Cumberland Case

• The first alternative we will focus on is the Economic Value to the Customer (EVC). Hence we have to determine the price that will make a risk-neutral customer, who considers only economic benefits, indifferent between buying either our cushion pad or the ones supplied by alternative offers. We first measure the added values of CMI’s pad compared to a conventional one, then we monetize it, and finally decide the amount we are willing to leave on the table in order to make our product more attractive to the customer. The EVC is measured on the basis of both Kendrick and Corey data (see appendix 1). Looking at Kendrick first we found that the EVC was $4.260,4 and after leaving 40% to the customer, we priced the pad at $2.556,24. Based on Corey’s figures, the EVC was $5.712,58 and after leaving 40% to the customer the price was $3.427,49 per pad.

It’s always good to start investing money at an early age, however, it’s a hard start. Many banks have improved interest rates as well as no opening fees to start a savings account. Stocks, such as health and technology are also currently going up. Billy should start by saving small amounts of money per week for two years and placing it in a savings account. He should also buy health and tech stocks, such as Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), and keep a diversified portfolio, along with buying bonds.

According to the above petitions filed on 09/25/17, by Portsmouth Police Officer R. Flaherty, the following incident took place in the City of Portsmouth. “On September 24, 2017 at approximately 0016 hours, police were responding to a loud party at 1126 Virginia Avenue when a large group of individuals was observed loitering in the breezeway at 1112 Virginia Ave. Remonds Delbridge ran from the location and was observed tossing an item into a dumpster at 2406 High St before being taken into custody. Delbridge had an existing detention order on file for violation of probation. Search incident arrest yielded a 45 caliber bullet in Delbridge’s right front pants pocket. Police later recovered a Black Springfield XDS sn: S3189810 from inside the dumpster at 2406 High Street. The firearm had previously been stolen between August 6th, 2017, and August 20th, 2017. The ammunition in the Springfield matched the ammunition inside Delbridge’s pocket. Delbridge is 17 years old and has been convicted of robbery.

WOOSTER — Wooster City had authority to remove nearly 50 cats from a Lucca Street property and the animals' owner, currently hospitalized by court-order in another matter, has until Aug. 11 to pay more than $14,000 for upkeep of the cats, which, otherwise, will be turned over to the Wayne County Humane Society.

Brownsville, Texas the city located on the border with Mexico also known as on the border by the sea. The poorest city in Texas became a target for a homicide that impacted the family and including the community.

If we watched something that endangered someone´s life, is it our job to speak up and say something and will we be guilty if we had not said anything or done anything? In the Ruling of the Scottsboro Case, Sam Lebowitz stood up and fought for those 9 boys that were accused of rape, also in Wiesel´s Nobel Prize Acceptance Wiesel stood up and spoke about the suffering that he and the other went through, and To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus fought for the innocence of Tom Robinson. They all stood up and said something because if they didn´t, they would be guilty because they did not say anything when they can help them out. If we are bystanders, we cannot stay silent because it is our job to help out those in need even if it endangers our life.

In our second assumption, instead of using the cost of goods per cases in 1986, we try to use the percentage it counts in the total expenses which is 50.4% and to find the sales needed to break-even. The detail of the calculation is shown in the answer for questions d. The result is that 95,635, a little bit higher than the estimated sales of 90,000.

* Acquire higher amount of shelf space to distinguish itself away from the competition, this can be done by utilizing promotional allowances to create discounts.

CMI was first manufacturer for CM pads, there was no direct competition and no available selling price in the market that CMI can take reference to. In view of that, CMI could use two test results of Kendrick and Corey to determine the economic value of CM pads. According to the Appendix I, the average economic value of CMI pad was 3,304. This value had taken into account of less CM pads required per job and the cost saving in equipment and labor . But the value to the customer should be higher due to some intangible advantage, for examples, lower accident claim as fewer set changes required for CM pads. Besides, lower health claim as CM pad contained non-toxic material. In order to gain the market share for this new product, we would recommend CMI to set the price of CMI pad around 85% of economic value, saying 2,805, promote to the market that it was much cheaper to use CM pads with superior performance and cost efficiency. Besides, different discounts can be granted to the customers depend on the length of the contracts signed and volume of the pads purchased, ranging from 10% to 25%.

Therefore, the value of the CMI pad to a customer is $1,420.1333($8,520.8 / 6pads required in total) in the Colerick project and $1,904.16($9,520.8 / 5pads required in total) in Fazio project. The highest estimate of the value of the CMI pad to a customer (EVC) is $1,904.16 per pad.

The feet driven per hour using the pad (contractors are paid by the job, therefore the more feet per hour the better)

1 We recommend Cumberland Metal Industries capitalize on their evolving position as a leader in the curled metal industry and effectively launch their new curled metal cushion pads to be positioned as the “new industry standard” in the pile driving market. In order to successfully launch this product, we first and foremost recommend that CMI acquire a patent to prevent this product from being copied and imitated, thus avoiding the entry of competitors. The associated value and advantages of CMI’s metal cushion pads are evident from the results of the two comparative performance tests by Colerick and Fazio. CMI pads drove piles 33 percent faster than asbestos per hour and lasted the entire job while also eliminating the downtime required

Problem statement: With the launch of the new innovative Quartz shower by Aqualisa, the Company expected to have a boost in its sales. Yet the sale of the product was not picking up. The Company was facing a big challenge with communicating its product to the consumer/target. The Company wants to ensure that the innovative technology, which is leaps and bounds ahead of competition, will generate more sales to capture market share before the competition can imitate the technology. Accordingly, the CEO of the Company will have to re-devise a new positioning, distribution and pricing plan, if necessary.

Each Shovel takes 11.5 m3 / load with 480 m3 / hr to get 0.024 hr/load.

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