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D company
Year 15 and Year 16 Report
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1. Describe your main activities for the submissions this past week and how they align with your corporate strategy.
A focus on sustainable growth through cost reduction and lean manufacturing are the two main activities that work to align corporate strategy. The former seeks to ensure that company is efficient in achieving profitability, while the latter is meant to meet the demand for footwear products in the emerging markets of East Asia and South Pacific regions.
2 Have you adjusted your basic strategy in the past week? If so why or why not?
The main strategy for the company is to focus on continuous improvement strategy as a way of attaining consistent growth through enhanced corporate practices to boost productivity.
3 Describe your results with respect to the 5 measures below. Goals attained?
EPS-
The companys delivered diluted EPS of $1.56 in Y12. This is a drop from $2.07 the previous year. The shows that the company has not achieved a medium-term financial goals thus, inconsistent financial performance.
ROE-
The return on equity (ROE) of 11 .6% in Y12 fell from 17.9% in Y11. The drop can have attributed to the fall in sales across all brands thus the company is not efficient earning profits for its shareholders.
Stock Price the medium-term shareholder stock prices fell from $20.56 to $11.01 in Y11 and Y12 respectively. Thus, such dismal stock performance does not reflect companys short-term shareholder interest alignment goals.
Credit Rating- the credit ratings dropped from A- (Y11) to B+ (Y12). However, base industry rating is B+. Thus, despite the drop, it shows that internal audit and controls is satisfactory, however, it needs significant improvement.
Image Rating- image rating for Y11 was 76. The industry base rating was 72 and the leading insert player was 90. Accordingly, the while the company does not lead in this area, the risk conduct survey shows that it exceeds industry norms, which is satisfactory for the management as well the shareholders.
5 Comment on your production capacity and inventory management supporting your analysis with quantitative measures (amounts, key ratios/metrics)
The oversupply of up to 8600 pairs of footwear across company warehouse in Y11 requires that the company streamline its production in the North Africa and Asia-Pacific facilities to produce at least 1000 and 1200 pairs respectively to enhance production capacity while avoiding dead stock.
6 What will you be focusing on for the next annual submissions?
The positive EPS and ROE posting requires that board approve an increase of $1.9 in dividends for ordinary shareholders. Furthermore, to enhance credit and image ratings, the company need to reevaluate its internal controls and audits.
