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Controls Inc.

Sue Vincent is a former corporate controller of a global industrial manufacturer, Controls Inc. Her responsibilities included the global shared services group that provided transaction processing services for all of the company’s operating businesses. Sue’s challenge was to figure out how to work with these businesses to take costs out of shared services operations that were not contributing to revenue generation. Visit casenet.ca from Acadia University for more decision focused video business case studies and to learn how you can use our cases in your classroom.

Interviewee

Sue Vincent

Company

Industry

Business Activity

Controls Inc.

Industrial Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Headquarters

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Size

Large

Employees

More than 10,000

Greater than $25 million

Yearly Revenue

Public Corporation

Type of Entity

Subject

Accounting

Level of Difficulty

High

Teaching Objectives

Learn about cost cutting in a large company

Keywords

Cost Reduction

Additional Info
Teaching Note

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