An important tool in predicting the volume of activity, the costs to be incurred, the sales to be earned, and the profit to be received is: A. Target income analysis. B. Cost-volume-profit analysis. C. Least-squares regression of costs. D. Variance analysis.
Balance sheet and income statement within a company are connected by net income. The connection displays or shows the activity of the company’s increase or decrease in equity during a period. Therefore, increases or a gain within an organization is conveyed as the equity portion on a balance sheet. However, a balance sheet displays the company’s liabilities, assets, and investors’ equity. The balance sheet connects to income statements, in turn also connected to cash flow statement.
In order to make automobiles more accessible, Ford developed a way to automate the manufacturing process by using an assembly line to construct parts and assemble the chassis, thus lowering the price and highly increasing the efficiency. The process became more and more efficient, and eventually the factories were able to produce an automobile every twenty-four seconds. This assembly model would continue to be used and eventually adopted by many other industries. For instance, the fast-food industry revolves around this model. This is only one of the lasting contributions that Ford made to American society.
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Point #2: Tariffs protect American jobs and wages. (Points: 13) I find this position to be valid. Protective tariffs are designed to raise the retail price of imported products so that domestic goods are more competitively priced (Nickels, McHugh & McHugh, 2008, p. 76). Therefore, if products are competitively priced then the consumer will be more likely to purchase domestic products instead of imports. Since consumers will be more likely to support American vendors, this will keep the American businesses running and not force them to cut costs to compete with imports.
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This removed the perception of IT as “overhead.” IT also helped integrate acquired companies in parallel with scaling up the company infrastructure. In addition, Solvik’s vision of IT decision making was shared and supported by CEO Chambers who felt Cisco should spend whatever was necessary if it helped the business grow and be more productive. Solvik’s IT decision-making model utilized a CFP system with a focus on ROI. Since line organizations paid for projects out of their own IT budget, there were elements of ABC in play. Projects costs were placed in line organization buckets and charged to Cisco’s profit centers.
The ability to tap into the global labor market will make the company more competitive by being able to offer competitive prices on products due to lower overhead cost associated with the offset in the labor cost. Attracting employees to join the company is the better option unless there is a management position that requires exceptional talent to fill the position. Relocation of prospective employees can be costly to the company and there is no guarantee that they will be long term employees of the company. With the company's plans for expansion I would recommend overstaffing. This will allow the company to stock pile talent for future
Decision Options The three decision options for Whistler Corporation are as follows: • Implement a new manufacturing process throughout the Westford plant and close the Fitchburg plant • Move production of low-end products offshore (potential Korean partner) • Move all production offshore and close both plants (Westford and Fitchburg) Decision Criteria • Cost efficiency based on an improved manufacturing process • Radar detectives significance to Whistler Corporation’s future competitive market Proof of Recommendation Option By moving all production offshore, it will enable Whistler Corporation to decrease manufacturing cost efficiencies and help them move successfully forward in the market. Closing down plant locations in Massachusetts will also increase profits since the costs for running and maintaining the plants will be diminished. Employees should have the opportunity to go from the manufacturing process of radar detectors to design and engineering of the product. Critique of Options New manufacturing processes throughout Westford – This option will not only improve the manufacturing process of the corporation but will increase production and efficiency of all products being made. On the down side, unemployment will occur for employees that work at the Fitchburg
With every new model introduced, management felt that the assembly lines had to increase productivity and lower costs, usually resulting in changes to the assembly production of existing models. Some of Toshiba’s key elements are product quality, continuous improvement, innovation, availability, competitive pricing, and superior product and process design. Toshiba had built its strength in the notebook PC market by beating its competitors to the market with aggressively priced, technologically superior products. Competition in the notebook PC market was fierce, and Toshiba could retain its position as market leader only by relentlessly improving its manufacturing processes and lowering cost. In addition, by forming partnerships and joint ventures with other industry giants, Toshiba could share the risk of developing expensive new technologies.