Discussion Question 1

Can management of a company such as Research in Motion (RIM) use cycle time and cycle efficiency as useful measures of performance? What would be another useful measure?

Discussion Question 2 

Assume you are preparing for a second interview with a manufacturing company. The company manufactures customer-order holiday decorations and display items. During your first interview, you learned that the managers are not currently pleased with the timeliness of information and inventory measurements.

Discuss both (A) what type of cost accounting system this company should use, and (B) the documents that you would recommend as part of the cost accounting system.

Note: 2 References must for each question.