...: Eagle Industry Case 1. Why are office products frequently chosen as a lead commodity in strategic sourcing efforts? In an effort to reduce the overall costs associated with the purchases of the outside goods and services, though the office supplies were not the largest part, it’s chosen for variety of reasons: a. With office supplies, there is no difficulties in comparison and substitution as there is very little or no differentiation among the suppliers and products. b. Also, with initial understanding obtained from the data, quick hit opportunities are present for savings. 2. What observations can you develop about Eagle's SKU usage, prices they pay and contracts they currently use? a. About the SKU usage, the there were broad range of products as well as individual items purchased per category. b. The prices Eagle paid with large difference in the prices for the identical items by the same supplier. Also, there was a greater variance across the vendors for the prices on some items as 50% or more. c. The spending was made through three suppliers-two are contract and one catalog supplier. The prices for the identical items by same supplier varied. The variance was even greater across the vendors. Though the catalog supplier used promotional pricing, price comparison shoed that the non-discounted items were prices premium as compared to contract suppliers. 3. Discuss potential implementation barriers. Though the office supplies category...
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...Marketing Practices of Prince Bazar Super Store Limelight on 4 P’s & STP Concept A term paper by team White collar East West University Department of Business Administration Marketing Practices of “Prince Bazar Super Store” Limelight on 4 P’s & STP Concept Submitted to: Ms. Husna Ara Submitted by: Team “White Collar” 1. Jobaer Hasan ID: 2012-2-10-167 2. Mobashir Ahmed chowdhury ID: 2012-2-10-220 3. Abdul Aziz Fahad ID: 2012-2-10-249 4. Meraz Hossain ID: 2012-3-10-200 5. Rezwana Sultana ID: 2012-1-10-101 Date of Submission: 25 March, 2013 Date: 25 March, 2013 To Husne Ara Lecturer East West University Bangladesh Sub: submission of the term paper on Prince Bazaar. Dear Madam, We have great pleasure to replace before you our assignment on Super Shop Industry. We have made a research paper on Prince Bazar. We are the student of MKT-101; Sec-6. We analyzed on Prince Bazar to prepare this term paper, we have gathered what we believe to be the most complete information available. We have worked hard preparing this Term paper and we hope it will perfectly present the whole organizational situation of Prince Bazaar. We will be always available for answering any query related with this term paper. We request you to...
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...the author will discuss a hospital based cardiac catheterization department currently utilizing paper charting, the possible benefits of changing to electronic medical records (EMR), the need for the change, along with the barriers and organizational readiness regarding the change. The theoretical model of Kurt Lewin will be examined as it relates to the change. According to Brisson-Banks, an understanding of the need to change is the start of the change process (2009). Bringing change to an institution is just like the beginning of any nurse-patient relationship, a complete assessment must be performed before implementing care or change within the organization . Current methods of care and documentation must be assessed at the facility to determine what changes need to be made. The current standard of care is very high in all areas except for the paper documentation at the facility which will be called Hospital A. The staff is bright, cheerful and knowledgeable, but they are still using the same type of paper and pen charting system that was used over 50 years ago when the hospital was built. Brooks and Grotz calls EMRs the best and most up to date way of documenting a patients care (2010). Change needs to occur to allow the facility to become up to date utilizing the most current method of documentation: the Electronic Medical...
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...problems need to be fixed before implementing the system. It also predicts the cost of the system and the money it will save the business that is using it. The system I am going to be using is the implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHR) into small rural health care facilities. This particular one is for D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital. D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital is a 49 bed community hospital who are located in Brewton, Alabama. D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital decided they wanted to take a shot at implementing HER to make their organization more modern and up to date on technology that is being used nationwide. Not only will it benefit their patients, but also the workers, and the organization as a whole. D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital realized they needed and EHR system when they started using the bar code medication administration system. Up until the point they realized they need an automated system, they always used the traditional paper version of medical records. They used system analysis to take a look at their current paper medical records that were being used and they wanted to implement a software that would be an easy transition, with easy-to-navigate screens that “mirrored paper-based processes” (EHR implementation in a smaller hospital: A case study, 2014) This helped the health care providers to adapt to...
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...1 CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION Seminar Report For Electronics (ECE) / Electrical (EEE) / Instrumentation (EI or AE&I) Engineering or Sciences 1INTRODUCTION Are you tired of slow modem connections? Cellonics Incorporated has developed new technology that may end this and other communications problems forever. The new modulation and demodulation technology is called Cellonics. In general, this technology will allow for modem speeds that are 1,000 times faster than our present modems. The development is based on the way biological cells communicate with each other and nonlinear dynamical systems (NDS). Major telcos, which are telecommunications companies, will benefit from the incredible speed, simplicity, and robustness of this new technology, as well as individual users. In current technology, the ASCII uses a combination of ones and zeros to display a single letter of the alphabet (Cellonics, 2001). Then the data is sent over radio frequency cycle to its destination where it is then decoded. The original technology also utilizes carrier signals as a reference which uses hundreds of wave cycles before a decoder can decide on the bit value (Legard, 2001), whether the bit is a one or a zero, in order to translate that into a single character. The Cellonics technology came about after studying biological cell behaviour. The study showed that human cells respond to stimuli and generate waveforms that consist of a continuous line of pulses separated by periods of silence. The...
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...WELCOME EHR The implementation of the new EMR system to the hospital will provide ease of information access, protected PHI, and help eliminate errors in our everyday use. IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION ACCESS Benefits Increase quality of care Bedside charting access Ability to access your patients records at one time All information in one place IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION ACCESS • The implementation of the EHR will open up the employee to gain access to all the patient records available within one system. This includes x-rays, labs, notes, care plans, etc. • With secured passwords available to each employee, the employ is able to review current and past reports to increase the quality of care for that patient. • Accessing the chart at bedside will help prevent wrong patient errors. PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION Vulnerability The wondering eye Hackers Curious employees PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION • The patient health information(PHI) will be more vulnerable with the fact that the computer screens either on handhelds or desktops are more easily accessible to everyone's eyes who pass by them. • The risk of hackers getting into the system is also a risk for PHI to be breeched. • Curiosity of employees shows to be a risk involved with EHR. Employees have the risk of entering PHI when they want some information on the patient, even when it is not their patient or relevant to that patients care. PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION SECURITY Firewalls Encryption...
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...home videogames. She asked for more than $10,000 in damages, claiming Nintendo didn't warn of such injuries and that some physicians have referred to Nintendo-related injuries as Nintendinitis. On what principle(s) would you make a decision in this case? How is it related to ethics? Answer: Many things that are praised or rewarded in contemporary life are unworthy. Things that are portrayed as important (e.g., money, power, advantage) often promote unethical conduct by encouraging rash, selfish, or unlawful behavior. Critical thinking is the ability to evaluate viewpoints, facts, and behaviors objectively in order to assess the presentation of information or methods of argumentation to establish the true worth or merit of an act or a course of conduct. Consider the case of the person who plans to host a Super Bowl football party at his house and decides he wants a large-screen plasma television for the party. Unfortunately, he cannot afford one, so he comes up with the idea of “buying” one using his credit card the week before the Super Bowl and then returning it to the store the week after the Super Bowl, claiming he “doesn’t like it” or it “takes up too much space.” Apparently, people have been doing this, and major electronics retailers are now charging restocking fees on returned products. Similarly, Best Buy stores have said that students bought laptop computers to write term papers and then returned the laptops. A camcorder was returned as defective, but the videotape...
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...Bsuiness Intelligence Information networks and business intelligence: decision locus and political hotbed By: Julie Stephens Case, Module 2 ITM 501: Mgt. Info. Syst. And Bus. Strategy Trident University Dr. James Marion, Core Professor October 25, 2011 To have a successful organization in today’s economy; employees must be given the tools needed to keep up with the changing market. Many top executives have made tough decisions and have made good decisions and poor decisions along the way regarding Business Intelligence. Business Intelligence (BI) is a term that refers to a variety of software applications used to analyze an organization’s data. It is a discipline made up of several activities, including data mining, analytical processing, query and report writing. This paper will discuss two Business Intelligence case studies and lessons learned from the studies regarding creating, implementing, and using business intelligence. LESSONS LEARNED Reviewing Marshfield Clinic’s early investment in an electronic patient records system is a concern. Although many clinics are turning to electronic patient records now, an early investment may mean that the system they elected to implement is not capable with newer technologies that management may want to incorporate in the future. Not anticipating changes and making preparations for it could cause issues later. Because this system has been utilized by the clinic for a period of time, did they...
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...CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION In the beginning of civilization, people used fingers and pebbles for computing purposes. In fact, the word 'digit us' in Latin actually means 'finger' and 'calculus' means 'pebble'. This gives a clue into the origin of early computing concepts. With the growth of civilization, the computing needs also grew. The need for a mechanism to perform lengthy calculations led to the invention of the first calculator and then the computers. The term 'computer' is derived from the word 'compute', which means to calculate. A computer is an electronic machine, devised for performing calculations and controlling operations that can be expressed either in logical or numerical terms. In simple words, a computer is an electronic device that performs mathematical and non-mathematical operations with the help of instructions to process the data to achieve desired results. Although the application domain of a computer depends totally on human creativity and imagination, it covers a huge area of applications including education, industries, government, medicine, scientific research, law and even music and arts. This chapter provides a detailed description of evolution, generations and characteristics of computers along with their classification and applications. CHAPTER 2: CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPUTERS Man developed computers so that it could perform intricate operations such as calculation and data processing or entertain him. Today, computers are everywhere—in...
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...The North American electric car market is at the ferment stage of development. Google “electric car” and you will get many start-ups with their design and plans to “make” the market. The big auto companies have their planned models and so do numerous venture capital start-ups. They all seem to be about 2-3 years away from launching their products. The problem is battery range and power. With today’s technology, a small, low cost mass produced eCar would have a range of about 80 miles on a charge and a top speed of 60 miles an hour. This is considered not good enough for the market that is used to gasoline cars with top speeds of 100+ and with a range of 300+ miles. The eCar has to get a lot better before it is viable. That is the conventional wisdom. It is wisdom not built on 3D segmentation. It reveals that the eCar makers’ innovation is not matched by their capability to think cleverly about segmenting the market on benefits sought and about how to win the diffusion of innovation race. Cars are used for many different purposes. Is there a profitable usage segment out there that would be happy with the current performance limits of today’s electric car? To think about this let us think about short-distance commuting. People commute downtown and back but public transportation is and will be a serious competitor to urban eCar commuting. People also commute to major suburban business campuses where several thousand employees from the same company work together. The majority are...
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...forty-eight states. That's not fair to the defendant. He fails to get the benefit of a clear result that would allow repose, and he faces the risk of retrial, even if eleven jurors thought either that he was innocent, or that the government had failed to prove its case. (Ethan J. Leib 2006) A solution needs to be proposed to help in abolishing the hung jury. Overview of the problem Why juries hang at these rates isn’t clear. Some commentators claim that hung juries are the product of eccentric or nullifying holdout jurors. Most commentary focuses rather narrowly on the supposed failings of the individual members of a hanging jury, such as jurors’ inability to comprehend the evidence and the law, their unwillingness to follow the law, or their illegitimate refusal to reach a verdict. The experimental data recommend more complex and nuanced explanations. Based on their data, For instance, 10% of the cases in which the trial evidence was fairly close that is, it did not powerfully favor either the prosecution or the defendant resulted in hung juries, regardless of the complexity of the trials. In evaluation, cases in which the evidence strongly favored one party resulted in hung juries in 2% of the easy cases and in 5% of the complex cases. There are judge’s views...
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...Brochure More information from http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/2212819/ Project Management. Case Studies. 4th Edition Description: A new edition of the most popular book of project management case studies, expanded to include more than 100 cases plus a "super case" on the Iridium Project Case studies are an important part of project management education and training. This Fourth Edition of Harold Kerzner's Project Management Case Studies features a number of new cases covering value measurement in project management. Also included is the well-received "super case," which covers all aspects of project management and may be used as a capstone for a course. This new edition: - Contains 100-plus case studies drawn from real companies to illustrate both successful and poor implementation of project management - Represents a wide range of industries, including medical and pharmaceutical, aerospace, manufacturing, automotive, finance and banking, and telecommunications - Covers cutting-edge areas of construction and international project management plus a "super case" on the Iridium Project, covering all aspects of project management - Follows and supports preparation for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification Exam Project Management Case Studies, Fourth Edition is a valuable resource for students, as well as practicing engineers and managers, and can be used on its own or with the new Eleventh Edition of Harold Kerzner's landmark reference...
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...Being one the biggest events of a year, Super Bowl is an American football championship game organized by National Football League (NFL). The location of the game is designated by NFL in advance, generally three to five years ago. Although it was one of the days that many Americans had looked forward to, Super Bowl XLV played in Cowboys Stadium Arlington, Texas was a frustration for many people. While 850 people were accommodated in different places, 400 people had to give up their seats. Today, any kinds of institutions are increasingly utilizing benefits of project management, especially for the projects that involve hundreds of people. Therefore, it would not be wrong to say Super Bowl XLV was one of the events that could have benefited from project management. As known, project management starts with planning. It sets the goal of the project, emphasizes critical points and provides opportunity to be ready for possible negative outcomes while project proceeds. It works like guidance throughout the project. However, it should be open to revisions because problems faced as project proceeds might require modifications. Also, it should be capable of answering a long list of what-if questions. Essentially, it is the most important step because most of the time failures during the project stem from mistakes made in planning phase. For sure, the mistakes made in Super Bowl XVL case go back to planning stage. It was known that Super Bowl XLV would be played at stadium of Dallas...
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...BEST BUY CASE: Yiming Dong 1. What examples of environmental scanning do you see in the case? What role do you think environmental scanning has played in the company’s future? Although Best Buy is trying to become a perfect electronics retailer, it is not easy to deal with those challenges from external environment. For example, many other retailers, the economic climate has forced Best Buy to carefully consider its strategic options. In my own opinion, I believe that Best Buy will face more challenges in the future. Because as the improvement of technology and science, information is easier obtained by other competitors than before. So Best Buy must think about a good strategy to keep and hold the best information and technology. 2. Using the five competitive factors approach and the information in the case, do a brief industry-competitive analysis. Existing Competitors: We could find lots of products provided by Wal-Mart and Target that are same as goods from Best Buy. However, Best Buy is an electronics retailer, others are super market. Possible Competitors: There are also some possible competitors in the market. For example, we can buy some phones from Amazon and E-bey. Alternative Industry Providers: Although we could buy the same product in other places, there is no any electronics retailer like Best Buy. 3. What types of information do you think Dunn might want from each of the five general environmental sectors? I think that Dunn maybe want to get...
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...BUS 474 Linens N’ Things versus Bed Bath & Beyond Five Forces Analysis To assess the attractiveness of the housewares industry, it is very appropriate to use the Five Forces Model. Taking into consideration the rivalry of competitors, the threat of substitutes and new entrants, and the bargaining power of the suppliers/buyers the industry is a moderately attractive one. 1. The threat of new entrants in the housewares industry is pretty low. The main barrier of entry for a new entrant to enter the housewares industry is the brand loyalty of already established stores. In exhibit two of the case, it shows that housewares can be purchased from over fifty different locations. The stores include anything from Bed Bath & Beyond to Dillard’s to Wal-Mart. This makes it very difficult for a new entrant to come into the industry and be successful. Also stated in the case, “The five largest firms capture approximately sixty percent of total sales.” (Richard Ivey School, 2010) 2. The threat of substitute products is low to moderate. It would be very difficult for a consumer to find alternatives for home furnishings, bathroom accessories, kitchen and table top items, etc. There are not many options for consumers to find products outside the realm of the originals. 3. The bargaining power of customers is low in the housewares industry. The customers do not have any influence on the pricing for these household items. As previously stated, there are many stores customers...
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