The profit margin is a profitability ratio used to compare how many cents different companies are able to make from selling $1. Different companies have different sales levels, but we can group companies by industries and then compare them in order to determine which ones are more efficient at generating income. E.g. Company A sells $100 million but only makes $2 million in profits per year (PM = 2%), and it is much less efficient than Company B that sells $10 million and makes $1 in profits (PM = 10%). Company A's costs are too high compared to Company B's costs.
During the initiation phase, what does project selection help to do?
The initiation phase entails the starting point of the project, project selection comes in after the scope, objectives and how it would be delivered has been defined thoroughly. Project selection helps to make decision to know when the project would be ready for delivery, also the format of execution would be known, furthermore, any deviation from the initiation would be detected early and corrected if there is any
Waldman does not have a contract for purposes of revenue recognition on the day the contract is received.
Explanation:
Revenue from contracts with customers becomes recognizable after the performance of the obligations and not before. Revenue is recognized when the contractor has transferred the benefits to the beneficiary and not before. Revenue, in this instance, is to be recognized based on past performance. According to IFRS 15 and ASC 606, revenue is recognized when each performance obligation has been fully satisfied. This is the point when economic benefit has been conferred on the other contracting party.
