...Running head: BOTTLENECK IN AM ROUTINE Bottleneck In AM Routine Ruth Martinez OPS/571 Operations Management January 28, 2013 Ashley Carr Bottleneck in AM Routine A flow chart was created in week one of class to see what improvements that could be made to my daily morning routine. For the following week I monitored the process and see what improvements if any could be made. Looking over the metric system I realized that I continued the same pattern each week, but realized what I could do on a consistency bases to improve my time. I will go over the bottleneck in my process and also reflect on how I can am able to apply The Goldratt’s theory of constraints in order to identify and finally overcome the bottleneck in my routine. Process Bottleneck Being able to the bottleneck can become a very important aspect of the analyzing the process because it allows for capacity to be identified in the process as well as the opportunity to increase it. Looking at the flowchart and the metric system I determined there was a few things aside from time that became my bottleneck such as over sleeping by hitting the snooze button and if I had my clothes for the day ready. A result of these two either gave me more time in the morning or delayed me to have a crunch on time. It seems that these are my two major problems in the morning everything is else is simple and flows quickly as the time permits it and allow me to rush to work on time or have time to...
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...bacteria with complex code names: 1. Haemophilus influenzae type b, (Hib) 2. Pneumococcus (noo-muh-KAHK-us) 3. Meningococcus (meh-NIN-juh-KAHK-us) Hib goes for the 2 month olds to 3 year olds. Pneumococcus hits infants, toddlers, and elderly people hardest. Meningococcus targets children younger than 1 year old. Cause Before the 1990s, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis, but new vaccines being given to all children as part of their routine immunizations have reduced the occurrence of invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae. (www.cdc.gov, 2010) Hib meningitis can cause: pneumonia, and throat swelling, and can literally infect the blood, bones, joints, and the covering of the heart. It can cause blindness, deafness, mental retardation, learning disabilities, and death. About 5 percent of kids who get Hib meningitis die even if they get treatment. Pneumococcus causes: high fever, severe headache, nausea and vomiting, stiff neck, sensitivity to light, and mental confusion. Meningococcus symptoms can start suddenly. Within a few short hours, an...
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...bunnies, cats, dogs, hamsters and other friendly potential family pets. For decades, animal testing has become a routine practice for brands all though it costs billions of dollars every year. Well-known brands such as MAC, make-up forever, Benefit, Maybelline, Revlon and Marc Jacobs support animal cruelty and by buying products from these brands you are supporting the inhumane practices that these companies allow. I mean how could any sane person look at the savage experiments they conduct on unsuspecting, innocent animals and think that this is a moral thing to do? For the sake of make-up? Cosmetic testing is just animal cruelty, disguised by a label on a foundation bottle, I believe it must be discontinued....
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...INTRODUCTION Our group has chosen to cover the occupation of a taxi driver, Mr Chua Boon Teck, who drives a CityCab taxi that is under ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited. This essay will cover his job scope, identify the potential hazards using a risk and body map, and evaluate the risk using a risk matrix. Recommendations will also be made to reduce the risks and hazards that are identified. JOB SCOPE Mr Chua has three key tasks in his job. The first one is the daily checks required before operation to ensure that all taxi parts, such as the brake and windscreen wiper, are functioning well. The next key task is the routine maintenance of his taxi. This would include cleaning the interior and exterior, notifying the company’s mechanics of any problems, bringing it for servicing, and performing routine maintenance. Lastly, his main responsibility is to transport passengers safely to their destinations. The job requires Mr Chua to sit in his taxi and be on the road throughout his daily midnight shift of eight hours, between 4am to 1pm, with short breaks at his own time. As a taxi-driver, Mr Chua has to be familiar with the roads and landmarks in Singapore to increase his job efficiency. KEY HAZARDS AND ASSESSMENT OF RISKS As a taxi driver, Mr Chua is confined within his driver’s seat for long hours and constantly on the road, where accidents can happen anytime. Therefore, we will be analysing the risks and hazards from a macro and micro point of view. Macro hazards are...
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...Technical Writing Project Cover Sheet Capstone Proposal Project Name: Network Infrastructure Upgrade Proposal Student Name: FRANK RIZZO Degree Program: BSIT Mentor Name: REJINA WIDENER Table of Contents Captone Proposal Summary 3 Review of Other Work 6 Rationale and Systems Analysis 8 Goals and Objectives 10 Project Deliverables 12 Project Plan and Timelines 14 References…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….17 Capstone Proposal Summary United Luxury Housing LLC. (Hereinafter referred to as “ULH” or “the company”) prides itself on being one of the fastest growing property management companies in the United States. ULH owns and or manages luxury apartment communities in eight states currently and is projected to double in size over the next three to five years. ULH takes pride in their unique luxury properties that include amenities such as 24 hour maintenance and pool access, top-of-the-line workout facilities, on-site stores with groceries and commonly used household goods, luxurious club houses, movie theaters, and free high-speed internet. ULH experienced most of its growth over the last 18 months and until now had not realized that their outdated network infrastructure could possibly inhibit future growth. ULH is seeking proposals to upgrade their IT infrastructure to be able to better meet existing demand and future growth. This proposal and project will consist of the following five phases: 1. Project...
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...Chapter 13 Project Management Characteristics of a “project”: ■ A project is unique (not routine), ■ A project is composed of interrelated sub-projects/activities, ■ It is associated woth a large investment. What is Project Management ■ To schedule and control the progress and cost of a project. PERT/CPM: ■ Input: – – – Activities in a project; Precedence relationships among tasks; Expected performance times of tasks. The earliest finish time of the project; The critical path of the project; The required starting time and finish time of each task; Probabilities of finishing project on a certain date; ... ■ Output: – – – – – PERT/CPM is supposed to answer questions such as: ■ How long does the project take? ■ What are the bottle-neck tasks of the project? ■ What is the time for a task ready to start? ■ What is the probability that the project is finished by some date? ■ How additional resources are allocated among the tasks? PERT Network: • • • • • It is a directed network. Each activity is represented by a node. An arc from task X to task Y if task Y follows task X. A ‘start’ node and a ‘finish’ node are added to show project start and project finish. Every node must have at least one outgoing arc except the ‘finish’ node. Example of Foundry Inc., p.523 Activity A B C D E F G H Immediate Predecessors A B C C D, E F, G PERT Network for Foundry Inc. Example Example of a Hospital Project: ...
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...crucial for the infant to realize the most growth through each stage of development. When working with children, it is best to use developmentally appropriate practices (DAP), because this brings the activity into the realm of the where the child is able to work and receive the most benefit of learning for their effort. There may be little purpose in trying to train children to enhance motor skills before they are ready. Once they are ready, however, teaching and practice make a difference (Rathus 01/2010). An infant needs to be given ample time to practice his gross motor skills in order to gain control of his body. Supporting a new baby's head while they learn to control their neck is important so that they don't receive injuries to their neck or head. Once they have gained control of their neck, they need time to practice lifting their head, this can be accomplished by allowing them 'tummy time,' where they are placed on a firm surface and allowed to move on their own. As a child grows, they rapidly progress through the stages of development; they learn to hold up their head, roll over, sit up, crawl, walk and then run all of this usually by their second year of life. As the child gains confidence in his gross motor skills, he begins to focus on developing his fine motor skills. An infant starts out...
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...Setting: Hospital, outpatient cardiac rehabilitation Index Words: coronary artery disease (CAD), hypertension, angina, lifestyle modification, medications, laboratory values, assessment, risk factors, pacemaker 1. What other information are you going to ask about his episodes of chest pain? [k] Use the following memory aid to obtain information from the patient who has chest pain. FACTOR QUESTIONS TO ASK PATIENT P Precipitating events What events or activities precipitated the pain (e.g., argument, exercise, resting)? Q Quality of pain What does the pain feel like (e.g., pressure, dull, aching, tight, squeezing, heaviness)? R Radiation of pain Where is the pain located? Does the pain radiate to other areas (e.g., back, neck, arms, jaw, shoulder, elbow)? S Severity of pain On a scale of 0 to 10 with 0 indicating no pain and 10 being the most severe...
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...Hazard and Risk Assessment Paper Part 1 (Group) This organization is a leading independent provider of semiconductor assembly and testing services. It tests a broad range of integrated circuits including mixed-signal, analog and memory. This is integrated device manufacturer (IDM) is a semiconductor company which designs, manufactures, and test development, engineering and manufacturing services and solutions to a worldwide customer base. It operates manufacturing facilities in Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and China in addition to its global sales network. This is a manufacturing company and there are multiple departments that support the organization strategies and objectives. Mainly, they are the Product, Equipment and Production Department. In a Wafer Sort Operation, the Equipment Engineering Department is a department that maintains all wafer sort equipment and its supporting hardware. They are responsible for the management of the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of the Wafer Sort Operation to produce the highest possible equipment up-time for meeting the production output goals and projection forecast. In this OSH assignment, the focus is the Wafer Sort Hardware Room. Its main responsibility is in the managing of all hardware going in/out of the production floor; ensuring that there are enough spares and hardware available. All hardware are maintained within their periodical maintenance schedule and are diligently done, it's always available and ready for the...
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...These scans are frequently accustomed to check out the brain, chest, neck, spine, abdomen, head and pelvis. This scan has totally changed medicine as Computerized Tomography Scan helps you to find minute particulars that could earlier be located just with an autopsy or perhaps a surgery. Computerized Tomography Scan could be known as a non-invasive and safe...
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...Twenty years cannot handicap your mind for your future English 219 Jan. 28, 2015 It was time. It was overdue. She tossed the empty water bottle into the trash and opens the front door to leave her home, in the quiet neighborhood. As Laney walked into a clean updated looking office, with her scarf around her neck, she didn't want to be too late for the job interview. After all, these years, a real job interview first time in a long time. She handed the security guard an appointment card and went into the elevator, she exhaled noisily. "I'm never doing this again, I can’t believe I’m doing it now." she said, closing her blue colored eyes for a moment. Now on the second floor, she opened the glass door to Suite 2 and glanced at the welcome sign of the Medical Facility. The receptionist looked up from her desk with a smile and asked Laney to hand over her resume. Once she took Laney’s resume the receptionist let her know that it would be a few moments until Rachel, the head of HR, finished with a client and invited her to sit in the lobby to wait. With her sitting straight in a modern mustard chair by the door, Laney folded her hands on top of her legs to wait and couldn’t help but ponder her past. It was May of last year, three months after she had turned 45 and over 20 years since she had held any kind of a job. Laney never intended to become a stay-at-home mother for this long. "I loved the whole thing," Laney...
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...Acid Reflux: New ways to treat an old issue Stacy C. Darracott NS304 Professor Linda Flowers Park University For my position paper I plan to discuss the several techniques used in treating acid reflux. Since the majority of the population suffers from some form of Acid Reflux, myself included, I thought that this would be a great opportunity to do some research on the different treatments, and find out exactly why and what causes it. My paper will take a closer look at the non-pharmaceutical approaches that are surgical in nature or homeopathic in nature. Lastly, my paper will not only help the reader to understand what acid reflux is exactly, but will help to inform them as well as myself, to the every changing techniques and practices of physicians who are trying to help those who suffer from acid reflux, a better a ray of choices when discussing their treatment plans. Gastro esophageal reflux disease is a consequence of the failure of the normal anti reflux barrier to protect against frequent and abnormal amounts of gastro esophageal reflux. It is the gastric contents moving effortlessly from the stomach to the esophagus. It is a normal physiologic process that occurs multiple times each day especially after large meals. Possible factors determining whether reflux occurs include abdominal straining, presence of hiatal hernia and degree of esophageal shortening and duration of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations. Pregnancy also increases the...
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...| WELL CHILD EXAM INFANCY:1 WEEK VISIT | Authority: P.A. 116 of 1973Completion: RequiredConsequences of non-completion:Non-compliance of licensing rules. | Michigan Department of Human Services | Well Child Exam Date | | | Patient Name | DOB | Sex | Parent Name | | | | | Allergies | Current Medications | | | Prenatal/Family History | | Weight | Percentile | Length | Percentile | HC | Percentile | Temp. | Pulse | Resp. | BP (if risk) | | | % | | | % | | | % | | | | | Birth History | Birth Weight | Gestation | | Vaginal | Complications | | Yes | | | | | C-Section | | | No | Interval History: | (Include injury/illness, visits to other health care providers, changes in family or home) | | Apnea | | Yes | | No | | Monitor | | Breast every | | hours | | Formula | | oz every | | hours | | With iron | | Yes | | No | Type or brand | | | City Water | | Well Water | Elimination | | Normal | | Abnormal | Sleep | | | Normal (2 – 4 hours) | | Abnormal | Additional area for comments on page 2 | WIC | | Yes | | No | Maternal Infant Health Program | | Yes | | No | Screening and Procedures | Neonatal Metabolic Screen in Chart | | Yes | | No | Test Date: | | | | Normal | | Pending | | Today | Hearing | | | Responds to Sounds | | Neonatal ABR...
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...Marketing Plan: Ralont Pill Bottle by Pills R’ US Keller Graduate School of Management MM522: Marketing Management Bojlur Rahman Alex Garcia Donald Weston Taiwo Adenuga Executive Summary The Ralont Pill Bottle is dedicated to producing newly redesigned pharmaceutical medicine bottles that offer an “at a glance” view of “what medicine” belongs to “what person” in a medicine cabinet. This redesign came about after careful years of market research against the conventional “brown bottle” used for 90% of all medicine dispensed. We believe that our “color coordinated” bottles for Male Adults, Female Adults, Male Children and Female Children are exactly what the public has been asking for, thereby meeting market demand as well as metrics for predictable revenue. In addition, a patented “dosage control” mechanism will allow for “as needed pills” to be properly dispensed. Included you will find a SWOT analysis including redesign Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats. The Ralont Pill Bottle will offer customers a new shift in paradigm in the way medicine is identified, dispensed and maintained in storage. No longer will there be any kind of confusion as to what medicine belongs to what person and most importantly the differences between adult and child medication. Our goal is simple, to change public perception and trust in medication bottles and create a “new standard” which will in and of itself become a product by which other products can offspring. Pricing...
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...You Are an Investment Analyst Accounting Management ACC 557 December 10, 2012 Analyze each company’s history, product / services, major customers, major suppliers, and leadership and provide a synopsis of each company. Pepsi-Cola began as a drink developed by a pharmacist named Caleb Bradham in his drugstore in 1893. The soft drink was made to be a tonic to aid in digestion and as a refreshing drink that gives an energy boost. This concoction made of pepsin and kola nuts was originally called “Brad’s Drink” named after its inventor, but was later changed to Pepsi-Cola to be more marketable. Originally, this beverage was sold in drug stores and at soda fountains, but was later sold in bottled form to facilitate mass distribution. The Great Depression was a major setback for many American companies and there was no exception for Pepsi. However, the company strived to remain strong and offered its product for five cents in the mid thirties while touting that their product offered twice as much for half the price of Coke’s product. During this time their ad campaigns and marketing tactics worked and their company continued to remain profitable despite a harsh economic climate. Pepsi marketed its products to virtually everyone, young and old, but they often utilized creative marketing tactics to entice new customers to try their products. In the mid 1940’s Pepsi began a marketing campaign to gain more popularity with African American customers whom the company...
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