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
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