...Butler Systems Darrell Smith BUS 612 Advanced Project Procurement Professor: Dr. Andrew Jackson October 8, 2012 Butler Systems is a manufacturer of environmental control systems and power conditioning equipment and is a lead supplier of computer support systems and the largest supplier of precision air-conditioning and power protection systems in the world. Butler Systems HD-5 battery is the primary component for emergency supply system (Benton, 2010, p.455). The HD-5 battery is used in 80 percent of the emergency power supply systems. The EPS is a backup system designed to prevent glitches and ride out temporary power outages in computer network systems. The EPS allows for an orderly shutdown from the servers in order to avoid data loss as well as damage to critical current supplier for the HD-S (Benton, 2010, p.455). Butler Systems buying organization’s role in selecting and qualifying potential suppliers for its battery supplier are conducted through the competitive bidding pricing process. After the best suppliers are identified, a formal negotiation is conducted with at least two suppliers (Benton, 2010, p. 455). As the VP of operations, assessment of the battery shortage problem will be given to the organization project manager and project sponsor to ensure that the battery shortage problem is resolved in a timely manner. Project manager assignment will be to conduct several focus groups with employees and create a contingency...
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...critical that Butler has these in optimal supply numbers. Symptoms - Symptoms include that inventory is currently at 20-day supply and not 90-day supply as normal and no shipments have been received in two months. This 20-day supply hurts Butler because shortages in the HD-5 can hurt the demand of EPS systems. This relationship also seems mismanaged because of Butler not receiving notice of SDX nulling the contract. Assumptions - Butler expected that SDX carry out its end of the contract by achieving a 100% service rate, on-time delivery, and a notice of non-renewal 60 days prior to the expiration of the initial term. Alternatives - SDX presented new information to Butler informing them of the changes in the battery industry due to increased demand in China. In this case, it is important to assess your options of how to get inventory back to its normal supply of 90 days. Creating a competitive bidding event to attract new suppliers can be a way to start bringing in new vendors that may have the same capabilities or even better than SDX. If sticking with SDX is the preferred route, working with them to establish a new contract with shorter terms to allow for fluctuations in demand from China can also be an option. Also, giving some of the business to SDX and the rest to another supplier can prevent delays like this as well to diversify where materials are coming from. Implications - In the short term, the diminishing battery supply hurts Butler because of its...
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...THE RIGHTS AGAINST COMTEMPORARY SLAVERY (DOMESTIC WORKERS AND BONDED LABOUR) IN NIGERIA AND THE UNITED STATES. WRITTEN BY: 2121745 DATE: 26TH APRIL 2014 WORD COUNT: 2,770 WORDS As estimated by the International Labour organization (ILO), there are over 20.9 million people in this 21st century that are still enslaved. Another source states that there are 29.8 million people who are still held in modern day slavery. When the word “slavery” is mentioned, the idea that comes to mind is when people are taken from India, Africa and other third world countries, to the West Indies or America, for the purpose of them to work in sugar cane plantation. Although that kind of slavery was abolished in the 19th century, men, women and children are still slaves, thus, the birth of modern slavery. “Slavery is the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised”. Slavery is so much graver than forced labour, Slavery involves forced labour, but not every forced labour involves slavery. Despite being prohibited by so many International instruments, which includes the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1956 UN Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery and the 1926 UN Slavery Convention, Contemporary slavery still takes place in various forms, affecting all gender, races and color. Modern slavery has been in many forms...
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...They say bigger is better - but not in the case of this lovely resort. I was informed that Sandals Halcyon is the smallest of the three Sandals resorts in St. Lucia - but certainly the most charming. I was completely captivated by this resort upon entering. It is best described by Sandals Resort themselves: “Of all the Sandals beach resorts, it has been said that perhaps Sandals Halcyon Beach best defines the Caribbean—set on a palette of lush gardens bordering the tranquil Caribbean Sea.” Concealed in the unpolished beauty of St. Lucia is Sandals Halcyon Beach - an all-inclusive resort that prides itself with Caribbean architecture complementing its calming beach and lush gardens. With all its charm, Sandals Halcyon Beach renders its guests to familiarize themselves with other parts of St. Lucia with the 'Stay at One, Play at Three' exchange program with neighboring resorts Sandals Grande St. Lucian and Sandals Regency St. Lucia. Couples can relax at Halcyon Beach, as well as enjoy transfers to the other nearby resorts to discover 15 restaurants, 12 pools, 11 whirlpools, and 23 bars during their stay.” [ (Sandals, 2011) ] What Sets Them Above The Rest? * Sandals Resort offers an innovative concept in their all-inclusive environments, contrived to give vacationers completely worry-free accommodations. This allows guests to relax and more effectively utilize their vacation time. * Prides themselves with introducing the couple’s only concept. * They...
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...essay argues posing foucauldian postmodernism of Judith Butler against Baudrillardean post modernism of Arthur and Marilouse Kroker with analysis on both their ideas on gender including sex and sexuality. This essay also argues that these two approaches are fully flawed for a number of important reasons. This essay offered an argument on the ideas of two of the most prominent postmodernists in the field of ‘Gender’ including sex and sexuality namely Judith Bultler and Discussion Postmodernism of Judith Butler Judith Butler is one among the most influential proponent of postmodern practitioner of gender including sex and sexuality. In Gender Trouble It is stated that identity of gender constitutes the very expressions which are its results and does not go beyond the expressions of gender. Butler does not consider gender as an appropriate social as well as natural expressions of a sexed body, but it is a fluid identity which is always in a deferral state ad does not exist fully at any given point of time (Norris, 2010). She does not believe in the notion of a stable and essential identity of gender manifesting itself by way of external activities instead of the radical view which is anti-foundationalist meaning the doer is variably e constructed through and in the deed. Butler goes beyond the idea that gender did not exist prior to performance instituted by culture and questions it through the givenness of the body. Butler assumes that heterosexuality is an intrinsic oppressive...
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...majority of its members. Bahamian Society before the Establishment of Majority Rule 59 Novembers ago three men came together and form the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). They were Henry Milton Taylor, William. W. Cartwright, Cyril St. John Stevenson. They began meeting regularly discussing the pros and cons. They invited 7 men to join them but only 6 accepted the invitation. Henry Taylor was the Chairman, William was the treasurer and Cyril became the secretary. The party progressed in Nassau and decided to include the outer islands. When sir. Lynden Piddling came home from law school he joined the PLP party and that was the beginning of the road to majority rule. Sir Lynden Pindling, Randol Fawkes, Auther Hanna, Sir. Milo Butler Sr, Clarence Bain, Samuel Isaacs, and many other women and men planned and strategized to free there people from colonize. At that time racial segregation was a way of life in The Bahamas. The ‘blacks’ were referred to as coloured people. They were schools were coloured children were not allowed to enter. They were places like hotels, shops, and restaurants were colour people were not allowed to dine. There were also churches where coloured people were not allowed to sit in the same pews as the whites. In January 1954 the PLP held its first public meeting. In 1956 there was the first election. The Bay Street Boys started to get scared that they were going to lose so they called the U.S.A policemen saying a Negro colonist party...
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...Critical Thinking Case Study GEN/480 University of Phoenix Lisa Stansfield To the CEO of AcuScan: Here is a last report that I have devised for you which explains the up-to-date circumstances at AcuScan and a few suggestions and actions that ought to be taken and the reason. Chris Martinas, VP of Product Development and Pat Lambert, the new Director of Marketing have been collaborating on a new product that has to be initiated by the final part of the year. The new product happens to be the iScanner, which they have previously promoted except it will have new features, which makes it new and more advanced. The two of them have been figuring out a way to lower the budget by 15% and try not to not dismiss current employees. They have the funds of 400 K to use and have to convene with the right departments to launch the project. There was a problem through the emails among Pat Lambert and Kelly Thomas, Chief Engineer of Product Software. Kelly designed the original iScanner that was the groundbreaker in the developing retinal scanning security business. After discussing with you about the making of the product and not going outside 400K, Chris emailed Pat and Kelly on the way to do that and the way they could reach the deadline in August. The initial reply to that email was from Pat Lambert, the email was very optimistic and stated how Lambert did not think that it was going to be an issue to generate. The email after that was from Kelly saying that the team was placing...
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...The 1920s was a decade of tremendous tension between forces of tradition and modernity. This tension was represented in whole by the Scopes Trial. The Scopes Trial was a court case where the Attorney General of Tennessee charged a high school biology teacher named John Scopes for going against the law of not being able to teach Darwin’s theory of evolution in school. Darwin’s theory of evolution stated that complex forms of life, like human beings, developed from simpler forms of life. Darwin’s modern theory clashed heavily with the fundamentalist, or traditionalist, view in the Bible, where God creates humans. The law of not being able to teach Darwinism in public schools was passed in 1925 by the state of Tennessee. The ACLU, or American Civil Liberties Union, convinced John Scopes to challenge the recently passed law. Scopes taught biology in his classroom and was arrested for it. The trial was a nation-wide known trial, commonly known as the “Monkey Trial”. It was called the “Monkey Trial” because it was mistakenly believed that Charles Darwin claimed that human beings descended from monkeys. The clash between modernity and traditionalism was well represented by two very well known lawyers, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, respectively. Darrow was the best known defense attorney in America. He was celebrated for defending labor union leaders like Eugene V. Debs and William Haywood, and many other publicly known cases. His skill was being a very talented public...
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...feminism and draws upon of his central notions, power. She draws upon his thesis that the state provides regulation, and society draw upon this regulation to question if they are ‘normal’. In relation to Butler, failing to meet the standards of ‘normal’ in gender can cause many affects and barriers towards an individual in their learning and development. The body gains importance within discourse only in the framework of power relations and according to Butler, the body ‘is not a being, but a variable boundary, a surface whose permeability is politically regulated, a signifying practice within a cultural field of gender hierarchy and compulsory heterosexuality’ (Butler, 1990: 139). Thus, there are...
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...HRM582 – Managing Global Diversity The Nacirema Tribe The Nacirema tribe is a very interesting tribe that lives between Canada and Mexico in the continent of North America. These tribes have very interesting rituals involving their bodies and how to care for it. They see the human body as very ugly in its natural form and if left alone will eventually disease and can lead to the person dying. In an effort to mitigate this occurrence, they have developed very interesting rituals. I will primarily focus on the ritual ceremonies of the mouth. The Nacirema have what seems to be an unnatural fascination with the mouth. The mouth, they believe possess supernatural powers that have the ability to bring them friends or drive away friends and lovers. They believe if they do not go to the holy-mouth man to perform these sadistic rituals, their teeth will all fall off, their jaws will shrink, their gums will bleed and they will be rejected by friends and lovers. They believe in the mouth-rites so much that they eagerly follow all the rules prescribed to them by the holy-mouth man. Even though they follow all the rules, it is still not a guarantee that their teeth will not fall off or their gums will not bleed. Some of the daily rituals concerning the mouth involves inserting a small bundle of hog hairs into the mouth along with certain magical powders and then moving the bundle in a formalized series of gestures. In addition to the daily rituals, the people also seek out...
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...Once, in a dry season, I wrote in large letters across two pages of a notebook that innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself. Although now, some years later, I marvel that a mind on the outs with itself should have nonetheless made painstaking record of its every tremor, I recall with embarrassing clarity the flavor of those particular ashes. It was a matter of misplaced self-respect. I had not been elected to Phi Beta Kappa. This failure could scarcely have been more predictable or less ambiguous (I simply did not have the grades), but I was unnerved by it; I had somehow thought myself a kind of academic Raskolnikov, curiously exempt from the cause-effect relationships that hampered others. Although the situation must have had even then the approximate tragic stature of Scott Fitzgerald’s failure to become president of the Princeton Triangle Club, the day that I did not make Phi Beta Kappa nevertheless marked the end of something, and innocence may well be the word for it. I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me, the pleasant certainty that those rather passive virtues which had won me approval as a child automatically guaranteed me not only Phi Beta Kappa keys but happiness, honour, and the love of a good man (preferably a cross between Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca and one of the Murchisons in a proxy fight); lost a certain touching faith in the totem power of good manners, clean hair, and proven competence on the...
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...The Scopes “Monkey” Trial was an American legal case in 1925 which involved a 24-year old high school teacher named John Thomas Scopes who was prosecuted for teaching the theory of evolution. The trial took place in Dayton, Tennessee on July 25th 1995. Scopes was accused of violating the Tennessee’s Butler Act by teaching Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. The Butler Act forbids the teaching of theory that goes against the biblical story of Creationism. Scopes was found guilty and was charged a fine of $100. In 1925, the Tennessee legislature passed the Butler Act which prohibits the teaching of the theory of evolution in all the universities, normal and all other public school in Tennessee. Any teacher who fails to abide the law would be fined not less than a $100 or more than $500. Other southern states followed suit. The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) offered to defend the teaching of evolution. Scopes agreed to purposefully incriminate himself so the ACLU could challenge the Butler’s Act....
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...couple of years, many farmers would find themselves unable to pay off their taxes and going into debt. Their farms and land, "mules, cows, wagons, plows and often all household furniture" would be put under lien and the farmers would have to become tenant farmers. (Document 2) Deflation in the economy, as well as high taxes, heavily affected the agriculture business; less money in the economy caused prices to drop for the farmer's crops. With low prices, they began to earn less money as more international competition started. Farmers wanted the abolition of national banks due to their corruptness, as well as more government intervention and the ability to have loans directly from the government and not the banks. (Document 3) The railroad system proved to be problematic for the agricultural community, due to high freight rates almost four times as large as those in the east. (Document 6) Especially for those farmers who live far away from any buying or selling markets, the costly freight rates became huge issues. Railroads were also seen to "have secured an iron grip upon legislatures. . . . " and politics. (Document 6) Although government regulation on them was almost...
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...Mahmoud Mandour Mrs. Kuhl English Lang. and Lit. 25th February 2013 Rational I chose to write a movie review, as a critic pointing out the inaccurate depictions made through characters in the movie, ‘Gone With The Wind”. What motivated me to do this, is that it is difficult to criticize movies as successful as this. So, I wrote this as a critic pointing out some huge flaws in the portrayals made through the movie’s characters, rather than focus on the story plot, like other movie reviews. The audience I target for this critique, is any “GWTW” fan that thinks this movie is flawless. This written task is intended to focus on part 1 of the course, as language in this movie is used in different contexts to portray race relations and gender roles in a certain society at the time the movie was set. The tone used in the very title of the article is humorous and a bit exaggerated, as I make a pun by using the name of the movie in making a point about how this movie abolishes accurate perceptions on the nature of the confederate states. The first half of the introduction is stated in an admiring tone, as I praise the movie’s success with sentences like; “ leaving viewers with a warm feeling towards a great story that was beautifully told.” I then shift to a rather aggressive tone, as I directly point out the issues in the movie. As for the rest of the article, the tone is strictly formal and informative, as I elaborate on the introduction. I made sure to stick...
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...Theories of work organisation have gone through considerable changes in the last couple of decades. Describe what you believe to be the main changes and evaluate their importance in the changing world of business. (You may choose a particular industry or occupation to illustrate your argument). Introduction to the feminist movement: In an constantly evolving society, theories of work organisations have undergone drastic changes over the past few decades (Tosi 2009). Organisational theory developed from the work of Taylor and Weber (Reed & Ross-Smith 1994) along with the management theory of Mintzberg (Bartram 2005). The application of these concepts needed to change to reflect the desires and expectations of the current working demographic. The ‘highly visible’ (Stanley & Wise 2000) feminist or women’s movements, particularly in developed countries throughout the past century, have allowed women to enjoy substantially increased levels of equality and the ability to enter male-dominated occupations which their predecessors could not. Modern philosophers such as Foucault and de Saussure (Kelemen & Rumens 2008) have been considering one facet of ‘poststructuralism’ (Tosi 2009, p. 263), leading to a new stream of though on the implications of language interpretation. Modern poststructuralist feminists such as McNay and Weedon (as cited in Kelemen & Rumens 2008) have been debating ways in which to instigate and enhance a shift from a male-centric organisation compositions towards...
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