...Sparkling glass limited a company with 300 million turnover, is running through losses for the past 2 years. The financial problems have resulted because, production is outpacing sales, as production cost is 75 percent of the sales. Government also hold most of the company's input which results in increase in price of the product and at the same time competitors, sell glass containers at lower prices because of which customers prefer to buy from those sellers. Manufacturing of glass containers is a continuous process and requires a lot of training. Working conditions near the glass furnace is very difficult because of immense heat and there are no fans in that area, which poses a problem for workers. Glass manufacture deals in variety and if we see other companies produce variety of bottles and whereas our company only deal with a single variety, which is very economical. Ashok the in-charge of general shift, who has been responsible for routine function of the general shift, production planning, scheduling and costing, is going to retire in few months time and there is a need for replacement in Ashok's place. Recruiting externally is not feasible for the company looking at the current situations. There are four replacements internally in the company to take over Ashok's place ~Khanna, Panjabi, Gupta and Gulati. Khanna:- He holds a 5 years of work experience and is a glass technologist. He has good communication skills and applies them while solving issues. His...
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...Sparkling Glass Limited Written Analysis and Communication Assignment – 2 Nitesh Raj Nama Yogesh Singh FSB -1 Date : 16/09/2014 1 16th September, 2014 To, The Plant Superintendent Sparkling Glass Limited Subject: Report on Promotional Action to be taken. Dear Sir, A detailed report on the promotional activity which is to be commissioned by our committee headed by Mr. Prasad has been submitted to you. We have four people into our consideration namely, Khanna, Panjabi, Gulati, and Gupta. Various factors such as Educational Qualification, Work Experience, Socializing and many other factors have been taken into consideration. I hope the analysis I have done satisfies your concerns. Regards. Committee Member 2 Executive Summary : Mr. Ashok, who is in charge of the General Shift at Sparkling Glass Limited , is going to retire after few months. He has been responsible not only to do the basic routine work but also manage the Production Planning, Scheduling and Costing work. Therefore, the company needs to appoint someone on his behalf. Four people have taken into consideration for the post :1. 2. 3. 4. Khanna. Panjabi. Gupta. Gulati. The analysis talks about which persons fits best for the job on analyzing on Educational Qualification, Experience, Knowledge on Planning & Management , and Social Quality and Unions. After analyzing, Mr. Gupta seems fit to be promoted because he is qualified as a Glass technologist, manages the Production Planning, Costing and Scheduling work, had...
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...English Wine Week Direct and Digital Marketing Plan Team Sunflowers - Team code 2114-03. Team code 2114-03. Executive Summary For English Wine Producers we propose the following objectives to get the most out of their English Wine Week: • • • • Increase the number of visitors attending the vineyards during the week To sell at least 65,000 bottles throughout the week To create a functional database upon which consumer data can be used in the future Increase awareness of the week through promotional activities A specific action plan is set to meet the objective targets. All activities will be through off-trade retailers and targeting consumers in the ABC1 categories predominately in the South East of England. Due to targeting these consumers we aim to create a premium perception of our product to take advantage of slumps in sales of Champagne. We aim to generate a vibe of interest from our campaign, advertising and events in which people want to get more involved with wine and events orientated around it. For instance through our created app GPS will locate local wine events, vineyards and merchants that sell English wine, and customers will be able to use this at will. Currently English wine have 1785 consumer details from details given to them from vineyards. Database software will be purchased so that EWP can collect data from their consumers so that in the future they are able to retain the consumers. The media which will be used has been selected as we feel that...
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...excuse to catch up with the girls!” Upon arrival at the luxury location you are greeted with a glass of sparkling wine. There are many shopping stalls to enjoy. There are also great workshops like, makeup, massages and hair styling. There is also a high tea that is served in the ballroom served twice a day (10: 30am-12: 30 pm, 2: 30pm-4: 30 pm). Event Management Duties Each member of the event management team was assigned to a different duty. Some where greeting guest, a few were serving a glass of sparking wine, and there were also team members working at each stalls and serving in the ballroom. How well tasks were carried out The tasks carried out by the event management team were very successful. Guests were welcomed in a very professional and respectful manner. Service was quick and neat and the members working at the stalls were helpful. Difficulties faced and how those difficulties were dealt with At the High Tea Party, the difficulty this event faced was with the amount of members serving the alcohol. On late notice the member who was assigned to this job notified the event manager that they are unable to attend. The manager dealt with this effectively by asking if any of the event management team members held a RSA (Responsible Service of Alcohol). Adjustments were then made in order to ensure guests didn’t have a long wait to enjoy a glass of sparkling...
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...Knowledge * describe basic meat serving cuts * describe types of poutry meat * describe basic fish cuts * define shellfish and other seafood * describe basic soup types * define common food * preparation and service terms * list major ingredients of sauces * define cooking methods | | | | | 3. Demonstrate Food Menu Knowledge * describe importance of knowing menu * identify common dietary requests * provide menu information | 4. Describe Beverage Service Knowledge * define basic beverage terms * identify product informaiton needed to describe itmes * identify majoy types of beer * describe wine calssifications * outline guidelines for matching food and wine * define sweetness terms used for sparkling wines and Chanpagne * identify common wine-producing countries * identify information found on wine label * identify correct...
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...Berlucchi Case Question 1: (1) Global market In 2006, 2,3 billion bottles of sparklers were produced worldwide .Italian companies produced 276 bottles of Italian spumante, from which the exported 135 million bottles. The exports increased by 15%, which were concentrated on a small number of countries. The success is based on price (average value of an exported bottle is 2,50€). The overall production of spumante grow form 250 million bottles to 276 million bottles in only 6 years. Berlucchi could benefit from the risng export rates and the emerging markets for sparkling wine like Japan or USA (2) Italian market Domestic production grew less than world production, but also increased in the last 6 years, both in charmat and traditional method. The Italian market is extremely seasonal. Nearly 53% of all Italian families consume spumante at least one time per year und they buy 2,6 bottles per capita per year. The two main distribution channels are retail groceries( (off-trade→domestic market) and HoReCa ( On-site consumption. Berluchhi could benefit from the growing market and their strong position in the market. A problem could be the high competition. (3) Individual distribution channels • Retail groceries: The spumante and champagne market decreased in the past year in retail, but not as heavy in HoReCa. The retail market is much bigger. Berlucchi could benefit on either focusing more on the HoReCa channel or expanding their market share in retail, but a threat could...
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...During the trip on the Freixenet factory our guide has given us a lot of useful information such as some facts about Spanish Cava and how it is made. Actually, it is interesting that according to Spanish law, cava may be produced in eight wine regions: Aragon, the Basque Country, Castile and León, Catalonia, Extremadura, Navarra, Rioja or the Valencian Community. Freixenet is produced only in Catalonia. Like Champagne, Cava is produced in varying levels of sweetness, ranging from the dryest, brut nature, through brut, brut reserve, sec (seco), semisec (semiseco), to dolsec (dulce), the sweetest. Sparkling wines are made under the traditional method, or méthode Champenoise. With this method the effervescence is produced by secondary fermentation. After primary fermentation, blending and bottling, a second alcoholic fermentation occurs in the bottle. As the name suggests, this is used for the production of Champagne, but is slightly more expensive than the Charmat process. The “Méthode Champenoise” involves allowing the wine to continue fermenting in the bottle for a period of time (months to years). The bottles are slanted down, so the yeasts eventually settled in the neck of the bottle. When the wine is ready, the bottles are kept in this position with the yeasts at the neck. Through several different processes, the neck of the bottle is frozen (only a few inches of the wine inside at the neck which contains the yeast). Then, with the yeasts trapped in a short plug...
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...1. Considerations to be taken into account by Carlsberg Malaysia in the event of diversification in producing non – alcoholic carbonated drinks in Malaysia. Carlsberg Malaysia is embarking on diversifying its product range by producing non-alcoholic carbonated drinks with a prospect of a return in investment (ROI) in the 12% range. Two areas of considerations should be looked into if Carlsberg Malaysia wants to proceed with this diversification program. 1st Method Firstly, Carlsberg could emulate the methodology employed by its competitor, Guiness, the producer of Malta non-alcoholic drink, by using existing manufacturing facilities, distributor outlets, handling equipment and sharing the same inventory listings in their production. Hence, gaining halal certification is extremely doubtful and the Muslim market could not be penetrated. Carlsberg could however benefitted from the exemption of paying excise duties and ad valorem tax. Furthermore they could display their new product at all non-alcoholic beverage counters in the market. 2nd Method Secondly, Carlsberg could embark on a totally new marketing strategy of its product by giving importance to ensure that the product is syariah compliance and certified halal by the Islamic regulators. This is to allow Carlsberg to gain an immediate access to the Muslim market, which in size and numbers are much bigger. However Carlsberg should be more conscious of the general perception linking the word Carlsberg to alcohol which...
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...apps for Google Glass will know when you’re looking up at the clouds and provide you with an instant weather report. If you’re unsure of what’s at a particular street address, look at the premises and Google Glass will tell you who’s inside, and possibly even show you the indoor plans along with a 360° panorama view if it’s a business. 2. Google Glass introduces absolutely new way of computing, with a simple, voice-driven user interface that makes a number of tasks much more intuitive. There are some examples of these: 3. To start using Google Glass, you tap the frame of the glasses and you’re taken to the home screen. You don’t see a bunch of icons like on smartphone home screen, just a simple real-life scene you’re looking at. To issue a command, you tap the frame and say “OK Glass”. 4. After you issue the order “OK Glass”, you can instruct the glasses to do something specific by saying something like “take a picture”. That’s it. There’s no fumbling around looking for the camera icon. 5. Same goes with video. With Google Glass, you can record what you see without moving a finger. 6. Now this is what calls serious sharing — actually sharing what you see with your friends . 7. Lost? No problem, you have your super GPS navigating device to guide you along in the right direction. It’s perfect for the car. 8. Google Glass will able to read and translate any text you see/say, which makes them great for travellers. For travellers, Google Glass will be a revolution...
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...Harris treated the slaves like if they were prisoners in his jailhouse. The government gives a prisoner a new identity which is a number that they must go by while in jail so that it would be easier to keep track of them. Joel Chandler Harris simply gave them new names, names that he would remember because of the persons trait or how dark their skin was. From the moment he gave them the name, that was their new identity as long as they were under his ownership. That is why Chandler Harris takes away the slaves' Identity when he creates Uncle Remus. Mrs. Cullinan sees herself superior to her employees, Margaret and Miss Glory. “There were goblets, sherbet glasses, ice-cream glasses, wine glasses, green glass coffee cups with matching saucers, and water glasses. I had a glass to drink from and it sat next to Miss Glory’s on a separate shelf from the others”(212). Mrs....
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... I have never put much thought into how glass could be used in the criminal justice field but it plays a very important more than you could believe. In the following paper we will discuss the history of glass, how to locate, collect, identify, and compare samples of glass. The very first glass know to man was called obsidian, which was black volcanic glass; this glass was used to make weapons and decorative objects. Obsidian glass was dated back 3500BC in Egypt and Eastern Mesopotamia. People of the Stone Age used naturally occurring glass which formed when strikes sand lightning and by volcanic eruptions as a result of high temperature when certain types of rocks melt. In the beginning era of glass making the process was very slow and expensive luxury item to have and not many people could afford it. The glass industry was developed in Europe at the end of the 13th century but was was already established in Vince around (A.D. 1096-1270). The production of glass in Vince and other surrounding places until the 16th century, when crystallized lead was invented, and not until the industrial revolution was the (1900-1925) mechanical mass production of glass was started, hence the creation of flat glass (1905-1914) and blown glass. After starting mass production of plate glass then came the process of strengthen the glass (1959). This small but informative history of glass making comes to a close nearly 50 years ago glass is still evolving...
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...For the Parsons Challenge we were asked to look into a subject that is overlooked in our everyday life. When I was thinking about the subject of being “over looked” windows came to mind. A window is a space that you look through, created by a sheet of glass. The glass of a window is a transparent clean surface to allow vision to another space, while not being in it. I thought that windows are overlooked because they are meant to be looked through. So, I focused in on glass and was looking at the windows that I encounter in my daily life. The idea of a window is a clear transparent space to see through. Windows are meant to be kept clean so, it can fulfill its job of being a space to see out of. What made me inspired were the windows of my Jeep Liberty. In the winter, long streaking white stains start to plaster on top of the window surface, obstructing the view through the window. It was an interesting concept for me to realize that windows in reality are not actually clean or perfect. I always thought of windows in an ideal manner. These stains on the window conflicted with what I imagined a window would be,clean and almost unnoticed. These stains changed the space of the window that they laid on. Something that was once overlooked is manipulated to be something to look at. I turned this concept into three pieces of art that, show stains in new way. The stains on the windows are photographed, then traced onto tracing paper, and finally onto a frosted vinyl plastic. On...
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...Building Construction Analysis This assignment is elaborated through the construction process and detailed six logical stages of our residential buildings being constructed. Readers will be given a rough picture of how and why our home house comes into being step by step gradually in the way we are familiar. Also, technical data related to the construction materials are discussed. So the reason why the materials are chosen and the methodology of construction are to be carried out. Many pictures used in this assignment were taken in some real construction sites (Dunraven Drive and Winchester Crescent, Pimpama, QLD, 4209) while some were employed by internet searching. Section Zero – Pre-construction Preparation Before a formal construction process can commence there are lots of matters needing to be considered and relevant documentation should be completed. Some legal requirements are also to be met. In the pre-design stage, a family/stakeholders conference is an ideal way to determine every party’s needs so that individual requirements, house parts’ size and their priority could be finalized, which in turn leads to the real designing stage. Some professional consultants could be employed, e.g. architects, valuers, surveyors, structural/electrical/mechanical/hydraulic/geo-technical engineers. The output documentation includes but not limited to design drawings, building drawings (floor plan, roof plan, etc.), service diagram, wet area details, geo-technical report...
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...Just sit right there I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air In west Philadelphia born and raised On the playground was where I spent most of my days Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool And all shootin some b-ball outside of the school When a couple of guys who were up to no good Started making trouble in my neighborhood I got in one little fight and my mom got scared She said 'You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air' I begged and pleaded with her day after day But she packed my suit case and sent me on my way She gave me a kiss and then she gave me my ticket. I put my Walkman on and said, 'I might as well kick it'. First class, yo this is bad Drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass. Is this what the people of Bel-Air living like? Hmmmmm this might be alright. But wait I hear they're prissy, bourgeois, all that Is this the type of place that they just send this cool cat? I don't think so I'll see when I get there I hope they're prepared for the prince of Bel-Air Well, the plane landed and when I came out There was a dude who looked like a cop standing there with my name out I ain't trying to get arrested yet I just got here I sprang with the quickness like lightning, disappeared I whistled for a cab and when it came near The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror If anything I could say that this cab was rare But I thought 'Nah, forget it' - 'Yo, homes to Bel Air' I pulled up...
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...flavor. Tuna-3 Temp-4 Spicy Lobster-2 (spiciness-2 glasses) Sushi Popo Atmosphere-casual, but still well decorated Overall-C+ Total Price-$23.50 While Sushi Popo’s tuna roll was very average, it’s tempura roll struggled. The roll took risks, adding in cream cheese and a decidedly un-sweet sauce. Neither of these worked well. The cream cheese’s mushy texture clashed with the crispiness of the tempura, and the sauce was lacking in flavor. Their specialty, the Autumn roll (crabmeat, avacado, and cream cheese rolled in crispy tempura and fried veggies), suffered from the same problem. It’s sauce was very similar to the tempura’s, and none of the other ingrediants were strong enough to make up for it. Tuna-2.5 Temp-2 Autumn-2.5 (1/2 glass) Jade Sisters Atmosphere-very casual Overall-B- Total Price-$18.18 Jade Sisters features some surprisingly solid sushi. While average rice and fish prevent the sushi from being anything special, there was not a whole lot to complain about. The tempura roll featured a nice little sweet sauce, and the tuna roll featured some surprisingly tasty fish. The specialty roll, the caterpillar (shrimp tempura, cream cheese and cucumber with a special house sauce) featured a very tasty sauce, although it suffered from having too much cream cheese. Cream cheese is an ingrediant that should never have more than a supporting role in a sushi roll, but this cream cheese was a little overwhelming....
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