Improving commercial performance：练习题

Which of the following describes the most direct way to control and reduce operating expenses in an office-based business?

A retailer holds slow-moving, out-of-season stock that is tying up working capital and reducing inventory turnover. Which strategy is most effective to improve its inventory turnover quickly?

How can a business specifically improve its inventory turnover ratio?

Which of the following actions is a direct method for a retailer to reduce its purchasing costs?

Which of the following strategies is most likely to improve a firm's gross profit margin?

Identify one method a supermarket can use to control and reduce its operating expenses.

Identify and explain one specific method a firm could use to improve its inventory turnover.

Explain how a business might use a higher mark-up to improve its commercial performance, and identify one risk associated with this strategy.

A company's financial records show that expenses as a percentage of turnover have increased from \(10\%\) to \(18\%\) over two years, while the Gross Profit Margin remained constant at \(35\%\).
Part A: Analyze the impact of this change on the Profit for the Year (Net Profit) Margin.
Part B: Suggest three specific methods the company could use to improve its commercial performance by reducing expenses.