Question - Benefit Corporation Costs
You are a Manager at a Benefit Corporation tasked with the following: The production manager just called you to say something is awry with the costs involved with their "green" detergent production. She asks why workers are using more materials than usual in the production of the detergent. In addition, she wants to know why the direct labor cost has increased in comparison with previous months.
What documents and data might you want to examine and why?
Discuss the potential issues that might prevent the company from buying cheaper materials.
Also, discuss the potential issues that a manager confronts when he/she needs to incur more direct labor cost in order to comply with the production deadlines.