For the exclusive use of T. Song, 2015. 9-714-413 REV: JANUARY 24, 2014 ERIC VAN DEN STEEN Tesla Motors “Tesla is in California, so it is not April Fool’s yet!” tweeted Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, around 10 PM PT on March 31, 2013. “First profitable Q for Tesla thanks to awesome customers & hard work by a super dedicated team”1 he had tweeted a few minutes earlier. And indeed, on May 8, Tesla announced a net income of more than $10mln on $560 mln in sales.2 Tesla had outsold both
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The Basic Profit Equation: Cost-Volume-Profit analysis (CVP) relates the firm’s cost structure to sales volume and profitability. A formula that facilitates CVP analysis can be easily derived as follows: Profit = Sales – Expenses Profit = Sales – (Variable Costs + Fixed Costs) Profit + Fixed Costs = Sales – Variable Costs Profit + Fixed Costs = Units Sold x (Unit Sales Price – Unit Variable Cost) This formula is henceforth called the Basic Profit Equation and is abbreviated:
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General Motors Case Study #3 Problem Summary: One of the most serious problems that GM faces is when the firm announced a $10.6 billion loss, which was their first in 12 years. The auditors for General Motors even thought that the firm’s survival was in substantial doubt even if they received the additional $30 billion they were going to borrow from the federal government. The problems have grown as a result of mistakes by GM’s management over the last 30 years. They built up a bloated bureaucracy
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transportation one of which is automobiles or cars. A company that sells cars and its parts in the US is Toyota Motor Sales USA. Inc. (TMS) The paper takes a look at the company and its background. The paper will also evaluate TMS's system of measuring, evaluating, and rewarding performances of the regional and general managers and whether or not TMS implement the proposal for change. Case History TMS and its managers have been discussing a change in organization that will give more responsibility
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www.readingsandlearnings.wordpress.com Balance Sheet – snapshot at certain time Income Statement – how company performs during a time period: 1st, 2nd quarters, monthly, yearly… * 1. Revenue * 2. Profit * 3. Costs Pro-Forma – predictions, future, what if statement Common-Size - % statement vs numbers * Compare year to year and versus competitors EBITDA – cash flow Junk Bond – high yield bond (risky) Depreciation – non cash item Ratios (LLAPS) Liquidity = CA/CL Leverage
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How to go green Carlos Grande Warc Best Practice October 2008 Title: Author(s): Source: Issue: How to go green Carlos Grande Warc Best Practice October 2008 How to go green Carlos Grande Green marketing is a challenge that brands are finding increasingly hard to ignore. As awareness of climate change has risen, many marketers want to show a heightened commitment to reducing their environmental impact and offer consumers greener alternatives. Yet there is conflicting
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tree graphical method, because of the nature of the issue (a graphic manner was asked to be used). A very important reason to why I am recommending this tool, is because the decision tree method is most commonly used for this kind of cases, as the Shuzworld presented case. The profitability problem is one of the most important problems of future profitability when opening a new store process and is the important content of the course of operation management. By recommending the use of this crucial tool
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10 Points) Case I: Rupbani Beverage Limited Rupbani Beverage Limited entered the Indian wine industry in 1975 by acquiring the Mastana Wine Company of Shimla and two other smaller wine companies at Kalka for Rs. 50 lakh. Despite hostility expressed by other wine makers and predictions that Rupbani would very soon fail as other outsiders such as Parminder Wine Company had, the entry succeeded. Rupbani Limited performed the unheard of feat of establishing a volume of 30 lakh cases within two years
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Honda pestel analysis Political We facing difficulty with the actual production of ours cars e.g. a lot of countries and governments are cutting down the amount to cars on the road that release toxic gasses in the atmosphere. Which means we are affected politically by government legislation as a cut on amount of cars on the road would decrease the amount of demand for ours cars which will affect sales of the company. 1. Economical 2. Downturn
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“How does the development of core competencies provide both advantages and disadvantages for an organisation? What steps can managers take to prevent core competencies becoming core rigidities?” In today’s world competition among firms becomes globalized and more intense. In order to become superiorly competitive, companies should enhance its competencies in a way that will allow them to achieve dominant position in a market. One way of accomplishing it is by development of core competencies.
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