Multicompany environment

We also provide a case study involving a cost-focused research and development effort that addresses cost accounting in a multicompany environment. This is in the belief that such an approach will be increasingly important to partners marrying up in supply chains. Also, Chapter 32 describes a methodology for calculating activity-based costs. 

Recommended Approach to Accounting for Capital A modified approach based on one of the traditional tools is the best fit for supply chain capital cost accounting. Because an organization with its own financial statement might serve many supply chains, SCM demands more detail in accounting for capital costs than an approach like EVA. As Old Line shows, we must associate costs for capital with the process steps needed to make a specihc product. The supply chain is also a multicompany environment in which individual income statements and balance sheets are less relevant. So the primary audience for financial information is not the shareholders, but rather the executives responsible for making supply chains work — and work efficiently. 

Implementing Enterprise Software toward the Multicompany Environment Lists issues related to multicompany enterprise system implementation... 

Implemetiting Enterprise Software Toward The Multicompany Environment... 

But our reliance on enterprise software is total and, as we move toward a new model of business competition, our systems have a different role - supporting the multicompany environment. As we examine this expanded role, there is one key question to be answered how should we go about implementing enterprise software so that the mistakes of yesterday turn into the successes of tomorrow ... 

An inherent part of the project management process is the development of contingency plans for when unforeseen problems do occur. In a multicompany environment, the existence of effective contingency plans becomes even more important as manual workarounds may have to be coordinated between companies and thus the plans should be in place before issues arise. 

In the multicompany environment, we have the additional requirement of coordination between organizations so that consistent communication, education, and responses to issues can be provided. 

The key to success lies in the integration of these disciplines into a consistent approach for implementing software. As we move into the multicompany environment, this approach needs to incorporate our business partners so that we manage the supply chain as an enterprise. 

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