...unit in a hospital, there are many different reasons that the budget needs to be adjusted in order to meet the needs of the staff, patients and organization. This case study looks at the budget of a cardiac care unit with a variable budget. Several different factors have led to variances in the budget for the current fiscal year. Solutions are suggested to address the positive variances, that will fulfill the needs of staff and patients in the most beneficial and economic way possible. Due to a change in patient acuity on the unit, there has been a change in the staffing needs to adequately care for the needs of the increase in the number of very sick patients. Staff is requesting a permanent change in the staffing pattern to address these needs. There has been $275,000 expended year to date from the personnel budget. $30,000 of that was expended in the month of March. For the previous 9 months, that leaves an average of over $30,000 per month expended to the personnel budget. To address this negative variance in the budget, I would approach administration to request that the staffing grid be adjusted to allow for at least 1 extra-licensed personnel for shift, as well as 1 extra non licensed nurses aid per shift. In order to justify the need for the extra staff I would provide supporting documentation such as the average daily census and patient acuity over the past 9 months to justify the need for increased personnel. It is...
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...process of the supply chain. Nowadays customers have to take more and more decisions as there are too many categories or different channels through which they can obtain a product. In this book Womack and Jones are trying to give guidelines, through the usage of many examples, about the best solutions to remove wastes of time and efforts both in the supply chain and in the process of consumption. In first place we need to analyze “what customers really want”: 1. Remember that most of us consume in order to solve a problem, it can be big or small, we don’t want a partial solutions (which would create other problems) but we want our problems solved completely 2. We want our problem solved cost-effectively and without spending too much time or effort 3. We want exactly what we need to solve our problem, not substitutive products or made-up solutions 4. We want the problems solved where we need 5. We want the problems solved when we need However the main principle is that firms must reduce the number of problems we have to solve, it means that the number of decisions the customer have to make should be reduced. The biggest mistake is that companies usually overlook the consumer’s total experience of finding, obtaining, installing, maintaining upgrading and disposing of the products they need to solve their problem. Marrying lean provision and lean consumption Executives use to meet in conference rooms or offices, but they need to understand that...
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...organization: management, billing, etc. information needs to be provided to each one separately, as well as information that needs to be shared. Information is considered to be what is known beyond random chance predictions. Information must surprise and reduce the uncertainty from recipient. In this day in age, computers and information processing are everywhere. The use of computers influences when decisions are made, as well as what decisions are to be made. The use of computers also affects how a business is organized, and how an employee feels about their job. Basically, information processing and computing can be pervasive. Information in an organization flows in two major ways: Vertically; where the information flows up and down between managers and CEO’s, General Managers, etc. Information also flows horizontally, where the information is shared between each department in the organization. A great example of this would be in department stores; each department may have their own marketing, and sales; however, they do need to share their information to avoid any confusion. In my line of work, the proper use of information and how it flows, is extremely important; Life or death important. Each morning I head to my sister-in-laws house to take over taking care of my niece, for her. There is not really much use for charts and check-ins, so we communicate vocally to let each other know what has been done, what needs to be done, as well as medication changes, or if her...
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...(Burke, Kenneth. Rhetoric of Motives. Berkeley: U of California P, 1969). In this paper I will explain the rhetorical situation where I used the rhetorical situation to help Same Day Restaurant Distribution, Inc. establish their business in the Vietnamese community. I will be explaining the Exigence of the problem that needs to be solved, the Audience will be the people that I need to address in order to solve the problem, and the Constraint that inhibit my ability to persuade the audience. I am currently interning at a restaurant distribution supply company called Same Day Restaurant Distribution, Inc. located in the heart of Westminster. Westminster has the biggest Vietnamese population second to the country of Vietnam. The area is called Little Saigon. There are many restaurants and mom and pop shops in Little Saigon, none of which Same Day distributes to. The Vietnamese community will only work with other Asians or Vietnamese businesses; Same Day does not have any Vietnamese employees. Because I had come to America as a refugee and have lived in Westminster for the pass 35 years, I understand the community very well. I can relate to their experiences and their needs. The majority of the Vietnamese people who came to America in the 80’s were refugees. The main reason the Vietnamese...
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...knowledge about what the market wants and when it wants it and how to supply it. A domestic firm should have the best supply chain infrastructure before a multi-national comes in. More over, it should have a grasp on the best vendors, making every attempt at trying to keep costs low and margins reasonable and re. A domestic firm needs to know how best to handle internal resources within that region better than any other MNC. Multi-nationals will need to have a large budget to perform market research and grasp a better understanding of the area. Domestic firms are also very sensitive to change where as multinationals always take longer to adapt. 2. Can Jollibee Foods Corporation continue to successfully leverage its brands and products in other geographic markets, including the United States? Explain. Yes, Jollibee's history demonstrates that it's strategy has expanded its size to open thousands of new locations in the past years. It should focus on perfecting the local market taste preference. Everything from using the right ingredients to having the right color scheme in the restaurants to attract customers. However, within the United States, Jollibee needs to focus on streamlining the supply chain and investing heavily in advertising. The U.S. responds very well to well marketed companies. initial costs will be extremely high for any foreign company that is trying to penetrate the market. Jollibee needs to focus on cutting costs as soon as it can and...
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...produce products according to their target each day, will produce more in advance for the next day and if there are unexpected orders they can produce it immediately. In terms of service, they assure that they fulfill the needs and orders of their customers without defects to the product. They doing their best to accommodate every customer’s orderly and without being chaos. They also make sure that all the orders are delivered on time without delays. * The bottlenecks that the company experiencing are when the supply chain are delayed in giving our supplies like labels, bottles, caps and also the ingredients needed in making the content of the products especially on pick season. Also when the content of the products is not already mix by the mixer there will be a delay in producing the particular product. In terms of the workers, if most of them are absent there will be no enough person in labeling and pouring the products need to produce especially if there’s a customer that requested to produce his/her order as soon as possible and also the production will not be productive. * I should propose to address the said bottlenecks above is first to talk to the supply chain that if possible they have enough stock of the supplies or give the supplies they needed as soon as they requested or the day after. In content of the product maybe mix it on the day it was schedule or in advance. b. By just looking at the operations, do you think that the company have higher...
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...personal property, contracts and agreements, real property, intellectual property, insurance, litigation, affiliate transactions or arrangements, and environmental protection. I realize some of these areas may not apply to this particular company, but I wanted to make sure I covered all bases. Better to ask and have it not apply than not ask and miss important information. They have replied on some of the areas, mostly the easy ones that had little or nothing to report back, and they have addressed some of the financial information. However, there seems to be a little delay with most of what we need. I have had a few calls, most were asking for clarification on the data requested. Once I answered their questions, more calls came in requesting an extended due date. I have advised them that they need to get the information to us as quickly as possible and have suggested that they supply data piecemeal, as they get it...
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...to give back to their community. II. Program The Lasallian Community Development Center (LCDC), guided by the La Sallian values, is the lead unit of De La Salle University-Dasmariñas in initiating community development endeavors geared towards social development. The Lasallian Community Development Center, plan services, run support, increase people's skills, resourcing the community to meet needs, improve quality of life, defining priorities, and empowering individuals and communities. It does build up confidence to tackle such problems as effectively as any local action can. LCDC seeks to enable individuals and communities to grow and change according to their own needs and priorities. III. Beneficiary LCDC distributed a quantity of school supplies to students and teachers attending the ( ) The project wants to empower and encourage the students to strive for excellence, must fulfill their responsibilities and become future leaders. IV. Discussion Far too often, area Maragondon school families are unable to afford the many school supplies needed to equip their children. In order to assist this school, students and teachers; donations and contributions are needed from the community. In order to help our...
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...lifestyle. Firstly, our society is interdependent, which means that we rely on goods and services to satisfy our needs and wants. But if there was an oil shortage, our economic systems would start to concern the consumers because businesses, the producers, will no longer be able to provide as many goods for a reasonable price. The shortage of our economic resource will result in an increase of the price of oil. This is bad news for businesses because it will cost a lot more to import the goods from other places since the cost of oil is so high. This means that they will have to raise the price of their good. So unless the good is in high demand, consumers will not want to purchase the good, resulting in the business not making enough profit. And because businesses will have to cut back on importing the goods, we will start losing human resources, because if the producers have nothing to supply, they won’t have anything to sell. This will increase the percentage of unemployment. Secondly, the government will start to lose money. The government and businesses work together to grow the marketplace. But if there was a shortage of supply, businesses start shutting down and the government starts losing money. They would have to find a way to share the oil in a fair way with businesses. They would have to think about what consumers need and what they want. They would have to cut down on many things. For example, building new restaurants or malls. It...
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...Stakeholder rank of importance | Business | | Costa coffee | The dogs trust | 1st | Customers – customers are the people who buy products/services from a business. Customers are interested in the business because they are the ones who use the products/service which it provides. I think the customers are the most important stakeholders for costa as without the customers they would make no money and the business would shut down. Therefore costa has to keep regular customers happy at all times so they return and also try to bring in new customers or there is no point in the business existing. | Customers – customers are the people who buy products/services from a business. customers are affected by the business as they are the ones who are helped by the charity, and the reason the charity started up. I put this group first as if the group didn’t exist neither would the company as a company revolves around its customers and if there were no customers to use the service there would be no business. | 2nd | Owners – owners are stakeholders because it is their business which they have invested money and time into so they want it to be successful and make a large profit. They are important because they are the ones who set up and invested the most money into the business. They would probably have the highest level of interest in the business as they want it to make as much profit as possible because the more money the business makes the more money they will earn. | Local community...
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...Describe the differences between needs identification and defining commercial equivalents and discuss why it is preferable to separate into two stages. “Every acquisition is intended to fulfill a need.” (Johnson, Leenders, & Flynn, 2010) The first step in the acquisition process is to identify what is needed. The next step the needs are translated into commercial equivalents so the suppliers understand what is needed. It is important to not combine these two stages into one. By specifying the need first then identifying the options to meet the need allows for lower cost and better or more innovative solutions. Also if a supply professional believes that more opportunities exist to improve the commercial equivalent presented by designer they must bring it to the designers’ attention. This involvement prevents the hassle of trying to reverse a design decision after it’s made. The example the book used was two pieces of wood. We say “I need a nail to nail these two pieces of wood together,” instead of “I need to fasten these two pieces of wood together.” There are many ways to fasten the wood together, nailing is just one way. Using a bolt, screw, or staple are other methods of fastening the wood together. Interpret the value to the organization when early supplier involvement (ESI) is implemented effectively. Early supplier involvement (ESI) is valuable to the organization, it ensures that what is specified in the needs is procurable and represents good value...
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...Week 3 Assignment John Smith INF 336 Professor Smith July 14, 2014 Week 3 Assignment The differences between needs identification and defining commercial equivalents are that needs identification is initial phase of a program/project when the customer comes to an organization with a need and the types of needs are identified for the project and analyzed. Once the needs are identified, these needs are then converted into commercial equivalents. That helps the potential suppliers know why it is needed and what is needed. It is preferable to separate into two stages because every organization really needs to identify why and what is needed. Nothing can be failed to spot during any of these actions. When an early supplier involvement (ESI) is implemented effectively, the value to the organization is improved tremendously. As stated in the textbook, “Early supply involvement and early supplier involvement (ESI) help assure that what is specified is also procurable and represents good value. Various organizational approaches, such as staffing the supply area with engineers, co-locating supply people in the engineering or design areas, and using cross-functional teams on new product development or product or service reviews, have been used to address effective early supply involvement.” (Johnson, Leenders, & Flynn, 2010) One of the advantages of specifying by performance is that it has the supplier with the decision making on how to “provide the most suitable product...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY — Despite a pressing need to do so, hospitals are struggling to improve efficiency, quality of care, and patient experience. Operational failures—defined as instances where an employee does not have the supplies, equipment, information, or people needed to complete work tasks—contribute to hospitals' poor performance. Such failures waste at least 10 percent of caregivers' time, delay care, and contribute to safety lapses. This paper seeks to increase hospital productivity and quality of care by uncovering organizational factors associated with operational failures so that hospitals can reduce the frequency with which these failures occur. The authors, together with a team of 25 people, conducted direct observations of nurses on the medical/surgical wards of two hospitals, which surfaced 120 operational failures. The team also shadowed employees from the support departments that provided materials, medications, and equipment needed for patient care, tracing the flow of materials through the organizations' internal supply chains. This approach made it possible to discover organizational factors associated with the occurrence and persistence of operational failures. Overall, the study develops propositions that low levels of internal integration among upstream supply departments contributed to operational failures experienced by downstream frontline staff, thus negatively impacting performance outcomes, such as quality, timeliness, and efficiency. Key concepts include: ...
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...Create a mind map describing the different stakeholders who iTesco. Tesco. Customers want good quality products and services for affordable prices. They like to see improvements constantly being made so that they feel they are getting value for money. Quite often, people associate themselves with certain brands they buy. Organisations and businesses are dependent upon their customers. Customers want good quality products and services for affordable prices. They like to see improvements constantly being made so that they feel they are getting value for money. Quite often, people associate themselves with certain brands they buy. Organisations and businesses are dependent upon their customers. Tesco’s customers have a huge influence over the business. They use their customer insight to make any appropriate and needed changes to their business. If Tesco don’t offer the right services, products and promotions, then their customers will end up shopping in alternative stores. This will reduce any profit being made. Tesco’s customers have a huge influence over the business. They use their customer insight to make any appropriate and needed changes to their business. If Tesco don’t offer the right services, products and promotions, then their customers will end up shopping in alternative stores. This will reduce any profit being made. Shareholders are often the most important type of stakeholders. This is because, without them, businesses lose their value which will affect its overall...
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...manufacturing is an inventory management system. An inventory management system is used to control inventory for the products that are sold to the customers and the supplies that are used to help serve the customers. This new system will avoid mistakes as the inventory system will eliminate the need of manual inventory control and manual ordering of the products and supplies. This inventory management system will help the growth of the company by increasing the inventory to accommodate for the customers’ needs as outage of products and supplies will be eliminated and over the limits of products and supplies that are not needed will not be wasted if expired or never used. The process that is currently used at Riorden manufacturing will be changed as less time will be needed to receive products or supplies which means productive payroll will not be wasted and cause overages in the payroll each week. As of now Riorden manufacturing has been overspending on staffing and having under production that is not meeting payroll budget. Riorden manufacturing has been completing all inventory practices manually or by hand. Receiving products and supplies are counted and kept track by an outdated method of hand written record. As Riorden manufacturing gain customers with excellent service mistakes will be made as products and supplies are forgotten to be taken out of the manual inventory keeping way. The process of the new inventory management system will include having a way of scanning...
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