Sippican Corporation Sippican Corporation Questions: 1. Given some of the apparent problems with Sippican’s cost system‚ should executives abandon overhead assignment to products entirely and adopt a contribution margin approach in which manufacturing overhead is treated as a period expense? Why or why not? Answer: Consider Sippican is a manufacturer company with multiple products‚ using simple cost accounting system that directly allocate factory overhead to unit of product entirely through
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Diapers One morning‚ a Costco store in Los Angeles began running a little low on size-one and size-two Huggies. Crisis loomed. So what did Costco managers do? Nothing; They didn’t have to‚ thanks to a special arrangement with Kimberly-Clark Corp.‚ the company that makes the diapers. Under this deal‚ responsibility for replenishing stock falls on the manufacturer‚ not Costco. In return‚ the big retailer shares detailed information about individual stores’ sales. So‚ long before babies
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Harnischfeger Corp 1. Describe clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements. On page 17‚ note 2 states that in 1984 Harnischfeger altered their depreciation from a direct method to the straight-line method for financial reporting purposes. They also included the products purchased from Kobe Steel‚ LTD and sold by them in their net sales instead of stating only the gross margin per unit. An adjustment of the residual values on certain
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from the top-management level down to factory floor and cascaded throughout the organization worldwide. Third‚ the firm began to reduce its product development process which helped Xerox managed its worldwide services (including product design‚ manufacturing‚ distribution‚ component suppliers and customer service). Through the reduction in development cycle of its products‚ the firm was able to saved costs. Lastly‚ Xerox monitored its inventory management as the firm formed its Central Logistics and
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CHAPTER I BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT Introduction Shoes have the hardest job of any apparel. They travel between your weight and the ground. Shoes are often taken for granted‚ people only noticed their shoes when it’s all worn up‚ dirty‚ and needed to be replaced. Taking care of your shoes is not just about making your shoes look good‚ which would be reason enough to take care of them. It’s also about preserving and adding to the life of your shoes. Whether you spend a lot on your shoes‚ or don’t
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What kind of organization is Rondell? Rondell is an engineering equipment manufacturing company. What is its structure? The structure of the company is bureaucratic. Describe the company. Bob Rondell started the Rondell Data Corporation in 1939. The company was based on Rondell’s invention of several electrical testing devices‚ while on staff as an engineering faculty member of a large university. In 1947‚ the company entered into the radio broadcasting equipment market. By the
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three readings‚ The Case of Nike‚ exemplifies that statement very factually and in good detail. As Locke presents‚ before Nike even became Nike‚ the two founders took advantage of a globalized shift in the economy‚ seeing how domestic companies manufacturing appliances are being outsold by international companies‚ they applied the same logic to sportswear and ventured into Asia‚ one step at a time. Nike being a transnational corporation‚ has clearly adhered to the three basic characteristics of a
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pay cuts while others were not. Employees that have worked at Butterfly for many years were having their hours cut to 36-hour workweeks‚ losing their full-time benefits. There are also political alliances being formed among marketing‚ finance‚ manufacturing‚ and corporate headquarters. Each plant operates as an independent profit-making entity. Butterfly’s workers tended to be women; children were being left to fend for themselves. In some Latin American countries‚ husbands were angry because their
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MGMT 79009 Individual Assignment 2 Winter 2014 Due Date: April 17‚ 2014 The assignment will be completed on an individual basis. Your submission should be a maximum of 5 pages. Please submit your assignment in PDF format. Use the SLATE drop box to submit your assignment. Please remember to include a bibliography if applicable and to attribute ideas to the proper sources. Altex Background Following World War II‚ the United States entered into a Cold War with Russia. To win the
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