CASE STUDY Vershire Company In 1996 Vershire Company was a diversified packaging company with several major divisions, including the Aluminum Can division - one of the largest manufacturers of aluminum beverage cans in the United States. Exhibit 1 shows the organization chart for the Aluminum Can division. Reporting to the divisional general manager were two line managers, vice presidents in charges of manufacturing and marketing. These vice presidents headed all of the division’s activities in
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Chapter 4 Case 4-1. Vershire Company Questions: 1. Outline the strengths and weaknesses of Vershire Company’s planning and control system. Vershire’s planning system Strengths: When formulating the sales budget, divisional managers are required to predict market conditions and capital expenditures. The frocasting is done at the corporate level and is then sent to the divisional managers for fine-tuning. Corporate controllers visit each plant for half a day prior to the final submission
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|Management Control System | |Ringkasan Kasus 2 : Vershire Company | |Kelas Akhir Pekan 22A | By Kelompok 3 : Dewi Ilmayanti Dina Diana Tambunan
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Vershire Company Vershire Company & Aluminum Industry Industry of Aluminum: Aluminum. Less spillage or breakage, ease of storage at home or when people travel, maintenance of soft drink carbonation, ease of lithograph and ease of recycling, aluminum production is one of the modern era’s great economic stories. The world’s primary aluminium industry produces over 23 millions ton of aluminium metal per year. The most important markets for aluminium products are the transport, building and packaging
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escribe the strengths and weaknesses in planning and control systemVershire Company!Settlement:a. Pros:1. In 1972 the industry experienced a revolution since the aluminum maker chosetwo kinds of processes in which a piece of metal inserted into the cupand closed at the top. So in 1996 capable of producing more than2,000 cans per minute, because it has more efficient manufacturing processes.2. Authorization limitation on the general manager of the division. Division general manager hasfull
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Chapter 4 Case 4-1. Vershire Company Questions: 1. Outline the strengths and weaknesses of Vershire Company’s planning and control system. Vershire’s planning system Strengths: When formulating the sales budget, divisional managers are required to predict market conditions and capital expenditures. The frocasting is done at the corporate level and is then sent to the divisional managers for fine-tuning. Corporate controllers visit each plant for half a day prior to the final submission
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Analysis of Vershire Company Point of View The point of view of the consultant is taken to provide an objective analysis and recommendation to improve the management control of the company. Statement of the Problem How can Vershire Company improve the way it manages its forecast-budget and the incentives that it gives its plant managers? Analysis The company was fairly stable at that moment in time. It was competing among the other major competitors in the packaging industry. However
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Vershire Company, a packaging company that manufactures aluminium beverage cans, is known as one of the largest in its industry in the United States. It has several divisions one of them being the Aluminum Can division wherein two line managers report directly to the Division General Manager. Divisions were almost autonomous in conducting business except for raising capital and labor relations, both functions being done at the head office to realign each division’s efforts into the company’s objectives
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Vershire Company & Aluminum Industry Industry of Aluminum Aluminum. Less spillage or breakage, ease of storage at home or when people travel, maintenance of soft drink carbonation, ease of lithograph and ease of recycling, aluminum production is one of the modern era’s great economic stories. The world’s primary aluminium industry produces over millions ton of aluminium metal per year. The most important markets for aluminium products are the transport, building and packaging sectors, however
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VERSHIRE COMPANY ANALYSIS RUDDY FERBIANTO MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL-BATCH62 Vershire Company has several division and one of the largest one is the alumunium can division. This division is one of the biggest can manufacturers in United States. However, the market characteristics in which the customers loyalti is low and entry barriers does too. One of the Vershire’s strategies is to have lean production system along with tight control over their plants,budgets, and performance
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