Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134128528
Author: Karen W. Braun, Wendy M. Tietz
Publisher: PEARSON
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ERP cost-benefit analysis (Learning Objective 5)

As CEO of Riverside Marine, Rachel Moore knows it is important to control costs and to respond quickly to changes in the highly competitive boat-building industry. When Gerbig Consulting proposes that Riverside Marine invest in an ERP system, she forms a team to evaluate the proposal: the plant engineer, the plant foreman, the systems specialist, the human resources director, the marketing director, and the management accountant.

A month later, management accountant Miles Cobalt reports that the team and Gerbig estimate that if Riverside Marine implements the ERP system, it will incur the following costs:

  1. a. $390,000 in software costs
  2. b. $85,000 to customize the ERP software and load Riverside Marine’s data into the new ERP system
  3. c. $112,000 for employee training

The team estimates that the ERP system should provide several benefits:

  1. a. More efficient order processing should lead to savings of $185,000.
  2. b. Streamlining the manufacturing process so that it maps into the ERP system will create savings of $255,000.
  3. c. Integrating purchasing, production, marketing, and distribution into a single system will allow Riverside Marine to reduce inventories, saving $215,000.
  4. d. Higher customer satisfaction should increase sales, which, in turn, should increase profits by $150,000.

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  1. 1. If the ERP installation succeeds, what is the dollar amount of the benefits?
  2. 2. Should Riverside Marine install the ERP system? Why or why not? Show your calculations.
  3. 3. Why did Moore create a team to evaluate Gerbig’s proposal? Consider each piece of cost-benefit information that management accountant Cobalt reported. Which person on the team is most likely to have contributed each item? (Hint: Which team member is likely to have the most information about each cost or benefit?)
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Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)

Ch. 1 - Managers responsibilities (Learning Objective 1)...Ch. 1 - Contrast managerial and financial accounting...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.3SECh. 1 - Prob. 1.4SECh. 1 - Prob. 1.5SECh. 1 - Prob. 1.6SECh. 1 - Violations of ethical standards (Learning...Ch. 1 - Identify current competitive tools (Learning...Ch. 1 - Identify ethical standards violated (Learning...Ch. 1 - Define key terms (Learning Objectives 1, 2, 3, 4,...Ch. 1 - Define key terms (Learning Objectives 1 2)...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.12AECh. 1 - Identify users of accounting information (Learning...Ch. 1 - Classify ethical responsibilities (Learning...Ch. 1 - Equipment purchase cost-benefit analysis (Learning...Ch. 1 - Lean production cost-benefit analysis (Learning...Ch. 1 - Identify sustainability efforts as impacting...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.18BECh. 1 - Prob. 1.19BECh. 1 - Identify users of accounting information (Learning...Ch. 1 - Classify ethical responsibilities (Learning...Ch. 1 - Equipment purchase cost-benefit analysis (Learning...Ch. 1 - Lean production cost-benefit analysis (Learning...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.24BECh. 1 - Management processes and accounting information...Ch. 1 - Ethical dilemmas (Learning Objective 4) Barb Perot...Ch. 1 - ERP cost-benefit analysis (Learning Objective 5)...Ch. 1 - Online order system cost-benefit analysis...Ch. 1 - Continuation of P1-28A: revised estimates...Ch. 1 - Management processes and accounting information...Ch. 1 - Ethical dilemmas (Learning Objective 4) ETHICS...Ch. 1 - ERP cost-benefit analysis (Learning Objective 5)...Ch. 1 - Online order system cost-benefit analysis...Ch. 1 - Continuation of P1-33B: revised estimates...Ch. 1 - Discuss how managerial accounting can be used at...Ch. 1 - Discussion Questions 1. What are the three main...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.37ACTCh. 1 - Prob. 1.38ACTCh. 1 - Ethics and casual conversations (Learning...Ch. 1 - Using managerial accounting information to manage...
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