Destin Brass Products Co. Date: 21 January 2012 Group ES3-3 - Suba Sivandran Established in 1984‚ Destin Brass Products Co. had grown to become a significant player in the industry of manufacturing water purification equipment. By identifying a market for water purification valves‚ Destin Brass quickly built brand awareness and a customer base. Destin Brass developed propriety manufacturing techniques and had a deep understanding of working with brass. This competitive advantage led
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Problem Statement: Destin Brass president Roland Guidry is concerned with the competitive trends of the company products. He and his staff are worried that company profits are falling in regards to these competitive problems. Analysis: Destin Brass Company manufactures three items dealing with water purification systems: valves‚ pumps‚ and flow controllers. The company has been seeing some problems dealing with competition within some of the product markets they produce. Ronald Guidry had
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Information Technology Class Case Study in Three Parts* Richard G. Platt William B. Carper Department of Management and MIS College of Business The University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola‚ FL 32514 rplatt@uwf.edu bcarper@uwf.edu Michael McCool Assistant Director of Guest Services Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa 4000 Sandestin Boulevard South Destin‚ FL 32550 mmccool@sandestinbeachhilton.com ABSTRACT In early 2004‚ the Hilton Hotels Corporation (HHC) required that all of its hotels (both
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Destin Brass Products Co. 1) Estimated Product costs per unit: Number of Units 7500 12500 4000 Valves Pumps Flow Controllers Material Overhead Receiving $600.00 $3‚800.00 $15‚600.00 Materials Handling $6‚000.00 $38‚000.00 $15‚600.00 Manufacturing Overhead Packing and Shipping $1‚800.00 $13‚800.00 $43‚800.00 Engineering $20‚000.00 $30‚000.00 $50‚000.00 Maintenance $10‚500.00 $17‚400.00 $2‚100.00
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Destin Brass Products Co. Case Study Destin Brass Products Co. has been established and grown to produce valves (24% of the company revenue)‚ pumps (55% of the company revenue)‚ and flow controllers (21% of the company revenue). This paper will illustrate the recommended solutions for the management of the company that are trying to evaluate the competitive trends of the market for the mentioned products‚ and trying to start new strategies to deal with these trends. Finance and accounting‚ as mentioned
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Case Study: Destin Brass Products Co. Hsien-Da Lin 003253093 1. By using activity-based costing method‚ we can reallocate the overhead costs into three product lines based on four activities‚ which are numbers of used set up labor hours‚ percentage of transaction and machine usage‚ and numbers
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Destin Brass is a large manufacturer of water purification equipment. Valves‚ pumps and flow controllers are three main products they make. The management was bothering by the rapid competition of valve market‚ wondering why their competitors can offer a lower sale price than theirs. In the end‚ they came up with the conclusion the cost allocation method was not accurate‚ and it led to the inappropriate pricing strategy. The company uses three methods to compute the unit cost of each product—traditional
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Destin Brass Products Problem: - The Company is producing 3 major products – Valve‚ Pump and Flow Controller. The Company is concerned about the price cutting of Pumps going on in the market every month. It is also surprised to see no change in sales of Flow Controller despite 12 ½% increases in prices. Current Scenario: - Currently it is using traditional accounting system‚ Unit of product is charged for material cost‚ labor cost (standard time for labor times the labor pay rate $16 per hour)
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force in the economy of Florida to this day. Agriculture is an important part of Florida’s economy‚ and still is today because it was an important source of nourishment in the beginning years of civilization for Florida‚ created a basis for the economy of Florida‚ and has since evolved to suit the needs of the Florida people. To begin‚ White Brese stated in his book titled “Agriculture”
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Destin Brass Products Co. Case Report Q1: When Activity Based Costing (Weetman‚ 2010‚ p. 85) is used to calculate the monthly cost per unit‚ two types of costs are distinguished. Firstly the direct costs‚ consisting of the direct manufacturing costs and the run labor costs‚ and secondly the indirect costs‚ consisting of the machine usage costs or depreciation and the overhead costs. These costs allow us to calculate the monthly cost per unit‚ see Appendix 1 for the Excel file
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