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ACC 561 Course Case: Research and Application 9-24
Bobby Williams
Professor William Blix
Strayer University
March 11, 2011

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Abstract…………………….…………….………………………………………………… 3
P&G Strategy ……...……………………………………………………….……………… 4
P&G and Federated Department quarterly sales trends. …………………..….…….……… 5
P&G’s business scope ………………………...………………………………...….………. 5
P&Gs sales and expenses uncertainties forecast. ……………………………………...…. 5/6
How an Enterprise System helps a globally dispersed company………….………...….….. 6
Gillette different cultural norms…how could differences in two organizations’ budgeting practices be responsible for these types of divergent cultural norms? …….……...………. 6
Conclusion. …show more content…

(P&G, 2005)
P&G and Federated Department quarterly sales trends According to the data, P&G’s quarterly net sales for year ended June 30, 2005 was $14,185,250 (P&G el at) and for Federated Department stores’ theirs were 3,907,500. (Federated, 2005) In my opinion P&G quarterly is much higher than that of the Federated Department Store and with this being said, I believe the Federated Department Store would have a greater cash budgeting concern because they have less net quarterly profit to work with.
P&G’s business scope P&G have manufacturing facilities operating globally in over 80 countries and is organized along seven geographic areas. Their three Global Business Units (GBUs) are P&G Beauty, P&G Family Health and P&G Household Care. All of P&G’s 17 billion dollar brands are included in each of the GBUs and P&G offers over 300 total brands in more than 160 countries. P&G’s Market Development Organization operates in the seven geographic areas, which consisted of North America, Western Europe, Northeast Asia, Latin America, Central, and Eastern Europe/Middle East/Africa, Greater China and ASEANA/Australasia/India. (P&G, el at)
P&Gs sales and expenses uncertainties forecast The five uncertainties that complicate P&G efforts to accurately forecast its sales and expenses are forward-looking statements, ability to achieve business plans, cost

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