IMA Case Studies: Volume 1 (1985) Cases From Management Accounting Practice, IMA, Montvale, NJ

Vol.	Case Title (Authors)	Pages	Case Brief Description
1-Jan	Automobile Support Company	1-4	Discusses the objectives of a standard costing system.
2-Jan	The Electronics Assembly Plant	5-10	Problems in implementing multiple changes in the firm's Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) and inventory control systems.
3-Jan	The High Yield Fertilizer Company	11-18	Cash management.
4-Jan	National Pneumatics	19-24	Examples of cost inaccuracies resulting from a firm operating without a cost accounting system in place.
5-Jan	The Plastics Division	25-28	A discussion of standard costing emphasizing the development of attainable standards and the segregation of setup costs from volume-related costs.
6-Jan	The Pump Division	29-30	Examines organizational problems with cost estimation, the adjustment required to bring inventory carrying value to lower of cost or market, and the desirability of progress payments and escalation clauses on customized products with a long production cycle.
7-Jan	Rainbow Finance	31-33	Examines the pricing decision in a decentralized financial firm.
8-Jan	Security Systems Corporation	34-35	Performance evaluation in an international setting. Prerequisite student exposure to requirements of FAS 52 desired.