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Rochester Manufacturing is considering adopting a flexible manufacturing system (FMS). The production manager recommends adopting the FMS to make managerial tasks and responsibilities easier by allowing for less oversight and easier control over production. Adopting the FMS could also benefit human resource development and organizational continuity. A conservative plant manager argues that the company should maintain the status quo until returns from adopting the FMS are more obvious, as numbers may not currently support the change and it could increase overall organizational costs. An optimistic sales manager argues that the company should adopt the FMS now to enhance just-in-time delivery and quality, which could increase market share and profitability. Adopting the FMS would
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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE REPORT 3
(ITS-531)
Nageswara rao Beerella
Student ID – 002839375
UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS
Date: 01/27/2018
Content
Section1:
Describe the background and the general business environment for the project………………3
Define at least 10 problems related to decision making that currently exist in the organization
…………………………………………………………………………………………………4
Describe the typical organizational response to the above 10 problems using the business
Pressure-responses-support model…………………………………………………………… 6
Describe the quantitative and qualitative impact of the organizational response to the
Problems on managerial decision making……………………………………………………7
Describe how business intelligence can be used to support problem-solving and decision
Support in the case study organization……………………………………………………….8
References……………………………………………………………………………………9
Describe the background and the general business environment for the project:
The background and the general business environment for the Fannie Mae
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Estimated lodging has ceaselessly been crucial to our assignment. Through The undertaking, we
are building on that long standing commitment and growing our mindfulness with the help of
Recognizing the inseparable connect among lodging and the broader community.
A developing body of inquire about outlines the relationship between financial opportunity and
get to to reasonable lodging. Individuals truly have moved to where there were occupations. For
Numerous a long times, that movement was coupled with more housing being built, which
Implied laborers at numerous pay levels could live affordably close where they worked.
In later a long time that energetic has changed. Rents and domestic costs in high-opportunity
regions have skyrocketed, with unused supply regularly on the high-end, estimating out lower-
skilled and lower-wage workers, driving them to live encourage and encourage absent from their
places of work. Essentially put, need of reasonable lodging has closed off get to to high-
opportunity regions, and everything they offer, for distant as well numerous people. This gets to
the fundamental point of Stage 1 of The Challenge. We are looking for ways to progress more
reasonable lodging in tall opportunity/sustainable communities and/or bring more note worthy
financial openings to those zones where reasonable lodging as of now exists. We know others
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Question 11. The difference between profit sharing and stock .docx
Question 1
1.
The difference between profit sharing and stock ownership is:
Answer
there is more risk involved with profit sharing than with stock ownership.
profit sharing becomes part of a base salary and stock ownership does not.
stock ownership becomes part of a base salary and profit sharing does not.
profit sharing encourages ownership thinking and stock ownership is ownership.
4 points
Question 2
1.
Which of the following examples would represent the ethical behavior of an executive?
Answer
Inflate stock prices to receive bonuses and stock options
Boost stock value through efficient operations, and effective leadership
Buying or selling stock based on knowledge about the company's future
Stretching accounting practices to present company performance in the best light
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Question 3
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Vesting rights are the rights of the:
Answer
employee to receive a pension at retirement age regardless of the length of time he/she was employed with the company.
employer to transfer or terminate employees before reaching retirement so they can avoid paying pension benefits.
employee to receive a pension at retirement age as long as he/she was employed for a specified amount of time.
employer to keep employee contributions to pension plans if they leave the company before the specified amount of time.
4 points
Question 4
1.
Which of the following states that employees MUST have a choice about whether to retire?
Answer
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC)
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
4 points
Question 5
1.
The difference between a cash balance plan and a defined-benefit plan is:
Answer
a cash balance plan earns interest at a predefined rate, and a defined-benefit plan guarantees a certain level of retirement income.
a defined-benefit plan earns interest at a predefined rate, and a cash balance plan guarantees a certain level of retirement income.
a cash balance plan specifies the size of investment, and a defined-benefit plan earns interest at a predefined rate.
a defined-benefit plan specifies the size of investment, and a cash balance plan guarantees a certain level of retirement income.
4 points
Question 6
1.
Which of the following is an example of an employee being paid based on a piecework rate?
Answer
A pay increase based on performance appraisal ratings
Being paid extra for work done in less than a specified amount of time
Pay calculated as a percentage of sales
Pay based on the amount of product produced
4 points
Question 7
1.
Which of the following is a legally required benefit an employer must provide?
Answer
Disability insurance
Life insurance
Worker's compensation
Paid leave
4 points
Question 8
1.
In addition to pay, what are some important aspects of making incentives work?
Answer
Performance measures are preset, passed down by u ...
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