hanover bates
... SWOT Analysis Hanover-Bates Chemical Corporation Strengths Hanover Bates is a leading producer of processing chemicals with a large market share. ... Problem Statement The core problem of Hanover-Bates is that profit margins are too low for the amount of sales volume. ... Recommendation I believe that in order to properly understand what are affecting the profit margins for Hanover-Bates corporation the sales manager should use financial ratios and activity based accounting to properly identify what is actually happening.