Homework
This homework focuses on an Oregon-based company that concentrates on the design, development, and worldwide marketing of high-quality footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products. The company sells its products to approximately 19,700 retail accounts in the United States, and it also sells its products through a mix of independent distributors, licenses, and subsidiaries in approximately 110 countries around the world.
Virtually all of the company's products are manufactured by independent contractors. Most footwear products are produced outside of the United States, and apparel products are produced both in the United States and abroad.
A company's value chain includes:
o Research and development
o Product and service process design
o Production
o Marketing
o Distribution
o Customer service
• How would you describe each of the above function in terms of adding value to company's goods and services? How would you use some of these functions to add value to your company?
• Conduct a preliminary search and Identify 1 decision that the company managers make in each of the 6 value chain functions.
• Based on your understanding of each function, which function of the value of chain do you think is most important? Please discuss your reasons
• For each decision, identify 1 piece of accounting information that would aid the manager's decision.
• Accounting information includes both financial and nonfinancial information used by decision makers. Please conduct a preliminary search and illustrate five questions that can be answered by the accounting information. For example, "How many shoe styles should the company produce for next year?" or "Where are the sales trends declining?"
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.