Question

Connect Inc. manufactures four different lines of computer devices: modems, routers, servers, and drives. Each of the product lines is produced in all of the company’s three plants: Beckley, Huntington, and Charleston. Marketing efforts of the company are divided into five regions: East, West, South, North, and Central.

Required

1. Develop a reporting schematic that illustrates how the company might prepare single-level reports segmented on three different bases.
2. Develop a segment reporting schematic that has three different levels. Be sure to identify each segment’s level. Briefly explain why you chose the primary-level segment.