Running head: COSTING METHODS PAPER Costing Methods Paper Jane Doe University of Phoenix Accounting ACC/561 Barbara Kantor November 27, 2012 Costing Methods Paper Super Bakery, Inc. was founded by Franco Harris, formerly of the Pittsburgh Steelers, in 1990. The corporation supplies healthy, vitamin enriched doughnuts and other baked goods, out of an initial desire to make a difference in the institutional food market by targeting school systems nationwide (Kimmel, 2009). While, the company experiences positive growth since its inception, Super Bakery is at the point where it needs to explore a costing system that can establish a more accurate product costing method that can, at minimum, improve control of overhead costs. What strategies did the management of Super Bakery, Inc. use? Formed as a virtual corporation, Super Bakery designed a business model that performs key strategic planning and business functions in-house while outsourcing all manufacturing components as a cost reductions strategy.
In 2007 Coke’s Venturing & Emerging Brands (VEB) team was created. The mission of this group is to identify and build the company’s next generation of billion dollar brands in North American according to the company’s website. This team is comprised of part venture capitalist, part brand incubators and part industry forecasters, this team focuses mainly on meeting the needs of their customers by introducing various products ranging from energy drinks, teas, flavored waters amongst others. In Porter’s generic strategies Coke employs the differentiation strategy. That is, they provide unique products in the broad market that customer value, perceive as different, and are willing to pay a premium price for; the differentiator works hard to establish brand loyalty, which is when a customer consistently and repeatedly seek out, purchase, and use a particular brand according to text.
Data Table Analysis Sean James Uy ACC/542 November 24, 2014 Professor Deborah McKinsey Data Table Analysis Following the many successes of Kudler Fine Foods, Kathy Kudler soon had to face bigger business decisions to keep her company afloat. This paper will evaluate the data tables that Kudler Fine Foods maintains for inventory purposes. The created Entity Relation diagram and pivot table will give accurate information for valuable recommendations to improve decision making in the long run. Design Elements of the Data Tables Kudler Fine Foods’ inventory is specifically listed on the business’s inventory report by items sold, store locations, general ledger code and the amount. These codes are listed with only six digits, with
KFF budgeted $368,200 for marketing efforts for the year 2004. (Kudler Fine Foods,2007) The theoretical method for data collection is “concepts” since we are attempting to identify potential customer’s responses to a new
The customers can be classified into two kinds: the long-standing customers like residents and faculties, and temporary customers like students and visitors. In September 2009, Tim Hortons will open up its first store in the West Mall Complex (WMX) of SFU, replacing Raven's Cafe and Chartwells. Tim Hortons is a fast-serve coffee franchise that serves coffee, espresso products, cold beverages, sweets such as donuts, and breakfast, lunch and dinner meals. The company’s quality products, combined with a strong reputation for service and reliability, allow them to attract and maintain a large and loyal customer base nationwide. Although Tim Hortons and Renaissance Coffee operate in different segments of the coffee market, and differ strongly from atmosphere and business structure, to product quality and product pricing, Renaissance's sales level may still be strongly affected by this opening.
In 1997, PepsiCo started to increase their revenues again by changing their product mix through acquisitions and divestitures. They acquired Aquafina, to compete with Coke in bottled water and to adapt to the consumer trend to eat healthier. Spun off their fast food chains Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut but secured a lifetime contract to always sell Pepsi keeping their distribution channels. They would again respond to consumer trend to eat and drink healthier by acquiring Quaker Oates in 2001, during the
Under the new leadership and organizational move, the company will transition to a new three-region organizational structure that is hopeful to produce optimization and speed going forward. In each region, a president is appointed and they all will report to Howard Schultz, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Starbucks Coffee Company ("Starbucks announces new," July). Although this expansion is sure to help add on to the building momentum of the company, I think the organizational structure is typical of many successful companies. I wanted to examine a company that has garnered success with more of an unorthodox structure and Whole Foods is
At a recent senior management meeting the business strategic plan was developed, from which you now need to develop a performance plan for your sales team. You also need to remember the ongoing team requirements as well as those new requirements brought about by the strategic plan. In essence, the strategic plan states that, over the next 12 months, the organisation is aiming to: Increase turnover by 30% by: ◦introducing 20 new products including a range of six health lollies that have added nutrients Build market loyalty by specifically targeting tweens as customers by: ◦designing new packaging specifically designed to have greater appeal to the 7–12 age group ◦introducing a club membership for tweens that gives them free gifts for purchases over specific amounts Increase efficiencies by: ◦increasing average customer sales from $4 per person per visit to $6 per person per visit ◦purchasing and installing a new computerised till aimed at tracking sales by each salesperson Your task is to: 1.Define the sales team goals for the next 12 months. Ensure that they are SMART. 2.Define the KPIs and standards for each goal.
Strategic Initiative Gene Foster, University of Phoenix FIN/370 March 12, 2012 Professor John Scherzi Strategic Initiative This project will be the continuation of Team C’s review of PepsiCo. This paper will take on the challenge streaming the company’s financial processes to make them more effective. The team will review the impact on the organizations financial planning, more specifically the effect on the sales and costs on a global basis. The team will continue with the risks associated with this initiative. Finally the team will demonstrate that once implemented this initiative will make PepsiCo stronger financially and more efficient.
Assignment Panera Bread management has employed your team as consultants, and asked you to assess the company’s strategy, competitive market position and overall situation, and recommend a set of actions to help ensure that the company achieves its targeted long-term EPS growth rate of 15 to 20 percent annually and succeeds in profitably opening 100+ new units annually for the next several years. Please prepare a report to the senior executives at Panera Bread that includes a discussion on the key elements of the company’s strategy, and the strategic issues faced by Panera Bread. Please make a set of recommendations for the CEO of Panera Bread based on your analysis of the company’s strategic situation. Lead Questions 1. What is Panera Bread’s strategy?