forecasting demand and sales

elect a Balanced Scorecard publicly available on the internet and discuss how it can benefit the entity and any concerns you have regarding how this particular scorecard could potentially not benefit the entity or in fact add negative value to the entity. Financial Component of Scorecard IF OPTION 1 (FOUND A SCORECARD) Clear, detailed explanation of the strengths and potential weaknesses of this component of the scorecard. Learning and Growth Component of Scorecard IF OPTION 1 (FOUND A SCORECARD) Clear, detailed explanation of the strengths and potential weaknesses of this component of the scorecard. Customer Perspective Component of Scorecard IF OPTION 1 (FOUND A SCORECARD) Clear, detailed explanation of the strengths and potential weaknesses of this component of the scorecard. Customer Perspective Component of Scorecard IF OPTION 1 (FOUND A SCORECARD) Clear, detailed explanation of the strengths and potential weaknesses of this component of the scorecard. Internal Processes Component…

You are the laboratory manager of a medium-sized 120-bed hospital and are called to a hospital leadership meeting by the CEO of the facility. You are told that the hospital is having problems meeting some debt responsibility and there is a possibility that budgetary cutbacks will be needed to alleviate the situation. Each departmental manager is being given one week to plan how to accomplish a cost reduction of 10% within his/her department, should it become necessary. You are also told that this situation is highly confidential because it is not yet known whether the cost reduction will be needed. Identify the steps in developing short-term goals to address the potential reduction in resources described above.

3. You are a marketing manager for a food products company, considering the introduction of a new brand of organic salad dressings. You need to develop a marketing plan for the salad dressings in which you must decide whether you will have a gradual introduction of the salad dressings (with only a few different salad dressings introduced to the market) or a concentrated introduction of the salad dressings (in which a full line of salad dressings will be introduced to the market). You estimate that if there is a low demand for the salad dressings, your first year’s profit will be $1 million for a gradual introduction and million (a loss of $5 million) for a concentrated introduction. If there is high demand, you estimate that your first year’s profit will be $4 million for a gradual introduction and $10 million for a concentrated introduction. The payoff table for the organic salad dressings marketing is given as follows: Low Demand High Demand Gradual 1…