...Evergreen case study questions 6-8 6.What are the characteristics of the industry that the company is in and how is the industry changing over time? The supermarket industry tends to non-cyclical, which means that the stocks stay constant as the market rises and falls. While consumers will always need to replenish their food pantries, they now have many different options of stores to choose from. They can stop at convenient stores, traditional grocery stores, a specialty store such as Trader Joes, or a national store such as Wal-Mart. This is great from the stand point of the consumer, but makes for a highly competitive environment for grocery owners that are trying to make their stores stand out. Consumers used to go to a local grocery store where the manager knew their wants and stocked accordingly. These days there isn't that same relationship between the shop owners and their customers. The number of stores under one management has grown and business owners are having to study what their customers are needing from afar. 7. What is the firm's strategy for differentiation, enabling them to compete within the context of their industry? The Evergreen stores targeted consumer is "highly educated, upper income, informed, and health conscious". The stores are smaller than the big box stores, but are made up of 65% perishables compared to traditional supermarkets. Perishables tend to have higher margins than other products. Evergreen has heavily relied...
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...PHYSICS A Term Paper Presented to the Faculty of Saint Joseph's School In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement in English IV Submitted to: Gemalyn Cantes Submitted by: Jovilyn Bumohya Date of submission: January 5, 2009 iii CONTENTS TITLE PAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii CONTENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii CHAPTER I: THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND A. Statement of the Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B. Objectives of the Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 C. Hypothesis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 D. Significance of the Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 E. Scope and Delimitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 F. Definition of Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CHAPTER II: MOST DIFFICULT SUBJECTS FOR HIGHSCHOOLSTUDENTS: MATH AND PHYSICS A. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 B. Discussion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 CHPATER III: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION A. Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 B. Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 C. Recommendation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 BIBLIOGRAPHY...
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...Interface’s ESA Case Study EMS 503 Prasad Naik Background Interface Flooring Systems, Inc. was founded by Ray Anderson in 1973 as a joint venture between Carpets International Plc., a British company, and a group of American investors. He set up operations in LaGrange, Georgia, and embarked on a mission to adapt European technology to produce America’s first free-lay carpet tiles. In early 1990,Interface goes green and step up goal to reduce their negative impact on Environment. During 1995 executives of Interface to take step ahead and introduced The “Evergreen Services Agreement”(ESA). It provided for the following: (1) carpet and installation; (2) carpet maintenance; (3) selective replacement of tiles; and (4) carpet removal at the end of its term (reclamation). But the problem with ESA was that it was too complex and many customers preferred to buy carpet than lease Also Interface manage to seal only such six agreements. Additionally, Interface recent agreement with University of Texas didn't went through and they end up buying carpet. Because of which the CEO Hendrix was in dual mind, to continue ESA or shut it down or modify it. Interface Goes Green In the early 1990s, during a Clinton-Gore administration placed environmental protection above its agenda, Due to which, Interface customers began expecting an explicit set of environmental protection policies from the world’s leading carpet tile producer. And also many people from research arm of interface recommended...
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...Survey of Open Source Integrated Library System in Thai University Libraries in Bangkok and Pathumthani by Pranee Kiriyanant The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) Kyoto University 2012 Survey of Open Source Integrated Library System in Thai University Libraries in Bangkok and Pathumthani by Pranee Kiriyanant Survey of Open Source Integrated Library System in Thai University Libraries in Bangkok and Pathumthani / Pranee Kiriyanant. Kyoto : The Library of Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 2012 CSEAS Bibliographical Series No. 10 ISBN 978-4-906332-07-6 Published by The Center for Southeast Asian Studies Library Kyoto University 46 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Copyright © 2012 Pranee Kiriyanant Contents Acknowledgments Abstract Abstract (in Thai language) Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Literature Review Open source software Integrated library system History of open source software Origin of open source software Adoption of open source software in libraries Open source software use in Thailand Descriptions of open source software Brief descriptions of integrated library system products Advantages and Disadvantages of open source software Chapter 3 Research method Chapter 4 Results Chapter 5 Conclusion References Appendix Appendix A: Request letter for participation (in Thai language) Appendix B: Request letter for participation (translation copy in English) Appendix...
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...Running Head: Grades in non major courses in U.S colleges and Universities Grades in non major courses in U.S colleges and Universities Mohammad Rahman In India, university students, even undergraduates, focus all of their studies on their major field courses. For example, engineering students take all of their courses, every term, in the school of engineering. However, every undergraduate student at the Strayer University is required to take many courses that have little or no relevance to their field of study. Although students graduates from the university with a broader education as a result of these courses, I believe that the curses should be graded other way, and that the grades for these courses for these courses should not become part of students’ GPAs. Anti-evolution, the rise of pseudo sciences, and the renewed interest in the occult, all masquerading as science, are symptomatic of the poor job that is done explicating science as a process and a way of knowing. Disciplinary teaching emphasizes fact over concept. (Brophy, D.A. (2004) Every science discipline should be taught with a process base pervasive from the first to the last day of the course. Science teaching needs be revamped to provide an integrated, non-redundant exposition of the discipline focused on principles of which the theory of evolution is only one. Science must to be related both to technology and society. Teaching has to be directed to elicit the desired ends of education and not be regarded...
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...Sustainable Solutions Paper [Elizabeth Cole] DBA Strategy [Dr. Timothy Malone] [05/28/11] Sustainable Solutions Paper [Use this template for the sustainable solutions paper exactly as written. Do not add an abstract and do not add additional headings or delete any headings. Provide a brief introduction to the paper here – introduce the subject and tell the reader what will be covered – be specific – provide a list of key sections that will be covered. This is called a “preview;” it is not a synopsis. Note: the word “introduction” is not required in APA. Note: All required headings are provided in this paper – level 1, level 2 headings and are in APA format. DO NOT delete them; just delete the text with [ …] and respond to each heading as the weekly assignments require. Subordinate headings – level 3 are also provided – just respond to them and do not delete them. This introductory section should be about ½ to ¾ of a page and is worth 2 points.] Executive Summary (2 points for week 4 and 9 points for week 7) Maersk Line, (ML) sustainability strategy consists of integrating sustainability systematically throughout all business processes which should indicate the competitive advantage (www.maersk.com[->0]). The name of my Sustainable Resolution Paper is, could ML sustainability strategy be too aggressive? There are five areas of concentrating (group standards, performance management, and trend spotting, stakeholder engagement, capital expenditure, and...
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...Calibato, Bunot, Pandin, and Yambo. Just like any other body of water, the lakeshore area harbor human settlement. The lakes are sources of water for domestic phthisis such as bathing or cooking, with a nearby spring as source of drunkenness water. The lakes are a source of food, a kind of Fish, shrimps, and mollusk such as Corbicula, commonly called tulya. Parts of the lakes are navigable. The lakes traditionally have been a common resource for everyone, without any restrictions on their use; any extremity of the community of interests can fish in them. The city of San Pablo relies on these Lakes as a source of economic income by attracting tourist and commercializing its local resources for the benefit of the city. 2. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The seven lakes hold the most interesting parts of the city and yet they are subjected to human degradation. Government efforts to save the lakes were made in order to ensure the preservation of its natural resources at the same time promote its beauty not just for the local population but for the whole world to know. The Seven lakes of San Pablo in...
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...Processing Technology) November 2009 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION This study is concerned on the making of nutri-curls using three different ratios of fish powder and mung bean powder. To achieve high growth or development, there is a need to conduct research about food products. It is important to have constant and standard procedure coming up with new and creative ways to satisfy customers. There is a need of careful study on the process until desired results of the finished products will be attained. Today, junk foods are very common as food snacks by great mass of customers without the realization of getting nothing advantageous from the said snack. Since nutritious food is necessary for our health such as growth and strength, this study is envisioned to manufacture food products with enough aggregates of nutritional considerations. Proper and essential nutritive contents such as right amount of calories, protein, minerals, vitamins, fats and oils. Nutri-curls unlike other curls will be a cheaper food product enrich with natural flavors without artificial additives and preservatives. Thus, this study aims to produce acceptable and viable food products towards the common masses composing of natural flavors and achieving such effective income generating research for further effective of the school and the community. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM This research seeks to answer the following questions: 1. What is the most acceptable ratio and proportion...
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...Inflation in India: Docile or Defiant? Executive Summary ASSOCHAM study finds that inflation was structural in nature rather than being episodic. Farm prices are less responsive to the RBI’s monetary policy whereas manufactured goods prices were found to be more responsive to the policy. Manufactured goods prices are showing new dynamics: a) Highest price rise in primary and upstream products b) A moderate rise in intermediate goods prices c) Least hikes in prices of finished and consumer products In the light of these features and trends in inflation, ASSOCHAM suggests four pronged anti-inflationary package. These includes Structural Correction for Structural Inflation: This calls for a comprehensive action plan for the farm sector, involving among other measures, a programme for a “Horticultural revolution” for increasing productivity of fruits and vegetables, fish and poultry. Controlling form inflation is a joint responsibility of the union Government and RBI. Only monetary policy adjustment will not correct such trend price rises. 2 Hence, RBI need not raise policy rates every time form prices are rising, as analysis shows farm price are not responding to monetary policy changes. Manufactured good inflation is showing for greater responsiveness to monetary policy changes. RBI should concentrate more on controlling these prices Going into the disaggregated and Sectoral price behavior of manufacturing goods, we find the dynamics of change is more in upstream...
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...the last decade (globalization of markets, outsourcing of activities, demand for growing number of innovative and customized products in small volumes, with high quality and high service level, in an unpredictable way), emerged as a promising research field and was largely studied; however the models that have been proposed don’t seem to describe properly the strategies to adopt in the luxury goods industry. A specific research project is ongoing at Politecnico di Milano, aiming at studying Supply Chain strategies in terms of goals (critical success factors - CSF), key performance indicators (KPI), intraand inter-firm practices, and risk and benefit sharing mechanisms that are actually adopted in the field, on the base of large empirical studies in the luxury goods segment and at developing a Supply Chain strategy model that can be specific for this particular industrial niche. 2 Research background 2.1...
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...the last decade (globalization of markets, outsourcing of activities, demand for growing number of innovative and customized products in small volumes, with high quality and high service level, in an unpredictable way), emerged as a promising research field and was largely studied; however the models that have been proposed don’t seem to describe properly the strategies to adopt in the luxury goods industry. A specific research project is ongoing at Politecnico di Milano, aiming at studying Supply Chain strategies in terms of goals (critical success factors - CSF), key performance indicators (KPI), intraand inter-firm practices, and risk and benefit sharing mechanisms that are actually adopted in the field, on the base of large empirical studies in the luxury goods segment and at developing a Supply Chain strategy model that can be specific for this particular industrial niche. 2 Research background 2.1...
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...Must one argue that America was built on the values of freedom? If this is true, which history has already proven it is, then why are we stripping the rights of our youth by requiring them to participate in mandatory volunteering? Before one can even begin to answer this they must also ask what is volunteering? In short it is offering to do something “freely”. Schools should not force our students to participate in volunteering, because they are inevitably causing the youth to be rebellious and devaluing the appreciation for true volunteering. While volunteering may be a seemingly good thing, mandatory volunteering causes young adolescents to rebel against community service and volunteer work. According to the Cognitive Evaluation Theory study, people tend to resist and lose interest in what is being asked of them when they feel they are being controlled by an outside source because of the human nature of individualism(Pearce 1).This is already seen in other school situations, such as with homework. Many children will often refuse to do rudimentary or simple homework assignments. Throughout history, volunteering has evolved into a cultural connection; a common characteristic of humans on a local, national, and global level is the desire to help one another. Although this statement is not necessarily true for every individual, most people feel an urgency to assist friends, family members, coworkers, and/or strangers in need or in crisis. Why should we volunteer? Many people...
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...docx CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study The Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophylla) commonly called “Langka or Nangka” is a species of tree in the Artocarpus genus of the mulberry family (Moraceae). It is one of the popular fruit species in the Philippines. This is manifested by its wide distribution and cultivation. In Eastern Visayas production has steadily increased through the years which enables it to ship to other regions and major cities like Cebu and Manila some one hundred (100) to three hundred (300) fruits or two (2) to three (3) tons per week. Every part of the jackfruit tree has its respective uses. The immature fruit is used as a vegetable and feeds while the mature fruit is used for desserts and it is processed into beverages and sweets. Its trunk is used as a lumber for houses and building materials. The leaves of this fruit are used as a medicine, fodder, and as a compost material. Its latex is in the list of ingredients for glue and paste. The seed is used for food, also used in feeds, used for planting materials and for making candies. Its roots are used for handle for farm implements. Coffee is a beverage prepared from dried ground beans of Coffea arabica, an African evergreen; the berries are rich in caffeine, which stimulates the CNS and cardiorespiratory system and results in mild addictive symptoms. The researchers pursued this study because using this study, instead of throwing the jackfruit seeds; it can be made into...
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...role of accountant on accountability, probity and transparent way of spending local government finds will be the Hall mark of this work as to assist accountants in the third tier of the government to acquaint with its functions. This research is also to found out some problems that face the accountant and to proffer solutions to which is to better the accounting system as profession. 1 TABLE OF CONTENT Title page…………………………………………………………………………………..i Certification ………………………………………………………………………………ii Dedication …………………………………………………………………………………iii Acknowledgment……………………………………………………………………….iv Abstract …………………………………………………………………………………….v CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Back ground of the study 1.2 Statement of problem 1.3 Objective of the study 1.4 Significance of the study 1.5 Scope and limitation of the study 1.6 Literature Review 1.7 Hypothesis 1.8 Method of Data Collection and Analysis 1.9 Definition of Terms CHAPTER TWO 2.1 Geographical Location 2.2 Occupation 2.3 Socio-political Organization 2.4 Cultural Organization 2.5 Organizational Structure 13 15 16 17 19 1 3 4 5 5 6 9 9 11 2 CHAPTER THREE 3.1 Functions and Duties of Accountant 3.2 The importance of Account in Third-tier government. CHAPTER FOUR 4.1 Summary Conclusion 4.2 Recommendation 4.3 Bibliography 4.4 Appendix (Questionnaire) 32 33...
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...* ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would never have been able to finish my research without the guidance of my lecturer, help from friends, and support from my family. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my lecturer, C. Kamwana, for her excellent guidance, caring, patience, and providing me with an excellent atmosphere for doing research. I would also like to thank my classmates; my research would not have been possible without their help. Acknowledgement Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Background of Alendo hotel Chapter 3 Activities recommended at the Reception Chapter 4 Reservations Procedures Chapter 5Basic equipment and procedures at the reception Chapter 6 Etiquette of front office personnel Chapter 7 Recommendations Chapter 8 Conclusion references INTRODUCTION The mere mention of the word hotel conjures up exciting images of a busy lobby filled with international dignitaries, celebrities, community leaders, attendees of conventions and large receptions, businesspersons, and family vacationers. The excitement that you feel in a hotel lobby is something you will have forever in your career. Savor it and enjoy it. It is the beginning of understanding the concept of providing hospitality to guests. As you begin to grasp the principles of a well-operated hotel, you will discover the important role the front office plays in keeping this excitement intact. (Don Hellriegel, 1991) The front office is the nerve center of a hotel property. Communication and accounting are two...
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