...Edition: 1.1 February 2002 Distance Education Course ML–302.5 Marine Terminal Operations Unit 1 Marine Terminals The three lessons in this unit will cover the topics of: • the role and function of marine terminals • terminal development • operational planning • civil engineering aspects of terminal design. Module B: Certificate in Maritime Logistics Diploma in Shipping Logistics—Jamaica Maritime Institute 1−1 Unit 1: Marine terminals Marine Terminal Operations Unit 1 ...........Activities and expectations Agenda To complete this unit, you will: • Read and study the text in this unit and any assigned passages in the Student Reader. • Apply the information by performing the Activities • Test yourself by doing the Practice Exercises and checking your answers. Resources There is no textbook for this course. All the information you require is in this Study Guide. In addition, your Student Manual lists some books that you may wish to read to expand your knowledge. Learning outcomes When you have completed this unit you will be able to: • • Explain some of the considerations in equipment selection. • Discuss the needs for storage areas. • Discuss safety and emergency response considerations. • 1−2 Describe the role and functions of marine terminals. List the broad categories of studies that are needed in planning a new terminal. Module B: Certificate in Maritime Logistics (Course...
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...Benefits paid to retirees | 31,500 | 54,000 | Increase in projected benefit obligation due to changes in actuarial assumptions | 87,000 | 0 | Accumulated benefit obligation at December 31 | 721,800 | 789,000 | Average service life of all employees | | 20 years | Vested benefit obligation at December 31 | | 464,000 | (a) Prepare a pension worksheet presenting both years 20X2 and 20X3 and accompanying computations and amortization of the loss (20X3) using the corridor approach. (b) Prepare the journal entries (from the worksheet) to reflect all pension plan transactions and events at December 31 of each year. (c) For 20X3, indicate the pension amounts reported in the financial statements. Part II: The accounting records of Scotty inc show the following data for 20X2. 1. Life insurance expense of officers was $9,000. 2. Equipment was acquired in early January for $300,000. Straight-line depreciation over a 5-year life is used, with no salvage value. For tax purposes Scotty used a 30% rate to calculate depreciation. 3. Interest revenue on State of New York bonds totaled $4,000. 4. Product warranties in 20X2 were $10,000. The reminder is estimated...
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...combined, held a market share of over 42 percent in the U.S. in 2013. Especially to be emphasized is the performance of the carbonated soft drink CocaCola, which accounted for a U.S. market share of 18.1 percent alone. Coca-Cola is owned by The Coca-Cola Company, which is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. The brands’ outstanding performance is more than present among all regions and channels. Coca-Cola is not only listed as the leading LRB in the U.S., it also topped the list of soft drinks brands worldwide in 2014, based on brand value. Additionally, the soft drink brand had the second highest number of fans on its Facebook site. A big competitor of the Coca-Cola Company in the liquid refreshment beverage business is undoubtedly PepsiCo, Inc., which is based in Purchase, NY. The company owns, among others, the soft drink brands Pepsi and Mountain Dew and the sports drink Gatorade, which were ranked second, third and fifth in the market share ranking of LRB. SoftSrinks Off-Trade RTD Volume 534.8 Billion Litres Fruit/Vegetables Juice 62 billion liters Bottlked water 205.1 billion liter Sporys and Energy Drinks 16. Concentrates 43.7 billion liter RTD TEA 30.1 Billion Liters RTD Coffe 4.5 Billion liters 2 Carbonates 169.5 billion liters COCA-COLA Name The Coca Cola Company Logo Beverages Geographic areas served Worldwide Headquarters U.S....
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...You Are an Investment Analyst Jennifer Nixon Financial Accounting Accounting 557 June 16, 2013 Dr. Alfred C. Greenfield, Jr. Introduction In this paper, I am a representative from Beacon Consulting and Accounting Services. I will be performing a complete evaluation of the Pepsi and Coca Cola companies. I’ve been assigned to complete a stock market analysis that will be presented to a client as part of a professional consultation process. Background information for both companies will included in the analysis in order to provide a summary of each company. Another part of my analysis will include the examination of stock trends for both companies as well as the stock trends that will be based from the initial public offering day to January 1, 2012. I will also display current events that are surrounding both companies to better assist in the analysis. Finally, the financial statements of each company will be analyzed. After all of the information has been gathered, it will be reviewed in order to make a recommendation as to which company will be the best investment opportunity for the client. Analyze each company’s history, product / services, major customers, major suppliers, and leadership and provide a synopsis of each company. Coca Cola was founded in 1886, John Pemberton invented the first prototype of soda. Over a century later, The Coca-Cola Company has produced more than 10 billion gallons of syrup. The company is the world’s leading manufacturer...
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...It also allows KO to sell to new buyers which lowers their borrowing cost. According to Wells Fargo the Coca-Cola Company has “Accelerated Growth Potential”. Bonnie Herzog, an analyst from Wells Fargo made this statement on Thursday March 12th. After meeting with KO’s management team she believes in KO’s ability to drive accelerated top line growth. She touched on 4 main points from the meeting: “1. the bulk of productivity and cost savings will be reinvested to drive growth with "some incremental upside potential" to its $3 billion target. 2. Increased media spend could boost top-line growth. 3. Price and pack architecture will drive pricing power. 4. The company's equity stakes in both Monster Beverage Corp and Keurig Green Mountain Inc provides another avenue for growth This means that the company is on very solid footing and is ever driving forwards and changing with the times to stay at the top. In another article written by Will Emerson of the InvestorPlace Contributor on March 11th, Mr. Emerson refers to KO as not particularly exciting but always there and always preforming. Meaning they are a stable time tested...
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...Strategic Direction Mission: * To refresh the world... * To inspire moments of optimism and happiness... * To create value and make a difference. Vision Our vision serves as the framework for our Roadmap and guides every aspect of our business by describing what we need to accomplish in order to continue achieving sustainable, quality growth. * People: Be a great place to work where people are inspired to be the best they can be. * Portfolio: Bring to the world a portfolio of quality beverage brands that anticipate and satisfy people's desires and needs. * Partners: Nurture a winning network of customers and suppliers, together we create mutual, enduring value. * Planet: Be a responsible citizen that makes a difference by helping build and support sustainable communities. * Profit: Maximize long-term return to shareowners while being mindful of our overall responsibilities. * Productivity: Be a highly effective, lean and fast-moving organization. Objectives • To refresh the world- in mind, body and spirit. Coca Cola Company is to provide the best product that they can to the public, and create customer satisfaction. To ensure this the company ensure that all employees are working to their highest standards to create the best product, in the quickest possible time to make sure that there is an ability for quick distribution. • The aim and objective of Coca-Cola Enterprises is to be the best beverage sales and customer Service...
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...Coca Cola Enterprises Coca Cola Enterprises is one of the world’s largest beverage company considered as the global leader in the beverage industry. Coca-Cola purchased New York’s Coca-Cola Bottling Company for $215 million in 1980, and then it acquired the Associated Coca-Cola Bottling Company for $417.5 million in 1982. In 1986, Coca-Cola purchased the bottling operations of Beatrice Foods. Consequently, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. was derived from the Coca-Cola Company in 1986 in Atlanta, Georgia. The reason behind the Inc. foundation was to merge the lots of independent bottling groups in the Coca-Cola System. It is a marketer, producer and seller of Coca cola products. It offers flavored waters, still and sparkling waters, sports drinks, energy drinks, juice and juice drinks, coffees and teas. The company’s nonalcoholic beverage products exceed 500, such as Coca-Cola, Fanta, Diet Coke and Sprite. It is the unique Coca-Cola bottler for all of continental France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Belgium. The company puts the needs of its consumers and customers as a center of its attention; it focuses execution in the marketplace every day, it also goes out to the market in order to monitor and learn. The company started with a long term mission, Coca Cola enterprises aimed to refresh the world, create value and make difference and to motivate moments of optimism and pleasure. The company looks forward to continuing attaining sustainable...
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...Coca-Cola Company vs PepsiCo, Inc Professor Archie – ACC 305 Sara Griffith...
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...to be profitable in the market. Innovation impacts the strategy, process, products and services that a company has to offer. Three organizations that have greatly used innovation are Discover Financial Services, Apple Inc, and McDonalds. The impact that innovation has on an organization is significant. Defining what innovation, creativity, and design are to and organization and the impact it can have on an organization. When an organization looks at innovation the company should be looking for a new way to do something. To expect change in innovation cannot be avoided in this changing and competitive world of business, changes will always be necessary to stay competitive. The three organizations I have chosen are Southwest Airlines, IBM Corporation and Motorola Company let see how innovation impacts these organizations. Organizational Impact Paper Innovation is what gives an organization the competitive advantage the business will need to be successful in the market. Innovations are ideas that can impact the strategy, process, products and services that an organization has to offer to its customers. Three organizations that have an enormous impact on innovation are United Parcel Service (UPS), Hewlett-Packard and The Coca-Cola Company. Apple Inc. Apple Inc has been a computer company with ups and downs in its career. There innovative ideas have always been bold and fresh for a computer hardware/software company. In the 90’s Apple started a campaign to give the Apple a...
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...Cisco vs Coca Cola Tadeusz Czuprynski MGT 450 Date: 21 January 2012 For: Carol Jones Abstract: The basic purposes of this essay is to emphasis and culminate the principles of Acquisitions by describing the application of the knowledge learned, with the following companies of Cisco the technology giant and Coca Cola the soft drink giant. There are many specific goals that companies may be looking to achieve by dong this, but the main underlying reason is to guarantee the long-term sustained achievement of fast profitable growth for their business. They have to keep up with a rapidly increasing diversified global market and increased competition. Nowadays, with the struggle for competitive advantage becoming stronger and stronger, it is almost essential to form alliances. An acquisition is the purchase of one business or company by another company or other business entity. Consolidation occurs when two companies combine together to form a new enterprise altogether, and neither of the previous companies survives independently. Acquisitions are divided into "private" and "public" acquisitions, depending on whether the acquiree or merging company (also termed a target) is or is not listed on public stock markets. An additional dimension or categorization consists of whether an acquisition is friendly or hostile. Whether a purchase is perceived as being a "friendly" one or a "hostile" depends significantly on how the proposed acquisition is communicated to and...
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...Organization History Coca-Cola was founded off of curiosity by an Atlanta pharmacist named Dr. John S. Pemberton in 1886. He created flavored syrup in which he took to his neighborhood pharmacy, where it was mixed with carbonated water and deemed “excellent” by those who sampled it (The Coca-Cola Company 2015). The distinctive tasting soft drink that was originally created was made for soda fountains. Dr. Pemberton’s partner and bookkeeper, Frank M. Robinson, is credited with naming the beverage “CocaCola” as well as designing the trademarked, distinct script, still used today (The Coca-Cola Company 2015). Coca-Cola’s roadmap starts with their mission, which declares their purpose as a company and serves as the standard against which they weigh out their actions and decisions. Coca-Cola’s mission is to: * To refresh the world * To inspire moments of optimism and happiness * To create value and make a difference Organization Strengths and weaknesses The Coca-Cola System The first strength Coca-Cola has is that they are a global business that works on a local scale. Because Coca-Cola does business in every community they have created global reach with local focus. The Coca-Cola system has created over 250 bottling partners worldwide. Coca-Cola manufactures and sells concentrates, beverage bases and syrups to bottling operations, owns the brands and is responsible for consumer brand marketing initiatives. Their bottling partners manufacture, package, merchandise...
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...Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode Valuation of Brand “Coca-Cola” Project Report, Valuations and Real Options Submitted to: Professor Abhilash Nair GROUP 1, Term V 1. Harshit Boob (PGP/15/143) 2. Saurav Agarwal (PGP/15/319) 3. Siddhartha Roy (PGP/15/321) Valuation of Brand “Coca-Cola” 2012 Contents Executive Summary....................................................................................................................................... 3 COCA-COLA Company ................................................................................................................................... 4 Coca-Cola Brand ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Relevance of the Study ................................................................................................................................. 6 Why Coca-cola .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Objective of the Study .................................................................................................................................. 8 Literature Review .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Data Source .............................................................................
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...Financial Analysis Project – Final Paper Jennifer M. Harding Cardinal Stritch University MBA 521 August 28th, 2014 Purpose of Analysis All managers need to understand where value comes from in their firm. The purpose of this analysis is to identify the financial strategy and performance of this particular publicly traded company. The process of understanding the risk and profitability of a company by analyzing reported financial info, especially annual and quarterly reports are vital to identifying the company’s overall financial performance. I wanted to analyze Coca Cola because the company has so much history and is one of the most recognizable brands in the world. I have always enjoyed researching food and beverage companies because of my background in the food service industry. I have always been fascinated by brand power of food and beverages and the corporations that are behind particular brands and products. Company Background and History The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer, and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company is best known for its flagship product, Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia. The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Griggs Candler (December 30, 1851 - March 12, 1929), who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892 (Wikipedia, 1). The company operates...
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...New Launch Marketing Plan III Executive Summary Coca-Cola continues to be an industry leader in offering and reinventing some of its core drink products in new global markets. The company currently has captured over 50% of the soft drink market and seeks to obtain 55% or better in the next three years. With the introduction of its latest product, millions of new customers can be reached. The New Product Launch Marketing Team is prepared to introduce the “Snatch a Pack” in both the domestic and global markets; with a great push on its Coca-Cola International India’s market. An emphasis is placed on Coca-Cola International India because it is one of the most populous countries in the world and is receptive to international trade. The product is cost-effective, easy to use, and very flexible. Launching the product, “Snatch a Pack” will help the company expand its customer base while increasing revenues by an estimated $2.5 billion. An integrated communication marketing plan will be developed to ensure that market segmentations are identified and communication channels are established. Pricing strategies for the Snatch a Pack will be defined and distribution plans established. An integrated communications marketing plan will be designed, three year objectives defined, and a description of the milestones to be implemented presented for the new product lunch. In addition Coca-Cola New Product Launch Team will create a budget to Market the “Snatch a Pack” and establish an evaluation...
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...Coca-Cola Company. Their last fiscal year ended on December 31st, 2010. “Coca-Cola is the world’s largest nonalcoholic beverage company” (Coca-Cola). They distribute and market more than 500 nonalcoholic brands from soda pop, to juices, to even sports drinks. Coca-Cola is known as the world’s most valuable brand that owns four of the planets top five nonalcoholic beverages including Sprite, Diet Coke, and Fanta. Coca-Cola distributes their products to more than 200 countries and this is made easy by having the world’s largest beverage distribution system. This company believes that its success is from being able to link up with their customers to be able to provide them with many options to meet their specific choices and desires. The overall goal of The Coca-Cola Company is to use their assets in the most efficient way possible so they can become more competitive and grow as a company to generate revenue for their shareholders. The Coca-Cola Company has expanded its horizons in recent years. On October 2, 2010 the company bought out the North American business of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., which is one of Coke’s main bottling companies. With this acquisition “The Coca-Cola Company now has more presence in the U.S., Canada, the British Virgin Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands “(Coca-Cola). Not only this but The Coca-Cola Company is merging this purchase with one of their very successful existing firms in Minute Maid. Coca-Cola is always looking to make that...
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