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Managerial Accounting Olympus Case
Contents
1. Evaluate Olympus¡¯ current strategy
3. Why did the firm shift the responsibility of product planning from R&D
to marketing
2. What changes would you make to the firm¡¯s current target cost system
and strategy
4. Evaluate the firm¡¯s decision to place multiple products in each price point.
5. How important are profit(P), quality(Q), and functionality(F) to the industry
and the firm
Functionality
(Technology)
Customer
Trend
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Managerial Accounting Olympus Case
Contents
1. Evaluate Olympus¡¯ current strategy
3. Why did the firm shift the responsibility of product planning from R&D
to marketing
2. What changes would you make to the firm¡¯s current target cost system
and strategy
4. Evaluate the firm¡¯s decision to place multiple products in each price point.
5. How important are profit(P), quality(Q), and functionality(F) to the industry
and the firm
Functionality
(Technology)
Customer
Trend
¡°Consumer demanding¡± Functionality
Industry
Profit
Price
Cost
Quality
Olympus
2. How important are Profit, Quality, and Functionality to the industry and the firm
Recapturing Market Share
Improving
Product quality
Reducing
Production costs
Product planning
Quality Improvement Program
Situation
Olympus¡¯ Strategy
Low Cost Production
Reducing Unnecessary Expenditure
Improving production Engineering
Adopting Innovative
Manufacturing process
Shifting to Overseas Production
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penditure
Manufacturing Control
Spoilage Control
Capacity Utilization Control
Overhead and S&A Control
Fixed Expenditure
Procurement Prices
Launching Costs
Cost Reduction Program
2
Evaluate Olympus¡® current strategy
Improving Production Engineering
Adopting Innovative Manufacturing process
Shifting to Overseas Production
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Shortening Production Lead Times
Improving Communications between Sales and Manufacturing
Office Automation
Factory Automation
Evaluate Olympus¡® current strategy
Recapturing Market Share
Improving
Product quality
Reducing
Production costs
Impressive
Relatively Successful
Results and Evaluation
Increased Consumers¡¯ preference to Olympus
More than ¡®above the average¡¯ product Quality
Accumulation of knowledge and experience for the following cost reduction pressure
Evaluate Olympus¡® current strategy
Information Collection
Preliminary
product plan
Exhaustive review
Implementation
Product planning
Recapturing Market Share
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