... |Commentary： | |1. “ There is never a single way to design anything, however, |1. This quote is very encouraging to me because when I meet | |and just as there are alternate ways to fold a piece of paper |something frustrated, I always believe that there are some | |into an envelope, so there are alternate ways to make paper |manners to figure out the problem. For example, when I did the| |bags”. |math question, there is definitely have two or three ways to | | |solve the problems and get the same answers. In my point of | | |view, the author keep reminding his main idea “there is no | | |perfect thing on the design”, that’s why people, designers or | | |inventors can have the space to improve their design or | |Chapter 8：Design out of a Paper Bag |things. Under the circumstances, there always come out the new| |SMALL THINGS CONSIDERED |things and new ideas to promote their product, design and so | |（Why there is no perfect design）by Henry Petroski |on. | |, P. 100 ...
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...An Introduction to the Design of Mobile Robots SCI 110 South Seattle Community College Fall Quarter 2012 Instructor: Rick Downs, PhD Office: RS 191 Phone Number: 934-6890 Email: rick.downs@seattlecolleges.edu Office Hours: Monday - Thursday: 7:20 - 7:45 am; 2:15 – 3:00 pm Course web site: https://sites.google.com/a/southseattle.edu/rick-downs-sci-110/ Meeting Times: Monday – Thursday from 12:00 - 1:40 pm Location: OLY 200 A. Course Description This course is an introduction to engineering design through the design, construction and programming of mobile robots. Students will work in teams to solve a series of problems that are of increasing complexity by designing and constructing robots from kits and programming their controllers to perform the assigned tasks. No previous computer or engineering knowledge is assumed. Enrollment is limited to 24 students. B. Method of Instruction This is a project-based course where students work in teams on a series of focused exercises that will incrementally introduce them to design issues related to mechanics, sensors, motors, and control of an autonomous mobile robot. Lectures will be used to provide students with the necessary background knowledge prior to their work in the laboratory. We will form groups of three students at the beginning of the quarter. Groups will stay together for the first three projects and then new groups will be formed in the 4th week and the 7th week. To get the most out of this...
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...AMERICAN MILITARY UNIVERSITY Charles Town, West Virginia PROPOSAL FOR RESEARCH PAPER MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY & MANAGEMENT 2010 I propose to the Research Paper Professor a study of the following topic to be conducted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Policy & Management: Does global warming explain the relationship between the growing U.S. population and the rising average temperature in the U.S.? Purpose Statement The purpose of this study is to test the theory of global warming that relates the U.S. population growth to the average temperature increase in the U.S. The independent variable will be the rapidly growing U.S. population. The dependent variable will be the average climate increase in the U.S. The populations will be broken down into each individual state. Average temperature will be broken down into each individual state to get a clearer picture, since each state can have varying results with their relationships between population and temperature. This research project hopes to explain the growing U.S. population as the primary cause of the rising average temperature in the U.S. through the theories of global warming. Statement of the Problem or Research Question(s) Does global warming explain the relationship between the growing U.S. Population and the rising average temperature in the U.S.? The rising average temperature...
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...fgeorge@clemson.edu Lecture 6. Page 4 of 27 History of QFD Originally developed by Yoji Akao of Tokyo in 1966. First implemented at the Kobe Shipyard of Mitsubishi in 1972. Subsequently adopted by Toyota and other Japanese Firms. First QFD Training outside Japan at GM and Ford in 1972. Later by other companies around the world fgeorge@clemson.edu Lecture 6. Page 5 of 27 QFD : QUALITY FUNCTION DEVELOPMENT GOAL: •Recognize the correlations between the customer requirements and the product characteristics •Identify the product characteristics that affect specific customer requirements •Recognize the correlations within the engineering characteristics fgeorge@clemson.edu Lecture 6. Page 6 of 27 QFD : QUALITY FUNCTION DEVELOPMENT Paper by Hauser and Clausing in Harvard Business Review 1988 prompted the introduction of the Japanese House of Quality into US companies. Quality: • Basic (unspoken, assumed) expected, typical • Performance (spoken) one dimensional, market research results • Excitement (unspoken, the customer does not know s/he wants it) pleasant, surprises or delights...
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...many such systems fail, costing organisations dearly. In fact in the USA more than 50% of such systems are either partial or total failures. Clearly a company takes on a significant risk when embarking on the development of an IS. Information systems role in the organisation Information systems main role in organisations is a support function; systems don’t exist for their own sake. The nature of an IS is that it is a function supporting people taking purposeful action. A good ISD process needs to examine the ways in which people in the organisation perceive their world. The key point is that meanings and purposes is essential in order to arrive at the right system which will support the data processing. (Checkland & Holwell, 1998:110-113) Figure: SCRUM Agile Process for Globally Distributed Teams The history of systems development Systems development was seen in the earlier years as a predominantly practical, technical process that led to a problem-solving philosophy accepted by computer professionals as a purely technical process aimed at solving problems which are defined in mostly technical terms. This mechanistic bias in the systems development process can be the leading factor in information systems failure. (Maguire, 2000:232-236) Agile Development The philosophy of agile development The philosophy of agile is defined in a Manifesto. In this Manifesto the values are outlined that should be in agile development. These values state that individuals and...
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...construction, and contingencies: Getting the horse before the PowerPoint cart. Business Communication Quarterly, 67(1). Retrieved from Business Source Premier database. Lopker, G., & Askeland, R. (2009). Presentation design. T+D, 63(3). Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database. Assignment Type: Individual Project Deliverable Length: Research Paper + at least 15 PowerPoint slides Points Possible: 110 Due Date: 1/20/2013 11:59:59 PM CT You are the newly appointed President of the local Chamber of Commerce. You are making your first presentation to the Chamber and want to make a good first impression. Your presentation will be based on the following topic, purpose, and audience. Topic: Expected U.S. GDP growth rate going forward Audience: Local chamber of commerce Purpose: To give business leaders an idea of what the economy may look like based on recent history and expected future conditions Part I Write a 600-750 word research paper given the topic, purpose, and audience information above. In addressing GDP, consider the following: Trends, forecasts, and statistics How GDP is determined Interpreting GDP Part II Prepare a PowerPoint presentation, consisting of at least 15 slides, to supplement your research paper and be presented to the Chamber of Commerce of an area of your choice. As with any effective presentation, the PowerPoint should be in color, have at least one chart, and clip art on other slides. PowerPoint - Presentation...
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...QUESTION 1 Paulo Sanchez feels that there is a market niche for software that helps entrepreneurs file for a patent. Surveying the features and prices of legal forms already in the market, the Paulo believes that a price of $150 would be about right for such software. At that price, he estimates that 1,000 copies could be sold each year. To design, develop, produce and service this software, an investment of $400,000 would be required. Paulo desires a 15% return on his investment (ROI). Given these data, the target cost to create, sell, and service the software is: $150 $60 $90 $40 1 points QUESTION 2 (Not a repeat question.) The New Product Development Team at Mattel Inc. has developed a new version of the Barbie doll for the upcoming holiday season - "Holiday Barbie". Their market research suggests that they can sell approximately 500,000 units of Holiday Barbie at a price of $13.50/unit to retail stores. The variable production costs are $4.50/unit and total fixed costs are expected to be $3,600,000. In order for the new design to enter production, the target profit on the new doll must equal 30% each year on Mattel's capital investment. The total required investment is $3,600,000. If the number of units sold and selling price per unit cannot be increased beyond the current projection, to what level does variable cost per unit (currently $4.50) need to be reduced in order to ensure the 30% return on capital? (Ignore minor rounding.) $0.36 $4.14 $3...
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...assessment Details of the task Students will be required to work individually to produce and write the text for an academic poster (you dont actually need to design or submit a poster, just write its content). It will be presented in a Microsoft Word document as an academic account of an experiment which is described below. The data from the experiment will be available as an Excel spreadsheet, which can be found on Moodle. Outline of the experiment After reviewing an article relating to the effects of music tempo on cycle ergometer performance by Waterhouse, Hudson and Edwards (2009), you have been asked to design and undertake an experiment into the effects of music tempo on the selected cycling cadence of a group of undergraduate students. A group of male and female undergraduates were taken into a physiology laboratory (where normal safety and health checks were undertaken), and following an appropriate warm-up routine, were instructed to cycle, with no resistance, at whatever speed they chose to. A pre-recorded selection of dance music was played in the laboratory the music was all selected because the tempo of the originally recorded music, which was 120 beats per minute (BPM). However, the experimenter was able to manipulate the BPM of the tracks, to play to the people taking part in the experiment at 100, 110, 120 or 130 bpm. In the tenth minute of the cycling trial, the average cycling cadence (number of pedal revolutions) of each participant was recorded. The results...
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...Q U ES TI O N 1 Paulo Sanchez feels that there is a market niche for software that helps entrepreneurs file for a patent. Surveying the features and prices of legal forms already in the market, the Paulo believes that a price of $150 would be about right for such software. At that price, he estimates that 1,000 copies could be sold each year. To design, develop, produce and service this software, an investment of $400,000 would be required. Paulo desires a 15% return on his investment (ROI). Given these data, the target cost to create, sell, and service the software is: $150 $60 $90 $40 1 points Q U ES TI O N 2 (Not a repeat question.) The New Product Development Team at Mattel Inc. has developed a new version of the Barbie doll for the upcoming holiday season - "Holiday Barbie". Their market research suggests that they can sell approximately 500,000 units of Holiday Barbie at a price of $13.50/unit to retail stores. The variable production costs are $4.50/unit and total fixed costs are expected to be $3,600,000. In order for the new design to enter production, the target profit on the new doll must equal 30% each year on Mattel's capital investment. The total required investment is $3,600,000. If the number of units sold and selling price per unit cannot be increased beyond the current projection, to what level does variable cost per unit (currently $4.50) need to be reduced in order to ensure the 30% return on capital? (Ignore minor rounding.) $0...
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...Company Background…………………………………………… 5 2. Research Design and Methodology……………………………… 8 2.1. Research Design………………………………………………………... 8 2.2. Scope and Limitation…………………………………………………... 9 3. Vision and mission…………………………………………….…..11 3.1. Vision statement and evaluation………………………...…………......12 3.2. Vision statement and evaluation……………………………….……....12 4. External Analysis…………………………………………….…...15 4.1. General Environment………………………………………….……....15 4.1.1. Economic Performance and Forecast………………………….....15 4.1.2. Social-cultural, Demographic Trends…………………………….19 4.1.3. Political, Governmental and Legal Aspects……………………...22 4.1.4. Technological Aspects………………………………………..…..24 4.2. Industry and Competitor Analysis……………………………….……25 4.3. The Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM)……………............................43 4.4. External Factor Evaluation (EFE) Matrix……………………………..71 4.5. Strategic Issues based on External Factors……………………………73 5. Company Analysis…………………………………………….....74 5.1. Internal Audit……………………………………………………..….74 5.2. Financial Audit………………………………………………………82 5.3. Production and Operation Audit…………………………………..…90 5.4. R&D Audit………………………………………………………..….96 5.5. 7S framework…………………………………………………….......97 5.6. Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix…………………………....107 5.7. Strategic Issues based on Internal Factors……………………….…108 6. Strategy Formulation…………………………………………110 6.1. Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) Matrix...….110 6.2. Strategic Position and Action Evaluation...
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...of the printer. North American Printers required a 110-volt power supply where European printers required a 220-volt power supply. HP’s Japanese partners manufactured the printer engines offshore. HP had to specify the requirements of the two types of printers at least fourteen weeks ahead because of the long lead times for engine manufacturing. With earlier printer models, HP’s inaccurate forecasts led to either an excess or shortage of inventory in either the North American or European DCs. Because the printers required different power supplies it was not easy to have inventory from one market shipped to the other to be reconfigured and sold in that market. With a universal power supply, the same printer can be sold in both the North American and European markets. Because they can be sold in both markets, this allows for HP to aggregate the demand worldwide instead of forecasting demand in each individual market separately. This will ensure a more accurate forecast. There will still be a long lead-time for manufacturing; however, HP can then delay the individual market forecasts by 2.5 months. Once individual market forecasts are made and the printer engines are shipped to the appropriate DCs is when and where product customization can be made such as fax modems, paper output units, memory, etc. 2. What are the costs and benefits of a universal power supply? The main cost of the universal power supply design is the quoted $30 increase in cost per unit. This was...
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...International Marketing The impact of culture on the quality perception of Private Labels, and the moderation effect of price promotion Table of Contents 1. Problem analysis 4 1.1 Current situation 4 1.2 Problem statement and research question 4 1.3 Theoretical background 5 2. Research 6 2.1 Research design 6 2.2 Data analysis and results 7 3. Conclusions, managerial implications, and limitations 10 4. References 12 5. Appendix 15 Appendix 1: Definitions 15 Appendix 2: Questionnaire 16 Appendix 3: Sample characteristics 20 Appendix 4: Normality and Homogeneity 24 Appendix 5: Cronbach’s Alpha analysis 25 Appendix 6: Bivariate correlation matrix of constructs 25 Appendix 7: Independent sample t-test 28 Appendix 8: Univariate analysis 29 Appendix 9: ANOVA Controlled for feeling Dutch 31 Appendix 10: ANOVA Controlled for gender 31 1. Problem analysis 1.1 Current situation In the coming years, further consolidation and economies of scale are expected in the Dutch supermarket sector. In line with this trend is the gradual disappearance of specialty stores in the Netherlands (SPAR Nederland, 2015). In turn this leads to the reduction of a diversified product offer in certain areas, cities, and towns across the Netherlands (SPAR Nederland, 2015). In response to these developments, SPAR Nederland focuses on these urban and rural areas by the instalment of so called “convenience stores”. These convenience stores are small sized stores...
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...http://www.hrpayrollsystems.net/hris/ http://www.successfactors.com/content/dam/successfactors/en_us/resources/white-papers/cloud-when-and-why-wp.pdf The Cloud When & Why? WHITE PAPERSUCCESSFACTORS / WHITE PAPER HOW CHROS DELIVER BUSINESS IMPACT Achieving CIO Goals in the Cloud Introduction CIO’s jobs are changing. These days it’s not only about running IT efficiently, but also about supporting core business strategies and helping create strategic advantage by reducing cost and driving innovation. This means CIOs are under pressure to build infrastructure that can move and adapt at the same rapid pace as the rest of the business. They need to support geographical expansion, mergers, and product or service innovation while at the same time reducing costs. In other words, CIOs are being asked to do more for the business with fewer resources. Every year, the same cycle repeats: reduce total cost, move the cost structure from fixed to variable cost, and free up resources for innovation by reducing operating expenditures. Initially, companies adopted outsourcing and Cloud solutions primarily to reduce costs and preserve resources for strategic initiatives. More recently, however, Cloud applications have been used to support the strategic agility today’s businesses need. In addition, having one single code-base across all their customers allows modern Cloud application vendors to very quickly leverage innovations and distribute product improvements...
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...she mentioned the difficulties of finding unique and affordable formal gowns to weddings, formal dinners and special occasions. Her business plan is to design a one of a kind dress for each female customer to wear to formal attires. In this paper I will describe all the necessary equipment, maintenance and cost for starting her business. Sheila’s name and expert workmanship has been established for over 20 years as a prestigious theater costume designer. Necessary equipment My sister’s business plan is to purchase fabrics and materials as needed and only take a few orders at a time. Her start-up costs include a sewing machine, computer, computer design software, high end printer and an automated system inventory system, which should be keep cost reasonably low. To accomplish her goals and track business expenditures she implements an inventory management system. Inventory management technology is a mix of hardware and software designed to add reliability to inventory accounting, reduce incidents of theft and facilitate inventory audits. Individual inventory items or batches of items could be equipped with RFID tags that identify the item type, cost, price, shipment number, date of shipment and virtually any other useful information. Software inventory management streamlines the process and replaces pen and paper systems. We will start with the use of the inflow inventory system from Inflow. She will purchase a variety of fabrics to begin her inventory and to make...
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