Walter Co. is a manufacturer because it uses raw materials, and has a stock of merchandise inventory, work-in-progress inventory, and finished goods inventory. The current assets of Walter Co. will be:
Current Assets:
Cash 6,000
Inventories
Raw materials inventory 21,000
Work in progress inventory 40,000
Finished goods inventory 25,000
Merchandise inventory 48,000
Total inventory 1,34,000
Other assets
Accounts receivable 41,000
Prepaid expenses 1,000
Current assets 2,22,000
A manufacturing company is a company that takes in raw materials processes the raw materials and then sells the finished goods manufactured in the market. So the current assets section of the balance sheet of Walter Co. is given which will be written on the right side of the balance sheet.
In an organisation, for the proper running of all the departments or functions, proper communications and coordination is required. So implementing the cross-functional strategies can succeed when all the functional areas of the organisation are properly coordinated with each other. And by implementing these strategies we can trace out the business strategy with supporting of all functional areas. These are useful to place all functional strategies properly.
Thus the answer is d. cross-functional strategies.
