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Business forecast...?Business Forecasting Report Scrutiny for Seasonal Effects, Trends and Cycles Visual inspection of the unadjusted manufacturing sector investment in the UK from the first quarter of 1994 and on for the next 49 quarters makes it plain that: There is a long-term cycle that peaked at the end of 1998 and reached bottom in the first quarter of 2004. Seasonality is very pronounced, presumably because the data reveals the effect of manufacturers building up inventories for the Christmas shopping season. Figure 1: The Absolute Values for Investment Prior to Decomposition These periodic fluctuations from first to fourth quarters are decomposed and isolated in Figure 2 below. Figure 2: Seasonality Indices, Investment In turn, the...
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Strategic Marketing-Forecast and Budget...expertise to develop product 45 Prototype development costs: 140 Labour 240 Materials 130 Subcontracting 210 Special Purpose Equipment 300 Miscellaneous 230 Fees for lab testing 212 Field Trial costs 125 Patent Application Fees 43 Legal Fees re IP 233 Additional marketing research activity 50 Development of technical manuals 65 Development of User training manuals 210 Packaging Design 65 Travel Costs 120 Staffing Costs 230 Update business plan 50 Search for Venture Capital 210 Other related costs: 250 The product marketing and promotion programs are not captured in the product development because they are under the marketing...
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Budget Plan...% growth in revenues whereas Apple has reported 45% in the same period. Flexible Budget of Microsoft For creating flexible budget of Microsoft three different growth rates are used for predicting future revenues and other elements of the income statement are presented on the basis of the average rate of each element as a proportion to revenues recorded in the last three years. Low: 3.5% Average: 8.5% High: 13.5% 2013 2013 2013 3.50% 8.50% 13.50% Total Revenue 76,303,305 82,789,086 93,965,613 Cost of Revenue 16,757,800 18,182,213 20,636,811 Gross Profit 59,545,505 64,606,873 73,328,801 Operating Expenses Research Development...
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Elemental Cost Plan for Commercial Office Development...ELEMENTAL COST PLAN FOR COMMERCIAL OFFICE DEVELOPMENT As per given dwg following data can be refered Total gross floor area (GFA) = 793 sq.m (8532 sq.ft) Total space available for use = 195 sq.m(2098 sq.ft)
GFA is the area contained within the external walls of the building measured at each floor level. Approx. CFA (Construction floor area) =GFA x conversion factor( 1.2 for commercial areas)
So Constructional floor Area = 1.2 x 793 =951.6 sq.mtr
Following rates are considered for determining average construction cost /sq m (Jonathan,122)
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Cost Estimation Plan...to the estimated one:
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3.2 Estimated Cash Inflows
Coming to the second factor in cost estimation plan of Sydney Harbour Tunnel is the estimated cash inflows. As the total volume of the traffic through the tunnel was reduced, the estimated cash inflows also suffered considerable decline. On the other hand, to maintain such a large under harbour tunnel, considerable costs were to incur to keep it running. Predictive and repetitive repair mechanisms were...
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Obamas budget plan...reductions over the next decade. Spending will continue on the proposed health care system and energy infrastructure.. Food and drug research and biomedical technology will also receive increased funding. While NASA’s budget will be further reduced, spending on science will rise as the National Science Foundation will receive, “$7.4 billion, a nearly 8 percent increase from the budget last year.”
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Austere Offices of Love...Austere Offices of Love
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Forecast Presentations...Presentational Dilemma Business speakers don’t always have the luxury of complete confidence in the material they have to present. For instance, sales forecasts for new products are notoriously difficult to make because they depend on so many factors in the marketplace. If you were presenting a forecast that was the best available answer but not one that you had much confidence in, should you still follow the guidelines presented in your readings for appearing confident in front of your audience? Explain your answer.
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Lesson Plan: Balancing a Budget...with information-rich environments
learning at student’s time and pace
cost effectiveness
Learning is inclusive of continuous improvement in a particular task.
These elements or factors, according to Walker (2011) constitute an efficient online course (Walker, 2011). Online courses are on the path to failure in case:
students or learners are isolated due to limited feedback
low-leveled measuring methodologies, for instance, multiple-choice tests
The traditional academic assignments copying to the online learning environments without integrating appropriate media, for example, audio clips video cases in enhancing learning.
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