Ten years ago our electric motor business was in real trouble. Low labor rates allowed the Eastern Bloc countries to sell standard motors at prices we were unable to match. We had become the high-cost producer in the industry. Consequently‚ we decided to change our strategy and become a specialty motor producer. Once we adopted our new strategy‚ we discovered that while our existing cost system was adequate for costing standard motors‚ it was giving us inaccurate information when we used it to
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Background: The Electric Motor Works (EMW) was Siemen’s primary producer of low wattage alternating current (A/C) motors‚ which sales volume was contributed by 80% of standard motors and 20% of customized motors. Although the firm had started to alter their program and had expanded the business in 1974‚ they still could not decline the price sufficiently to compete with the lower labour rate in Eastern Bloc competitors. Instead of mass production‚ EMW changed their strategy to manufacture efficiently
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the cost of per special processed is $60.00. The calculation of the five orders (A-E) under the new costing system Table 1: New system Base Motor cost Order processing cost Special Motor cost # of different types of special components per motor Special component cost Total cost a A 304 210.29 39.6 1 60 613.89 B 304 210.29 79.2 2 60*2 713.49 C 304 210.29 118.8 3 60*3 813.09 D 304
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Problem One Cost Behaviour Required: 1. Which costs are classified as the following (no calculations required): a. Variable (per hour) Extras‚ Stage lighting b. Fixed Director costs/salary‚ equipment depreciation‚ royalties c. Mixed Actors‚ Supplies d. Step cost Food 2. The management has planned to film 800 hours and make 6 shows with an average of 3 actors and 2 extras for August 2009. Please calculate the cost of supplies‚ actors‚ and royalties for this month. (Hint: please use high-low method
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1. Identify four benefits to Siemens of its in-depth training and development of workers. Answer Training and development programs of Siemens give them varieties of benefit and advantage. Such as improvement of services and customer feedback‚ responding to competition with other multinational companies and creating greater job satisfaction. Four benefits that Siemens can attain through training and development: Improving productivity and earning more revenue Training and development
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1 ELECTRIC MOTORS I. Introduction Electric motors are considered to be important mechanical devices. They usually convert the electrical energy coming from the mechanical device into its kinetic energy to make it work (Petingco and Resurreccion‚ 2011). In this exercise‚ the students were tasked to use an example of an electric motor‚ identify its parts‚ and make it work. All electrical motors are equipped with stator and rotor. Stator is known as the stationary part of an electric motor
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Case Study10 Siemens’ Simple Structure–Not There is perhaps no tougher task for an executive than to restructure a European organization. Ask former Siemens CEO Klaus Kleinfeld. Siemens‚ with 77 billion Euros in revenue in 2008‚ some 427‚000 employees‚ and branches in 190 countries‚ is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. Although the company has long been respected for its engineering prowess‚ it’s also derided for its sluggishness and mechanistic structure. So when
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www.thetimes100.co.uk Motivation within a creative environment Introduction Siemens is the engineering group that is behind many of the products and services people take for granted in their daily lives. The list of products designed and manufactured by Siemens is almost endless. It includes traffic lights‚ gas turbines‚ superconducting magnets in medical scanners‚ wind generators‚ automated factories as well as domestic appliances like kettles and fridges. It generates about 40% of the UK’s
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EVALUATING THE CHANGE AGENT PROGRAM AT SIEMENS NIXDORF (A) Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme (SNI) was the largest European-owned computer manufacturer and information technology vender in 1994. The company was created by 1990 merger between Nixdorf Computer‚ an entrepreneurial minicomputer firm and the mainframe computer division of Siemens AG‚ the German electronics giant. The company offered a broad range of computer product‚ from personal computer and mainframes to software and support
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The case study of Siemens’simple structure－not Question 1 Based on the case’s description‚ Siemens has a long history. It means that it took for a long time to form the current structure. It is truly global company offering a portfolio of technological solutions in the areas of water‚ energy‚ environment‚ healthcare‚ productivity‚ mobility‚ safe and security. The changing is a big revolution which involves the many departments. The issue of departmentalization is a key consideration in any restructure
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