Fresh cut corporation purchased all the outstanding common stock of premium meats for $12,000,000 in cash. the book values and fair values of premium meats' assets and liabilities were: book value fair value accounts receivable $ 1,800,000 $ 1,600,000 equipment 8,500,000 9,900,000 patents 300,000 1,700,000 notes payable (2,700,000 ) (2,700,000 ) net assets $ 7,900,000 $ 10,500,000

Sunset foods relies on a highly centralized functional structure to ensure consistency in the quality and taste of its products and to drive down costs via process innovations. however, as a consequence of its highly compartmentalized structure, the firm has found it difficult to transfer information and ideas from one department to the next. with the launch of its new line of breakfast foods coming up, how can sunset improve its ability to collaborate without sacrificing the benefits of its current structure