¶ … Royal Philips Electronics and with reference to each of the proposed five chapters in the final essay. It is important to note that the essay is basically based on a critical analysis of the accounting and finance function of Philips Company and hence the reason why PROPHIX software will also be critically analysed since it is used by the company for these functions.
Overview of Royal Philips Electronic
The Royal Philips Electronics was founded by two brothers; Anton Philips and Gerard Philips in the year 1891 at Eindhoven city. Initially the main product of the company was the small carbon-filament lamp. However, the company has since transformed itself from a single office company to a multinational company with its main headquarters located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Its' branch network spreads across in every major market in world, and today after more than 100 years since it was formed the company boosts in its profile as being one of the largest global diversified industrial companies in the world with an estimated sales in the year 2010 reportedly being Euro 25,419 million.
Philips Company started with a workforce of only two employees who were the founding brothers, however according to figures given by the company human resource department, the company currently has over 180,000 employees whom are deployed in the company's manufacturing sites located in twenty eight different countries across the world and in their sales outlets located across 150 different countries.
Philips is a leading company in the world for its range of healthcare products, lifestyle products and lighting products. The company's main aim is improving people's lives through their timely innovation...
The company in its organizational structure integrates technology and design for customer-centered solutions, based on the fundamental consumer insights and the company's motto that promises sense and simplicity in the range of products and services that it offers.
Scope, aims and objectives of the essay in the 1st chapter
Under the first chapter the essay will aim at giving a detailed introduction of the organization under review which is Royal Philips Electronics. Here the essay will give a brief history of the company, its objective, size and organizational structure; it will also analyze key resources of the company as well as the issue of corporate governance within the company. Secondly, the other objective of the essay in this first chapter is to analyze accounting function within the company and it is here that the essay will introduce the PROPHIX software which is a financial performance management software used in the decision making process within the company, in addition it is also used in accounting functions such as forecasting, budgeting, consolidating, data mining and reporting. The book written by Brian (1997) will be used in this chapter.
Scope, aims and objectives of the essay in the 2nd chapter
Under the second chapter the essay aims at conducting a financial accounting analysis of Royal Philips Electronics in order to establish its financial position and strength. The essay will employ the use of some accounting formulae in order to establish the profitability of the company, the gearing level and the return on investments for shareholders. The scholarly works of both Wood and Sangster (2008) will aid in successfully completing…
