NORTH COUNTRY AUTO‚ Inc. Case Background Each of the departments of North Country Auto‚ Inc. namely‚ the new cars sales and used cars sales‚ service‚ parts‚ body shop and oil change “operated as part of one business” before George Liddy bought into the dealership. The Department Managers were paid salaries and a year-end bonus. However‚ feeling that this system would not motivate employees‚ he devised a system wherein he could track effectively the departmental performance. For this‚ he developed
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Chapter 5 Profit Centers 201 Country Auto‚ Inc. {Liddy‚ part owner of North Country Auto‚ Inc.‚ was feeling pretty the new control systems recently put in place for his five departtiers (new and used car sales‚ service‚ body‚ and parts departments) . .escrioes eacn aepartment. Mr. Liddy strongly believed in the concept " geach department individually as a profit center. But he also recoghl3.llengeof getting his managers to "buy in" to the system by work ’::.:ffotthe good of the dealership
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North Country Auto‚ Inc.. North Country Auto‚ Inc.. is a company that also is authorized dealer for service for several brands of cars such as Ford‚ Saab‚ and Volkswagen. North Countru Auto has two partners‚ namely George Liddy and Andrew Jones. Andrew Jones is the owner of Country Auto Noerth first since the company was founded‚ while George Liddy joined the last few years. When George Liddy joined‚ the company experienced a change in management control systems company. North Country Auto‚ Inc
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Numerical: (1) North Country Auto-Transfer Pricing problem‚ Page 181‚ Book: MCS by Vijay Govindarajan & Robert N Anthony Solution: Facts of the case: (a) North Country Auto has departments/profit centre : (i) New & (ii) Used Car Sales‚ (iii) Parts‚ (iv) Service & (v) Body. (b) New & Used cars dept.: Headed by managers. They dealt in cars of Ford‚ Saab & Volkswagen. (c) Parts dept.: Manager was responsible for tracking parts inventory for the three lines & minimizing both carrying cost &
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NORTH COUNTRY AUTO‚ INC. North Country Auto‚ Inc. was a franchised dealer and factory-authorized service center for Ford‚ Saab‚ and Volkswagen. George G. Liddy‚ part owner‚ recently developed new control systems for the five departments within the company; new car sales and used car sales‚ service‚ body‚ and parts. Mr. Liddy wanted to see each department ran like a separate business. He was trying to motivate his department managers to see how beneficial this would be in the long run‚ not only to
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Any Robbins‚ examined the trade-in vehicle. The trade-in had a wholesale guidebook value of $3‚500. The guidebook‚ published monthly‚ was‚ at best‚ a near estimate of liquidation value. Actual values varied daily with the supply-demand balance at auto auctions. These variances could be as much as 25 percent of the book value. Ms. Robbins believed that she could sell the trade-in quickly at $5‚000 and earn a good margin‚ so she chose to carry it in inventory instead of wholesaling it for a value
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Case 5.3 The North Face‚ Inc 1 Auditors should not insist that their clients accept all proposed audit adjustments even those that have an “immaterial” effect on the given set of financial statements. Because “immaterial” effect on the financial statements will not affect the users’ decisions. Therefore‚ auditors have to confirm if the effects on the financial statements are really “immaterial”. If there are really “immaterial”‚ sometimes the auditor would be forced by the clients to ignore it
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Since the immaterial misstatement will not have a direct effect on financial statements and thus will not affect people’s decision related to the financial statements‚ the auditor can appreciate management’s reasons and respect client’s decision. 2. Should auditors take explicit measures to prevent their clients from discovering or becoming aware of the materiality thresholds used on individual audit engagements? Would it be feasible for auditors to conceal this information from their audit clients
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Case Analysis Questions Patten Corporation I find this a very rich case that makes for a great introduction to my course. To get the most out of it‚ you need to spend some time thinking about what the company does. Read the case carefully. 1. What does Patten Corporation do? What does it buy? What goods or services does it sell? How does Patten make money? 2. Is Patten profitable or unprofitable? If it is profitable‚ what does the company do that makes it profitable? If profitable
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Case Study: Hill County Snack Food Co. 1.1 How much business risk does Hill County face? Hill County operates in a very competitive market where new potential entrants can be a threat to its operation either through lower price offering or lower production cost. Competition from peer companies has significant effect on its operation‚ because Hill County is price taker in the market‚ that is‚ increase in prices is not one of the choices it can implement. Also‚ due to the fact that its profitability
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