A manufacturing company is in the process of introducing just in time (JIT) and total quality management (TQM) into every aspect of its value chain. Which TWO of the following are appropriate changes to make to the support activities in the organization's value chain?
A company has three divisions, each of which is an investment centre. The divisional managers' performance is assessed using return on investment (ROI). A higher ROI will result in a higher bonus for the divisional manager. The company's cost of capital is 15%.
For the forthcoming year each divisional manager has one investment opportunity available as follows:
The manager(s) of which division(s) will proceed with their respective investment opportunity?
One of an investment centre's products is sold on an external market. Output is limited because the specialist machine that manufactures the product is operating at full capacity.