Accounting decisions Case: Accounting at MacCloud winery Methodological note We want to distinguish between Economic “facts/data” – No need to discuss them – Taken for granted Accounting “issues” – The topic of our discussion – We will follow the order of the case questions Accounting at McCloud Winery The MacCloud winery 5 acres of land One building Accounting at McCloud Winery 1: The building Worth $32‚000 Leased for 10 years for $5‚000 per year How
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Australians cherish wine‚ and it is one of the greatest wine exporters on the planet. Margaret River wineries‚ found south of the nation‚ create a portion of the best wine assortments prevalent among wine beaus. Encompassed by waters‚ the Margaret River locale is skilled with soil and climate ideal for wine generation. It has a normal yearly precipitation of 1130 mm and encounters 300 days of plentiful daylight consistently. This implies an about steady year-round temperature‚ making it conceivable
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Case 1 The Valley Winery The Valley Winery is an example of management malfunction because some top-managers are promoting unethical behavior and lack of credibility. High sales force turnover is the main problem this company is facing; however‚ high turnovers lead to employee dissatisfaction and unethical behavior. In addition‚ the company is putting on risk many of its relationships with their customers. Pat Waller was recently promoted to sales manager of the San Francisco chain division
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The Valley Winery-Case 1.1 Is the management of Valley Winery doing an acceptable job of hiring and training qualified employees? Management is the foundation of a company. They are the ones that make decisions which could make or break a company. They personify how the company and employees should act. If one is driven towards perfection in sales‚ many other important areas of the business could be overlooked. For example‚ maintenance of long term relationships with buyers would be overlooked
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Grape growing : Grapes are the major material for making wine. so assume something happens to the vineyards. it will cause big loss. For example‚ ’’the phylloxera epidemic’’ will make the winery suffer at least five years none of grape supply. Simply put‚ no grape‚ no wine. and no revenue. In addition‚ although Mondavi owns lots of vineyards‚ it still needs to purchase more grapes from other independent growers. This costs a great amount of money. so‚ we think Mondavi is supposed to revise its
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Case 21 Freemark Abbey Winery Freemark Abbey Winery was established by the members of partnership. William Jaeger is one of the member own the company. It is located in St. Helena‚ California in the northern Napa Valley where the winery can produce the best grape quality. Each year Freemark Abbey can produce 25‚000 cases of wine bottled and there is 1000 cases of Riesling. (12 bottles of wine in each case) Jaeger needs to make a decision to maximize the profit and minimize the loss depending
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In the case of the Benziger Family Winery‚ is being faced with the decision of whether or not Chris Benziger should invest in an ISO 14000 certification. The answer is yes‚ he should pursue the certification in an attempt to strengthen his knowledge that his company already has about being environmentally friendly. This will strengthen his position on the market as a leader in wine industry. In pursuing the certification‚ he will also educate other growers on the importance of a strong environmental
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1. What are the problems facing Pat Waller? The problems facing Pat Waller are the high turnover rate‚ using unsuccessful push strategy‚ and a commission structure that does not reward evenly across all sales levels. Also the unrealistic quotas that are too high creating unethical behavior with the front line sales force. Mangers are hired from one specific group‚ the chain group leading to lack of cross training. Lack of gender diversity is apparent in the different sales areas and most
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Freemark Abbey Winery 1. Assuming Mr. Jaeger chooses to harvest the Riesling grapes before the storm arrives‚ how much money will he make? Harvesting before the storm arrives will bring $2.85 per bottle per case of revenue for the Riesling product. EMV = $2.85 c 12‚000 = $34‚200 2. Assuming Mr. Jaeger chooses to leave the grapes on the vine‚ what is the probability that the grapes will end up with botrytis‚ and how much money will he make if that occurs? EMV Botrytis = 12‚000 x .70
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Freemark Abbey Winery Group ZZZ 1. Construct the decision tree for William Jaeger. 2. What should he do? Jaeger should choose to harvest later and wait for the storm. If the storm does come but destroys the grapes‚ he can decide whether to bottle wine or not to protect winery’s reputation. In either way‚ he will gain higher revenues from harvesting later than harvesting immediately: EV of “Do not harvest & Bottling”: $39240 EV of “Do not harvest & Not bottling”: $39240-$12000*0.6*0.5=$35640
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