Formulae Sheet Portfolio risk | | Forward premium/discount (indirect quote) | | Forward premium/discount (direct quote) | | Times interest earned = EBIT/Interest | TATO = S / A | Expected value = Σ D x P | ROE = ROA / (1-D/A) | ROA = Net Income / A | Gearing = D / A | Avg. credit period = accounts receivable average daily credit sales | Total inventory cost= C (Q/2) + O(S/Q) | DOL = Sales - total VC . Sales - total VC – FC | DFL = EBIT . EBIT - I |
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Marketing: Improvement Opportunities BUSN300-1205A-01 Lower Division Capstone Marketing: Improvement Opportunities Apple Inc. Some of the most promising marketing opportunities in terms of profitability, increased market share and customer loyalty for Apple Inc. include attracting the business related target segment instead of just focusing and promoting the product and technology among the younger generation. They can focus on the concepts of second generation of cloud computing and provide
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Developing a construction marketing plan and strategy is critical to the success of your organization. The term "marketing" is often misunderstood and used incorrectly. Marketing is much more than selling or advertising. Marketing is the strategic plan that you develop for your organization that looks at your construction company's strengths and weaknesses; the areas in which you have a competitive advantage; the market(s) that you will target your sales focus on; the demographics of your chosen
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Introduction/Key Issues This executive summary will provide insight into Levi Strauss Japan K.K.’s (LSJ) current market strategy as it stands in 1993 and provide recommendations to improve their marketing strategy based on the environmental threats LSJ faces. LSJ experienced a reduction in demand of their jeans in the Japanese market between 1990 and 1992 (David, et al). The reduction can be associated with LSJ’s discriminating process of selecting both retailers as well as the low ratio of sales
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The case covered Barilla SpA , a food manufacturing company that was trying to solve issues relating to demand fluctuation within its supply chain. The cost of transportation was also higher than normal and Barilla is forced to manufacture goods in terms of production lead time and shelf life of its products. These, coupled with inefficiency in Barilla’s operation due to high product change over cost, led to excess finished goods, high inventory carrying cost for Barilla, and ultimately, the “bullwhip
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marketers of Allround projects that Allround’s market share in the cold segment will drop if nothing is done in response. The marketing team at Allround suggest they respond by releasing a new product, however, it is also noted that if Allround does release a new product, they can experience 5-15% of cannibalization from their current customers. In order for Allround’s marketing team to make the correct decision, we must analyze the cost of cannibalization and the net income that will be gained from
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Hot Red Nostalgic Record Store Table of Contents Intro I Information Systems Table II Conclusion III Intro The Hot Red Record Store offers thousands of music records. The record store sales records written by songwriters from all over the country and we specialize in rare record hits that are hard to find. Consumers come to our store when
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Industry Analysis: The movie rental industry is comprised of four major companies: Netflix, Wal-Mart, Blockbuster, and Amazon.com with an estimated total industry value of $24.4 billion. By the end of 2004, Netflix had a total of 78% of total market share with Blockbuster trailing at 15% and Wal-Mart/others at 7%. To the detriment of the DVD, Game and Video Rental industry, consumers are primarily switching to streaming media, video on demand (VOD), and downloaded media. Since this industry includes
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ATH Technologies From the beginning ATH’s business strategy was flawed. At first, they were only focused on their sales goals. They didn’t consider other important factors such as cost, competition, customer service, and the quality of their product. Once the company was sold, management focus was even more on meeting the projected sales goals so that they could receive bonuses. Customer Service and Quality One of the first issues that the company ran into was customer service. With their
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all because the best way to organize for successful innovation depends on the opportunity cost and the development risk of the project. The question of product/company fit means how well the firm can deal with the development, manufacturing and marketing requirement. Does it possess the financial, human and other skills and resources to enter the market? Can it successfully upgrades and market the product as the market evolves? Sometimes a firm has great product-market fit but lacks the distribution
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