One of your assignments at work is to analyze the results of a company-wide engagement survey. After spending several days on the analyses, you realized that you made a mistake. Instead of categorizing the data by the newly reorganized business units, you categorized the data by the older system. Because this change is relatively new, not all information about the new units was in the company’s computer system. You had to do some research yourself. Ultimately, it created a lot more work for you but you put in the extra hours at work to be able to submit the report on time. How would you move forward so this problem isn’t encountered in the future?​

The following data is provided for garcon company and pepper company. garcon company pepper company beginning finished goods inventory $12,600 $16,900 beginning work in process inventory 17,600 21,600 beginning raw materials inventory 7,700 10,650 rental cost on factory equipment 28,500 23,050 direct labor 23,000 39,800 ending finished goods inventory 18,500 14,100 ending work in process inventory 26,500 19,800 ending raw materials inventory 6,800 7,600 factory utilities 12,300 17,750 factory supplies used 13,000 4,400 general and administrative expenses 31,000 59,500 indirect labor 2,450 9,580 repairs—factory equipment 6,860 3,700 raw materials purchases 37,000 66,000 selling expenses 51,200 48,700 sales 238,530 337,510 cash 29,000 17,200 factory equipment, net 217,500 118,825 accounts receivable, net 16,800 24,200 compute the total prime costs for both garcon company and pepper company.