...Oxford Plastics Company manufactures high-quality plastics and resins for many different uses. Jobs through Oxford Plastics were a major part of the economy as well as played an important role in the state by employing about 3,000 community members with high paying factory jobs. With strong support from the community and the state, Oxford performed well since they were perceived by the larger environment to have a legitimate right to exist (pg.188). The idea of investment of normative forces (pg. 192) for a state-of-the-art color lab and paint shop was explored for a better and faster way of matching colors for customers was being considered for implementation within two years, if agreed upon by interorganizational collaboration. Entering the new market for Oxford depended on a multitude of external factors playing against their favor within time constraints. Given the ideal location for the new factory was on 25 acres of several 400-500 year old beech trees and outside their current industrial zoning boundary, many coercive forces were in place. Also, with a non-profit ready to sell the land and the other organization moving slowing on agreement, tight schedules were put into place allowing time for the EPA to set new regulations before the two years and force Oxford to stop using their old process and ultimately shut down the factory. Coercive forces such as these forced Oxford to operate under restrictions and possibly adopt changes that might increase homogeneity and limit...
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...De La Salle University Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business Management and Organization Department Case Analysis No. 5 Oxford Plastics Company Management Principles and Dynamics Mr. Raymund Habaradas 3st Term, S.Y. 2011-2012 Group 2 Balinas, Diberjohn Carigara, Llany Lopez, Annie Santiago, Kristoffer Villapando, Leizl 12 March 2012 Case Analysis No. 5: Oxford Plastic Company. -The Power of Two. 1 Table of Contents Page No. I. II. III. Synthesis Point of view Statement of the problem 3 3 3 3 3 6 7 9 11 11 IV. Statement of objectives V. Areas for Considerations VI. Alternative courses of action VII. Recommendation VIII. Implementation plan IX. Learning points X. Reference Case Analysis No. 5: Oxford Plastic Company. -The Power of Two. 2 I. Synthesis Oxford Plastics is a manufacturer of high quality plastics and resins. The plant employs 3000 workers in a 75-acre facility in Beatty town. It has plans of expanding the facility to accommodate a color laboratory and paint shop that will enable better and faster operations to meet customer requirements and increase competitiveness. The Governor is in full support of the additional facility for economic development. He encouraged the plant manager to coordinate with officials to address and avoid problems in relation the expansion. Oxford Plastics is faced with a challenge of positioning the additional 25-acre facility considering industrial zoning boundaries and the need to comply with...
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...------------------------------------------------- Personal Statement A competent, intellectual and presentable young individual currently undertaking and progressing through Advertising, Marketing communication and Public Relations degree at London Metropolitan University. One who has the mind set to meet deadlines and targets promptly and being efficient in executing tasks given at hand. One who endures on striving for excellence in all areas of work and leaves little if no room for error. One who demonstrates clear and strong understanding of management and who can work amongst a team where best and individually where necessary. An individual who thrives upon new challenges and uses skills gained from work experience as well as college and university to overcome challenges and present excellent solutions. An individual who proactively engages in new events and maximises ability to comprehend. Carrying a charismatic nature helps to lead and communicate with people through various methods which include social media, understanding a client’s needs as well as offering excellent services to execute their needs. As well as having communicational skills, the passion and thirst for writing has long been a key attribute of mine of which I always explore by writing different contents I publish amongst the community. Attention to detail is something regarded with absolute importance as poorly edited work is something regarded as...
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...addressed us in English. I held in my hand our confusing travel directions. We asked the man if Zagreb was straight ahead. He shrugged, and told us, “There is only one road in Yugoslavia.” It was not long after our wedding. When I finished my initial year at Oxford, I flew home to marry Kirby, who had been my girlfriend in college. We had met on a blind date. When my college roommate asked his fiancée to fix me up, she asked, “How tall is he?” Kirby was pretty, intelligent, classy, and six foot one. I was only an inch taller, and found her height exotic. We had a good time together, sophomore and senior, and dated again … and again … and again. One thing led to another. That year I spent in England, we missed each other. We wrote letters back and forth, and by mail arranged to get married. From London I flew to New York, 17 hours on a Lockheed Constellation with its triple tail. Our reunion was happy and frantic with preparation. After the September ceremony we had no time for a honeymoon, but took immediate passage to Southampton on the Queen Elizabeth. As a wedding present, my grandfather Hall had ordered us an English automobile, a tiny green Morris Minor that we were to pick up in London, and after Oxford ship back to the United States. From the dealer’s, we headed out into heavy traffic. Driving on the left-hand...
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...Module Title: Voluntary Initiative Assignment Title: Voluntary Experience Voluntary Placement Introduction Leys Youth Programme The Leys Youth Programme is a youth mentoring charity working with more than 400 young people in Blackbird Leys, the most deprived area of Oxfordshire. Leys youth sees real success in combining activity-based clubs with mentoring to tackle educational underachievement, making a difference in many young lives. The Leys Youth Programme started in 1999 when two local residents living in the Blackbird Leys and Greater Leys estates in Oxford were approached by a local housing association and asked to start a football club for young people. They teamed up with other volunteers and received financial support from the Oxford Community Church and the Leys Community Church. The Leys Youth club is always looking for Volunteers to help support work with the young people, across Oxfordshire, people who are interested in helping out the club or gain further skills to enhance their personal development they are always welcomed with the club. The Youth Club offers a calendar of training courses for its youths and other organizations working with childrens and young people across Oxfordshire, courses include safeguarding, emergency first aid and introduction to youth work. Reflection of Voluntary work and its value in modern day society Volunteering is work experience with the additional benefit that it demonstrates initiative and commitment...
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...McGraw-Hill Companies srl 540 APPENDIX B Cases TREXEL We’ve never met a customer who wasn’t interested in our technology. —David Bernstein, CEO of Trexel David Bernstein hung up the phone with Alex d’Arbeloff, Trexel’s largest investor, and contemplated an upcoming Board of Directors meeting scheduled for June 25, 1998. The meeting was only 10 weeks away and Bernstein, Trexel’s president and chief executive officer, needed to present a coherent vision of the company’s new strategy. Bernstein believed that Trexel’s patented technology for manufacturing foamed plastics had the potential to revolutionize much of the worldwide plastics industry. His innovative process technology, known as MuCell, allowed the Woburn, Massachusetts company to produce foamed plastic utilizing 25% to 50% less material than traditional solid plastics without a significant decrease in the strength of the plastic. Bernstein believed the market for products produced via this technology could be in excess of 50 billion pounds of material per year representing potential worldwide annual revenues of over $100 billion. To date, Trexel had entered into numerous development partnerships with manufacturers, but no commercial products had made it to market. Bernstein was torn between his desire to pursue a variety of applications for the technology and the view of...
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...or more processors on a single chip that is expected to provide 10 times the processing power of current high-speed models, while consuming only one-tenth of the energy. Application of this technology would make powerful pocket PCs an affordable reality for the public. As part of M-Core’s initial capitalization, Silatel donated a research facility in New Oxford, a small New England town. The facility sits on a picturesque four-acre plot near a lake, surrounded to the North and East by legally protected wetlands. Silatel believed the area’s beauty would attract and inspire top research talent, which could help ensure the venture’s success. M-Core management, however, believes that success hinges on the development of a 90-acre research and development campus that includes office, laboratory and research space. Plans also call for artistic landscaping, walkways and green areas, an open-air design that M-Core management believes will relax and inspire campus workers. To the West and South of the New Oxford facility are older homes, most built prior to World War II, some as early as the 1800s. The residents of New Oxford are proud of their homes and take great pride in maintaining these impressive, historic properties, many of which boast beautiful gardens. In fact, each year the town sponsors a garden contest with a $500 top prize. To move development along with minimal delay, M-Core has made generous offers to these residents whose homes sit on the 86 acres surrounding...
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...and acceptability. Through this paper we’ll discuss the quality improvement systems or processes adopted by Hartman Industries in order to gain and retain more and more customers and success. According to Hartman Industries, LLC (2009) the company is considered to be colossal and a leader in plastic injection molding. To be massive and in top positions Hartman Industries has adopted strategies to manage their accuracy and exactness in regard to plastic injection molding. Hartman Industries succeeded because of their efforts in implementing and improving the ISO 9000 standards. They have come up with their own quality control programs which ensure that the quality delivered is up to the mark and as per the requirements of the present trends. The company is highly renowned for their quality work which they deliver in accordance to their outstanding quality control standards. These standards are set and maintained with the help of Six Sigma, thorough research and pertaining to the advanced technology. Identify a quality management system for process or organizational improvement As per UOP (2009) Hartman Industries can be considered as the leader and on the top position in the field of plastic injection molding. This leadership and renowned position has been attained by the company through the total quality management system which they have adopted to deliver the best quality. According to Goestch (2010) Fredrick Taylor brought the concept of total quality in 1920s. The company does...
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...Delta Plastics, Inc. (A) Stephanie Baldwin Kesterson Strayer University Discuss how an organization can benefit from a Total Quality Management program. An organization can benefit from a Total Quality Management (TQM) program because TQM is focused on meeting the expectations of the customer. Reid and Sanders (2010) define TQM as an integrated effort designed to improve quality performance at every level of the organization. TQM improves business from top to bottom because everyone is working towards a common goal. TQM is also a focused approach to guarantee customer satisfaction which will increase sales as well as increase profits. Having a TQM program also improves working conditions where discussion between managers and employees is open and where employees are motivated to work better. Companies can benefit from TQM simply because it insists on quality and excellence across the whole operation. Analyzing the case more closely, speculate which definition of quality each of the four main players was adhering to and discuss your rationale for each employee. In response to Delta Plastic’s “super plastic” product, there were several key opinions. Isabelle Harrison, Director of Research and Development, believes that the product created is safe, but she would like to have the opportunity to quality test it further and fine tune the product. Jose De Costa, Director of Manufacturing, agrees with Harrison because he believes it is possible the “super plastic” could...
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...ones? Are we just overreacting? There are in fact a large number of different toxins that are put in toys when they are made. One in three toys have harmful toxins in them. Phthalates is one of those toxins. Phthalates is used in toys that are made of plastic; it helps in the softening process. Although it may seem harmless, phthalates can cause cancer in children, it can also cause disrupt in hormone systems, and even spur an early onset of puberty in children. (Boulard, 2008) Phthalates can be found in teething rings, pacifiers, also flexible plastic toys, (Fisher, 2012) and it is also found in sleep masks. Mercury is another toxin found in toys, it is found in a large number of toys, but mainly in bath toys. Mercury is bad for any one that comes in contact with a large amount of it, or even just a little bit of it. For children it can damage their kidneys and also their nervous system. (Boulard, 2008) Cadmium is also a toxin in toys, it is used in all painted toys, and also lunch boxes. Cadmium can damage kidneys; also it can damage the lungs and the intestines. (Boulard, 2008) There is also Bisphenol-A, which is used in the polycarbonate plastic, which is used for baby bottles, (Boulard, 2008) and also the lining of plastic food containers. It can lead to hyperactivity in children, and can also impair their ability to learn. Lead is a big one used in children toys. Lead can be in anything from painted toys to backpacks. It is in little hands love book, and also the Dora the...
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...Albany plant produces plastic bottles and caps. Receiving Department The receiving department accepts the delivery of raw materials shipped to the company by truck. The raw materials, or inputs, are: 1. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic pellets 2. Cardboard 3. Adhesives 4. Ink 5. Solvent cleaners 6. Lubricating oils 7. Mold release agents 8. Electricity 9. Natural gas 10. Light bulbs The desired product is comprised of inputs sent to the molding department. The possible byproducts, wastes, or outputs, from this department are: 1. Off-spec raw materials managed as waste 2. Spilled materials that may cause land and water pollution 3. Wasted energy from lighting, heating, and processing equipment If possible, off-spec raw materials are returned to the vendor for credit. Otherwise, the material is treated as waste and sent to a landfill. Molding Department The Georgia plant does not do custom orders. To help manage costs, the products produced by the plant are offered in a standard palette of colors. Because the colors are standardized, the HDPE pellets are ordered pre-mixed with the necessary colorizing dyes. While this requires more warehouse space to store a larger amount of HDPE pellets, production costs and time are saved by not having to mix dyes and HDPE pellets. The inputs are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. HDPE pellets Lubricating oils Solvent cleaners Mold release agents Electricity Natural gas The desired product is comprised of molded plastic parts for the trimming...
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...Introduction: Plastic is one of the major toxic pollutants of our time. Being a non-biodegradable substance, composed of toxic chemicals, plastic pollutes earth, air and water. Plastic causes serious damage to environment both during its production and disposal. So the only way to reduce the hazards of plastic is to reduce the use of plastic and thereby force a reduction in its production. Plastic plays the villain right from the stage of its production. The major chemicals that go into the making of plastic are highly toxic and pose serious threat to living beings of all species on earth. Some of the constituents of plastic such as benzene and vinyl chloride are known to cause cancer, while many others are gases and liquid hydrocarbons that vitiate earth and air. Plastic resins themselves are flammable and have contributed considerably to several accidents worldwide. The noxious substances emitted during the production of plastic are synthetic chemicals like ethylene oxide and benzene. Besides hitting hard the eco-system, which is already fragile, these chemicals can cause an array of maladies ranging from birth defects to cancer, damage the nervous system and the immune system and also adversely affect the blood and the kidneys. And, many of these toxic substances are emitted during recycling of plastic, too. Recycling of plastic is associated with skin and respiratory problems, resulting from exposure to and inhalation of toxic fumes, especially hydrocarbons and residues released...
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...length Chart Product Mix Product line stretching Product line feeling Page 1 Page 2 Page 2 Page 4 Page 6 Page 7 Page 7 3|P ag e Profile of RFL GROUP: RFL started its journey with Cast Iron (CI) products in 1980. The initial main objective was to ensure pure drinking water and affordable irrigation instruments for improved rural life. Today the company has its wide ranges of CI products like pumps, tube wells, bearings, gas stoves etc and has achieved the prestige as the largest cast iron foundry and light engineering workshop in Bangladesh. With a vision to serve the common people of Bangladesh with quality necessity products, RFL diversified its operation into PVC category in 1996 & in Plastic Sector in 2003. At present it is market leader in all these three sectors-Cast Iron, PVC & Plastic in the country. Sizeable amount is also exported to different countries. It is equipped with in-house R&D facilities to design and develop new products. A well organized own testing laboratory is used to ensure consistency in producing quality products. RFL has been awarded with BSTI certificate and ISO 9001 Certificate for its strict compliance with the standard set by both the organizations. RFL has become a benchmark for competitors on the lines of quality by manufacturing premium quality products to give clients excellent services and true value for money. The unmatched products have given a big name to the domestic market so much so that the name is accepted with trust and quality...
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...Used Cartons, Plastics and Sachets as an Additive of the Production of Hollow Blocks A Research Paper Presented to Cebu City National Science Highschool Salvador St. Labangon, Cebu City In partial fulfillment Of the requirements of Gen Sci Subject Submitted by: Bacatan, Niña Faye U. Bajarias, Therese Grace S. Dinglasa, Ericka Minette M. August 2014 Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction Background of the Study Plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids that are moldable. Plastics are typically organic polymers of high molecular mass, but they often contain other substances. The vast majority of these polymers are based on chains of carbon atoms alone or with oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen as well. A sachet is a small disposable bag or pouch, mad from plastic, tin foil, or mylar, often used to contain single-use quantities of foods or consumer goods such as shampoo. Used cartons are boxes usually made of paperboard and sometimes of corrugated fiberboard. Many types of cartons are used in packaging. This three materials are one of the causes in having pollution in our community. More trashes are produced including the three of this. To lessen the trashes in the community researchers figure out the three materials: used cartons, plastics and sachets can be an additive of the production of hollow blocks. Statement of the Problem: This study aims to test if used cartons, plastics, and sachets can be...
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...If we took a panoramic picture of our bedrooms, we would find that more than three fourths of the objects are made of plastic; inclusively we could probably recycle every object at our sight. In the article “Plague of Plastic Chokes the Seas” written by Kenneth R. Weiss, he discusses the rapid spread of trash pollution, specifically plastic, in our oceans. Weiss not only addresses the spread of pollution, but also the damaging consequences it has in our ecosystem. In the following paper, I will address the threats of plastic debris gyres throughout the oceans, the vast amount of synthetic nets threatening wildlife, the spills and toxic chemicals in plastic pellets, and our nation’s obsession in materialism. Unlike natural disasters, most environmental threats are caused by human beings. Human population increases yearly, and with it increases consumption and demand. The more and more humans consume the more affordable we want things to be and the easier it becomes to eliminate objects as they appear useless. The idea of useless objects and easy elimination has caused Americans to produce about 4.5 pounds of trash daily containing anything from food, glass, textiles, plastics, metals and etc. (Eitzen, Zinn, and Smith 89). While our cities have tried to make every household “go green”, it seems quite simple to throw away trash all in one container rather than those provided to us for special purposes (i.e. recycling bin, yard waste and hazardous containers). This trash that gets...
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