Super Bakery 1. What strategies and tactics did the management of Super Bakery‚ Inc. use to increase sales and growth? -Super Bakery has really taken a unique approach to running their business. They own this company that manufacture and sales doughnuts‚ but not really. In reality they bring many companies together under their product umbrella to manufacture‚ sale‚ store‚ and distribute doughnuts. By outsourcing all of this work they are able to "maximum value to the company while making
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Super Bakery Costing Methods Learning Team D Acc 561 Super Bakery Costing Methods Super Bakery is a virtual company‚ in this company many things go on‚ but it only deals with the core functions of the industry when the other portions of the company are contracted out. Since the bakery is a leader when it comes to the institutional baked goods market‚ the business may have ongoing concerns maintaining the quality of its goods and services. The Super Bakery management department agree
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Job Order Cost System There are two main cost accounting systems used: Job order cost systems and Process cost systems. Both have very distinct differences that help each specialize in a certain type of manufacturing company. The job order cost system in particular is used to "provide product costs for each quantity of a product that is manufactured." When a product is called to be manufactured‚ then it is called a job. Once the job is ordered‚ the manufacturing company must go through a flow
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Super Bakery Analysis The Super Bakery utilizes a business model that permits lower expenses of labor‚ equipment‚ factories‚ administrative spaces‚ structures‚ etc. This model is defined as a “virtual corporation minimizes investment in human resources‚ fixed assets‚ and working capital” (Kimmel‚ 2009‚ p. 910). This method obviously keeps costs down to the company itself as major operating‚ and manufacturing expenses are outsourced. Super Bakery adopted the Activity Based Accounting (ABC) to simplify
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not sure about the difference between cost accounting and a cost accounting system. Explain the difference to Joe. (b) What is an important feature of a cost accounting system? 2. (a) Distinguish between the two types of cost accounting systems. (b) May a company use both types of cost accounting systems? 3. What type of industry is likely to use a job order cost system? Give some examples. 4. What type of industry is likely to use a process cost system? Give some examples. 5. Your roommate
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Super Bakery‚ Inc. – Costing Methods Norman Thompson ACC/561 July 24‚ 2010 In today’s economy the business world has changed tremendously with the advances of computer systems‚ global competition‚ and innovation in technology. Because of these changes businesses compete to keep their products and services profitable as well as keeping a strong customer base. The main challenges for keeping a business successful are managing the cost of services and products while keeping the company
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Describe when it is appropriate for a company to use a job-order costing system. Answer Job order cost system provides per unit cost of manufactured products. Job order cost system is used by the companies that manufacture custom products for customers or batches of similar products. Job order cost system is used in the companies that offer many different products or services to its customers. Example Industries where job order cost system is used are Furniture manufacturing‚ Apparel manufacturing
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Super Bakery‚ Inc. is a “nationwide supplier of mineral‚ vitamin‚ and protein enriched doughnuts and other baked goods to the institutional food market‚ primarily school systems.” This corporation is what is known as a virtual corporation. A virtual corporation is one that outsources most of its operations and only keeps the core strategic parts of the business in house. The following will describe the strategies Super Bakery‚ Inc. used to help grow its sales by an estimated 20% annually‚ why
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Literature Review A literature review • Provides an overview and a critical evaluation of a body of literature relating to a research topic or research problem. • Analyzes a body of literature in order to classify it by themes or categories‚ rather than simply discussing individual works one after another. • Presents the research and ideas of the field rather than each individual work or author by itself. A literature review often forms part of a larger research project‚ such as within
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Super Bakery‚ Incorporated Costing Methods Super Bakery Incorporated (SBI) is a successful virtual corporation focused on supplying donuts and other baked goods to the institutional food market. SBI was founded in 1983 by former Pittsburgh Steelers’ running back Franco Harris. The management has used an outsourcing strategy‚ whereby‚ selling‚ manufacturing‚ warehousing‚ and shipping functions have been outsourced to strategic partners. The goal is to extract the maximum value-added from these
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