...Allied Office Products Case Write-up Allied office products have two different divisions, each of these were treated as profit centers. One of them is the Form Manufacturing division, which basically involved with producing business forms and specialty paper products. The other one is Total Forms Control activity division, which is a program of business forms inventory management services. The industry value chain is: TreesPulpPaperForms manufacturing Forms salesTFC Customer Purchasing Manager Customer receiving Forms end users The TCF chain is: Storage and inventory financing Requisitioning Stock selection and pick-pack Order entry—billing Desk top delivery Freight In terms of the profitability performance, the Business Forms Division in 1988 earned a 20 percent ROI, but returns have been dropping for several years. In 1992, Allied Office Products has annual sales of $900 million and sales from TFC were only about $60 million. TFC profitability was suffering in October 1992 and it was projected to earn an ROI of only 6 percent for 1992. Porter’s 5 forces: * Supplies: Forms and other paper products are commodity products and there are a lot of supplies in the market. Low power * Customers: Since form products are commodity products and therefore customers are sensitive to the price change. The switching cost is low and they have many options to choose from, such as Staples and Office Depot. While TCF division just started up, competition in this...
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...Uitwerking Case 8-1 Allied Office Products Door: Joey de Klerk (481002) en Roel van Berkel (468870) Introductie Allied Office Products is a large corporation that builds its reputation on its annual sales of $900 million in business forms and specialty in paper products. Its paper products vary from envelopes to greeting cards and writing papers. Allied has incorporated a new program called Total Forms Controls (TFC) for its clients enabling Allied to separate this business forms division to handle client accounts. TFC provides services of warehousing and distribution, inventory control and forms usage reporting. Furthermore Allied offers several other services such as “pick-pack and desk top delivery” to enhance their business operations. Allied clients vary from small to large and all use their distribution center. Allied has a total of 13 distribution centers thus giving them an increase in the services. Algemene gegevens Externe omgeving van de organisatie Niet veel informatie over de externe omgeving van de organisatie. Behalve dat, in 1988, alle concurrenten aan het zoeken waren naar manieren om verkoopgroei te realiseren. Interne omgeving van de organisatie Allied Office Products is zich in 1988 gaan focussen op de voorraadbeheer diensten van zakelijke formulieren. De organisatie geloofde dat het diensten met toegevoegde waarde kon bieden om zich zo te differentiëren van andere soortgelijke organisaties. Zodoende begon Allied een campagne om al haar...
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...Allied Office Products yesterday, I went to Monash Clayton for a seminar, Cover Letter Seminar, just for 1 hour, but I think it was useful. after this semester, i need to go for a work...there will be some similar seminars held on Monash Clayton in the next few weeks. i will go to there. after the seminar, i went home, but I totally lost in the Monash Clayton, becasue it is so huge...I study in Monash Caulfield, just few buildings in there. But Monash Clayton...I think 70 buildings in there...it took me 20 minutes to find the bus loop... next, I put on some old assignment, Advanced Managment Accouting. there were a lot of case study when I learned that unit, but now, the teacher was changed, so the assignment was changed... anyway, the requirements: 1. Conduct a SWOT analysis 2. Using the information in the text and in Exhibit 5, calculate ‘ABC’ based service costs for the TFC business. 3. Using your new costing system, calculate distribution services costs for ‘Customer A’ and ‘Customer B’. 4. What inferences do you draw about the profitability of these two customers? (hint: you can compare the ‘old’ method to the ‘abc’ method using customer profitability analysis in a table format; you can show this by: Sales less Product Costs less Service Fees = Gross Profit You can also show Gross Profit as a % 5. Should TFC implement the SBP pricing system? Give reasons. 6. What managerial advice do you have for Allied about the Total For Control (TFC) business? How...
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...The following is the case study completed in regards to Allied Office Products. Currently Allied Office Products charges customers a flat fee on product cost. This case study was performed in order to see if Allied Office Products should switch and implement the Sales Based Pricing System. “ABC” based service costs for the TFC business were calculated and Total Cost/Expense were found to be $1,550,000 Storage, $1,801,000 Requisition Handling, $ 761,000 Basic Warehouse Stock Selection, $734,000 “Pick-up” Activity, $612,000 Data entry, and $250,000 Desk Top Delivery for a total of $5,708,000. After finding the Total Cost we were able to divide that by Activity Driver Units to get the Activity Based Costs. Those costs were found to be $4.43 Storage, $5.81 Requisition Handling, $0.98 Basic Warehouse Stock Selection, $1.05 “Pick-up” Activity, $0.79 Data entry, and $29.41 Desk Top Delivery. Using the ABC Method we were able to calculate a Service Fee Amount of $8,486 for Customer A, and $23,330 for Customer B. Subtracting these totals from the Service Fee Total of $16100 found from the old method shows that Customer A was over charged $7,614 and Customer B was under charged $7,230. It would be fair then to adjust the Service Fee’s charged to each customer to the Totals found using the ABC method. Customer A was found to cost Allied Office Products less money to service, but they were also a smaller source of potential growth for the company. Customer B was found to use...
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...CASE SUMMARY Allied Office Products was a corporation in business forms and specialty paper products, such as writing paper, envelopes, note cards, and greeting cards. In 1988, the company had expanded into business forms inventory management services that Allied believed it could offer value-added service to differentiate it from other business forms manufacturers. The forms manufacturing business was mature by 1988, and all competitors were seeking ways to generate sales growth. Allied embarked on a campaign to enroll its corporate clients in a program which it called “Total Forms Control” (TFC) and Allied had established a separate company within the business forms division to handle these accounts. The services provided under TFC included warehousing and distribution of forms as well as inventory control and forms usage reporting. Allied used a sophisticated computer systems network to monitor a client’s forms inventory, forms usage, and ordering activities. They provided this information to their clients via comprehensive yet simple-to-read management reports. Allied operated its forms manufacturing and TFC activities as separated profit centers. The transfer of product to TFC was at arm’s length with the transfer price set at fair market value. Although the company encouraged internal sourcing for customer orders, TFC sales people had the option of outsourcing product if necessary. The clients who participated in the forms management program were charged a service fee...
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... A Case Study on PNB- ALLIED BANK MERGING Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate School of Management Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila In Partial Requirement for the subject Financial Management 2 Submitted to: Dr. Josefina Dalandan Submitted by: Bernadeth R. Alagao Eron T. Pabalan Rona C. Lalusin GSM-MBA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PNB COMPANY PROFILE • Established as a government-owned banking institution on July 22, 1916 with headquarters in the old Masonic Temple along Escolta, Manila, the then "Wall Street of the Philippines" in the bustling district of Sta. Cruz in Manila. • Primary mandate was to provide financial services to Philippine industry and agriculture and support the government's economic development effort. • "The First Universal Bank in the country" • On July 24, 1916, PNB established its first branch in Iloilo. • In 1917, PNB marked its entry in the field of international banking when it opened its New York Branch. The following year, it established five more domestic branches and another overseas branch in Shanghai, China. • "PNB launched the first on-line Electronic Data Processing System in the entire Far East" • In 1963, it established the National Investment and Development Corporation to engage primarily in long-term and equity financing of business ventures. • Between 1967 and 1979, PNB continued to expand its operations by opening offices in London...
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...Study Course Investion, Finanzierung und Risikomanagement für Kleinere und Mittlere Unternehmen Case Study Term Paper Winter Term 2011/2012 Study Course Investion, Finanzierung und Risikomanagement für Kleinere und Mittlere Unternehmen Case Study Term Paper Winter Term 2011/2012 By Prof. Dr. Tobias Popovic By Prof. Dr. Tobias Popovic Submitted by Bernardo Suárez González Student Identity Card: 299813 María de la Concepción Goitisolo Sopeña Student Identity Card: 299802 Submitted by Bernardo Suárez González Student Identity Card: 299813 María de la Concepción Goitisolo Sopeña Student Identity Card: 299802 Stuttgart, 20.01.2012 Stuttgart, 20.01.2012 Table of Contents Assignment 1: D’Leon Inc. – Financial Statements and Taxes 1 Assignment 2: Allied Food Products – Capital Budgeting and Cash Flow Estimation 7 Annex 12 Affidavit 13 Assignment 1: D’Leon Inc. – Financial Statements and Taxes A. What effect did the expansion have on sales, after-tax operating income, net working capital (NWC), and net income? The impact on sales can be seen in Table IC3-2. Income Statements. Sales are the sum of Cost of goods sold and Other Expenses. In respect to 2007 there is an increase in sales powered, perhaps, by the excessive and unnecessary much publicity. Sales in 2007: $ 3,432,000 Sales in 2008: $ 6,034,000 Although sales in 2008 were higher...
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...Table of Contents Topics Acknowledgment Dedicated To Purpose of the Study Preface Executive Summary Introduction Mission Vision Values H-R Policies of Allied Bank 1) Job Analysis A) Contractual Staff B) Regular Staff A) Contractual Staff * Job specification * Job description B) Regular Staff * Job specification * Job description 2) Recruitment 3) Selection 4) Testing 5) Interviews 6) Training & its types A) Off-job training B) On-job training A) Off-job training Occupational Training schools Cooperative Education Vestibule training B) On-job training Apprenticeship Coaching Mentoring Job Rotation In-Basket Training 7) Compensation Mgt Salary Probation period Pension Promotion criteria Transfer Rent or residence facility Medical care Health and safety program Insurance Career management ...
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...Solution to Case 8-1 Allied Office Products Prepared based on Instructor’s Manual to Accompany Anthony and Govindarajan’s Management Control Systems textbook. 1) Activity Based Costing service costs for the TFC business Value added activities Storage Requisition handling Warehouse activity Pick Packing Data entry Desk top delivery Total expense per activity $000 (1992) 1,550 1,801 761 734 612 250 Cost driver Cost driver units (1992) 350,000 310,000 775,000 697,500 775,000 8,500 Cost per unit of cost driver $4.43 per carton* $5.81 $0.98 $1.05 $0.79 $30 Cartons in inventory Requisitions Carton lines Pick-pack lines Carton lines Per time *$0.37 per carton per month NB Requisition handling could be charged per line rather than per requisition. Data entry could also be charged per requisition rather than per carton line. These changes would not alter the results significantly. Most of the expenses incurred in relation to each activity are probably fixed costs. Hence, the cost per unit of cost driver amounts reflect long run variable costs, not short run incremental costs. Is capacity being utilized? Would extra activity merely reduce the costs per unit of cost driver? 2) Calculation of distribution service costs for Customer A and Customer B Value added activities Storage Requisition handling Warehouse activity Pick Packing Data entry Desk top delivery Freight out Inactive inventory surcharge TOTAL SERVICE CHARGES – ABC BASIS Customer A 350 cartons x $4...
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...0 3 0 Electronic Health Records in the Physician Office CHAPTER OUTLINE Patient Flow in the Physician Practice Step 1. Pre-Visit: Appointment Scheduling and Information Collection Step 2. Patient Check-in and Payment Collection Step 3. Rooming and Measuring Vital Signs Patient Examination and Documentation Step 4. Patient Checkout Step 5. Post-Visit: Coding and Billing Post-Visit: Reviewing Test Results Coding and Reimbursement in Electronic Health Records Computer-Assisted Coding Clinical Tools in the Electronic Health Record Decision-Support Tools Tracking and Monitoring Patient Care Screening for Illness or Disease Identifying at-Risk Patients Managing Patients with Chronic Diseases Improving the Quality and Safety of Patient Care with Evidence-Based Guidelines E-Prescribing and Electronic Health Records Keeping Current with Electronic Drug Databases Increasing Prescription Safety Saving Time and Money LEARNING OUTCOMES After completing this chapter, you will be able to define key terms and: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. List the five steps of the office visit workflow in a physician office. Discuss the advantages of pre-visit scheduling and information collection for patients and office staff. Describe the process of electronic check-in. Explain how electronic health records make documenting patient exams more efficient. Explain what occurs during patient checkout. Explain what two events take place during the post-visit step of the visit workflow. Describe the advantages of computer-assisted...
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...0 3 0 Electronic Health Records in the Physician Office CHAPTER OUTLINE Patient Flow in the Physician Practice Step 1. Pre-Visit: Appointment Scheduling and Information Collection Step 2. Patient Check-in and Payment Collection Step 3. Rooming and Measuring Vital Signs Patient Examination and Documentation Step 4. Patient Checkout Step 5. Post-Visit: Coding and Billing Post-Visit: Reviewing Test Results Coding and Reimbursement in Electronic Health Records Computer-Assisted Coding Clinical Tools in the Electronic Health Record Decision-Support Tools Tracking and Monitoring Patient Care Screening for Illness or Disease Identifying at-Risk Patients Managing Patients with Chronic Diseases Improving the Quality and Safety of Patient Care with Evidence-Based Guidelines E-Prescribing and Electronic Health Records Keeping Current with Electronic Drug Databases Increasing Prescription Safety Saving Time and Money LEARNING OUTCOMES After completing this chapter, you will be able to define key terms and: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. List the five steps of the office visit workflow in a physician office. Discuss the advantages of pre-visit scheduling and information collection for patients and office staff. Describe the process of electronic check-in. Explain how electronic health records make documenting patient exams more efficient. Explain what occurs during patient checkout. Explain what two events take place during the post-visit step of the...
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...“Introduction of a new concept into different geographies in India” Summer project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the post graduation diploma in management By: Anuj Kumar Supervisors: Company Guide: Private Limited) Faculty Guide: Alumni Mentor: Mr. Saurabh Goswami, Managing Director (Ultra Rich Wedding Mr. M. Sivagnanasundaram Mr. Siddharth Sharma Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar, Karnataka 1 2 “Acknowledgement” 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT With due respect and gratitude I want to thank Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar for giving me this opportunity to see, learn and gain a firsthand industry experience in this summer internship program which will help me a lot to grow professionally. After that, I want to thank my assigned Faculty Guide Prof. M. Sivagnanasundaram, for generating confidence in me, always keeping in touch and providing some classic literatures which benefitted me a lot. I would also like to thank my mentor Mr. Siddharth Sharma. Who helped me throughout the project time to time, despite his busy schedule. I am very grateful to them for their valuable and timely guidance throughout the project. I would like to express my gratitude to my Company Guide Mr. Saurabh Goswami, Managing Director, Ultra Rich Wedding Private Limited, who gave me the opportunity to work on this project. Despite of his hectic schedule, he took his time out to support and guide me in understanding...
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...HRM822 Strategic Human Resources Planning Case Study Stonewall Industries Limited by Charles Purchase Read the following case study carefully. • The case study will form the basis of three individual assignments that are to be completed at various points in the course. • For all responses to each assignment, provide the rationale for your answers and any assumptions that you are making. • Before you begin, ensure that you have followed the General Instructions for Assignments, and reviewed the Criteria for Written Assignments. • Consult the Timeline for the due date for each assignment. • Stonewall Industries Limited is a construction materials company with its Canadian head office located in Mississauga, Ontario. • The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Wallboard. • The company has been in existence in Canada since 1960 producing gypsum wallboard for the Canadian construction industry. • The senior management team is located at corporate office in Mississauga directly in front of the Mississauga production facilities. • These facilities provide product for the Ontario market. • A plant in Montreal produces wallboard for Quebec and the Maritimes. • A plant in Winnipeg produces for Manitoba and Saskatchewan. • The Calgary plant manages the Alberta market and Vancouver’s plant manages British Columbia. • Two mines produce the gypsum for all of the plants in Canada. • Each plant is headed by a plant manager and they in turn report to...
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...ALLIED AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Personalized. Flexible. Dedicated. Online Programs – Individual Support – Open Enrollment – Ease of Transfer Credits UNIVERSITY CATALOG 2013 Seventh Edition 22952 Alcalde Drive, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Phone: (888) 384-0849 ∼ Fax: (949) 707-2978 7:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. (Monday – Friday) Email: info@allied.edu Website: www.allied.edu KEY STAFF AND FACULTY Charlotte Hislop, Ph.D. Candidate, President/CEO Bonny Nickle, Ed.D., Provost Eric Sharkey, M.Ed., Director of Education Bill Luton, Ph.D., Director of Assessment and Dean of Business Carlo Tannoury, Ph.D. Candidate, Dean of Computer Information Systems Patricia Drown, Ph.D., Dean of Criminal Justice and General Studies C.J. Bishop, M.B.A., Institutional Research Frank Vazquez, Operations Director Parrish Nicholls, J.D., Director of Compliance Lindsay Oglesby, Admissions Director Abby Dolan, B.A., Registrar Sasha Heard, M.B.A., Student Services Manager Barbara Jobin, B.S.B.A., Career Center Manager Hugo Aguilar, B.A., Chief Financial Officer Richard Madrigal, B.A., Financial Aid Officer As a prospective student at Allied American University, you are encouraged to review this catalog prior to signing an enrollment agreement. You are also encouraged to review the student performance fact sheet which must be provided to you prior to signing an enrollment agreement. This catalog is not a contract between the student, AAU, or any party or parties. Reasonable effort was made at the time this document...
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...getting the contacts to which we will spread the event. I got good experience while searching the details for the event as well as fetching contacts. During this process our mentor i.e. Mukherjee Sir gave his insights regarding the project which went very helpful and informative for the project. During his speech he told us that we should create a need to the people whom we visit about the event so that they feel that they are going to visit very important seminar which is going to be very helpful for their organization.I think marketing is all about creating the need for the product or the service so we were on the right track after getting insights from sir. Our next work was to divide students into group of two to three for visiting various organizations spread across the city. In my group I was worked with Mohit and Abhishek. Some of students like us went directly to the offices of the contacts which we have and some went after calling and mailing (softcopy of event) them. On the very first day we went to seawoods where we got some people who shown interest for the seminar and some were not interested. Some of the organisations which we visited were Stansoft,Maharashtra Metal Industries, Angel Broking Franchise,Technosoft,Rock & Reef Dredging Pvt. Ltd....
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