Kanthal Case Executive Summary Over the years Kanthal has used its traditional accounting management system to cost its products. In 1985‚ when Carl-Erik Ridderstrale became president he developed the Kanthal 90 plan to increase overall profitability. He quickly recognized that in order to implement this plan a new account management system was needed to supplement the new strategy. In lieu of this need a new account management system was devised. Under the new cost system‚ two broad sources
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Background Kanthal is one of the few manufacturers in the world offers multiple products among the market and three divisions gain an advantageous position in market and substantial growth. It operates in a global competitive environment because it is manufacturing facilities and the target market both face to the global as exportation make up 95% of total sales. However‚ its sales growth slow in matured market like Europe and the USA while rapid growth can be seen in the developing countries. Under
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Background Kanthal is a an Swedish company which is specializes in productions and sales of electrical resistance heating elements. The company produced 15000 items to about 10000 customers. Most of the sales revenue are come from outside of Sweden‚ about 95% in total revenue. There are three divisions in the company : 1. Kanthal Heating Technology‚ generate 25% global market share. 2. Kanthal Furnace Products‚ generate 40% global market share 3. Kanthal Bimetals‚ one of the few
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Kanthal Write-up Agenda • Background and Contest • Kanthal SWOT Analysis • Kanthal 90 Account Management System • Kanthal 90 AMS limits and improvements 2 Write-up Agenda • Background and Contest • Kanthal SWOT Analysis • Kanthal 90 Account Management System • Kanthal 90 AMS limits and improvements 3 Background and Context: Kanthal’s situation • Kanthal was founded in 17th century‚ specialized in the production and sales of
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ABC led to an increased understanding of the varying extent to which the manufacturing of different products used a firm’s resources. Once it became accepted that not every product requires the same type and same level of activities‚ it was a small step to see that customers‚ too‚ differ in their consumption of resources. The size and number of orders‚ the number of sales visits‚ the use of help desks‚ and various other services can be very different Ridderstale wanted a new costing system that
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Kanthal Case Study Solutions INTRODUCTION:Kanthal is company that specializes in the production a nd sales of electrical resistance heating elements. Kanthal has about 10‚000 customers and they pro duce about 15‚000 items. The company consists of three divisions and these three divisions are as f ollows:1)Kanthal Heating Technology - 25% global market share2)Kanthal Furnace Products - 40% global market share3)Kanthal Bimetals - Manufacturer of one of the few fully integrated temperat ure
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profits and losses can be ascertained through the Kanthal 90 plan. The Kanthal 90 will provide a new costing structure and environment that will allow the company and employess to determining where the actual profit or loss is hidden within the orders. With more accurate costing‚ management will have the tools to identify the best selling situations and determine the best placement of employees to generate the greatest profits and growth for Kanthal. As mentioned earlier‚ our current costing system
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LEGAL MEMORANDUM October 5‚ 2013 To: ABC Board of Directors From: Andrea F. Bass‚ Corporate Counsel RE: Claim 1 from Jason who claims his manager discriminated against him because of his disability and failed to make reasonable accommodations for him to return to work after a serious motor vehicle accident. Issue: Will Jason prevail in a lawsuit against ABC Corporation for discriminating against Jason due to his physical disability and failing to meet his need for reasonable accommodation
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The ABCs of ERP case 1. Enterprise resource planning software‚ attempts to integrate all departments and functions across a company onto a single computer system that can serve all those departments’ particular needs. ERP combines all computer system‚ which optimized for the particular ways that the department does their work into a single‚ integrated software program that runs off a single database so that the various departments can more easily share information and communicate with each other
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