...Assignment #5 – Dr. Judie Bucholz HRM 533- Total Rewards June 12, 2011 1. Is there a reasonable basis for believing that the company is discriminating against women? If so, explain what it is and if not, explain why not. I do believe that there is a reasonable basis for believing that Consolidated Chicken is discriminating against women because of the discrepancy that Sam found between the pay of women and men who performed the exact same job in the plant. He found that the women made only about 60% of what the men earned. He also discovered that while all of the office jobs were occupied by women, their pay was almost at the bottom of the pay grade. In the case of the office jobs, it may be difficult to claim discrimination because all of the pay is low and there are not any men in the area to which pay can be compared. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (DON’T KNOW HOW TO CITE LAW) indicates that compensation discrimination can only be applied to jobs that are within the same establishment. Therefore, the pay for the office staff cannot be compared to the pay of office staff at other businesses to determine if they are underpaid. On the other hand, pay discrepancy among the women and men in the plant do appear to be discriminatory based on the premises of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (DON’T KNOW HOW TO CITE LAW), which states that men and women must be provided equal pay for equal work within the same business. Therefore, with all things considered, it appears that this case definitely...
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...Running Head: Consolidated Chicken Products 1 Consolidated Chicken Product Dr. Sheila Monjeau Letica HRM533-Talent Management December 11, 2010 Consolidated Chicken Products 2 Is there a reasonable basis for believing that the company is discriminating against women? If so, explain what it is and if not, explain why not. There is a reasonable belief that the company is discriminating against women. Sam the personnel director had great concerns about this situation and he wanted to deal with the problem. There were only thirty women that worked in the production department while the other women worked in the position of secretaries. Sam spoke with John, Sr. about the pay discrepancy for the women in both departments, but John’s comments to Sam seem to be of no concern that the women were getting less pay than the men who were working side by side doing the same job in production. John said, “ that the women weren’t concern about what they were making because they were satisfied with what they were being paid, because the unemployment rate was at 25%” (WorldatWork, 2007). John, Sr. considered this was a fair rate of pay for their jobs. Is there reason to believe that women could file an equal pay lawsuit? If so, explain the reason and if not, explain why not. There is reason that the women could and should file an equal...
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...CONSOLIDATED CHICKEN PRODUCTS 1 Consolidated Chicken Products Total Rewards-HRM 533 June 11, 2011 Consolidated Chicken Products 2 Consolidated Chicken Products In today’s economy some jobs require practically no qualifications and no training. For example, a cashier in a supermarket hardly needs to know how to count: she/he just puts items on an optical reader; all subsequent operations are done by the cash register, which may even automatically give back any change owed. If one should observe an earning gap between males and females holding jobs of that type, it could only be the result of genuine wage discrimination. Sam Jones had looked forward to his new job at Consolidated Chicken Products. When he took the job as personnel director three months ago, it had all seemed so perfect. He never dreamed that he would face a decision that might cost him his job. The situation at CCP was that plant women workers doing the same job as men were paid lesser than the men and also, the women doing secretarial jobs were paid lesser than men. As a result of these issues, Sam Jones was faced with decisions on how he would make a change without having to lose his job. Is there a reasonable basis for believing that the company is discriminating against women? If so, explain what it is and if...
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...planned expansion of the chicken business as well as the feeds business. After having analyzed the financial ratios and SWOT of the company, it has been decided that it is better for the company not to push through with the expansion. Despite the promising increase in sales and net income, its inventory has been problematic as it showed an inverse relationship with its sales which is where we can trace back the deficit in its operating cash flows. It is recommended that the company seek better implementation of how it disposes it inventories as well as collect its receivables, find alternatives as how to handle increasing cost of production, and study its business environment. This could be the best alternatives that the company could do until they are in shape again to continue with expansion plans if the need arise again in the coming years. II. Point of View For this case, the point of view of the Vice President for Finance of First Farms Corporation (FFC) will be used. III. Case Context The First Farms Corporation started in the 1950s as a small animal feeds manufacturing plant with 15 employees in Caloocan. Since then, the company has expanded to other agribusiness products and set up nationwide facilities. The company experienced a massive growth in the 1990s as shown by the increase in revenues, net income and ROE. As of 1994, the corporation’s product line included fresh and frozen chickens, processed meats, animal health products and feeds. It was also...
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...Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Operations Management Group Final Project Outline Table of Contents I. Background of Kentucky Fried Chicken (Mehmet Kaptan) II. Operations management activities in details 1. Process Strategy and Capacity planning (Mehmet Kaptan) 2. Managing Quality (Alaa Tashkandi) 3. Project Management: Manpower planning, acquisition, and control (Yi-Chien Lee) 4. Scheduling (Yi-Chien Lee) 5. Location Strategy and Layout Planning (Yi-Chien Lee) 6. Material control (Yi-Chien Lee) 7. Aggregate Planning (Tsing-Hui Chen) 8. HR Strategy: Training and development for employees (Tsung-Hui Chen) 9. Supply Chain Management (Tsung-Hui Chen) 10. Design of Goods and Services (Alaa Tashkandi) III. Operations Management Problem 1 and Solutions (All members participate in discussion, consolidated by Alaa Tashkandi) IV. Operations Management Problem 2 and Solutions (All members participate in discussion, consolidated by Mehmet Kaptan) V. Conclusion (Tsung-Hui Chen) VI. Bibliography (All members) I. Background of Kentucky Fried Chicken (Mehmet Kaptan) Kentucky Fried Chicken as known as KFC is one of the most famous fast restaurant chains in the world with its over 17,000 outlets in 105 countries. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, the chain became an “American icon” with its specialization in fried chicken. As a subsidiary of “Yum! Brands” like Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, the company made an estimated...
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...to mind is inventory. How can a restaurant operate without taking into account inventory? Buffalo Wild Wing is a very unique restaurant that operates on providing wings and sports bar ambiance. In order to understand how they control inventory, there needs to be a specific identification. Specific Identification calls for identifying each item sold and each item in inventory; is used by companies that focus on selling inventories that will not be substantial and can be counted physically without incurring heavy costs for tracking individual inventory items. This is a good idea for Buffalo Wild Wings because they can keep track of the food inventory, but the disadvantages to this method involve income manipulation on similar or identical products sold at different prices in the course of the accounting cycle. Never the less, some advantages would include the precise cost flow that is accurate with the actual physical purchase for each item. FIFO, LIFO, and Average Cost are type of Specific Identification. For this company, only one of these types will be discussed. In the perspective of FIFO (first-in, first-out), is a...
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...highly competitive environment, it is becoming increasingly difficult to differentiate one fast food outlet from another. Our main priority is to establish one outlet in Kuala Lumpur, preferably in one of prominent housing estate. Later, our effort will be a further development of more retail outlets in the surrounding area. House of Kebab will entice youngsters to bring their friends and family with our innovative environment and our main focus will be serving high-quality food at a great value. COMPANY SUMMARY House of kebab sells specially made shawarma sandwich-like wrap usually composed of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of meats and kebab which consist of thin slices cut from a cylindrical block of minced and seasoned meat or chicken, eaten in a roll of unleavened bread with fresh salad and sauce. The meat (usually lamb, chicken or beef) is grilled on a vertical, rotating spit. Our store will feature display cooking of our featured Turkish Kebab and Shawarma from cutting to frying. Our customers will also be able to read our in-house brochures in regards to all knowledge about Kebab and...
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...Case 25: KFC and the global fast-food industry (1) Using the five forces model, assess the strength of each force within the fast-food industry. The fast-food industry includes group of companies that are offering different products and services, which satisfy customers’ needs. These products and services might be considered as close substitutes for each other. Therefore, the critical task of managers is to analyze the competitive forces in the industry’s environment in order to identify the threats and opportunities that the firm can protect or get benefit from. Porter’s five forces model helps manager to identify and analyze the competitive force within the industry. This model stated that the increase in the strength of a particular force limits and reduces the ability of established companies to increase their prices and earn more profits. By using this model, managers would be able to identify new opportunities or threats that might affect their businesses’ operations. The five forces model includes the following: 1- Risk of entry by Potential competitors. Potential competitors are companies that are not currently operating and competing in a certain industry, but they are expected to enter the industry as they have the capability to compete with other companies if they choose. Potential competitors might face some difficulties or barriers that are formed by established companies that are already operating in the industry (incumbent companies) to discourage them...
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...contrast with evaluation of risk present considering bias of company risk measurement as well as assessment of risk applicable as determined from informal and third party sources. This report will specifically analyze risk in this way in regards to market risk, supply chain risk, country risk and environmental risk applicable to and disclosed by PPC. MARKET RISK PPC experiences significant to market risk in its operations. The following analyzes this risk in regards to its three main components: competitive rivalry, segments and seasonality. Competitive Rivalry PPC recognizes competition as a significant risk to its operations in its 2012 10-K. The company notes that the market remains fairly concentrated, with the four main chicken producers accounting for over 50% of the US industry’s market share. The company also discloses that it operates as the second largest in the US with a market share of 17.4%.1 As a result PPC discloses this market concentration and competitive rivalry as significant risk factors to the company. PPC does not disclose any additional data for the analysis of this risk in its 10-K. This is not uncommon, however given a company’s financials focus primarily on that company. According to informal company disclosures in PPC’s 2012 fiscal year-end earnings the company has seen significant improvement recently in its competitive positioning. According to Bill Lovette, COE of PPC, the company achieved its operational goal of attaining...
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...had reached $31 billion in 1996, but a new corporate strategy embarked upon in 1997 slimmed the company’s portfolio from a collection of fast-food restaurants, snack foods, and beverages to a sharply focused lineup of convenience foods and beverages. Between 1997 and 1999, CEO Roger Enrico spun off Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut as one independent, publicly traded company; created a stand-alone softdrink bottling business through an initial public offering; and entered additional snack and beverage categories with the acquisitions of Cracker Jack and Tropicana. Enrico’s focus on convenience foods and beverages placed PepsiCo in food and beverage categories that grew at twice the 2 percent industry growth rate and gave it a 2-to-1 market share lead over its nearest competitor in the convenience food and beverage industry. Roger Enrico and Quaker Oats Company’s CEO, Robert Morrison, jointly announced on December 4, 2000, that PepsiCo would acquire Quaker Oats. The move would combine PepsiCo’s 13 brands (with retail sales of more than $1 billion each) with Quaker’s market-leading Gatorade sports drinks and Quaker granola bars and hot breakfast products. The merger was approved by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in August 2001 and gave PepsiCo a platform to continue to lead the food and beverage industry not only in revenue growth but also in...
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...DHT-FT-2012-04-1 Ms.Zwen Chua Accounting in H&T Continuous Assessment 3 (Group Work) Team members: Vu Que Linh (1206009805) Andrian Hendro (1207009990) Giovanni Budianto (1110009123) Vania (1206009788) Pham Thuy Van (1204009616) Pham Thi Hoan Hao (1207009935) Maria Astrid K (1206009804) Huynh Ngoc Thanh Truc Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………….1 Presentation of financial statement of the past three years……........1 Identification of major ratios……………………………………..…..2 Sales trend justification……………………….………………………4 Buying or leasing………………………………………………………5 Accepting a special order……………………………………………..9 Appendix……………………………………………………………….10 1. Introduction Nowadays, fast food becomes an indispensable part in such a busy life. Mac Donald’s, KFC, Old Chang Kee and many others are familiar names with not only youngsters, kids but also adults. Many brands become global and well-known and one of which is Wendy’s. With the slogan “Now that’s better”, Wendy ‘s really make the fast food industry a little different with natural and fresh ingredients. That is why our group chooses Wendy’s as it become more and more popular. Wendy’s was first founded by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969. They gain customers because of their old fashioned style of serving. The edges of the burgers aren’t cut, leaving them as squares. Wendy’s attracted an immense number of customers. In fact the sales of Wendy’s exceeded burger king’s in 2011. Now, by having...
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...Sydney, 28th of April of 2011. Implement International Relationship Strategies Prof.: Marcus Bear Beef Market – Brazil x US . Juliano Goulart Cezar jgcezar@hotmail.com Summary: Title Page 1. Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 2. WORLD ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 3.1. Overview of Global Market ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 3.2. Mundial Herd, a brief report ………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 Table 1: World - cattle, major countries (million head) ………………………………………………………… 4 Table 2: Global Beef Production (thousand ton) …………………………………………………………………. 4 3.3. Export world beef and veal consumption and leading exporters. ………………………………… 5 Table 3: World - Exports of beef and veal, main countries (Thousand tones carcass equivalent) …………………………………………………………………………………… 5 3. BRAZIL ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 3.1. Cultural Facts – Brazil and the tradition od eating beef …………………………………………………5 3.2. Emerging Global Role …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 3.3. Foreign and Trade Policy ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 3.4. Brazilian Beef Market …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 Table 4: Data on the Brazilian Beef Market …………………………………………………………………………. 6 3.5. Brazilian Beef System …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7 3.6.1. Subsystem for Support ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7 ...
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...161-166, December 2010 ISSN 0031 - 7683 Waste Chicken Feather as Reinforcement in Cement-Bonded Composites Menandro N. Acda Department of Forest Products and Paper Science, College of Forestry and Natural Resources University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna 4031 Philippines This study investigated the use of waste chicken feather (barbs and rachis) as reinforcement in cement-bonded composites. A series of composite boards consisting of various proportions of waste feather, cement, sand, and chemical admixtures were prepared. Mix workability decreased significantly as the proportion by weight of feathers or ground feathers increased from 5% to 20%. Boards containing 5% to 10% fiber and/or ground feather by weight showed comparable strength and dimensional stability to commercial wood fiber-cement composites of similar thickness and density. Stiffness, flexural strength, and dimensional stability of the feather-cement boards decreased as the proportion of feathers was increased above 10%. Higher proportions of feather, however, showed significant reduction in modulus of elasticity (MOE) and modulus of rupture (MOR), and increased water absorption and thickness swelling after 24 hours of soaking in water. Key Words: Barbs, Chicken Feather, Cement Composites, Coupling Agent, Dimensional stability, Hygroscopicity, Keratin, Silane, Superplasticizer INTRODUCTION Chicken feathers are waste products of the poultry industry. Billions of kilograms of...
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...ISSN 0031 - 7683 Key Words: Barbs, Chicken Feather, Cement Composites, Coupling Agent, Dimensional stability, Hygroscopicity, Keratin, Silane, Superplasticizer *Corresponding author: mnacda@yahoo.com 161 Menandro N. Acda Waste Chicken Feather as Reinforcement in Cement-Bonded Composites Department of Forest Products and Paper Science, College of Forestry and Natural Resources University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna 4031 Philippines This study investigated the use of waste chicken feather (barbs and rachis) as reinforcement in cement-bonded composites. A series of composite boards consisting of various proportions of waste feather, cement, sand, and chemical admixtures were prepared. Mix workability decreased significantly as the proportion by weight of feathers or ground feathers increased from 5% to 20%. Boards containing 5% to 10% fiber and/or ground feather by weight showed comparable strength and dimensional stability to commercial wood fiber-cement composites of similar thickness and density. Stiffness, flexural strength, and dimensional stability of the feather-cement boards decreased as the proportion of feathers was increased above 10%. Higher proportions of feather, however, showed significant reduction in modulus of elasticity (MOE) and modulus of rupture (MOR), and increased water absorption and thickness swelling after 24 hours of soaking in water. INTRODUCTION Chicken feathers are waste products of the poultry industry. Billions...
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...[pic] TOPIC: Revenue Recognition CHAPTER LINK: Chapter 6 Boston Chicken, Inc.: No Chicken About Aggressive Franchising Boston Chicken, Inc. franchises and operates retail food service stores under the name “Boston Market” These stores specialize in fresh, convenient meals featuring home style entrees of chicken, turkey, ham, and meat loaf, as well as a variety of freshly prepared vegetables, salads, and other side dishes. It product line also includes sandwiches, soups, and holiday home replacement meals. The total number of stores in the Boston Market system increased from 83 on December 27, Year 12 to 829 on December 31, Year 15. Gross system-wide store revenues increased from $42.7 million during the Year 12 fiscal year to $792.9 million during the Year 15 fiscal year. Franchisees owned and operated all but three of the Boston Market stores open at the end of Year 15. The company retains ownership of three stores to test market new entrees, assess new operating procedures, and train employees. Area Developers The company relies on area developers to achieve rapid penetration of targeted markets. Area developers are independently owned companies to which Boston Market grants an exclusive franchise in a particular geographical area to develop and operate Boston Market stores. An experienced retail food-service veteran with substantial invested equity capital heads each firm that is an area developer. The company currently has 22 area developers. There...
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