Company X has been engaged in the production of fizzy drinks namely Fizzers. It has captured more than of the market share in Vietnam and is on the
verge of expansion. Every quarter, the Finance Manager prepares the set of financial
statements and submit them to the Board for approval. Based on financial figures and
estimates, the prices of Fizzers is fixed. The Finance Manager only ensures that the costs of
production are absorbed in the pricing.
After years, a new Chairman of the Board has been recruited. The new Chairman is
mesmerized that Management accounting reports are not prepared by the Finance Manager.
The new Chairman decided to meet the Chief Executive Officer CEO to discuss the issues.
The CEO agreed with the new Chairman and they finally issued new instructions to the
Finance Manager to prepare Management accounting reports to the Board. The new
Chairman believes that Management information is crucial for managerial decisionmaking
based on his wide industrial experience. On the other hand, the Finance Manager believes
that Management accounting has a lot of disadvantages. Hence, this will affect decision
making in X
The Finance Manager called a meeting with his finance team to guide them to prepare
Management accounting reports. The Accountant of X is now facing difficulties of big
data and analytics.
REQUIRED:
Provide convincing arguments to the new Chairman of X how a Management Accounting system will improve the current decisionmaking