...Firebird Electric U.S (Case Study 12) 1. Based on the data presented in this particular case I would recommend that Firebird make products based on the following rationale. First, the case suggests that outside vendors cannot match the responsiveness and service levels offered by and in-house function, largely because the outsider is not subject to the same management direction and control as employees. Secondly, there are concerns with outsourcing as it relates to confidentiality of data, strategic applications and provisions for disaster recovery. Finally, the cost savings from producing products in house can sometimes be non-transparent. Non-transparent as in many times when products are outsourced vendors try the strong hold technique which causes the prime on the contract to waste money and time. These are some of the major reasons why Firebird should consider producing in-house. 2. The benefits possibly of outsourcing is that you get vendors that have specialists that are well trained and up to date on the latest and greatest technology. Next, downsizing staff and locations can assist it overall cost savings. Also, outsourcing creates much tighter control of fringe benefits and run much leaner overhead structures. Finally, allow Firebird to concentrate on their core competencies. 3. The following steps should be considered if planning to outsource the part or product. 1. Description of Need- Firebird must first write a clearly defined set of specifications...
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...Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was born on June 17th, 1882 in Oranienbaum, Russia. He was one of four to his polish parents, Anna née Kholodovsky and Fyodor Stravinsky. Igor Stravinsky’s first exposer to music was from his father, who was a bass singer at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. His father helped him learn the love of music. His first musical education began at the age of nine with piano lessons, studying music theory, and attempting composition. By fifteen, he had mastered Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto in G Minor and finished a piano reduction of a string quartet by Glazunov. That same year, Stravinsky rebelled against the Russian Orthodox Church and abandoned it. Even though he excelled in music, his parents still wanted him to become a lawyer. In 1901, Stravinsky enrolls at the University of Saint Petersburg; however he never attends many of his classes during the four years of school. When it came time to take final examinations in 1905, the school was closed for two months because of Bloody Sunday. He then later received a half course diploma in April 1906. In 1902, Stravinsky began receiving private lessons from Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov, the leading Russian composer at that time. That very same year Stravinsky’s father dies from cancer. In 1905 Igor Stravinsky proposes to his first cousin Catherin Nossenko. Even though the Orthodox Church opposes marriage of first cousins, they got married on January 23rd, 1906. The same of his marriage, Stravinsky’s creates...
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...Firebird Electric, U.S.1 In 1994, Firebird Electric, U.S. (Firebird), was the first foreign supplier to relocate to the United States to supply the Road-Master Car Company. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, Firebird supplies headlights, taillights, lid lamps, center high mounts, and front-turn assemblies to Road-Master. Road-Master sales account for 98.5 percent of Firebird’s revenues. Original equipment manufacturing (OEM) lighting is supplied to the Orangeburg plant, the Columbia auto plant, and the Columbia motorcycle plant. In addition, service (aftermarket) products are made for foreign and domestic demands. Weekly shipments go to Road-Master Canada Manufacturing and Road-Master De Mexico. Service models also are shipped to Germany, Brazil, and Japan. Firebird Electric, U.S., exports components from the molding division to sister and parent companies. Molded parts also are supplied to Road-Master. OPERATIONS AT FIREBIRD U.S. Firebird has five distinct operations centers. The East plant manufactures light assemblies and units. Manufacturing I produces headlights and front-turn assemblies. Manufacturing II assembles taillights, lid lamps, center high mounts, and aftermarket products. The West plant provides components to assembly and external sales. Manufacturing III is a sanitization and coating process for lenses, reflectors, and extensions. Manufacturing IV is a die injection molding facility producing reflectors, lenses, and housings. A halogen bulb department provides...
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...In these essay’s, “ The Osage Firebird “ and “A life Painting Animals” Both inform the ways people have to overcome obstacles and barriers to become successful. In the essay “ The Osage Firebird “ Betty Marie Tallchief overcame many obstacles in life to get where she is now. One of the obstacles she had to over come was don't let people judge you by your looks. People teased and made fun of her last name because she was different from the rest at her school. When Marie had to move to California she was teased because she was Native American. Marie had her first formal lesson when she was three years old. After that lesson she fell in love with ballet and thats when her career grow. In the essay “A Life painting of animals” Rosa Bonheur was...
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...Apples to Oranges; Comparing muscle cars to sport utility vehicles Have you reached a point in your life where you had to sell your favorite car for something not so appealing? In this essay, I am going to analyze then explain some of the differences between two cars I have owned. One car is a 1979 Chevrolet Camaro and the other is a 2014 Subaru Outback. I will cover three subjects that contrast or show differences between these two cars based on changes in my life and current needs. Both muscle cars and sport utility vehicles make excellent everyday vehicles, but an appropriate choice depends on the owner’s lifestyle, finances, and weather. Sport utility vehicles like the Subaru Outback are flexible and less expensive to maintain. When it comes to lifestyle, there are many ways to utilize a sport utility vehicle. If you are planning to travel for work or pleasure, the Outback has ample cargo room (up to 73.3 cubic feet) for luggage. The standard roof rack mounts accommodate bicycles, ski’s, kayaks, and paddle boards for all outdoor activities as well as additional storage space. Most important is the need for cargo room to pack up everything and drive across country to work since I will be living out of my car. The attachments provided by the roof rack will be very helpful when the weekends come around and I want to get away and go for a bike ride or enjoy water activities. In addition, an optional tow hitch package has a towing capacity of 2,700 lbs., which is equivalent to...
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...Overcoming obstacles and barriers is a difficult thing to do. In ‘The Osage Firebird” and “A Life Painting Animals” it talks about two women who overcome tough barriers to gain and achieve success. They both tell how they never got discouraged nom matter how many times they we told “No” or “You will never make it”. Although, I believe the story “The Osage Firebird” tells more information about overcoming barriers and difficulties. “The Osage Firebird” is a story of a girl named Betty Marie Tallcheif who overcame many obstacles to become a great ballerina. It shows the purpose more in this passage because she goes through many things that most people with a fixed mindset would be put-down about, but she never got discouraged so she kept going....
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...An example of a composer conveying tension and release would be Stravinsky, The Firebird. In this selection the dynamic and pitch is what created the tension and release. The piece starts pianissimo with the French horn then goes on to a string instrument such as a violin and that allows the melody to become crescendo. The release comes when the brass chord pitch goes from loud to soft and back to loud. The ways a composer can create tension and release is unlimited to a creative mind. Some of the ways are by using tempo which determine the mood of the performance. There is also the melody you sense, dynamics that you hear and the rhythm you feel to create tension and release. A composer is able to manipulate the piece starting with...
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...The Osage Firebird by Sudipta Bardhan shows about Betty Marie Tallchief’s life and how she became famous. Her life exemplified overcoming challenges and hardships in order to do what she loved. In the passage, Bardhan ordered the subsections in a way that would be the most chronological of Betty’s life. This makes it very convenient to do research on her biography. This essay will be divided into three different topic paragraphs: Betty’s early life, her hidden talent, and her Legacy. Betty Marie’s early life was influenced by her grandmother’s heritage and Indian culture. She spent some of her childhood on the reservation in Oklahoma. Betty treasured the tales and the pride of the Osage culture that Grandmother Tallchief taught her. In her...
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...The Osage Firebird is a very well written passage. It emphasizes on hard work, determination, and cultural heritage throughout the passage. Each section contributes in some way something to at least one of those three things. It gave out its information very well in a way that almost everybody could understand, from children to adults. It even put the numbers to mark the lines, making evidence siting very much easier. Introduction The introduction is mainly the beginning life of Maria Tallchief, or Betty Marie, with her grandmother Tallchief. It sites that she “never forgot the tales”, meaning the fire spirits, that her grandmother told her. She would listen for hours to the tales and stories, told by grandmother Tallchief, and that she would...
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...“The Osage Firebird” by Sudipta Bardham- Quallenn “A Life Painting Animals” by Diana Childress “The Osage Firebird” by Sudipta Bardham- Quallenn, and “A Life Painting Animals” by Diana Childress are two short stories that both tell a story about a woman who had to overcome obstacles and barriers to become successful. In my opinion the story “The Osage Firebird” better develops the purpose. It states in the story that Betty Marie Tallcheif was almost “living in two different worlds.” This would be very challenging for her since she was a Native American going into the American world with being the first Indian ballerina. In the story “A Life Painting Animals” it states that Rosa Bonheur just painted all of her life and learned from her father...
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...The Osage Firebird was written by Betty Marie Tallchief. It was about a shy girl who thru dancing brought her out her shell. She grew up listening to her grandma stories and wanted to fulfill that story. At the end she becomes a huge ballet dancer. In the 1st paragraph it talks about her childhood. She was born in 1925 in Oklahoma. She saw herself as a typical Indian girl. She wanted to find a way to give herself another title. Started by the age of 4 she set out to be a ballerina to become something else than a typical Indian girl. In the 2nd paragraph of Osage Firebird it talks about how she became to be a star. She started performing at rodeos and fairs. Since she was talented she was able to be taught anything. As she went into...
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...In “The Osage Firebird” by Sudipta Bardhan talks about the life of Maria Tallcheif. It talks about how she became a famous dancer. It also talks about the struggles she had to go through to get where she was. The first major section talks about when and where she was born. It talks about her early life and how she sat and listened to her grandmothers stories about fire spirits and animals that talk. In lines 6 through 8 it talks about when she started ballet and how her passion for dancing began. The second major section talks about about her becoming a star. It says in lines 12 and 13 that she realized that there is always ore work to do. One of her teachers criticized her and said they think she should go back t the basics of dancing...
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...participation and began to incorporate narrative elements and music (Ted-Ed, 2016). In the early 20th century, the Ballet Russes became anchored as pioneers in a new era of modern ballet. Remembered for their amalgamation of art, music and choreography, they were a revolutionary creative force. Central to this innovation was Michel Fokine, the earliest choreographer, produced The Firebird in 1910; a story of...
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...Igor Stravinskiy The Great Ballets Firebird, Petrushka, Rite of Spring, Apollo. Igor Stravinskiy is a great composer and his career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first became very famous with three ballets commissioned by Sergey Diaghilev: The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911) and the Rite of Spring (1913). They were first performed in Paris by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and significantly transformed the way composers thought about rhythmic structure. One more wonderful ballet was composed a bit later between 1927 and 1928 and it is famous as Apollo (Apollon Musagete). In Russia everyone has heard about great ballet Firebird by Stravinskiy at least once. The music of this composition is bright and colorful and you don’t even need to see the ballet to immerse yourself in this fairy tale. When you start listening to the music full of orchestral effects and strong emotions, you only need to close your eyes and the world of imagination will give you great possibilities. Nightfall and “creeping” sound draws garden of Kashey, his dark kingdom. Afterwards, Dance of the Firebird starts and we can feel how fantastically beautiful she is. Varying colorful orchestration helps us to draw the picture of this shining bird and her greatness. We hear her fiery wings flapping and see the grace in every movement. She is gorgeous, fantastic and it is impossible to stop looking at this miracle. Listener feels the typical spirit of Russia through this wonderful composition...
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...The three browsers that I would be speaking of are Mozilla Firefox , Google Chrome and Opera. These three browsers are the main browsers on the market at the present point in time they are all used world wide and are used by millions each between themselves as individual browsers. They are all supportive of cross platform use Windows Os , Mac Os and Linux Os and can also be used on portable devices such as tablets and cell phones. Opera being the older of the three has been around for quite some time in fact since 1994 when it was started as a research project at Telenor a Norwegian telecommunications company. In 1995, the project branched out into a separate company named Opera Software ASA, and launched a version in 1996.Opera has made many upgrades since then, and introduced notable features such as Speed Dial. The Opera browser was named MultiTorg up until version 2.0 and was not available to the public. Opera was known for its multiple document interface (MDI) and 'hotlist' (sidebar), which made browsing several pages at once much easier as with the other 2 browsers Mozilla and Chrome In February 2013, Opera Software announced that their proclaimed rendering engine, Presto, would be phased out in favour of WebKit which is carried also by Mozilla and Chrome.[4] Opera 15 saw the browser being fully rewritten, with this and subsequent releases being based on Blink and Chromium Os. Even with as many features carried Opera browser is recommended for slower and earlier...
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