Modeling and Solving LP Problems in a Spreadsheet Chapter 3 C.T. Ragsdale. 2008. Spreadsheet Modeling & Decision Analysis, 5th E. Revised, Thompson 1 Section 1 EXCEL SOLVER 2 Introduction • Solving LP problems graphically is only possible when there are two decision variables • Few real-world LP have only two decision variables • Fortunately, we can now use spreadsheets to solve LP problems 3 LP Solvers • Conventional – MPS (IBM) – LINDO, GINO – GAMS – AMPL • Algebraic
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------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Financial Analysis TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 INTRODUCTION 4 I. Liquidity Ratios 4 A. Working Capital 4 B. Current Ratio 5 C. Acid Test Ratio 5 D. Inventory Turnover Ratio 6 E. Days in Inventory 6 F. Receivables Turnover Ratio 7 G. Average Collection Period 8 II. Solvency Ratios 8 A. Debt to Assets Ratio 8 B. Times Interest Earned 9 III. Profitability 9 A. Earnings Per Share 9 B. Gross Profit Rate 10 C. Profit
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| 37.5% | 37.5% | 37.5% | 37.5% | | | | | | | | | | | Cash & ST Inv/Sales | | 3.9% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.5% | 4.5% | | Receivable turnover | | 133.5 | 133.5 | 133.5 | 133.5 | 133.5 | 133.5 | | Inventory turnover | | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | | P&E Turnover | | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | | Payables/COGS | | 10.9% | 10.9%
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liabilities were due today, we would only have assets to cover less than half of those liabilities. Since our Acid-Test falls below the 3rd quartile ratio of 0.6, this is weakness. We have also fallen considerably from Year 11’s ratio of 0.64. Inventory
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Chapterwise Test Topic : Final Account (Sole Trader & manufacturing Account) Time :1.30 hours Total Marks : 50 1. Adonnis Boxos makes televisions. Figures, except for sales, are available for the year ended 31 March 2006. | | ₤ | Sales | | ? | Stocks at 1 April 2005: | Raw materials | 500 | | Finished goods | 2400 | | Work in progress | 800 | Office equipment | | 4000 | Vehicle running expenses | | 6520 | Selling and administration expenses | |
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1.0 Executive Summary 1 Chart: Highlights 2 1.1 Mission 2 1.2 Keys to Success 2 2.0 Company Summary 3 2.1 Company Ownership 3 2.2 Start-up Summary 3 Chart: Start-up 3 Table: Start-up 4 Table: Start-up Funding 5 3.0 Products 5 4.0 Market Analysis Summary 6 4.1 Market Segmentation 6 4.1.1 Market Analysis 6 4.2 Target Market Segment Strategy 6 4.2.1 Market Needs 6 4.3 Service Business Analysis 6 4.3.1 Competition and Buying Patterns 7 5.0 Strategy
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assets only meet $.41 for $1 dollar of debt. Cash is critical for any small business, and this ratio does indicate cash flow issues at Ajax. The inventory turnover also validates cash flow issue, Ajax turnover its inventory 1.5 times in 2002. In 1998, Ajax was growing and able to maintain a good TO ratio, since then and increasingly have worse inventory turnover results. The AR showed that it took about 95 days to get the cash after the sales. The company’s profit margin was not impressive at 5%
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Chantal Al-Koufri – 11635 Duarte Mendes – 11166 Mafalda Lencastre – 11227 Sara Lopes – 11286 To whom it may concern, As President Jana Fremont requested as the goal of my internship, I have evaluated the current inventory situation at Three Jays Corporation. In order to do so, I had to make a series of analyses that I will proceed to present, which will, in turn, lead to a set of recommendations taking into account the current situation and the objectives of the company
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Analyzing Pro Forma Statements Paper Gregory Curry FIN/571 April 22, 2015 CRISTINA MARINE Analyzing Pro Forma Statements Analyzing Pro Forma Statements can be used internally or externally to determine how financially stable a company is whether International or within the USA, ratios play a key role in determining how a company is
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Valuation Ratios: Price/Earnings (TTM) 113.38 115.21 Price/Book (TTM) 17.54 18.19 Price/Cash Flow (TTM) 153.19 158.30 Asset Management: Total Asset Turnover 1.71 2.24 Receivables Turnover 12.10 13.21 Inventory Turnover 3.03 4.03 Property Plant & Equip Turnover 11.52 12.71 Cash & Equivalents Turnover 6.77 8.12 Debt Management: Interest Coverage 90.38 90.40 Long Term Debt/Equity 0.05 0.06 Long Term Debt as % of
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