...Armco Inc. Armco Inc is a steel manufacturer that used to be the sixth largest in its industry in United States in 1990. The Kansas City Works within its Midwestern Steel Division was hit by the decline in the business in the US steel industry. The firm produces grinding media and carbon wire rod. The first on has been successful in the industry with its great durability compared to the competitors. Carbon wire rods on the other hand were non profitable and covered only some of its fixed costs through its production volume. The old performance measurement system used by Armco Inc did not work properly because it had some problems. First, it did not provide information on the product mix being produced while it provided data on total tonnage produced but didn’t breakdown what was produced. Second the measurement system compared actual to objective but didn’t provide data on what factors exactly caused variance. Third, the costs were not broken down by fixed costs, variable costs and relevant range. Also the reports were generated on the 15th day following every month ending so I think managers could not take immediate corrective actions which would have been sometimes very necessary. In my opinion, also the fact that the system did not measure Key Performance Index for each department such as the new system, is one important reason why the old system was inadequate. there was inconsistency with organization’s current strategy. The objective of Armco Inc. is maximizing profits...
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...Contractor Requirements The successful contractor will have a certified electrician on site whenever work is being done on or near electrical wiring. The successful contractor will be a certified installer of the infrastructure components being provided. All work must meet local, state, and federal regulation codes. The successful contractor will have a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) onsite and supervising all work. Purpose of this RFP The purpose of this RFP is to detail the work that is to be done, from the beginning to end stages in order for various contractors to bid on this project. Any contractors bidding on this project must give technical and commercial proposals in accordance with the terms and conditions mentioned in this document. Cables, network equipment, and other infrastructure components that meet customer requirements will be purchased through outside vendors by the contractors. The source company reserves the right to negotiate the prices for the hardware and/or any software needed to complete this project. The bidder will furnish all labor, tools, and any other equipment needed to successfully complete this contract. Work Included The scope of this RFP covers the deployment of the following technology and service components, hardware/ storage infrastructure solution supply, installation & configuration of racks, switches and other devices. Any and all overtime or off-hours work required to complete the scope of work within...
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...rating Unshielded Twisted-Pair is copper wire that is used in a twisted pair. Which is two conductors of a single circuit that are twisted together to prevent crosstalk UTP typically have only one outer covering or jacket for one or more of the twisted pairs. Shielded Twisted-Pair is copper wire that is almost the same but also with the outer covering each twisted pair is also shielded separately and then shielded again before the outer jacket Fiber-Optic Cable bandwidth is dramatically higher than with copper speeds and it uses a strand of glass or plastic to transmit data using light pulses transmission distances are much further away it is not susceptible to outside EMI or crosstalk interference. It is more secure than copper wire it very hard to tap in to unlike copper wire. Dark Fiber is just a term used for unused or unneeded strands of installed fiber because you always want to install more than you need cause networks always grow. Coaxial Cable is widely used for cable tv it has solid copper core with a Teflon insulation around that either a foil sleeve of a braided wire mesh and then the outer jacket Plenum is the space between the deck ant the false ceiling when it is used for HVAC Riser is a vertical shaft that allows you to run wires between two floors Rip Cord is installed in some wire it is also called the slitting cord it is meant to make it easier to split the jacket on the cable when more than 2” of the wire needs to be exposed. Core in cabling is what...
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...Breaking Tradition Will fiber ever make it to the desktop? This article is basically is about the differences between copper network infrastructure cabling and fiber-optic cable. Although it is overall cheaper to install and obtain fiber-optic cable companies are still electing to us copper networking. The reason that copper is still on top is because the companies that manufacture it are making sure that copper wire is still being made specifically for certain infrastructures. Copper wiring also seems to be a lot easier to work with for the time being due to lack of engineering economical of the 24 or 48 port fibers switches. I think that quality of the information was short, sweet and to the point. This article was not overloaded with information. If also was not difficult for anyone person to understand the point of it. I do not know much about the in and outs of computers. Even less about the behind screens of putting the network and the hardware together. I think the way the article was presented was done very well. Personally, I think that it take time for people get on broad with new technology. In my opinion, this article seems to be well informative. Also in reading the material it was very descriptive in regards to the contrast between copper cabling and fiber-optic cable. It went into detail regarding both the pros and cons between for the use of fiber-optic cable. However at the end of the article the writer proceeds to states that he feels that...
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...Managing Operations is Sound Prioritization: The Mexicana Wire Works Case A case report presented to the faculty of the Master of Business Administration Far Eastern University In partial fulfilment of the requirements In Quantitative Analysis Submitted To: Professor Willy Cuason Submitted By: Jeancy Dela Rosa Joan Eclipse Gerra Lanuza Mark Nimeno Timmyleh Pocong Jerome Tumambing June 03, 2014 I. Case Background Mexicana Wire Winding, Inc. is a subsidiary of Westover Wire Works based in Texas which is a medium-sized producer of wire windings of electrical transformers. Ron Garcia is the new management trainee, who studied operations management in his MBA program but lacks any technical knowledge about the manufacturing process. He is tasked to help the company in solving the increase in booking orders for April.There will be new equipments coming in the next several months but these won‘t help them fill the April orders. (Render & Stair, 2012) To better understand the case the group researched on the sequence on how to produce wire windings as discussed in the case: 1. “Wire Winding- the metalworking process used to reduce the cross-section of a wire by pulling the wire through a single, or series of, drawing die(s). There are many applications for wire drawing, including electrical wiring, cables, tension-loaded structural components, springs, paper clips...
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...Set of Instructions Author Author Affiliation Abstract Instructions are set of guidelines that helps to perform a process or procedure. Making an USB fan is an easy “Do It Yourself” project. Anybody with access to a computer USB port can run a small fan. This paper describes instructions to be followed in order to make a USB fan. Title of Paper Equipment required: 1. Small 5 Volt dc Motor. 2. An adhesive glue, 3. A (exhausted) round shaped marker pen, 4. An USB cable, 5. Cutting tool like scissors or knife, 6. Wire stripper, 7. Tape, 8. Plastic gear available from any small toy car. 9. A circular piece of plastic of diameter 3” Instructions: 1. Firstly cut the USB cable at one end (it should be the end with female jack), 2. Locate red and black cables. Leave the rest. 3. Stripe out the copper wires using cable stripper, 4. Connect the red and black cable to that of the motor, 5. Attach the gear to the shaft of the motor, 6. Now make 8 cut to the center of the circular plastic. It would take small triangular shapes. Twist the triangular shaped wings of the fan slightly inwards, 7. Attach the circular plastic to the gear using glue, 8. Put the motor with the plastic on top of the marker and stick with the glue, 9. Now fix the other part of the marker on top of the cd vertically. 10. Connect the male USB jack to the USB port of a computer. The fan should move perfectly. Figure 1: Completed...
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...to meet those demands of mobility, and also for the life of the wire so that it does not crack, break, fray or short. We had a job at a university where we moved flat panels on a track system to create different screen sizes, and for that we had to make sure the cable would meet the demand. Capacitance Cat 6 is not always better than Cat 5. If a video extender is made for Cat 5e, using Cat 6 may cause you a problem. The electrical properties are different, and the circuitry inside may not be able to reconcile the increased capacitance. You should confirm with the manufacturer before making a substitute in a Category cable. Jacket What type of jacket does your cable need? You have plenum, riser, PVC/non-plenum and direct burial. Plenum cable is often required in commercial work, especially in buildings where there are open-air returns; it is essential to meeting code. Integrators will often use riser grade at the riser, and then transfer to plenum in the plenum space. This saves some cost, but I recommend you second-guess saving that few cents per foot in most cases. The chances of mixing up a box of cable and pulling riser in the plenum space may increase your liability as a company or cause you to re-pull cable when the inspector fails your install. If you only send plenum to site, you eliminate this possibility. A tennis ball would be a good makeshift tool because you can cut a hole in it to place wires...
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...types of cables and their abilities. The capabilities of these types of wires, prices, availability, and future uses are important factors to take into consideration when designing a layout for a building. Some other important variables to consider are how many people are trained to install the cabling and how durable that cabling is and how it can withstand long term use. Copper cabling is the widely used standard of today. It has been used as a communications line since the first telegraphs. Over the years it has developed into thin multi lined cables that can send an abundant amount of data. Since it has been around so long it is widely understood and taught to professionals as well as your average Joe. Category 5e and 6 are both capable of sending signal speeds much faster than we are able to produce at bandwidths that we haven’t reached yet. So at least for the near future copper cabling can still sustain Moore’s law. This law states that technology will double in capacity and for half of the price every two years. While copper is inexpensive now it becomes more expensive with its wide use. Also its abundance will degrade over time as it is used commercially worldwide. Some more of the flaws that are involved with copper are EMI, unnoticeable tampering, and potential. Electromagnetic interference can cause signal delay and corruption as it effects copper wiring. Tampering is easy to do since these wires are easily penetrated and will continue the signal down the trunk line...
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...signal loss and check for equipment that may cause interference and degrade network performance. The following paragraphs describe three (3) cable testers and how they work and which cable system(s) they are most suitable for. The first tester is the wire-mapper. Wire-mappers are used primarily with copper twisted-pair cable installations. These devices, according to Oliviero and Woodward (2011, p.422, 441) “Transmit signals through each pair in a twisted-pair cable to determine if it is connected correctly to the correct pin at each end.” The second tool is the tone generator. A tone generator is a two-piece unit that consists of a tone generator and a probe. This type of tester's primary function, amongst installers, is to identify specific locations in a punch-down block then label accordingly. According to Oliviero and Woodward (2011, p.442-443), these testers “Transmit[s] a signal, or, with an alligator clip, you connect the unit to an individual wire. The other unit is an inductive amplifier, which is a pen-like probe that emits an audible tone when touched to the other end of the conductor.” Primary functions are identify a particular cable within a bundle and to test for opens, shorts, and miswires of individual wires. Unfortunately, there is a disadvantage to using this device; time consuming. The third and final tester to be discussed are Multifunction Cable Scanners (commonly referred to as a certification tool). Alarmingly, these devices are highly expensive...
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...beginning with Layer 7. Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Data Link, and Physical. 6. Why is it important for operating system venders to consider the OSI/RM when developing networking software? The OSI/RM allows systems from various venders to communicate with one another. Significant deviance from the OSI/RM will result in communication failures. 7. What is the difference between routable and non-routable protocols? Routable protocols can pass through a router and can travel through LANs and WANs. Non-routable protocols use predefined routes that cannot be changed. 8. Name the two types of twisted-pair cable, and the two varieties of wire available for each. Shielded twisted-pair cable (STP) and unshielded twisted-pair cable (UTP). They both come in either stranded wire or solid wire. 9. What are the two major types of fiber-optic cables? Single mode and Multi Mode 10. A network administrator suspects a security problem on a wireless network, and has changed...
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...Review 4.1 It allows the ability to wire the cables however you would like without having to create a crossover. so that the cabling can have a strong signal. If you put it at the end it will have send a weaker signal than by putting it a little closer, inevitably giving you less packet and data loss. It cuts down the bandwidth and speed of the connections the more you add. Review 4.2 the bend radius is the amount a fiber optic cable that can be bent without worry of breakage. The current recommendation is to have the bend radius no smaller than 20 times the cable diameter. Some cables will have a fiberglass rod for stability, a larger jacket around each cable, Kevlar is sometimes used, and tight buffer coating. Review 4.3 Legacy equipment such as current home scenarios require UTP. But if you are going far distances than fiber is most definantly the way to go. I would have the audio/video put onto one wireless ap and then a second for the remaining computers in the office. If it is a small business I would have 2 wireless AP setup at either end of the building as well. Review 4.4 the divide and conquer has you test each layer of the osi model and then decide where the trouble is coming from and than work up/down from there. Most times it is the hardware or software that is breaking connection or needs setup rather than a cable issue. Though if you have a high traffic area there are times that cables could become...
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...Today’s data centers house a large number of diverse bandwidth devices including bladed servers, clustered storage systems, virtualization appliances and backup devices all interconnected by networking equipment. These devices requires physical cabling with an increasing demand for higher performance and flexibility, all of which require a reliable scalable and manageable cabling infrastructure. Challenges arise not only with trying to research data center cabling offerings in order to determine what you need for today and for future growth , but also with evolving cabling industry guidance which sometimes lags in the race to deliver standards for deploying technologies such as 10 Gbit/sec data transmissions and beyond . Using structured approach: Using structured approach means establishing a main distribution area one or several horizontal distribution areas and two post racks for better access and cable management. Figure shows the top view of data center layout showing a Main Distribution Area , a Horizantal Distribution Area and several Equipment Distribution Areas. Figure shows sample logical diagram of cable distribution between and HAD and several EDA’s using horizontal cables Layout of a horizontal Distribution Area that includes patch panels, cable managers, and network equipment. Structuring the cabling has many benefits and since manufactures strive to confirm to standards compatibility should not be a major issues. A structured infrastructure provides...
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...IT113 Unit 5 Homework Chapter 6 1. What are the 3 basic tools required to install a plug for UTP cable? A. Stripper (the wire kind), wire cutter, cable crimper 2. What type of fiber-optic tester should you purchase to make sure the fiber-optic cable was installed without any fault and that enough light is being transmitted through the fiber, and what are the three key attributes to know before you purchase a tester? A. You want the tester to have the capability for correct fiber connectors, support the correct type of fiber (single vs. multi mode) and test appropriate wavelength. You should purchase an attenuation tester since you are testing for the power of the light transmission. 3. Which of the following supplies enables the reduction of friction on the cables while being pulled? A. Wire pulling lubricant Chapter 9 1. What are the main aspects that must be addressed when designing and installing wall plates? A. Fixed or modular design wall plate, wall plate location, manufacturer system, and wall plate mounting system. 2. Which TIA standards should you refer to for ensuring proper design and installation of wall plates? A. Residential is ANSI/TIA-570-B, Commercial is ANSI/TIA-568-C.1 3. Your commercial office building environment is expected to change over the next few years as some of the network devices that are presently installed with coax connections need to be converted to RJ-45 and some network devices that are currently RJ-45 connections may need...
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...Edward Taylor 00957058 Copper vs. Fiber There are two main forms of cable used in telecommunications, copper wire and fiber optic cable. Copper is a much more popular choice in most networking situations due to its inexpensive sticker price. Copper wire does pose certain issues that the more expensive and delicate counterpart does not. There is also a huge difference between the two cable types when it comes to performance and bandwidth. Copper wire is most commonly used in network construction and in cabling for home entertainment use. UTP (unshielded twisted pair) is a very commonly used cable used to connect network devices. It is very flexible and relatively inexpensive and thus is the most commonly used. Category 5,5e or 6e cables are used to connect client devices to a network and also are flexible and relatively inexpensive. Coaxial cables are a more rigid and durable cable that have a higher bandwidth than UTP or Cat 5, 5e or 6e cable. All of these cables use copper wiring which is flexible and cheap but will potential issues. Due to copper’s conductive properties it will cause grounding issues when wiring a building. Wiring outside with copper also causes potential hazards in regards to lightning strikes. There are opportunities when running cable for a network to use both types of cabling. When running cable in areas that are not subject to a lot of foot traffic, using fiber optic cable is best used due to the much larger bandwidth. Because of its fragility...
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...color, sex (boy-girl-boy-girl), etc. Extensions up: Must completely start over if someone falls, can’t talk, can’t go over people. Extensions down: Only the person that fell must go back, students can talk Picture Frame Object: Students stand on a log in a square shape or confined surface and must arrange themselves in the given order while staying entirely in that confined area. Orders: Birthday, height, age, sign, clothes, eye color, sex (boy-girl-boy-girl), etc. Extensions up: Must completely start over if someone falls, can’t talk, can’t go over people. Extensions down: Only the person that fell must go back, students can talk Lord of the Rings Object: Students must walk on a wire from their tree to the tree across from them. There are any amount of trees and the wires converge on a ring in the center. There is a rope from one tree to another not across from it. Extensions up: Must completely start over if someone falls, can’t talk, must go back to starting tree when they fall, can’t go back once they make it across Extensions down: Only the person that fell must go back, students can talk, can come back and help once across, give them a pole, only need to go to the center. Whale Watch Object: Students stand on a platform teetering on a log. Get everyone on and off without it touching the ground. Get everyone on it to show them it can be done. Extensions up: Must completely start over if it touches, can’t talk. Extensions down: Students can talk,...
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