Exam-style case study Halo Enterprises
Halo Enterprises is a retail company that
manufactures beauty products and is based in
Country X, which is in Europel The company is speciality
dedicated to offering the best ethical, natural and
eco-certified beauty products available. Its products
are made with natural and organic ingredients;
they contain no animal ingredients or alcohol and
are never tested on animals. It also uses eco-
friendly packaging and aims to be sustainable by
tonsidering the impact of its business activity on the
o
environment.
Despite the economy going through a recession, Halo
has experienced tremendous growth in the last ten
years and is thinking of expansion into international
markets as a growth strategy, either by exporting
its goods or by setting up operations in the host
countries. The company wants to find out which is
the best country to focus on. It has gathered relevant
information on Countries Y and Z (see Appendices).

1) pressure groups are currently posing a threat to multinationals in country z .When considering which country to set up operations in, explain why Halo enterprises should consider pressure groups as both am opportunity and a threat.

Opportunity:
Explanation :
Threat:
Explanation:​

Alpha company uses the periodic inventory system for purchase & sales of merchandise. discount terms for both purchases & sales are, 2/10, n30 and the gross method is used. unless otherwise noted, fob destination will apply to all purchases & sales. the value of inventory is based on periodic system. on january 1, 2016, beginning inventory consisted of 350 units of widgets costing $10 each. alpha prepares monthly income statements. the following events occurred during the month of jan.: dateactivitya.jan. 3purchased on account 350 widgets for $11 each.b.jan. 5sold on account 400 widgets for $30 each. paid freight out with petty cash of $150.c.jan. 10purchased on account 625 widgets for $12 each.d.jan. 11shipping cost for the january 10 purchased merchandise was $400 was paid with a cheque by alpha directly to the freight company.e.jan. 12returned 50 widgets received from jan. 10 purchase as they were not the correct item ordered.f.jan. 13paid for the purchases made on jan. 3.g.jan. 21sold on account 550 widgets for $30 each. paid freight out with petty cash of $250.h.jan. 22authorize credit without return of goods for 50 widgets sold on jan. 21 when customer advised that they were received in defective condition.i.jan. 25received payment for the sale made on jan. 5.j.jan. 26paid for the purchases made on jan. 10.k.jan. 31received payment for the sale made on jan. 21.use this information to prepare the general journal entries (without explanation) for the january events. if no entry is required then enter the date and write "no entry required."

1. what are the unique operational challenges to delivering fresh meals? 2. why is speed of delivery so important for delivered meals? what variety of options contribute to this performance metric? 3. how could operations management concepts be utilized to improve the performance of freshly? 4. what are your typical product delivery times? what would be required to speed these up? 5. what are your delivery batch quantities? how could you reduce batch size and reduce delivery cost simultaneously using operations management concepts?

Customers arrive at rich dunn's styling shop at a rate of 3 per hour, distributed in a poisson fashion. rich can perform an average of 5 haircuts per hour, according to a negative exponential distribution.a) the average number of customers waiting for haircuts= customersb) the average number of customers in the shop= customersc) the average time a customer waits until it is his or her turn= minutesd) the average time a customer spends in the shop= minutese) the percentage of time that rich is busy= percent