From a marginal analysis perspective, what is the inventory carry cost for Andrews if the company carries one additional unit of Ant in inventory at the end?

Bit's product manager continues to perform well in the market. However, a competing product is coming on strong and is looking to take over as the market share leader in the segment. Without sacrificing contribution margin, what can the Bit product manager do in order to improve upon the buying criteria, and thus potentially increase demand?

Digby's product manager is considering lowering the price of the Drat product by $2.50 and wants to know what the impact will be on the products contribution margin. Assuming no inventory carry costs, what will Drat's contribution margin be if the price is lowered?

According to information found on the production analysis page of the Inquirer, Baldwin sold 1125 units of Bit in the current year. Assuming that Bit maintains a constant market share, all the units of Bit are sold in the Nano market segment and the growth rate remains constant, how many years will it be before Bit will not be able to meet future demand unless the company adds production capacity? Exclude any existing inventory.

Which description best fits Andrews? For clarity: - A differentiator competes through good designs, high awareness, and easy accessibility. - A cost leader competes on price by reducing costs and passing the savings to customers. - A broad player competes in all parts of the market. - A niche player competes in selected parts of the market. Which of these four statements best describes your company's current strategy?

Refer to the HR Reports in the Inquirer. Through past investments in recruiting and training Chester has obtained a productivity index of 109.5%. This means that Chester's labor costs would be increased by 9.5% if it did not have these productivity improvements. This is a competitive advantage that Chester can sustain or even widen further if its competitors have no HR initiatives. Now, refer to the Income Statement in Chester's Annual Report. How much did Chester's productivity improvements save it in direct labor costs (in thousands) last year?

Baldwin's Elite product Bolt has an awareness of 72%. Baldwin's Bolt product manager for the Elite segment is determined to have more awareness for Bolt than Andrews' Elite product Ace. She knows that the first $1M in promotion generates 22% new awareness, the second million adds 23% more and the third million adds another 5%. She also knows one-third of Bolt's existing awareness is lost every year. Assuming that Ace's awareness stays the same next year (77%), out of the promotion budgets below, what is the minimum Baldwin's Elite product manager should spend in promotion to earn more awareness than Andrews' Ace product?

Bit is a product of the Baldwin company which is primarily in the Nano segment, but is also sold in another segment. Baldwin starts to create their sales forecast by assuming all policies (R&D, Marketing, and Production) for all competitors are equal this year over last. For this question assume that all 1125 of units of Bit are sold in the Nano segment. If the competitive environment remains unchanged what will be the Bit products demand next year (in 000s)?

Investing $2,000,000 in TQM's Channel Support Systems initiative will at a minimum increase demand for your products 1.7% in this and in all future rounds. (Refer to the TQM Initiative worksheet in the CompXM.xls Decisions menu.) Looking at the Round 0 Inquirer for Andrews, last year's sales were $163,085,264. Assuming similar sales next year, the 1.7% increase in demand will provide $2,772,449 of additional revenue. With the overall contribution margin of 34.1%, after direct costs this revenue will add $945,405 to the bottom line. For simplicity, assume that the demand increase and margins will remain at last year's levels. How long will it take to achieve payback on the initial $2,000,000 TQM investment, rounded to the nearest month?

Looking forward to next year, if Baldwins current cash balance is $20,132 (000) and cash flows from operations next period are unchanged from this period, and Baldwin takes ONLY the following actions relating to cash flows from investing and financing activities: Issues 100 (000) shares of stock at the current stock price Issues $400 (000) in bonds Retires $10,000 (000) in debt Which of the following activities will expose Baldwin to the most risk of needing an emergency loan?