At Winsted Company the Following Procedures Are Used to Enter

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Essay

At Winsted Company the following procedures are used to enter purchase requisitions (PRs).
Clerks in the purchasing department receive purchase requisitions (PRs) from departments throughout Winsted's home office. The PRs are handwritten on forms specially designed for this purpose. The clerks enter these into preformatted screens on PCs that are connected to the central computer. After each PR is recorded on the purchase requisition event data store the computer informs the clerk that the PR has been recorded. Once recorded the computer forwards the PRs to appropriate managers who can approve the PRs online. Approving individuals enter their approvals (or denials). PRs that are not approved are sent back to the purchasing clerks for corrective action.
Below is the annotated systems flowchart and partially completed control matrix for this process.
Required:
Complete the control matrix by entering the control plan numbers (P-1, P-2, etc.) in the appropriate cells in the control matrix to indicate to which control goal(s) each control plan is directed. Below the matrix describe how each control plan achieves each control goal that you have indicated on the matrix.

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Definitions:

Monthly Sales

The total revenue generated from sales activities during a calendar month.

Net Operating Income

A metric assessing a corporation's earnings from its primary operations, before considering reductions for interest and taxes.

Contribution Margin Ratio

The percentage of each sales dollar that remains after variable costs are subtracted, indicating how much contributes towards fixed costs and profit.

Target Profit

The desired amount of net income a company aims to achieve for a certain period as part of its financial and strategic planning.