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Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Managerial Chapters (6th Edition)
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Chapter 24, Problem 20AP
One subunit of Racer Sports Company had the following financial results last month:
Requirements
- 1. Complete the performance evaluation report for this subunit (round to two decimal places).
- 2. Based on the data presented and your knowledge of the company, what type of responsibility center is this subunit?
- 3. Which items should be investigated if part of management’s decision criteria is to investigate all variances equal to or exceeding $8,000 and exceeding 10% (both criteria must be met)?
- 4. Should only unfavorable variances be investigated? Explain.
- 5. Is it possible that the variances are due to a higher-than-expected sales volume? Explain.
- 6. Will management place equal weight on each of the variances exceeding $8,000? Explain.
- 7. Which balanced scorecard perspective is being addressed through this performance report? In your opinion, is this performance report a lead or a lag indicator? Explain.
- 8. List one key performance indicator for the three other balanced scorecard perspectives. Make sure to indicate which perspective is being addressed by the indicators you list.
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Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Managerial Chapters (6th Edition)
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