...Chapter 1 Introduction to Quantitative Analysis Teaching Suggestions Teaching Suggestion 1.1: Importance of Qualitative Factors. Section 1.2 gives students an overview of quantitative analysis. In this section, a number of qualitative factors, including federal legislation and new technology, are discussed. Students can be asked to discuss other qualitative factors that could have an impact on quantitative analysis. Waiting lines and project planning can be used as examples. Teaching Suggestion 1.2: Discussing Other Quantitative Analysis Problems. Section 1.2 covers an application of the quantitative analysis approach. Students can be asked to describe other problems or areas that could benefit from quantitative analysis. Teaching Suggestion 1.3: Discussing Conflicting Viewpoints. Possible problems in the QA approach are presented in this chapter. A discussion of conflicting viewpoints within the organization can help students understand this problem. For example, how many people should staff a registration desk at a university? Students will want more staff to reduce waiting time, while university administrators will want less staff to save money. A discussion of these types of conflicting viewpoints will help students understand some of the problems of using quantitative analysis. Teaching Suggestion 1.4: Difficulty of Getting Input Data. A major problem in quantitative analysis is getting proper input data. Students can be asked to...
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...A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM?: OBERGEFELL V. HODGES Kenji Yoshino The decision in Obergefell v. Hodges1 achieved canonical status even as Justice Kennedy read the result from the bench. A bare majority held that the Fourteenth Amendment required every state to perform and to recognize marriages between individuals of the same sex.2 The majority opinion ended with these ringing words about the plaintiffs: “Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.”3 While Obergefell’s most immediate effect was to legalize same-sex marriage across the land, its long-term impact could extend far beyond this context. To see this point, consider how much more narrowly the opinion could have been written. It could have invoked the equal protection and due process guarantees without specifying a formal level of review, and then observed that none of the state justifications survived even a deferential form of scrutiny. The Court had adopted this strategy in prior gay rights cases.4 Instead, the Court issued a sweeping statement that could be compared to Loving v. Virginia,5 the 1967 case that invalidated bans on in––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law. I gratefully acknowledge receiving financial support from...
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...Running he WHIRL ead: LPOOL’s GL LOBAL STR RATEGY CA ANAL ASE LYSIS Whirlpool Co W orporation’s Global Str s rategy Case Analysis International Man nagement – Assignmen 2 nt Candidate: Emad Abou uElgheit ISM - International School of Manageme f ent Doctor of Philosophy ( P (Ph.D.) Presented to: Professor Peter Horn t P 26 July 201119 July 2011 1 Word Coun 3,706 nt: 1 WHIRLPOOL’s GLOBAL STRATEGY CASE ANALYSIS 2 Abstract The paper analyses Whirlpool Corporation’s Global Strategy case study conducted in the year 2001. The paper aims to spot key reasons behind the declining performance the company experienced in the late 1990s a few years after the start of its globalization plan in the year 1987. The plan initiated under the new leadership of David Whitwam encountered many problems in its early stages illustrated in a declining profitability in its home market, losses in the European market and failure in some of its joint ventures in the Asian market.1 With such poor performance and failure in achieving competitive edges in global markets, Whirlpool was at a great risk of losing huge investments made in foreign markets, and losing highly-potential market shares in emerging international markets to aggressive competitors. The paper illustrates core strategic mistakes around three main strategies; sourcing and operations, entry, and marketing strategies adopted. The goal is to address lessons learned from Whirlpool’s experience ...
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...Running he WHIRL ead: LPOOL’s GL LOBAL STR RATEGY CA ANAL ASE LYSIS 1 Whirlpool Co W orporation’s Global Str s rategy Case Analysis International Man nagement – Assignmen 2 nt Candidate: Emad Abou uElgheit ISM - International School of Manageme f ent Doctor of Philosophy ( P (Ph.D.) Presented to: Professor Peter Horn t P 26 July 201119 July 2011 1 Word Coun 3,706 nt: WHIRLPOOL’s GLOBAL STRATEGY CASE ANALYSIS 2 Abstract The paper analyses Whirlpool Corporation’s Global Strategy case study conducted in the year 2001. The paper aims to spot key reasons behind the declining performance the company experienced in the late 1990s a few years after the start of its globalization plan in the year 1987. The plan initiated under the new leadership of David Whitwam encountered many problems in its early stages illustrated in a declining profitability in its home market, losses in the European market and failure in some of its joint ventures in the Asian market.1 With such poor performance and failure in achieving competitive edges in global markets, Whirlpool was at a great risk of losing huge investments made in foreign markets, and losing highly-potential market shares in emerging international markets to aggressive competitors. The paper illustrates core strategic mistakes around three main strategies; sourcing and operations, entry, and marketing strategies adopted. The goal is to address lessons learned from Whirlpool’s experience in globalization in order to shed...
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...the ones evolving from the First Amendment, its representational approach is still defective (Blocher, 2014). The free exchange of ideas does not seem to completely pass the test of common sense and keeps opening room for personal misinterpretation and misunderstanding over the privileges and limitations of private speech. First Amendment Special Protections The First Amendment special protections were designed to safeguard freedom of speech from state action, and do not concern itself with private expression. In the case of Korb v. Raytheon, the defendant proposed that a federal question should be raised and therefore motioned to remove the case from state court to a federal court. The U. S. District Court of Massachusetts did not find a federal question jurisdiction in the claim so the case was remanded to the state superior court Massachusetts, where the plaintiff initially filed the claim. Analysis and Evaluation of Korb v. Raytheon Lawrence J. Korb, Plaintiff v. Raytheon Company,...
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...and his Ministry are considering a similar model for Canada. This paper examines the possibility of a similar legislative framework in Canada and argues that although collection of DNA upon arrests was found justified under the Fourth Amendment, it does not necessarily mean that it will be found justified under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. While s.8 of the Charter seems to give similar protection as the Fourth Amendment, they have very different requirements for judicial authorization, reasonableness and standard of “probable cause”. Scrutinizing those different requirements and standards, this paper holds that the process of DNA collection is highly intrusive and would be a serious violation of s.8 of the Charter as it could reveal an excessive amount of private information about an individual over which he/she has a strong reasonable expectation of privacy. Furthermore, it will deprive people from their right to be presumed innocent, which is protected under s.11 (d) and significantly impact socially marginalized groups. Finally, this paper conducts an analysis of the violations under s.1 of the Charter and indicates that none of the violations can be justified in a free and democratic society. INTRODUCTION: In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court of the United States approved the collection of a defendant’s DNA upon arrests under the Fourth Amendment. 1 Interestingly, it seems that Canadian legislatures found this decision very inspiring...
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...Team M Team M Four Star Industries Case Study Case Study Anaysis Four Star Industries Case Study Case Study Anaysis Table of Contents Background Current Situation * Market * Production * Manufacturing * Order Process * Inventory Management Issues * Model Proliferation * Inventory and Demand Mismatch * Poor Order Management Analysis * Safety Stock Analysis * Warehouse Rent Analysis * MOQ v/s EOQ * Production /Assembly Line Analysis Recommendations Conclusion Background: Four Star Industries Private Ltd is the manufacturer and wholesaler of the renowned Four Star Pocketed spring mattresses which was founded by Neo Gim Sin in 1966. Its business is aggressively and exclusively focused on servicing the local market and until recently, the company has enjoyed tremendous growth and recognition – becoming a leading manufacturer of pocketed spring mattress (PMS) and winning the Grand Prix for International quality. Four Star sells directly to large dealers (LDs) and small dealers (SDs) who then sell to consumers. Current situation: Market: Mattress models grew rapidly from 13 to 230 models between 1996 and 2002, while sales has been experiencing steady decline within the same period. Decline in mattress sales can be attributed to various factors such as; increased competition, seasonality and volatility of the mattress market, supply and demand mismatch, poor production scheduling and focus on high-end mattresses. Production: ...
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...Scientific Research and Essays Vol. 6(3), pp. 580-591, 4 February, 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/SRE ISSN 1992-2248 ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper Applying six sigma to manufacturing processes in the food industry to reduce quality cost Hsiang-Chin Hung* and Ming-Hsien Sung Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, I-Shou University, Taiwan. Accepted 13 January, 2011 In recent years, an increasing number of companies have used different types of quality programs in order to increase internal and external customer satisfaction as well as to reduce quality cost. Among all of these programs, Six Sigma is perhaps the most widely-accepted initiative by all a broad range of organizations. The DMAIC (define-measure-analyze-improve-control) approach has been followed here to solve an underlying problem of reducing process variation and the associated high defect rate. This paper explores how a food company in Taiwan can use a systematic and disciplined approach to move towards the goal of Six Sigma quality level. The DMAIC phases are utilized to decrease the defect rate of small custard buns by 70% from the baseline to its entitlement. At the beginning of this project, the defect rate was 0.45% (Baseline), and after the improvement actions were implemented during a six-month period this fell to below 0.141% (goal). The critical successful factors for Six Sigma projects, especially those in the food industry, are discussed...
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...Commercial Transactions: Complete Notes: MacDougall: 2010/2011 Term 1 • These notes are a compilation of my class notes and the course package. I also used Atiyah Sale of Goods Act for clarification at times. • The spelling and grammar below is atrocious, but I couldn't be bothered to fix it. • Good luck! Hopefully some of this is helpful. I. Introduction • This is mostly a common law course, since the SGA merely codifies as closely as possible the existent common law. • US has replaced the SGA with the UCC, which is comprehensive and covers all of commercial law. • The BC SGA also includes some material that is covered in the "Factors Act" in other jurisdictions • BC has the oldest version of the SGA in Canada o close to the original version • At its heart, commercial transactions is about buying and selling goods Property • May be real • or Personal: "choses" o chattels real o Chattels personal ▪ chose in possession (goods), meaning things that are capable of being possessed ▪ chose in action (intangibles), which cannot be possessed or seized physically, like an an account or a debt. • documentary intangibles (ie. a bank note), the document represents the intangible • pure intangible, which does not even have a document to represent it (increasingly common) Property Interests • ownership ...
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...Problem definition: Calculate the total price to purchase all the components required to build a state-of-the-art gaming computer from components available on the Internet. CPU Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz $230 Case Rosewill BLACKHAWK Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $80 Power supply CORSAIR HX Series HX750 $130 Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 $133 Hard Drive TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache $65 Sound Card ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 $90 Graphics Card MSI N650-MD1GD5/OC GeForce GTX 650 1GB $110 Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate $190 BaseCost = 1, 028 RAM | Purchase Code | Price | G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB | G | $48 | G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB | R | $75 | G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB | X | $155 | DVD | Purchase Code | Price | SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD-ROM | S | $17 | SuperMicro Black 8X DVD-ROM | M | $51 | HP Black SATA Slim DVD-ROM | H | $74 | Monitor | Purchase Code | Price | Asus VE248H Black 24" 2ms Full HD HDMI LED | A | $185 | Asus VE228H 21.5" Full HD HDMI LED | V | $135 | Asus VE278Q Black 27" 1920x1080 2ms Full HD HDMI LED | L | $245 | 1. A. Problem Analysis – Following the directions in the assignment, clearly write up your problem analysis in this section. For the state of the art gaming computer, the user has already identified fixed items that will be required on any computer, regardless of the other options. This will be identified by the input, BaseCost ($1,028). The other inputs for this...
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...by the existence of debt and outside equity, demonstrate who bears costs and why, and investigate the Pareto optimality of their existence. We also provide a new definition of the firm, and show how our analysis of the factors influencing the creation and issuance of debt and equity claims is a special case of the supply side of the completeness of markets problem. The directors of such [joint-stock] companies, however, being the managers rather of other people’s money than of their own, it cannot well be expected, that they should watch over it with the same anxious vigilance with which the partners in a private copartnery frequently watch over their own. Like the stewards of a rich man, they are apt to consider attention to small matters as not for their master’s honour, and very easily give themselves a dispensation from having it. Negligence and profusion, therefore, must always prevail, more or less, in the management of the affairs of such a company. — Adam Smith (1776) Keywords: Agency costs and theory, internal control systems, conflicts of interest, capital structure, internal equity, outside equity, demand for security analysis, completeness of markets, supply of claims, limited liability ©1976 Jensen and Meckling Journal of Financial Economics, October, 1976, V. 3, No. 4, pp. 305-360. Reprinted in Michael C. Jensen, A Theory of the Firm:...
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...by the existence of debt and outside equity, demonstrate who bears costs and why, and investigate the Pareto optimality of their existence. We also provide a new definition of the firm, and show how our analysis of the factors influencing the creation and issuance of debt and equity claims is a special case of the supply side of the completeness of markets problem. The directors of such [joint-stock] companies, however, being the managers rather of other people’s money than of their own, it cannot well be expected, that they should watch over it with the same anxious vigilance with which the partners in a private copartnery frequently watch over their own. Like the stewards of a rich man, they are apt to consider attention to small matters as not for their master’s honour, and very easily give themselves a dispensation from having it. Negligence and profusion, therefore, must always prevail, more or less, in the management of the affairs of such a company. — Adam Smith (1776) Keywords: Agency costs and theory, internal control systems, conflicts of interest, capital structure, internal equity, outside equity, demand for security analysis, completeness of markets, supply of claims, limited liability ©1976 Jensen and Meckling Journal of Financial Economics, October, 1976, V. 3, No. 4, pp. 305-360. Reprinted in Michael C. Jensen, A Theory of the Firm:...
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...И. В. АРНОЛЬД Лексикология современного английского языка Издание третье, переработанное и дополненное Допущено Министерством высшего и среднего специального образования СССР в качестве учебника для студентов институтов и факультетов иностранных языков Сканирование, распознавание, проверка: Аркадий Куракин (ark # mksat. net), сен-2004. Орфография унифицирована к британской. Пропущены страницы: 50-53, 134-139, 152-161, 164-171, 201-202, 240-243 Москва «Высшая школа» 1986 Мультиязыковой проект Ильи Франка www.franklang.ru ББК 81.2 Англ-923 А 84 Рецензент: кафедра английской филологии Оренбургского государственного педагогического института им. В. П. Чкалова (зав. кафедрой д-р филол. наук Н. А. Шехтман) Арнольд И. В. А 84 Лексикология современного английского языка: Учеб. для ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз. — 3-е изд., перераб. и доп. — М.: Высш. шк., 1986. — 295 с., ил. — На англ. яз. Учебник посвящен слову как основной единице языка, его семантической и морфологической структуре, особенностям английского словообразования и фразеологии. Английская лексика рассматривается как непрерывно развивающаяся система. В 3-м издании (2-е—1973 г.) обновлен теоретический и иллюстративный материал, расширены главы, посвященные теории слова и семасиологии. А 4602010000—443 001(01)—86 215-86 ББК 81.2 Англ-923 4И (Англ) © Издательство «Высшая школа», 1973 © Издательство «Высшая школа», 1986, с изменениями Мультиязыковой проект Ильи Франка www.franklang.ru CONTENTS ...
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...customers. Customer Relationship Management helps businesses in successfully implementing strategies aimed at winning and retaining customers profitably. It is also helping businesses shift from a short-term transaction based mode of operation in their interactions with customers to a long-term relationship mode. Objectives – The objective of this course is to help students understand the concept and practice of CRM derived from research and applications across businesses. These concepts and applications from real life case studies will help identify opportunities, which can be successfully implemented for long term profitability. Pedagogy – The teaching methodology will include a mix of lectures, discussions, presentations by practitioners, videos, exercises and case analysis. The cases are integrative in nature but will also help develop an appreciation of specific elements of CRM. Each session will require preparation of assigned reading / case and active participation by students. A significant portion of the performance will depend on student’s contribution to the class. Group Project – Identify any organisation which is practicing some form of CRM. Start working with them to understand the objectives, strategy, structure and process of relationship management. Identify the key issues they faced in implementation especially related to financial and marketing evaluation of the program. Interview some...
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... A., Jeremy, M., 2012). This fact of the pervasiveness of plea bargaining in the legal system is commonly known, and subsequently one of the shared opinions of five of the four justices that ruled on the companion cases: Lafler v. Cooper, and Missouri v. Frye. To even further illustrate this point, “In the state courts in large cities in 2006, 95 percent of all convictions for felony defendants came through guilty pleas rather than trials; in federal courts in 2010, the proportion was 97 percent.” (Baum, 2013). These statistics should solidify the grounds of how prevalent plea-bargaining is in the legal system, as opposed to taking cases to trail. Subsequently, some judges specifically encourage plea-bargaining, and sometimes remand that plea-bargaining occur if it already hasn’t (Baum, 2013). The importance of plea-bargains in the criminal justice system can not be overstated. Keeping this in mind, the sixth amendment provides individuals the right to adequate and subsequently competent counsel during a trial. This concept has recently, in May of 2012, been extended to plea-bargaining along with trails. In May of 2012 the supreme court ruled on two cases that would create a precedent for many future cases involving plea deals. Lafler v. Cooper was a case in which the defendants’ attorney provided bad legal advice to the defendant, which in turn ended with the defendant turning down three plea-bargains the prosecution offered. These plea-bargains were for a sentence...
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