Profit maximization

according to a recent RichRelevance consumer poll (Tuttle). That 60 percent that say that they “dislike” or “ hate” that stores are open, shouldn’t shop on Thanksgiving. If they continue to shop nothing will be done because a business’ goal is to make profit and if they can, they will. This is the first step to solve this problem, because it something that each individual can do. Many retailers are not following the leader, as they choose to remain closed on…

main takeaways from Professor Sasser’s lecture on customer care is the link between customer’s satisfaction and loyalty to profit. He discusses an example with MBNA, a credit card company associated with Maryland National Bank. The CEO was worried about his business because they were not growing profitably. They attracted customers, but the more they attracted, the more profit they lost. The CEO calculated the lifetime value of a customer and found that it was taking them five years to break…

The financial analysis indicated that the company has a lower than optimal profit margin. To address this issues we suggested that they either bring in more revenue or look to cut expenses. It is important to keep their employees productive and happy through methods that go beyond provided costly incentives, such as bonuses. The…

industry average is 1.14 percent (Businessweek.com, 2014) and CanGo’s is 2%, which tells us CanGo is more asset-heavy than its competitors but generates better profits per sale. The return on sales ratio also referred to the operating profit margin or operating income margin, demonstrates how efficiently the company is operating by calculating profit after operational costs. Return on sales (ROS) is typically compared to previous quarter ratios as well as industry averages. A higher ratio…

Return on Investment (ROI) This KPI measures how much revenue a C6 marketing campaign is generating compared to the cost of running that campaign. In other words, ROI answers these fundamental C6 questions, "Are we recouping what we spend on marketing in new sales?”. C6 can track ROI by looking at the number of leads generated through the C6 marketing campaign, such as a banner ad or AdWords campaign. C6 will need to determine the opportunity value of each lead. C6 needs to find their average…

our Brewer textbook, concepts and objectives such as target profit analysis are used to set and make goals on obtaining certain profit levels. The Goal supports these conclusions through various examples. In chapter eight, when Alex speaks again with Jonah and Jonah tell three terms in which to run his plant, throughput, inventory, and operational expense. As long as operational expense is low and throughput is higher than inventory, profits will be made. By using estimates for each of these…

Principles of Economics describes the difference as “Accounting profit is … total revenue minus explicit costs … [whereas] Economic profit is total revenue minus total cost, including both explicit and implicit costs.” (OpenStax, 2014, p. 159). Building on the examples above, in our martial arts business, we pay taxes on any accounting profits which our bookkeeper calculates as revenue minus the expenses on the books; while our economic profit would be calculated as the difference between the…

ANALYSIS Operating Profitability Ratios Gross Profit Margin Gross profit margin is used to compare a company with its competitors. A higher gross profit margin indicates that a company can make a good profit provided it keeps its overhead costs under control whereas a lower gross profit margin indicates that the company is unable to control its production costs. Ideal gross profit margin depends on the industry. From the above graph, the gross profit margin has shown a decreasing trend over…

There were three project proposals that needed to be considered for review as Project Manager, which consists of Juniper, Palomino, and Stargazer. Piper Industries needed the Project Manager to select one of the proposals that had the ability to generate revenue in the next 12 months. The first proposal was Juniper, which wanted to enhance a current widget that was being offered by Piper Industries. The risk of completion for Juniper was low, which is not very promising and unfamiliar. Juniper…

Sometimes business laws can create numerous processes for business that can seem unreasonable and not always the most efficient way of doing things. Waiting on a certain patent or approval can put a serious roadblock in production time and profit. However, there are usually reason that these laws exist whether because of a past issue or to prevent certain negative situations. Some laws simply become outdated over time and it is the duty of legislature to update these laws, but that process…