"It's ok$,$ I will look into that." Victor makes a mental note to inquire about the impact of unpaid

invoices on sales revenue and to seek recommendations on how to entice customers to pay more

quickly. $He$ is wondering if there might be drawbacks to requesting quicker payments.

"How are union negotiations going?" Victor turned to the Human Resources Manager who had

been quiet throughout the meeting.

She sighed. "They're going$-$ we should probably project a $10\%$ increase salary expenses next

year$-$ they're playing hardball because of the high inflationary environment right now!"

Victor chewed his lip and refrained from asking if firing some of the louder employees was a good

way to send a message$-$ perhaps that would limit raises to only $5\%.$ As it stood now, he was

expecting sales to remain flat next year and operating expenses to increase $8\%$ overall. What

would that do to the firm's bottom line? He made another mental note to ask for help with the

projection and perhaps his negotiation strategy too.

Wisely, he steered the conversation in a new direction, turning to the Production Manager. $"$So$,$

our new premium Titan business unit$-$ how is that going?"

He frowned. $"$We don't have exact profit numbers yet since we get special orders over there and

we are having trouble tracking costs of those orders."

Victor nodded. $"$OK$,$ so we need a proper costing system for specific jobs." He had a suspicion

that there were issues in the premium Titan department and had planned to ask his cost

accountant friend about it$,$ but she was away on a vacation at the moment. Victor would need to

seek help elsewhere$-$ the business was getting a lot of special orders and tracking and recording

costs of each order accurately was imperative. Specifically, he needed advice on allocating

help.

With so much to think about, Victor ended the meeting and called you, an MBA With

expertise, to help him.

Objective: Write a detailed business memo providing feedback on the is

specific to the case and reference anything you copy$-$paste$/$paraphrase heavily from the internet $($or

other source$)-$ your work WILL be analyzed for Al use $($NOT permitted$)$ and similarity. You MUST

submit your work digitally at the end of class and return the case paper!