CASE #4: G.G. Toys 1. Do you recommend that G.G. Toys change its existing cost system in the Chicago plant? In the Springfield plant? Why or why not? G.G. Toys should change its existing cost accounting system from traditional costing to activity-based costing (ABC) in the Chicago plant as it is allocating its entire manufacturing overhead on the basis of just one cost driver: production run direct labor cost. Since overhead at the Chicago plant is high‚ accurate cost accounting system is required
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Starbucks Mission: Social Responsibility and Brand Strength Almost every brand in existence today can be reduced to the status of a commodity Strengths ● Product diversification ● Established logo‚ developed brand‚copyrights‚ trademarks‚ website and patents ● Company operated retail stores‚International stores (no franchise) ● High visibility locations to attract customers ● Valued and motivated employees‚ goodwork environment ● Good relationships with suppliers ● Industry market
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The Synopsis of the problem: Specialty Toys‚ a retailer of Children’s toys is planning to launch a new toy called “Weather Teddy”. Sales Managers at the stores are working relentlessly to forecast the most appropriate demand order quantity in such a way that profit could be maximized. The analysis of the problem calls for an ideal demand order quantity situation with lower probability of stock-out option. Following is the statistical information given: The cost of goods sold per unit = $ 16 The
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erhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t2w34ussrbreakup.htm http://www.studymode.com/essays/Changes-In-Europe-Since-The-Fall-563015.html The Fall of the Berlin Wall The fall of the Berlin Wall happened nearly as suddenly as its rise. There had been signs that the Communist bloc was weakening‚ but the East German Communist leaders insisted that East Germany just needed a moderate change rather than a drastic revolution. East German citizens did not agree. As Communism began to falter in Poland‚ Hungary
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American University in the Emirates General Statistics ASC 205 Assignment 1 Due Date: 19th July‚ 2013 Assignment 1 (Chapter 1) Name: …………………………………………………………………………… ID: …………………………………………………………………………………. Answer all the following questions below (15 Points ): A. Choose the correct answer: 1) Hair color of women on a high school tennis team A) Nominal B) Interval C) Ordinal D) Ratio 2) The number of seats in a movie theater A) Qualitative
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films being are set in a pixar universe‚ then the story being told is a darker more apocalyptic one.” “Toy Story” is an excellent representation of the modern world. The trilogy begins with Andy who takes very good care of his toys. As the inanimate objects come alive the audience learns these toys have feelings and really love Andy for playing with them. The next movie release suggests that toys do not understand much of the human world except for the basic interaction that they receive from their
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into four groups‚ on top was the king‚ then lord‚ Knights and lastly peasants. It also included having a chivalry and it was a code of behavior for the knights. Feudalism was based on the exchange of land for military service and it was in both Japan and Europe. Feudalism’s goals were to accomplish economic growth and to unify the government. The other goals were to gain stability and to increase security in the country. Feudalism’s goals were not accomplished and it was not completely fair. Any complex
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Should the USA have used the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945? 1945 began as a year of increasing tensions between countries as the war extended onto its sixth year. Military groups of the various countries involved were now beginning to seriously consider the conclusion of the war in terms of how the global ceasefire would be carried out and frankly‚ who would win. After the defeat of the Axis Powers in Europe‚ the focus had been turned towards the war in Asia and the Pacific Regions in which the Allied
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| | | | | | The choice of a location for an organisation is very important. Location decisions even though not made often are very important to the growth of an organisation. Location decisions are made for various reasons like expanding an organisation’s customer base and or building the capacity to absorb the growing demand for an organisation’s goods or services. If an organisation is strategically located in terms of say the availability of resources it is able to gain a competitive
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