...FreeRange Poultry Inc. Lufkin, Texas Consulting Report Steve Illyes, UTA Fall 2013 Dear Mr. Samuel Garcia Following is the Executive Summary of our Consulting Report for your reading pleasure: 1. Background Information: FreeRange Poultry Inc. in Lufkin, Texas specializes in the processing and sale of chicken parts, chicken by-products to large restaurant chains and food companies. Some of its products are also exported overseas. 2. Consulting Tasks: FreeRange Poultry Inc. has retained our consulting services to analyze its production operations and to recommend a monthly production plan that maximizes profits. 3. Approach: We used Lingo 14.0 for the modeling software. It offers great advantages over Excel Solver, such as debugging and syntax correction functions and ease of data entry. After analyzing the process flow, we decided to set-up our model in 3 sections: Section 1: Demand Section 2: Supply Section 3: Process Some of the supplies had to be broken down into products and by-products to accurately model the relationship between products purchased and products sold. This represented a unique challenge, since there is the option to purchase some products vs. using by-products from the process. In the subsequent tables we will show...
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...Chait, Jennifer. "Free-Range." About.com Organic Business. About Organic, n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2013. The article Free Range by Jennifer Chait explained the meaning of Free Range Farms and the differences between Organic and Free Range Farming. Free Range Farms are described as meat and produce from animals that were allowed to roam freely or had access to outdoor spaces. Organic Foods though the animal should be allowed to roam and graze freely like Free Range Farms, must be certified and meet a stringent criteria. Free Range Farms can also be referred to as Free-roaming, Cage-free or Pasture raised. Free Range Farms are often confused with Organic Farms, explain above they are similar but have differences. Free Range farming incorporates meats eggs and dairy farming. I hope to explain further in my paper the definitions of Free Range. What allows farmers to claim Free Range and what consumers should look for when wanting authentic Free Range Farming products? Pritchard, Forrest. "3 Secrets of Free-Range Farms." Smith Meadows. Smith Meadows, 24 May 2013. Web. 11 Nov. 2013. In this very informative article by Forrest Pritchard, 3 Secrets of Free-Range Farms the importance of Free Range Farms on the eco-system and our environment is thoroughly explained. Pritchard explained the cycle where earth worms burrows through the soil irrigating; this helps farmers get ready for planting. Worms become food for livestock such as chickens; it is the circle of life. Free Range Farms need to...
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...Language objective: Student will be able to discuss a topic. Students will be able to use simple past tense and past participle to talk about things that happened in the past. Content objective: Student will be able to discuss the free-range parenting topic. Students will be able to share a story of another person. 1. I will start the class by asking them what is play, and then write down their answers on the blackboard. I will talk about what play is for children and what play is for their parents and bring up the issue of free-range parenting. (5 min) 2. Then I will talk about free-range parenting. First of all, I will explain the phrase free-range parenting and then I will project the story of Meitiv (the CNN report) and have the students watch it while listening to me. (5 min)...
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...Johnathan Melicia Thomas Riddle Eng. 111 July 2, 2015 Free Range Parenting In the article “ There’s Never Been a Safer Time to be a Kid in America,” by Christopher Ingraham, spring folds the spotlight parents are put on about letting their kids have free range while being unsupervised or having to be by their side while the child is wanting to go somewhere just down the road. This has parents contemplating on letting their child be alone even though there really is no reason to be dwelling over the worst that can happen. Marc Elrich, chairman of the Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee, refers to Ingraham by stating “walked more than a mile on his own to school” and baffled that “All of our parents would have been in jail” if there was a problem with letting your kids walk safely down the road. Thus persuading the fact that kids should be able to be unsupervised because it is safer than it used to be; for example, child mortality rates have decreased, abduction rates have dropped, and children pedestrians being struck in traffic had fallen tremendously. The importance of imagery in this article is used to give the audience a sense of direction in order to see Ingraham’s point of view. He gives a clear analogy of how two siblings, 6 and 10, were walking home when they got picked up by the police and detain them in the car for three hours. Ingraham uses the words “searching for you frantically” to give the audience an image of what the parents would be doing...
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...Module title: Professional Kitchen Techniques 2 Module Code: CA50011E Title: Kitchen Operations Management and Menu Development Student ID: 21261013 Attn: Nathan Vasanthan Date: October 2015 Contents Page 1. Summary 2. Introduction 3. Methodology 4. Restaurant sector 5. Menu’s 6. Dish development process for the target audience 7. Cost 8. Food quality (taste) 9. Food safety 10. Cultural restrictions 11. Environment sustainability 12. Conclusion 13. Appendices 1. Summary In a restaurant menu development is a very vital essential towards the restaurant whether you are changing the dishes on the menu or adding something new towards the menu as it is the restaurants most influential marketing tool. A menu must have an impact on firstly purchasing and budgeting, this will determine the primary tool of what ingredients you will need to buy. Choosing the equipment and supplies is also essential as you will need to know how many customers you will be serving and the choice of commercial kitchen equipment supplies e.g. roasted and broiled meat you would need to purchase a heavy duty broiler, steak knives and a rotisserie oven. A menu will also help determine what type of staff and training is given for example you should hire a chef that has expertise cooking and then will help to develop the menu efficiently. In order to market a restaurant you will need a menu as it will help you promote the restaurant. 2. Introduction The...
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...HOW FREE RANGE CAN MANAGE TO MAINTAIN ITS "ECO-FRIENDLY OPERATIONS INTERNATIONALLY Environmental concern has been the recent trend as more companies strive to go green in their operations and production processes. Not to be left behind in this great and powerful industrial revolution is Free Range Company, which was among the starters of this trend since one of its main objectives has always been social responsibility through concern for the environment. Even as Free Range Company plans to roll out to new international markets in France, United Kingdom and beyond, the main question to ask is whether Free Range Company will be able to maintain its eco-friendly operations in the international new markets and how the company will achieve this. The answer to this question is yes, Free Range Company will be able to sustain its “Go green” policy through coming up with effective strategic plans at both functional and business level. The prospects can never be brighter than now for Free Range Company and others of its kind embracing ecofriendly operations. One of the reasons why Free Range Company will be able to maintain its ecofriendly policy is that it will be able to cut down on production cost, especially cost of energy. Going green means adoption of more energy efficient programs, for example cogeneration which involves using the heat of steam used in industries to first generate electricity before channeling it to other industrial uses. This may even form an...
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...JMJ MARIST BROTHERS NOTRE DAME OF MARBEL UNIVERSITY CITY OF KORONADAL, SOUTH COTABATO COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISITRATION FM 138 FEASIBILITY STUDY DEFENSE REVISION MATRIX RESEARCH TITLE: “A Feasibility Study of Establishing a Free Range Poultry Farm in the City of Koronadal” DEFENSE DATE: February 6, 2016 RESEARCH INSTRUCTOR: Ms. Rean May Galang PARTS OF THE PAPER | SUMMARY OF FINDINGS | ACTIONS TAKEN | PREFERENCE PAGE NUMBER | PANELIST/S | STATUS/REMARKS | | | | OLD | REVISED | | | Research title | * The research title is lacking. | * Put the specific establishment of the business. | | | Sir Kenneth Albert Anino | | Table of Contents | * Sum up the necessary subjects of the table of contents. | * Remove the sampling procedure from the Table of contents. | ii | ii | Sir Kenneth Albert Anino | | | | | | | | | PARTS OF THE PAPER | SUMMARY OF FINDINGS | ACTIONS TAKEN | PREFERENCE PAGE NUMBER | PANELIST/S | STATUS/REMARKS | | | | OLD | REVISED | | | List of FiguresList of Table List of Appendices | * Proper alignment of the content. | * Revised the proper alignment. | ivvvi | ivvvi | Ma’am Estherbelle Vinson | | Chapter I | | | | | | | Introduction | * Present facts/figures about the demand for chicken meat. | * Specified chicken industry performance and consumption is presented. | 1 | 1 | Ma’am Rean May GalangMa’am Josefa Carbon | | Background of the Study | * Cite the references. | *...
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...Measures of dispersion This allows us to examine the variability within data sets. Helps us to understand whether scores in a given set of data are similar to or very different from each other. The range The difference between the highest and lowest value of data. The two sets of variables have the same mean but a different range, so the range is helpful as further method of describing the data. If we just used the mean, the data would appear to be the same. The main advantage of using the range is that it is quick to calculate. The main disadvantage of the range is seriously affected by extreme outline values in the range. Standard deviation Standard deviation is the measure of spread of scores from the mean. The larger the standard deviation, the larger the spread of scores from the mean. Advantages of the standard deviation. It is more sensitive measure of dispersion than the range and interquartile range since all scores are used in it calculation. Describe the spread of scores with great precision. Disadvantages of standard deviation. It is complicated to calculate. EXAMPLE ANSWER. The girl’s performance was generally better than the boys mean. The standard deviation- the spread of the mean from the boy’s part was higher than the girls spread of the mean. So the girls were more consistent than the boys. 2. Because you have more results, to analyse and to see if the results are reliable. 3. Because you get further information into the mean, knowing...
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...as a dotted line.) (1) 4. This question is about the trajectory of a golf ball. A golfer hits a golf ball at point A on a golf course. The ball lands at point D as shown on the diagram. Points A and D are on the same horizontal level. The initial horizontal component of the velocity of the ball is 20 m s–1 and the initial vertical component is 30 m s–1. The time of flight of the golf ball between point A and point D is 6.0 s. Air resistance is negligible and the acceleration of free fall g = 10 m s–2. Calculate (a) the maximum height reached by the golf ball. ................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................... (3) (b) the range of the golf ball....
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...Air Resistance Formula We have seen the planes moving in sky what decreases its speed? This is what Air resistance is! [pic] Air resistance is the resistance against the air, which decreases the speed of the moving object. Its formula is given as [pic] Where c is air constant, v is the object's velocity. Air Resistance Formula is used to find the air resistance, air constant and velocity of body if some of these quantities are known. This formula has wide applications in aeronautics. Air resistance Problems Back to Top Below are given some problems based on air resistance which may be helpful for you. Solved Examples Question 1: A plane moving with velocity of 50 ms-1 has a force constant of 0.05. Calculate its air resistance. Solution: Given: Velocity of air v = 50 ms-1, Force constant c = 0.05 The force constant is given by F = cv2 = 0.05 × 2500 = 125 N. Question 2: An object is traveling at 20 ms-1 experiences a force of 50 N. Calculate the force constant. Solution: Given: Velocity of air v = 20 ms-1, Force F = 50 N, The force constant is given by c = F/v² = 50/20² = 0.125 http://formulas.tutorvista.com/physics/air-resistance-formula.html#air-resistance-problems http://physics.tutorvista.com/motion/projectile-motion.html • PhysicsMotionProjectile Motion Top ...
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...emissions, 2.) Sustainable Manufacturing by using fewer resources and creating less waste, 3.) CO2 Offsetting through renewable energy, technology change and energy efficiency projects, and 4.) Conservation & Humanitarian Partnerships by working partnerships for conservation and society’s gain. E Terrain Technologies: A joint $1,253m investment into new technologies designed to reduce CO2 emissions and improve fuel consumption. Land Rover is targeting a 25% reduction in joint fleet average tailpipe CO2emissions within the next five years. Beginning with an intelligent Stop/Start system on LR2 TD4 manual in 2009, followed by Intelligent Power Management Systems (IPMS) with Smart regenerative braking on all LR4 & Range Rover vehicles, to the announcement of our new small Range Rover, e_TERRAIN TECHNOLOGIES form a fundamental part of our carbon management plan. Sustainable Manufacturing: World class manufacturing facilities, certified to ISO14001 since 1998. As a company we are targeting a 25% reduction in operating CO2emissions by 2012, 25% in waste to landfill and 10% in water consumption. Going forward we are measuring our total operating carbon footprint and setting targets to reduce it; since 2006 this integrated approach has included the carbon offset of all manufacturing assembly CO2emissions from our Solihull and Halewood plants. But it doesn't stop there. Every Land Rover is designed to be 95% recoverable and reusable - with 85% that's recyclable and a further 10% that can...
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...two other categories, like the eye colour and the IQ, I believe that however interesting and amusing the results would be, they would not provide too clear a relationship, or any conclusive information. The data provided gives information about 1183 girls and boys at Mayfield High School, who have been categorized into their year groups. These year groups begin with the students entering their teens, and end in their mid-teenage years. In order to be able to compare girls and boys in each year, I will represent the distribution of heights and weights for both sexes in each year in various forms. I plan to use stem and leaf plots, scatter graphs and box plots, and a wide range of calculated data, like the mean of the heights and weights, their interquartile range and their Body Mass Index. The data that will be represented will not be all the data provided, as if I were to do this, then I would be plotting 2366 datum points which would be ideal, however time does not allow for this number of points. So, instead I will take a stratified sample of the total data and use this sample in the investigation. From these representations of the data, conclusions will be drawn as to how the relationship between height and weight changes with age and sex, but before this is done, any anomalous data points will be considered, so that they do not affect the overall conclusions....
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...University of Great lakes Kisumu Marjorie Adoyo Ogutu BSN/12-M/07 BIOSTATISTICS ASSIGNMENT 1. KURTOSIS The kurtosis of a distribution describes its degree of peakedness or its peakedness relative to the length and size of its tails. A distribution that is relatively flat and has short tails is of low kurtosis and is said to be platykurtic. A distribution with a sharp peak and long tapering tails is of high kurtosis and is termed as leptokurtic. The normal distribution is used for reference or comparison, thus mesokurtic. 2. PERCENTILES AND QUARTILES The percentile of a set of observations divide the total frequency into hundredths i.e,the 30th percentile is that value of the variable below which 30% of the observations lie. The term quartile is a generic term for division point relative to any partition.i.e percentile, tertiles, quartiles and deciles are all examples of quartiles. Therefore a percentile is a rank in percentage while a quartile is a value of the observed variable. 3. BOX AND WHISKER PLOTS Also known as box plots. It entails putting the values in numerical order or arranging from the least to the largest value, and then you find the median of your data. The median divides the data into two halves. You then divide the data into quarters by finding the median of the two halves. Thus Q1-Is the middle number for the first half of the list. Q2-Is the middle number of the whole list. ...
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... Wage cumulative lower upper midpoint width frequency percent frequency percent 10,000 < 20,000 15,000 10,000 2 13.3 2 13.3 20,000 < 30,000 25,000 10,000 5 33.3 7 46.7 30,000 < 40,000 35,000 10,000 3 20.0 10 66.7 40,000 < 50,000 45,000 10,000 3 20.0 13 86.7 50,000 < 60,000 55,000 10,000 1 6.7 14 93.3 60,000 < 70,000 65,000 10,000 1 6.7 15 100.0 15 100.0 exact interpolated 27,481.50 23,500.00 25th percentile, Q1 30,133.00 31,666.67 median 44,213.00 44,166.67 75th percentile, Q3 16,731.50 20,666.67 interquartile range, Q3 - Q1 Frequency Distribution - Quantitative Other-Non-White Wage...
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...Chapter 3 – Representation and summary of data Test 1.) A travel agent sells holidays from his shop. The price, in £, of 15 holidays sold on a particular day are shown below. |299 |1050 |2315 |999 |485 | |350 |169 |1015 |650 |830 | |99 |2100 |689 |550 |475 | For these data, find (a) the mean and the standard deviation, (3) (b) the median and the inter-quartile range. (4) An outlier is an observation that falls either more than 1.5 × (inter-quartile range) above the upper quartile or more than 1.5 × (inter-quartile range) below the lower quartile. (c) Determine if any of the prices are outliers. (3) The travel agent also sells holidays from a website on the Internet. On the same day, he recorded the price, £x, of each of 20 holidays sold on the website. The cheapest holiday sold was £98, the most expensive was £2400 and the quartiles of these data were £305, £1379 and £1805. There were no outliers. (d) On graph paper, and using the same scale, draw box plots for the holidays sold in the shop and the holidays sold on the website. (4) (e) Compare and contrast sales from the shop and sales from the website. (2) (Total 16 marks) ………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………….. ...
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