NORTH COUNTRY AUTO‚ Inc. Case Background Each of the departments of North Country Auto‚ Inc. namely‚ the new cars sales and used cars sales‚ service‚ parts‚ body shop and oil change “operated as part of one business” before George Liddy bought into the dealership. The Department Managers were paid salaries and a year-end bonus. However‚ feeling that this system would not motivate employees‚ he devised a system wherein he could track effectively the departmental performance. For this‚ he developed
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Chapter 5 Profit Centers 201 Country Auto‚ Inc. {Liddy‚ part owner of North Country Auto‚ Inc.‚ was feeling pretty the new control systems recently put in place for his five departtiers (new and used car sales‚ service‚ body‚ and parts departments) . .escrioes eacn aepartment. Mr. Liddy strongly believed in the concept " geach department individually as a profit center. But he also recoghl3.llengeof getting his managers to "buy in" to the system by work ’::.:ffotthe good of the dealership
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North Country Auto‚ Inc.. North Country Auto‚ Inc.. is a company that also is authorized dealer for service for several brands of cars such as Ford‚ Saab‚ and Volkswagen. North Countru Auto has two partners‚ namely George Liddy and Andrew Jones. Andrew Jones is the owner of Country Auto Noerth first since the company was founded‚ while George Liddy joined the last few years. When George Liddy joined‚ the company experienced a change in management control systems company. North Country Auto‚ Inc
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NORTH COUNTRY AUTO‚ INC. North Country Auto‚ Inc. was a franchised dealer and factory-authorized service center for Ford‚ Saab‚ and Volkswagen. George G. Liddy‚ part owner‚ recently developed new control systems for the five departments within the company; new car sales and used car sales‚ service‚ body‚ and parts. Mr. Liddy wanted to see each department ran like a separate business. He was trying to motivate his department managers to see how beneficial this would be in the long run‚ not only to
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Numerical: (1) North Country Auto-Transfer Pricing problem‚ Page 181‚ Book: MCS by Vijay Govindarajan & Robert N Anthony Solution: Facts of the case: (a) North Country Auto has departments/profit centre : (i) New & (ii) Used Car Sales‚ (iii) Parts‚ (iv) Service & (v) Body. (b) New & Used cars dept.: Headed by managers. They dealt in cars of Ford‚ Saab & Volkswagen. (c) Parts dept.: Manager was responsible for tracking parts inventory for the three lines & minimizing both carrying cost &
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Any Robbins‚ examined the trade-in vehicle. The trade-in had a wholesale guidebook value of $3‚500. The guidebook‚ published monthly‚ was‚ at best‚ a near estimate of liquidation value. Actual values varied daily with the supply-demand balance at auto auctions. These variances could be as much as 25 percent of the book value. Ms. Robbins believed that she could sell the trade-in quickly at $5‚000 and earn a good margin‚ so she chose to carry it in inventory instead of wholesaling it for a value
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Case Analysis Questions Patten Corporation I find this a very rich case that makes for a great introduction to my course. To get the most out of it‚ you need to spend some time thinking about what the company does. Read the case carefully. 1. What does Patten Corporation do? What does it buy? What goods or services does it sell? How does Patten make money? 2. Is Patten profitable or unprofitable? If it is profitable‚ what does the company do that makes it profitable? If profitable
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North Country Analysis MGMT 339 The movie North Country portrayed many stereotypes of women and especially women in the work place. The first one I seen is when the main character‚ Josey Aimes‚ is talking and catching up with her childhood friend. Her friend stated that she worked at the mine and Josey automatically asked her if she was the secretary there. This implies that mining is work only suitable for men and a woman could only work there at a clerical position. Another
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put into these movies. There are a huge number of movies that are like this. One in particular would be North Country starring Charlize Theron. This movie is a fictionalized account of the first major sexual harassment case in the United States—Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines‚ where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit (North Country). The movie is inspired by a brave woman who fought so hard for what she wanted‚ but the movie portrays
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Case 5.3 The North Face‚ Inc 1 Auditors should not insist that their clients accept all proposed audit adjustments even those that have an “immaterial” effect on the given set of financial statements. Because “immaterial” effect on the financial statements will not affect the users’ decisions. Therefore‚ auditors have to confirm if the effects on the financial statements are really “immaterial”. If there are really “immaterial”‚ sometimes the auditor would be forced by the clients to ignore it
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