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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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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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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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 estimated to be $3‚500. Mr. Walker‚ in turn‚ used the $3‚500 value in calculating his actual profit on the new car sale. In performing the routine maintenance check on the
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dispersed to various units within the organisation‚ with managers at various levels making key decisions relating to their centre of responsibility. These centres of organisational activity are known as responsibility centres and may be defined ‘as a unit of a firm where an individual manager is held responsible for the unit’s performance.’1 The performance of each centre and its manager is measured and controlled through a system of responsibility accounting which is based on the principles of
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profitable? Why or why not? Is it cash flow positive or cash flow negative? If cash positive‚ why? Is it likely to remain cash positive? If cash negative‚ why? How long is it likely to remain cash negative? What inferences do you draw from Patten’s profits and cash flows? 3. If you ran Patten Corporation‚ would you be concerned about the company’s current performance? What issues would keep you awake at night? 4. How does Patten recognize revenues? Do you agree or disagree with this revenue
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put into these movies. There are a huge number of movies that are like this. One in particular would be North Country starring Charlize Theron. This movie is a fictionalized account of the first major sexual harassment case in the United States—Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines‚ where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit (North Country). The movie is inspired by a brave woman who fought so hard for what she wanted‚ but the movie portrays
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Many stereotypes of women were depicted in the movie North Country. The first major one that I notice was when the main character was talking to her childhood friend after washing her hair. He friend told her that she worked at the town mine. The main character automatically asked her if she was a secretary there. This is a large stereotype that has affected women for a long time. Many people assume that the job a woman would be working in a male environment such as mining must be as a secretary
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