...⌂ 首頁 Wa ⚙ 服務中心 按「?」以瞭解鍵盤快速鍵。 Columbia 人員 long yu lam 收件人 kam shek yuen chow K Ho 我 Problem Recognition Key account lost had been lost, delays, employee complaints and employee safety concerns. Situational Analysis Strength: Columbia Industries, Inc. is the largest manufacturer of code-approved products to Construction industry. CI utilizes a large network of specialized distributors, supply houses, and mass merchandisers to sell its products. Weakness: CI relies a lot on a few lift trucks that are old and often broken down. Work efficiency and business growth is being affected by its current fleet of truck lifts that under perform. Stakeholders have different criteria’s to be met which may greatly affect decision making. Opportunity: The market demand for Columbia Industries’ products is increasing. CI has the opportunity to capitalize on several great offerings from companies offering lift trucks. Threat: The demand and sales for Columbia Industries’ products may decrease if economic and market condition changes such as economic downturn and new entry of potential competitors. The lift trucks from their respective companies all have cons that required great consideration, as the truck may never satisfy all necessary requirements, as well as costs are considerably high. Problem Definition How can Columbia Industries make the right decision in regards to acquiring better lift trucks? The malfunction and unstable reliability of CI’s lift trucks is...
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...demographic structure, socio-economic changes, the development of new information and communication technologies, the new knowledge society and the debate over the role of education, of human capital and of scientific research in our societies (Fram & Camp, 1995). These changes together with a questioning of the functionality and performance of university institutions, an increase of society’s expectations with respect to the performance of public universities, as well as an increase in the demands of the various users of these services have resulted in a concern to improve the quality of teaching, research and all services that a university provides (Capelleras & Veciana, 2001). Higher education is increasingly recognized as a service industry, placing greater emphasis on meeting the expectations and needs of its participating customers, who are the students. According to Astin (1993), just like any form of business, factors related to satisfaction levels and students’ perceptions of quality will attract and retain students. Satisfaction is defined as being a consequence of the expectations and experiences of the subject and/or course. In academic settings, students’ satisfaction data helps colleges and universities make their curriculum more responsive to the needs of a changing marketplace (Eyck, Tews & Ballester, 2009; Witowski, 2008). Students’ satisfaction surveys are important in ascertaining whether colleges and universities are fulfilling their mission....
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...Case #1 Columbia Industries Inc. Centennial School of Business B2B Marketing & Channel Management BUSN-301-001 Columbia Industries, Inc. Columbia Industries is one of highly established, largest manufacturing of code- approved products. It was started in 1948 in British Columbia. Columbia Industries went on to flourish and in 1194 opened a branch in Toronto. They then decided to globally expand opening a new branch in Los Angeles. In 1997, the company faced a problem which needed to be addressed quickly and as soon as possible. 1. Problem Identification: In 1999, the plant manager, industrial engineer and the plant engineer recommended to the company’s general manager that they require 7 new lift trucks. Lift trucks were essential at the warehouse as they are used to move heavy objects from one place to another. The issue with the old lift trucks were that there were safety concerns and one of the driver had recently experienced a near accident while working. Another reason for the requirement of the new lift trucks is that the Vancouver plant has experienced a rapid sale and demand in the past few years. But because of the unavailability of proper lift trucks, the company were unable to address the customer’s needs in the given time and eventually had to lose valuable customers. Therefore, Columbia Industries require 7 new truck lifts which has the ability to do the job and provide a very reliable service. They should also consider the cost of these lift...
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...Caroline Lumb The name Columbia for "America" (in the sense of "European colonies in the New World") first appeared in 1738[1][2] in the weekly publication of the debates of the British Parliament in Edward Cave's The Gentleman's Magazine. Publication of Parliamentary debates was technically illegal, so the debates were issued under the thin disguise of Reports of the Debates of the Senate of Lilliput, and fictitious names were used for most individuals and placenames found in the record. Most of these were transparent anagrams or similar distortions of the real names; some few were taken directly from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels; and a few others were classical or neoclassical in style. Such were Ierne for Ireland, Iberia for Spain, Noveborac for New York (from Eboracum, the Roman name for York), and Columbia for America—at the time used in the sense of "European colonies in the New World".[3] The name appears to have been coined by Samuel Johnson, thought have been the author of an introductory essay (in which "Columbia" already appears) which explained the conceit of substituting "Lilliputian" for English names; Johnson also wrote down the Debates from 1740 to 1743. The name continued to appear in The Gentleman's Magazine until December 1746. Columbia is an obvious calque on America, substituting the base of the surname of the discoverer Christopher Columbus for the base of the given name of the somewhat less well-known Americus Vespucius. As the debates of Parliament...
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.... 1 II. Columbia’s Past and Current Strategies..................................................................................... 2 Past Strategies.......................................................................................................................... 2 Current Mission and Vision Statement.................................................................................... 2 New Mission and Vision Statement ........................................................................................ 3 III. SWOT and Environmental Analysis......................................................................................... 3 Columbia SWOT Analysis ...................................................................................................... 3 Columbia SWOT Matrix ......................................................................................................... 4 Cabela's SWOT Matrix............................................................................................................ 4 Patagonia SWOT Matrix ......................................................................................................... 5 Lululemon SWOT Matrix ....................................................................................................... 5 Under Armour SWOT Matrix ................................................................................................. 5 Marmot SWOT Matrix ....
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...hailed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" in 1941 when it was finished being built. It blocks the Columbia River with 12 million cubic yards of concrete, and spreads over a mile wide with the height of a 46-story building all holding back a 150-mile long reservoir called Lake Roosevelt. The dam produces more kilowatts than any other dam in the United States. The Grand Coulee was only part of the Columbia Basin Project that included four additional dams, three reservoir lakes, and approximately 2,300 miles of irrigation canals all making their way through a half a million acres of desert. It has been deemed as the largest public works project that has had the greatest impact on the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. But, the social and environmental costs were severe that the Grand Coulee Dam more than likely could not be built today. The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) hired folksinger Woody Guthrie in May 1941, to promote the federal dams on the Columbia River. The issue was who should build the dams: private power companies or the federal government. The power companies had a stable of influential lobbyists. The government had Guthrie, whose generation felt the undammed river was a resource going to waste. Guthrie earned $266.66 and spent the month traveling around the Columbia Basin writing 26 songs in 30 days. The most famous of these is "Roll on Columbia, Roll On," sung to the tune of "Goodnight Irene" which was later adopted as the state song for Washington...
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...re-organization, which was due to economic conditions. Under the British Columbia employment law it states that an employment contract cannot become frustrated as a result of foreseeable problems, such as an employers economic difficulty. The second test for wrongful dismissal is an employee must prove that there was no inadequate notice or severance given. Martin was given on the spot notice that he was being terminated but he was given 1-month worth of salary in lieu of severance. We believe the one months worth of salary Martin received was unfair amount. In the similar common law case Deacon v. MacMillan Bloedel Limited, the court dealt with a problem where economic downturns in the forestry industry led to lay-offs. The court decided that the cyclical downturn was a factor that reduced the availability of similar employment, thereby required an increase in the notice period. Another factor that we believe supports Martin being wrongfully believed is that a consulting company on behalf of Talco contacted Martin and informed his about this new position they were seeking applicants for. Martin was very interested in this position because it was a chance to increase his salary and grow in his career. If the consulting firm hadn’t contacted Martin he wouldn't have known about this new opportunity therefore he wouldn't have applied for the position. In a similar case Robertson v. Weavexx Corporation the british Columbia court of appeal found that a dismissed employee was entitled to...
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...Business Environment 1 Final Essay 2014 – 2015 Section 1: PEST Analysis Technique * Section 1.1 Social environment is the sign of the human spirit civilization and material civilization’s development. On the basis of the natural environment, through long-term conscious social labor, human beings have been processing and transforming the natural material and then social environment was formed. Social environment as one of the external environment factors has a great influence on business. With lasting changes in social environment that will cause demand of human beings for new products. (Haider, 2010) As a result, social environment will give marketing a new guidance. And demographic and cultural will be included as two main factors in social environment. Demographic is to gather people in groups that share with same common criteria. Because of the variables of demographic, demographic is divided in many parts. Such as age, gender, income, race, religion. (Naik, 2013) Cultural is the values and ideologies of a particular group of individuals. And it consists of languages, regions, habits, arts and so on. (Zimmermann, 2015) Besides, both demographic and cultural have direct link with marketing. Demographic will direct determine the potential capacity of the market. What’s more, the structure of population age and the level of education will have profound influence on market structure. Due to different cultural will cause different consumption concept, so cultural will affect...
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...Columbia, Dick’s, and Sportswear Financial Analysis Lynnette Villarreal Webster University Abstract This paper will address a financial comparison analysis for three like sportswear companies—Columbia Sportswear Company, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Big 5 Sporting Goods, Corporation. The analysis is conducted by leveraging three kinds of financial statistics used to spot issues in companies’ financial information—common size analysis and ratio analysis. The following is a synopsis of the three companies and their financial comparison. It will provide financial data that managers use to keep alert of anything that should be reporting to there top director of the company. Executive Summary The FINC 5880 course is charged to do a financial comparison of three for profit organizations that are publicly traded. Yahoo Finance will be used to retrieve the latest financial for the three companies. This study will compare and contrast the companies by providing background information. Financial statements provide businesses with the basic tools for determining how well their operations perform at all times. Many entrepreneurs do not appreciate that financial statements have a value that goes further than their use as supporting documents to loan applications and tax returns (Gitman, 2006). These statements are concise reports designed to summarize financial activities for specific periods. Owners and managers can use financial statement analysis to assess the past and...
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...day. Ricker will sign autographs as well as meet her fans. We believe the publicity gained for our business will justify the generous donation. Tourists who have the opportunity to rent from any company will likely choose to rent from Summit because of the rare opportunity to meet an Olympic hero. As for advertising we will publish a high quality brochure which will be placed in the tourist information centre as well as hotel lobbies and the airport. Summit will have two sets of 25,000 brochures printed. These brochures will be custom designed to be printed in the shape of a mountain peak. Our biggest marketing expenditure will be our billboard advertising. Tourism Kelowna statistics indicate that 22% of tourists were from British Columbia. The majority of these tourists would have driven to the area, which is why we chose to use billboard advertising. This will inform tourists of our rental services which will give us an early exposure advantage over our competition. We will lease space two billboards at the side of highway 97 at each end of the city. This is the reason why we chose to advertise on the highways. The majority of these tourists would have driven to the area, which is why we chose to use billboard advertising Located in the Okanagan valley, Kelowna is within a one hour drive of three popular ski destinations including Silver Star and Big White. The region is also home to exceptional mountain biking including the nearby 455 KM Kettle Valley Rail trail....
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...made everyday and where people don't rely on there family's background to survive. Canada is also known for its beautiful lakes and mountains. Canada also has a large population of caribou, deer, and moose. Canada covers most of the North American continent. The second largest country in the world is Canada. (infoplease.com) (Wylie) Canada is known for it's large forests and beautiful waterfalls. The Great Lakes are the most famous lakes in Canada. There is also great bear lake one of the most largest and pristine lakes in the world. The St. Lawrence plain covers most of southern Quebec and Ontario. They are separated by a forested plateau rising from lakes superior and Huron. (Wylie) Westward toward the pacific most of British Columbia, the Yukon, and part of western Alberta are covered by parallel mountain ranges. The west coast of the forest Callaway 2 range has a lot of fjords and channels. The two main river systems in Canada are the Mackenzie and the St. Lawrence. The worlds most northerly sand dunes are in Athabasca Provincial park in northwest Saskatchewan. (Wylie) (McAdam) Canada has more lakes than any other country combined. 2.4 million caribou live in Canada. Thirty one percent of Canada is taken up by forests. The longest coastline in the world is located in Canada. Twenty percent of the worlds freshwater is in Canada. The biggest tides in the world can't be found in the bay of fundy Canada. There are ten territories and three provinces in Canada...
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...Section I: Opening Statement “Petroleum production and use is fundamental to our current way of life” (Environment Canada, 2011) We will be arguing in favour of British Columbia supporting the construction of the Northern Gateway Pipeline. Throughout our brief, we will provide several arguments reinforcing our position. In addition to the questions provided by the Hearing Panel, we found it extremely important and pertinent to address economic implications of the construction and functioning of the pipeline. For this reason, these elements will be discussed in Section IV of our brief. We chose to omit a couple of Questions of Analysis in favour of expanding on others that we felt were more relevant and necessary to our argument. We hold the belief that the potential benefits of the Northern Gateway Pipeline outweigh the potential costs; reasons for which will become evident in this written submission. Section II: Questions of Fact: Answered 1. Will the pipeline be running above or below ground? The vast majority of the pipeline will be buried up to a meter underground. The only exceptions will be select water crossings where it is safer to run the pipeline above the water crossing. (Enbridge Northern Gateway Project, 2013) 2. What is the lifespan of the project? The project will have a lifespan of 30 years (Enbridge Northern Gateway Project). 3. What is being transported in the pipeline? There are 2 pipelines. One is the oil pipeline and the other is the condensate...
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... Her mother always reminded her that the best way to have an independent life was to establish her own business someday. Hazel, a brilliant young lady, graduated from the Bergen School for Girls in New Jersey. In 1925, she was accepted into Barnard College in New York. She completed a pre-med program and graduated four years later with a bachelor's degree. Hazel persisted her medical studies at Columbia University to follow her career. In October, a stock market crash and economic depressions occurred, and this intruped her plans for medical school. She searched for a job, and she recieved the opportunity to work at the New York State Psychiatric Hospital and Institute in New York to become a biochemical technician, where she conducted routine analyses of medical samples. Hazel dedicated her time to skin care research, and she loved dabbling in cosmetics. In her kitchen, she created her own laboratory and invented products, such as an acne cream. In 1935, Hazel moved up to become a research assistant to Dr. A. Benson Cannon, a highly recommended dermatologist at the Columbia University Medical Center. Hazel started working for the Standard Oil Development Company in 1942, as a organic chemist, where she designed fuels for airplans and helped create a new form of gasoline for bombers during World War II. Three years past, and Hazel switched to the Socony Vaccum Oil Company, but her work remained the same....
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...teaching poem goes. Three hundred years later, in 1792, Lt. William Broughton explored the Columbia River. He is credited for naming the geography along the Columbia River. Under President Thomas Jefferson’s instructions, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark undertook the further exploration of the Columbia River working from the East to the West, ending where Lt. Broughton had started. The map from the British gave them an idea of what to expect. Thirteen years later, Lewis and Clark would see the same landscape, make a new map, and give some of the places that Lt. Broughton had already named new names. On October 29, 1805, Lewis and Clark discovered a stream on the south banks of the Columbia and called it the Labeasche River after one of their members, Private Francois Labiche. It is near this glacial river that the current site of Hood River is found. The river itself has changed names twice to become Hood River. It was called Dog River for a while after some pioneers became stranded here and had to eat a dog for sustenance. It was again changed to Hood River with time and the name Dog River given to a small stream upriver. The name Hood being from the mountain that was given the name by Lt. Broughton honoring Lord Hood of the British Admiralty. The area first appears on a map as early as 1856. In the narrative of their travels, Lewis and Clark record houses along the Columbia River from The Dalles to the East. These settlements were often no more than four or five...
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...after NY Post journalist Larry Brooks wrote a column about a hockey fight in Vancouver containing allegations about manager Brian Burke which he claimed to be untrue. The column was published in the paper and also appeared in its website. What’s interesting about this case is that a British Columbia court faced a defamation action against a U.S. publisher. The court held that it could properly exercise jurisdiction and apply local law because it was foreseeable that Burke would bring suit in the forum. This foreseeability determination rested on two findings. First, Burke had an established reputation in British Columbia. Second, it was foreseeable that a British Columbian audience would be interested in plaintiff's online newspaper column, regardless of whether the foreign publisher intended to address that audience. When combined with the strong cross-border reputation of the defendant's newspaper (the New York Post) and its sports columnist (Larry Brooks), these facts, the court held, made it foreseeable that the online posting of the story would be read in British Columbia by both ordinary readers and the by British Columbia media -- even if no paper editions were sold in British Columbia. This case helped re-frame the "here, there (and everywhere)" narrative as an engagement in legally inscribing wider borders around the relevant online community regardless of geographic territory -- that is, to be defining the relevant public as that with which a defendant's Internet activity...
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