WeCan! Industries, Inc. Cat Furniture Division: An Accounting Information Systems Case

Abstract

The case involves the development of an accounting information system for sales/ marketing and cost control for a new product in a new business division.  The client (WeCan!) has an effective financial accounting software system; however, the manager of the Cat Furniture Division (CFD) needs a secondary processing system in order to make decisions about the profitability of individual items in the product line and in order to have effective control over direct costs of production (materials and labor).  The system solution can be developed with relational database or spreadsheet software, although the relational database solution is more practical.