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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Gross Margins"”.
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The Effects of Bullwhip on Item-Level Performance
… item/store-level performance measures including gross margins and inventory levels are tested and reported.</p>
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Transformation of degraded forests into semi-natural production forests in northern Thailand
… feasibility of this approach was assessed: gross margins would be negative initially, however positive gross margins can be achieved in the future if timber of larger dimensions can be extracted. <br>Taken together, the transformation of degraded DDF into semi-natural production forest as …
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Optimal economic combination of irrigation technology and cotton varieties on the High Plains of Texas
… input costs resulting in tightening profit margins. Many new and improved technologies including varieties and irrigations systems are being developed and used in production agriculture. Producers are adopting these new technologies; however, they need information on the proper management of …
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A costing model to assess customer profitability within Li & Fung
… in a consumer-centric industry that has seen margins fall significantly. A dynamic costing model is developed to better understand profitability at the customer level within Li and Fung. Historically, gross margins have been a sufficient measure of customer profitability. With a variety of …
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Analysis of the Profitability of Conservation Agriculture for Participating Smallholder Maize Farmers in the Vhembe District of Limpopo Province
… raises the odds of adoption. The assessment of gross margins over the five-year period indicated a fluctuating pattern, where in years 1 (R21 537.85), 3 (R23 054.65), and 5 (R42 316.76) showcased a consistent upward trend in gross margins whereas year 2 ( R20 573.70) and year 4 (R22 658.58) …
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A hydrogeological-economic modelling approach to dryland salinity in the North Stirling Land Conservation District, Western Australia
… should be adopted in order to reduced losses in gross margins in an area affected by dryland salinity, will depend primarily upon the effects of the various crop, pasture and tree species planted on the dynamic and spatial variations in groundwater levels, and the relative economic returns of …
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Cost Risk Management for a Small to Medium-sized Enterprise in the Cladding Industry
… and industry specialists. Assumptions about the gross margins for UK metal cladding projects formed part of the risk percentage formulae. The results of this case-study found that gross margins varied from 5% in standard projects to 40% in the Innovative projects. An entropy scale was proposed as …
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The emerging market for Web-based enterprise software
… and truly dominant designs haven't emerged yet. Gross margins for SaaS-oriented companies are lower than for traditional software product companies, but still attractive at around 85%. The entrepreneurial activity in the sector is significant. More than 50% of the companies in the sample were …
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Evaluation of maize production and marketing performance: A case study of Mbeya rural district, Mbeya region, Tanzania
… The results from the study show that the gross margin per acre and the returns per shilling invested for farmers were Tshs 153 910 and 1.00 respectively. The gross margins per tin of 18 kg for retailers, wholesalers and travelling traders were Tshs 301.19, 203.63 and 1 462.80 respectively. …
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Competition Enforcement and Efficiency in Relevant Markets: A Case of Tea Agro Markets in Tanzania
… for pro competition markets(ii) determine gross margins and examine their variations (iii) assess and compare the performance (GM) (iv) identify the factors affecting pro competition functioning of the identified relevant markets. Data analysis using SPSS entailed frequencies, means and …
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Effects of Spatial Information on Estimated Farm Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Costs
… profit maximizing levels of inputs, outputs and gross margins. Selected crop rotations and P applications were used as inputs to the physical model, PDM, which estimated the levels of P delivered to the watershed outlet. The compliance cost and P reduction estimates for the three alternative …
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Elasticity of demand for red meat transportation : a gravity model analysis of Western Canadian pork exports
… for Alberta may be explained by the larger gross margins and/or the lower backhaul freight rates. A change in the specialization in hog production in a U.S. state has a negative effect on Western Canadian pork exports, but perhaps less than might be expected. U.S. pork does not appear to be …
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Effects of pelleting millet-based diets on the performance of broiler chickens
… required per 1 kg of weight gain. Due to similar gross margins observed for mash and pelleted diets, when feeding broilers, producers may choose to use either of them based on their own preferences. This study revealed that PM based diets can successfully be pelleted and replace maize up to 100 % …
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Exploring the potential of cassava for agricultural growth and economic development in Nigeria
The decline in agricultural productivity in Nigeria is linked to a host of factors ranging from unsustainable growth policies, inadequate funding and infrastructures, low levels of value added through processing, low commodity prices, unstable markets, poor extension services and low rates of …
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Management of agricultural systems using mathematical programming
… the most important for this study: (A) gross margins variations; (B and C) changes in the cost and availability of capital and labour; and (D) risk programming, which was formally incorporated into the model, including an analysis of the trade-off between risk and profit. The modelling …