...Odette Jaller May 28, 2015 Politics and Processes Stephan Langdon Final Project: General Mills Company Background General Mills is a leading global producer of packaged consumer foods that was founded in 1928 (General Mills, 2014). General Mills is the world’s sixth largest food manufacture and the second largest producer of breakfast cereal in the United States. The company makes products in 15 countries and manages 40 production sites in the United States (General Mills, 2014). Within these sites, it employs about 35,000 workers, which allow the company to sell its products in more than 100 countries besides the Unites States. The company’s mission can be stated in two words: Nourishing lives. The company also has a strong international presence, selling its products in more than 100 countries. General Mills operates within three segments: US Retail, International, and Bakeries and Foodservice (General Mills, 2014). The company participates within the Cereal Production industry through its US Retail segment, which includes ready-to-eat cereal, organic cereal, granola bars and grain snacks. The cereal segment of its business is the most significant source of revenue, representing about 23% of US retail sales. Furthermore, it is estimated that US industry-specific revenue will grow at an annualized rate of 3.8% to $2.5 billion during the five years to fiscal 2013 (General Mills, 2014). Industry Analysis: Internationalization The breakfast cereal industry acquires raw materials...
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...Final Project – Week VI Marketing Strategy John Sponsler MG525: Strategic Marketing and Research ITT Technical Institute – Online Instructor: Rachel Wade Sunday, February 2, 2014 Final Project Marketing Strategy Introduction: You have recently joined as a marketing manager for a company that has been making a branded product “X” for the past 10-20 years. The product has now reached its maturity and its sales have stabilized. The management is worried that the sales will soon start declining for this product. Before that happens, it wants to be prepared with its next plan of action. The management is thinking about either reviving the product or introducing a new one in the same line. The management has asked you for ideas and suggestions regarding the future of “X”. How will you go about doing that? Will you revive “X”? Will you innovate and introduce a new product in the same line? This is your chance to prove yourself at your first assignment in the company. Draw up a marketing plan for “X”. Phase I Generate a Research Proposal By virtue that the product has been marketed for 10-20 years, the brand awareness rates are very high and hence it will be paramount that the innovations are made on the product “X” that is already in existence rather than the introduction of a totally new commodity in the same line. This act will ensure that the original clients of the product are maintained as well the attaining of new customers in the company. In the creation...
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...Ltd. Work Plan for SWOT Analysis Duration: 2 months (15th February to 15th April) Project Manager: Mr. Mahmud SWOT Steps/Activities | Data Sources | Data Collection Method | Responsible Person | Working Group | Logistics Supports | Required Fund | Timeline | Remarks | Analysis of General Environment | Primary & Secondary | Survey, govt. & regulatory publications, etc. | Mr. Adnan & Mr. Masud | 4 | Transport, survey instruments, technological support. | TK. 100,000 | 15th Feb to 14th March | Info gathered from both sources. | Analysis of Industrial Environment | Secondary | SEC publications, industry competitive analysis, business journal, industrial publications etc. | Ms. Shanila& Ms. Sinthia | 3 | Company’s database access, Technological support, analyzing tools. | TK. 70,000 | 15th Feb to 14th March | | Analysis of Internal Environment | Secondary | Company profile, minutes of meetings, financial statement etc. | Mr. Muhib | 2 | Factory inspection, company’s database access, analyzing tools. | TK. 50,000 | 15th March to 31st March | | Describing 1. General OT 2. Industry OT 3. Internal SW | Secondary | Findings from external & internal environment analysis | Ms. Tahmina | 1 | Technical support, fact finding tools. | TK. 20,000 | 1st April to 14th April | Describe the findings of previous steps | Strategic Conclusion | This work plan will be taken as cornerstone of SWOT analysis of BSRM Steels Ltd. The objective...
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...company has been operating as a sister concern of BSRM Group of Companies, the most successful and highly regarded group in the steel sector of the country. The BSRM Group is known for its long exposures in all sub- sectors of steel industry since 1952 including ship breaking, scrap processing, and billet manufacturing, manufacturing of MS rod as well as in other ancillary operations. Bangladesh Steel Re- rolling Mills Limited (BSRM), the flagship company of BSRM Group was established in 1985 for automated steel re- rolling mill and has been operating successfully. In order to cater to the increased market demand, the group established BSRMS with a production capacity of 375000 M ton, per year in 2002. It is the first ever fully automated steel re- rolling plant in the country and also regarded as the largest plant in terms of capacity in the country. The product has come out under the brand name of “BSRM Xtreme 500W” round bars. Such rods are superior equipment in the construction. The project has been conceptualized by German requirements in construction. The project has been conceptualized by German Consultants “Badische Stahl Engineering (BSE)” and the complete plant & machineries have been supplied by Danieli Group, Italy- one of the three largest suppliers of equipments and plants in metal industry worldwide. It was incorporated on 20 July 2002 under the companies Act 1994 as a private limited company with an authorized and paid up capital Tk. 150 million and Tk. 0.50...
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...College of Commerce Financial Accounting ACCT3013 Prof. Hafiz Imtiaz Reg. No. 2035 – Minahil Raza Reg. No. 2030 - Ahmad Waqas Reg. No. 2001 - Syed Faizan Jaffri December 15, 2013 Difference between Accounting & Finance Accounting is an art of recording, classifying and summarizing the transaction in a significant manner, whereas finance is the management of money and other valuables, which can easily be converted into cash. Functions of Finance Department of an Organization * Preparation of Budget Plans It is duty of finance department of company to make the budget before actual providing money to any department. It helps to fulfill each department with minimum cost. * Financial Management In this function finance department gets money from capital market at very low risk and cost. Finance department analyzes all the resources of funds and create a good financial structure of company. In this structure, finance department analyze whether it will decrease the overall cost of capital on Average basis or not. * Management of Investments of Company After making financial structure, finance department invests debenture holders and shareholders money in best projects for getting highest return on investment. For this finance department takes investment decision. These investment decisions can be taken with the help of capital budgeting and investment analysis techniques. * Management of Financial Risks Financial department takes many...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PLUS OUD PLANTATION PROJECT THROUGHOUT PLUSHIGHWAY IN MALAYSIA USING EXTREME PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHOD The project will provide means to: (i) Contribute additional income to PLUS by using Extreme Project Management Method (ii) Rehabilitate the PLUS land bank to be the profitable agricultural area, and (iii) Provide a sustainable economic livelihood and job in the area and as a tourist attraction. The main objective of this project is to develop an Agarwood plantation on the land bank belong to plus highway using the Extreme Project Management Method. The plantation is located along north region of the plus highway from Perlis to Perak area. In the first Phase the total of 500,000 Agarwood tree will be planted on the plus land bank in 4 month started from 31 Jan 2016 until 15 May 2016. The total investment cost will be RM 11 million. The project life cycle is estimated for 15 years. Based on the financial analysis, the NPV IRR and MRR figures show that the project is financially viable. The projected cumulative net profit before tax estimated at RM392 million after 15 years life cycle. The company can ensure the success of this project based on the followings: i. The land is owned by Plus Highway. ii. The financial support by Plus. iii. The Oud Project is managed by an experience team consisting of two planters, one accountant and one engineer. There is no apparent serious risk or uncertainty involved as the Malaysian...
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...FIN 6406 A Financial Ratio Quarterly Trend Analysis of: Kellogg Co. Stock Symbol: K Listed on NYSE Exchange Prepared for: Dr. Edward Lawrence Department of Finance Florida International University In partial fulfillment of the requirements of Course: FIN 6406 By: Ana Carolina De Obaldía Rogemif Fuentes Cesar Giovanni Santos Fábrega Introduction For this project we decided to choose Kellogg’s Company (NYSE: K) to elaborate a financial quarterly trend analysis because it is a big, stable company with 108 years in the market and its products are sold in more than 180 countries worldwide. The ready to eat cereals first appeared in the late 1800’s when a group of vegetarians wanted to expand their food options and decided to create the wheat and corn flakes. It wasn´t until 1906 that Kellogg’s Co. entered the market and has stayed latent through many generations until these days. It is interesting that it survived two world wars and the depression of the United States in the 1930’s. Being this long in the market also means that they have known how to evolve in this world with constant changes, adapting to the behavioral changes in people and their likes remaining competitive and appealing. It is more of a mature company rather than growing company and has many brand-loyal customers. Regarding the sources of information consulted for this report, we used some financial websites to get the financial statements of Kellogg’s and its main competitor General Mills, which we will...
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...Organisation Chart (October 2011) Executive Management Board Nick Macpherson Permanent Secretary Tom Scholar Second Permanent Secretary Andrew Hudson Director General Public Services Dave Ramsden Director General Chief Economic Adviser Alison Cottrell Director Corporate Services Mark Bowman Director Strategy, Planning and Budget Michael Ellam Director General International and EU Jonathan Taylor Director General Financial Services Edward Troup Director General Tax and Welfare Julian Kelly Group Director Finance and Commercial Ministerial and Communications Nick Macpherson, Permanent Secretary Strategy, Planning and Budget Mark Bowman, Director Corporate Centre Julian Kelly, and Alison Cottrell, Group Directors Treasury Legal Advisors Stephen Parker, Director Responsible for decision making, coordination and management of the department and communications with media and the public Deputy Directors: Beth Russell Jonathan Black Ministerial Support Communications Responsible for defining forward strategy, work programme, the Budget, and short-term priority policy projects Deputy Directors: Matthew Toombs Kumar Iyer Strategy, Planning & Budget Strategy, Planning & Projects Enabling the Treasury to deliver by managing and developing corporate policies and processes, including correspondences and public enquiries, HR, estates, IT, domestic finances and commercial activities, as well as the implementation of the...
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...Summary General Mills first began as a flour Mill in the 1860’s and since the beginning they have been a successful, innovative company. Throughout the years they have grown to becoming the third largest food company in North America. General mills is committed to diversity, innovation and the relationships they have built. They believe their stakeholders are as important to the company as their customers, keeping them in mind for every business decision made. They have 6 key stakeholders; consumers, customers, partners, teams, shareholders and communities. General Mills believes the success of their stakeholders is a success for the company, every decision they make must add value to for their stakeholders. In 2001 General Mills completed a merger with their long-time competitor, Pillsbury. Both sides of the merger felt this was the best decision for each company involved, General Mills felt it would add value to shareholders, while Pillsbury was just happy the business would stay local. The merger was complete with a $10.5 billion price tag and would total $13 billion in annual sales. The only problem was Pillsbury’s weak performance, causing layoffs for General Mills. The best solution to remedy this problem is for General Mills to get its thinking caps on and come up with a new innovative product line for Pillsbury. It will take time and a lot of effort, but in the end the benefits will improve the new company and get Pillsbury performing at the same level as General Mills...
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...Advance Financial Management Graduate Business Administration 645 CRN: 11046 Building 163 – Room 2032 Winter Quarter 2013 Wednesday: 6:00-8:50 Paul Sarmas www.csupomona.edu/~psarmas CATALOG DESCRIPTION: A seminar course in finance utilizing comprehensive cases to simulate the role of the financial manager. 3 seminar-discussion. Prerequisite: GBA 546, all required 500-level courses, and microcomputer proficiency. Concurrent enrollment in GBA 646. Unconditional standing requirement. EXPANDED DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE AND INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS: A. Expanded Description of the Course: This course reinforces the basic concepts of financial management. The course provides an in-depth discussion of key topics that are critical to financial management: (1) the goals of the firms, (2) financial statement analysis, planning, and forecasting, (3) working capital policy and management, (4) capital budgeting techniques without and with risk, (5) capital structure theory and application, (5) the cost of capital estimation, and (6) long-term financing decisions. In addition, the course examines issues such as lease financing, merger and acquisition, and international financial management. B. Instructional Methods: The delivery system throughout this course will be a combination of class discussion and case analysis. The case analysis will be both in a written format and oral presentation. The amount of lecture will be limited to detailed coverage of concepts...
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...STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BSRM Information Memorandum for: Term Loan Facility: BDT 1,987 Million Arranger Agrani Bank Co-Arranger IDLC of Bangladesh Limited February 2006 Disclaimer This confidential Information Memorandum (IM) on BSRM Steels Limited, in connection with the proposed Syndicated Term Loan of BDT 1,987 Million has been compiled by Agrani Bank (Lead Arranger) & IDLC of Bangladesh Ltd. (Co-arranger) with a view to assisting the lenders in assessing the merits of the offer. The information, opinion and projections contained in this Information Memorandum have been supplied by the client. BSRM Steels Limited has confirmed to the Arranger & Coarranger that, to the best of its knowledge and belief and except as otherwise provided in this Information Memorandum, such information is true and fair in all material respects as at February 2006, that all such opinions are honestly held by the company, that all such projections are fair and accurate in all material respects having regard to the circumstances now prevailing and in the light of the assumptions made and that the Information Memorandum does not omit any information such that its omission would make this Information Memorandum or any information contained herein inaccurate, untrue, or misleading in any material respect. Agrani Bank & IDLC Of Bangladesh Ltd., in their role as Arranger and Co-arranger respectively have not independently verified the information, opinions or projections referred to in the IM. No...
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...Steven Masetti Professor Guo 11/29/13 BU201 General Mills General Mills is a company engaged in the marketing and manufacturing of branded consumer foods sold through retail stores. The company operates about 50 facilities for the production of the wide range of food products. General Mills operates through three business divisions, U.S. retail, international services, and bakeries and food service. Its consumer brands include Cheerios, Fiber One, Haagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Yoplait, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso, and Wanchai Ferry. Its main headquarter is in Minneapolis and the company operates in more then 100 countries. General Mills’ International operations have been growing rapidly in recent years. Fiscal 2012 international segment net sales are expected to exceed US$4 billion. including sales from the Yoplait international yogurt business acquired July 1,2011. International sales are growing 22%, although earnings will be flat with last year, capped by one-time charges in 2012 for acquisitions of brands in Canada, Brazil and the U.S. General Mills product line is very well increasing in revenue and one main product that has been a huge seller is the Greek 100. Greek 100 is General Mills’ biggest-selling new Yoplait product in at least 20 years. It’s expected to do $140 million in sales in its first full year. Only about 2 percent of new consumer product launches do over $50 million in their first year so that’s really a big move. Greek...
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...Exploring Six Sigma Ricardo Vergara Training Management 3340 April 29, 2012 Abstract This paper explores Six Sigma, the business initiative that was developed by Motorola in the early 1990s. This program has had very good success with some very large corporations such as Allied Signal and General Electric. This paper will explore the methodology of each of the five phases in the Six Sigma model. The five phases are Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC) Phases. The Six Sigma model will then be evaluated based on the researched information. Further, a recommendation will be made concerning whether an organization should implement Six Sigma based on the evaluation. Establishing a Six Sigma Program Introduction: In a world class business environment, employees will be stimulated to strive toward a goal of total quality and continuous process improvement. The benefit of achieving this goal is to become more competitive in the marketplace by reaching business excellence in meeting and exceeding the demands of the customers. The improvements in productivity and the reductions in cost will make stretching towards this goal a feasible business mission (Constanza, 1996, p. 251-252). Operations managers...
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...fulfilling its customers’ requirements through world-class services & products. PHP GROUP Company, PHP Spinning Mills Ltd. has started its production of high quality cotton & melange from January 2006 using latest technology and having production capacity of 466,746 kg per month in which 265,986 kg is cotton & 200,761 kg is melange. The report has been Prepared under direct supervision of Mr. Mohammed Shahedul quader , Assistant Professor , Department of Marketing Studies & international marketing, university of Chittagong. Objectives of the study: The basic or main purpose of industrial tour report is to learn practical knowledge about business world for balancing the gap of our industrial policy in the modern job market. The objectives of this industrial tour are as below: • The prime objective of the study is to know the practical marketing scenario of the company. • To identify an overview of PHP Spinning Mills Ltd. • To perform the SWOT analysis of the company. • To evaluate the performance of the company and generate some policy implication for better performance. • To remove the gap between the theoretical and practical knowledge. • To know the general functional areas of a spinning industry. • To identify the different problems of PHP Spinning Mills ltd. Scope of the study: PHP Spinning Mills is the spinning organization...
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...2.1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Asian Textile is one of the leading export and import oriented Textile in Bangladesh. The philosophy of never standing still, slowing down, never stop thinking & never compromise with quality made. Asian Textile is the most progressive & dynamic business leader in the country. Asian Textile believes in using advanced technology with the changing world. Motivation & diversification is the major strength. It all started in 1996 with the establishment of a textile industry. Asian Textile first ventured in the textile sector with the establishment of the first unit of the Asian Textiles Mills Ltd. Project is about BD Tk.650 Million. Its target market was export oriented garments industry. Asian Textile Mills Ltd is one of the 100% cotton .T.C., P.C. fabrics. The products of the Industrial unit’s are being sold to local and foreign market. The prime item of local market are synthetic fabrics i.e. T.C.,P.C, shirting and suiting fabrics and 100% cotton fabrics of various construction are for International market. Since last 14 years the group is exporting their products through export oriented Garments Industry with good reputation. Also one of the leading supplier of deferent type of fabrics to the various Governmental/Non Governmental Organization such as Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air force, Bangladesh Police, Asian Textile constructed its state of the art manufacturing facility at Narayanganj...
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