EBK FINANCIAL & MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
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Chapter 27, Problem 27.1CP
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The Plant manager of Company L, asked the workers to create a log and record the lead time of a few random products. At the end of the month the log was collected and analyzed. It resulted in a longer lead time. So the plant manager issued a memo to the employees, to check the lead time of those logged products and to push them at the earliest to the next process.
To Respond: As the controller respond to the findings.
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