...Business Case Analysis Wael M. Zaoud MGT 521 May 28, 2012 Clance Doelling MBA, BSME Business Case Analysis Executive Summary The third week assignment examines The Boeing Company (BA) strategic initiatives taken in relative to the organization and operation adaptation to the developing competitive environment. Boeing operates as a global company and facing tough competition recently from Airbus, Lockheed Martin, EADS, Northrop Grumman, etc. Politics, finance, economy, and resources (to name a few) impact the global market in which Boeing operates. As a result, Boeing needs to constantly evaluate its global strategy and the tactics it uses to capture the market and maintain growth. Economic Trends Recent global events, including regional political turmoil, natural disasters, and debt crises, have affected global economic growth. While global growth is expected to recover, the risk of persistent high oil prices and debt contagion could have lasting effects on the economy (The Boeing Company, n.d.). Economic growth also could be affected by slowing trade liberalization in some regions. Reduced liberalization could prolong the recovery period, affecting the demand for air travel and new airplanes. Though recent data indicates that the global economy continues to recover, the pace of the recovery in 2011 has moderated compared to 2010. High oil prices, natural disasters (Japan earthquake) and resulting consequences in a politically unrest Middle East area pose as primary...
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...The Board of directors has the responsibility to “1. Effective board leadership including the processes, makeup and output of the board 2. Strategy of the organization 3. Risk vs. initiative and the overall risk profile of the organization 4. Succession planning for the board and top management team 5. Sustainability.” (Wheelen, T. L, pg.44) Within every Board of directors there are inside directors and outside directors. Inside directors are “sometimes called management directors but are typically officers or executive employed by the corporation”(Wheelen, T. L, pg.46). An outside director are sometimes called non-management directors or may be executive of other firms but are not employees of the boards corporation”(Wheelen, T. L, pg.46). Apples board of directors has individuals with so much experience through out the world. There are 8 members of the board and I would like to share a brief summary of each person. Arthur D. Levinson ph. D. is the non-executive chairman of the board, which makes him an outside director. “Levinson has been a co-lead director of Apple’s board since 2005, has served on all three board committees— audit and finance, nominating and corporate governance, and compensation—and will continue to serve on the audit committee. (Apple co, 2016)Dr. Levinson has accomplished so much as he was a part of different board of director. Apple also announced that Robert A. Iger, President (outside director) and Chief...
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...Lockheed Martin A Financial Perspective Professor Edward Kaplan April 19, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Executive Summary: As the forefront of our national defense and aerospace industry, Lockheed Martin has provided complex yet highly efficient based technology driven products to their customers. With its business core highly concentrated in the aerospace industry, Lockheed Martin has branched off to include technology systems for global security, defense systems, and satellites primarily for the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies. With its advanced patented technologies, Lockheed Martin has become the largest provider for such services to the U.S. Government. Head-quartered in Bethesda, MD, and employing well over 115,000 people worldwide, Lockheed Martin’s Mission; “Solve complex challenges, advance scientific discovery and deliver innovative solutions to help customers keep people safe and provide them essential services” (Lockheed Martin). It was over a hundred years ago that on August 16, 1912, Glenn L. Martin began his company in Los Angeles, California, building his first plane in a rented church building at the influence and urging of friend Orville Wright. It was also 4 months later and hundreds of miles away, that Allan and Malcom Lockheed founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company, later becoming the Lockheed Aircraft Company. Together they built high speed seaplanes that broke all types of records for flights overwater flights. Both groups...
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...Recommendation Memo for Web Development and Support for: “CDC Web Subscriber Updates and RSS Feeds” Project Background for Decision Justification - Current State of GITSS In-Flight Projects Before discussing the Decision Justification for taking on the web design and support project “CDC Web Subscriber Updates and RSS Feeds” (Project D) for the Center of Disease Control (CDC); a brief description of the currently in-flight projects (Projects A, B, C) is in order. Current High Priority Project: Upgrade of CDC Web-serving (CMS) Content Management System (Project A). * This project has been ongoing for one full year and is due to be completed in Q2. The project is a complete implementation of a globally recognized CMS solution provided by EMC(2) – Documentum. This CMS system will provide the cornerstone of all upcoming website updates, page changes and scheduled site changes as well as complete version control of code. Update of CDC XML Style Sheet Libraries (Project B) * An upgrade to the XML Style Sheet Libraries was required to align the CDC websites to the overall standard for Department of Public Health websites. Upgrade of CDC Webpage Design Standards for Flash Support (Project C) * It was determined not all of the CDC websites and web pages were supported with Adobe Flash, adopted by the Department of Public Health agencies. Current Scheduling: The first quarter of the year has just concluded. * GITSS has spent $6.0 million of the annual...
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...Boeing Australia Limited Executive Summary My decision is to continue on the same course that Boeing Australia Limited (BAL) is on. I feel, after reading this case study that BAL has been on the correct path with regard to building their systems architecture. There is a need for a more sophisticated procurement process and the issue of a procurement application may be easily found. The key is the process by which BAL has implemented all other IT applications, they have been very successful. They are thorough and have processes in place to rationalize whether a new by-in application or an in-house developed program would be best. My thought is that at least one, if not more; of the current systems have an appropriate off the shelf application that would work for BAL’s procurement needs. Further investigation through the Materials Management Process Council should reveal an appropriate tool for BAL to use. In this case study I will outline the reasons for my decision and some of the potential cost savings involved. Statement of Issues The main issue of this case is to buy a new e-procurement application or to continue to wait for the best case scenario application to come along. It is an important decision that affects many aspects of the business. The potential to lose a client or a critical supplier is possible during this process. An in depth analysis of the situation must be conducted prior to any move toward a process change. Initially, change is difficult in...
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...FIGHTING GLOBAL POVERTY FIGHTING GLOBAL POVERTY Banking on Bloodshed UK high street banks’ complicity in the arms trade Banking on Bloodshed: UK high street banks’ complicity in the arms trade Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Executive summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. The arms trade – “theft from those who hunger” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.1 Making a killing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.2 Fuelling poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.3 Profiting from war and human rights abuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. Financing the arms trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Providing banking services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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...Apple Inc. 1 Apple Inc. 2 Apple Inc. Executive Summary This report provides an in-depth analysis of Apple Inc. (AAPL), with necessary recommendation increasing the wealth of the company and their shareholders. The primary competitors of AAPL would include companies such as the Intel Corporation, Target Inc. and any company that sell technological products. The total revenue for the most recent fiscal year was $182,795 billion dollars on their assets and $39,510 of net income. Timothy Cook has been the CEO of Apple Inc. since 2011, and received $9,222,638 in compensation last year, primarily from non-equity compensation. AAPL maintains their social image in society by creating products for all types of consumers and uses an environmentally friendly manufacturing processes when producing products. AAPL return on equity is 48%, which is 20% higher than the Intel Corporation, one of their many competitors. AAPL operating margin is 1.0% higher than, has 0.18 higher assets turnover and a higher financial leverage than of 0.43 compared to INTC. After analyzing AAPL financial data the best approach for AAPL to increase their ROE is to use existing revenue, financial leverage and add additional services to already created products. There are a few unique risks that AAPL face which includes technological changes with the economy/environment, competitors creating new products at a faster pace and selling them at a cheaper price, as well as systematic risk related...
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...available through National standards bodies. ISO 9000 deals with the fundamentals of quality management systems (Tsim et al, 2002 [2] ), including the eight management principles (Beattie and Sohal, 1999;[3] Tsim et al, 2002 [2]) on which the family of standards is based. ISO 9001 deals with the requirements that organizations wishing to meet the standard have to fulfill. Third party certification bodies provide independent confirmation that organizations meet the requirements of ISO 9001. Over a million organizations worldwide [4] are independently certified, making ISO 9001 one of the most widely used management tools in the world today. Contents [hide] 1 Reasons for use 2 Background 3 Global adoption 4 Contents of ISO 9001 4.1 Summary of ISO 9001:2008 in informal language 4.2 1987 version 4.3 1994 version 4.4 2000 version 4.5 Certification 5 Auditing 6 Industry-specific interpretations 7 Effectiveness 7.1 Advantages 7.2 Problems 8 See also 9 References 10 Further reading 11 See also 12 External links [edit]Reasons for use The global adoption of ISO 9001 may be attributable to a number of factors. A number of major purchasers require their suppliers to hold ISO 9001 certification. In addition to several stakeholders’ benefits, a number of studies have identified significant financial benefits for organizations certified to ISO 9001, with a 2011 survey from the British Assessment Bureau showing 44% of their certified clients had won new business.[5] Corbett...
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...Executive summary We cannot imagine our life without internet, it become internal part of our life. Some researcher considered internet to be the greatest innovation of modern’s time. Suppose the facility of internet given to us taken by someone forcibly, then imagine our life without it. In recent development china and iran have restricted the information flow throughout their country, specially china have ban Google-universal search engine and email in its country. Firstly question arises why any country will ban if internet is so useful. There lots of hidden agenda of the govt that has to be protected, if there is free flow of information is there public start questioning on the procedures of govt work. Internet censorship in China is among the most stringent in the world. The government blocks Web sites that discuss the Dalai Lama, the 1989 crackdown on Tiananmen Square protesters, Falun Gong, the banned spiritual movement, and other Internet sites The government’s computers intercept incoming data and compare it against an ever-changing list of banned keywords or Web sites, screening out even more information. The motive is often obvious: Since late 2010, the censors have prevented Google searches of the English word “freedom.” In March 2011, Google accused the Chinese government of disrupting its Gmail service in the country and making it appear as if technical problems at Google — not government intervention — were to blame. At the same time, several popular virtual...
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...Approaches to Process Performance Modeling: A Summary from the SEI Series of Workshops on CMMI High Maturity Measurement and Analysis Robert W. Stoddard II Dennis R. Goldenson January 2010 TECHNICAL REPORT CMU/SEI-2009-TR-021 ESC-TR-2009-021 Software Engineering Measurement and Analysis Unlimited distribution subject to the copyright. http://www.sei.cmu.edu This report was prepared for the SEI Administrative Agent ESC/XPK 5 Eglin Street Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2100 The ideas and findings in this report should not be construed as an official DoD position. It is published in the interest of scientific and technical information exchange. This work is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense. The Software Engineering Institute is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense. Copyright 2010 Carnegie Mellon University. NO WARRANTY THIS CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE MATERIAL IS FURNISHED ON AN "AS-IS" BASIS. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AS TO ANY MATTER INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR PURPOSE OR MERCHANTABILITY, EXCLUSIVITY, OR RESULTS OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE MATERIAL. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO FREEDOM FROM PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. Use of any trademarks in this report is not intended in any way to infringe on...
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...4/20/2014 4/20/2014 Aaron Wheeler Cut loose incorporated Aaron Wheeler Cut loose incorporated Marketing Plan Outline Paper Shredding Business Marketing Plan Outline Paper Shredding Business Marketing Management 522 Keller School of Management Executive Summary Each year improper document management costs businesses millions of dollars in liability and lost productivity. Paper shredding business are beginning to spring up across the nation. The concerns over privacy in addition to new regulations and guidelines have open the door for a need in paper shredding services. No matter the size of a company they are in need of shredding services. Investing in a paper shredding business has a very promising future and will continue on an upward trend. The Federal Government alone is destroying more documents each day and the time limit for companies to destroy signed documents, job applications or a customer’s receipts for transactions are getting shorter. The lawful requirements are helping to expand shredding services. This continuing process virtually guarantees that a confidential paper disposal service can thrive. CUT LOOSE Inc. is an innovative document destruction company that offers a convenient facility, on-site and mobile shredding services to the Pikes Peak region of Colorado Springs. We cater to all organizations and individuals in need of secure, reliable, and cost efficient material destruction. As the premier document destruction company in Colorado Springs...
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...Steve Jobs Anna M. Hogan University of Mary Washington Dr. Chavez MBUS 525 Writing Center Appointments Dates, Times and Tutor: #1 4/11/2012 @ 5 pm: Amanda #2 4/14/2012 @ 10 am: Jennifer #3 4/15/2012 @ 7 pm: Jennifer Executive Summary Jobs was a man that was creative, he had a vision, and he was a leader. His creations led him to begin one of the world’s most successful computer companies in the world, which would eventually create a paradigm shift in the technology world. Jobs was adopted as an infant by a middle class family and grew up in California’s Silicon Valley, where as a teenager, he was exposed to tinkering with his father in the family garage, which in 1976, became the birthplace of Apple Computer (Jobs, 2012). As an executive, Jobs had a temperament that was not always welcomed in the professional atmosphere. Shortly after he began Apple he was asked to leave by the Board of Directors and friend, John Sculley, CEO of Apple Computer. This was a blow that Jobs did not take lightly, and in order to maintain his dream and vision, he started a new software company, called NeXT. Eventually Apple Computer purchased the failing company, only after Jobs returned to Apple Computer in 1997, as the CEO. He replaced Gil Amelio, who replaced John Sculley only three years before (Nair, 2012). In 2007, Apple Computer became Apple, Inc., so the world would know that Apple was not just selling computers (Finkle, 2010). Jobs’ leadership traits, charismatic leadership...
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...map showing the meeting location is included for your convenience on the back page of this booklet. We hope that you will be able to attend the meeting. However, whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, we encourage you to review our proxy materials and promptly cast your vote over the Internet or by telephone. Alternatively, if you request or receive a paper copy of the proxy materials by mail, you may vote by signing, dating and mailing the proxy card in the envelope provided. Voting in one of these ways will ensure that your shares are represented at the meeting. Thank you for your continued support of Fluor Corporation. I look forward to seeing you on May 2nd. Sincerely, 4MAR201114342169 David T. Seaton Chairman and Chief Executive Officer NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS To Be Held May 2, 2013 The annual meeting of stockholders of Fluor Corporation will be held at Fluor Corporation, 6700 Las Colinas Boulevard, Irving, Texas 75039, on Thursday, May 2, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time. At the meeting, our stockholders will consider and vote on the following matters: 1. The election of the nine Class I and Class II directors named in the proxy statement to serve until the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders and until their...
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...Chapter 1 ETHICS & BUSINESS ETHICS AN INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS Ethics is not a recent discovery. Over the centuries philosophers in their struggle with human behavior have developed different approaches to ethics, each leading to different conclusion. The word “Ethics” which is coined from the Latin word ‘Ethics’ and Greek word ‘ethikos’ pertains to character. Ethics is thus said to be the science of conduct. As a matter of fact it deals with certain standard of human conduct and morals. The field of ethics involves systematizing, defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. Ethics is a mass of moral principles or set of values about what is right or wrong, true or false, fair or unfair, proper or improper, what is right is ethical and what is wrong is unethical. MEANING AND DEFINITION OF ETHICS Peter F. Drucker writes- “There is only one ethics, one set of rules of morality, one code that of individual behavior in which the same rules apply to everyone alike.” Philip Wheel Wright says- “Ethics is the branch of philosophy which is the systematic study of selective choice, of the standards of right and wrong and by which it may ultimately be directed.” Swami Vivekananda has set the tone for ethics. He says- “Supreme oneness is the rationale of all ethics and morality. Ethics cannot be derived from the mere sanction to any personage. Some eternal principle of truth has the sanction of ethics. Where is the eternal sanction to be found except...
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...E-procurement: Government, Private and Commercial Abstract With the rapid and emerging growth of technology, coupled with globalization and competitive market place, most businesses are re-modifying the way they transact business. Few decades ago a lot of companies went through their daily business manually. The use of manual procurement invoice, ordering, payments, catalogues, and requisitions was the order of the day. Times have changed and improved technology has changed the way businesses function. Many businesses have turned to electronic procurement (e-procurement) in the purchasing and supply of goods and services. In as much as there are many advantages ranging from cost saving, time saving and effectiveness, e-procurement also has it disadvantages; high cost of implementation and lack of readiness. More importantly a lot of businesses are not only concerned about cost saving advantage of e-procurement but also achieving high level of customer satisfaction through CRM. Electronic data interchange (EDI) enables the transfer and sharing of data and other forms of information electronically. This research paper will analyze the need for e-procurement, the IT tools and system involved, the advantages and disadvantages of e-procurement, factors inhibiting and supporting e-procurement. Questions such as: will e-procurement add value to my business? does it worth investing in? What IT tools, system and software...
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