... A. Determine the maximum and minimum cycle times. B. Determine the optimum cycle time. C. What is the minimum number of stations needed? D. Draw the precedence diagram. E. Assign tasks to stations in order of most following tasks first 2. The production planner for Fine Coffees, Inc. produces two coffee blends: American (A) and British (B). Two of his resources are constrained: Columbia beans, of which he can get at most 300 pounds (4,800 ounces) per week; and Dominican beans, of which he can get at most 200 pounds (3,200 ounces) per week. Each pound of American blend coffee requires 12 ounces of Colombian beans and 4 ounces of Dominican beans, while a pound of British blend coffee uses 8 ounces of each type of bean. Profits for the American blend are $2.00 per pound, and profits for the British blend are $1.00 per pound. A. What is the objective function? B. What is the Columbia bean constraint? C. What is the Dominican bean constraint? D. What are optimal weekly profits? 3. Assembly of a model airplane has a learning curve of 80 percent. The estimated time to assemble a second identical model airplane is 40 hours. Determine approximately how much time will be required for: A. the eighth unit B. the first ten units 4. A manager must decide between two...
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...Food Facts for the Renal Patient Dining Out for the Dialysis Patient Smart Snacking Choices Renal Friendly Holiday Food List Cookbooks for the Kidney Patient Renal References Sources Cited Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 11 Page 16 Page 18 Page 19 Page 22 Page 24 Page 25 This information is a guide for you and your family. The purpose is to help you learn more about your health. Be sure to follow any instructions your healthcare provider gives you for your special needs. If you have any questions, or there is anything you do not understand, please ask your doctor or dietician. 2 Introduction Eating well is an important part of your treatment and can help you feel better. A new diet is essential part to your treatment process. Not only will it help you feel better, it can also help you avoid complications of your renal disease such as fluid overload, high blood potassium, bone disease, and weight loss. Because every individual is different and their needs unique, the following dietary advice should be given depending on a number of factors and discussion with your renal dietician. These factors include: stage of your renal disease, type of treatment you are on, laboratory results, and presence of other medical conditions. Kidney function is essential for removing the waste material from food that you eat. The kidneys excrete a dietary protein called urea, as well as sodium, potassium, and phosphate. These substances can build up in the body if kidney...
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...coffeehouse company in the world, with 19,435 stores in 58 countries, including 12,781 in the United States, 1,241 in Canada, 1,062 in Japan, 976 in Great Britain and 645 in China (starbucks website), started it's journey as a local coffee bean roaster and retailer of whole bean and ground coffee, tea, and spices in Seattle, Washington. The first Starbucks opened in Seattle, Washington, on March 30, 1971 by three partners: English teacher Jerry Baldwin, history teacher Zev Siegl, and writer Gordon Bowker (Starbucks website). From 1971, a single store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market it has become the world renowned brand we know today. It’s wide range of product selection includes drip brewed coffee, espresso-based hot drinks, other hot and cold drinks, coffee beans, salads, hot and cold sandwiches and panini, pastries, snacks, and items such as mugs and tumbler. Although the company has many stories of successes some of it’s actions have also faced a great deal of criticisms. At the dawn of the new century it faced sales slowdown of it’s one of the most well-known brand the Frappuccino. The original Frappuccino beverage was developed, named, trademarked and sold by George Howell's Eastern Massachusetts coffee shop chain, The Coffee Connection (Boston magazine). When Starbucks purchased The Coffee Connection in 1994, they also gained the rights to use, make, market, and sell the Frappuccino beverage, and soon after began to sell the beverage across all Starbucks outlets. Frappuccinos...
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...Starbucks has virtually taken over the coffee retail business all over the US. It would prove quite difficult to go to any relatively large city or town and not see at least two Starbucks retail stores or find their products in the local grocery store. With such a formidable competitor present in the industry, it seems improbable that any other producer of premium coffee would be able to compete. A small, Vermont based coffee brewer by the name of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) has managed to carve out a piece of the market for itself and has begun spreading all over the northeast United States. Originating in 1981, Green Mountain Coffee was originally supplied to customers of a small café but once word spread of their high quality coffee beans and unique selection and roasting process, their product began to spread to different venues. Restaurant and hotel demand boost Green Mountain into the wholesale industry. Within the next fifteen years they had opened twelve company stores that were responsible for ten percent of their income. However, they noticed a steady decline in the returns they were seeing from these retail stores and decided to close its stores; a risky move considering that they had always been an important means of providing samples of their product to the consumer. Despite this setback, GMCR has been able to remain competitive through their whole sale customers and mail order consumers. This has been made possible by their commitment to superior quality and their...
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...Management 303 SWOT Analysis The company that I have chosen to do a SWOT Analysis on is my current organization and that is Dunkin Donuts. Dunkin Donuts was established in 1946 by William (Bill) Rosenberg who started a company he called Industrial Luncheon Services, whose operation involved delivering meals and snacks to workers in and around the Boston area. “After two years of success, he opened a place called the Open Kettle, a coffee and doughnut restaurant in Quincy, Massachusetts. In 1950, Rosenberg changed the name of his place to Dunkin’ Donuts. It took him only four years to open four additional locations in the greater Boston area, and the growing popularity of franchising convinced him that this was a terrific way to expand further and faster. His philosophy was a simple one: “Make and serve the freshest, most delicious coffee and donuts quickly and courteously in modern, well-merchandised stores.” Thanks to his efforts, Dunkin’ Donuts has become the world’s largest chain serving coffee and assorted baked goods – the menu has expanded from donuts alone to include bagels, muffins, and assorted breakfast sandwiches.”(1) The mission of Dunkin Donuts is: “Throughout our company’s planning, we always keep the customer’s interests in mind. We frequently refer to our mission statement: Increase Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty by providing the Fastest and most Accurate Service, the Freshest Products, in the Friendliest and Cleanest Environment. We accomplish...
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...Starbucks has virtually taken over the coffee retail business all over the US. It would prove quite difficult to go to any relatively large city or town and not see at least two Starbucks retail stores or find their products in the local grocery store. With such a formidable competitor present in the industry, it seems improbable that any other producer of premium coffee would be able to compete. A small, Vermont based coffee brewer by the name of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) has managed to carve out a piece of the market for itself and has begun spreading all over the northeast United States. Originating in 1981, Green Mountain Coffee was originally supplied to customers of a small café but once word spread of their high quality coffee beans and unique selection and roasting process, their product began to spread to different venues. Restaurant and hotel demand boost Green Mountain into the wholesale industry. Within the next fifteen years they had opened twelve company stores that were responsible for ten percent of their income. However, they noticed a steady decline in the returns they were seeing from these retail stores and decided to close its stores; a risky move considering that they had always been an important means of providing samples of their product to the consumer. Despite this setback, GMCR has been able to remain competitive through their whole sale customers and mail order consumers. This has been made possible by their commitment to superior quality and their...
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...1. Target Company & Marketing Program L.L Bean, Inc. is an American brand founded in 1912 by Leon Leonwood Bean, beginning as a one-man operation making a signature Bean Boot in the basement of his Freeport, Maine home. The signature boot was produced, shipped, and soon 90% of the initial batch was returned as damaged. With Leon’s firm belief in keeping customers satisfied as a guiding principle, the company’s lifetime guarantee quickly got its start. A satisfied customer is the company’s main mission, which has been the reason the global organization has accumulated annual sales of $1.61 billion. L.L Bean expanded its product line, and now prides itself as being customers one stop shop for quality outdoor and indoor apparel, outdoor equipment, footwear as well as bags and luggage. Their products are recognized around the world for their practical design and high quality with over 140,000 items stocked for catalog, web site and stores. The company devotes significant time and energy to product research, testing and development including lab field testers and employee and customer feedback. There is no surprise the company is praised for its quality since prototypes for new products are tested, revised and retested until they meet not only customers requirements but also company standards. L.L Beans marketing strategy that started with updated product catalogs mailed directly to customers has now been modified to meet the demands of consumers and take advantage of...
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...Two views on Hijab Hijab: that is, wearing a headscarf as a sign of modesty, a common (but not required) act among Muslim women. What do women who observe hijab really think about hijab in America? This essay will compare two women’s views. The first woman, a blogger identified by the moniker Scarf Ace, expresses her personal struggles with hijab in a blog post titled “Miss or Diss?” The second woman, Fatemah Fakhraie, is a Muslim-American activist for the rights of women. Her article “Scarfing it Down,” originally published in Bitch magazine--a feminist news publication--examines hijab bans and the way they effect Muslim women’s rights. While both women participate in hijab, their opinions differ on the view society takes: One woman wishes that society would accept her choice to observe hijab, the other demands it. Scarf Ace speaks out about her decision to start hijab. She begins by stating the difficulties with wearing the headscarf: it’s hot, people look at her, she can’t have a ‘good hair day’, etc. She continues because of her “husband’s high regard for hijab” and because, as a stay-at-home mother, she can choose when to leave the house, thus not having to wear it constantly (488). Her blog is an outlet for dealing with her decision to start hijab; she has very mixed emotions about it, and she wants people to hear her voice – she wants her decision to be understood and...
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...visited Seattle, WA, investigating why a local coffee shop was outselling Macy’s in specific drip coffee makers. His visit brought him to Starbucks where he first met Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker. Inspired, Howard Schultz sought and achieved employment with Starbucks as the head of marketing, forming a small group of owners and leaders. A small group interaction is, “the process by which three or more members of a group exchange verbal and nonverbal messages in an attempt to influence one another” (Tubbs, 2007, p. 6). As a new member of the Starbucks group Schultz brought fresh new ideas and a vision for future growth and expansion. For example, Schultz helped develop customer-friendly skills that employees utilized to build better relationships with clientele. This process was the beginning of teamwork in the Starbucks Company during the Schultz era. Group Dynamics – Group dynamics is defined as, “the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances” (Dictionary.com, 2012, p. 1). Over time the dynamics of the cohesive Starbucks team shifted, after hiring Schultz, causing dissention and animosity between the original existing owners and Howard Schultz. The animosity was partly due to the group’s inability to communicate effectively. Group communication “involves the sending and receiving of messages between and among the participants” (Tubbs, 2007, p. 44)...
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...with Luxury Hotels: The new year is bringing new trends to luxury hotels worldwide. One of the latest luxury hotel trends is offering an in-room workout fitness program for its guests. A report by Hawkins International, specialists in travel and lifestyle trends, said “hotel exercise routines are moving away from trekking to the hotel gym in favor of fitness opportunities in the hotel room.” Some hotels now for example, provide an in-room fitness TV channel that offers guests a selection of professionally led workouts. Another part of the new age fitness and health is replacing all the junk food and liquor in the mini bars with healthy and philanthropic items. For example, “the mini-bars at Fifteen Beacon in Boston showcase local favorites, including Boston Baked Beans and Cape Cod all-natural potato chips, while also providing essential healthy treats such as coconut water, protein bars, Emergen-C and pampering products like cucumber eye cream and homeopathic Sprayology, a holistic product for immune system maintenance and detox," the report said. Another cool new trend is hotel bars designing new tasty cocktails that incorporate food with alcohol. They incorporate there native cultures onto their menus to create exotic local dishes. Such as Fusion Bar & Restaurant, the signature restaurant at Gallery Hotel in Florence serves up a Miso Bull cocktail that features Stoli Vodka and schochu stirred with miso soup and seasoned with Bloody Mary dressing. Along with the upgraded...
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...environmentally and socially, for the continued sustainability of the world’s most influential drink. A History of Exploitation To understand the implications of coffee’s impact on society and the global economy, it is important to start at the beginning. Coffee berries were first eaten by slaves who took it with them as they were taken from what is present day Sudan to Yemen and Arabia. This is where coffee as we know it today was born. It is believed that the first beans were roasted and brewed around 1000 A.D. in Arabia. By the 13th century, coffee was a common drink among Arabs and coffeehouses were opened in Mecca and throughout the Arab world. By the 15th century, coffee was cultivated as a crop throughout Arabia. However, the Arabs banned the exportation of coffee and made exported beans infertile in attempts prevent its cultivation in other areas.[ii] It was hard to keep coffee to themselves for long, and it is believed that an Indian by the name of Baba Budan smuggled fertile coffee beans to India by taping them to his belly. Whether that is true or not, around the 1600s India began to grow coffee and the Dutch took notice. The...
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...tenants” (614) are not really the answers the people need. However, he uses irony to help them understand that in fact these are the solutions they need and yet they choose to let themselves to fail. Swift also incorporates ethos into this work. He tries to minimize the cruelty into eating babies by mentioning different ways of eating them “whether stewed, roasted, baked or boiled” (610), and giving them other purposes such as “gloves for the ladies, and summer boots for the fine gentleman” (611). The author belittles the damage and the moral issue in this idea to help the Irish see how something so brutal can be restated into something that can benefit the country. It causes an incentive towards cannibalism and by doing so, it grasps a better understanding of reality and the harsh life poor people endure. He does not whole-heartedly believe this is a solution but rather...
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...Sonia Belfance April 27, 2012 Human Nutrition Final Thesis Paper Anti-Aging Foods I am a firm believer that the first and foremost of any anti-aging regiment should be working from the insides out. Eating a healthy die that contains anti-aging foods will slow down the aging process. What you eat has a tremendous impact not only on your health but also on your life span. Anti-aging foods are known to give you better endurance, prolong your lifespan, obtain a better quality of sleep, feel vital and energetic, and they can promote a sense of calmness and wellbeing. Anti-aging foods can reduce the effects of aging and even reverse the damage to your body caused by an unhealthy lifestyle. Some of the most notable anti-aging foods are avocados, berries, nuts, garlic, soya, watermelon and ginger. Avocado is a fruit which is usually eaten as a vegetable and is a good source of healthy monosaturated fat that can help reduce levels of a bad type of cholesterol in the body. Avocados are a good source of Vitamin E and can help maintain healthy skin and prevent skin aging. They are rich in potassium which helps prevent fluid retention and high blood pressure. Avocados provide nearly 20 percent of essential nutrients including fiber, potassium, vitamin e, b vitamins and folic acid. They also act as a nutrient booster by enabling the body to absorb more fat-soluble nutrients such as alpha, beta carotene and lutein. Avocados are rich, creamy...
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...A Coffee Story: Starbucks When customers are deciding where they want to buy their hot coffee, many different product attributes will be factored when making their decision. Product attributes may include different price points depending on the size of the hot coffee, and the quality of the coffee. The functionality of the hot coffee store with having a fast service is one attribute customers seek because many customers are buying on their way to work. Customers are looking for a combination of attributes to create a great value for the price. A recent study suggests that consumers purchasing decisions are made based on the perception of product value rather than price. “There is a price-value formula consumers use to calculate brand differences and to decide which brands to buy. Shopper consciousness has shifted from just trying to ferret out deals to looking for brands that provide value”. (Agriculture and Agri-foods Canada, 2010) The study also suggests that with created value, consumers will likely remain loyal to those hot coffee stores. For many hot coffee drinkers it is the quality of the hot coffee that they are looking for when making a purchasing decision. Customers are looking to the hot coffee chain that has their favorite blends or flavors to choose from. Innovations in the hot coffee market have created new customers to the market who wouldn’t normally consider coffee as their beverage of choice. “Products such as iced coffees have captured the interest...
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...Dunkin Donuts Case Study Report Dunkin Donuts : Betting Dollars on Donuts Acknowledgement We are really grateful to course instructor for all kinds of informative information and valuable advice. We are also very grateful to the group members who helped in preparing this project. Executive Summary Dunkin' Donuts is a business in food retail. They are the world's largest coffee and baked goods chain. Dunkin’ Donuts have been in business since 1950 and have been franchising since 1955. This franchise serves more than 2 million customers a day. Dunkin' Donuts sells 52 varieties of donuts and more than a dozen coffee beverages as well as bagels, breakfast sandwiches and other baked goods. It is important to look at consumer usage and future trends before entering into the market. Dunkin Donuts is part of the snack shop market. The snack shop market had almost 10 billion is sales worldwide in 2003 alone. Snack shops have an advantage because they are popular among all consumer groups. Dunkin’ Donuts has retained a consistent database of customers, while also gaining additional consumers through the progression of time and emergence of newer markets. The report discusses task environment that Dunkin’ Donut operates in. It describes the competitive environment and its customer base. The company follows different competition strategies and has goals to achieve through them. We also discuss the external environment of the company which includes the socio-cultural...
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