...San Jose Motors San Jose Motors is a small company that produces motors for specialized equipment sold primarily to research laboratories and a major U.S. defense contractor. The operation is family owned and has been in business for 15 years. The company produces and sells three motors, named Motor 5, Motor 10, and Motor 15. Bob Noonan was recently hired as an accountant and reports to the controller, Jennifer Mackey. Bob has been performing routine types of accounting work, but he would like to become more involved in cost control and in analyses to help the managers make decisions. Recently, he performed a cost-volume-profit analysis of the company’s three products, as shown below. The analysis was based on data from last year’s accounting records. Prior Year Data Aggregate Motor 15 Motor 10 Motor 5 Sales at capacity (units) 300,000 Actual volume (units) 250,000 120,000 80,000 50,000 Price per unit $113.60 $140.00 $120.00 $40.00 Total revenue $28,400,000 $16,800,000 $9,600,000 $2,000,000 Variable cost per unit $85.60 $125.00 $62.50 $28.00 Total variable cost $21,400,000 $15,000,000 $5,000,000 $1,400,000 Fixed costs $6,000,000 $900,000 $4,500,000 $600,000 Operating profit $1,000,000 $900,000 $100,000 $0 Ratios: Variable cost to sales 75.352% 89.286% 52.083% 70.000% Contribution margin ratio 24.648% 10.714% 47.917% 30.000% Utilization of capacity 83.333% 40.000% 26.667% 16.667% Breakeven point: Units 214,286 Revenues $24,342,857 ...
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...Case: Wendy’s and the Finger-in-the-Chili In March 2005, Anna Ayala, a Las Vegas resident visiting San Jose, California, went to Wendy’s with her family. She ordered a bowl of Beef Chili. She said she bit into a spoon of chili and “suddenly I chewed something that’s kind of hard, crunch. I spit it out.” She said that’s when she realized the crunchy item was a 1 and half inch human finger well manicured nail. She hired a lawyer and sued. Denny Lynch, Senior VP of communication for Wendy’s international faced a crisis that innocent food based companies fear. When a customer commits a vicious act that cost other’s to turn away from the restaurant, or product. Lynch received a call that night from Bob Bertini, Wendy’s director of Communications, explaining what happened. Lynch had to act immediately. Lynch and Bertini constantly dealt with the media for the next 60 days. At first Santa Clara county health dept. had sympathy for Ms. Ayala and said she was ill and distraught so emotionally upset causing her to vomit. The Health Dept. released photos of the finger to media. The national news coverage intensified. The health dept. stated that there was no public health risk. Wendy’s then needed to place a plan into action, First Wendy’s regional management team set up a makeshift control room in a franchise office in San Jose, and the police were involved, as was the coroner. Wendy’s crisis management strategy centered on four areas: 1. Conducting due diligence to establish...
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...Cisco Systems Uses Its Culture for Competitive Advantage Case Study 1. What are the observable artifacts, espoused values, and basic assumptions associated with Cisco’s culture? Explain. The above terms are also known as the three fundamental layers of organizational culture, each varying in outward visibility and resistance to change an each level influences another level. Observable artifacts are the most visible and also cosist of the physical manifestation of an organization’s culture (Kreitner and Kinicki,2010, pg.65). An example of this when the CEO John Chambers uses just three words to describe the benefits of the San Jose networking giant’s management system: “speed, skill, and flexibility.” This is relates a published list of values by Cisco. Another example is with Manny Rivelo, a senior vice president at Cisco Systems, that 70% of his compensation is based on the council’s ability to meet revenue targets and collaborate. As to espoused values, they represent the explicitly stated values and norms that are preferred by an organization. In Cisco’s case, it was Chambers’ idea originated by a loss of $2.2 billion loss in 2001, which involves grouping executives into cross-functional teams. This concept would lead to faster decision making. Basic assumptions are unobservable and represent the core of organizational culture. I feel that Rivelo’s one quote sums of the basic assumptin for Cisco, “I’m on a litany of them-three councils, maybe six boards, and five working...
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...I. September Facts A. 265th day of the year 1. 100 days left until the end of this year 2. Ends summer, brings the season fall B. Signs 1. Virgo is the zodiac sign of somebody who was born in September 2. The modern birthstone for this month is Sapphire 3. Agate is the mystical birthstone 4. The ox represents September 5. The September element is fire C. 22 of September in 1997 1. The day of this week was Monday a. Second day to start the week b. The Spanish translation for Monday is lunes 2. A person born on this day will be sixteen years old today a. If this same person saved a nickel everyday starting at the age of five, then by now that person would have accumulated $210.20 today b. Assuming this same person is alive and kicking II. Famous Deaths A. Bryan Woods 1. Soldier/clerk 2. Dies at age 76. B. Eric William Hunter Christie 1. Barrister 2. Dies at age 77 C. George Bryan Ingham 1. Artist 2. Dies at age 61 a. Studied at St. Martin’s School of Art, located in London b. Taught by Frederick Gore and A Ziegler 3. Exhibitions a. 2003-4, Bryan Ingham Prints, Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives b. 2006, Fine Arts Society D. Ruth Picardie 1. Journalist, editor 2....
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...From: Alexandra Madzharyan Subject: Housing investments in San Francisco According to your request about housing investments in Bay area, San Francisco I have conducted a research and found interesting facts. Housing market in Bay area can be characterized as very dynamic. ”The increase in housing prices was caused by the strict government restrictions which started in the 1970's, affecting construction in coastal areas” (EBSCO HOST, January 21, 2008) The San Francisco Bay Area real estate market has been growing rapidly over the past six years. Ever since the recession in 2008, the population is growing each year and more people are starting families. However, the prices are also increasing rapidly. ”Every time the market crashes, the consensus becomes that real estate won’t recover for decades or even “in our lifetime.” But the economy mends, the population grows, people start families, inflation builds up over the years, and repressed demand of those who want to own their own homes builds up. In the early eighties, mid-nineties and in 2012, after about 4 years of a recessionary housing market, this repressed demand jumps back in (or “explodes” might be a good description) and prices start to rise again. It’s not unusual for a big surge in values to occur in the first couple years after a recovery begins, as has occurred recently.” (SFGate, October 1, 2013) This is the right time to decide to buy a house in the San Francisco Bay Area. The prices have been increasing over...
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...The Economic Disaster of a 7.8+ Earthquake on The San Francisco Bay Area Christina Sotelo Geology 6 – Jefferis- Nilsen November 21, 2012 Over the many decades the economic standing of the United States, specifically California, had fluctuated due to many unforeseen factors. One huge factor that cannot be anticipated, and often causes drastic effects on the economy, are geologic disasters. The state of California is notorious for having earthquakes that shake up the state quite often and leave the affected area with a substantial amount of damage. The 1906 earthquake of San Francisco was the largest geologic disaster known to the nation at the time it occured. Destroying about 80% of the city, this earthquake also caused an enormous amount of fires to break out throughout the city. Not only did the state of California have to build up funds to reconstruct the city, but also other states and nations provided economic relief to help rebuild the ninth largest city in the United States. As one of the most metropolitan areas in the West Coast of the US, San Francisco had a humongous task at hand to make this once financial, trade, and cultural center flourish once again. The magnitude of the earthquake caused widespread destruction due to the geologic setting of San Francisco, but also the destruction of buildings was due to the makeshift quality of the construction of the city. If there were to be a repeat of the quake today, it could possibly be more devastating than the first...
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...Cisco Systems, Inc. was founded in 1984, its corporate headquarters is located in San Jose, California. Cisco is one the most prominent corporation's in The Silicon Valley. Cisco was founded by a husband and wife team, who were both working for Stanford University. They were unable to email each other from offices in separate buildings or across the campus, due to technological shortcomings at that time. They wanted to create the ability to email each other from their separate buildings across the campus. Cisco is a global marketing corporation, they've definitely have created a global brand name for themselves. Cisco designs, manufactures, and sells networking equipment. The Internet of Everything brings together people, processes, data, and things, to make connectivity more relevant and valuable than ever. Cisco markets their belief that the customers come first, they've created a long-lasting customer base with strong partnerships and relationships. They work closely with their customers to identify their needs and provide solutions that support their success. Cisco has shaped the future of the Internet by creating unprecedented value and opportunity for their customers, employees, investors and ecosystem partners and has become the worldwide leader in networking - transforming how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Cisco is most definitely a global marketing machine. I've worked in the technology industry for over 16 years. In my opinion and many others...
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...Microsoft account Joseph Jackson Westwood College Designing a Network Microsoft account Joseph Jackson Westwood College Designing a Network Determining the networking requirements the designing of a network can be a difficult situation. Whether its data transfer rules that determine the number of channels needed and the priorities to be used. An alternate real issue is the most extreme size of data that can be sent and received leads to the need for segmentation at the sending end and reassembly at the receiving end. Networking design must reflect the objectives, attributes, and approaches of the associations in which they work. A decently planned network can help adjust these targets. At the point when legitimately executed, the network base can improve application accessibility and permit the savvy utilization of existing network assets. The primary step is to comprehend your networking necessities. (Cisco Systems, Inc.) There are two essential objectives when setting up a networking design and having the capacity to execute the design into a live environment. The principal objective is to have application accessibility. The system conveys application information between machines. On the off chance that the applications are not accessible to system clients, the system is not doing its occupying. Which can make trouble managing getting to applications over the system. The second of the essential objectives is the Cost of possession. The Information system (IS) plans...
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...Nicholas Richards 23/09/2015 Prin. of Man. Shark Tank paper BuggyBeds When viewing videos for this paper I saw some pretty great and just some not so great products. But one stood out to me from all the others. During the show for this product, two women presents the Sharks with a product called BuggyBeds. This product was presented as an early detector for bed bugs around the house. These monitors attract bed bugs to the trap and keep them trapped using a special formulated glue. As stated by both women pitching their product, the glue is not poisonous and is not harmful to people, which is a must if little kids are around. The monitors themselves are very small and easy to use. All one has to do is unpack the monitor and then place it around the area/furniture one thinks might contain bed bugs, preferable under the desired object. I found it interesting while watching this bit show when one of the women informed the Sharks that there really is not a lot of early detection systems for bed bugs. For them to produce a two-pack it just costs about ~ $1.60 – 1.75, and then they may market the product for about $6.99. I choose this product that will sell/win because of just how big a problem bed bugs are for a huge number of people and organizations. One fact stated by the women pitching this product is that a female bed bug can produce upwards to 500 more bed bugs. That is frightening, without anyway to deal with bed bugs they would just keep appearing. To me, I feel like...
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...tourist attraction. Under Winchester's day-to-day guidance, its "from-the-ground-up" construction proceeded around the clock, without interruption, from 1884 until her death on September 5, 1922, at which time work immediately ceased.[3] The cost for such constant building has been estimated at about US $5.5 million[4] (if paid in 1922; this would be equivalent to over $75 million in 2012).[5] The Queen Anne Style Victorian mansion is renowned for its size and utter lack of any master building plan. According to popular belief, Winchester thought the house was haunted by the ghosts of the people who fell victim to Winchester rifles, and that only continuous construction would appease them. It is located at 525 South Winchester Blvd. in San Jose, California.[6] As of 2013, the house is under private ownership by Winchester Mystery House, LLC, a limited liability company owned by partners Edna May Raney; Gerard Raney; Ray Farris II; Sandra Farris; and M. Valerie Bovone. It is not operated by the County of Santa Clara or the U.S. National Park Service. Inspiration Although this is disputed, popular belief holds that a Boston medium told Winchester that she had to leave her home in New Haven and travel West, where she must "build a home for yourself and for the spirits who have fallen from this terrible weapon, too. You must never stop building the house. If you continue building, you will live forever. But if you stop, then you will die." Winchester left her New Haven home...
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...Earthquake of 1906 Slide one. San Francisco At 5:12 am on April 16,1906 an earthquake shook the coast of Northern California. With a magnitude of 7.8. The quake affected 375,000 square miles. It could be felt all the way to Nevada. One half of this miles were in the Pacific Ocean. The cities of San Jose, Santa Cruz, and Santa Rosa were all affected by this earthquake. There was 400 million dollars, 1906 dollars, in damages done to the city. This was the first major disaster in the world to be documented by pictures. Slide 2 The Fires The fires erupted after the quake. Firefighters were unable to fight them because the water lines were destroyed in the quake. 28,000 building were destroyed spanning over 500 blocks. The fires burned for 3 days. As a result they caused more damages then the quake did. 225,000 people lost their homes and 3,000 perished. The city built refugee camps to house the ones who lost their homes. Slide 3 History Theodore Roosevelt was the current president, being elected in 1901. In December of 1906, president Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel peace prize for his help with the peaceful end to the Russo-Japaneese war. In 1906, 1.1 million immigrants had arrived in America. That is the most to arrive on a single year. At this time San Francisco was the 9th largest city in the United States. The night before the quake, Italian tenor, Enrique Caruso played at the Palace Hotel. The hotel was destroyed the...
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...Top Dog Hotdogs Project Proposal Proj592 Professor Grover Siriporn Sarah Goodwin C: 707-334-9089 E: ssbgoodwin@yahoo.com Executive Summary Due to the lack of fast food hotdog restaurants nearby college campuses in San Jose and San Francisco, this project aims to fill that void and succeed in attracting customers who seek fast, unique, authentic, and high quality affordable sausages to choose from. The project will be executed by acquiring a small building approximately 700 Sq. Ft within walking distance from San Jose State University and San Francisco State University. The restaurant will be open from 11am to 2am on most nights except Sunday with the business will be closed. The restaurant location and hours open are design to accommodate college students. The milestones of the project include: * Research Phase * Procurement Phase * Renovation & Styling * Advertising * Staff * Grand Opening Project Scope Statement Product or Service Description The scope of the project is to plan the launch of another Top Dog franchise nearby college campuses in San Francisco and San Jose. This will be beneficial for the company as it will generate more revenue and profits amongst college students and tourists. Top Dog started out in Berkeley, CA and has already created a brand for themselves within the East Bay with locations throughout Oakland and Berkeley. With the expansion of its franchise, it will give the company more opportunities to show...
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...under the influence, according to San Jose police. Smith was arrested by police officers after a single-vehicle crash at approximately 7 a.m. PT in the city's Silver Creek district, San Jose police spokeswoman Sgt. Heather Randol told NFL Media. Smith's vehicle collided with a tree. Nobody else was in the vehicle when officers arrived, she said. "The initial investigation revealed that he was driving under the influence of alcohol," Randol said. San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith, who was arrested Friday on suspicion of DUI in San Jose (courtesy of the San Jose Police Department) San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith, who was arrested Friday on suspicion of DUI in San Jose (courtesy of the San Jose Police Department) Smith was taken to a Santa Clara County jail, where he was booked on $5,250 bail, according to jail records. Smith later was released, Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Kurtis Stenderup said. Smith also was charged with possession of marijuana at the time he was booked, Stenderup said. Randol said there was no marijuana charge brought by San Jose police. Smith was in attendance Friday afternoon at 49ers practice, per the San Francisco Chronicle. Coach Jim Harbaugh said at his Friday press conference that he anticipates Smith playing in Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts. Smith, 23, previously was arrested for DUI in Miami Beach in January 2012. Friday's incident marks the fifth 49ers-related DUI arrest in the last two and...
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...1. What is Cisco's objective? Cisco’s objective is to create the human capital which in highly skillful and keep the core employees community in order to compete in the technological industries in the workplace. 2. Who are the relevant market and nonmarket stakeholders in this situation? Relevant market is the communities in neighborhood San Jose residents and nonmarket stakeholder are the environmentalist. 3. What are their interests? Please indicate if each stakeholder is in favor of, or opposed to, the Coyote Valley development project, and why. For stakeholder, they believe that this project can give benefit such as it could bring more job and tax revenue as well as helping to improve neighborhood services. It differ to people who opposed to, they believe this project can bring more negative effect to them such as the road will cause major traffic jam, cause environmental pollution and so on. They hope this kind of project must be stop in order to preserve natural environment. 4. What would be the advantages and disadvantages to the company of working collaboratively with its stakeholders to resolve this dispute? The advantages are they could bring the good facilities to them and help to improve their lifestyle and can also increase the economic development in that area. The disadvantages are the stakeholder will be more concern to the opposite idea and it would bring the project to the end. The project will be terminated and cause the company loss as...
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...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LA Galaxy Players Will Participate in Beach Clean Up Carson, CA (Wednesday, April 8, 2015) – In celebration of 20 years in Major League Soccer, the LA Galaxy will be participating in 20 acts of community service within Los Angeles throughout the 2015 season. All of these events will be open to the community, fans, players, alumni, and supporters of the LA Galaxy. This Friday, April 10 from 1-4 p.m. the team will take part in cleaning up Redondo Beach. Several well-known players, such as AJ DeLaGarza, Alan Gordon, Tommy Meyer and Todd Dunivant are taking part in this event. Team Manager, Becky Patterson says, “This will be a great way for the team members to interact with and give back to their fans and supporters. It will be a day filled with fun and charity and we encourage everyone who is interested to come. All of the boys are vey excited; we are hoping to make this an annual event.” The team is pairing with Heal the Bay for this event, which is a nonprofit environmental organization making Southern California coastal waters and watersheds, including Santa Monica Bay, safe, healthy and clean. The team and Heal the Bay purposefully scheduled this event on Friday, April 10 in celebration of Earth Day. Throughout the day, Galaxy Star Squad will be hosting Galaxy giveaways and other fun and interactive activities for the volunteers to participate in. In order to support the LA Galaxy Foundation, there will also be merchandise, such the LA Galaxy...
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