...number: RA213865 The Megablitz Drill that was arranged to be shipped to me on Tuesday September 17, 2013, through your airlines to the above address did not arrive, and was sent on the wrong flight. Consequently I am requesting reimbursement of the extra expenses I incurred due to the fact drill I ordered needed to be rented in my city. I am a supervisor with Multiple Development Industries Inc. I am supervising the installation of environmental equipment at a new office here in Thunder. This large project required the Megablitz 400 drill, in which I needed your services to fly this drill from Chicago to Thunder Bay. The Megablitz 400 drill was supposed to be shipped to me in Thunder Bay on last Tuesday on the 6:15 am flight. My company rented the drill to me and was to be used round-the-clock for 48 hours and the returned on Friday morning. (MDI rental number; MDI 3546) After a four-hour delay I found out that it had been shipped to Seoul, South Korea, and would not arrive until Friday. The Multiple Development Industries Inc. (MDI) in Chicago sent a special five-person drilling crew as well as hired eight other drillers from Thunder Bay for the project, through Morton Installers. The MDI drillers were paid $600 per person each day, and the local drillers $200, $4600 per day for all of them. I now had 13 expensive drillers in Thunder Bay with nothing to do and no drill to do anything with. Considering there was no drill, I would now be paying these drillers...
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...To Drill Or Not To Drill Hum/111 02/13/2011 Natalie D. Harris I think that when it comes to drilling for oil in foreign countries or spending money to create new technology to make our own oil we should make the new technology and have our own oil. Three reasons why I am on this side is because you have to spend money to make money or save money, there will not be any more wars over oil and we will gain more independence. Those three reasons all tie into each other in some way because we will save money by not going to war with other countries over oil and we will gain independence from them because we will not be looking to them for oil. My first reason behind my position is because you have to spend money to make money and that is with anything because if we make our own oil with new technology then we will not have to pay as many people to work for the oil and gas prices will be cheaper. It is a win-win situation if we make the new technology. It may be a little costly at first but eventually everything will be cheaper because of the new technology. At the same time we will be making money because other countries may have to come to us for oil and we will be making more money that we used to give to other countries. Overall money will be made and saved after a little bit is spent in the beginning. My second reason behind my position is that there will not be anymore wars over oil and this is true because we fight a lot of wars over oil and if we have our own oil...
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...Critical Thinking Scenario ETH/316 November 30, 2015 Ryan Busch The scenario that I choose was the, “To Drill or Not to Drill.” The basis of the story is based on the Rocky Mountain range and if the energy companies should be allowed to drill for gas at the expense of endangering the natural wildlife that live in the ecosystem there. The story was put together by Nightline on July nineteen, two thousand and four. * What is the moral responsibility of all participants? The moral responsibility of all the participants are to decide if it is morally right to drill for gas in a natural reserve. The government should look at what the land is set aside for, not what they can acquire form the natural reserve. The Bureau of Land Management, and the BLM Field Manager is also responsible because they are the ones that process the applications to drill. The gas companies that wish to drill are responsible for drill in a safe and way that the land and animals are not affected by the drilling. * What are the stakeholders' moral failings? The failing of the US government is that they want the energy companies to be able to drill for gas to benefit from the energy and monetary value that this will provide the country. The BLM has the failing in that they rarely deny an application to drill. “How many of those applications have you rejected? Actually, percentage wise very few but I have changed many.” (The BLM Field Manager in Pinedale, 2004). The failing of the energy...
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...Equipment available - | | Session Objectives - | | Warm up - | | Skills/ drills/ techniques - | | Main activity - | | Cool Down - | | Reviewing my session – Date of session - | 12/12/14 | Time and Duration - | 2-3 1 hour long. | Number of Participants - | 15. | Ability of participants - | Some able. Some less developed. | Age of participants - | 16-17 | Gender of participants - | Both genders | Previous Experience of participants - | Mixed ability. | Before the session - What went well? – I set up the equipment well in advance and knew what my session was so I was well prepared for the session which made it run smoothly. | What did not go so well? Some of the participants forgot there kit so didn’t have everyone doing the session. | What would I do next time? Make sure everyone has their kit or have a backup plan for my session if less people participate | During the session – What went well? – It was a cold day so made sure everyone was active and was a fun session, the participants enjoyed it and I communicated with them so they understood what they was doing. We had some competitive games to add a bit of excitement and an edge to the session. | What did not go so well? I could’ve added a few more steps to my drills so there was more progression going increasing the difficulty. | What would I do next time? I would add a couple more drills and | Delivery Style What went well? I was very vocal in praise and constructive...
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...specifications of small and large electronic firms by a self-invented process making them one of the industry leaders. The routine process1 can be divided in three main stages - preparation, image transfer and fabrication (Appendix I). In both, image transfer and fabrication, it is possible to choose between two alternate technologies (manual vs. automatic) leading to the same output in a sub-process while differing in a fixed setup time and run time per board. Therefore, a break-even quantity was calculated for both in order to configure a decision rule on which option to schedule customer orders to achieve the smallest total production time (Appendix III). As a result, for manufacturing orders of more or equal than six boards the CNC Drill should be the preferred technology in the drilling process. However, for orders greater than 200 boards the operation of choice...
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...Does a hero need to be as strong as superman, hulk, or like any bodybuilder? Do they need weapons like the iron man, batman, or a military soldier? Well, according to an American folklore, one man didn't. His name was John Henry. John Henry was born in 1840 and was a slave until 1865 when the Civil War ended. He was 25 and stood 6 feet tall and was 200 pounds. Which at the time was very unheard of. Because of his size he was tasked with hammering a steel drill into a rock to make holes for explosives so that it could make room for a new railroad tunnel. John Henry did this task well until one day a salesman came and brought a steam-powered drill and challenged anyone to a drilling challenge. Nobody was as qualified for the job as John Henry because he was drilling 10 to 12 foot holes in one day! With one hammer! John Henry accepted the challenge and started to go up against the steam-powered drill. He was only given 2 steel hammers. All odds were against John Henry but he knew if he lost his coworkers and himself would be left out of a job. So he took one...
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...Northern Drilling Inc. Questions. Chapter 3 (External) 1. Does the industry offer attractive opportunities for growth? I believe that the industry does offer attractive opportunities for growth.Northern is a subsidiary of the worlds third largest exploration drilling contractor. In 2010 the exploration market worldwide was 10.68 billion and expected to increase. The exploration market in Canada was 1.4 Billion USD in 2010. The market is very cyclical and dependent on commodity prices yet is expected to increase over time. 2. What kinds of competitive forces are industry members facing, and how strong is each force ? Rival Sellers:The industry is highly competitive and very fragmented.Canadian industry comprised about 80 drilling contractors, including many smaller owner operators with almost no overhead costs, these owner operators drive down industry prices by operating on relatively thin gross margins. Potential New Entrants: High start up costs, not likely to be too much of a threat. Customer Bargaining Power:This is a very price sensitive industry and customers shop around for the lowest price often.Northern was struggling to be competitive in the market. Problems may be because of the price relative to some of the commodity type drillers and owner operators Competition from Substitute products/Producers: See Rival Sellers. Low switching costs for customers. Supplier Bargaining Power: Low supplier bargaining power. From the information we know there...
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...global leader in providing world-class drilling services and products to the global mining industry. The company also services industries in water exploration, environmental sampling, energy, and oil sands exploration. ( Je trouve que c’est important que tu dises ces 4 trucs pske on risqué vraiment de te demander ca ) . Boart Longyear conducts contract drilling services in more than 40 countries, and provides mining products to customers in over 100 countries. Very focused on Innovation, leader in drilling and mining tools and equipment. 1888, Edmund J Longyear drilled the first diamond core hole in Minnesota. Need for sustainable technologies, keeping in mind the environnement ( Pas trop polluter ), the people where they drill ( Ne pas affecter les gens ou ils drillent) and give back to the community ( Charité) Ton Job...
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...Operations Management Term-2 Case Analysis DONNER COMPANY Contents Introduction ................................................................................................ 2 Process flow chart ....................................................................................... 2 Issues faced by Donner ............................................................................... 4 Problems in production process design ........................................................................................ 4 Problems in Productivity .............................................................................................................. 4 Problems in Delivery System ....................................................................................................... 5 Data analysis ............................................................................................... 5 Question 2 .................................................................................................................................... 5 Question 3 .................................................................................................................................... 6 Question 4 .................................................................................................................................... 7 Conclusion ................................................................................................... 7 Appendix...
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...To Drill or Not to Drill Where does one stand on the political debate surrounding clean energy. What does America have to gain in a future free from foreign oil? Though the possibilities are endless, and the optimist in wants to believe that the country is headed in a green direction, I give pause to consider the circumstances. The promised growth of green jobs has come and, in the Bay Area, faded. In 2009, when Solyndra received $535 million in government loans to produce its manufacturing facility in Fremont, California, the Bay Area was ecstatic with the promise of new jobs and revenue. Fast forward to August, 2011, just one year after the plant construction was completed, Solyndra files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. All signs of life at the plant cease. There was nothing clean about millions of taxpayer dollars funding a project that lasted less than the warranty on a used car. Therefore, although I am leery of the government’s attitude in supporting the cause, I agree with President Barack Obama. Green energy is the way of the future and any sidestepping not only prohibits ingenuity and job growth, it burdens the environment. The key habit that colors my thought process is “mine is better.” Though I recognize that there are benefits to the use of fossil fuels, large amounts of energy can be created cheaply and transporting oil and gas to power stations is relatively easy, the facts outweigh the benefits. Fact is, offshore drilling produces toxic waste in the form...
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... almost 40% increase iii. Individual &nationwide energy use iv. Oil prices increasing obviously unsustainable form of energy for America, devastating to economy (Heywood) v. Obvious that other methods must be put into immediate action II. Process: 1. History of process (Manuel) a. First used 1947 (older technology) b. Modern technique in 1988 (Barnett Shale, Texas) c. Now used in Marcellus Shale on east coast i. West Virginia, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania 2. Basic overview of process (Chemical Engineer) d. Fractures in rock layer as result of pressurized fluid e. Vertically drilled 10,000 ft, horizontal wells f. After initial hole drilled, pipe w/small holes drill hole g. Fissures in rock created (during drilling) h. Combination of water, sand, and chemicals pressurized down drill hole with... Continues for 2 more pages...
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...1. List part #, description, and Price for all Parts SELECT Part_num, Description, Price FROM Part; Output: Part_num Description Price AT94 Iron 24.95 BV06 Home Gym 794.95 CD52 Microwave Oven 165.00 DL71 Cordless Drill 129.95 DR93 Gas Range 495.00 DW11 Washer 399.99 FD21 Stand Mixer 159.95 KL62 Dryer 349.95 KV29 Treadmill 1390.00 2. List all rows & columns for the Orders table SELECT * FROM Orders; Output: ORDER_NUM ORDER_DATE CUSTOMER_NUM 21608 2007-10-20 148 21610 2007-10-20 356 21613 2007-10-21 408 21614 2007-10-21 282 21617 2007-10-23 608 21619 2007-10-23 148 21623 2007-10-23 608 3. List the name of clusters with credit limit =< $7500 SELECT Customer_name FROM Customer WHERE Credit_limit <=7500; Output: Customer_name Al's Appliance and Sport Ferguson's The Everything Shop ...
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...advantage of our competitive advantage over the other three mining competitors and build ourselves an even bigger reputation and employee skillset that will put us at an advantage for any future tenders that may arise. We have three main competitors for the contract; Boart, Major, and Orbit. Major is the only one that has a technical competitive advantage over us, they have the equipment and personnel to perform such a job. Whereas in Northern’s case, we need to, purchase 4 new drills, bulldozers/skidders, and supporting equipment. Other than buying new equipment we can always rent, as long as the rental period of the drill, bulldozer, and supporting equipment per year is less than $ 360,000 (depreciation rate). The outlook for the mining sector is relatively positive, however nothing is certain, yet to establish ourselves as one of the most technically competent drilling contractors I propose in buying 4 new drills along with there supporting equipment and bulldozers; in addition to the four drills that would be made available...
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...1. Introduction This is a summary of the case study of the Chile mining disaster that happened in August 5th 2010. It was once of the most unanticipated disaster that attracted the attention of the entire world. The miners of gold were trapped in the mine for many days. The rescue team was led by a newly elected minister of mining: A successful businessman with little or no information regarding the mining or rescue operations. The dilemma was on how to handle the victims, the relatives of victims, the media and the country at large. This was a matter of life and death. The number of stranded miners was 33. * Identify the key problems and issues in the case study. * Formulate and include a thesis statement, summarizing the outcome of your analysis in 1–2 sentences. 2. Background Chile has been known as one of the leading mineral explorers in the world as well as having numerous mining fields with different minerals. Mining has been extensively been sources of income thus many people are engaged in mining. This activity has been descripting as dangerous with many miners losing their life. The number of deaths in the mining field has increased considerably in the past few years up to 2010 as companies continue to breach mining rules and regulations. * Set the scene: background information, relevant facts, and the most important issues. * Demonstrate that you have researched the problems in this case study. Body This body is divided into the...
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...Introduction: Donner Company, a customized printed circuit board manufacturer is facing three main problems: productivity, quality issues and delayed deliveries. We start analyzing with a diagram showing information flow beginning from the customer placing the order to the delivery of that order can be represented as below. Customer places order Customer places order Estimate Labour and Material costs Estimate Labour and Material costs Prepare and submit bid Prepare and submit bid Check & Verify Design Check & Verify Design Detailed specifications and factory order by Altmeyer Detailed specifications and factory order by Altmeyer Normal Normal Customer accepts bid? Customer accepts bid? Yes Yes Promise delivery time Promise delivery time 1 day from bid accept-ance 1 day from bid accept-ance Rush Rush Scheduling & processing of order Scheduling & processing of order 4 days from bid accept-ance 4 days from bid accept-ance 2 days 2 days No No End End Material specifications by Schnabs Material specifications by Schnabs Delivered to customer Delivered to customer Send order to purchasing agent Send order to purchasing agent Shipping the order Shipping the order Instruct purchasing agent & procure material Instruct purchasing agent & procure material Blue print, factory order sent to Flaherty Blue print, factory order sent to Flaherty Blue print, factory order sent to Flaherty Blue print, factory order sent...
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