Description In ACC 301‚ you discussed the Dakota Office Products (DOP) case and were asked to design the ABC system. For this assignment in BCOM 250‚ you will take what you learned in ACC 301 and write a report recommending that DOP use activity-based costing to determine its pricing to customers. You do not need to go into deep detail about how you would design the ABC system. You will work with a team of 4-5 people to produce this deliverable. Assume that your group is part of the accounting staff
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Dakota Office Products Case Analysis BUSA 5061: Accounting For Managerial Decision-Making November 4‚ 2010 The following analysis is written for Dakota Office Products to evaluate current business operations and recommend future actions necessary to ensure company success. In our analysis of the company we will identify inefficient business practices that have led to the companies first profit loss in its history. We will evaluate the company’s current pricing structure‚ ordering methods
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Leadership 372 Trumpy Ultimate Office Products Successfully implementing a large system change in an organization can be very challenging. It also requires a unique set of leadership qualities to do it well. Richard Kelley‚ the newly hired Director of Information Systems for Ultimate Office Products‚ was called to this challenge. Richard needed to replace the obsolete order processing system company-wide to improve their customer service and deliver products more quickly. This would allow them
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1.Based on the interviews and data in the case‚ we calculated the following information. (1)The cost of processing cartons through the facility: Personnel expense (warehouse‚ truck drivers)2‚570‚000 ¡ÐCompensation for truck drivers ( 250‚000) Warehouse personnel expense $2‚020‚000 ¡ÏWarehouse expenses (excluding personnel) 2‚000‚000 $4‚020‚000 (2) The cost of entering electronic and manual customer orders: Order entry expenses $ 840‚000 (3) The cost of shipping cartons on commercial
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Midwest Office Products Aaron Wilson‚ Brittni Henson‚ Dennie Smyth & Joshua Boatright Midwest Office Products Case ACCT. 6233 October 15‚ 2012 1. Based on the interviews and data in the case‚ estimate: a. The cost of processing cartons through the facility The two costs of processing cartons through the facility are warehouse costs and warehouse personnel costs. The total processing costs are $54/carton. Cartons/yr | 80000 | Commercial Freight | 75000 | Desktop Delivery | 5000
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Decision at Applied Office Product Company ’s Background In 1992‚ Allied Office Products was a corporation with annual sales of $900 million. It deals with manufacturing of following forms : * Business Forms * Specialty paper product such as writing paper‚ envelopes‚ note cards‚ and greeting cards In 1988‚ as form manufacturing business matures‚ Allied Office Product had expanded into business form inventory management system and put a step ahead to attain a competitive advantage by embarking
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Case: Allied Office Products Company A costs Allied less money to service‚ they are also a much smaller source of potential growth for the company. Company B on the other hand utilizes far more services and has the potential to earn Allied much greater revenue. With the information we have from the new ABC costing scheme we now know that Allied should be charging far more for the services rendered to company B‚ and less for the services used by company A. Current information shows that company B
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Allied Office Products Case Objective: This case provides practice in Activity-Based- Analysis (ABC) calculations for a service company. It also highlights the important considerations in moving from ABC to Activity-Based Management (ABM) and further into Strategic Cost Management (SCM) so as to influence customer behavior and profitability. Q1. Using the information in Exhibit 2 calculate ABC based service costs for the TFC distribution/warehouse services. These are some broad steps that
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fighting an intense conflict between white settlers and the Dakota people. Newly ratified as a state‚ Minnesota’s local government made treaties with Native American tribes offering to buy their land. As the civil war progressed with Minnesota sending hundreds of men to battle‚ tension with the Dakota tribes increased. The Dakota War of 1862 played a large part on Minnesota’s history‚ killing over one thousand white settlers‚ soldiers and Dakota people‚ impacting the history of Minnesota forever. Minnesota
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Planning Better and Using What Yahweh Gave Us All of us in life need to appreciate what Yahweh has given us. He has given us food‚ shelter and clothing. We need to be grateful for what he saw fit to bestow‚ as we could just be here alone and starving. Our blessings are many‚ that of a house‚ family and resources to use. We have talents of cooking‚ cleaning and playing music. Yahweh has given us people to minister to and to fellowship‚ especially with our musical talents. Deuteronomy 28:2-6: And
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