45. Return on Investment (ROI) ROI is an accounting measure of income divided by an accounting measure of investment
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48. Measuring the Performance of Investment Centers Margin : portion of sales available for interest, taxes and profit Turnover : how productively assets are being used to generate sales
During the 1980s, GM embarked on an aggressive program involving the expenditure of billions of dollars to automate its assembly plants. In many cases, the modernization included the installation of advanced robotic technology. Many industry observers believed that most of the technologies that GM installed in its assembly plants were inflexible and inefficient putting it at a competitive disadvantage relative to its competitors.