...CHAPTER 4 CASE ANALYSES Introduction Kip Tindell, Garrett Boone and John Mullen first opened The Container Store on July 1, 1978. The Container Stores are full of boxes, racks and containers to help you organize your home or office. The company playfully uses the motto “Contain Yourself.” Their company culture is centered around an “employee first” culture and values its employees. The Container Store has never lost sight of its number one stakeholder and owes much of their success to that strategy. From the beginning, its founders created foundation principles based on spiritual and golden rule philosophies. The foundation principles serve as a reflection in how the company treats their employees and how they treat each other. Company president and CEO Kip Tindell declares, “A funny thing happens when you take the time to educate your employees, pay them well and treat them as equals; You end up with extremely motivated and enthusiastic people.” It is not surprising that the Container Store has been on Fortune’s magazine annual list of “100 Best Companies to Work For” for fifteen years. The Container Store has also been highlighted in “10 top perks from Best Companies 2014” because of their annual We Love Our Employees Day celebration. In addition, Melissa Reiff, COO and Director, was recently highlighted as an influential female business leader in Dallas. The Container Store’s top leadership team is made up of 75% women and companywide it is 64%. Organizational...
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...Exec Summary: W. W. Grainger, Inc. is recently thinking of redesigning the supply chain for shipments from China/Taiwan. The reason being as an obvious to reduce costs, lead times and to improve supply chain efficiency. The major issue identified was the lead time and a huge fixed overhead because of small shipments which then were consolidated by the company to make a full 40-feet container load. Through a thorough cost analysis and weightage of pros and cons of three alternatives, the team recommends to use an NVOCC (Non-Vessel operating common carrier) for small shipments which will lead to a lot lesser lead times and will help reduce costs as well. Along with this, the recommendation is also to increase packing efficiency for company’s already in use 20/40-feet containers. Currently the packing efficiency is 85%, and just by making it 95% the cost saving is $ 253,863.89 annually which will increase as total shipments are forecasted to grow by 15% for the next 5 years. Issues: The major issue identified in the case is to reduce the expenses on consolidated shipments from china overall increasing the supply chain efficiency. This issue is in fact more of an opportunity and the opportunity is to reduce the variable cost associated with the consolidated shipments as the estimated growth in shipments from China and Taiwan is 15% per year. This growth rate implies the cost reduction in consolidated shipments which is 11% of total will be contributed to profit margin. Inferred...
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...Project Scope Statement Project Name | Seitz Container Corporation | Project Number | | Project Manager | Janet Clark | Prioritization | | Owner(s) | Johann Seitz, Walter Seitz, Teri Seitz | Project Description | To meet increased competition by developing a long range strategic plan to meet increased competition that will enable the company to succeed like that of the past. Increasing presence in new markets and increasing sales while maintain leadership in the Midwest territory. | | Project Product | Seitz Containter Corporation manufactures small to medium size plastic bottles and containers. The idea of constructing a new plant in Huntsville, AL that will enable Seitz Container Corporation to increase their sales in the Alabama region and move from third in the market share to second. To obtain this position, Seitz will reduce their already reasonable transportation costs in an effort to grab this market sector. | | Project Deliverables | As a direct result of increase production efficiency and aggressive marketing campaigns, Seitz is now a leader in the western market and plans for construction of new plant in Huntsville, AL was approved. The authorization to spend 2mil has a target date of June 2010 for completion of the plant and its first shipment out. The plant has to be ready by the end of 2009, the desired started date for the project is slated for April 17, 2009. | | Project Objectives | To double the total sales within the next...
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...Chapter III: Methodology A. Gathering of Materials Kamias (Averrhoa bilimbi) fruits will be collected from backyard trees in Minalin, Pampanga, and Candaba, Pampanga, respectively. 9 Cockroaches will be purchased on____. The researchers will also be needing, __ml of distilled water, sanitized containers and spray bottles. B. Preparation Prior to the Extraction First the researchers will look for kamias trees in places where the trees grow the most. After the right tree has been found and the needed amount of Kamias fruits is collected, they will wash them thoroughly with clean tap water. Lastly, they will put it in a cleaned and sanitized container. C. Extraction The researchers will go to the Department of Science and Technology - SACOP. __ Grams of cleaned Kamias fruits will be brought for extraction and will produce __ grams of Oxalic acid. D. Cockroach Killer Spray Making The researchers will combine the _ grams of Oxalic Acid that was extracted from the Kamias fruits with _ mL of distilled water in a clean container after the extraction. Then, the cockroach killing agent produced will be placed in a sterilized spray container. E. Testing of Cockroach Killer Spray The researchers will ask the assistance of a veterinarian in the testing of the cockroach killing agent produced. There will be 3 set ups prepared. Set up A will have 3 cockroaches only, this will serve as the negative control; Set up B will have the same number of cockroaches, more so, a commercialized...
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...|Name | | Consider the scenario outlined below and answer the questions in the spaces provided. Hand in your completed work to your trainer. Your work at a busy hospital requires you to handle specimens every day. Part 1 Over the course of a year, the following incidents occur. Now you must decide, for each: • Was this a risk? • If so, why? • What was your best option in responding to the situation? When you pick up a saliva sample, you notice the label on the jar has a stain on it and is slightly damp. |Risk? |Cross-contamination, risk of infection through droplets, unsterile sample | |Why? |The wet area could be infectious through the droplets | |Action |Place it in a bag, label the bag and report the findings. Double bag the specimen. | When you pick up a urine sample, it appears clean, properly prepared and appropriately labelled, but the jar is not quite full and there appears to be a small amount of dried residue on the bench beside it. |Risk? |Cross infection of body fluids | |Why? |The work bench is soiled ...
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...Keep your lunch ultra protected with this heavy-duty tactical lunch box. It's made from durable Cordura to hold up against wear and tear, and it features waterproof interior padding to keep spills and other messes from ruining your day. The back surface has MOLLE webbing and two smaller, removable pouches that are the perfect size for emergency snacks, condiments and other small items you need access to quickly. This hot and cold lunch box also comes with a Tactical Nourishment Pack (resealable snack pouch) already included. You'll also find a 12 oz matte black Thermos, so you're ready to keep soups, coffee and other liquids hot and delicious. The back pouch is the ideal size for holding your devices, including an iPad mini, or for folded paper...
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...Stock Cutting problems This problem is used both to illustrate the need for good modelling, when the problem size increases the model does not increase exponentially in size, and the use of a Knapsack formulation in modelling a problem from a different area. The roll of paper shown in diagram 1 is to be cut into smaller rolls to satisfy customer demand. [pic] For example: The width of a roll is given by w = 20 and there is a demand for rolls of the size:- 6. rolls of width 3 9. rolls of width 7, and 11 rolls of width 9 The first model to represent this problem, starts by listing, as variables, all the possible cut patterns. |Number of 9 widths |Number of 7 widths|Number of 3 widths |Waste |Number of rolls cut | |cut |cut |cut | |to pattern | |2(9 | | |2 |U | |1(9 |1(7 |1(3 |0 |V | |1(9 | |3(3 |2 |W | | |2(7 |2(3 |0 |X | | |1(7 |4(3 |1 |Y | | | |6(3 ...
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...0013409石婉甄 1.3-20 a.select 3 vertices from A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H in C(8,3) ways,so there are 56 ways b.select 4vertices from A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H in C(8,4 ways,so there are70ays c.total polygons 28-C(8,0)-C(8,1)-C(8,2)=219 1.3-25 b.4!0!2!=12 1.4-12 a.x1+x2+x3+x4+x5+x6=39,xi≧0,1≦i≦6.there are C(6+39-1,39)=C(44,39) b.let yi=xi+3 1≦i≦5 y1+y2+y3+y4+y5≦54,yi≧0,C(6+54-1,54)=C(59,54) 1.4-19 r=4,nested for loop,so1≦m≦k≦j≦i≦20,we are making selections,with repetition of size r=4 from a collection of size n=20,=>C(23,4) 1.4-23 a.put one object into each container,then there are m-n identical object to place into distinct containersC(n+(m-n)-1,m-n)=C(m-1,m-n)=C(m-1,n-1) b. put r object into each container. The remaining m-rn object canbe distributed among n distinct containers C(n+(m-rn)-1,m-rn)=(m-1+(1-r)n,n-1) 1.4-28 a.x1 1s followed by x2 0s followed by x3 1s followed by x4 0s followed by x5 1s followed by x6 0s,where x1+x2+x3+x4+x5+x6=n, x1,x6≧0 x2,x3,x4,x5>0 =>y1+y2+y3+y4+y5+y6=n-4,where yi≧0 for1≦i≦6 The number is C(6+(n-4)-1,n-4)=C(n+1,n-4)=C(n+1,5) b. for n≧6,x1 1s followed by x2 0s followed by x3 1s followed by x4 0s followed by x5 1s followed by x6 0s…followed by x8 0s,where x1+x2+x3+x4+x5+x6+x7+x8=n, x1,x8≧0,x2,x3..x7>0 =>y1+y2+y3+y4+y5+y6+y7+y8=n-6,where yi≧0,for 1≦i≦8 The number is C(8+(n-6)-1,n-6)=C(n+1,n-6)+C(n+1,7) c.2nstring in total n+1 strings where there are k 1s followed by n-k 0s for k=0,1,2…3.there are no o1s in n+1 strings, 2^n-(n+1)= 2^n-C(n+1...
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...the main menu type "nada" this enables cheats...Apparently? In the game type these codes: - Allgod=god mode for you and your team Allammo=Infinite ammo easy=Easy difficulty ewww=Kill all enemies Submitted By: Karo Bonas Helicopter Crash Entry Location: In boarder crossing get past the first complex and carry on down the road it should say that there is a helicopter on its way get to a safe place and when its out of range follow it it should start to descend and it will hit the ground and bounce into landing position trust me its funny Submitted By: craig Re-Supply Hint Entry Location: In the 8th level (Re-supply), When u get out of the truck, just run straight without stopping. U will see some big green containers placed near the wall. Get on top of one of it with the help of the wooden box kept in between. When u r on top, try to jump above the wall with ur mouse pointer a little up. Try it a few times and u will be able to jump above the wall and get outside. Ur first objective will be complete without going in the building and not even killing anyone. Submitted By: DaViD jOnEs -...
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...and Suggested solution 11 VI. Illustration and Suggested solution (Without Retained crates and closing balance on premises) 14 VII. Purpose of keeping separate accounts for containers 18 VIII. Uses of Container accounts 18 IX. Recommendations 19 References 20 1.1. OBJECTIVES This paper is intended to educate the audience on the following: * To know the nature of Containers and the general background; * To know the operation, accounting arrangements and application of container; * Terminologies and accounting entries of Container account; * Account required and formats of Container accounts; * Illustrations on Container accounts with or Without Retained...
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...Saturday March 12, 2011 Growing demand for tiffin carriers Brisk sales since Jan 1 anti-plastic ruling TIFFIN carriers are selling like hot cakes due to the Penang Government’s No Free Plastic Bags policy. Sellers have been enjoying brisk business since Jan 1 when the state government implemented the policy on a daily basis. Tan Saw Bee, who has been selling tiffin carriers for the last 20 years in Sungai Dua and the Chowrasta Market, said she could sell up to 25 tiffin carriers when business was good. “Of course, there are times when I only have two people purchasing them in a day. Still, the number of people buying them has been increasing,” she said. Tan, 55, said the single-tiered stainless steel lunch box, that could also maintain the heat of food kept inside, was gaining popularity. “It is one of the most sellable items among my tiffin carriers. Customers find it convenient especially for takeaways that come with soup. “They can also eat from the lunch box without having to pour them into any bowl,” she said, adding that these lunch boxes were sold from RM15 to RM17 each. Another seller Ch’ng Ah Sim, 34, said more people were going back to the olden days when people carried tiffin carriers for takeaways. “The sales of tiffin carriers have significantly improved, particularly those that can maintain the heat of the food,” she said. Apart from the lunch box, Ch’ng said customers also purchased those in two tiers, three tiers and four...
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...The Effects of Plastic Bags on Environmentt * | * The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really quite devastating. While there are many objections to the banning of plastic bags based solely on their convenience, the damage to the environment needs to be controlled. * There is no way to strictly limit the effects of plastic bags on the environment because there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. While reusing them is the first step, most people either don't or can't based on store policies. They are not durable enough to stand up to numerous trips to the store so often the best that citizens can do is reuse them when following pooper scooper laws. * The biggest problem with this is that once they have been soiled the end up in the trash, which then ends up in the landfill or burned. Either solution is very poor for the environment. Burning emits toxic gases that harm the atmosphere and increase the level of VOCs in the air while landfills hold them indefinitely as part of the plastic waste problem throughout the globe. * Plastic Bag Litter * Even when citizens try to manage their plastic bag disposal wind plays a role in carrying them away as litter. This litter is not biodegradable and thus where it lands it tends to stay for long period of time. A bag that is eventually ripped to shreds from high winds or other factors doesn't disappear but instead is spread in smaller amounts throughout the area. This can cause...
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...is a mass produced chemical used in the manufacture of plastics 2.3 Billion tonnes every year by FDA (Food & Drug Administration of USA). It is found in plastic food and drink packaging, such as baby bottles and sports bottles, and as a liner in canned food and drinks and storage containers (drinking water bottles, polysterene). European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has reported that exposure to the chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) could damage health, particularly among vulnerable groups such as babies and pregnant women.Bisphenol-A (BPA) is the chemical in plastic which can mimic the action of natural human hormones (Female hormone). These foreign hormones can upset normal hormonal balance, stimulate the growth and development of reproductive tumors (breast, uterine, prostate), impair fertility (in males- lower sperm count), and disrupt pregnancy. Worse, many can cross the placenta to affect the fetus and get into breast milk. REDUCE buying plastic made food container. Switch to a stainless steel or glass refillable water bottle for personal use. Avoid heating food in plastic containers (microvawe). Buy fresh food instead of canned foods. Avoid all clear, hard shell plastic reusable containers. Do not freeze plastic water bottle with water as this can release carcinogens to the water. Avoid polystyrene packaging. In conclusion, plastics are not as promising as it was once...
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...Dermavescent Laboratories I. Summary of Facts A. Market - Women's personal-care products 1. Methods of shaving a. Electric shavers b. Blade and razor shavers 2. Factors of shaving a. Seasons of the year b. Frequency of shaving 3. Trends in shaving a. Attitudes towards shaving b. Market size 4. Economic market a. Monopolistic Competition b. Many sellers with a range of prices B. Product 1. Dermavescent Laboratories Products a. Soft and Silky shaving gels b. Hand/Body lotions, facial creams and women’s toiletries 2. Benefits a. Core - Assist with removing hair b. Protection against skin problems and razor bumps c. Limits dry skin by using moisturizer d. Makes shaving easier by using a sticky thick cream e. Some gels are scented, which allows for a clean smell and feel 3. PLC a. Maturity Stage b. Slowed growth in sales with intensified competition C. Price 1. Retailers receive a 40% margin on the suggested retail selling price 5.5-ounce tube: $3.95 * 40% = $1.58 ($3.95 - $1.58 = $2.37) 5.5-ounce aerosol: $3.50 * 40% = $1.40 ($3.50 - $1.40 = $2.10) 10-ounce aerosol: $4.25 * 40% = $1.70 ($4.25 - $1.70 = $2.55) 2. Wholesalers receive a 20% margin on suggested retail price 5.5-ounce tube: $3.95 * 20% =$0 .79 ($3.95 - $.79 = $3.16) 5.5-ounce aerosol: $3.50 * 20% = $0.70 ($3.50 - $.70 = $2.80) 10-ounce aerosol:...
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...and Suggested solution 11 VI. Illustration and Suggested solution (Without Retained crates and closing balance on premises) 14 VII. Purpose of keeping separate accounts for containers 18 VIII. Uses of Container accounts 18 IX. Recommendations 19 References 20 1.1. OBJECTIVES This paper is intended to educate the audience on the following: * To know the nature of Containers and the general background; * To know the operation, accounting arrangements and application of container; * Terminologies and accounting entries of Container account; * Account required and formats of Container accounts; * Illustrations on Container accounts with or Without Retained...
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