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Snow Goose Decoy Executive Summary
COMPANY PROFILE About Us Founded in 2008, FLY Hunter Decoys MANUFACTURING CO LTD is a leading manufacturer and exporter of
eco–friendly, lightweight, foldable, and easy–to–carry hunting decoy products. It specializes in offering a wide range of decorative decoys (like Goose
decoys, Canada goose decoys, Snow goose decoys, Duck decoys, Mallard decoys, Turkey decoys, and Bird decoys) at the most reasonable prices.
Since the time of our inception in this domain, our quest has been to serve the hunting decoy industry and raise the bar of excellence in it (industry) by
delivering many advanced, innovative and high–quality products at the affordable prices. Our long–term industry knowledge, innovative products and
expertise in meeting many common
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Glasspro, Inc. Outline The Differences
Life is riddled with choices: paper or plastic, chocolate or vanilla, Android or iOS. When it comes to windshield replacement, however, deciding
between OEM and aftermarket glass can be a bit more involved. So which option is right for you? Below, the Cincinnati, OH auto glass experts at
GlassPro, Inc. outline the differences.
OEM
An OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) windshield is often fabricated by the original windshield manufacturer and will be nearly identical to the
one that rolled off the assembly line. Though, because car manufacturers often switch glass companies mid–run, there is a chance that your OEM
windshield will be made by a different glass company.
Regardless, an OEM windshield will be manufactured according to specific
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Managers And Owners Are An Aggressive Cost Reduction
Managers and owners are also carrying out an aggressive cost reduction. They understand the importance of improving, maintaining low overhead costs
and closely monitor suppliers. But for the reduction of fixed costs become possible, they reject many small customers without growth potential
operational complexities associated with too customized products. In addition, there has also been a huge investment spurt in low cost automation and
re–engineering of production lines, aiming to reduce labor costs and increase the quality consistently. With regard to the supply chain, manufacturing
decades have shaped an ecosystem of vendors specialized by sector, forming different clusters throughout the entire country. Each cluster has very
competitive costs through specialization because they can benefit from the scale established exploiting its capacity, its accumulated know–how and
experience of its skilled workers. Clusters can also apply a business model based on a network of partners and / or interlinked competitors, which
allows you to reconfigure the supply chain and that adjustments can be made quickly. Quality Factor The different pressures on suppliers to reduce
costs have caused tensions and distortions. It is for this reason, companies find it difficult to establish long–term relationships with suppliers.
Nonetheless, most buyers still uses this direct approach to reduce costs, and many Chinese factories will do whatever is necessary to satisfy. The
responsible buyers and
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Essay on Operation Strategy at Galanz
S w 8B10D05 Teaching Note OPERATIONS STRATEGY AT GALANZ Dr. Kokin Lam and Professor Xiande Zhao wrote this teaching note as an aid
to instructors in the classroom use of the case Operations Strategy at Galanz, No. 9B10D005. This teaching note should not be used in any way that
would prejudice the future use of the case. Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation prohibits any form of reproduction, storage or transmission
without its written permission. Reproduction of this material is not covered under authorization by any reproduction rights organization. To order
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To introduce students to the concepts of order winners, order qualifiers and operations priorities/objectives. 2. To show how operations priorities should
reflect customer requirements and affect the way a company competes. 3. To demonstrate how a company can gain competitive advantages through a
low–cost strategy and how to support a business strategy using operations strategy and capabilities. 4. To show students how a company can build
multiple capabilities over time and how a company's strategy and operational capabilities can change over time. 5. To provide students with the
opportunity to analyze trade–offs involved in making strategic, operational and marketing decisions as a business expands from the domestic to the
global market and from an OEM to an ODM and an OBM. 6. To challenge students to develop coherent action plans that address future growth
objectives. 7. To help students understand the tremendous opportunities and challenges of managing operations and supply chain activities in China.
SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS 1. What were the order winners/order qualifiers for Galanz in the microwave oven business during the
early stage of its development? 2. Rank the importance of Galanz's operations objectives of cost, quality, flexibility, delivery, service and innovations.
How has the importance changed over the years? 3. What is the role technology has played in the success of Galanz? 4. What are Galanz's competitive
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Sampson Products Case
SAMPSON PRODUCTS
Sampson Products Corporation was a major manufacturer of electrical equipment used extensively by consumer goods manufacturers. The company
sold most of its products to manufacturers of refrigerators, automatic washers, and electric stoves to be installed as original equipment that usually
retained the Sampson brand name. In addition to the original equipment market, Sampson had obtained a significant portion of the replacement market
for the products it manufactured. Sales of Sampson replacement parts were normally made through channels such as small hardware stores and other
home repair retail outlets. Another substantial part of Sampson's revenue was derived from manufacturing electrical equipment for large electrical ...
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General Company was one of the producers from whom a quotation was requested. The day following the receipt of General's quotation, Mr. Jones and
the president of the machine shop division of General visited Mr. Smithe. Mr. Smithe understood that the president had a widely recognized reputation
as an extremely aggressive, hard–hitting, sales–minded executive. Smithe's impression was quickly confirmed. From the beginning of the conversation,
he was the target of the president's well–known pressure tactics. The president informed Smithe clearly that he felt the "friendship" of the two
companies was at stake and reciprocal considerations were in order. Smithe informed the president that his bid was the highest received, and he
suggested that the president knew by approximately how much he was high. Smithe stated that normally second bids were not accepted, but because of
previous friendship he would in this case accept a revised bid from General. The president's reaction was to leave the meeting in anger with the parting
comment that Smithe had better think again about awarding the contract to General–and fast. Mr. Smithe set aside the shaft contract during the ensuing
two weeks, partly as a result of his offer to the General representatives and also because he wanted to devote time to other problems. At that point, the
president of
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Galanz Case Study
Post these responses directly in your private student journal. Your assignment is due Wednesday, April 10th. Then a forum will open for each of these
assignment questions. Please write two–to–three paragraphs per question.
1. What are Galanz's competitive and operations strategies?
Considering the expertise of international players like Panasonic and Toshiba, Galanz didn't really have a competitive advantage with respect to
technology. Cost arbitrage (of land and labor) was the chief competitive strategy employed by Galanz to capture the Chinese microwave market.
Galanz conjured up mutually beneficial deals with its clients to achieve rapid expansion of production capacity by arranging for production line
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Thus, after the superlative domestic success, Galanz focused on building a world brand by maintaining its low cost, abundant supply and stressed on
important aspects such as customer relation management and after sales support.
2. How does Galanz's operations strategy support its competitive strategy?
Initially as a market entrant, Galanz focused on a low cost strategy to gain leverage in the domestic market. This strategy was supported by an
abundance of cheap land and labor. The expensive microwaves produced by players like Toshiba and LG were unaffordable for majority of the
Chinese population and hence, Galanz became popular right from its inception. The rapidly increasing demand, which rose to almost 25 million units
in 2003, for these low–cost microwaves prompted Galanz to expand its production capabilities. Galanz, facing shortage in production, decided to
outsource magnetron production to Japan for the production deficit that it faced. Furthermore, deals with customers like Fillony to transfer entire
production lines made sure that the ever growing demand for the ovens was met successfully. The perennial working shifts for the production team
ensured that production scale and costs of Galanz was unmatched anywhere in the entire market.
Galanz's strategy of a price war worked in its favor as competitors like LG and Panasonic went out of business in the
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Arrow Electronics Case Summary
The overview of the case
Arrow Electronics is a broad–line distributor of electronic parts, including semiconductors and passive components. It was founded in 1935 and grown
to the number two position by 1980. When Stephen Kaufman, who became president in 1982 and CEO in 1986, Arrow once more began to climb,
reaching the number one position among electronics distributors by 1992.
Arrow/Schweber, one of Arrow's five operating groups and the largest one, which sells semiconductors to different customer bases like Original
Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and Contract Manufacturers (CM). Sales of 2.07$ Billion of 6.5$ Billion of Arrow Electronics' total Sales.
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The "big four" top suppliers of A/S are Altera–Proprietary programmable logic devices, Intel – Mostly Propriety, Texas Instruments and Motorala.
2. Customers
The existing customers of A/S base of Small & Mid Sized original equipment manufacturers (OMEs) accounted for 56% of sales in 1996. The second
market is the Contract Manufacturers (CM) accounted for 20%. The two other major customer segments are the PC Clones (X86s) with the market
share of 11%.
The characteristic of the original equipment manufacturers are ordering in small quantities and with short lead times, Value Added services and
engineering support.
The Contract Manufacturer business, which produced circuit boards and industrial computer systems for OMEs. CMs tend to be very price sensitive.
They selectively use our value–added services such as programming and supply chain management in addition to our quick delivery service. But they
have no need engineering support.
External Environmental Forces
1. A/S's relationship with Suppliers
The need of the suppliers from the distributors are win business for Standardized products and represent new technologies and propriety products. The
role of intermediaries is to narrow the gap between suppliers and consumers, the distance between.
2. Competitors
Arrow's closest competitor in 1996 was Avnet Inc., trailed it by more than 20% in sales. Of the next group of competitors the largest, which included
foreign entrants Rabb Karcher and Future
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Summary of Case Analysis: Goodyear Tire and Rubber...
Summary of Case Analysis: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
1. INTRODUCTION GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, was founded in 1898 and was the world tire production leader until November 1990 when Groupe Michelin took
over after merging with Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company.
GoodyearВЎВ¦s principal business is the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of tires throughout the world. Its tires and tube sales
represent 83 % of 1991 corporate sales of $10.9 billion with corporate wide earnings of $96.9 million. It has its owned Goodyear Auto Service Centers
and franchised Goodyear Tire Dealers in supporting its distribution and sale of tires in US.
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SITUATION ANALYSIS
We need to consider a number of relevant information prior to making the decision. The information that needs to be considered is:
(a) What are GoodyearВЎВ¦s situation, its strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threat?
Table 4 ВЎVSWOT Analysis on Goodyear
Strength Weaknesses
„X 94 years of experience
„X 37% of US tire–making capacity
„X 60% in the Tire Replacement market (Top Ten in US)
„X 40% in the Original Equipment Manufacturer market
„X Market leader in North America
„X Broadest line of product
„X Broad market brand names with 11 brand names
„X Premium quality brands
„X A leading national advertiser
„X 8000 retails point of sale
„X 1000 company owned Goodyear Auto Service Centers
„X 2500 franchised Tire Dealers „X exclusive distribution policy
„X lack of customer service
Opportunities Threat
„X Additional 850 retails channels „X 2 million Goodyear brands were replace annually at Sears
„X growth of warehouse membership club stores and discount tire retails
„X customers loyalty to Sears
(b) What is the position of Goodyear in the Tire Industry?
There are 2 types of market in the tire industry, namely;
(i) Original Equipment Tire market;
Original equipment tires are sold by
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Essay On Remanufacturing In Nigeria
Remanufacturing has several advantages in today's business world; equipment's that are considered expensive are produced at an economical cost and
also makes for environmental friendly manufacturing. The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the major drivers for remanufacturing in
Nigeria. From the empirical analysis, it was found that factors which encourages remanufacturing are economic, environmental and social factors. The
methodology employed in this study is a questionnaire survey method, where the drivers for remanufacturing in Nigeria were empirically determined.
The study contributes to the body of knowledge on remanufacturing in Nigeria.
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Peer–review under responsibility of the organizing committee of GU 2016.
Keywords: Remanufacturing, remanufacturing drivers, Nigeria
1. Introduction
Remanufacturing has various definitions as found in literature, but what is common among all is the idea of product rebuilding [1]. A combination of
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Remanufacturing is practiced in industries like automotive, turbines, aerospace industry. A substantial amount of research has been carried out to study
various aspects of remanufacturing process [12, 13], benefits [14, 15], public attitudes and perception [16, 17] product design [18, 19]. The growth of
population and industrialization which has placed increasingly burden to the environment has led to importance of sustainable and environmental
processes which has increased in the fifty years, European companies are increasingly made responsible for collecting their End of life products and
adopting sustainable production and strategy of product recovery [20]. Steinhilper [3] observed and evaluated the suitability of products ideal for
remanufacturing and proposed eight different criteria as shown in the Table 1
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The Global Environment, Differentiation, Low Cost...
In today`s global environment, differentiation, low–cost leadership, and responsiveness are among three major characteristics of an organisation that
aims to achieve a competitive advantage over its competitors. Organisations also endeavour to reduce lead time and their direct and indirect costs,
increase return on investment as well as customer satisfaction, improve quality and reliability of their products. However they also need to consider
social, environmental and ethical concerns and establish a company mission and vision in such a way that mitigate these concerns while achieving a
competitive advantage.
Strategies through achieving a competitive advantage resulted in the existence of the terms `Globalisation` and supply chain management (SCM).
Because in today`s emerging and industrialized environment companies seek to achieve competitive advantages and are no longer competing with
their own expertise but with the talent in their entire global supply chain. [1]
Another reason why the importance of SCM has been highlighted is that most of the companies need other manufacturers or companies from which
they can supply raw materials, sub–assemblies and components, finished goods, or equipment in order to keep their production in working order,
achieve their business objectives and goals and customer satisfaction, and meet customers` rapidly changing requirements at right time, cost and
quality. In such circumstances, the commercial distance in the relationship between
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The Pros And Cons Of Living Off-Campus
Living off–campus provides challenging opportunities for personal growth (Oberlin College, 2017). Students who live in far areas prefer to have a
rental house in order to have an easy access to their school. In addition, Chapman University (2017), states that living off–campus offers benefits and
new experiences. It leads to a more independent lifestyle, build a good relationship between the landlord and tenants, deals with the different
personalities of roommates, commuting, wise household budgeting (e.g. to pay for rent, foods, gas, and other utilities of their rental house). On the other
hand, students that live off–campus when not supervised may lead them to risks.
Relative to the risk of fire, Magistrado (2010) reported that a student and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The inspection discovered that these boarding houses have substandard electrical wiring systems, as one of the common causes of fire, and the
boarding houses do not have fire exits that can complicate things in case of a fire event. As the inspection revealed, Bureau of Fire Protection sent
notices to the administrators of the boarding houses to correct their violations of compliance with the regulations for the safety of their occupants.
Moreover, Talang et al. (2013) concluded that the rental house administrators in San Vicente West, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan have conducted their
duties and responsibility to inform their occupants about the safety precautions like availability of fire exits that is very important in a case of disaster.
However, it was recommended that the administrators of the rental houses must provide any ready equipment, directional sign, and first aid kit and
assist proper distributions of information about disaster preparedness to the
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The Pros And Cons Of OEM Windshields
Windshields form an integral part of any vehicle, be it a car, a truck or a SUV. But unlike other parts of the vehicle, they are most prone to damages.
If for some reason, they are chips or cracks on the windshield, travelling in such a vehicle is deemed unsafe besides ruining the overall look of the
vehicle. Depending on the size and nature of the damage of the windshield, they can either be repaired or fully replaced. They are numerous windshield
manufacturers when it comes to fully replacing the windshield. These manufacturers produce different windshields for the exact same vehicle. These
manufactuerers can either be termed as OEM, dealer or aftermarket. Carlite, Saint–Gobain Sekurit, Pilkington, Mopar, PPG and AP Tech are some of
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It should be noted that these Chinese brands may be Third Party Aftermarket windshields for American/European markets, but it is not the case in
China and other Asian countries. There they are known as OEM. So what exactly is the difference between OEM, Dealer and Aftermarket? Read on
to know the answer. OEM OEM windshields are those windshields which are installed on a vehicle during it's manufacture. OEM means Orginal
Equipment Manufacturer, so in this case it means an OEM, manufactures original windshields for a specific model of a vehicle. OEM windshields are
quite easily replaced with another one from the same manufacturer as they have all the exact attachments and moldings as the orginal windshield.
These OEM windshields are on par with government and auto–makers standards. In the US, there are many popular OEM windshield brands and these
include: Pilkington, AP Tech and PPG. Major automative companies always trust these OEM manufacturers to supply them windshields. If you want a
OEM windshield as a replacement, you can get one directly from your vehicle supplier.
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Case Analysis Jones Blair
1. How might one characterize or describe the architectural paint coatings industry and Jones Blair's trade area?
Architectural paint coating industry currently does not have much that differentiates itself from other paint markets
The US paint industry is considered to be a maturing industry. Industry sales in 2004 were estimated to be slightly over $16 billion.
The US paint market is divided into three segments: architectural coatings (43%), original equipment manufacturing (OEM) coatings (35%)and special
purpose coatings (22%).
1– the architectural coatings are general–purpose paints, varnishes, and lacquers used on residential, commercial, and institutional structures. They are
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Which segment(s) represent opportunities for Jones Blair?
Segmentation describes the division of a population into more or less homogenous segments based on their acceptance and buying patterns of products
or services. This JB market can be broken down into the following market segments and sub–segments.
This market can be divided into two geographic areas that are DFW and non–DFW. Each segment can be divided into DIY (do–it–yourself) and
professional.
To calculate market segments in % and in value we gathered all the information. We know that JB sales volume is $12 million that are distributed
evenly between DFW and non–DFW accounts. Also, Mr. Barrett indicates that in the survey of retail outlets 70% of sales through JB's DFW dealers
went to the professional painter while 70% of JB's sales through non–DFW outlets went to DIY.
Thus, here are the results of the calculation of the market segments in % and in value.
Do it yourselfProfessional
DWF$ 1.8 M / 33.6M
= 5.4 %$ 4.2 M / 14.4 M
=29.2 %$ 6 M / 48 M
= 12.5 %
NON DWF$ 4.2 M / 28.8 M
=14.6 %$ 1.8 M / 3.2M
= 56.3 %$ 6 M / 32M
= 18.8 %
Total =$ 6 M / 62.4 M
= 9.6 %$ 6 M / 17.6 M
= 34 %$ 12 M / 80 M
= 15 %
According to the calculation, JB is strong in professional market with a 34% market
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Hospital Case Study Essay
The cost of Medical equipment plays a significant role in the delivery of health care. The clinical engineering at Victoria Hospital is an important
branch of the hospital team management that are working to strategies ways to improve quality of service and lower cost repairs of equipments. The
team members from Biomedical and maintenance engineering's roles are to ensure utilization of quality equipments such as endoscope and minimize
length of repair time. All these issues are a major influence in the hospital's project cost. For example, Victory hospital, which is located in Canada, is
in the process of evaluating different options to decrease cost of its endoscope repair. This equipment is use in the endoscopy department for... Show
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Mark Grieg, the hospital's manager of Clinical Engineering had to question the third parties' quality of work because of the unsatisfactory results.
After the try out test from the competitor's service, the cost over the long term ended up costing VH more due to additional repair that had to be
performed by OEM. After all these setbacks, Mr. Grieg and his teams continued to strategize ways to resolve this issue. The team where
knowledgeable about VH's in house repairs of certain hospital equipments and had to figure out if the company where capable of repairing the
endoscope due to the complicated nature of the equipment. One of the team members, Steve Elder suggested a coordination process between Victoria
Hospital and its affiliated partners. This suggestion was due to a meeting Mr. Elder had attended in Toronto where multiple hospitals combined their
purchasing budgets to form an in house repair department. The in house repair process would entail pre repair screening which will supply estimates
for needed services. The annual budget for equipment parts will decrease and approximate repair time will minimize due to the availability of an
in–house trained technician. For example, the in house repair estimated that the annual equipment part cost would be $25,000 compare to the $20,000
to $30,000 additional fee that VH currently pay to the outside vendor. The other benefits related to this service are the
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Holden After Market Performance Parts Research Paper
Extensive Benefits Of Availing Holden Aftermarket and Performance Parts Cars are luxury possessions for most and when it is a brand like
Holden it is generally considered to be a prized luxury possession. But, for car owners it becomes a real tough decision to consider which one is
the best buy when there is a need for a parts change, or when one seeks for a performance boost with an addition of an exhaust system up gradation.
Like for example for Holden owners they can grab on to extensive benefits by availing Holden aftermarket and performance parts instead of going for
new OEM parts from brand manufacturer itself. Dealing on aftermarket performance parts for branded cars or automotives counts for approximately a
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Types of Buying Initiatives Internet is one of the best medium from where you can have great resources and contacts of merchandises dealing on
Holden aftermarket and performance parts at different corners or nearest regions around you. You can even surf through the different types of
performance parts available with the dealers and their exact specifications and accordingly match with your requirement before you place an order.
Auctions are also arranged for aftermarket performance parts of reputed automotive brands like Holden, thus if you keep an eye on the recent and
upcoming auctions being arranged on aftermarket auto performance parts you can gain a lot. There are even stores out there dedicated for
specifically aftermarket performance automotive parts of reputed car brands. You can check out in these stores for most suitable and best fit parts for
your Holden cars if you are seeking for a budget solution in place of brand manufacturer OEM
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The Connotation Of The Balanced Scorecard
The connotation of the Balanced Scorecard shown that not just in the past performance, to put more time on future performance The key performance
indicator (KPI) assessment card for a manufacturing enterprise Corporate and departmental level, KPI index, responsibility decomposition Corporate
level KPI indicators financial indicatorsCustomer indicatorsInternal operating indicatorsLearning growth indicators – Production output value –
Inventory turnover– Target customer satisfaction– External customer complaint rate– Pass rate of finished product – Order delivery rate– Training plan
achievement rate – Internal employee satisfaction Departmental KPI indicators Production departmentPurchasing DepartmentQC department –
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Divides enterprise strategy into four perspective, and refine the key performance indicators, conducts performance evaluation for companies,
departments, teams and individuals the key performance index has the advantages of easy quantification, measurement, assessment, and monitoring to
the enterprise.. 3. The Balanced Scorecard straighten out the production and management process, and is an important way for managers and
employees to communicate with each other. In the process of improving the business process and management process, enterprises will inevitably
cause communication barriers among different levels of employees, departments Relatively clear data expressed through four different perspective
Introduction of Benchmarking Benchmarking. 'The establishment, through data gathering, of targets and comparators, through whose use relative
levels of performance (and particularly areas of underperformance) can be identified. By the adoption of identified best practices it is hoped that
performance will improve.. Operational status. –Current
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Mobileye
Mobil Eye Case A) Mobileye, founded by Amnon Shashua and Ziv Aviram, is a company leading the market in technologically advanced software
algorithms, system–on–chips, and applications customized to extensively process visual information for the use of advanced driver assistance systems,
or ADAS. Mobileye is the market leader for ADAS because of its unmatched customer value proposition, or CVP; focusing on continuously improving
safety, avoiding accidents, and saving lives in an increasingly affordable way. This value the customer receives comes from the applications that
increase the safety in vehicles such as warnings for lane departure and forward collision, autonomous emergency braking, and many other active safety
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This vehicle requires no steering wheel, gas, or brake pedals, and already has 500,000 miles of test–driving. It includes an advanced linar, light
detection and ranging, sensor system for developing detailed maps of roads it has traveled on. Google's disadvantages as a competitor all stream from
the outrageous cost of its self–driving car prototype, which is $170,000. Shashua and Aviram do not believe it could be commercialized at such a
price. Also, the mapping system would involve an immense amount of driving and is extremely unrealistic on a global scale. There is also a possibility
of road construction, changing roads and highways making the memory saved in the systems inaccurate for the mapping system used by Google. In
addition, Shashua and Aviram believe that it is not to Google's advantage to attempt such huge leaps into the future so soon. Lastly, the other potential
competition that could challenge Mobileye would be OmniVision. This company develops digital–imaging solutions for a multitude of markets besides
automotive, including entertainment, medical imaging, PC cameras, mobile phones, and security and surveillance. OmniVision has technology such as
a 360 degree view, lane change detection, and autonomous driving. The technology used in those various devices could be applied to visual
processing for ADAS's, along with radar and lidar. An advantage OmniVision possesses is that it has the basic
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The email letter of intent of CMPDI, Ranchi, dated...
The email letter of intent of CMPDI, Ranchi, dated 09.02.2013 from Mr P K Pal, GM (E&M), CMPDI, Ranchi enclosing the minutes of the meeting
held at Coal Bhavan Annex on 15.01.2013 (Appendix A) sent to Professor P K J Mohapatra, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and
Management (IEM), IIT Kharagpur called for a study on analyzing fuel consumption in modern–day fuel–efficient vehicles to arrive at diesel price
escalation formulae for HEMM contracts. In this context, Mr P K Pal, GM of CMPDI, and two of his colleagues from CMPDI had a day–long
discussion with three faculty members of the Department of Industrial Engineering & Management of IIT Kharagpur at IIT Kharagpur on April 3. The
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2.2 Relevance of the Steps Stage 1: Analysis of the historical data has helped in finding the followings: i)Relationship of the amount paid exclusively
for diesel consumption with equipment capacity and relevant geo–mining parameters, ii) The rationale of the formulae those are presently in use, iii)
The basis for raising concerns about the formulae iv) An estimate of diesel consumption per ton–km. Stage 2: Brainstorming with managers, engineers
and contractors has helped to perceive the realities surrounding the contract process, the payment structure, and the governing factors. Stage 3:
Field–based observations have brought to surface many facts about mine topology, road conditions, and actual diesel consumption patterns. Stage 4:
Information from original equipment manufacturers has provided a strong base for identifying the fuel–efficient equipment and for fixing the bases for
use of diesel. Stage 5: Past data are subjected to analyses and are used to estimate the base value of diesel consumption per ton and to estimate the
values of multiplicative factors that can
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Auto Repair Shops
Worrying whether or not you were overcharged for your car repair is an awful feeling. There's tons of advice on how to avoid getting ripped–off, but
few discuss the actual car repair prices. We really need to look at the charges on a car repair estimate or auto repair invoice to determine if we're paying
too much.
The focus needs to shift from giving outdated and ineffective advice to addressing the specific charges. Are they legitimate charges? Can they be
justified by industry guidelines?
Now car repair estimates can be confusing. So let's break it down to get a better idea if your auto repair shop is billing you appropriately.
First, a glossary of terms is in order, as the auto industry has a language of its own...
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So ask questions.
Here's a "clear" labor description for a 30,000 mile service on a Toyota Camry.
Performed 30,000 mile service per customer request, and in accordance with manufacturer guidelines. Changed oil and filter, installed new air filter,
cabin filter and performed all necessary tests, checks, and procedures, including road test (miles 30,123 – 30,125). Performed lubrication services and
confirmed proper vehicle operation. Set tire pressures, and checked fluids, belts and hoses. Note: vehicle is pulling slightly left. Needs alignment
Miscellaneous Charges
The bulk of your car repair invoice will be parts and labor, but we can't forget about Miscellaneous Charges. These charges can include, but are not
limited to, shop supplies – rags, chemicals, hazardous waste, disposal fees, waste oil ...etc. The latter of these may be billed out separately in a
summary at the bottom of your repair
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Xerox Inxight Parc Spin Off
Introduction Mohan Trikha had a vision to maximize the value of two of Xerox PARC technologies: visualization and linguistics, both which were 20
years in the making. Trikha attempted to embed these technologies in as many applications as possible through the creation of a Xerox New Enterprise
(XNE), Inxight. His objective was to demonstrate to the Xerox management team through a business plan, the feasibility and profitability of such a
spin–out, as well as the validity in its creation to support Xerox's long–term strategic goals. Trikha needed to assess the impact of recent developments
that may blemish his business plan and, at the same time, come up with alternatives for damage control. Trikha attained his product–line management...
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Research on visualization and linguistic technology were both conducted at Xerox's PARC for a period of 20 years. The visualization technology
team was led by one of the top 1% Xerox researchers, Stu Card. His recent decision to stay in the more academic environment of PARC, instead of
joining Inxight, opened a large gap in Inxight's technical expertise front. PARC's visualization technology has gone through many phases, from
point–and–click graphical user interface (GUI), widgetization to the "Focus+Context/fisheye" technique. Finally, in 1995, Intel funded PARC's
visualization project, "Web Forager", a visualization tool that would facilitate the sorting of large quantities of data on the Internet. No further
development was made after this venture as the team lacked the direction necessary for proceeding beyond the initial stage. Similarly, linguist
technology was a research project in the PARC since the late 1970's. A total of 40 patents were yielded from Xerox's collective research in linguistics.
Xerox's search built upon substantial academic research. Language structure in the technology was represented by advanced mathematics, finite state
technology. Xerox's new linguistics technology allowed much faster performance than earlier technologies. Further, research development in the 80's
led to efficient compression of linguistic transducers that enabled memory
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Research Proposal On Right To Repair Legislation
Subject: Proposal for the passing of the "Right to Repair" legislation, which would require companies to provide equal access of documentation and
tools to consumers as they do authorized repair facilities.
Dear Senator JosГ© MenГ©ndez,
I thank you for your hard work representing our district in the State Capitol in Austin. I am a student of cyber security at the University of Texas at
San Antonio that uses electronics constantly as part of my learning as well as other aspects of my life. It has come to my attention that in order to
repair the devices that we supposedly own, we must either send them over to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or to company authorized
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This not only applies to farm equipment, but to technology at large. The same problems that farmers face with programmers face in their Internet
connected devices, motorists have in their new tech–savvy cars, and gamers face in their recently broken gaming consoles. The repair monopoly is
huge because of the lack of regulation and is resulting in larger companies stifling smaller business, therefore reducing competition, driving up the
price of repair in general, and killing local jobs.
This calls into question some basic ideas of property. When you a buy a product, is it really yours? According to many companies, including Apple,
John Deere, and Sony, it really isn't. You're really just purchasing a "license" to use a product and how you use it is entirely up to the OEM. This
question of where and how a consumer should repair a device should not be answered by the OEM.
This further creates a culture of obselesence. In cases where it would cost more to repair a device rather than to buy a new one, the latter is chosen.
This can have unintended consequences for the environment through electronic waste, or e–waste. The purposefully short lifespan of technology
heavily contributes to this and a culture of repairing would properly address this.
Solution
My solution includes legislation that would ensure that
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The World Of Medical Equipment Technology
The world of medical equipment technology is improving rapidly every single day. TEAM's already state of the art facility is ready for the future. As
the technology improves, so does the line of products. In United States broken bones affect over 6 million Americans every year, and yet we use the
old cast method to treat them. However there is a light at the end of the tunnel, where 3D printed bones and "scaffolds" are being put into human trials
due to the recent discovery of the right combination of zinc, silicon and calcium for the bone structure. The combination of the three already showed
incredible results when being tested on rabbits. During animal testing the material was combined with stem cells with the result of the natural bone...
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There are more than 6,500 medical device companies in the U.S., with a market size currently of approximately $110 billion. TEAM contributes yearly
to the medical device market in the U.S., and is dedicated to continue to innovate and provide high quality products without outsourcing. The U.S.
remains the largest medical device market, with this said, competition is ongoing to provide products to better diagnose and treat medical problems.
TEAM remains amongst the top in this industry by keeping up with technology, advances, and the competitive advantage of quick turnaround time for
delivery and repair of our products which are made in the U.S. as TEAM does not outsource. External Environmental Assessment
Market and Customers
In the search for the best market segment, TEAM converged on large organizations that deal with a significant numbers of patients, organizations which
purchase medical equipment in bulks, and organizations located in dense baby–boomer populated areas. The more narrow market approach for the
market segment lead to focusing on three market segments: Hospitals, Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO), Diagnostic Clinics in predominant baby
boomer era.
Hospitals are an important market for the medical equipment industry. There are 5,686 hospitals in total in the U.S. and each of them have different
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Swot Analysis Of L. L Bean
Introduction: L.L. Bean Inc. or simply L.L. Bean is a retail company that specializes in outdoor recreational equipment. Product selections ranges
from tents, sleeping bags, camping packs, hiking gear and outdoor apparel. Founded in 1912 by Leon Leonwood Bean, L.L. Bean remains a privately
owned retail company. Leon Bean was an avid outdoors man and enjoyed hunting and fishing. When he initially set up shot L.L. Bean only sold one
product the duck boot. This boot was designed to be lightweight and waterproof intended for hunters. Later on Leon Bean started to branch out by
selling other outdoors gear such as backpacks and tents and would eventually produce their own clothing line. L.L. Bean has since become a global
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Competitive Analysis L.L. Bean is currently in a market where there are few stores that dominate. They face competition from companies such as
Columbia, North Face, REI & Timberland. In some cases these companies may offer a wider range of products, more appealing design and higher
quality. Where L.L. Bean stands out is there in country manufacturing and Discovery School classes. Not only are they selling outdoor gear they
are offering outdoor classes as well. The way I look at it is, they offer a product and a way to test it out at the same time so you know whether you
are buying a good quality product. But this however may still not be enough to succeed. Below I have included a list of L.L. Bean's competitors.
Columbia Columbia Sportswear may not be one of L.L. Beans strongest competitors as they do not offer equipment but they do have a strong presence
in apparel and offer a good quality product. Based on the west coast in Washington County Oregon. Similar to L.L. Bean Columbia is family owned but
traded on public stock exchange. Columbia Sportswear takes pride in manufacturing there products and has taken a stance to be environmentally
friendly. Since Columbia does not
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Essay about Goodyear Case
Goodyear Case
In 1992, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company decided to reconsider the offer from Sears to sell Goodyear's Eagle brand tires. The reasons that
Goodyear was contemplating this offer was that Sears was replacing worn out Goodyear tires at a large amount every year. The tires were not being
replaced with Goodyear tires because the customers at Sears wanted to replace their tires with the best possible tires that Sears offered, and the
Goodyear tires were not in the offering. The company's major options in this decision were whether to sell only the Eagle brand tires or all of the
Goodyear tire brands.
Analysis and Evaluation
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Goodyear?s principal business is the development, manufacture, distribution and sale of tires throughout the world. The distribution of tires
represented 83% of the company?s corporate sales of $10.9 billion in 1991. Around 60% of Goodyear worldwide sales were in the tire replacement
market and 40% were to the original equipment market. Because of the Goodyear name, which is one of the best known brand names in the world,
the Goodyear tires have been positioned and priced as premium quality brands. It is one of the leading national advertisers in the U.S. The company
also operates around 1,000 company owned Goodyear Auto Service Centers and sells through 2,500 franchised Goodyear Tires Dealers in the U.S.
These outlets account for a good portion of the company?s annual tire sales.
Recommendations
Because of an industry analysis that expects Sears to benefit from carrying Goodyear tires, I think it would be a good idea for Goodyear to sell
their tires at Sears? stores. The fact that Goodyear is losing many customers to Sears by Sears not offering replacement tires to their customers is
becoming a large loss of business for Goodyear. The customers at Sears are returning customers, and feel that the integrity of the company is well
represented by the products they offer. For Goodyear to sell their products at the Sears stores, it would show that the Goodyear name stands for quality
and that the product can be
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Is3350 Unit 3 Risk Analysis
Risk Factors
The following 5 risks have been identified as being material to the project. Listed is a detailed analysis of those risks.
Risk 1)
Description of Risk – The project does not get funded.
Cause – Senior management determines that it cannot fund the project.
Likelihood of Occurrence – The likelihood of occurrence is considered low. Senior management initially commissioned the project. This was done to
address risks related to the current remote connectivity and the corresponding corporate goals of expansion.
Severity of Impact – The severity of the impact is considered high. The project would be delayed or eliminated and the current risk to the organization
would increase as expansion plans were implemented.
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The information for sizing the server infrastructure is gathered from existing server utilization for the applications supported. The amount of servers
selected for implementing the environment is based on projected cpu and memory needs to support the users. As part of projecting resource needs,
allowances are made for variances in versions of system hardware.
Severity of Impact – The severity of the impact is considered medium. If user application performance is negatively affected, the users will not be able
to meet their daily expected workload. In other words, users will not be able to complete their assigned tasks timely.
Risk Response – This issue can be mitigated by deploying additional server resources to support the end users. To improve performance, a group of
users would be moved back to the original vpn access until the performance of the published applications is considered acceptable. At that point the
amount of additional server resources needed can be projected and deployed to support the total user load. Once these additional server resources have
been deployed, migration of users back to the published application environment can be resumed until all users have been
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Case Study Of General Tire
In 1979 Continental purchased the European tire factories of Uniroyal, the U.S. firm that was started its retreat from the tire business. As a result
Continental obtained a second French factory and another German plant and factories in Scotland and Belgium. The other profit was the established
marketing position of the Uniroyal brand. The acquisition of Kleber–Colombes, a financially troubled French firm in which Michelin held a major stake,
was discussed, but not pursued in 1980.
In 1985 Continental purchased the tire division of Semperit, the largest Austrian rubber firm, for DM 47 million. The expansion and diversification
joined with an economic upturn contributed to an improvement in the firm's finances. The most remarkable step in Continental's transition, via
acquisition, to major international producer came in 1987 with the purchase of General Tire for US$650 million from GenCorp. Continental obtained
the four factories, the brands, the original equipment contracts, and the marketing network of the fifth largest U.S. tire manufacturer. In addition,
General Tire had owned Mexican and Canadian factories. As a result, Continental then accounted for 6.6 percent of the world tire market in 1988 and
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Continental and Yokohama form a 50/50 joint venture to step up tire activities with Japanese automotive manufacturers. The new company, named
Yokohama Continental Tire Co., Ltd., promoted tire businesses by marketing original equipmenttires for passenger cars, light trucks and trucks/busses
to Japanese automakers and their overseas transplants as well as to Korean
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Victoria Heavy Equipment Case Essay
Victoria Heavy Equipment's most recent organization has been lacking effective communication practices amongst all of its divisions. The company
has been suffering from lack of clear goals in measurable terms, for its divisions. The idea of each division functioning as an independent unit, whether
it being cost or profit center, is a remarkable beginning. However,clear goals and key measurable need to be set for each center, which in our case have
been overlooked. As a result, many of these centers have over spent, resulting in over expenditures, something we can definitely not afford with
anticipated slower market.
Brian Walter Jr. had a great vision of not turning into "bureaucratic, quantitatively, grey
–suited manager ...", yet the ... Show more content on
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This clearly indicates miscommunication between R&D and Finance.
In addition, better communication was required at time of design of LTM–1000 between marketing and ultimately our customers to first of all build
what our customers wanted. Rather than creating a monster that was assumed was what our customers would buy. Second, should there existed an
effective communication guidelines between finance, marketing and R&D at the time, we possibly could have convinced LTM 1000's target
customer to foot the bill for some of development and prototype costs. I am quite aware that LTM 1000 was on Brian's Want
–List which could not
have been disregarded but with better consultation with other departments, it could have turned into a more sellable product rather than a successful
crowd–magnet.
First step is to set, agree and emphasize on our hard goals as a team. These goals are not expected to be too different form the ones set by Brian for
V.H.E. After that, eachdivision is expected to present their SWOT or a similar analysis for their individual center. Once these tasks have been
completed, each individual center manager and I can set and agree on hard goals for that division along with a specific strategy to reach those goals.
For example, the goal of reducing waste, including, high level inventory will be on the hard goals list for all profit centers. Profit sharing plan will be
re–written to reward
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Automobile Industry In The 1930's
"Quality is doing it right when no one is looking" (Henry Ford). Two important figures that made autobody become an industry were Eli Whitney and
Henry Ford. During the 19th century created interchangeable parts. These interchangeable parts were identical pieces used on mechanical devices on
massive scales. The interchangeable parts made work easier, it also made repairing a possibility on existing products. Henry Ford developed the first
assembly line; he used the idea of interchangeable parts. In 1908 the first vehicle was produced called the T Ford. There were no mechanics and
needless to say no auto repair shops. People would often try to repair it by themselves but because the car was so uncommon it was difficult, and no
one really knew how to fix it the right way except the people who created it. By 1920's the car was viewed more and manufacturers were making
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By the 1960's the car started changing how it looked and the speed it had. People wanted more speed and fuel efficient cars. By the 1970's plastic
played a role on the new vehicles and more safety were applied to these manufacturers and industries. The automobile became very popular, OEM
parts were created and of course, other people tried to make similar parts for less money. OEM Stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer. This is
the original producer of a vehicle's component. OEM car parts are identical parts used in the production of a vehicle. The parts created by other
vendors that are not in the assembly line of a factory are called aftermarket or secondary market parts. Aftermarket is common for their spare parts, and
second – hand equipment. Purchasing OEM parts for replacement on United States vehicles is the best choice because they provide higher quality
parts, provide better safety and security, and they have better warranty options over aftermarket
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Case Study On Caparo
ABOUT CAPARO
Caparo is more than a successful business enterprise – "it is a story of people, of values and of human effort. Above all it is a story of faith and family"
– Lord Paul, Chairman and Founder.
Caparo was founded in UK in 1968 by Indian born British Industrialist, Lord Paul of Marylebone. Caparo Engineering Limited, which is the umbrella
for the Caparo's different engineering subsidiaries based in the West Midlands region of England, has also its operations in India.
CAPARO INDIA– Caparo Engineering India Limited (CEIL)
CEIL is a wholly–owned subsidiary of Caparo UK. It was formed as a JV with Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. And commenced its operations in 1994. The
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Has the lowest rejection rates in the country.
Diversified products and customers
Unique distinction of being the only Indian automotive vendors with product capabilities ranging from metal pressing to forging, aluminium castings,
tubing and fasteners.
Has extensive relationships across all OEMs
Access to technology
Tool room facilities
There is a greater tendency for OEMs to develop strategic relationships with vendors who are interested in technology and who can partner them in
meeting stringent quality norms.
Major Technologies, Equipment, Facilities
Caparo Engineering Ltd has two plants at Pithampur – Plant 1 and Plant 2. The project work has been conducted at Plant 1. Plant 1 has been
operational since November 2002 and is spread over an area of 28,300 sq. meters. About 408 employees work at Plant 1, out of which 35 per cent are
permanent and 65 percent are temporary contract workers. The plant operates 24 hours a day in three shifts of eight hours
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Goodyear Essay
1.How would you characterize the competitive environment in the tire industry in 1991? The tire industry is divided into two end–use markets: First is
the original equipment tire market (OEM) in which tires are sold directly to the automobile or truck manufacturers. This market represents 25 to 30
percent of the tire unit production volume each year. Goodyear is the market share leader in this segment and captures 38 percent (1991). Within this
segment, price is highly inelastic due to the fact that car and truck manufacturers can easily switch to a competitor brand since the price competition in
this segment is fierce in this market The second is the replacement tire market. This segment of the market accounts for 70 to 75... Show more content
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Their slogan also portrays a high quality message to consumers: The best tires in the world have Goodyear written all over them. Therefore, it is
essential for them to maintain the availability of their high quality brands. 3.Does it make strategic sense for Goodyear to broaden its distribution
beyond company–owned and franchised Goodyear tire retailers as a matter of channel policy? Why? It is important to consider that very few
replacement buyers are knowledgeable about tires and many end up choosing a tire based on price while others follow the recommendation of their
local dealer. Consumers are becoming more price conscious which is an important factor to consider when deciding if it is time to broaden distribution
beyond company–owned and franchised Goodyear tire retailers as a matter of channel policy. Most replacement tire customers do not have a
preference, which makes it easy for tire salespeople to switch customers to private label brands that deliver higher profit margins therefore, inability to
penetrate that market segment would be a strategic error. 4.What are the strategic implications of broadened distribution of Goodyear–brand passenger
tires through Sears Auto Centers? Broadening distribution through Sears Auto would be strategically advantageous because consumers
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Buildings And Construction Of Asbestos Construction
buildings with asbestos construction. There is a risk of respiratory diseases from inhaling dust and fumes, this can lead to fatal disease for employees,
quite often these types of claims are latent where the health issue is not discovered under some time after the contact.
.Moving Machinery – Construction sites can become hectic with moving vehicles, machinery and lifting equipment often manoeuvring around a
usually uneven ground. With large amounts of moving plant on site employees are at risk of being crushed or hit by machinery.
.Vibration white finger– This is an industrial disease triggered by prolonged use of vibratory power tools and is often irreversible.
(b)Explain how the five hazards identified above could be mitigated by the demolition contractor. (15)–750
.Working at Height– The Working at Height Regulations 2005 states a place is a height if a person could be injured falling from it, even if it is
below ground level. If employees are working at height the condition/age and construction of the building need to be assessed to ensure that the
building can withstand the weight of workmen, if this is not properly assessed there is a danger of employees falling through roofs and other sections
of the building. Whilst working at height scaffolding is of a concern, it is vital that only suitable specialist scaffolding contractors are employed to
ensure it is properly erected. With regards to falling objects it is important that site managers establish exclusion
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Autozone Industry Definition
All too many times individuals will misconstrue the definition of the word industry, in considering that a single business is the industry. However,
Parnell (2008) defines the term industry as "a group of companies that produces competing products or services" (p. 38). For example, the local pizzeria
would not be a representation of the entire pizza industry, but rather being a part of the food industry. Now that the terminology is understood, it is
time to define the type of industry in which AutoZone is within. According to AutoZone, Inc. (2017) the organization serves in the automotive
aftermarket industry. The automotive aftermarket industry simply is explained as a secondary market that specializes in the refurbishing and selling
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Description Of A Virtual Keyboard
This product is a virtual keyboard, produced by Microsoft. This product works by projecting light on to a surface, scanning your finger
movements like the barcode scanners at the grocery store checkout. The device is installed in new Microsoft products at the top of the products.
The device that projects the keyboard it removable by pressing on the top of the device. After pressing the device, it pops up and you are able to
remove the small, lightweight projector form the Microsoft product you are using. The keyboard device is then able to be placed on a safe
surface. The device stands up with its flat bottom, with the projector located at the top of the device. This device connects through Bluetooth,
allowing you to place the keyboard device wherever it is comfortable for you. The device is charged by using the charge from the product is came
with. The keyboard device is available for purchase separately, allowing the customer to use the device with older Microsoft products or brands
other than Microsoft. The device is uniform in size and could also serve as a replacement if you lose the keyboard device that came with your new
Microsoft product. The keyboard, if purchased separately will come with a charging cord, assuming the customer is purchasing it because they do not
own a new Microsoft product. This product would be useful for laptops, tablets, computer monitors or phones. These devices do not come with
keyboards and must be purchased separately anyway. In purchasing
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Value Chain And TNG
In this chapter, the author mentions the context of the global apparel value chain as well as the current situation of researched company, TNG. Then
the problem in their value chain and the need of upgrading their value chain are explored, which are the base to reach the research objective and
research questions. 1.1 The context The global textile and apparel industry is now considered a significant industry with a network of members settled
in many countries including developed and developing countries. This industry is one of the first industries taking the global dimension into account to
create its global value chain since the rapid expansion in 1970s (Fernandez–Stark, Frederick and Gereffi, 2011). Since the early development of the
apparel industry and even until now, this industry is an adequate solution for the economic development and the starting point for many countries who
direct to an export–oriented economy because of its low fixed costs and the emphasis on labor–intensive production. The export growth in some East
Asia nations thanks to their advanced apparel industry is a good illustration for this situation (Gereffi and Memedovic, 2003). In the period from 2005
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TNG has been found since 1979 as being a state owned company. This company becomes a joint stock company in 2003, then is listed on Hanoi
Stock Exchange in 2007. Now TNG is one of the top–ten textile and garment companies in Vietnam thanks to a large scale including 10 producing
garment factories with 207 lines and 5 supporting factories. The total employees working in these factories approximate 9,000 people. The current
square for manufacturing in TNG is 275,437 m2; Dai Tu factory is planned to operate in the end of 2014 (TNG,
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The New Iroquois Theater
Introduction The brand new Iroquois Theater was built for the holiday season in 1903, the hope was to have it up and as beautiful as ever for
anyone and everyone to enjoy. Although as most of us know completion dates for construction projects rarely happen on time. You have the effects
of weather, workers being sick, products coming in late, and inspectors taking their time. This project was no different, but the owners were
determined to have it open on time in order to cash in over the holiday season, and it did. With a packed house on December 30th watching Mr.
Bluebeard right before the second act one of the calcium lights sparked a fire backstage. With the material that was kept back there it was nothing but a
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The Iroquois theater had opened just a month prior to this day with high hopes of a good turn out over Christmas break. A comedy and crowd
favorite Mr. Bluebeard was showing and people from all around came to see the amazing new theater in person. The theater was according to dailykos
was "designed with the latest in fire–safety technology, it had 27 exists and bragged its 1,700–seat audience could empty the theater in less than five
minutes." So on this faithful day more than 2,000 tickets were sold and the theater was packed, from the seats, to the isle ways, to crowding behind
the rows of seats to see this well–known musical. The second act starts out with 8 couples singing in a pale moonlight, which means majority of the
house lights were down and there was a single lamp light with a blue tint shinning onto the cast below. This lamp sparked a fire on one of the
curtains which spread rapidly because of the wood trim and all of the clutter found backstage. When the cast realizes what is happening they all
scatter while the lead Eddie Foy, goes on stage to calm the audience and let them know the fire is being taken care of and not to panic. The stage hand
then tried to lower an asbestos curtain which is supposed to create a barrier between the audience and stage fire. Unfortunately, the curtain was caught
on a stage light that was out of position leaving a gap
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Hbr Ashmark Essay example
Q1: What were the key issues with Red Star, Ashmark and their relationship that led to this situation? Red Star Key Issues: Inferior Company
Leadership – President Barry Louden failed to manage the business at a high level, recognize the warning signs, and proactively deploy a strategy for
improvement. He fired his accountant and allowed the company to flounder, displaying no sense of urgency, taking on increasing amounts of debt, and
failing to reach out to Ashmark for help until it was too late. Lack of Transparency– Because RS was a private company and did not volunteer
information about its profitability and health, it was difficult for Ashmark to anticipate problems. Ashmark Key Issues: Failure to Properly Nurture...
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Had both of these courses of action been properly discussed and challenged before an ultimate decision, Ashmark could have saved itself much
heartache. Absence of Risk Assessment & Early Detection Measures– No mechanisms were in place to adequately gauge the risks of doing business
with RS or detect financial issues – even though Ashmark had employees on–site at RS. Had Ashmark assessed and weighed risks properly, it's
unlikely that it would have placed all emphasis on price and put 75% of its spend with a single company. Additionally, the fact that RS's other
customers bailed 6 months prior to the company's bankruptcy announcement (likely to due price increases resulting from Ashmark's demands for lower
prices) should have raised alarm. As a result of failure to assess risk and late detection, Ashmark's actions in the end were too little too late. Relationship
Issues: Poor Communication & Coordination – Overall, it's fair to characterize the relationship between Ashmark and RS as "dysfunctional
interdependence." The companies failed to develop the close communication and coordination necessary to ensure two–way success. Ashmark was
careless in its relationship management of what should have been a mutually beneficial strategic partnership with RS, and RS chose not to express the
adverse impact of Ashmark's decisions or the severity of its issues so
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Automotive Aftermarket Analysis
Automotive Aftermarket Analysis
Industry Definition
The automotive aftermarket is a large contributor to the U.S. economy employing nearly 4.6 million people. New replacement automotive parts such
as alternators, brakes, lights, bumpers, fenders, and so on, are parts referred to as "aftermarket" or "functionally equivalent" parts when made by a
company other than the original car manufacturer (Ford, Chrysler, Chevrolet, and others). This industry sells automotive parts and other products used
to maintain or repair light and heavy duty vehicles. Products are sold both to consumers who repair or accessorize their own vehicles, the "do it
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Proprietary information has decreased the power of buyers as well as the power of sellers in the aftermarket automotive industry. As the automotive
industry becomes more advanced with the use of computers and special tools the independent repair shops and consumer are losing the ability to make
repairs and replace parts. The information needed to work with the computers and special tools is held by these specialty manufacturers. They continue
to withhold any information in an effort to capitalize not only on the sale of an automobile but also the repair. This disadvantage which is created by
the automobile manufacturers is being fought on Capitol Hill. The "Right to Repair" act has been gaining support in an effort to make this proprietary
information public and give the consumer the opportunity to purchase these items in a competitive market.
Power of Suppliers
Large suppliers like Delphi, Johnson Controls and Visteon, and many thousands of smaller suppliers and manufacturers make parts for auto
companies under new vehicle programs and also make replacement parts specifically for the aftermarket retailers and wholesalers. A wholesaler
/retailer typically buys from 200 to 300 vendors. Production programs for new cars typically include 5 to 10 percent of production that goes to the
aftermarket. Long–term supply contracts are rare, and in most cases, several suppliers are available for any particular product (Hoovers, 2008).
Key inputs to the
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Swot Analysis Of Intel
Individual Assignment– Intel Corporation (Intel)
1a. Briefly provide some background information to the organisation. Then provide an overview of the products/services/raw ingredients that your firm
acquires from the 'upstream' business suppliers as well as provides the 'downstream' business customer.
Intel is an American multinational business established in July 18, 1968. It is currently the largest and most valued semiconductor chip makers in from
1992 to 2014 (Intel, n.d.), and according to Interbrand, the world's leading brand consultant, it is currently the 12th powerful brand in the world and
15th best global green brand (Interbrand, 2014). In 2015, it is reported that the company posted revenue and non–GAAP (generally accepted accounting
principles) EPS (earnings per share) of $13.2 billion and $0.55, respectively (Shields, 2015). The business's main rivalling companies include IBM,
Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices, Microchip Technology, Avago Technologies, Oracle, and other businesses within the hardware manufacture and
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Daifuku Co. Ltd is a Japanese company which assists Intel in work–in–progress logistic transporting and storage. KLA–Tensor Corporation processes
capital equipment control and services for Intel. Furthermore, they partnered with Siliconware Precision Industries Co. Ltd., which they assist in
business specializing semiconductor assembly test the services of products. Tokyo Electron Limited provides with dry etch and wet etch services and
thermal and test systems. Tosoh SMD Inc. provides sputtering targets for physical vapour deposition. Veolia Environment assists Intel with waste
management services, and lastly Moduslink Global Solutions Inc. provides integration and supply chain services for Intel customer
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Marketing Analysis : Quiksilver, Inc.
Quicksilver
Background Information
Quiksilver, Inc was founded by two Australians Alan Green and John Law in 1969, the company is ranked globally as one of the leading
manufacturers of surf wear and boardsport related equipment. Quiksilver designs, produces and distributes clothing accessories and products related to
young–minded people, and develops brands that represent casual lifestyle inspired by the boardriding heritage.
Quiksilver current CEO is Andy Mooney, the company has 834 retail stores in major cities Australia, Europe, America, Asia and Africa. Quiksilver has
also partnered with other retailers like; Fells point Surf Company, Ron John surf shop, and pacsun to distribute their products in their retail stores.
Problem Definition
From to 2007 to 2013, Quiksilver announced financial loses in 6 consecutive fiscal year. The losses were mainly attributed to low sales volumes
coupled by high operational costs. In, 2015 Quiksilver filed for bankruptcy in the United States so as to enjoy the bankruptcy protection bankrupt
businesses in the United States are accorded. The low sales volumes experienced by Quiksilver is attributed to the highly competitive and dynamic
nature of the surf industry. With minimum barriers of entry and low capital requirement the surf industry is continuously penetrated by new entrants
and brands.
The objective of the paper is to analyse Quiksilver marketing strategies, so as to identify strategies the surf apparel and equipment manufacturer
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  • 5. Sampson Products Case SAMPSON PRODUCTS Sampson Products Corporation was a major manufacturer of electrical equipment used extensively by consumer goods manufacturers. The company sold most of its products to manufacturers of refrigerators, automatic washers, and electric stoves to be installed as original equipment that usually retained the Sampson brand name. In addition to the original equipment market, Sampson had obtained a significant portion of the replacement market for the products it manufactured. Sales of Sampson replacement parts were normally made through channels such as small hardware stores and other home repair retail outlets. Another substantial part of Sampson's revenue was derived from manufacturing electrical equipment for large electrical ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... General Company was one of the producers from whom a quotation was requested. The day following the receipt of General's quotation, Mr. Jones and the president of the machine shop division of General visited Mr. Smithe. Mr. Smithe understood that the president had a widely recognized reputation as an extremely aggressive, hard–hitting, sales–minded executive. Smithe's impression was quickly confirmed. From the beginning of the conversation, he was the target of the president's well–known pressure tactics. The president informed Smithe clearly that he felt the "friendship" of the two companies was at stake and reciprocal considerations were in order. Smithe informed the president that his bid was the highest received, and he suggested that the president knew by approximately how much he was high. Smithe stated that normally second bids were not accepted, but because of previous friendship he would in this case accept a revised bid from General. The president's reaction was to leave the meeting in anger with the parting comment that Smithe had better think again about awarding the contract to General–and fast. Mr. Smithe set aside the shaft contract during the ensuing two weeks, partly as a result of his offer to the General representatives and also because he wanted to devote time to other problems. At that point, the president of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. Galanz Case Study Post these responses directly in your private student journal. Your assignment is due Wednesday, April 10th. Then a forum will open for each of these assignment questions. Please write two–to–three paragraphs per question. 1. What are Galanz's competitive and operations strategies? Considering the expertise of international players like Panasonic and Toshiba, Galanz didn't really have a competitive advantage with respect to technology. Cost arbitrage (of land and labor) was the chief competitive strategy employed by Galanz to capture the Chinese microwave market. Galanz conjured up mutually beneficial deals with its clients to achieve rapid expansion of production capacity by arranging for production line transfers, process and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Thus, after the superlative domestic success, Galanz focused on building a world brand by maintaining its low cost, abundant supply and stressed on important aspects such as customer relation management and after sales support. 2. How does Galanz's operations strategy support its competitive strategy? Initially as a market entrant, Galanz focused on a low cost strategy to gain leverage in the domestic market. This strategy was supported by an abundance of cheap land and labor. The expensive microwaves produced by players like Toshiba and LG were unaffordable for majority of the Chinese population and hence, Galanz became popular right from its inception. The rapidly increasing demand, which rose to almost 25 million units in 2003, for these low–cost microwaves prompted Galanz to expand its production capabilities. Galanz, facing shortage in production, decided to outsource magnetron production to Japan for the production deficit that it faced. Furthermore, deals with customers like Fillony to transfer entire production lines made sure that the ever growing demand for the ovens was met successfully. The perennial working shifts for the production team ensured that production scale and costs of Galanz was unmatched anywhere in the entire market. Galanz's strategy of a price war worked in its favor as competitors like LG and Panasonic went out of business in the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. Arrow Electronics Case Summary The overview of the case Arrow Electronics is a broad–line distributor of electronic parts, including semiconductors and passive components. It was founded in 1935 and grown to the number two position by 1980. When Stephen Kaufman, who became president in 1982 and CEO in 1986, Arrow once more began to climb, reaching the number one position among electronics distributors by 1992. Arrow/Schweber, one of Arrow's five operating groups and the largest one, which sells semiconductors to different customer bases like Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and Contract Manufacturers (CM). Sales of 2.07$ Billion of 6.5$ Billion of Arrow Electronics' total Sales. Express Parts, Inc. was a new, independent distributor that developed an ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The "big four" top suppliers of A/S are Altera–Proprietary programmable logic devices, Intel – Mostly Propriety, Texas Instruments and Motorala. 2. Customers The existing customers of A/S base of Small & Mid Sized original equipment manufacturers (OMEs) accounted for 56% of sales in 1996. The second market is the Contract Manufacturers (CM) accounted for 20%. The two other major customer segments are the PC Clones (X86s) with the market share of 11%. The characteristic of the original equipment manufacturers are ordering in small quantities and with short lead times, Value Added services and engineering support. The Contract Manufacturer business, which produced circuit boards and industrial computer systems for OMEs. CMs tend to be very price sensitive. They selectively use our value–added services such as programming and supply chain management in addition to our quick delivery service. But they have no need engineering support. External Environmental Forces 1. A/S's relationship with Suppliers The need of the suppliers from the distributors are win business for Standardized products and represent new technologies and propriety products. The role of intermediaries is to narrow the gap between suppliers and consumers, the distance between. 2. Competitors Arrow's closest competitor in 1996 was Avnet Inc., trailed it by more than 20% in sales. Of the next group of competitors the largest, which included foreign entrants Rabb Karcher and Future
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  • 9. Summary of Case Analysis: Goodyear Tire and Rubber... Summary of Case Analysis: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company 1. INTRODUCTION GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, was founded in 1898 and was the world tire production leader until November 1990 when Groupe Michelin took over after merging with Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company. GoodyearВЎВ¦s principal business is the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of tires throughout the world. Its tires and tube sales represent 83 % of 1991 corporate sales of $10.9 billion with corporate wide earnings of $96.9 million. It has its owned Goodyear Auto Service Centers and franchised Goodyear Tire Dealers in supporting its distribution and sale of tires in US. Goodyear controls 20 percent of ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... SITUATION ANALYSIS We need to consider a number of relevant information prior to making the decision. The information that needs to be considered is: (a) What are GoodyearВЎВ¦s situation, its strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threat? Table 4 ВЎVSWOT Analysis on Goodyear Strength Weaknesses „X 94 years of experience „X 37% of US tire–making capacity „X 60% in the Tire Replacement market (Top Ten in US) „X 40% in the Original Equipment Manufacturer market „X Market leader in North America „X Broadest line of product
  • 10. „X Broad market brand names with 11 brand names „X Premium quality brands „X A leading national advertiser „X 8000 retails point of sale „X 1000 company owned Goodyear Auto Service Centers „X 2500 franchised Tire Dealers „X exclusive distribution policy „X lack of customer service Opportunities Threat „X Additional 850 retails channels „X 2 million Goodyear brands were replace annually at Sears „X growth of warehouse membership club stores and discount tire retails „X customers loyalty to Sears (b) What is the position of Goodyear in the Tire Industry? There are 2 types of market in the tire industry, namely; (i) Original Equipment Tire market; Original equipment tires are sold by ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 11. Essay On Remanufacturing In Nigeria Remanufacturing has several advantages in today's business world; equipment's that are considered expensive are produced at an economical cost and also makes for environmental friendly manufacturing. The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the major drivers for remanufacturing in Nigeria. From the empirical analysis, it was found that factors which encourages remanufacturing are economic, environmental and social factors. The methodology employed in this study is a questionnaire survey method, where the drivers for remanufacturing in Nigeria were empirically determined. The study contributes to the body of knowledge on remanufacturing in Nigeria. © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer–review under responsibility of the organizing committee of GU 2016. Keywords: Remanufacturing, remanufacturing drivers, Nigeria 1. Introduction Remanufacturing has various definitions as found in literature, but what is common among all is the idea of product rebuilding [1]. A combination of these definitions for ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Remanufacturing is practiced in industries like automotive, turbines, aerospace industry. A substantial amount of research has been carried out to study various aspects of remanufacturing process [12, 13], benefits [14, 15], public attitudes and perception [16, 17] product design [18, 19]. The growth of population and industrialization which has placed increasingly burden to the environment has led to importance of sustainable and environmental processes which has increased in the fifty years, European companies are increasingly made responsible for collecting their End of life products and adopting sustainable production and strategy of product recovery [20]. Steinhilper [3] observed and evaluated the suitability of products ideal for remanufacturing and proposed eight different criteria as shown in the Table 1 ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. The Global Environment, Differentiation, Low Cost... In today`s global environment, differentiation, low–cost leadership, and responsiveness are among three major characteristics of an organisation that aims to achieve a competitive advantage over its competitors. Organisations also endeavour to reduce lead time and their direct and indirect costs, increase return on investment as well as customer satisfaction, improve quality and reliability of their products. However they also need to consider social, environmental and ethical concerns and establish a company mission and vision in such a way that mitigate these concerns while achieving a competitive advantage. Strategies through achieving a competitive advantage resulted in the existence of the terms `Globalisation` and supply chain management (SCM). Because in today`s emerging and industrialized environment companies seek to achieve competitive advantages and are no longer competing with their own expertise but with the talent in their entire global supply chain. [1] Another reason why the importance of SCM has been highlighted is that most of the companies need other manufacturers or companies from which they can supply raw materials, sub–assemblies and components, finished goods, or equipment in order to keep their production in working order, achieve their business objectives and goals and customer satisfaction, and meet customers` rapidly changing requirements at right time, cost and quality. In such circumstances, the commercial distance in the relationship between ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. The Pros And Cons Of Living Off-Campus Living off–campus provides challenging opportunities for personal growth (Oberlin College, 2017). Students who live in far areas prefer to have a rental house in order to have an easy access to their school. In addition, Chapman University (2017), states that living off–campus offers benefits and new experiences. It leads to a more independent lifestyle, build a good relationship between the landlord and tenants, deals with the different personalities of roommates, commuting, wise household budgeting (e.g. to pay for rent, foods, gas, and other utilities of their rental house). On the other hand, students that live off–campus when not supervised may lead them to risks. Relative to the risk of fire, Magistrado (2010) reported that a student and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The inspection discovered that these boarding houses have substandard electrical wiring systems, as one of the common causes of fire, and the boarding houses do not have fire exits that can complicate things in case of a fire event. As the inspection revealed, Bureau of Fire Protection sent notices to the administrators of the boarding houses to correct their violations of compliance with the regulations for the safety of their occupants. Moreover, Talang et al. (2013) concluded that the rental house administrators in San Vicente West, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan have conducted their duties and responsibility to inform their occupants about the safety precautions like availability of fire exits that is very important in a case of disaster. However, it was recommended that the administrators of the rental houses must provide any ready equipment, directional sign, and first aid kit and assist proper distributions of information about disaster preparedness to the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. The Pros And Cons Of OEM Windshields Windshields form an integral part of any vehicle, be it a car, a truck or a SUV. But unlike other parts of the vehicle, they are most prone to damages. If for some reason, they are chips or cracks on the windshield, travelling in such a vehicle is deemed unsafe besides ruining the overall look of the vehicle. Depending on the size and nature of the damage of the windshield, they can either be repaired or fully replaced. They are numerous windshield manufacturers when it comes to fully replacing the windshield. These manufacturers produce different windshields for the exact same vehicle. These manufactuerers can either be termed as OEM, dealer or aftermarket. Carlite, Saint–Gobain Sekurit, Pilkington, Mopar, PPG and AP Tech are some of the top OEM windshield... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It should be noted that these Chinese brands may be Third Party Aftermarket windshields for American/European markets, but it is not the case in China and other Asian countries. There they are known as OEM. So what exactly is the difference between OEM, Dealer and Aftermarket? Read on to know the answer. OEM OEM windshields are those windshields which are installed on a vehicle during it's manufacture. OEM means Orginal Equipment Manufacturer, so in this case it means an OEM, manufactures original windshields for a specific model of a vehicle. OEM windshields are quite easily replaced with another one from the same manufacturer as they have all the exact attachments and moldings as the orginal windshield. These OEM windshields are on par with government and auto–makers standards. In the US, there are many popular OEM windshield brands and these include: Pilkington, AP Tech and PPG. Major automative companies always trust these OEM manufacturers to supply them windshields. If you want a OEM windshield as a replacement, you can get one directly from your vehicle supplier. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. Case Analysis Jones Blair 1. How might one characterize or describe the architectural paint coatings industry and Jones Blair's trade area? Architectural paint coating industry currently does not have much that differentiates itself from other paint markets The US paint industry is considered to be a maturing industry. Industry sales in 2004 were estimated to be slightly over $16 billion. The US paint market is divided into three segments: architectural coatings (43%), original equipment manufacturing (OEM) coatings (35%)and special purpose coatings (22%). 1– the architectural coatings are general–purpose paints, varnishes, and lacquers used on residential, commercial, and institutional structures. They are sold through wholesalers and retailers. 2– ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Which segment(s) represent opportunities for Jones Blair? Segmentation describes the division of a population into more or less homogenous segments based on their acceptance and buying patterns of products or services. This JB market can be broken down into the following market segments and sub–segments. This market can be divided into two geographic areas that are DFW and non–DFW. Each segment can be divided into DIY (do–it–yourself) and professional. To calculate market segments in % and in value we gathered all the information. We know that JB sales volume is $12 million that are distributed evenly between DFW and non–DFW accounts. Also, Mr. Barrett indicates that in the survey of retail outlets 70% of sales through JB's DFW dealers went to the professional painter while 70% of JB's sales through non–DFW outlets went to DIY. Thus, here are the results of the calculation of the market segments in % and in value. Do it yourselfProfessional DWF$ 1.8 M / 33.6M = 5.4 %$ 4.2 M / 14.4 M =29.2 %$ 6 M / 48 M = 12.5 % NON DWF$ 4.2 M / 28.8 M
  • 16. =14.6 %$ 1.8 M / 3.2M = 56.3 %$ 6 M / 32M = 18.8 % Total =$ 6 M / 62.4 M = 9.6 %$ 6 M / 17.6 M = 34 %$ 12 M / 80 M = 15 % According to the calculation, JB is strong in professional market with a 34% market ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Hospital Case Study Essay The cost of Medical equipment plays a significant role in the delivery of health care. The clinical engineering at Victoria Hospital is an important branch of the hospital team management that are working to strategies ways to improve quality of service and lower cost repairs of equipments. The team members from Biomedical and maintenance engineering's roles are to ensure utilization of quality equipments such as endoscope and minimize length of repair time. All these issues are a major influence in the hospital's project cost. For example, Victory hospital, which is located in Canada, is in the process of evaluating different options to decrease cost of its endoscope repair. This equipment is use in the endoscopy department for... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Mark Grieg, the hospital's manager of Clinical Engineering had to question the third parties' quality of work because of the unsatisfactory results. After the try out test from the competitor's service, the cost over the long term ended up costing VH more due to additional repair that had to be performed by OEM. After all these setbacks, Mr. Grieg and his teams continued to strategize ways to resolve this issue. The team where knowledgeable about VH's in house repairs of certain hospital equipments and had to figure out if the company where capable of repairing the endoscope due to the complicated nature of the equipment. One of the team members, Steve Elder suggested a coordination process between Victoria Hospital and its affiliated partners. This suggestion was due to a meeting Mr. Elder had attended in Toronto where multiple hospitals combined their purchasing budgets to form an in house repair department. The in house repair process would entail pre repair screening which will supply estimates for needed services. The annual budget for equipment parts will decrease and approximate repair time will minimize due to the availability of an in–house trained technician. For example, the in house repair estimated that the annual equipment part cost would be $25,000 compare to the $20,000 to $30,000 additional fee that VH currently pay to the outside vendor. The other benefits related to this service are the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. Holden After Market Performance Parts Research Paper Extensive Benefits Of Availing Holden Aftermarket and Performance Parts Cars are luxury possessions for most and when it is a brand like Holden it is generally considered to be a prized luxury possession. But, for car owners it becomes a real tough decision to consider which one is the best buy when there is a need for a parts change, or when one seeks for a performance boost with an addition of an exhaust system up gradation. Like for example for Holden owners they can grab on to extensive benefits by availing Holden aftermarket and performance parts instead of going for new OEM parts from brand manufacturer itself. Dealing on aftermarket performance parts for branded cars or automotives counts for approximately a saving of at least 60% to 70% margin on the... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Types of Buying Initiatives Internet is one of the best medium from where you can have great resources and contacts of merchandises dealing on Holden aftermarket and performance parts at different corners or nearest regions around you. You can even surf through the different types of performance parts available with the dealers and their exact specifications and accordingly match with your requirement before you place an order. Auctions are also arranged for aftermarket performance parts of reputed automotive brands like Holden, thus if you keep an eye on the recent and upcoming auctions being arranged on aftermarket auto performance parts you can gain a lot. There are even stores out there dedicated for specifically aftermarket performance automotive parts of reputed car brands. You can check out in these stores for most suitable and best fit parts for your Holden cars if you are seeking for a budget solution in place of brand manufacturer OEM ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. The Connotation Of The Balanced Scorecard The connotation of the Balanced Scorecard shown that not just in the past performance, to put more time on future performance The key performance indicator (KPI) assessment card for a manufacturing enterprise Corporate and departmental level, KPI index, responsibility decomposition Corporate level KPI indicators financial indicatorsCustomer indicatorsInternal operating indicatorsLearning growth indicators – Production output value – Inventory turnover– Target customer satisfaction– External customer complaint rate– Pass rate of finished product – Order delivery rate– Training plan achievement rate – Internal employee satisfaction Departmental KPI indicators Production departmentPurchasing DepartmentQC department – per–capita output value – Utilization ratio of raw and auxiliary materials – External customer complaint rate... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Divides enterprise strategy into four perspective, and refine the key performance indicators, conducts performance evaluation for companies, departments, teams and individuals the key performance index has the advantages of easy quantification, measurement, assessment, and monitoring to the enterprise.. 3. The Balanced Scorecard straighten out the production and management process, and is an important way for managers and employees to communicate with each other. In the process of improving the business process and management process, enterprises will inevitably cause communication barriers among different levels of employees, departments Relatively clear data expressed through four different perspective Introduction of Benchmarking Benchmarking. 'The establishment, through data gathering, of targets and comparators, through whose use relative levels of performance (and particularly areas of underperformance) can be identified. By the adoption of identified best practices it is hoped that performance will improve.. Operational status. –Current ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. Mobileye Mobil Eye Case A) Mobileye, founded by Amnon Shashua and Ziv Aviram, is a company leading the market in technologically advanced software algorithms, system–on–chips, and applications customized to extensively process visual information for the use of advanced driver assistance systems, or ADAS. Mobileye is the market leader for ADAS because of its unmatched customer value proposition, or CVP; focusing on continuously improving safety, avoiding accidents, and saving lives in an increasingly affordable way. This value the customer receives comes from the applications that increase the safety in vehicles such as warnings for lane departure and forward collision, autonomous emergency braking, and many other active safety features. These... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This vehicle requires no steering wheel, gas, or brake pedals, and already has 500,000 miles of test–driving. It includes an advanced linar, light detection and ranging, sensor system for developing detailed maps of roads it has traveled on. Google's disadvantages as a competitor all stream from the outrageous cost of its self–driving car prototype, which is $170,000. Shashua and Aviram do not believe it could be commercialized at such a price. Also, the mapping system would involve an immense amount of driving and is extremely unrealistic on a global scale. There is also a possibility of road construction, changing roads and highways making the memory saved in the systems inaccurate for the mapping system used by Google. In addition, Shashua and Aviram believe that it is not to Google's advantage to attempt such huge leaps into the future so soon. Lastly, the other potential competition that could challenge Mobileye would be OmniVision. This company develops digital–imaging solutions for a multitude of markets besides automotive, including entertainment, medical imaging, PC cameras, mobile phones, and security and surveillance. OmniVision has technology such as a 360 degree view, lane change detection, and autonomous driving. The technology used in those various devices could be applied to visual processing for ADAS's, along with radar and lidar. An advantage OmniVision possesses is that it has the basic ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 21. The email letter of intent of CMPDI, Ranchi, dated... The email letter of intent of CMPDI, Ranchi, dated 09.02.2013 from Mr P K Pal, GM (E&M), CMPDI, Ranchi enclosing the minutes of the meeting held at Coal Bhavan Annex on 15.01.2013 (Appendix A) sent to Professor P K J Mohapatra, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM), IIT Kharagpur called for a study on analyzing fuel consumption in modern–day fuel–efficient vehicles to arrive at diesel price escalation formulae for HEMM contracts. In this context, Mr P K Pal, GM of CMPDI, and two of his colleagues from CMPDI had a day–long discussion with three faculty members of the Department of Industrial Engineering & Management of IIT Kharagpur at IIT Kharagpur on April 3. The discussion helped the IIT Team to... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... 2.2 Relevance of the Steps Stage 1: Analysis of the historical data has helped in finding the followings: i)Relationship of the amount paid exclusively for diesel consumption with equipment capacity and relevant geo–mining parameters, ii) The rationale of the formulae those are presently in use, iii) The basis for raising concerns about the formulae iv) An estimate of diesel consumption per ton–km. Stage 2: Brainstorming with managers, engineers and contractors has helped to perceive the realities surrounding the contract process, the payment structure, and the governing factors. Stage 3: Field–based observations have brought to surface many facts about mine topology, road conditions, and actual diesel consumption patterns. Stage 4: Information from original equipment manufacturers has provided a strong base for identifying the fuel–efficient equipment and for fixing the bases for use of diesel. Stage 5: Past data are subjected to analyses and are used to estimate the base value of diesel consumption per ton and to estimate the values of multiplicative factors that can ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 22. Auto Repair Shops Worrying whether or not you were overcharged for your car repair is an awful feeling. There's tons of advice on how to avoid getting ripped–off, but few discuss the actual car repair prices. We really need to look at the charges on a car repair estimate or auto repair invoice to determine if we're paying too much. The focus needs to shift from giving outdated and ineffective advice to addressing the specific charges. Are they legitimate charges? Can they be justified by industry guidelines? Now car repair estimates can be confusing. So let's break it down to get a better idea if your auto repair shop is billing you appropriately. First, a glossary of terms is in order, as the auto industry has a language of its own... Aftermarket Parts: ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... So ask questions. Here's a "clear" labor description for a 30,000 mile service on a Toyota Camry. Performed 30,000 mile service per customer request, and in accordance with manufacturer guidelines. Changed oil and filter, installed new air filter, cabin filter and performed all necessary tests, checks, and procedures, including road test (miles 30,123 – 30,125). Performed lubrication services and confirmed proper vehicle operation. Set tire pressures, and checked fluids, belts and hoses. Note: vehicle is pulling slightly left. Needs alignment Miscellaneous Charges The bulk of your car repair invoice will be parts and labor, but we can't forget about Miscellaneous Charges. These charges can include, but are not limited to, shop supplies – rags, chemicals, hazardous waste, disposal fees, waste oil ...etc. The latter of these may be billed out separately in a summary at the bottom of your repair
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  • 24. Xerox Inxight Parc Spin Off Introduction Mohan Trikha had a vision to maximize the value of two of Xerox PARC technologies: visualization and linguistics, both which were 20 years in the making. Trikha attempted to embed these technologies in as many applications as possible through the creation of a Xerox New Enterprise (XNE), Inxight. His objective was to demonstrate to the Xerox management team through a business plan, the feasibility and profitability of such a spin–out, as well as the validity in its creation to support Xerox's long–term strategic goals. Trikha needed to assess the impact of recent developments that may blemish his business plan and, at the same time, come up with alternatives for damage control. Trikha attained his product–line management... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Research on visualization and linguistic technology were both conducted at Xerox's PARC for a period of 20 years. The visualization technology team was led by one of the top 1% Xerox researchers, Stu Card. His recent decision to stay in the more academic environment of PARC, instead of joining Inxight, opened a large gap in Inxight's technical expertise front. PARC's visualization technology has gone through many phases, from point–and–click graphical user interface (GUI), widgetization to the "Focus+Context/fisheye" technique. Finally, in 1995, Intel funded PARC's visualization project, "Web Forager", a visualization tool that would facilitate the sorting of large quantities of data on the Internet. No further development was made after this venture as the team lacked the direction necessary for proceeding beyond the initial stage. Similarly, linguist technology was a research project in the PARC since the late 1970's. A total of 40 patents were yielded from Xerox's collective research in linguistics. Xerox's search built upon substantial academic research. Language structure in the technology was represented by advanced mathematics, finite state technology. Xerox's new linguistics technology allowed much faster performance than earlier technologies. Further, research development in the 80's led to efficient compression of linguistic transducers that enabled memory ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 25. Research Proposal On Right To Repair Legislation Subject: Proposal for the passing of the "Right to Repair" legislation, which would require companies to provide equal access of documentation and tools to consumers as they do authorized repair facilities. Dear Senator JosГ© MenГ©ndez, I thank you for your hard work representing our district in the State Capitol in Austin. I am a student of cyber security at the University of Texas at San Antonio that uses electronics constantly as part of my learning as well as other aspects of my life. It has come to my attention that in order to repair the devices that we supposedly own, we must either send them over to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or to company authorized repair shops (shops that pay a large fee to the OEM) in order to ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This not only applies to farm equipment, but to technology at large. The same problems that farmers face with programmers face in their Internet connected devices, motorists have in their new tech–savvy cars, and gamers face in their recently broken gaming consoles. The repair monopoly is huge because of the lack of regulation and is resulting in larger companies stifling smaller business, therefore reducing competition, driving up the price of repair in general, and killing local jobs. This calls into question some basic ideas of property. When you a buy a product, is it really yours? According to many companies, including Apple, John Deere, and Sony, it really isn't. You're really just purchasing a "license" to use a product and how you use it is entirely up to the OEM. This question of where and how a consumer should repair a device should not be answered by the OEM. This further creates a culture of obselesence. In cases where it would cost more to repair a device rather than to buy a new one, the latter is chosen. This can have unintended consequences for the environment through electronic waste, or e–waste. The purposefully short lifespan of technology heavily contributes to this and a culture of repairing would properly address this. Solution My solution includes legislation that would ensure that
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  • 27. The World Of Medical Equipment Technology The world of medical equipment technology is improving rapidly every single day. TEAM's already state of the art facility is ready for the future. As the technology improves, so does the line of products. In United States broken bones affect over 6 million Americans every year, and yet we use the old cast method to treat them. However there is a light at the end of the tunnel, where 3D printed bones and "scaffolds" are being put into human trials due to the recent discovery of the right combination of zinc, silicon and calcium for the bone structure. The combination of the three already showed incredible results when being tested on rabbits. During animal testing the material was combined with stem cells with the result of the natural bone... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... There are more than 6,500 medical device companies in the U.S., with a market size currently of approximately $110 billion. TEAM contributes yearly to the medical device market in the U.S., and is dedicated to continue to innovate and provide high quality products without outsourcing. The U.S. remains the largest medical device market, with this said, competition is ongoing to provide products to better diagnose and treat medical problems. TEAM remains amongst the top in this industry by keeping up with technology, advances, and the competitive advantage of quick turnaround time for delivery and repair of our products which are made in the U.S. as TEAM does not outsource. External Environmental Assessment Market and Customers In the search for the best market segment, TEAM converged on large organizations that deal with a significant numbers of patients, organizations which purchase medical equipment in bulks, and organizations located in dense baby–boomer populated areas. The more narrow market approach for the market segment lead to focusing on three market segments: Hospitals, Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO), Diagnostic Clinics in predominant baby boomer era. Hospitals are an important market for the medical equipment industry. There are 5,686 hospitals in total in the U.S. and each of them have different ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 28. Swot Analysis Of L. L Bean Introduction: L.L. Bean Inc. or simply L.L. Bean is a retail company that specializes in outdoor recreational equipment. Product selections ranges from tents, sleeping bags, camping packs, hiking gear and outdoor apparel. Founded in 1912 by Leon Leonwood Bean, L.L. Bean remains a privately owned retail company. Leon Bean was an avid outdoors man and enjoyed hunting and fishing. When he initially set up shot L.L. Bean only sold one product the duck boot. This boot was designed to be lightweight and waterproof intended for hunters. Later on Leon Bean started to branch out by selling other outdoors gear such as backpacks and tents and would eventually produce their own clothing line. L.L. Bean has since become a global company but remains... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Competitive Analysis L.L. Bean is currently in a market where there are few stores that dominate. They face competition from companies such as Columbia, North Face, REI & Timberland. In some cases these companies may offer a wider range of products, more appealing design and higher quality. Where L.L. Bean stands out is there in country manufacturing and Discovery School classes. Not only are they selling outdoor gear they are offering outdoor classes as well. The way I look at it is, they offer a product and a way to test it out at the same time so you know whether you are buying a good quality product. But this however may still not be enough to succeed. Below I have included a list of L.L. Bean's competitors. Columbia Columbia Sportswear may not be one of L.L. Beans strongest competitors as they do not offer equipment but they do have a strong presence in apparel and offer a good quality product. Based on the west coast in Washington County Oregon. Similar to L.L. Bean Columbia is family owned but traded on public stock exchange. Columbia Sportswear takes pride in manufacturing there products and has taken a stance to be environmentally friendly. Since Columbia does not ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 29. Essay about Goodyear Case Goodyear Case In 1992, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company decided to reconsider the offer from Sears to sell Goodyear's Eagle brand tires. The reasons that Goodyear was contemplating this offer was that Sears was replacing worn out Goodyear tires at a large amount every year. The tires were not being replaced with Goodyear tires because the customers at Sears wanted to replace their tires with the best possible tires that Sears offered, and the Goodyear tires were not in the offering. The company's major options in this decision were whether to sell only the Eagle brand tires or all of the Goodyear tire brands. Analysis and Evaluation The tire industry is global in area and most competitors originate, market and sell their ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Goodyear?s principal business is the development, manufacture, distribution and sale of tires throughout the world. The distribution of tires represented 83% of the company?s corporate sales of $10.9 billion in 1991. Around 60% of Goodyear worldwide sales were in the tire replacement market and 40% were to the original equipment market. Because of the Goodyear name, which is one of the best known brand names in the world, the Goodyear tires have been positioned and priced as premium quality brands. It is one of the leading national advertisers in the U.S. The company also operates around 1,000 company owned Goodyear Auto Service Centers and sells through 2,500 franchised Goodyear Tires Dealers in the U.S. These outlets account for a good portion of the company?s annual tire sales. Recommendations Because of an industry analysis that expects Sears to benefit from carrying Goodyear tires, I think it would be a good idea for Goodyear to sell their tires at Sears? stores. The fact that Goodyear is losing many customers to Sears by Sears not offering replacement tires to their customers is becoming a large loss of business for Goodyear. The customers at Sears are returning customers, and feel that the integrity of the company is well represented by the products they offer. For Goodyear to sell their products at the Sears stores, it would show that the Goodyear name stands for quality and that the product can be
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  • 31. Is3350 Unit 3 Risk Analysis Risk Factors The following 5 risks have been identified as being material to the project. Listed is a detailed analysis of those risks. Risk 1) Description of Risk – The project does not get funded. Cause – Senior management determines that it cannot fund the project. Likelihood of Occurrence – The likelihood of occurrence is considered low. Senior management initially commissioned the project. This was done to address risks related to the current remote connectivity and the corresponding corporate goals of expansion. Severity of Impact – The severity of the impact is considered high. The project would be delayed or eliminated and the current risk to the organization would increase as expansion plans were implemented. Risk Response – A presentation... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The information for sizing the server infrastructure is gathered from existing server utilization for the applications supported. The amount of servers selected for implementing the environment is based on projected cpu and memory needs to support the users. As part of projecting resource needs, allowances are made for variances in versions of system hardware. Severity of Impact – The severity of the impact is considered medium. If user application performance is negatively affected, the users will not be able to meet their daily expected workload. In other words, users will not be able to complete their assigned tasks timely. Risk Response – This issue can be mitigated by deploying additional server resources to support the end users. To improve performance, a group of users would be moved back to the original vpn access until the performance of the published applications is considered acceptable. At that point the amount of additional server resources needed can be projected and deployed to support the total user load. Once these additional server resources have been deployed, migration of users back to the published application environment can be resumed until all users have been ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 32. Case Study Of General Tire In 1979 Continental purchased the European tire factories of Uniroyal, the U.S. firm that was started its retreat from the tire business. As a result Continental obtained a second French factory and another German plant and factories in Scotland and Belgium. The other profit was the established marketing position of the Uniroyal brand. The acquisition of Kleber–Colombes, a financially troubled French firm in which Michelin held a major stake, was discussed, but not pursued in 1980. In 1985 Continental purchased the tire division of Semperit, the largest Austrian rubber firm, for DM 47 million. The expansion and diversification joined with an economic upturn contributed to an improvement in the firm's finances. The most remarkable step in Continental's transition, via acquisition, to major international producer came in 1987 with the purchase of General Tire for US$650 million from GenCorp. Continental obtained the four factories, the brands, the original equipment contracts, and the marketing network of the fifth largest U.S. tire manufacturer. In addition, General Tire had owned Mexican and Canadian factories. As a result, Continental then accounted for 6.6 percent of the world tire market in 1988 and 8.1 percent in 1989, making it the fourth largest producer, with more than ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Continental and Yokohama form a 50/50 joint venture to step up tire activities with Japanese automotive manufacturers. The new company, named Yokohama Continental Tire Co., Ltd., promoted tire businesses by marketing original equipmenttires for passenger cars, light trucks and trucks/busses to Japanese automakers and their overseas transplants as well as to Korean ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 33. Victoria Heavy Equipment Case Essay Victoria Heavy Equipment's most recent organization has been lacking effective communication practices amongst all of its divisions. The company has been suffering from lack of clear goals in measurable terms, for its divisions. The idea of each division functioning as an independent unit, whether it being cost or profit center, is a remarkable beginning. However,clear goals and key measurable need to be set for each center, which in our case have been overlooked. As a result, many of these centers have over spent, resulting in over expenditures, something we can definitely not afford with anticipated slower market. Brian Walter Jr. had a great vision of not turning into "bureaucratic, quantitatively, grey –suited manager ...", yet the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This clearly indicates miscommunication between R&D and Finance. In addition, better communication was required at time of design of LTM–1000 between marketing and ultimately our customers to first of all build what our customers wanted. Rather than creating a monster that was assumed was what our customers would buy. Second, should there existed an effective communication guidelines between finance, marketing and R&D at the time, we possibly could have convinced LTM 1000's target customer to foot the bill for some of development and prototype costs. I am quite aware that LTM 1000 was on Brian's Want –List which could not have been disregarded but with better consultation with other departments, it could have turned into a more sellable product rather than a successful crowd–magnet. First step is to set, agree and emphasize on our hard goals as a team. These goals are not expected to be too different form the ones set by Brian for V.H.E. After that, eachdivision is expected to present their SWOT or a similar analysis for their individual center. Once these tasks have been completed, each individual center manager and I can set and agree on hard goals for that division along with a specific strategy to reach those goals. For example, the goal of reducing waste, including, high level inventory will be on the hard goals list for all profit centers. Profit sharing plan will be re–written to reward ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 34. Automobile Industry In The 1930's "Quality is doing it right when no one is looking" (Henry Ford). Two important figures that made autobody become an industry were Eli Whitney and Henry Ford. During the 19th century created interchangeable parts. These interchangeable parts were identical pieces used on mechanical devices on massive scales. The interchangeable parts made work easier, it also made repairing a possibility on existing products. Henry Ford developed the first assembly line; he used the idea of interchangeable parts. In 1908 the first vehicle was produced called the T Ford. There were no mechanics and needless to say no auto repair shops. People would often try to repair it by themselves but because the car was so uncommon it was difficult, and no one really knew how to fix it the right way except the people who created it. By 1920's the car was viewed more and manufacturers were making standardized parts that were easily ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... By the 1960's the car started changing how it looked and the speed it had. People wanted more speed and fuel efficient cars. By the 1970's plastic played a role on the new vehicles and more safety were applied to these manufacturers and industries. The automobile became very popular, OEM parts were created and of course, other people tried to make similar parts for less money. OEM Stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer. This is the original producer of a vehicle's component. OEM car parts are identical parts used in the production of a vehicle. The parts created by other vendors that are not in the assembly line of a factory are called aftermarket or secondary market parts. Aftermarket is common for their spare parts, and second – hand equipment. Purchasing OEM parts for replacement on United States vehicles is the best choice because they provide higher quality parts, provide better safety and security, and they have better warranty options over aftermarket ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 35. Case Study On Caparo ABOUT CAPARO Caparo is more than a successful business enterprise – "it is a story of people, of values and of human effort. Above all it is a story of faith and family" – Lord Paul, Chairman and Founder. Caparo was founded in UK in 1968 by Indian born British Industrialist, Lord Paul of Marylebone. Caparo Engineering Limited, which is the umbrella for the Caparo's different engineering subsidiaries based in the West Midlands region of England, has also its operations in India. CAPARO INDIA– Caparo Engineering India Limited (CEIL) CEIL is a wholly–owned subsidiary of Caparo UK. It was formed as a JV with Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. And commenced its operations in 1994. The group offers end–to–end solutions in the Design, Development and Manufacture ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Has the lowest rejection rates in the country. Diversified products and customers Unique distinction of being the only Indian automotive vendors with product capabilities ranging from metal pressing to forging, aluminium castings, tubing and fasteners. Has extensive relationships across all OEMs Access to technology Tool room facilities There is a greater tendency for OEMs to develop strategic relationships with vendors who are interested in technology and who can partner them in meeting stringent quality norms. Major Technologies, Equipment, Facilities Caparo Engineering Ltd has two plants at Pithampur – Plant 1 and Plant 2. The project work has been conducted at Plant 1. Plant 1 has been operational since November 2002 and is spread over an area of 28,300 sq. meters. About 408 employees work at Plant 1, out of which 35 per cent are permanent and 65 percent are temporary contract workers. The plant operates 24 hours a day in three shifts of eight hours ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 36. Goodyear Essay 1.How would you characterize the competitive environment in the tire industry in 1991? The tire industry is divided into two end–use markets: First is the original equipment tire market (OEM) in which tires are sold directly to the automobile or truck manufacturers. This market represents 25 to 30 percent of the tire unit production volume each year. Goodyear is the market share leader in this segment and captures 38 percent (1991). Within this segment, price is highly inelastic due to the fact that car and truck manufacturers can easily switch to a competitor brand since the price competition in this segment is fierce in this market The second is the replacement tire market. This segment of the market accounts for 70 to 75... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Their slogan also portrays a high quality message to consumers: The best tires in the world have Goodyear written all over them. Therefore, it is essential for them to maintain the availability of their high quality brands. 3.Does it make strategic sense for Goodyear to broaden its distribution beyond company–owned and franchised Goodyear tire retailers as a matter of channel policy? Why? It is important to consider that very few replacement buyers are knowledgeable about tires and many end up choosing a tire based on price while others follow the recommendation of their local dealer. Consumers are becoming more price conscious which is an important factor to consider when deciding if it is time to broaden distribution beyond company–owned and franchised Goodyear tire retailers as a matter of channel policy. Most replacement tire customers do not have a preference, which makes it easy for tire salespeople to switch customers to private label brands that deliver higher profit margins therefore, inability to penetrate that market segment would be a strategic error. 4.What are the strategic implications of broadened distribution of Goodyear–brand passenger tires through Sears Auto Centers? Broadening distribution through Sears Auto would be strategically advantageous because consumers ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 37. Buildings And Construction Of Asbestos Construction buildings with asbestos construction. There is a risk of respiratory diseases from inhaling dust and fumes, this can lead to fatal disease for employees, quite often these types of claims are latent where the health issue is not discovered under some time after the contact. .Moving Machinery – Construction sites can become hectic with moving vehicles, machinery and lifting equipment often manoeuvring around a usually uneven ground. With large amounts of moving plant on site employees are at risk of being crushed or hit by machinery. .Vibration white finger– This is an industrial disease triggered by prolonged use of vibratory power tools and is often irreversible. (b)Explain how the five hazards identified above could be mitigated by the demolition contractor. (15)–750 .Working at Height– The Working at Height Regulations 2005 states a place is a height if a person could be injured falling from it, even if it is below ground level. If employees are working at height the condition/age and construction of the building need to be assessed to ensure that the building can withstand the weight of workmen, if this is not properly assessed there is a danger of employees falling through roofs and other sections of the building. Whilst working at height scaffolding is of a concern, it is vital that only suitable specialist scaffolding contractors are employed to ensure it is properly erected. With regards to falling objects it is important that site managers establish exclusion ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 38. Autozone Industry Definition All too many times individuals will misconstrue the definition of the word industry, in considering that a single business is the industry. However, Parnell (2008) defines the term industry as "a group of companies that produces competing products or services" (p. 38). For example, the local pizzeria would not be a representation of the entire pizza industry, but rather being a part of the food industry. Now that the terminology is understood, it is time to define the type of industry in which AutoZone is within. According to AutoZone, Inc. (2017) the organization serves in the automotive aftermarket industry. The automotive aftermarket industry simply is explained as a secondary market that specializes in the refurbishing and selling ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 39. Description Of A Virtual Keyboard This product is a virtual keyboard, produced by Microsoft. This product works by projecting light on to a surface, scanning your finger movements like the barcode scanners at the grocery store checkout. The device is installed in new Microsoft products at the top of the products. The device that projects the keyboard it removable by pressing on the top of the device. After pressing the device, it pops up and you are able to remove the small, lightweight projector form the Microsoft product you are using. The keyboard device is then able to be placed on a safe surface. The device stands up with its flat bottom, with the projector located at the top of the device. This device connects through Bluetooth, allowing you to place the keyboard device wherever it is comfortable for you. The device is charged by using the charge from the product is came with. The keyboard device is available for purchase separately, allowing the customer to use the device with older Microsoft products or brands other than Microsoft. The device is uniform in size and could also serve as a replacement if you lose the keyboard device that came with your new Microsoft product. The keyboard, if purchased separately will come with a charging cord, assuming the customer is purchasing it because they do not own a new Microsoft product. This product would be useful for laptops, tablets, computer monitors or phones. These devices do not come with keyboards and must be purchased separately anyway. In purchasing ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 40. Value Chain And TNG In this chapter, the author mentions the context of the global apparel value chain as well as the current situation of researched company, TNG. Then the problem in their value chain and the need of upgrading their value chain are explored, which are the base to reach the research objective and research questions. 1.1 The context The global textile and apparel industry is now considered a significant industry with a network of members settled in many countries including developed and developing countries. This industry is one of the first industries taking the global dimension into account to create its global value chain since the rapid expansion in 1970s (Fernandez–Stark, Frederick and Gereffi, 2011). Since the early development of the apparel industry and even until now, this industry is an adequate solution for the economic development and the starting point for many countries who direct to an export–oriented economy because of its low fixed costs and the emphasis on labor–intensive production. The export growth in some East Asia nations thanks to their advanced apparel industry is a good illustration for this situation (Gereffi and Memedovic, 2003). In the period from 2005 to 2011, the global textile and apparel industry witnesses a sharp... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... TNG has been found since 1979 as being a state owned company. This company becomes a joint stock company in 2003, then is listed on Hanoi Stock Exchange in 2007. Now TNG is one of the top–ten textile and garment companies in Vietnam thanks to a large scale including 10 producing garment factories with 207 lines and 5 supporting factories. The total employees working in these factories approximate 9,000 people. The current square for manufacturing in TNG is 275,437 m2; Dai Tu factory is planned to operate in the end of 2014 (TNG, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 41. The New Iroquois Theater Introduction The brand new Iroquois Theater was built for the holiday season in 1903, the hope was to have it up and as beautiful as ever for anyone and everyone to enjoy. Although as most of us know completion dates for construction projects rarely happen on time. You have the effects of weather, workers being sick, products coming in late, and inspectors taking their time. This project was no different, but the owners were determined to have it open on time in order to cash in over the holiday season, and it did. With a packed house on December 30th watching Mr. Bluebeard right before the second act one of the calcium lights sparked a fire backstage. With the material that was kept back there it was nothing but a fuel for the fire. Within... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The Iroquois theater had opened just a month prior to this day with high hopes of a good turn out over Christmas break. A comedy and crowd favorite Mr. Bluebeard was showing and people from all around came to see the amazing new theater in person. The theater was according to dailykos was "designed with the latest in fire–safety technology, it had 27 exists and bragged its 1,700–seat audience could empty the theater in less than five minutes." So on this faithful day more than 2,000 tickets were sold and the theater was packed, from the seats, to the isle ways, to crowding behind the rows of seats to see this well–known musical. The second act starts out with 8 couples singing in a pale moonlight, which means majority of the house lights were down and there was a single lamp light with a blue tint shinning onto the cast below. This lamp sparked a fire on one of the curtains which spread rapidly because of the wood trim and all of the clutter found backstage. When the cast realizes what is happening they all scatter while the lead Eddie Foy, goes on stage to calm the audience and let them know the fire is being taken care of and not to panic. The stage hand then tried to lower an asbestos curtain which is supposed to create a barrier between the audience and stage fire. Unfortunately, the curtain was caught on a stage light that was out of position leaving a gap ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 42. Hbr Ashmark Essay example Q1: What were the key issues with Red Star, Ashmark and their relationship that led to this situation? Red Star Key Issues: Inferior Company Leadership – President Barry Louden failed to manage the business at a high level, recognize the warning signs, and proactively deploy a strategy for improvement. He fired his accountant and allowed the company to flounder, displaying no sense of urgency, taking on increasing amounts of debt, and failing to reach out to Ashmark for help until it was too late. Lack of Transparency– Because RS was a private company and did not volunteer information about its profitability and health, it was difficult for Ashmark to anticipate problems. Ashmark Key Issues: Failure to Properly Nurture... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Had both of these courses of action been properly discussed and challenged before an ultimate decision, Ashmark could have saved itself much heartache. Absence of Risk Assessment & Early Detection Measures– No mechanisms were in place to adequately gauge the risks of doing business with RS or detect financial issues – even though Ashmark had employees on–site at RS. Had Ashmark assessed and weighed risks properly, it's unlikely that it would have placed all emphasis on price and put 75% of its spend with a single company. Additionally, the fact that RS's other customers bailed 6 months prior to the company's bankruptcy announcement (likely to due price increases resulting from Ashmark's demands for lower prices) should have raised alarm. As a result of failure to assess risk and late detection, Ashmark's actions in the end were too little too late. Relationship Issues: Poor Communication & Coordination – Overall, it's fair to characterize the relationship between Ashmark and RS as "dysfunctional interdependence." The companies failed to develop the close communication and coordination necessary to ensure two–way success. Ashmark was careless in its relationship management of what should have been a mutually beneficial strategic partnership with RS, and RS chose not to express the adverse impact of Ashmark's decisions or the severity of its issues so ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 43. Automotive Aftermarket Analysis Automotive Aftermarket Analysis Industry Definition The automotive aftermarket is a large contributor to the U.S. economy employing nearly 4.6 million people. New replacement automotive parts such as alternators, brakes, lights, bumpers, fenders, and so on, are parts referred to as "aftermarket" or "functionally equivalent" parts when made by a company other than the original car manufacturer (Ford, Chrysler, Chevrolet, and others). This industry sells automotive parts and other products used to maintain or repair light and heavy duty vehicles. Products are sold both to consumers who repair or accessorize their own vehicles, the "do it yourselfers" (DIY) and to professional service stations or installers like gas stations, auto repair ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Proprietary information has decreased the power of buyers as well as the power of sellers in the aftermarket automotive industry. As the automotive industry becomes more advanced with the use of computers and special tools the independent repair shops and consumer are losing the ability to make repairs and replace parts. The information needed to work with the computers and special tools is held by these specialty manufacturers. They continue to withhold any information in an effort to capitalize not only on the sale of an automobile but also the repair. This disadvantage which is created by the automobile manufacturers is being fought on Capitol Hill. The "Right to Repair" act has been gaining support in an effort to make this proprietary information public and give the consumer the opportunity to purchase these items in a competitive market. Power of Suppliers Large suppliers like Delphi, Johnson Controls and Visteon, and many thousands of smaller suppliers and manufacturers make parts for auto companies under new vehicle programs and also make replacement parts specifically for the aftermarket retailers and wholesalers. A wholesaler /retailer typically buys from 200 to 300 vendors. Production programs for new cars typically include 5 to 10 percent of production that goes to the aftermarket. Long–term supply contracts are rare, and in most cases, several suppliers are available for any particular product (Hoovers, 2008). Key inputs to the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 44. Swot Analysis Of Intel Individual Assignment– Intel Corporation (Intel) 1a. Briefly provide some background information to the organisation. Then provide an overview of the products/services/raw ingredients that your firm acquires from the 'upstream' business suppliers as well as provides the 'downstream' business customer. Intel is an American multinational business established in July 18, 1968. It is currently the largest and most valued semiconductor chip makers in from 1992 to 2014 (Intel, n.d.), and according to Interbrand, the world's leading brand consultant, it is currently the 12th powerful brand in the world and 15th best global green brand (Interbrand, 2014). In 2015, it is reported that the company posted revenue and non–GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) EPS (earnings per share) of $13.2 billion and $0.55, respectively (Shields, 2015). The business's main rivalling companies include IBM, Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices, Microchip Technology, Avago Technologies, Oracle, and other businesses within the hardware manufacture and software designing fields. The company creates technological hardware such as platforms that integrate various components and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Daifuku Co. Ltd is a Japanese company which assists Intel in work–in–progress logistic transporting and storage. KLA–Tensor Corporation processes capital equipment control and services for Intel. Furthermore, they partnered with Siliconware Precision Industries Co. Ltd., which they assist in business specializing semiconductor assembly test the services of products. Tokyo Electron Limited provides with dry etch and wet etch services and thermal and test systems. Tosoh SMD Inc. provides sputtering targets for physical vapour deposition. Veolia Environment assists Intel with waste management services, and lastly Moduslink Global Solutions Inc. provides integration and supply chain services for Intel customer ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 45. Marketing Analysis : Quiksilver, Inc. Quicksilver Background Information Quiksilver, Inc was founded by two Australians Alan Green and John Law in 1969, the company is ranked globally as one of the leading manufacturers of surf wear and boardsport related equipment. Quiksilver designs, produces and distributes clothing accessories and products related to young–minded people, and develops brands that represent casual lifestyle inspired by the boardriding heritage. Quiksilver current CEO is Andy Mooney, the company has 834 retail stores in major cities Australia, Europe, America, Asia and Africa. Quiksilver has also partnered with other retailers like; Fells point Surf Company, Ron John surf shop, and pacsun to distribute their products in their retail stores. Problem Definition From to 2007 to 2013, Quiksilver announced financial loses in 6 consecutive fiscal year. The losses were mainly attributed to low sales volumes coupled by high operational costs. In, 2015 Quiksilver filed for bankruptcy in the United States so as to enjoy the bankruptcy protection bankrupt businesses in the United States are accorded. The low sales volumes experienced by Quiksilver is attributed to the highly competitive and dynamic nature of the surf industry. With minimum barriers of entry and low capital requirement the surf industry is continuously penetrated by new entrants and brands. The objective of the paper is to analyse Quiksilver marketing strategies, so as to identify strategies the surf apparel and equipment manufacturer ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...