The company is an apparel business that had $80 million in sales last year and projected $150 million for this year. Operations are in the US while most competitors manufacture overseas. To meet high summer demand, the company hired 1,000 additional sewers, bringing the total to 3,000. Now in the slower winter season, the company has 1,000 extra sewers that are no longer needed. The ethical question is what to do with the 1,000 extra sewers during the slow winter months.

1. Day 7

2. Ethical Question time…
You are on the management team of a rapidly growing,
privately-held apparel company that had $80 million
in sales last year and is projecting $150 million for
next year. The company’s operations are entirely
U.S.-based, an anomaly in an industry that has
moved almost all manufacturing to foreign countries
in search of cheap labor. Your company has
succeeded by targeting a niche market that will pay
more for fashionable styles, making the speed and
flexibility of operations more important than the
price. Your company is also unique in its employee
policies.

3. This summer your team found the company could
not keep pace with orders. You added a second
shift and hired 1,000 new sewers to staff it,
bringing the total number of sewers to 3,000.
During the summer months, all employees
worked fulltime (eight-hour shifts, five per week)
and often overtime to meet sales needs and
replenish dwindling inventories.
It is now September and you have completed the
summer inventory needs. You now have an
additional 1,000 workers that are no longer
needed for the slow winter days. What do you do
with them?

4. What are Charts and Graphs
for?
 To inform
 To sell
 To motivate
 To persuade

5. Graphing Vocabulary
X – axis
 The horizontal axis that goes across the bottom of the graph.
Y– axis
 The vertical axis that runs up and down the side of the graph.
Unit
 A word or symbol used in a data table/graph that tells how the information
was
measured. For example, the variable of length can be measured in the unit of
meters, feet, inches, kilometers, etc.
Variable
 A word that describes what information is being collected or measured. For
example, variables can include Length, Height, Time, Temperature.
Independent Variable
 A variable that is manipulated by the user to find the result. (dependent
variable)

6. Dependent variable
 The variable in an experimen t t hat chan ges (res pon ds ) in
res pon s e t o chan ges in t he in depen den t variable.
Dat a
 A collect ion of in f ormat ion (meas uremen t s ) f rom
obs ervat ion s .
Range
 The dif f eren ce bet ween t he highes t an d lowes t value of a
variable.
Axes labels
 The axes labels t ell us what in f ormat ion is pres en t ed on
each axis
Key
 Shows t he dif f eren t part s of t he dat a an d what t he un it s
mean .

7. Bar Graph
Purchasesforthemonth

8. Column Chart

10. Describing line graphs
Goin g up
 In creas e
 Ris e
 Climb
 Improve
St ay t he s ame
 Level out
 St ay t he s ame
 s t abilize
Goin g down
 Decreas e
 Fall
 Declin e
 Det eriorat e
Poin t s
 Peak
 Hit bot t om
 f luct uat es

11. Different terms
 Increased rapidly
 Went up a bit
 Climbed slightly
 Increased steadily
 Dropped markedly
 Declined a bit
 Rose dramatically

12. Venn Diagram

14. Pie Chart

15. Table
Line
Graph
Diagram Picture
Bar
Graph

16. Flow
Chart
Map Plan Pie Chart

17. Important things about creating
visuals
 Graphs and charts are given to show people
exactly what information might be hard to
understand.
 When showing data, you need to choose the
right visual.
 Consider your audience and what information
is needed for them.

18. Practice
Listen…

19. Using PowerPoint
 Make sure you use it to your advantage.
 Don’t always write everything you say on
your slide.
 Make key points on your slides.
 Don’t make the PowerPoint slides become
distracting.
 KISS
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