Answer and Explanation:
What is the critical issues confronting WCC North America?
WCC North America faces a supply chain management issue whereby there are lapses in integrating divisions within the organization resulting in complications with determining order status of customers.
What changes, if any, should be initiated to address the critical issues?
The text "Supply Chain Logistics Management, by Donald J. Bowersox, David J. Closs, M. Bixby Cooper, John C. Bowersox, 2013" mentions the need to address the critical issue of WCC North America by setting up a system that populates data of customer order status,recognizing them as high volume key accounts, in order to keep order response efficient and effective.
Answer:
$710.84 million
Explanation:
Net income = $35 million
Depreciation = $20 million
Capital expenditures = $7 million
Tax rate = 21%
D/E ratio = 0.4
Growth rate = 6%
Equity beta = 1.25
So, firm's asset beta = Equity beta/(1 + D/E*(1-T))
= 1.25/(1 + 0.4*(1-0.21))
= 0.94985
So, Free Cash Flow to the Firm= NI + Depreciation - Capital expenditures
= 35 + 20 - 7
= $48 million
Risk free rate Rf = 5%
Market risk premium = 7.5%
So, firm cost of capital using CAPM is Rf + Beta*(MRP)
Kc = 5 + 0.94985*7.5
Kc = 12.1239
So, Firms value using constant dividend growth model:
FV = FCF*(1+g)/(Kc-g)
FV = 48*1.06 / 0.121239-0.06
FV = 50.88 / 0.061239
FV = 830.8430901876255
FV = $830.84 million
Debt = $120 million
Market Value of equity = FV - Debt
Market Value of equity = $830.84 million - $120 million
Market Value of equity = $710.84 million
Answer:
False
Explanation:
SWOT analysis is a method of determining external strengths and weaknesses and internal opportunities and threats is a FALSE statement. SWOT analysis means
Strength
Weakness
Opportunities
Threat
Strength and weaknesses are the internal factors not external ones, strength and weakness comes from inside of the organisation. Any organisation capability to serve the customers well, having red hot selling products, creative employees can be its strength. If these elements are not performing well, they can become the weakness as well, therefore, SW is related with the internal environment of the organisation.
In the same way, opportunities and threats are posed by the outside environment, they are not internal elements and factors. Political, social, technological and legal environment can create both treat as well new and exciting opportunities for the organization.
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