...effects. It is important to take a step back and make an informed decision about green initiatives based on all of the facts presented. The resources in this annotated bibliography will address the costs of green programs. These costs will look at the immediate costs as well as long term total. The sources will also take a look into the benefits of such programs, focusing on instant and long term goals. Experts in the field will also give their informed opinion on the matter in and attempt to help the everyday consumer. Ajukumar, V. N. "Evaluation of Green Maintenance Initiatives in Design and Development of Mechanical Systems Using an Integrated Approach 51 (2013): 34-46. Web. This source details green maintenance and how certain parameters must be met in order for green maintenance to be deemed a worth wile expenditure. The author also tells how smart equipment design will help with future green maintenance and how it can reduce environmental load. Ajukumar also expresses the need for intelligent plant design that will benefit from natural resources to lighten the plants environmental burden. Overall, the author feels that if certain guidelines are met we can reduce energy consumption and waste generation. Ajukmar’s argument that if we stick to strict guidelines, we can...
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...Clean Automotive Technology Program Developing Cleaner and More Efficient Vehicles and Engines for Tomorrow 2006 Progress Report Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What Is the Clean Automotive Technology Program? . . . . . . 3 Summary of Recent Key Accomplishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Program Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Advancing Promising Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Pursuing the Next Generation of Clean Engines . . . . . . . . 13 HCCI—Diesel Fuel Efficiency with Gasoline Emissions . . . 13 FPE—A Simpler, More Efficient Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Looking Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Introduction Background ransportation and mobility are central to the American economy and way of life. While the world’s desire for personal mobility and commer cial transportation has evolved, so have the geopolitical and environmental landscapes. Global demand for oil is at an all-time high, driving up the price of gasoline and diesel fuel, and the environmental consequences of mobile source emissions have become more and more apparent. More than 100 million Americans live in coun ties that do not attain federal clean air standards for ozone (O3), sulfur...
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...Subject Code: | ISYS2110 | Subject Name: | Internet for Business | Location & Campus (SGS or HN) where you study: | RMIT Vietnam | Title of Assignment: | Case Study 5 | Student name: | Nguyen Thi Xuan ThaoTran Minh TienVu Hoang AnhDang Huynh Phuc | Student Number: | S3344173S3324264S3324522S3344162 | Teachers Name: | Rupan Kanti Das | Group Number: | 2 | Assignment due date: | 10/08/2013 | Date of Submission: | 10/08/2013 | Number of pages including this one: | 8 | Word Count: | 1000 | Contents I. Benefits of Applying RFID in Automotive Sector 3 1. Reduction in Time and Cost Consumption 3 2. Accuracy in Inventory Management 3 3. Simplifying in Working Process 4 4. Automating Asset Tracking 4 II. Risks of Applying RFID in Automotive Sector 5 1. High Implementation Cost and Effort 5 2. Data Thievery 6 III. Reference 7 I. Benefits of Applying RFID in Automotive Sector 1. Reduction in Time and Cost Consumption Applying radio frequency identification (RFID) can reduce manual scan transaction in production. To illustrate, Barjis and Chatfield (2010) mentioned some manufacturers have implemented scan of products’ barcodes after production steps. However, these transactions are conducted manually and account for significant percentage of employees’ activities (Gunther 2008). In addition, RFID can also eliminate a lot of requirements and complicated activities required by using bar coding, for example, manual intervention...
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...See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274097848 Energy management based on Internet of Things: practices and framework for adoption in production management ARTICLE in JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION · MARCH 2015 Impact Factor: 3.84 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.03.055 CITATIONS READS 2 200 2 AUTHORS: Fadi Shrouf Giovanni Miragliotta Politecnico di Milano Politecnico di Milano 4 PUBLICATIONS 26 CITATIONS 28 PUBLICATIONS 308 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Available from: Fadi Shrouf Retrieved on: 26 January 2016 Journal of Cleaner Production 100 (2015) 235e246 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Cleaner Production journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jclepro Energy management based on Internet of Things: practices and framework for adoption in production management Fadi Shrouf a, b, *, Giovanni Miragliotta a a b Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI), Italy Department of Industrial Engineering, Business Administration and Statistics, ETSII, Universidad Politcnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain e a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Received 6 November 2014 Received in revised form 5 March 2015 Accepted 18 March 2015 Available online 27 March 2015 In today's manufacturing scenario, rising energy prices, increasing ecological...
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...Automotive Services Data Base Project Plan MGMT404 Project Management DeVry University Online 26 August 2014 Table of Contents • Project charter • Scope statement • Work breakdown structure • Network diagram • Risk management plan • Resource management plan • Communication management plan Project Charter Automotive Services has been having issues tracking and holding all its customers in its current data base. They have hired Nicholas Guillory to make a new and improved data base system to Improved it’s tracking system and hold 10 times the amount of customers in its data base. This will improve automotive services tracking customers and will be able to hold more customers to expand on its data base systems This project will create a better and faster way of tracking and looking up customer’s information. It will show information on services performed and when the next service is due. This will be a new redefine customer data base that will produce better and more accurate reports. Objectives The new customer data base is designed to meet a growing customer data base. It will help the company keep up with the growing demand of car buyers and services provided. The completion of this project will give the company the ability to better track services and customers. It will also give the company the ability to add more customers in the data base...
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...which caused Ford Motors to become popular in the mass market. Debuting in 1925 the Ford Model T Runabout sold for only $281 US dollars. Henry Ford built 34,000 models the first year which featured a cargo box, adjustable tailgate, four stake pockets and heavy duty rear springs. Which much popularity came other competitors like Louis Chevrolet who at the time was a Co-Founder to Chevrolet Motor Car Company and later merged with General Motors. Louis had a vision to become the leading brand for selling mainstream vehicles. Chevrolet’s goal for getting there was to overtake Henry Ford’s Model T. Louis competitive spirit led to decades of automobile manufactures competing to create the bestselling vehicles in the United States. In this paper you’ll discover the promotional strategies used by both companies to sell the 2014 Ford F-150 and 2014 Silverado 1500. Marketing recommendations will be made for Ford and Chevrolet to differentiate themselves in the marketplace in order to gain advantage over their competitors. You’ll find ways for both companies to assist with consumer oriented promotions and also take a look at the strategic manner in which has made its pricing decisions. Lastly, the most effective advertising medium will be determined for other automobile manufactures. 2014 Ford F-150 vs 2014 Silverado Fuel Economy It’s not a coincidence that both companies are pulling out all stops in competing for the 2014 all American pickup truck. The year 2014...
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...Vehicular Pollution and Environment Protection | Environment Law Research Paper | Research Methodology AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This research paper is an attempt to understand the pollution caused by the increasing vehicular traffic in India and its impact on the Environment around us. RESEARCH ISSUES: 1. Meaning and Kindsof Pollution 2. Vehicular Pollution and its effects on health and the environment 3. Technical Measure (like Emission Standards) and Non Technical Measures(like prevention of Fuel Adulteration) 4. Fuel Economy Standards and phasing out old Vehicles. SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS: This research paper is limited in the sense that it tries to study the pollution caused to the environment by the vehicular traffic. Pollution is a broad and extensive topic but this topic tries to limit itself to such pollution caused by the environment and not all other kinds of pollution. METHOD OF WRITING: This paper has largely been written in an investigative and an analytical style. SOURCES OF DATA: The researcher has primarily referred to secondary sources such as books and articles while writing this research paper. MODE OF CITATION: A uniform mode of citation has been used throughout this research paper which is based loosely on the style prescribed in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation(Columbia Law Review Ass’n et al. eds., 17th ed. 2000). Table of Contents Sr No | Topic | Page No | 1 | Introduction | 3,4 | 2 | Pollution | 4 | ...
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...A SUMMER TRAINING PROJECT REPORT ON BAJAJ AUTO PVT LTD. PREPARED BY Pankaj Sankharva (M.B.A. 1st Year) Chirag Manek (M.B.A. 1st Year) R.K. COLLEGE OF BUISNESS MANAGEMENT RAJKOT. (GUJARAT) MAY – JUNE 2006. I Pankaj Sankharva undersigned the student of M.B.A 1st Year. Of R.K. college of Business Management here by declares that the project work presented in this reports is my own work & has been carried out under supervision of Mr. Kumara Anjaria, Sales Manager of “Automotive Manufacturers Pvt Ltd” at Rajkot. It is a authorize showroom and service station of Bajaj Auto. Date:- Place :- Mr. Pankaj Sankharva I n today’s competitive world the practical study forms an important part in each and every professional course. The MBA is a course in which the theoretical knowledge is backed by the practical study. That study is in the form of project. The Summer Training Project is one of the important parts of the curriculum. And each and every student has to work for the project. The summer project enables the students to know more about the application of theoretical knowledge. The current situation of the market is made known to the students when they undertake the project. The project gives better insides into the application part of the theory. The companies in an industry and their operations can be better known by the students when they analyze the data, and prepare the grand project. This project is on the analysis of Two...
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...molding and was founded in 1991 by Dr. Riordan. The company has facilities in San Jose, California, Albany, Georgia, Pontiac, Michigan and Hangzhou, China with its research and development stationed at the corporate headquarters in San Jose, California. The company provides parts and services to the Department of Defense, aircraft manufacturers, appliance manufacturers, beverage makers, and automotive parts manufacturers. A new system is necessary to modernize its current Human Resources Information System which was developed in 1992. Currently, there is no single data repository in place. Whenever there is a need to change an employee’s information, the manager has to submit a request in writing and the payroll clerk will have to enter it manually into the system. Every manager keeps employees’ files individually, and a third-party company keeps the worker’s compensation records. Another manager keeps the information of job analysis results, salary surveys, and individual compensation assessments. A new system wide web based application that allows the managers to seamlessly merge and access all employees’ data, and allows employees and managers to access Human Resources data and interface data from every site plant is necessary. Information Gathering Techniques First, we need to identify the current location of paper and electronic data storage location. Then, a team of database analysts will need to sort the data and delete all duplicate entries, so that the data that is being...
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...Ferrari, we know what to look for. Before we start creating the right solution, we take the time to ask the right questions. We conducted keyword research, examined competitor tactics and results, and even uncovered where serious customers were landing when they searched for Ferrari (usually dealership sites). With all of this research in mind, we determined the best digital marketing strategies and crafted several tactics to hit the mark. Retargeting Ferrari's website receives a staggering amount of traffic every day. Using advanced tracking methods, we identify which visitors' behaviors reflect that of a targeted consumer. We show banner ads to these visitors (to the tune of more than half a million a month) when they visit other websites to drive them back to Ferrari. Direct Mail Sometimes conveying a sense of luxury is best accomplished with something physical. A select list of potential consumers received a direct mailer that reflected the quality and personalization of the Ferrari experience (which we used to track the effectiveness of each individual print piece). Search Marketing If they're searching, they're interested. That's why when someone looks for information on one of Ferrari's automotive marvels, we serve up relevant ads sending them to Ferrari landing pages focused on initiatives like their 7-year genuine maintenance program. Display Advertising Creating beautiful banner ads is easy, but making sure they show up on relevant websites, around the right content...
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...ingenuity to have a fleet of alternative fuel automobiles; the Lotus Car Rental will set themselves apart from the rest of the rental car companies. Lotus Car Care will be the leaders in environmentally safe car rentals. The following research paper will discuss the background of this topic, the costs of working with alternative fuel automobiles, the technical aspects of alternative fuel, the environmental aspects of alternative fuel as well as discuss some recommendations for the Lotus Car Rental Company. Background The Lotus Car Rental Company is looking into adding a fleet of alternative fuel sourced vehicles to their supply. Alternative fuel sourced vehicles are classified as being resources other than petroleum. A few of these sources are produced here locally and some are derived from renewable sources. They often produce less pollution than does gasoline. ("Alternative Fuel Vehicles", 2012). Hybrids are also considered to be an alternative sourced vehicle. A Hybrid vehicle is one that utilizes more than one form of onboard energy to achieve propulsion ("Edmunds.com", 2009). Financial Feasibility Several factors influence the financial feasibility of adding alternative fuel vehicles to the fleet: vehicle cost, maintenance, advertising, and return on investment. Additional considerations include: market...
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...Global City Auto Sales, Inc. FORD Global City Strategic Management Paper Submitted to: Mr. Real So In Partial Fulfilment Of the requirement in Strategic Management (STRAMAN K36) Submitted By: Calantoc, Kimberly Kate L. Chua, Maris Danica T. Gamboa, Beatriz Suan, Ada Lynn M. Te, Krislynn Audrey C. 1 Table of Contents I. Table of Contents II. Acknowledgements III. Executive Summary IV. Introduction V. External Environmental Analysis 1. Definition of Industry 2. Analysis of Present Task Environment 3. Analysis of Potential Changes in the Macro-environment 4. Threats and Opportunities 5. External Factors Evaluation (EFE) Matrix 6. Industry and Competitive Analysis 7. Competitive Performance Matrix (CPM) VI. Analysis of Internal Environment 1. Company Overview 2. Corporate Values 3. Value Chain Analysis 4. Strengths and Weaknesses 5. Financial Analysis 6. Internal Factors Evaluation (IFE) Matrix VII. TOWS Matrix VIII. Strategic Plan 1. Vision and Mission 2. Objectives: Strategic and Financial 3. Evaluation of Present Corporate Strategies 4. Proposed Corporate Strategies 5. Corporate Social Responsibility 2 II. Acknowledgements Thank you to Ford Global City for answering all our queries about the company and its competitors. 3 III. Executive Summary Ford Global City is an automobile dealership that sells brand new Ford brand new Ford cars. They also provide car services, maintenance and repairs for these cars. In its 14 years of existence, they have been...
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... STRATEGIC AUDIT ON FORD MOTORS INC. Welcome to the presentation on Ford Motors Inc. This paper was written by Eddie E. Joseph. He is a student at National University currently working on his undergraduate degree. This BUS 480 course started on Tuesday, April 8th 2014 and will conclude on Sunday, May 4th 2014. As a senior working on a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Eddie looks forward to the challenges that he will face. Like the challenge presented in this strategic audit on Ford. This paper is broken up into segments, and organized in different sections within that segment’s topic. This paper will try to answer all questions about Ford in the most thorough way possible. Without further ado, let’s break down the current situation. I. Current Situation- Ford has been around for many years, spanning multiple countries. As a global heavy hitter, Ford has sustained a lucrative business practice in the motor industry, even outlasting the economic depression. When reviewing the present day stats, Ford will still prove to be one of the premier automotive companies in the United States and continue to expand around the world. A. Capital Structure- Ford has come a long way in recent years. After a difficult year like 2006 -- where Ford halted dividend payments to shareholders -- Ford has come full...
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...Toyota’s Quest to Regain its Reputation, Market Share and Sales After enjoying a top ten ranking on Ward’s Automotive list for most of 2009, Toyota Motor Corporation suffered a severe blow to its image of quality, safety and reliability. Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, has recalled 8.5 million vehicles worldwide as a result of runaway vehicles caused by defective gas pedals, faulty floor mats and braking software glitches. The company is desperately trying to salvage its reputation and regain market share and sales. Some considered this to be the biggest crisis in the auto industry since the bankruptcies of GM and Chrysler while others thought that Toyota would not be able to rebound from this problem in a short period of time. This paper will explore the decisions that Toyota faced with its problem of regaining its reputation, market share and sales. In efforts to assess this problem, I will be using the PrOACT approach. According to our textbook, “an effective decision-making process will fulfill these six criteria: • It focuses on what’s important • It is logical and consistent • It acknowledges both subjective and objective factors and blends analytical with intuitive thinking. • It requires only as much information and analysis as is necessary to resolve a particular dilemma. • It encourages and guides the gathering of relevant information and informed opinion. • It is straightforward, reliable, easy to use, and flexible. (Hammond, 1999...
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...luxury car makers in the market today. This study provides an insight into the company’s history and background. Also it contains an examination of BMW’s quality system, six sigma’s application and an observation of the quality control process throughout the different stages of the production phase. In addition, detailed information is presented on the number of employees and the training they receive before and during their work time in BMW. This project also reveals BMW’s customers relation policy: sharing customer’s feedback, meetings with customers and the adopted strategies in order to assure customers retention. It reveals the company’s place in the automobile market and its position among its competitors. Finally, at the end of the paper, a brief summary is found. It discusses the company’s strengths and weaknesses along with some proposals on how to deal with them. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to analyze BMW’s quality systems and quality control procedures. Also it aims at identifying BMW’s place in the market today and its relationship with its customers, employees and suppliers. Methodology: Primary and secondary Data used in this study had been collected from different sources: essays, books, articles and BMW’s annual reports. Results and conclusion: BMW is a well known and highly valued brand and has a high diversity in the products portfolio. It possesses high internal competence and a great competitive advantage. However certain actions should be...
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