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Canada Expansion Strength - Modest amount of $30k was required as capital investment to double the capacity - Proximity to US (customer market) which could minimize the logistics cost - Existing management info system and Material requirement planning (MRP) software could be leveraged to improve customer responsiveness - Better inventory turns compared to Century glass (China) (Six turns Vs two turns) - Better lead times compared to Century glass Weakness - About 8x labor cost when…

One of VBA’s highest priorities has been reducing the disability claims backlog, defined as rating claims pending over 125 days. VBA has made great strides toward achieving this goal. An aggressive and comprehensive plan was implemented that has transformed the decades-old, paper claims approach into a state-of-the-art electronic process. More than 99% of disability rating claims are now processed electronically. This process leverages digital data transfer and automated calculators to reduce…

The results suggest that the life expectancy of the sample size has increased overall from the years ranging from 1987 to 2008. For instance, the life expectancy improved in the sample from 66.3 years in 1987 to 77.24 years in 2008 (Pop et al., 2013). Life expectancy strongly upsurges among middle income countries than low-income and high-income countries (Pop et al., 2013). Moreover, income inequality also diminished by 7 percent in less industrialized and middle-income nations, but income…

information available to do a detailed valuaton of the company. However, the current ratio of the company is found to be more than 1 which shows a positive outlook. Current Ratio is a liquidity ratio and measures the ability of a firm to pay its Current (Short term) liabilities with its Current (Short term) assets. A ratio of greater than 1 would indicate availability of more current assets per unit of current liabilities. A ratio of less than 1 is considered to be risky as the firm will face…

it is excluded from determining the value of the liquid assets prevailing in the organization. From the balance sheet analysis, the two companies are struggling in meeting the current obligations of the organization as they have reported acid-test ratio of less than 1.0. For three years in operations, Wal-Mart has reported 0.13 (2014), 0.28 (2015), and 0.24 (2016) while Target Corp. has reported 0.45 (2014), 0.44 (2015), and 0.29…

a relative basis, the stock has outperformed the S&P 500 by 2% in the past 4 weeks, but has underperformed the S&P 500 in the past 1 week. Netscout Systems (NASDAQ: NTCT) During the past 4 weeks, traders have been relatively bearish on Netscout Systems, hence the stock is down -2.84% when compared to the S&P 500 during the same period. However, in the past 1 week, the selling has subsided and the stock is only down by -0.12% relative to the S&P 500. The 4-week change in the price of the stock…

because mining industry is gradually declining recently, thus finding investors or attract capital to this area is difficult (Dheeriya 1993, p. 115). Unlike declining trend in this field, BEST Resources Ltd.’s performance for this year was lucrative by demonstrating positive ROE, ROA, GPM, PM and Cash flows. According to Birt et el. (2014, p. 348), Profit Margin ratio (PM) illustrates what percentage of sales revenue results in profits or loss and BEST Resources Ltd.‘s PM is 76.6% which is so…

digit on a device (Anahad). Because the human body doesn’t adjust as quickly as changing the numbers on a clock, it can disrupt sleep schedules and cause a number of problems, such as “restlessness, sleep disruption and shorter sleep duration” (Source E). Without proper rest, the human body is bound to suffer from a weakened immune system, diabetes, heart attacks, and even suicide. Along with disease, another serious result of sleep deprivation is the individual’s alertness decreasing, which can…

The ROE formula is Net income/Total stockholders’ equity. Three additional ratios impacting ROE include net profit margin, which is the percentage of profit remaining after meeting all expenses, total asset turnover rate, which indicates how efficiently corporations use available assets generating revenue. A higher asset turnover indicates better efficiency generating revenue with the assets available. The final ratio impacting the DuPont analysis is the equity multiplier, which indicates…

known as the Golden Ratio. In fact, our brains are seemingly hard-wired to prefer objects and images that use the Golden Ratio. The Golden Ratio is the limit of the ratios of successive terms of the Fibonacci sequence. The Fibonacci ratio is very close to the Golden ratio. The mathematical ideas the Fibonacci Sequence leads to, the Golden Ratio, and the Golden Spirals. As the number increases, the ratio becomes closer to 1.618. For instance, the ratio of 3 to 5 is 1.666. But the ratio of 13 to…