...1 Tour Routes of Mexico: Trip Planning Tool OVERVIEW TRIP HIGHLIGHTS STATES INCLUDED INT’L AIRPORTS USED IDEAL CLIENTS (beyond the obvious) TRANSPORTATION CONSIDERATIONS 1. WINE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD’S AQUARIUM This Route travels along our Baja California Peninsula and its two coasts, which attract different visitors in search of contrasting experiences. On the Pacific side, expect whales, the Guadalupe Valley vineyards, golf courses, marinas and pristine beaches. On the Sea of Cortés side you’ll find more than 230 individual islands, protected areas, a marine sanctuary, Jesuit missions and the Old Baja ambiance. In between: desert, mountains, cacti and oases. A trio of popular destinations (Loreto, La Paz, and Los Cabos) provides comfort, diverse dining opportunities, world-class golf, easy air access and varied resort amenities. Wine Country, Sea of Cortés, Protected Islands, Desert Oasis, Beaches, Golf, Water Sports, Hiking, Luxury Accommodations, Gastronomy, Whale and Wildlife Viewing Baja California, Baja California Sur Tijuana (TIJ), Loreto (LTO), La Paz (LAP), Los Cabos (SJD) Wine lovers, golfers, eco-enthusiasts, conservationists, divers, explorers, wanderers, free-spirits This route is easily accessed at either its northern or southern end (Tijuana or Los Cabos). The entire route requires long surface travel between cities along the 1,000 km. long Baja Peninsula. Consider doing a circle day-trip from Los Cabos to La Paz and then back along the Pacific Coast (Todos...
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...Discharge planning is a process that aims to improve the coordination of services after discharge from hospital by considering the patient’s needs in the community. It seeks to bridge the gap between hospital and the place to which the patient is discharged, reduce length of stay in hospital, and minimise unplanned readmission to hospital.1 Discharge planning is an established part of hospital care, but the process varies and is not entirely evidenced based. A Cochrane review analysed 11 randomised controlled trials looking at discharge planning in over 5000 patients and failed to show a reduction in mortality among elderly medical patients, lower readmission rates, or a shorter length of hospital stay.1 However, two trials in the review did report greater satisfaction of patients and carers when discharge planning was used.2 3 The Cochrane review concluded that discharge planning remains important as a small improvement, not detected by the studies performed so far, could still yield highly significant gains in health care with huge resource implications and better use of acute hospital beds.1 Unfortunately, none of the included trials assessed communication with primary care staff about patient transfer of care. This is an important aspect of discharge planning and another potentially important advantage for patients. On a patient’s initial contact with health services, discharge planning should be started.4 This is often difficult to achieve when acutely unwell patients...
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...IEOR 4000: Production Management 1 page 1 Professor Guillermo Gallego Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is a computer-based production planning and inventory control system. MRP is concerned with both production scheduling and inventory control. It is a material control system that attempts to keep adequate inventory levels to assure that required materials are available when needed. MRP is applicable in situations of multiple items with complex bills of materials. MRP is not useful for job shops or for continuous processes that are tightly linked. The major objectives of an MRP system are to simultaneously: 1. Ensure the availability of materials, components, and products for planned production and for customer delivery, 2. Maintain the lowest possible level of inventory, 3. Plan manufacturing activities, delivery schedules, and purchasing activities. MRP is especially suited to manufacturing settings where the demand of many of the components and subassemblies depend on the demands of items that face external demands. Demand for end items are independent. In contrast, demand for components used to manufacture end items depend on the demands for the end items. The distinctions between independent and dependent demands are important in classifying inventory items and in developing systems to manage items within each demand classification. MRP systems were developed to cope better with dependent demand items. ...
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...something more concrete · Criteria for project adoption: a peak in business activities with defined beginning and end points requiring a multi-disciplinary team o carry out · Recognizing, initializing and developing a project idea are very essential skills for PM · Project idea is grounded in needs of your business, organization's strength, become solution to your business challenge Creativity Factor · It takes creativity to turn initial idea into something coherent · Use appropriate tools to turn a bright idea into well defined outline of your project · visual planning: mind map diagram represent ideas and tasks, use it in brainstorming itial proj ideas, identify a starting idea or goal, identify individual task · non-visual plannin: in words ad sounds, structure your communi accordingly · allowing all ideas during planning: meeting, 3 type of people dreamer, critic, realist · use appropriate tools to stimulate creatvity Strategic Outline Case (SOC) · Document key points of your project · Documentations are needed to et approvals to proceed · Designed to give stakeholders and idea of what is in stor · Project brief, scope document or SOC · SOC also servs as : infomation: inform your colleagues of what is comingup; approval; give expenditure information of the project; reassurance · SOC Consists of: outline of the scope or scale of the project, the benefits it will bring to business, benrfits to custmer and end user, any other options considered for delivering...
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...# 185216-356377-150419 Certificate of Completion This is to certify that Whitney Taylor has completed the course/exam MKTG205 Principles of Marketing on with 19th April 2015 American InterContinental University Topics Accounting 3 correct out of 10 30% Business Ethics 3 correct out of 10 30% Economics / Macroconomics 3 correct out of 5 60% Economics / Microeconomics 2 correct out of 5 40% Legal Environment of Business 7 correct out of 10 70% Marketing 3 correct out of 10 30% Score: 42% Your total score of 42.0% is at the 34th percentile of all other exam scores completed by students in the US region(s). This means that your exam total score was equal to or higher than 34% of other students who completed the same exam in the US region(s). For information related to how the score is used by your institution for grading purposes and/or academic credit, please refer to your course syllabus or instructions from your institution. (%) Score 80-100 70-79 60-69 40-59 30-39 20-29 0-19 Relative Interpretation of Competency Very High High Above Average Average Below Average Low Very Low © Copyright 2015 Peregrine Academic Services™, LLC All Rights Reserved. The results from the CPC-based COMP exam are relative, meaning they must be taken in context with all student results. The scores obtained on the exam do not correspond directly to a traditional 100 point grading scale commonly ...
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...Marketing Mix Paper Artur Khachatryan MKT/421 01/30/2012 Robert Stack Marketing Mix Paper It is critical for any agency, firm or business to measure the performance in each field that it is involved in. While it may seem that measuring the success of any business can be done by looking at the financial statements, in order to truly succeed in any industry the performance of each task should be measured constantly. Performance measurements can greatly benefit any kind of organization that is seeking profit. Based on the results after each measurement, the firm can figure out a specific strategy that will help to accomplish goals more efficiently. Depending on what needs to be measured, there are different measuring methods available. The fields that usually require an additional measurement in order the see the performance of the business are financial performances, competitiveness, innovation, quality of service and even flexibility. Those can be measured by looking at profitability, relative market growth, reliability, and market ratios. For most project managers, the performance of their employees plays the most significant role in any task. Therefore, knowing how to measure worker’s performance in projects is vital. Also, in many corporations, the employees depend on each other in order to fully complete a specific task, which leads them to work in teams. When a project is done in teams it becomes much more difficult for the manager to figure out the exact work...
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...And, many monstrous favorite video games, inviting them to have fun killing in cold blood, brutally gunning their contenders, having cyber sex, etc. It seems that, without realizing, the children are training to enjoy all sorts of outrages perpetrated. The real and virtue violence, not only morally deformed our children but, more seriously, dehumanizes both death and human suffering. In ''No Country for Old Men'' we can see how Chigurh kills his victims in cold blood, without feeling any remorse,'' he had been plannin to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember'' (p.3). When children witness or participate pretending to be violent, their chances of exercising the same forms of aggression with those around them are duplicated. Indeed, it has been seen that being often exposed or starring as players a variety of gruesome crimes, children are desensitized to the suffering of others and lose the ability to take pity on them, so they are able to attack them violently almost without realizing the seriousness of what they do. I have no doubt that the moral agony brought by the culture of immorality and violence in which the new generations are growing is the main responsible for the brutality among our...
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...Cost: The importance of cost is low. Because of their technical excellence and their excellent research and development exercises the customer is willing to pay a higher price, which counterbalances the high cost. Dependability: Customers do not mind waiting for three months but they expect timely delivery. Therefore, DM needs to provide this level of reliability to the customers. Speed: Significance of speed is low. From the placement of order it takes up to 3 months to deliver the final product. The customer is ready to wait for 3 months for the product. Quality: Significant importance which they ensure through their strict quality assurance process. Flexibility: Need to focus on flexibility because there exists a high level of customisation. Around 70 per cent of all orders involved some form of customisation from standard ‘base models’. New Strategy: Cost: Importance to cost is comparatively more since the customers are provided with standardized products which have close substitutes. Dependability: Customers are not ready to wait for delivery of standardized products. Speed: The speed to manufacture is required to be higher for standardize products. Customers are not ready to wait; hence speed should be given greater importance. Quality: DM lays emphasis on quality as it focuses on technical excellence and expresses concern about the quality of suppliers. Flexibility: There is a high level of standardization which leads to low importance of flexibility...
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...ISSN: 2277-3754 International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology (IJEIT) ISO 9001:2008 Certified Volume 2, Issue 1, July 2012 Simulation of GSM Mobile Networks Planning Using ATOLL Planning Tool Reshma Begum Shaik, T.Krishna Chaitanya Abstract – This project involves hands-on simulation exercise on planning of RF network with the help of Atoll planning software tool. The main aim of radio network planning is to provide a cost effective solution for the radio network in terms of coverage, capacity and quality. Utilizing the available limited bandwidth very preciously so as to cater to millions in a vast area with good quality, coverage, and without interference using ATOLL planning tool is the cream of this project. Keywords - BSIC, CI, LAC, ARFCNs - BCCH & TCH, MAIO, TRXs, HSN. data services with vastly improved spectral efficiencies through the HSDPA feature. to realize n/w efficiencies and to reduce the cost of delivering traffic and can provide wireless traffic routing flexibility. II. RADIO NETWORK PLANNING Achieving maximum capacity while maintaining an acceptable grade of service and good speech quality is the main issue for the network planning. Planning an immature network with a limited number of subscribers is not the real problem. The difficulty is to plan a network that allows future growth and expansion. Wise re-use of site location in the future network structure will save money for the operator. Various Steps in Planning Process: Planning...
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...----------------------- Energy Trace Barrier Analysis (ETBA) – Qualitative analysis technique used to identify hazards by tracing energy flow into, thru, & out of a system. “Energy hazard” is defind as an energy source tht adversely impacts an unprotectd or vulnerable target. Assessment is conductd by following the energy path to determine if adequate controls are in place to assure undesird energy release does not occur.– Energy flow is tracd through the system operation & energy transfer points are identifid– Barriers to ento energy flow are evaluatd to determine adequacy • ETBA process can be applied at any stage of the project lifecycle & can be very useful for:– Systems design –Developing procedures(e.g., lockout--‐tagout). – Planning/judging operational readiness. – During mishap investigation or making “safe--‐to--‐enter” decisions at mishap sites. ETBA Approach • Examine system & identify all energy sources • For each energy source, trace its path through the system • Identify all targets tht could be vulnerable to the energy source • Identify all barriers in the energy flow path • Determine if existing controls are adequate. Energy Source– any material, mechanism, or process tht contains potential energy tht can be releasd •Electrical •Mechanical •Chemical •Radiation• Sonic• Thermal• Nuclear• Pneumatic• Hydraulic• Others Energy barrier --‐ any design or administrative method tht prevents energy from being releasd or prevents a hazardous energy source from reaching a...
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...Integrative Paper 13 Oct 14 Working in a bureaucratic organization of 182,000 active component Marines, the institution inevitably is slow and lethargic. It takes many supervisors, managers, and leaders too tackle large scale problems and years developing solutions to the problems. The Marine Corps has developed many formulas and models to attack such problems. These formulas and models reengineered a strategy by streamlining, integrating, and transforming a process to eliminate waste, delays, and slow response time (Ivancevich, p. 518). These processes allow for individual commanders to adjust unit approach to still meet the objectives and intent without endangering the Marine Corps strategic message and vision. Over the next seven pages, I have taken Kotter’s eight step process and incorporated them into my experience to how The Heart of Change theme and reasoning influenced my expected behavior as a manager in the Marine Corps. Increase Urgency While working as a staff officer in a higher level command the sense of urgency is slow and unwilling to change. The typical expression you hear in the office spaces at a higher level headquarters, “is if you want change throw money at it to continue research”. The expression only proves the lack of change that occurs within the organization. Though the expression does provide humor, however, it really does not accomplish the task at hand for change. The idea for change is to focus on maximizing worker output. Conducting...
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...Personal Involvement: The Impact of Individual Effort he Soci et y' s theme fo r 19 70- 7 1 T was "To Strive for Excellence." Thi s did no t imply a lack o f ex cell ence in the past but rathe r a continuin g goal for oursel ve s in th e fu tur e . E a c h w o rkin g da y , eve r y A SH RAE member utili zes so me measure of his intelle ct and experie nce in pe rfo rming the basic task o f ea rnin g hi s liv elihood . Th e sum total of thi s int e ll ec t a nd ex pe ri e nce c ann o t b e meas ured qu antit a tive ly, but is ce rta inl y impress ive . T o s timul a t e inc reasing utili zation of thi s e xcelle nce fo r th e b enefit of man k ind , I hav e chose n " Pe rso nal In vo lve me nt " as the th eme of my administrati on for 197 1-72. S upp ose ea c h of o u r mem be rs perso n a ll y in vol ves him s e lf in lo ca l civic acti vities fo r th ree hours CVC IY week . Ove r a yea r, thi s wo uld co ns titut e ne arl y fo ur milli o n m a nh o ur s . Moreove r, AS H RA E membe rs have just th e tal ent s needed to ass is t in th e soluti o n of so me of the majo r problems of ollr natio n! T a ke polluti o n, fo r exa mple. We ha ve probl ems o f a ir pollutio n, wate r pollutio n, th ermal polluti o n, an d no ise po llution , a m o n g oth e r s. But air , wat e r , heat and no ise a re ju s t th e things ASH RA E members "cut th eir te eth o n. " ASHRA E, thr o u g h it s me mbe r s a nd prog ra m s , is a prime factor in ad va nci...
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...RESEARCH PAPER Economics Volume : 4 | Issue : 2 | Feb 2014 | ISSN - 2249-555X An Economic analysis of Trends in Agriculture Growth and Production in India KEYWORDS Ramachandra Murthy K Research Scholar DOS in Economics and Cooperation, University of Mysore, Mysore Anand C Research Scholar, DOS in Economics and Cooperation, University of Mysore, Mysore Manjuprasad C Research Scholar, DOS in Economics and Cooperation, University of Mysore, Mysore ABSTRACT The present paper examines the performance of Trends of Agriculture growth and production in India. And also The paper has shown the growth and production has significantly increased from during the last three decades and also highlight the performance of the Indian agriculture growth is also increased over the period of time the present paper mainly focused on the secondary sources with help of the statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation, covariance, CGR, regression methods has been used for study purpose. Introduction India has made impressive strides on the agricultural front during the past three decades. Much of the credit for this success should go to the several million small farming families that form the backbone of Indian agriculture and Indian economy. Policy support, production strategies, public investment in infrastructure, research and extension for crop, livestock and fisheries have significantly helped in increasing the agricultural productivity, food production and its availability...
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...Document: An Overview of Oracle Hyperion Planning Description: This is another document from Hyperion Planning Beginner’s Guide Series. The document provides the overview of Oracle Hyperion Planning and the related products. History: Version 0.1 0.1 Description Change Initial Draft Reviewed By Author Gaurav Shrivastava Amit Sharma Publish Date 05-Aug-2010 05-Aug-2010 Learnhyperion.wordpress.com http://learnplanning.wordpress.com 1 Table of Contents 1. Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting fundamentals......................................03 a. Planning Overview................................................................................03 b. Budgeting.............................................................................................03 c. Forecast................................................................................................03 2. Hyperion Planning……………………………………………………………..04 3. Challenges that Planners Face include…………………………………………04 4. Planning Features...............................................................................................06 5. Planning Components..........................................................................................07 6. Related Planning Components............................................................................07 7. Planning Architecture...........................................................................................08 8. Hyperion Workspace Overview..................
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...What's the Buzz on Smart Grids? CASE STUDY h e existing elec trici ty infrastructure in the Un ited States is outda te d and in efficient. Energy com pa nies provide power to con su mers, but the grid pro vides no infor m ation abo ut ho w th e con sumers are usin g th at energy, makin g it difficult to develop m ore efficie nt approache s to distribution . Also, the current elec tric ity grid offers few ways to h andle power provided by alte rnative energy sources, wh ich are critical com po nents of mo st efforts to go "gre en ." Enter th e smart grid. A smart grid deliv ers electric ity fro m supplie rs to cons umers using digital technology to save ene rgy, reduce costs, and increase reliability and trans parency. The smart grid enables in formation to flow ba ck and forth b etwe en electric power providers and individual households to allow both cons umers an d energy com pa nies to make more intelligent decision s regarding ene rgy cons um ption an d production. Information from smart grids would show utilities when to raise prices when demand is high and lower th em when demand lessens. Smart grids would also h elp cons u mers program h igh-use electrica l applia nces lik e h eating and air condition ing systems to reduce cons um ption du ring times of peak u sage. If implemented nati onwide, proponents beli eve, sm art grids would lead to a 5 to 15 percent decrease in energy cons um ption . Electricity grids are sized to m eet th e m aximum electricity n eed...
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