...Aic Netbooks Case Study Analysis AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly History AIC Systems was founded in Taichung Taiwan in 1992 as a printed circuit board producer for the personal computer industry with specialization in motherboards and graphic cards. By the early 2000s, the company had evolved into an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM). As an ODM, the company actively strived in innovating and designing each new generation of components. In 2007, the company decided to diversify its product portfolio to include consumer electronics with focus on mobile technology. By entering the netbook market, AIC was able to design and manufacture a branded product in the mobile industry. The production manager and chief industrial engineer established an assembly line process for netbook production. Issues The issues that AIC is having are the current demand and the lack of enough employees. The current employees work 10 to 12 hour shifts which are not sustainable. The Chief Strategy Officer expects demand to be 130,000 units within the next two months. The company faces the obstacle of meeting that demand as well as improving the assembly line process in order to accomplish this goal. Analysis In order for AIC to meet the demand stated above, there are two options. The first option is to increase the number of shifts to three. The amount of production will increase while decreasing the shift hours to eight. This will allow the company to hire more people as well as keep...
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...Current Events in Business Research RES/351 March 11, 2014 Business Research The business world is not just spending or investing money in any market or any organization. Behind any successful owner, CEO, or any successful organization, there is a team behind them. This team specializes in making the best choices, organizing the best team, product, reading graphs, understanding risks, and at the end making the best decision. Business research demonstrates and embraces all the studying aspects of the company. The business research is about understanding the customer, then the market, then using that same information to make sound-strong business decisions. While assessing the business research, the company will also assess its own strengths and weaknesses, but they do make more emphasis on what the customer view and rate their product. My job is all about the customers, what the customer like? What they think about the company and its employees? Pollo Tropical wants to put its name in the top of the fast food chain in the United States. That is why they spend a good amount of money in studying the customers likes, they hire company to complete surveys for them, they have uploaded a web site to make customers rate the visit and product at the restaurant, which at the end they will be rewarded with a free meal for the next visit. They also have the marketing and financial department making research about budgets, competition, new sites to open new restaurants...
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...Nike, the athletic footwear and clothing manufacturer, is a good example of a multinational corporation that has incorporated corporate social responsibility into its overall business strategy. In fact, Nike might argue that the move was necessary for its survival. Nike is based in Oregon, USA. It operates in 120 countries and has over 20,000 employees. Fiscal year 2001 saw sales grow in each of its product segments in all four global markets. Total sales topped $US 9 billion. Nike formally endorsed the CERES principles in November 2000. In the 12 months that followed, the company implemented many new policies reflecting the principles, and addressed some areas that the company had traditionally overlooked. 'The endorsement of the CERES principles and the processes that will come with that step are, for Nike, an opportunity to engage important stakeholders in a broad and highly credible forum,' said a company statement. Dusty Kidd, Nike's vice president for corporate responsibility, adds: 'We hope that through this engagement with CERES, we can advance our work in environmental and social issues.' Officials at CERES are hoping that Nike's decision to endorse the principles will be a positive step for the apparel industry in general. CERES executive director Robert Kinloch Massie described the move as 'a tremendous opportunity for environmental and social advocacy organizations to positively engage with one of the highest-profile companies in the world on the issue...
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...INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW OF CONTRACT DEFINITION A contract may be defined as a legally binding agreement or, in the words of Sir Frederick Pollock: “A promise or set of promises which the law will enforce”. The agreement will create rights and obligations that may be enforced in the courts. The normal method of enforcement is an action for damages for breach of contract, though in some cases the court may order performance by the party in default. CLASSIFICATION Contracts may be divided into two broad classes: 1. Contracts by deed A deed is a formal legal document signed, witnessed and delivered to effect a conveyance or transfer of property or to create a legal obligation or contract. 2. Simple contracts Contracts which are not deeds are known as simple contracts. They are informal contracts and may be made in any way – in writing, orally or they may be implied from conduct. Another way of classifying contracts is according to whether they are “bilateral” or “unilateral”. 1. Bilateral contracts A bilateral contract is one where a promise by one party is exchanged for a promise by the other. The exchange of promises is enough to render them both enforceable. Thus in a contract for the sale of goods, the buyer promises to pay the price and the seller promises to deliver the goods. 2. Unilateral contracts A unilateral contract is one where one party promises to do something in return for an act of the other party, as opposed to a promise, eg, where X promises...
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...List of Procter & Gamble brands 1: Head & Shoulders shampoo 2: Pantene hair care product 3: Herbal Essences Hair care 4: Gillette Fusion cartridge and razor 5: Flash Household Cleaning 6: Swiffer cleaning product 7: Safeguard anti-bacterial soap and liquid anti-bacterial hand soap 8: Ivory soap BCG MATRIX OF PROCTER AND GAMBLE BRANDS 1: Head & Shoulders shampoo (star) Reason: Head & Shoulders is a brand of anti-dandruff shampoo produced by Procter & Gamble. Procter & Gamble researchers started making a new anti-dandruff shampoo in 1950. Nearly a decade of research went into making a new formula, which introduced pyrithione zinc into the shampoo.] It was first introduced to the U.S. market in November 1961 as a blue-green shampoo formula. There are now nine different Head & Shoulders varieties for varying hair types, and the formula has since changed color to white. 2: Pantene hair care product (cash cow) Reason: The brand's best-known product became the conditioning shampoo Pantene Pro-V (Pantene Pro-Vitamin). The product became most noted due to an advertising campaign in the late 1980s in which fashion models said, "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. Kelly LeBrock gained notoriety as the first television spokeswoman to speak the line.[4] The line was criticized by feminists and became a pop-culture catchphrase for "annoying" narcissistic behavio 3: Herbal Essences Hair care ( Dog) Reason: The...
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...Synopsis - Marketing Strategies In The Current Business Environment – Julia Cupman, April 2009 About this synopsis This synopsis provides a brief insight into findings obtained from the Marketing Strategy Survey which was conducted in February 2009. The research will provide a foundation for my dissertation for a Masters in Marketing. I will also use my dissertation to create a white paper for B2B International. This will be called Effective Marketing Strategies For A Recession. I expect this to be available in May/June of this year. Who responded to the survey A total of 396 people generously gave their time responding to the survey which was designed to find out how marketing teams across continents are responding to the current economic environment. These respondents represented a broad spread covering all industrial sectors, many b2c sectors and most countries of the world. Three quarters work in organisations that employ more than 250 people and many are occupied in some of the largest corporates in the world. There was an acknowledgement from around 70% of respondents that they are one of a team involved in determining the appropriate marketing strategy for their organisation. How organisations are affected by the current business environment There is no doubt that the recession is affecting everyone and 4 out of 10 respondents said the effect has been very significant. As might be expected, national and overseas sales have been affected, investment has been cut back...
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...Maddie Mueller For- 1. Nevertheless, if would-be criminals know undoubtedly that they will be put to death should they murder with premeditation, very many of them are much less inclined to commit murder. Whether or not would-be criminals are wary of committing the worst crime is an important—and probably impossible—question to answer. Murder still happens very frequently. So some criminals disregard this warning for various reasons. But the fact does remain that many criminals who ride the fence on committing murder ultimately decide to spare the victim’s life. In a larger sense, capital punishment is the ultimate warning against all crimes. If the criminal knows that the justice system will not stop at putting him to death, then the system appears more draconian to him. Hence, he is less inclined to break and enter. He may have no intention of killing anyone in the process of robbing them, but is much more apprehensive about the possibility if he knows he will be executed. Thus, there is a better chance that he will not break and enter in the first place. 2. There are many victims of a single murder. The criminal gets caught, tried, and convicted, and it is understood that the punishment will be severe. But the person he has killed no longer has a part to play in this. Unfortunately, the murderer has deprived his family and friends of a loved one. Their grief begins with the murder. It may not end with the murderer’s execution, but the execution does engender...
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...Unit 7: Financing the Transaction Real Estate Law, Spring 2016 Chapter 21 Financing is a key to most real estate transactions. Although many changes keep occurring in real estate financing, the mortgage remains the primary method of financing a real estate purchase. This chapter introduces you to the nature and purpose of the mortgage. One purpose of this chapter is to acquaint you with the basic vocabulary of mortgage financing. It also discusses: 1. The legal repercussions of a mortgagor's default and the many different types of mortgage loans. 2. The application of the mortgage in financing the purchase of real estate. 3. The rights and duties of the parties 4. The relationship between mortgages and other liens. 5. The options often available to buyers and sellers when mortgaged real property is sold. Mortgage--a written instrument that uses real property to secure payment of a debt. Deed of Trust--a 3-party written instrument created by statute as follows: 1. Borrower- known in a deed of trust as the grantor 2. Trustee – neutral third party who holds title in trust as long as the debt is unpaid 3. Lender – known in the deed of trust as the beneficiary There are significant differences between a mortgage and a deed of trust. Primarily in how they are foreclosed once the loan is in default.. Mortgages, for the most part, are a thing of the past and have been replaced by modern deed of trust. Following are a few terms with which you should...
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...Question 1 .5 out of 5 points Correct Your final essay will be an 8-10 page paper, exclusive of the works cited page(s). Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True . Question 2 .5 out of 5 points Correct For the paper you must find 12 to 14 VARIED sources. Answer Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False . Question 3 .5 out of 5 points Correct Your research paper should show that you can gather a body of knowledge on a particular subject, narrow it down to a particular focus, and synthesize the information to make some intelligent, insightful observations about the subject. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True . Question 4 .5 out of 5 points Correct We will use the APA Style Guide (latest version) for documenting the sources in the research paper. Answer Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False . Question 5 .5 out of 5 points Correct It's okay to use Wikipedia or a general encyclopedia in your college-level research paper. Answer Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False . Question 6 .5 out of 5 points Correct Titles are signified in an essay in two ways: quotation marks indicate short works, and italics indicate the title of large works. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True . Question 7 .0 out of 5 points Incorrect The first time you mention an author, give his or her whole name. Any reference to the author after...
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...economy Numismatics is the scientific study of money and its history in all its varied forms. Many items have been used as commodity money such as naturally scarce precious metals, cowry shells, barley, beads etc., as well as many other things that are thought of as having value. Modern money (and most ancient money) is essentially a token — in other words, an abstraction. Paper currency is perhaps the most common type of physical money today. However, objects of gold or silver present many of money's essential properties. Non-monetary exchange: barter and gift Contrary to popular conception, there is no evidence of a society or economy that relied primarily on barter. Instead, non-monetary societies operated largely along the principles of gift economics. When barter did in fact occur, it was usually between either complete strangers or would-be enemies. In a gift economy, valuable goods and services are regularly given without any explicit agreement for immediate or future rewards (i.e. there is no formal quid pro quo).[3]Ideally, simultaneous or recurring giving serves to circulate and redistribute valuables within the community. There are various social theories concerning gift economies. Some consider the gifts to be a form of reciprocal altruism. Another interpretation is that social status is awarded in return for the 'gifts'.[4] Consider for example, the sharing of food in some hunter-gatherer societies, where food-sharing is a safeguard against the...
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...Bussines Regulation/ Torts and Liability LAW/421 17 de octubre de 2013 Jesus Rivera-Delgado Bussines Regulation/ Torts and Liability Aprender a reconocer situaciones en las que un negocio o empresa puede tener la responsabilidad potencial de otra parte, es una parte importante de la limitación de riesgo en las operaciones comerciales. La ley de responsabilidad se establece determinando la conducta y las normas de razonabilidad y proporcionan recursos legales cuando una violación de esas normas resulta en una lesión que cause pérdidas. En este ensayo pretendo discutir los principios fundamentales de la ley de responsabilidad civil, y los tipos de agravios. Utilizare como referencia la reglamentación del gobierno de las actividades comerciales, y la responsabilidad de dueños de establecimientos comerciales por concepto de daños a tenor con algunos casos del Supremo de Puerto Rico El agravio es un ilícito civil cuando una parte ha actuado, o en algunos casos no ha actuado, y que la acción u omisión causa una pérdida que sufrió un tercero. La ley dispone un remedio para alguien que ha sufrido una lesión al obligar al infractor a pagar una indemnización a la parte lesionada. El derecho por daños se entiende mejor como un intento de compensar a los perjudicados o pérdidas derivadas de daños causados por una conducta irracional por otro. En la mayor parte, la responsabilidad extracontractual se rige por los principios del derecho común del Estado. Los tribunales recurren...
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...Econ 141, topic 7 [ Inflation] 1. Inflation - Inflation is a continuing rise in the price level, which causes money to lose value. - Inflation is a rise in the price level, not in the price of a particular commodity. - It is ongoing, not a-onetime-only increase in the price level. - The inflation rate is the percentage change in the price level. It is calculated as the following: Current price level – Last year's price level x 100 Last year's price level 2. Demand-Pull inflation - Demand pull inflation is caused by an increase in aggregate demand. - An increase in consumption or investment or government expenditures or exports or the quantity of money → increases the aggregate demand. - A decrease in imports or taxes or interest rates → increases the aggregate demand Initial effect of an increase in aggregate demand: Price level LAS SAS The increase in demand raises the price level from 110 to 120 120 110 AD1 AD0 Real GDP Money wage rate response Price level LAS SAS1 130 ...
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...orWe chose to use descriptive statistics because we are looking at a group of people at wal mart. Descriptive, because we are researching on wal mart, and how they lack customer service. This experiment has been done and there is a high percent of people who have claims against wal mart and all those claims are on how bad customer service is there. Wal mart does surveys every month and they gather nationwide, they gather more than 500,000 surveys from all the stores in the United States. If we took those 500,000 surveys and we randomly picked a number from each we will find a solution and the problem is not new to wal mart. Surveys is what has told wal mart that they have bad customer service but since they lead in sales due to all the low prices they have, wal mart does not feel that big of a loss when customers stop shopping there and shop at a competitors store. But yet we can also do inferential to make a prediction but the prices at wal mart is what keeps wal mart running. We will display the results starting with now. How, the percentage of sales, and customers walking in and out the stores. Once Wal mart invest in training for better customer service then that is when we will notice the difference. We will display the results quarterly, in a bar graph to show results of customers, we will use percentages to show the increase of profit and last is continue to do surveys to know that we as researchers, that wal mart is decreasing the percent on bad customer service. HOW...
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...PARTEA 1 MANAGEMENTUL MARKETINGULUI – CE ESTE ªI CUM TREBUIE ÎNÞELES CAPITOLUL 1 DEFINIREA MARKETINGULUI PENTRU SECOLUL XXI ÎN ACEST CAPITOL VOM ABORDA URMÃTOARELE CHESTIUNI: 1. De ce este important marketingul? 2. Care este sfera de acÆiune a marketingului? 3. Care sunt conceptele fundamentale ale marketingului? 4. Cum s-a schimbat managementul marketingului? 5. Care sunt activitåÆile absolut necesare pentru un management de succes al marketingului? Marketingul este peste tot. În mod formal sau informal, oamenii çi organizaÆiile desfåçoarå un mare numår de activitåÆi care s-ar putea numi „marketing“. Marketingul bine fåcut a devenit din ce în ce mai mult o componentå vitalå pentru succesul în afaceri. Çi ne influenÆeazå profund viaÆa de zi cu zi. Marketingul este înglobat în tot ceea ce facem: de la hainele cu care ne îmbråcåm, la site-urile Web pe care intråm çi la reclamele pe care le vedem! ouå adolescente intrå în cafeneaua Starbucks din cartierul lor. Una se duce la tejghea çi-i då barmanului carduri pentru douå ceçti de cafea cu lapte çi mentå gratuite, lângå care cumpårå çi câteva produse de patiserie. Cealaltå se açazå la o maså çi-çi deschide laptopul Apple PowerBook. În câteva secunde, s-a conectat la Internet, graÆie acordului încheiat de Starbucks cu T-mobile pentru crearea unei reÆele de conectare fårå fir, HotSpots, în peste o mie de localuri Starbucks. Odatå intratå pe Net, fata tasteazå în motorul de cåutare Google numele formaÆiei care interpreteazå...
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...[Street Address] [City, ST ZIP Code] | | p. [Telephone]f. [Fax] | | [Email] [Web address] | [Street Address] [City, ST ZIP Code] | | p. [Telephone]f. [Fax] | | [Email] [Web address] | [Business Plan Title] [Business Plan Subtitle] [Business Plan Title] [Business Plan Subtitle] Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Highlights Objectives Mission Statement Keys to Success Description of Business 2 Company Ownership/Legal Entity Location Interior Hours of Operation Products and Services Suppliers Service Manufacturing Management Financial Management Start-Up/Acquisition Summary Marketing 2 Market Analysis Market Segmentation Competition Pricing Appendix 2 Start-Up Expenses Determining Start-Up Capital Cash Flow Income Projection Statement Profit and Loss Statement Balance Sheet Sales Forecast Milestones Break-Even Analysis Miscellaneous Documents Executive Summary My initial statement to Investors and Financial Lenders, this restaurant business plan, is a candid disclosure of the Murphy’s Bar & Grill business proposal - our intent is to set realistic business expectations, and eliminate any questions about the profitability of this business venture. Entrepreneurs have a tendency to paint the restaurant business plan with a very optimistic brush, highlighting strengths and camouflaging the risks. We, as business owners, have a vested stake and financial commitment in the success of this restaurant. Our intent is to have a definitive business, financial, and marketing...
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