Homeland Research Services (HRS) conducts personnel background checks and supplier reliability research for government agencies and corporations. Using the following information, prepare a customer profitability statement showing a desire to increase its return on sales to 20 percent. Personnel Supplier HRS Prof
First of all there are many words used in the description of the assignment that are debatable and leading. If one is going to make the case that Americans are among the most carnivorous of nations it should be made clear whether that is per capita or as a nation as a whole. Since we are among the top five most populous nation
(ignore income taxes in this problem) The management of Dwane Corporation is considering the following three investment projects: Project B Project C Project D Investment required $34,000 $60,000 $81,000 Present value of cash inflows
4. Asset turnover calculations: a. communicate information about how promptly the entity pays its bills. b. should be evaluated by observing the turnover trend over a period of time. c. are made by dividing the average asset balance during the year by the sales for the year. d. are made by dividing sales for the year by t
For the article: "Smith & Wesson holds its own in downturn," write an abstract to describe the key points of the article or story and describe how the points made in the article pertain to your company or a company that you are familiar with, describing the impact or potential impact, implications, implementation and objectives
Please help with the following problem. Create your own index given the following data: Number of shares Closing Prices (per share) Companies outstanding Day T Day T+1 1 2,000 $30.00 $35.00 2 6,000 55.00
What is the seasonal relative for each season ? Year Spring Summer Fall Winter Three years ago 18 10 26 42 Two years ago 26 18 34 50 Last year
Convert time series data to seasonal indices. Material: Summer Historical Inventory. Please be sure that your index calculations are based on the seasons in the data. You will need to identify the seasons in your data (winter & summer, high and low, etc.). As an example, if you divide your data into high season and low
1. You have decided to construct your own index to measure consumer confidence. You have chosen the following three companies Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), Target Corp (TGT) and Kroger Co. (KR). Using monthly prices from August 2008 through August 2010, Construct both a price weighted and value weighted index. Use a beginning ind
I need help to understand this question. Beautifully Fabulous Beauty Salon (BFBS) manufactures has two stores. The most recent monthly Income Statement for BFBS. Total Store I Store II Sales $2,000,000 $1,200,000 $800,000 Less variable expenses 1,200,000 840,000 360,000
Cost-volume-profit analysis as a tool used for decision making. The Hershey Corporation: http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/11/115/115590/items/283950/10K_Hershey[1].pdf Review the Consolidated Statements of Income In Hershey's 2007 annual report (ignore all figures below net income, such as, per share informatio
See attached file. Using the financial ratios listed in the excel spreadsheet. Please show the calculations need to calculate the ratios below for column B only. Column C, D, E, & F are locked. For example, I know that to calculate Gross profit margin is: (revenue - cost of goods sold) / revenues I also understand th
Please provide some help or ideas with these questions. #1: What are Simultaneous Equations and do they contribute to making business decisions. #2: Converting data to indexes, what does that mean and what value does it provide in quantitative reasoning?
Please do an analysis of risk and profitability for southwest airlines where you tell me what the ratios are indicating. The attached spreadsheet has all all the preliminary information needed. 1,220 words plus references
See the attached file. Data for selected vegetables purchased at wholesale prices for 1995 and 2007 are shown below. 1995 1997 Price Quantity Price Quantity Cabbage 0.06 2000 0.05 1500 Carrots 0.1 200 0.12 200 Peas 0.2 400 0.18 500 Broccolli 0.3 100 0.5 200 What is your interpretatio
1. The Bureau of the Census reported that the farm population dropped from 30.5 million in 1940 to 6.5 million in 1999. What is the index for 1999 based on 1940? Choose the right answer below and if you can explain in one sentence: a). 469.7 b). 100.0 c). 21.3 d). 78.7 2. If the average hourly earnings in minin
See attachment. Please provide explanations of how you came to your answers. Problems Multiple Goals and Profitability The following multiple goals were identified by General Electric: Profitability Market position Productivity Product leadership Personnel development Employee attitudes Public responsibility
Conch Republic Electronics Spent $750,000 to develop a new PDA Spent an additional $200,000 for marketing study to determine the expected sales. Can manufacture the new PDA with variable cost for $155.00 each. Fixed Costs for the operation are estimated at $4.7 million per year. Unit Price $360.00 each Necessary eq
1. Corporation adopted the dollar-value LIFO method of inventory valuation on December 31, 2006. Its inventory at that date was $220,000 and the relevant price index was 100. Information regarding inventory for subsequent years is as follows: Inventory at Current Date Current Prices
Assume the DJIA closed at 12,487 last night. The divisor is 0.123017848. Assume that 29 of the stocks in the index were unchanged today. One stock increased in value from $54.80 a share yesterday to $56.90 a share today. What is the DJIA index value at the close of trading today?
See file for better formatting.... You are given the following information regarding prices for a sample of stocks: Price Stock Number of Shares T T + 1 a 1,000,000 60 80 b 10,000,000 20 35 c 30,000,000 18 25 a) Construct a price-weighted index for these three stocks, and compute the percentag
Research the Goldman Sachs website. Using your research findings from the Library and the Internet, develop both an EFAS (External Factors Analysis Summary) table and an IFAS (Internal Factors Analysis Summary) table. The tables are to be submitted in one Excel file.
See attached file. 1. Which of Sportsway's options makes the best use of its scarce resources. How many skateboards and tackle boxes should be manufactured? How many tackle boxes thsould be purchased? 2. Calculate the improvement in Sportsways's total contribution margin if it adopts the optimal strategy rather than co
Zellars, Inc. Is considering two projects. Project A costs $75,000 and is expected to generate $48,000 in year one and $45,000 in year two. Project B costs $80,000 and is expected to generate $34,000 on year one, $37,000 in year two, $26,000 in year three, and $25,000 in year four. Zellars, Inc.'s required rate of ret
Explain the difference between profit and profitability and why this difference is important in business.
I need the step by step method to do these problems. It does not matter what the numbers are. I need the the percentages also this is the problems but substitute other numbers for these Using the financial statements for the Goodyear Calendar Company, calculate the 13 basic ratios found in the chapter. GOODYEAR CALENDAR CO
The management of Revco Products is exploring four different investment opportunities. Information on the four projects under study follows: Project 1 Project 2 Project 3 Project 4 Investment required $(270,000) $(450,000)
Conch Republic Electronics Spent $750,000 to develop a prototype (or Model) for a new PDA Spent an additional $200,000 for marketing study to determine the expected sales. Can manufacture the new PDA with variable cost for $97.00 each. Fixed Costs for the operation are estimated at $3.4 million per year. Unit Price $275.0
1. What is an index? Why do we use indices? What are the different types of indices? How is each type of index used? The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is one index mentioned in business news reports. What other index numbers do you feel would be helpful for organizations to run their business and why? 2. Are weighted indices mor
Does low-cost strategy affect margins and profitability? How do firms manage margins? Are suppliers of Wal-Mart happy, since they are known as a low-cost leader?