You’ve recently been hired as the production manager for a large consumer packaged goods company. In your first meeting with the sales manager, the manager said that production has always made more product than the sales force could move. He tells you that it would be much better if the sales force could create more demand than the company could supply. What would you tell the sales manager? Is it better to have more demand than supply?
(2-3 paragraphs please) (5-6 sentences each)
In: Operations Management
Presented Below is Information related to Matrix Company at December 31,2018 the end of its first year of operations:
Account Balance
| Sales Revenue | $775,000 |
| Cost of Goods Sold | $350,000 |
| Selling and administrative expenses | $125,000 |
| Gain on sale of plant assets | $75,000 |
| Unrealized gain on available-for sale debt investments | $25,000 |
| Interest expense | $15,000 |
| Loss on discontinued expense | $30,000 |
| Dividends declared and paid | $12,000 |
Question 1: What is income from continuing operations?
Question 2: What is the difference between continuing operations and net income?
In: Accounting
You are an entrepreneur developing your first business plan for a business selling over the internet. Right now you are working on the financial plan segment of your business plan and need to estimate the financing needs, both to launch your business and to operate it for the first 12 months during which you estimate you will incur a loss. You intend to apply for a bank loan to cover your first year’s financing needs. You have worked with an Excel spread sheet and tried to determine every single expense you can think of, plus estimating the sales that you are hoping to achieve in the first year. You have developed the following financial estimates:
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First 12-Months Financial Estimates |
|
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Sales |
50,000 |
|
Cost of Goods Sold |
20,000 |
|
Salaries |
35,000 |
|
Rent |
25,000 |
|
Insurance |
5,000 |
|
Website development (contracted out) |
20,000 |
|
Selling Expenses |
5,000 |
|
Office Equipment |
5,000 |
|
Payroll Taxes |
3,850 |
|
Computer Equipment |
10,000 |
|
Office Supplies |
2,500 |
Question:
1. How much do you need to project for your Capital Budget needs?
A. $35,000
B. $25,000
C. $10,000
D. $30,000
2. For the internet entrepreneur in the problem above, how much money do you expect to lose on your Profit and Loss Statement in the first year?
A. $46,350
B. $28,475
C. $48,550
D. $65,250
3. The entrepreneur planning to sell on the internet, assuming you have $10,000 in your savings to invest in the business, what is the minimum amount of money you need to borrow to be viable during the first year before you get your business to cash flow breakeven?
A. $71,350
B. $81,350
C. $93,350
D. $36,350
In: Finance
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Rising fossil fuel-based energy “costs”
Tight credit markets
low interest rates but slowly rising Investment spending
Rising public and private debt
Population increase
Growing income and wealth inequality
In: Economics
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Q1) Define and derive the IS-LM model. More specifically, how we obtain the IS-LM equilibrium? Please explain every step in detail. (40 pts.)
What happens if autonomous government spending increases? Use graphs to illustrate your points. (60 pts.)
In: Economics
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In: Economics
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In: Economics
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In: Economics
Emergency room health care tends to have a demand curve that is very steeply sloped, while elective surgery does not. Why? Also, health care insurance and vacation spending tend to have a negative cross price elasticity of demand for many people. Why?
In: Economics