The purpose of this report is discussing the case of Wilkerson Company that confronting tough competition in price cutting in pumps which caused to a big drop of pre-tax operating income from 10% to 3%. After observing the existing costing allocation‚ we found out there is an issue on the existing costing report that the manager could not be able to see the real situation. In light of this‚ there will be brought to the discussion on the feasibility of using an alternative costing method – Activity
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What would an ABC system look like at Wilkerson? What are the revised product costs and margins under such a system? Assumptions: We are assuming that the SG&A costs have no direct effect on the costing for each product line. SG&A was kept the same‚ whether using the original costing method or ABC costing. Calculations for ABC Costing: Machine Expense: $336‚000/11‚200 = $30 per machine hour Setup Expense: $40‚000/160 = $250 per setup Engineering Expense: $100‚000/1‚250 = $80
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1. Wilkerson company ‘s major productions are pumps‚ valves and flow controllers. Pumps: The competitors had been reducing prices on pumps. Since pumps were a commodity product‚ the company matches the reduced prices to maintain volume. However‚ it has dropped pre-tax margin to less than 3%. Valves: Although several competitors could match its quality‚ none had tried to gain market share by cutting price‚ the gross margin had been maintain at standard 35%. Flow controllers: There was much more
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related to Wilkerson Company‚ which is a manufacturer of a few products supplied to manufacturers of water purification equipment. The three products they manufacture are: 1. Valves- high quality and highest tolerances in the industry; this product is what the company started from. 2. High-volume pumps- quickly became a major supplier of pumps; they manufacture and spend more machine hours on producing this product 3. Flow controllers- most unique and highest selling product. Wilkerson Company would like
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A company profile is a commonly used document in business that offers potential clients‚ current clients‚ employees‚ job applicants and the public in general a description of a particular company and an overview of its history‚ activity‚ operations and plans for the future. These profiles normally appear on a company’s website‚ promotional materials or other company documents and publications. Some business and public relations experts advise that a company profile is important because it is often
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Business Ethics Provisions in company act 2013 with respect to CSR and Corporate Governance Provisions in company act 2013 with respect to CSR and Corporate Governance The long-awaited Companies Bill 2013 got its assent in the Lok Sabha on 18 December 2012 and in the Rajya Sabha on 8 August 2013. After having obtained the assent of the President of India on 29 August 2013‚ it has now become the much awaited Companies Act‚ 2013 (2013 Act). An attempt has been made to
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(S) Human resource management Staffing: This company have more than 50 employees who experience in designing and manufacturing process and clerk. b) Internal Weaknesses (W): Weak or unrecognized company. The issue in company In this company‚ the issue is when the product and company service not to be more familiar to general and it only know by one district only. According to this issue‚ this issue can be effect if Achik’s company want to enlarge and open more branch to another
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Faculty of Business and Management BBUS2103 Company Law January 2013 Companies Act 1965 Section 181: Member’s Remedy Name: Mohd Afiq bin Sahar NRIC No: 871226-43-5677 Matric No: 871226435677001 Pages 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………….3 2. Example of oppressive‚ disregard of members’ interest and unfairly prejudicial or unfairly discriminatory conduct………………………………………5 Diversion of corporate assets or opportunity………………………………...5 Diversion of profits.…………………………………………………………
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constitution (if any) and any replaceable rules that apple to the company have effect as a contract: (a) Between the company and each member; and (b) Between the company and each director and company secretary; and (c) Between a member and each other member; Apply the law: According to section 140‚ a company’s constitution is only an internal governance rule‚ it cannot be enforced by outsider and also cannot be used and act between a company member and an outsider (Corporation Act‚ 2001). In this
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Costing Responsibility Centres and Products Case Study: Wilkerson Company Lessons learned from this topic and case study: 1. Managers need to be able to estimate the costs of different responsibility centres and products to assist with monitoring the performance of different departments and also to assist with decision making about product pricing‚ profitability of individual products‚ assist with decisions when making changes to product lines and various other managerial requirements such
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