...Running Head: ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN Yolanda Galvan Melany Felton July 9, 2013 Strategic Management 498 Introduction Environmental scanning is an important part of all the organizations in order to compete in the market effectively, especially with a multinational approach to get a competitive advantage over others in the global environment. Competitive analysis is an important component in environmental scanning. In this paper, the internal and external environments of three popular companies will be studied and contrast the ways in which companies analyze their internal as well as external environment and the strategies formed accordingly to get a competitive edge over others. Three popular companies selected in this paper are Coca Cola, Proctor, and Gamble (P&G), and Apple Inc. All three organizations are related to different industries and carry out different businesses. The competitive strategies and their measurement guidelines will evaluate their internal and external environmental perspective. Determine what competitive advantages each company has and what strategies each company is using. Coca Cola Company is known in the beverage industry, P&D is known in the consumer product industry and Apple Inc. is known for their technology. All three organizations are one of the top market giants in their respective industries and have...
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... This small business was established since September, 22, 2014. The owner of this business is a USBI (Universitas Siswa Bangsa Internasional) student named Gusti Agung Komang Jaya Putra. Agung got an idea to create this business because he sees good opportunity that he can manage. The opportunity here means there are lots of students especially for USBI students’ intake 2014 who need help to print, copy, and scan their school task. So base on these situations he tries to collect his money as his first capital to run the business. Fortunately on that time he got money with total Rp1.000.000 from Koperasi Siswa Bangsa also from his pocket about Rp200.000. After he consider if his first capital has been collected enough then he buy one printer and three pack of paper A4 as his equipment and supply. Although sound simple, but in fact Agung feel difficult run his business because he a students also so he cannot focus on his business only. Then he decides to give service only for printing and scanning, which the price for printing is Rp300 for each page and Rp2000 for the scan service. Furthermore, to make his printing business different with other competitors, he decide to available every time the costumers need his help and also his friend can send the data’s through his email so they can still print their data even they cannot come to his living room. Amazingly by this additional point Agung has good costumer’s relationship and for two month he can earn Rp600.000 for his business...
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...deserved the same level of health services as the residents of the larger urban centers. Haider’s first attempt to establish a facility such as this was unsuccessful due to Canadian regulations prohibiting private-sector MRI. MRI had become increasingly popular, by 2001 there were 18 million MRI procedures performed in the United States. Dr. Syed Haider have appointed David Wright and Kevin Saskiw to address this problem pertaining to the MRI facility and only gave them two days to make recommendations and provide a detailed action plan. As David Wright and Kevin Saskiw, I propose making the necessary adjustments to address the backlog of MRI scans and better manage the bottleneck of the process. The MRI clinic is experiencing problems; the relationship between BCMC and Quinte MRI is in trouble because promised expectations of 2 scans per hour is not met, performance is reduced , productivity is declining and they are at risk of losing their competitive edge. Balancing the process flow will make the operation more effective and manageable. With the process the way it is there are a lot of variability and uncertainties that I will have to contend with. By better managing the scheduling process I will definitely reduce wait times and increase productivity to meet set expectations of two per hour, which gives an output rate of 16 per an 8 hour shift. KEY ASSUMPTIONS • Backlog/ wait time for an appointment is always 14 days per patient. • Receptionist has idle time...
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...process is completed as they are likely to miss important instructions. Step -2:- The Applicant should then visit WEB: http://ccla.cgg.gov. In and click on Application Submission Link and enter the Journal Number to get the format of Application. The applicant has to invariably fill all the columns in the Online Application for submission. Step-3- The candidate has to affix his/her latest PASS PORT Passport Size Photograph (Size 3.5 cms width X 4.5 cms height) on a White paper and then sign below the photograph with Black Pen. Scan the above Photo and signature and Upload in the appropriate space provided (JPG Format) in Application form. Instructions for Scanning of Photograph with Signature i. Paste the photo on any white paper as per the above required dimensions. Sign in the Signature Space provided with BLACK PEN ONLY. Ensure that the signature is within the box. ii. Scan the above required size containing photograph and signature. Please do not scan the complete page. iii. The entire image (of size 3.5 cm by 6.00 cm)...
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...WestLAND Group used the Leica Nova MS50 to scan the facades of an office building for CGM Development. The scans were used to create models of the building exterior and surrounding topography as a starting point for BIM. WestLAND Group, Inc. was founded in 2000, in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and is a mid-size, well-established firm that provides civil engineering, GIS, surveying and mapping and planning to clients in energy, rail, construction, municipal, and development. The firm is always looking to adopt new technology and quickly developed expertise in CAD, GNSS, and reflectorless/robotic total stations, but until late 2013, they hadn’t done much with laser scanning. “We’d tried renting scanners, and subcontracting LiDAR work, but it didn’t work out particularly well,” said WestLAND’s Vice-President of Geomatics Mike Angelo, EIT, PLS. “We also found that purchasing a conventional scanner was just not cost-effective, as we did not have scanning projects lined up and it seemed difficult to market scanning to existing clients without an instrument readily available and a workflow in place.” Laser scanners are big investments, and WestLAND took its time looking for the right solution. The firm had a definite need; the work they do for railroads often calls for clearance surveys around tunnels and bridges, and point clouds and cloud-based models are ideal for this. But there wasn’t a huge demand; buying a dedicated scanner seemed like too much investment. Also, WestLAND’s topographic...
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...the keyboard would be the best input device is printed questionnaires. Answering a questionnaire or conducting a telephone survey could be accomplished quickly and easily by simply typing the necessary information into the computer. Bank Checks are best entered by utilizing scanning technology similar to barcode scanners which are used on retail tags. A scanner reads the bar code and enters the information which the bar code represents. This method eliminates human error and insures the information is entered correctly. If it is necessary to input a long document, an optical scanner is the best choice. The optical scanner scans the entire document, page by page, and sends the document to a file folder for storage on a computer or storage device or to a printer if a printed copy is necessary. This method is fast so it only takes a few seconds to scan a long document into a computer file. Convenience and ease of use is important in for output devices. Hand held computers output information through visual output to video monitor or screen. Photographs are best input utilizing files such as JPEG and a scanner. Resumes and memorandums may best be output to a printer of email. Statistical reports could best be output by using a product such as Microsoft Excel and printing the document from a printer. A company annual report could best be output be utilizing a spreadsheet and printing or emailing the document. Storage devices come in many forms. Hard drives are optimal devices...
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...Procedure Of Checking A Truck In Abstract Procedures of checking in a truck are fairly simple. You should have a scanner to be able to scan all equipment in. Also should make sure all crates and boxes are sealed. Make sure any out bound boxes or crates are ready to go. Procedure Of Checking In A Truck Procedures of checking a truck in can be fairly easy but if you haven’t let me explain. You need to have a scanner to check all crates in that come off the truck. Also need to make sure if you work at a retail store you have all recalls and hangers ready to scan out to sent out with the truck. Make sure you check every box and crate to see that they are sealed. Checking In a truck is a simple as taking out the trash. Having a Scanner Make sure you have a charged and working scanner. Usually the battery bar is in the upper left hand corner. You need to have the scanner on checking Inventory In .The next screen on the scanner will ask you how many piece the truck is, the truck driver will give you the number. Once you have done this you are ready to check your truck in off the dock. Making sure all Merchandise is sealed While you are scanning in your truck you need to be checking all crates and boxes to make sure they are sealed. If you come across one that is not you need to set to side so that you can scan every piece in at the end of scanning your truck. This is so you know your not missing any merchandise. The truck driver will have to wait till you are done to...
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...| | | ESET NOD32Antivirus 2015 | * Integrated outbound and inbound email scanning * Protects users from auto-running external media via pre scan * Prevents new viruses that aren’t in the database * Real time file scanning * Enables creation of a bootable disk or USB to disinfect a pc / restore it to health ( if malware infiltrates) * Laptop mode to prevent drainage of battery | | | | | Bit DefenderAntivirus Plus 2015 | * Bitdefender One Click Security * USB Immunizer * One Click Security * Zero Performance Impact * Complete Data Protection * Ransomware Protection * Fast and Secure Payments * Quick Vulnerability Scanner * Game, Movie, Work Modes that adjust the program to accompany your experience | | | | | KasperskyAnti-Virus 2015 | * Ability to detect, prevent and remove viruses * Includes a virtual keyboard to prevent keylogging * Dangerous Website Alerts * Secure Online Transactions * Rapid reaction to new and emerging threats * Optimized Pc Performance | | | | | What I recommend in an Anti- Virus is full protection and performance. I’m not impatient but in today’s rising tide we need something that is fast and efficient that could catch the tiniest mishap. Something that allows me to do my day to day activities without missing a beat. A program that could catch a brand new virus is quite savvy also something that would have me covered if I went headfirst into a virus pit. Backups/ Data restore is your...
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...business? Most business who accept cards now have a small fee to pay and the scanner will be no different. Will there be fees to keep up the cost of maintenance per cardholder? A small fee will be applied to the cardholder. Will MasterCard be the distributer of the eye scanning devices? Yes, they will be the distributer. How will the eye scanner work online? They will come in the near future if this stage works well. Will online tools take a little longer to have ready? Yes, this will take a little longer. Will those who have surgery on the eye lose access to their account? These customers will have to redo their scan after surgery at no additional cost to the customer. A doctor’s order has to be presented before another scan is done. If joint accounts how will it work? Each person has to have eye scan done. Will customers still have to sing at checkout or is the scan proof? Signature is also required; this gives extra proof and protection. A lot of great ideas will be put into the rest of the Plan for the final...
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...Kudler Fine Foods has several strengths. The company’s mix of products, high quality gourmet and fine foods it provides its customers, and strong reputation in the community because of the freshness and quality of its products are all strenths. This reputation and product mix allows the company to charge a higher price for its high quality specialty foods. In comparison, Kudler Fine Foods has several weaknesses. One weakness is the company has a limited presence and is currently not a national company. Another weakness for Kudler Fine Foods includes fewer resources then its larger competitors that makes it harder for the company to compete, its current network/database is subpar and will have to be upgraded if the company plans to expand, and its website does not adequately showcase the company or its products. Kudler Fine Foods has many opportunities it can take advantage of to make it a stronger company. The company can leverage its reputation and high quality products to help the company expand outside of the areas it currently occupies and into new territory. The company will be able to use its high quality and fresh product mix to help it gain a foothold in other areas and compete with other already established companies. In comparison, one of the major threats that face Kudler Find Foods is its ability to compete with the more established and larger national food chains and other smaller local companies. Another threat the company will have to take into account is its...
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...Search Portals Abstract: The article presents five suggestions on how to reduce the amount of paper used in a household. It talks about the need to go through old paperwork and recycling unneeded papers. It mentions that bank statements, utility bills, medical data, and other information is often available online. It recommends scanning documents to PDF files and considers storing data either using cloud computing or on a hard drive. It states that users should sign up for electronic statement delivery or electronic billing services and provides the website http://OptOutPrescreen.com and Earth Class Mail http://go.pcworld.com/ecm to reduce the amount of mail sent to a household Five Steps to Going Almost Paperless We show you how to sift, scan, and recycle your way to a near-paperless existence IT'S OVER BETWEEN me and my file cabinet Six drawers full of dead trees. Total weight: a gargantuan 194.7 pounds of paper. I can't think of any less useful way to utilize home-office space, especially when most of the contents, once filed, will never be touched again. My goal wasn't necessarily to dump every scrap of paper, but at least I wanted to get it all down to a single file-cabinet drawer. Here's how I did it, and how you can, too. Sift and Sort Ruthlessly Sifting through the paperwork took me two afternoons. If you're embarking on a similar quest, this first step is the most difficult but also the most rewarding. Here are some of the...
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...organizations. (See sidebar below for more information on resources ASAE is developing on environmental scanning for nonprofits.) But environmental scanning needn't be complicated or intimidating for association executives. Here are five steps to help begin that effort. 1. Consider Your Scanning Type Your first order of business is to set some parameters on the type of scanning you will be doing. There are two fundamental scanning types: "social intuitive" and "formal analytical." If you run a scanning process in which people investigate a wide range of sources and then produce a report by a given date, you are in formal-analytical mode. "Social intuitive" is a less rigorous type of scanning: The term acknowledges the fact that everyone scans their environment for useful information about what's coming down the pike. Some people are much better at social-intuitive scanning than others; research indicates that founders of successful startup ventures are adept at social-intuitive scanning. They do a lot of networking and are naturally inclined to ask questions and generate opinions on what the future holds. Similarly, people who use social media are trafficking in the kind of information that lends...
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...vulnerabilities.2. Which scanning application is better for performing a network discovery reconnaissance probing of an IP network infrastructure? Nmaps sole purpose is just that, network probing and recon.3. Which scanning application is better for performing a software vulnerability assessment with suggested remediation steps? Nessus would be a better tool for this operation. While you can find network vulnerabilities with Nmap, it is not used as such.4. How many total scripts (i.e., test scans) does the Intense Scan using ZenMap GUI perform?Port Scanning, OS detection, Version detection, Network Distance, TCP sequence prediction, Trace route5. From the ZenMap GUI pdf report page 6, what ports and services are enabled on the Cisco Security Appliance device? 443/tcp open ssl/http, No exact OS matches for host, Aggressive OS guesses: Cisco Catalyst 1900 Switch, Software v9.00.03 (89%).6. What is the source IP address of the Cisco Security Appliance device (refer to page 6 of the pdf report)? Nmap scan report for 172.30.0.17. How...
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...Lab 1 1. Reconnaissance, Scanning, Gaining Access, Maintaining Access, and Covering Tracks 2. You need to do a lot of reconnaissance like network scanning, social engineering, and dumpster diving. 3. A hacker can use tools like Netcraft and PCHels to report on your domain, IP number, and operating system, tools such as NMap identify your host systems and services, tools like LANguard Network Scanner identify system vulnerabilities, and tools such as AET Network Scanner 10, FPort 1.33, and Super Scan 3 scan your devices to determine ports that are open and can be exploited. 4. A social engineer is a person who smooth-talks people into revealing information such as unlisted phone numbers, passwords, and other sensitive information. 5. Enumeration is a process to gather the information about user names, machine names, network resources, shares and services. 6. Once the attack is done the hacker will cover his tracks by modifying the log files, using Trojans to destroy system logs or replace system binaries at the same time, and other techniques like steganography and tunneling. 7. When covering up their tracks a hacker can use rootkits that can disable logging altogether and discard all existing logs making it a lot easier to do it again. 8. You should continue testing and report your findings when you finish. 9. NIST Special Publication 800-115 10. Planning, Discovery, Attack, and Reporting 11. To find out if they are vulnerable to attack before they actually get attacked...
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...and document scanning. Our major objective is keeping your records safely and securely online. We transform all your hardcopy documents into online stored texts or digital images that you can access anytime provided you have the internet. We eliminate the need for you and your business to have file cabinets by scanning and storing your documents digitally. Besides scanning and storing your documents as digital images or texts, we also store them in form of DVDs and SFTPs. How we do our job Upon contacting us for our services, we pick your documents and take them to our scanning center. Alternatively, we scan the documents at our customer sites if they prefer it that way. After receiving the first batch of documents, we immediately scan them. The scanned copies are sent to the customer for assessment. Upon the customer’s approval, we proceed with the conversion. We convert the scan into PDFs or TTFs according to the customer’s requirements. Afterwards, we perform optimal character recognition and then store them digitally and online. If preferred we return the original hard...
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