra Sekhar Charan HR Manager MBA IIIrd Sem. 2009-2011 G D MEMORIAL COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY JODHPUR Acknowledgement I take this opportunity to express my deep sense of gratitude, thanks and regards towards all of those who have directly or indirectly helped me in the successful completion of this project. I present my sincere thanks to Mr. Dhruv Jangid (Branch Manager ) who allowed me to take training at INDUSIND BANK. I would also like to thank INDUSIND bank Staff for their wonderful support & inspirable guiding. I am grateful to all faculty members of G.D Memorial College and my friends who have helped me in the successful completion of this project. Last but not the least I am indebted to my PARENTS who provided me their time, support and inspiration needed to prepare this report. Date: Place: Jodhpur Signature Chandra Sekhar Charan Preface This report is prepared as the partial fulfillment for Two-Year degree Program of MBA curriculum of Rajasthan Technical University, Kota....
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