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Case Scenario 3: B.B. Mangler

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Case Scenario 3: B.B. Mangler.
B.B. Mangler is a top U.S. business-to-business distributor of maintenance, repair, and service equipment, components, and supplies such as compressors, motors, signs, lighting and welding equipment, and hand and power tools. Customers include contractors, service and maintenance shops, manufacturers, hotels, government, and health care and educational facilities. Mangler's industry is typically referred to as MRO, an acronym for maintenance, repair, and supplies. Mangler states its strategy as having the "capacity to quickly offer an unmatched breadth of lowest total cost MRO solutions to business." Mangler's GoMRO sourcing center for indirect spot buys locates products through its unique database of 8,000 suppliers and 5 million products. Mangler also dominates the North American market in terms of its sheer local physical presence. It has 388 physical branches in the U.S. largest cities, including Puerto Rico (90 percent of sales) , 184 in Canada, and 5 in Mexico. This physical presence also has garnered Mangler a reputation for excellent, dependable service in its target markets, which in turn translates into a vast and loyal clientele.
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Definitions:

Fair Value

Fair Value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

Ordinary Repairs

Regular maintenance or repairs to keep property and equipment functioning efficiently without extending its life or increasing its value substantially.

Rental Property

Real estate property that is leased or rented out to tenants, generating income for the owner.

Journal Entry

This term refers to the method used in bookkeeping to log transactions where each entry must have a corresponding and opposite entry within the financial records.