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Assignment 1 Accounting 356 V7 Shinyi Vallee ID 349186236 Question 1: Balanced score card 1. Calculate operating income for Monster Trucks for both 2009 and 2010 2010 2009 Revenue ($45*4800;$42.50*3950) 216,000 167,875 Costs Direct Material costs ($15*4800;$13*3950) 72,000 51,350 Direct labour hours ($10*2500; $10*2150) 25,000 21,500 Manufacturing conversion costs 50,000 42,500 Selling and customer-service costs 18,000 17,000 R&D costs 38,000 42,000 Total costs 203,000 174,350 Operating Income 13,000 (6,475) 2. Is Monster Trucks pursuing a cost leadership or differentiation strategy? Support your answer. Monster Truck is a cost leadership strategy, because there are many toy manufacturers company produce radio-controlled truck toys, which are not differentiated. To succeed, Monster must keep cost low in order to compete effectively in this industry
Assignment 1 Accounting 356 V7 Shinyi Vallee ID 349186236 3. Develop a balanced scorecard for Monster Trucks Objectives Measures calculations Financial Perspectiv e increase in operating income by charging higher margins $46*4800=220,800; increases pro lower cost in direct material by looking for cheaper material with the same quality $14*4800=67,200; decrease cost b Customer Perspectiv e new customers, word of mouth if the product is cheap and with quality customer satisfaction with quality customer services customer retention with discount and special for existing customers time to fulfill customer orders, customer may go to different manufacturer if Monster takes long ti Internal Business Process Perspectiv e Manufacturing quality and safety; to avoid unnecessary recalls, and waste on scrapped product. a timely delivery time will make current customers happy and come back in the future. Development time for designing new machines and result in more toys made Learning and Growth perspective improvements in manufacturing process can help out development and research, supply parts instead of raw materials. Improving employee education and skill levels can help more productive line and faster in comple
Assignment 1 Accounting 356 V7 Shinyi Vallee ID 349186236 Question 4.   Boston Pizza’s Five Forces Analysis (Porter’s Model) Despite of its name – Boston, Boston Pizza was founded in Edmonton, Alberta by a Greek immigrant on August 12, 1964. As of December 2012, there are 348 Boston Pizza restaurants in Canada, and over 40 in the U.S. and Mexico. (Wikipedia, 2016) This Five Forces analysis of Boston Pizza indicates that three forces from 'horizontal' competition: the threat of substitute products or services, the threat of established rivals, and the threat of new entrants; and two forces from 'vertical' competition: the bargaining power of suppliers and the bargaining power of customers. Boston Pizza’s five Forces analysis, the focus is on the medium class food restaurant industry. Its current success indicates that Boston Pizza remains effective in addressing these five forces and in overcoming related issues. In summary, Boston Pizza’s Five Forces analysis yields the following intensities of the five forces: 1.      Competitive rivalry or competition (strong force) 2.      Bargaining power of buyers or customers (strong force) 3.      Bargaining power of suppliers (low force) 4.      Threat of substitutes or substitution (strong force) 5.      Threat of new entrants or new entry (strong force)   Boston Pizza needs to prioritize the strong forces in order to stay strong in this saturated market. The results of the Five Forces analysis shows that Boston Pizza’s needs to prioritize the issues related to competition, customers, substitutes and new entrants, all of which exert a strong force on the company. A possible course of action for Boston Pizza’s to address these issues is product innovation. New Boston Pizza’s products can attract and keep more customers. Also, this Five Forces analysis shows that Boston Pizza’s can implement higher quality standards to address competition and substitution in this saturated market. Competitive Rivalry or Competition with Boston Pizza’s (Strong Force) Boston Pizza mainly serves medium class of the food, mainly specialty in pizzas and pasta. Boston Pizza’s faces tough competition because more and more restaurants serve pizzas and pastas. This element of the Five Forces analysis tackles the effect of competing firms in the industry environment. In Boston Pizza’s case, the strong force of competitive rivalry is based on the following external factors
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