11 (15 MINUTES) DIVISION ALPHA BRAVO CHARLIE SALES ... $4,...

Exercise 12-11 (15 minutes)

Division

Alpha Bravo Charlie

Sales ... $4,000,000 $11,500,000 * $3,000,000

Net operating income... $160,000 $920,000 * $210,000 *

Average operating assets ... $800,000 * $4,600,000 $1,500,000

Margin... 4%* 8% 7%*

Turnover ... 5* 2.5 2

Return on investment (ROI) .. 20% 20%* 14%*

Note that Divisions Alpha and Bravo use different strategies to obtain the

same 20% return. Division Alpha has a low margin and a high turnover,

whereas Division Bravo has just the opposite.

*Given.