Boston Creamery 1. The variance analysis schedule that Frank Roberts proposed was not necessarily the best representation of the variances for Boston Creamery. Roberts’ report stated a favorable variance of $71,700 coming mainly from sales volume. He used the revised budgeted operating income and the original budgeted income to come up with the sales volume number. The budget was not detailed as to what accounted for the differences though. That would be the first change to the variance
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Sarah Carter Boston Creamery 1. The variance analysis schedule that Frank Roberts proposed was not necessarily the best representation of the variances for Boston Creamery. Roberts’ report stated a favorable variance of $71,700 coming mainly from sales volume. He used the revised budgeted operating income and the original budgeted income to come up with the sales volume number. The budget was not detailed as to what accounted for the differences though. That would be the first change to
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1. The variance analysis schedule that Frank Roberts proposed was not necessarily the best representation of the variances for Boston Creamery. Roberts’ report stated a favorable variance of $71,700 coming mainly from sales volume. He used the revised budgeted operating income and the original budgeted income to come up with the sales volume number. The budget was not detailed as to what accounted for the differences though. That would be the first change to the variance analysis report, provide
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Boston Creamery Case Solution MBA 611 Ryan Grady In 1973, after the installation of a new financial planning and control system at Boston Creamery, the ice cream division showed a favorable operating income variance of $71,700. In developing the profit plan for 1973, division president (and resident moron) Jim Peterson made the first of a series of inexcusable errors in budgeting surrounding the mythical “favorable” condition. He simply used expected results for the preceding year (as obtained
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BOSTON CREAMERY INC – Kasus 9.2 RENCANA KEUNTUNGAN TAHUN 1973 Peterson dalam membuat rencana keuntungan tahun 1973 menggunakan : - perkiraan tahun 1972 sebagai tujuan penafsiran untuk tahun 1973, atau - hasil yang diharapkan tahun 1972 sebagai biaya anggaran tahun 1973 Empat langkah pendekatan dari perencanaan satu tahun : 1. mengembangkan unit standar untuk tiap elemen variabel biaya, ukuran produk dan kemasan 2. menafsirkan level penjualan yang realistis dan penjualan mix, dengan pertimbangan
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RECOMMENDATIONS For 1974 budget planning, managers should get together and do a better job in preparing the budget. It would be a good idea to classify costs as controllable or uncontrollable and also to adjust the budget for these uncontrollable events when they happen or at least before the variance is calculated. Also in this case it is unclear whether the departments are cost centers or profit centers. If the marketing department is a profit center it is clearly their responsibility to make
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Freedom People today agree that freedom is a very important and that it should be part of their lives, but what does it mean to have freedom? Some would say it is the ability to do whatever you want as long as you do not break the law or hurt someone else, but others would say it is being able to do whatever you please without having any consequences. Many authors in the past wrote about this topic and what their definition of freedom was. Their writings inspired many people to think what freedom
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The Jamestown in Virginia colony encountered many devastating problems when trying to colonize in comparison with the other New World colonies. Problems such as starvation, sickness, lacking sufficient skills to farm or even hunt, and murder from the local Indians nearly extinguished the entire colony. Some of the food that was brought to the colony was sent home with other explorers, leaving those behind without much food. Many of the colonist resorted to cannibalism to satisfy their hunger.
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Based on your reading of the documents what was the nature and character of these colonies? According to what is presented in the documents, how might the colonies be distinguished from one another (comparison/contrast)? The environment and atmosphere of the first colonies to settle in the new world was widely dissimilar, and some found success while others suffered harsh conditions. Virginia as labeled by Captain John Smith would fall into the last category. The colony of Jamestown came to the
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Adapting to few changes in my life. Life was pretty challenging for me as a kid. Since I was 7 years old, I always wanted to travel to America and get the best degree not that there were no great schools in Nigeria because there was. My dream job was to become a successful lawyer and this dream pushed me all the way from Nigeria, the country I was born, to Rhode Island, the place where I am currently growing up in. I wasn’t always the brightest student but I was smart and I knew what I was doing
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