Balanced Scorecard and Strategic Analysis
Lynnze Carpenter
Kristy Cook
Kenneth Haverkamp
Brenda Hicks
Zinfira Kozhepyanova
Keller Graduate School of Management
Accounting 563 – Advanced Managerial Accounting Issues
Part I
Group Member Names
• Lynnze Carpenter
• Kristy Cook
• Kenneth Haverkamp
• Brenda Hicks
• Zinfira Kozhepyanova
Statement of Intent
Titan Computer Company has enlisted the group to provide a plan to improve quality and decrease costs. The group will provide suggestions on improving current processes with the goal of reducing rework and quality inspection failures. The goal is to improve quality by 3%.
The task schedule to develop and evaluate the potential process improvements has been created. Each team member has been assigned a task but the group will work as a team in order to fully develop ideas and strategies that align with company objectives. The outline of the tasks is below. The due dates and task assignments can be found in Appendix A.
1. Identify strategy and develop objectives - Tasks due June 7, 2015
a. Identify Titan Computer Company Strategy
i. Product differentiation vs. Cost leadership ii. Evaluate if strategy is effective for product
b. Develop customer preference map for Titan and Pear Corporation.
i. Price ii. Storage Capacity iii. Customer Service iv. Quality
v. Customized Chip Design
c. Develop strategy objectives
i. Cause and effect relationship of objectives ii. Financial iii. Customer iv. Internal
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