1: When comparing performance during the first five months of 2013 with performance in 2012, which warehouse

Question:

1: When comparing performance during the first five months of 2013 with performance in 2012, which warehouse shows the most improvement?
2: When comparing performance during the first five months of 2013 with performance in 2012, which warehouse shows the poorest change in performance?
3: When comparisons are made among all eight warehouses, which one do you think does the best job for the Brant Company? What criteria did you use? Why?
4: J.Q. is aggressive and is going to recommend that his father cancel the contract with one of the warehouses and give that business to a competing warehouse in the same city. J.Q. feels that when word of this gets around, the other warehouses they use will “shape up.” Which of the seven should J.Q. recommend be dropped? Why?
5: The year 2013 is nearly half over. J.Q. is told to determine how much the firm is likely to spend for warehousing at each of the eight warehouses for the last six months of 2013. Do his work for him.
6: When comparing 2012 figures with the 2013 figures shown in the table, the amount budgeted for each warehouse in 2013 was greater than actual 2012 costs. How much of the increase is caused by increased volume of business (units shipped) and how much by inflation?
7: Use the 2012 income statement and to complete a Strategic Profit Model for J.Q.
8: Holding all other information constant, what would be the effect on ROA for 2012 if warehousing costs declined 10 percent from 2012 levels? Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...