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tcernedtwithtprovidingtinformationttotstockholders,tc ttmanufacturingtproblemstbeforettheytresulttintatlarg
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ndtmotivating,tandtcontrolling.tAlltthreetactivitiestinv ttories;t(2)tspacetrequirements;t(3)tthroughput ttim
olvetdecisiontmaking. e;tandt(4)tdefects.
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mulatingtplans,timplementingtplans,tmeasuringtperf atseriestoftsmalltstepstthattaretplannedtandtim-
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1-4 Atlinetpositiontistdirectlytrelatedttotthetachie ndtup—oftentwithtthetusetoftoutsidetconsultants.
vementtoftthetbasictobjectivestoftthetorgani-
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hievementtoftthosetobjectives;trather,tittistsup- wertworkerstaretneeded.tIftmanagementtre-
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artstoftthetorganization. ertaintsuffer.
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tgerialtaccounting:t(1)tfocusestontthetneedstoftthe tm ometfromtcosttreductions,tbuttthetprimarytbene-
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precision;t(4)temphasizestthetsegmentstoftantorganiz tready-existingtexcesstcapacity.tTherefore,tim-
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(6) istnottmandatory. nstraint.
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tupttime.tFirst,treducedtsetupttimetallowstatcompanyt siness,tnotonetwouldttrusttanyonetelsetandtpeopletw
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hetleveltoftinventories.tSecond,tre- tThetresulttwouldtbetlesstfundstraisedtintcapitaltmark
tducedtsetupttimetallowstatcompanyttotspendtmoretti ets,tfewertgoodstandtservicestavail-
metproducingtgoodstandtlessttimetgettingtreadyttotpr tabletfortsale,tlowertquality,tandthighertprices.
oduce.tThird,tthetabilityttotrapidlytchange
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Exercise 1-1 (10 minutes)
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1. Line
2. Directing and motivating
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3. Budgets
4. Planning
5. Staff
6. Decentralization
7. Precision; Nonmonetary data
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8. Managerial accounting; Financial accounting
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9. Feedback
10. Controller
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12. Chief Financial Officer
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1. Total quality management; Process reengineering
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2. Just-In-Time
3. Nonconstraint
4. Benchmarking
5. Setup
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8. Business process
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