Use the spread sheet for A.C.M.E. Pharmacies. This company has three years of sales and profits. Given
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Use the spread sheet for A.C.M.E. Pharmacies. This company has three years of sales and profits. Given what is gone on with the pandemic several companies have struggled as a result. This assignment calls for you to recast the financials given the following new criteria:
- RX sales drop 15%
- Cost of goods sold increase by 6.2%
- Salaries are increased by 2%
- GM drop by 3.2%
- Cast a year 4 with a 10% decrease in all categories from year 3.
- Interest is now $21000 a year
- Provision for bad debts increases by 4.5%
- Net Income drops by 5% for each year
- Number of prescriptions per day increases by 2%
- Bad Debt Percentage rises to 4%
- Inflation Rates rises by 10%
- Unexpected costs not currently accounted for each year $35,435
You need to recast the statement given the criteria listed above and answer the following questions.
- Is the company still economically viable why or why not?
- Is there any information that you think is missing? What do you think you need? Why?
- Is there any conflicting data? What is it?
- What happens when companies' profitability changes because of outside factors?
- What corrective action would you take? Why?
- What are the risks, assumptions, and unanswered questions?
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Introduction to Operations Research
ISBN: 978-1259162985
10th edition
Authors: Frederick S. Hillier, Gerald J. Lieberman
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