Hostess Brands, an American company established in the 1930s, specialized in baked goods including the long established Twinkies, Ho Ho’s, and Wonder Bread. In November of 2012, Hostess management filed for bankruptcy, blaming the unions and workforce for the financial fiasco April 25, 2018 Read More »
Saudi Hospital System (SHS, a fictitious organization) has been facing many serious issues including leadership problems, staffing deficiencies, and financial hardship. C April 25, 2018 Read More »
Provision for Loan Losses Another item that you need to discuss in the Earnings and Profitability section is the Provision for Loan Losses. Your main concern here is whether the provisions are adequate to maintain the Allowance for Loan Losses at an appropriate level. If the allowance is too low relative to risk in the loan portfolio, additional provisions will be necessary, which must be taken out of earnings. April 25, 2018 Read More »
Capacity is a measure of an organization’s ability to provide customers with the demanded services or goods in the amount requested and in a timely manner. Capacity is also the maximum rate of production. An organization marketing and selling rotisserie chicken should be able to produce and deliver chicken in sufficient quan- tities to satisfy consumer demand during lunch and dinner times when demand peaks April 25, 2018 Read More »
Deciding to expand to a new market is a big decision for a company. There are many considerations that they need to take and precautions to consider for this venture to be beneficial. Before the Internet age, this expansion meant large entry barriers and even bigger investments. April 25, 2018 Read More »
Ministry is not a one-man enterprise. It is an undertaking that requires the involvement of a community. According to the Bible, God made each and every person in His image according to His likeness, yet you can look throughout the Bible and see that even though mankind is made in the image of God; God did not create one man to be a carbon copy of another man. April 25, 2018 Read More »
The six ways that a company can expand into a foreign market are; Exporting, Turnkey Projects, licensing, Franchising, Joint Ventures, and whole subsidiary (Hill,2017). Although there are many pros and cons to each of the entry methods, it is too hard to say how a country will respond to what product and vice versa. April 25, 2018 Read More »
Data cbouf customer activities provide information about what types of products customers tend to buy and in what quantities. This information helps determine what soles promotion mcterials are best targeted at what customers. Customers who buy lots of video gomes should receive promotions about games, game platforms, and HD TVs April 25, 2018 Read More »
A coupon is a special promotion created specifically for an individual customer. A coupon is for a set dollar amount, for example, $10. The customer may use it like cosh or like a dollars-off promotion when purchasing products or services. Coupons con only be created for an individual customer based on the poin ts in his or her customer loyalty account. For each dollar value of a coupon, a certa in number of pOints must be redeemed . Coupons must be accounted for when created and when redeemed. April 25, 2018 Read More »
Dato warehousing-centered system designed and licensed by Standard Basic Systems Inc. (SBSII . The dato warehousing tools at the heart 01 the system were designed and developed by SBSI and work with standard relational DBMS and relational/OO hybrid DBMS. The SBSI tools a nd approach have been used lor many years and are wetl known in the industry, but SBSI-certified staff are essential for implementation, operotion, and maintenance. The license is relatively expensive. The customer loyalty application using the SBSI data warehousing tools is an established application, used by many retail businesses in other industries. April 25, 2018 Read More »