Vershire’s planning system Strengths: When formulating the sales budget, divisional managers are required to predict market conditions and capital expenditures. The frocasting is done at the corporate level and is then sent to the divisional managers for fine-tuning. Corporate controllers visit each plant for half a day prior to the final submission of the budget. Weakness The initial sales forecast uses assumptions which are entirely derived from corporate headquarters’ analyses. The forcasting method is the same for all product lines. Plant managers do not come up with the sales budgets – the district sales manager do. Vershire’s control system Strengths Divisional managers are given full control over their divisions except in the ares of raising capital and labor relations. There is timely communication between the various hierarchies of the company as there are not that many tiers. There is constant oversight on meeting the budget. Weakness Profit is the main measure for assessing plant managers’ performance and determining bonuses.