Profit made up of two components: ue and expenditure. Plant managers should be responsible only for the measures that they can directly control, which are the expenditure. Expenditure includes direct materials, direct labor, variable manfacturing, and fixed overhead budget. The plant managers was held responsible for the budgeted profit number even if actual sales fell below the projected level. Sales deparment has sole responsibility for the price, sales mix, and delivery schedules. Any difference of opinions between sales and production is always favoured with the sales department as Vershire wants to satisfy the customer since they can easily switch to a competitor. This reduce the plant manager's ability to maintain control over profitability in the plant since production can be disrupted by the sales manger and hurt efficiency of outputs, resulting in higher profit.