...Running head: WAN DESIGN WAN Design for Acme Manufacturing UoP Student Axia College of University of Phoenix WAN Design for Acme Manufacturing Acme Manufacturing is a rapidly expanding company that is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The headquarters building houses corporate operations, marketing, administrative staff, and accounting. Across the street from headquarters are the engineering and sales offices. Acme also has distribution offices in Chicago, Phoenix, and New York. Having just acquired a manufacturing facility in China, the company is now in need of a WAN that will allow each office to securely communicate with one another. Acme will also need a telecommunications system that facilitates communication in the most efficient manner. In order to achieve the desired connectivity, an array of products and services will be necessary. Logical Network Design The network topology used for Acme’s WAN should be a star topology with each site having only a direct connection to headquarters; the benefit is that network administration is centralized. The engineering and sales offices will connect to headquarters over the public WAN through a VPN configured with L2TP and IPSec for security. The manufacturing facility in China can be linked to headquarters through a leased satellite connection. Acme should lease three fractional T1 leased lines that extend from the headquarters in Atlanta to the distribution centers, one line each to Phoenix, Chicago, and New...
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...WAN Design Jason Johnson University of Phoenix: IT/242 October 1, 2014 Acme’s WAN Design With Acme’s headquarter located in Atlanta, Georgia and quickly expanding to China and then across the United States, Acme Manufacturing is a top tier company that in turn needs a top tier WAN network to help tie together it’s various locations. Along with Acme’s many other needs they also want to install a telecommunications technology like PBX or VoIP to facilitate interoffice communication. Acme Manufacturing wants to build its network on the principles of security and usability. The following is an outline of the recommendations for their WAN implementation for this company. Network Design 1. Topology The first consideration for Acme’s new network is the topology to be used. The Atlanta office serves as Acme’s headquarters and because the company is quickly expanding across the globe I believe that the star topology is the most suited for their needs. Star networks are easily expanded upon and doing so does not interrupt the other locations. Centralized administration is a strong selling point for this topology as well. A powerful mainframe computer and an array of Cisco Catalyst switches will serve as the network’s hub. Figure 1 below represents the proposed WAN topology: Figure 1- Proposed Acme WAN topology Figure 1- Proposed Acme WAN topology ATL (HQ) T1 T1 T1 PHX CHI CHINA NY ATL (HQ) T1 T1 T1 PHX CHI CHINA NY 2. Connection Types Acme...
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...Axia College Material Appendix A Final Project Overview and Timeline Final Project Overview In the final project, you play the role of a network consultant hired to design a new network for a company called Acme Manufacturing. Acme expects a network design document that includes your recommendations. The organization is growing and expanding their operations with the acquisition of a plant in China as well as several other offices throughout the United States. The following are the requirements for the new wide area network. • The network should be designed using all new equipment. • The design document must recommend the types of lines that should be used for each location (i.e. Ethernet, fiber, satellite, and so forth). • There are multiple departments that must be grouped logically to address security. Locations: o Headquarters—Atlanta, Georgia • Houses corporate operations, marketing, administrative staff, and accounting o Engineering—Atlanta, Georgia (across the street from the headquarters building office) • Houses sales and engineering o Distribution offices—Chicago, Phoenix, and New York • Each distribution office has a small sales staff as well as administrative staff. o Plant facility—China • Weekly meetings are held in the corporate conference room at headquarters, with people attending from multiple locations, including China, New York, Chicago, and Phoenix. Final Project Timeline You should budget your time wisely and work on your...
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...Axia College Material Appendix A Final Project Overview and Timeline Final Project Overview In the final project, you play the role of a network consultant hired to design a new network for a company called Acme Manufacturing. Acme expects a network design document that includes your recommendations. The organization is growing and expanding their operations with the acquisition of a plant in China as well as several other offices throughout the United States. The following are the requirements for the new wide area network. • The network should be designed using all new equipment. • The design document must recommend the types of lines that should be used for each location (i.e. Ethernet, fiber, satellite, and so forth). • There are multiple departments that must be grouped logically to address security. Locations: o Headquarters—Atlanta, Georgia • Houses corporate operations, marketing, administrative staff, and accounting o Engineering—Atlanta, Georgia (across the street from the headquarters building office) • Houses sales and engineering o Distribution offices—Chicago, Phoenix, and New York • Each distribution office has a small sales staff as well as administrative staff. o Plant facility—China • Weekly meetings are held in the corporate conference room at headquarters, with people attending from multiple locations, including China, New York, Chicago, and Phoenix. Final Project Timeline ...
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...Acme Manufacturing Network Plan Ann Johnson IT/242 October 23, 2011 David Edwards Acme Manufacturing Network Plan Acme Manufacturing needs a new network plan implemented for corporate, three distribution centers in Chicago, Phoenix, and New York, and is expecting to expand with a new facility in China. A successful network design provides future growth within the organization. Meetings are scheduled weekly in the main Atlanta Headquarters conference room with the facilities from Phoenix, New York, Chicago, and China attending via telecommunications. The network plan will include the type of cabling needed for each facility, the equipment used to connect the different facilities, and the installation of Voice over IP (VoIP) and Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs). Security measures are needed including firewalls and a backup plan. The lines required to carry the traffic on the network are leased T1 lines and a satellite connected overseas. T1 leased lines are used for the Atlanta, Phoenix, New York, and Chicago offices. China connects through a satellite service. A Virtual Private Network (VPN) connects wireless users to their designated department through mobile devices. Routers are used to direct communication between LANs and are needed at each department. Voice over IP (VoIP) has opened possibilities for more interactive communication across WAN networks. VoIP bypasses the need of conventional telephone hardware by transmitting voice over the existing data line...
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...Strategies of Pharmaceutical Company: A Study on The ACME Laboratories Ltd. Abstract In the modern world, Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical industry plays a vital role. For pharmaceutical company there are some limitations on product promotion through the mass media, such as radio, TV and/or News paper. Thus, the total marketing system depends on marketing team. This paper presents the findings of the study conducted on the ACME Laboratories Ltd. to examine the marketing system. This study reveals that the ACME Laboratories Ltd.’s products are consumed allover the country and also globally. Their motive is to maintain the quality of the product to cope up with the existing competition. Their objective is to treatment the disease, they also set a reasonable price by considering the middle class people to get some benefit from the ACME Laboratories Ltd. They follow all possible distribution channels to make their product available to the customers and at a comfortable place. The ACME Laboratories Ltd. has also endeared to strength its network in international marketing operation to export products abroad. The company provides some motivational tools to the internal sales team. The company provides fringe benefit to these people. It is the most successive tool for the company. From the study we find that the ACME Laboratories Ltd. is a socially responsible company, and practice ethical values. From the study it has appeared that the ACME Laboratories Ltd. is facing some minor marketing...
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...Term Paper On Strategic Management Analysis for the ACME laboratories limited A company’s strategy is the game plan management is using to stake out a market position, conduct its operations, attract and please customers, compete successfully, and achieve organizational objectives. [pic] is the famous pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh and it has been continuously in the 2nd position among all national and multinational companies . The sales turnover of The ACME laboratories was more than US$ 60 million with about a large product line containing 272 products In this report, efforts have been made to analyze Acme’s strategy to maintain its leading position in the market and the difficulties it is facing while operating in the industry. This report starts with a company background and then proceeds with an analysis of the external and internal environment of the industry and the company, followed by its strategic practices at different levels, understanding the company mission, vision and objectives; it’s financial and marketing performance and current practices of various functional units. While analyzing the overall performance of Acme, few problems in the area of finance and operation have been found and suitable recommendations has also been suggested to address the problems. After these analyses, some new strategies are suggested in light of the future direction of the industry and the market to guide the company to maintain its leadership...
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...Key operations questions Chapter 1 Operations management ➤ What is operations management? ➤ Why is operations management important in all types of organization? ➤ What is the input–transformation– output process? ➤ What is the process hierarchy? ➤ How do operations processes have different characteristics? ➤ What are the activities of operations management? Chapter 2 Operations performance ➤ Why is operations performance important in any organization? ➤ How does the operations function incorporate all stakeholders’ objectives? ➤ What does top management expect from the operations function? ➤ What are the performance objectives of operations and what are the internal and external benefits which derive from excelling in each of them? ➤ How do operations performance objectives trade off against each other? Chapter 3 Operations strategy ➤ What is strategy and what is operations strategy? ➤ What is the difference between a ‘top-down’ and a ‘bottom-up’ view of operations strategy? ➤ What is the difference between a ‘market requirements’ and an ‘operations resources’ view of operations strategy? ➤ How can an operations strategy be put together? Part One INTRODUCTION This part of the book introduces the idea of the operations function in different types of organization. It identifies the common set of objectives to which operations managers aspire in order to serve their customers, and it explains how operations can have an important strategic role. Chapter 1 Operations...
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...Sigmund's Gourmet Pasta will be the leading gourmet pasta restaurant in Eugene, OR with a rapidly developing consumer brand and growing customer base. The signature line of innovative, premium, pasta dishes include pesto with smoked salmon, pancetta and peas linguini in an alfredo sauce, and fresh mussels and clams in a marinara sauce. Sigmund's Gourmet Pasta also serves distinct salads, desserts, and beverages. Sigmund's Gourmet Pasta will reinvent the pasta experience for individuals, families, and take out customers with discretionary income by selling high quality, innovative products at a reasonable price, designing tasteful, convenient locations, and providing industry-benchmark customer service. In order to grow at a rate consistent with our objectives, Sigmund's is offering an additional $500,000 in equity. Existing members will be given the first option to subscribe to the additional equity to allow each of them to maintain their percentage of ownership. The portion not subscribed by existing members will be available for prospective new investors. Read more: http://www.mplans.com/pasta_restaurant_marketing_plan/executive_summary_fc.php#ixzz1gEUppQdh SWOT Analysis The following SWOT analysis captures the key strengths and weaknesses within the company, and describes the opportunities and threats facing Sigmund's Gourmet Pasta. Strengths • Strong relationships with vendors that offer high-quality ingredients and fast/frequent delivery schedules. ...
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...production process is in strict conformity with international standards, and constant research and development all products. We are confident that our products and services will satisfy the highest of standards. Our pricing policy will be reasonable and channel of distribution will be convenience. So our target customers will get it easily. We hope that through this plan we will increase the competitive market share in soft drinks industry. Pran Juice provided superior value to their customer who they promised throwing advertising. So the customers are loyal to the Juice brand and build long term relationships. Industry Analysis FUTURE OUTLOOK AND TRENDS: Many juice companies are already established. We determine our competitor as ACME, SLICE,SHEZAN, FROOTIKA etc. Our company will be based on beverage products. We mainly want to produce...
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...Welcome to OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Operations Management is important, exciting, challenging, and everywhere your look! Important, because it’s concerned with creating all of the products and services upon which we depend. Exciting, because it’s at the centre of so many of the changes affecting the world of business. Challenging, because the solutions that we find need to work globally and responsibly within society and the environment. And everywhere, because every service and product that you use – the cereal you eat at breakfast, the chair you sit on, and the radio station you listen to while you eat – is the result of an operation or process. Our aim in writing Operations Management is to give you a comprehensive understanding of the issues and techniques of operations management, and to help you get a great final result in your course. Here’s how you might make the most of the text: ● Get ahead with the latest developments – from the up-to-the-minute Operations in practice features in every chapter to the focus on corporate social responsibility in the final chapter – these put you at the cutting edge. ● Use the Worked examples and Problems and applications to improve your use of key quantitative and qualitative techniques, and work your way to better grades in your assignments and exams. ● Follow up on the recommended readings at the end of each chapter. They’re specially selected to enhance your learning and give you an edge in your course...
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...Lean manufacturing training and six sigma training are two of the most valuable skills in business today. Businesses of all types are utilizing six sigma, lean manufacturing, and lean six sigma as the primary continuous improvement methodology.Our Lean Manufacturing Certification course, delivered worldwide to individuals, colleges, and training centers, includes all of the major concepts in a single course. Definition: What does it mean to be "Six Sigma"? Six Sigma at many organizations simply means a measure of quality that strives for near perfection. But the statistical implications of a Six Sigma program go well beyond the qualitative eradication of customer-perceptible defects. It's a methodology that is well rooted in mathematics and statistics. The objective of Six Sigma Quality is to reduce process output variation so that on a long term basis, which is the customer's aggregate experience with our process over time, this will result in no more than 3.4 defect Parts per Million opportunities (DPMO). What Is Six Sigma ? Six Sigma is a meticulous methodology that make use of information management by facts and statistical analysis to define, measure and improve a company's operational performance, practices and systems. It identifies and prevents "defects" in manufacturing and service-related processes to anticipate, and achieve or exceed total customer satisfaction. What is the Six Sigma Objective? The primary objective of the Six Sigma methodology is the implementation...
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...registered under the companies Act, 1913 and was incorporated in Bangladesh on 4th February 1976. Ambee has a joint venture with a famous multinational company Medimpex of Hungary. Ambee started its operation with modest 17 joint ventured products and is now running in full swing with 76 products. They have Tablets, Capsules, Liquids, and Gel in tubes and Injectables. Its operational area covers all over Bangladesh with a large number of field forces who strive hard to establish the demand of products of the company in every corner of the country. The company maintains four outside Depots located at Khulna, Bogra, Chittagong and Sylhet besides its National Distribution Cell in Dhaka. When Ambee Pharmaceutical Ltd.(APL) was launched back in Feb’ 1976, Ambee had only 30 field forces who had launched 17 products only. In the first year company had registered a sales little over than 1 Crore. Since then the company engaged itself in marketing most needed new formulations and today in 2001, APL has got 68 products in the form of capsule, liquid, gel and injectables. Now, the company has got its own distribution network throughout the country. Ambee has 5 depots with more...
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...TO SUPPORT LEAN MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AHMAD NUR AIZAT BIN AHMAD A project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of Master of Engineering (Manufacturing) Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia APRIL 2011 V ABSTRACT In the manufacturing industry, lean manufacturing becomes popular as a beneficial way in the pursuit of better system efficiencies. The purposes of this study were to identify waste using lean manufacturing technique, determine causes to the waste through the value stream mapping method and to propose solution to improve workplace environment. Asian Composite Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd. (ACM) has been chosen as the company to conduct case study for this research. ACM is a joint venture company based in Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah, Malaysia owned equally by The Boeing Company and Hexcel Corporation. The business of the joint venture is the manufacturer of flat and contoured primary (Aileron skins, spoilers and spars) and secondary ( flat panels, leading edge, trailing edge and MISC component) structure composite bond assemblies and sub-assemblies for aerospace industries. There are some waste activities identified during observation including unnecessary transportation, excessive motions, inventories and waiting. In order to reduce this waste, some of lean manufacturing tools are used. Examples are Just-in-Time manufacturing (kanban system...
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...fair prices. Basically Agricultural Marketing Com ltd. was setup in 1980 initially for farming and marketing of agricultural products for local and exports markets. The company was engaged in agronomic (Contact farming) business and cultivated many types of fruits and vegetables. Now the company processes the major fruits produced in Bangladesh like mango, pineapple, guava and several types of vegetables. The plant facilities include canning, pulping, juice making, bottling aseptic packing and also making jam, jelly, pickle, dehydrated fruits etc. The company now solidly established in local market utilizing its available production capacity and facilities with an established brand name, reliable product quality, wide spread marketing and distribution network coupled with price competitiveness. The company enlisted as Public limited company in 1993 and issued the share for publics on 22nd June, 1993. Their authorized capital was 500,000,000 Taka and paid up capital 80,000,000 and share price was 100 Taka each. Vision of PRAN Group: PRAN group contains realistic and practical vision. Their Vision is to...
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