...that have surplus electricity and are willing to sell the excess electricity to its neighboring countries but are unable to do so because due to lack of required infrastructure. In this case, we discuss the issues related to electricity in detail and look for solutions to encounter such problems. It also discusses that companies should take these issues into account when they design build and market their products globally. Critical Issue/Problem Today every country wants to have strong infrastructure and Internet is one of the powerful tool that could contribute widely to this and for internet, a country should have sufficient power. Insufficient supply of electricity leads to various issues. The case also highlighted that even countries where electricity is surplus are facing issues, few of which are highlighted below: Electricity Outages – Brownouts/Blackouts are a common problem that many countries are experiencing. It is a situation where supply of electricity is not able to meet the demand, resulting to shut down of electricity for few hours. Even nation like Unites States of America, faced Rolling Blackouts in California...
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...systems to the 21st century using computer based remote control and automation. Two way communication technology and computer processing make it possible and has been used by other business for years. The “grid” is the network that carries the electricity from the plant to the consumer. The grid is made up of transformers, substations, wires, switches and more. The “smart” entity is pretty much the same as the new “smart phones” and it basically saying that the grid is computerized. It includes a 2-way digital communication technological device. (Energy.gov, n.d.) Smart grids differ from the current electricity infrastructure because of the way the electricity is delivered to the consumer. The current grid does not explain how the power is distributed or used. The smart grid was developed to digitally save the consumer money by increasing ways to save energy, reducing cost and increasing reliability. With these new smart grids the energy company will be able to send information from the electrical provider to the consumer and back to the grid allowing the consumer and the provider to get a better deal when it comes to energy consumption. (Laudon and Laudon, 2012) The smart grid will show when and how much to raise...
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...The Plant Location Puzzle 1. Should EDC proceed with the Asian market opportunity? I believe that EDC should proceed with the Asian market opportunity because the saturation point has been almost been reached in the U.S. which means that there is not much room for EDC to expand and grow as a company if they only stay within the U.S. If they move to Asia, there is a growing middle class able to purchase the bikes because they have a more disposable income. 2. If they are going to proceed with the Asian opportunity, where should they locate and why? I think that they should relocate to Taiwan if they proceed with the Asian opportunity, because of Taiwan’s many different resources and better infrastructure. This would ensure that power outages would not be as common as in China. The roads and waterways would be less contaminated if at all, which would allow a potential facility to run more efficiently and at a more eco-friendly level. Taiwan also has a decent-sized population, resulting in a large available workforce. 3. Which part of their business (marketing, production, design/engineering) should be located at their new location? I believe that the new location should focus on production. With all of the resources available at a moment’s notice because of a larger market, production is not slowed when waiting for materials. Also, if the production is done there, money can be saved by not having to ship the materials back and forth between facilities. Each bike can be...
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...problems of the electric grid: unreliability, inefficiency and enormous greenhouse gas emissions during electricity generation." [3] "As Americans use more and more electricity via electric vehicles, computers or iPods, the demand is surely out weighing the supply. This causes strain and congestion on the electric grid." [3] "the grid lacks efficiency. Most of the energy that is lost within the electrical grid is in the form of heat. However, if a five percent increase in the efficiency occurred, it would eliminate the fuel and green house gas emissions from approximately 53 million cars (U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), 2008)."[3] "The effects to the economy are almost just as devastating: “It is estimated that power outages and power quality disturbances cost the economy from $75 to $180 billion annually (Amin & Stringer, 2008)."[3] "The goal is to use...
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...centres the power interruptions cause to distinctive business establishments worldwide. This article analytically investigates the times when back up electricity is most needed and becomes very important. It can keep the clocks running, so we aren’t late for work. We can have breakfast before we leave the house. It’s important to keep schedule and backup electricity can do just that. As long as the electricity is available, no one thinks much about it. Whether it’s during the day or at night, electricity keeps our lives in order. It affects your business, your schedule and even your entertainment. Electricity runs everything in our everyday lives. Gas stations can’t pump gas without it. Businesses have to close because their cash registers won’t work without it. Restaurants can’t cook food without it. Our lives almost come to a standstill without electricity. Everything in our world today depends on having the power to keep them running. In our house, everything we need and enjoy is plugged into a wall socket and requires electricity. Therefore, backup electricity has become a necessity and is no longer a luxury. It’s really inconvenient when the electricity is shut off at night and it’s too early to go to bed and sleep through it. You are usually in the middle of something when it happens and frustrating to wait for the power to be restored. This has all changed with the invention of the power inverter. No one has to sit in the dark and angrily wait for the power to be restored...
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...1. For each of the following marketing problems/situations, identify the appropriate research design(s) (i.e., exploratory, descriptive and/or causal) for the market research study. Some or all of the studies may require more than one research design. Explain your recommendations. a. When Frito-Lay first entered the Thailand market, Ms. Janjaree Thanma who directed marketing for Frito-Lay in Bangkok, Thailand, was faced with a number of marketing problems. First of all, she had to decide on the flavor for the chips. She was told that the favorite flavors of Thais were prawn and tom yam. However, that did not necessarily mean putting these flavors in the chips. Frito-Lay had learned that lesson in China. Second, she was not sure whether the Thais would accept a Western snack like potato chips. She thought she had better get some information about definite demand before she took over the production plant from the Thai partner and hired 1,500 farmers to grow potatoes for Frito-Lay. (5 points) For the first question, she should use exploratory method to do the research. First, because the company first entered the market, she has no useful information to base on. Even though she was told that Prawn and Tomyam are the favorite flavors for Thais, this information cannot be made up into an assumption that the two flavor chips would be the potential products. Second, if the prawn chips and Tom Yam chips are not accepted by the audiences, they cannot make conclusion and...
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...Assignment No: 01 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYESTEM Presented To: Prof. Hammad Mushtaq Presented By: Syed Kafait Hussain ID No: 14021034013 Q No.1: How do smart grids differ from the current electricity infrastructure in the United States? Ans: Difference between current electricity infrastructures in the United States Current Electricity Grid: Current electricity grid was conceived more than 100 year ago. Power generation was localized and built around the communities. The grid was designed for utilities to deliver electricity to consumer’s home and bill them once a month. This limited one way interaction makes difficult for the grid to respond to the ever changing and rising energy demand of the current century therefore Smart Grid is a better technology. Smart Grid: These are basic function of Smart Grid: The digital technology that allows for two-way communication between the utility and its customers, and the sensing along the transmission lines is what makes the grid smart. Like the Internet, the Smart Grid will consist of controls, computers, automation, and new technologies and equipment working together, but in this case, these technologies will work with the electrical grid to respond digitally to our quickly changing electric demand * Two way interaction : Smart Grid introduces a Two way interaction (dialogue) where electricity and information can be exchanged between the utility and its consumers. * Developing networking: ...
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...Please notice the running head. Technology Plan and Effective Online Communication Skills Michael E. Dudley Walden University September 11, 2013 Assignment Template Summary This template includes spaces for you to respond to each required part of the Week 2 Application. It also includes excerpts from the Discussion and Response Rubric and the Application 2 rubric that your instructor will use to grade your work. Specifically, you will complete: 1) Part 1: Personal Technology Contingency Plan a) Technology Back-up Plan b) Communication Plan c) Back-up Computers and Contacts Information 2) Part 2: Effective Online Communication d) Your Sample Post: Definition of email etiquette e) Evaluation of Your Sample Post This template also contains other important information: * Excerpt from the Discussion and Response Rubric – the complete rubric can be found in your classroom. Your instructor will use this rubric to assess your discussion posts each week. You will use the rubric elements and criteria to evaluate your work in Part 2 of this assignment. * Excerpt from the Week 2 Application Rubric – the complete rubric can be found in your classroom. Your instructor will use the Week 2 Application Rubric to assess your work for this assignment, completed in the following pages. * Information about how to save a file to your computer is found at the end of this template. Proceed to the next page to begin your work. ...
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...Global Production, Outsourcing, and Logistics Learning objectives • Explain why production and logistics decisions are of central importance to many multinational businesses. • Explain how country differences, production technology, and product features all affect the choice of where to locate production activities. • Recognize how the role of foreign subsidiaries in production can be enhanced over time as they accumulate knowledge. • Identify the factors that influence a firm’s decision of whether to source supplies from within the company or from foreign suppliers. • Describe what is required to efficiently coordinate a globally dispersed production system. This chapter focuses on two major activities—production and materials management, and attempts to clarify how when they are performed internationally, the cost of value creation can be lowered, and how value can be added by better serving customer needs. The choice of an optimal manufacturing location must consider country factors, technological factors, and product factors. Foreign factories can improve their capabilities over time, and this can be of immense strategic benefit to the firm. Managers need to view foreign factories as potential centers of excellence and encourage and foster attempts by local managers to upgrade factory capabilities. An essential issue in many international businesses is determining which component parts should be manufactured in-house...
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...2.1 Ways to safeguard the computer from Power outages, surges and other electrical variations: Power surge refers to the time when the electricity flow is interrupted, then started again or when the electricity flowing is sent back into the system by something. It can also be caused by natural hazards such as the strike of a lightning, or heavy snow or ice. This damages a computer in such a way that the computer’s Power Supply Unit will no longer function, and therefore need to be replaced. This can be avoided using one of the following precautions: The easiest way to avoid Power surges is to unplug the computer immediately after working on it. For as Surge protectors are designed to absorb any electric current that goes above a certain voltage,...
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...Provide three recommendations to the CEO for a way to ensure that employees in the future cannot claim "technical issues" for why they didn't make a complaint. Explain, in your recommendations, the legal consequences to an employee if they do not utilize the complaint mechanism of the sexual harassment policy. Support these recommendations with current case law. To ensure that an employee cannot claim technical issues in the future: 1. The website statistics should be reviewed on a regular basis by the webmaster to verify if there have been periods of downtime on the site. Any downtime is automatically logged by the system and should be reported to the webmaster immediately following any unusual outages such as a power failure or server issues. The webmaster should document any outages in a spreadsheet in case an issue like this would occur. This should be part of the webmasters daily routine, to check and log these items. 2. There should be at least two means for employees to file a complaint. Most companies have a hotline and a webpage. In this day in age there will always be “technical difficulties”, so this should be addressed. 3. There should be regular meetings on...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix B: Contingency Plan Evaluation |Contingency Plan and Source |Plan A : |Plan B : | |Provide a brief overview of the community the |The European Union is currently working to assist member states with |In light of the budget crisis in Chicago, ComED has implemented a | |contingency plan serves. |energy supply outages. European Commission conducted a stress test to |contingency plan to assist the military family, senior citizen, | | |determine which states would be the most vulnerable if a power outage |Veterans, unemployed, sick and disable customer with payment on their | | |occurred. With the data collected from the stress test, Europe has |energy bill. | | |decided to make a major modification to it security supply regulation.| | |Describe the risks the plan identifies and | |The risk identified by the plan would be income challenged customer | |covers. |The risk identified would be...
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...shopping and call in Chinese, we often forget that a natural disaster can bring it all to a screeching hault. The Northeast blackout of 2003 gives us good example of just how reliant we are to our electrical grids. In just two days without electricity New York City encountered a host of problems ranging from communication, transportation, financial, and industrial. The blackout was due to a software bug the infiltrated the outdated power grid of the region leaving over a dozen states and even parts of Canada in the dark. Our current power grid was constructed in the early 1900’s and has continuously been patched up over the years. Though our grid continues to keep the lights on to this day we must adopt a Smart Grid system that allows for our digital technology communicate with the grid that it relies so heavily upon. Similar to the internet, the Smart Grid will consist of controls, computers, automation, and new technologies and equipment working together with the grid to respond digitally to our quickly changing electric demand (SmartGrid.gov). Our power grid today can be affected by a natural disaster taking place in a whole different state than that of our own....
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...communication technology and computer processing that has been used for decades in other industries. They are beginning to be used on electricity networks, from the power plants and wind farms all the way to the consumers of electricity in homes and businesses. They offer many benefits to utilities and consumers -- mostly seen in big improvements in energy efficiency on the electricity grid and in the energy users’ homes and offices. For a century, utility companies have had to send workers out to gather much of the data needed to provide electricity. The workers read meters, look for broken equipment and measure voltage, for example. Most of the devices utilities use to deliver electricity have yet to be automated and computerized. Now, many options and products are being made available to the electricity industry to modernize it. The “grid” amounts to the networks that carry electricity from the plants where it is generated to consumers. The grid includes wires, substations, transformers, switches and much more. Much in the way that a “smart” phone these days means a phone with a computer in it, smart grid means “computerizing” the electric utility grid. It includes adding two-way digital communication technology to devices associated with the grid. Each device on the network can be given sensors to gather data (power meters, voltage sensors, fault detectors, etc.), plus two-way digital communication between the device in the field and the utility’s network operations center...
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...electric grid was conceived more than 100 years ago when electricity needs were simple. Power generation was localized and built around communities. Most homes had only small energy demands such as few light-bulbs and a radio. The grid was designed for utilities to deliver electricity to consumer's home and then bill them once a month which is a one-way communication which is illustrated in figure 1; Before smart Grid. Figure 1: Pre and Post Smart Grid communication This limited one-way interaction makes it difficult for the grid to respond to the ever changing and rising energy demands of the 21st century. The smart grid introduces the two-way dialogue where electricity and information can be exchanged between utility and its customers shown in figure 1; After smart grid . Its a developing network of communications, controls, computers and automation, and new technology and tools working together to make the grid more efficient, more reliable, more secure, and more greener. The smart grid enables newer technologies to be integrated such as wind and solar energy production and plug-in vehicle charging. With our participation as informed consumers, the smart grid will replace the old infrastructure of today's grid. And utilities can better communicate with us to help manage our electricity needs. Grid Situational awareness Situational awareness in the context of power grid operation is the understanding the current environment and being able to accurately...
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