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The ARC company produces and sells cosmetics for women and girls. The company is owned by a brother and sitser who originally wanted to earn more money than they could in their old jobs. Although profitable sales have been falling recently. This is causing many stakeholder groups to worry about the future of the business. However the owners are keen for the business to continue and become more successful. sales are falling due to new compettion in the market with exiting new products. So ARC must cut production costs to survive. The company has brought new manufactoring equipment which is much more specailised. As a result fewre workers are neede but this has caused workers to become unhappy with the now boring jobs they have to do. Some workers have now left and this has caused a problem in meeting production targets with ARC being unable to supply some of the retailers who sell their products.
The marketing director is keen to increase the value added of the cosmetics. One product - the Bella prefume - currently sells for $7. It is made from soap bought in by the business at a cost of $2 per item. The director beleives that b y desgining a new luxary packaging for the product added value could be increased.
1- How do the businesses objectives appear to have changed ?
2- Assume the marketing director bought in new packaging at an additional cost of $1 for each item sold. She increases the selling price by 20%. Calculate the new value added of this product.
3- Evaluate one alternative method that the marketing director could use to increase the value added of this product
I've written my answers and I'd like someone to check if they are right as soon as possible
Anwer 1 :
The businesses objectives appear to have changed as the profit has decreased because the company was very keen at the start. But the competiton between products has led the sales to decrease as not many people might buy from the ARC company. The ARC has changed as they have to cut of costs. this is because they need to survive as the economy has moved into recession , and the business is more concerned with survival than anything else even though the profil will be lower.
Answer 2 - The added value will be $11
Answer 3 - The director can offer a gift 0 wrapping service for the perfume so this added feature will add more costs to the compmany but a much bigger added value
Are my anwers right , should i include anymore or is it fine
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Let's go through each question and evaluate your answers:
Answer 1: The businesses objectives appear to have changed as the profit has decreased because the company was very keen at the start. But the competition between products has led the sales to decrease as not many people might buy from the ARC company. The ARC has changed as they have to cut costs. This is because they need to survive as the economy has moved into recession, and the business is more concerned with survival than anything else, even though the profit will be lower.
Your answer is partially correct. You mentioned that the company's profit has decreased and they need to cut costs to survive, which is valid. However, you did not specifically address how the business objectives have changed. From the given information, it can be inferred that the initial objective of the owners was to earn more money than they could in their old jobs. However, the objective has now shifted towards ensuring the business's survival in the face of falling sales and increased competition. So, you should mention this change in objective.
Answer 2: The added value will be $11.
Your answer is incorrect. To calculate the new value added, we need to consider the cost of the new packaging, the original cost of the perfume, and the increased selling price. Let's calculate it step by step:
Original cost of the perfume = $2
Additional cost of new packaging per item = $1
Original selling price = $7
Increased selling price (20% increase) = $7 + (20% of $7) = $7 + $1.40 = $8.40
New cost of the product = Original cost of perfume + additional packaging cost = $2 + $1 = $3
New value added = New selling price - New cost of the product = $8.40 - $3 = $5.40
So, the correct answer is $5.40.
Answer 3: The director can offer a gift wrapping service for the perfume, so this added feature will add more costs to the company but a much bigger added value.
Your answer is correct. Offering a gift wrapping service for the perfume can enhance the perceived value of the product and make it more appealing to customers. By adding this feature, the company may incur additional costs (such as the cost of gift wrapping materials and labor), but it could potentially increase the value added to the product and attract more customers.
In summary, your answer to question 1 needs to be improved by explicitly mentioning the change in business objectives. Your answer to question 2 is incorrect, and the correct new value added should be $5.40. Your answer to question 3 is correct.