...Running Head: WOOD-WORKS CARVINGS INVESTMENTS Wood-Works Carvings Investments Professor Daniel Terfassa PhD ACC557 May 19, 2013 Wood-Works Carvings Investments Describe the type of business you have created including: The product or service, and general staffing plan. Provide a rationale for your plan. Turning a lifelong hobby into a business is what has happened in the creation of Wood-Works Carvings. Wood -Works Carvings creates custom wood cabinets, furniture and carvings, that range in scale from miniature to full sized. In order to create such custom works it requires the company to lease out warehouse space for the milling process. Custom wood carvings have to be created by those that already haves the necessary skills and are familiar with how to operate the mill equipment. Wood-Work Carvings is a small company that will employ around forty people that will be employed in three broad departments, which range in areas of responsibilities from human resources, logistics management, and mill workers. Those that work in the human resources department will be critical in ensuring that the company brings in the right people with the right skill sets to move the company forward. This will act as the company’s filter when bringing people into the company, because there may be a great deal of qualified candidates but hiring the best of the best is what will make the company really stand out among the competition. The logistics management group will be...
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...requirements of the design brief. For my year 12 electronics major assignment I was set the task to design and make a low voltage regulator, the constraints of the task was that it needed to fit into a commercial manufactured housing that is 120mm x 65mm x 40 mm, Soldering must be used , Soldering iron will be used, Must work reliably and must be to a High quality soldering standard. I felt I had completed all these task to a high standard and had meet all the requirements needed of that of the design brief. I was set out to achieve a working low volatge regulator that would notify the vehicle driver if the battery is discharging and becoming flat. I felt that I have completed the requirements to a high standard. The evidence that I have to support my claims are that I had taken pictures regularly and also when testing the regulator the lights would turn on once the multimeter read 12 volts. The final product didnt come easy as I had some trouble when making the low voltage regulator when I first tried to test my regulator to see if it worked none of the lights were going on, this led to do some fault finding task to see where the problem is and try to fix it. Once I had found the problem it was an easy fix and when I tired testing it again it worked perfectly. If I were to make this low voltage regulator differently I would take more time tinning the solder on the PCB board making it smooth and shinny and take more care bending the components legs for a better fit...
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...Wood is one of the most widely used materials in the world. For a wood extension project, I decided to extend my plank of wood physically and conceptually. I decided to create a phone from a plank of wood and turn it into a persuasive poster in order to raise awareness of being present, being mindful of everything that the "now" moment contains. Wood is clearly a natural resource. At the spiritual level, trees help people become more aware of the connections with something larger than themselves. In mythology, trees are sometimes portrayed as the abodes of nature spirits. Trees call people to a state of “mindfulness,” where they become better in tune with and more compassionate toward the surroundings. I came across the idea of extending my...
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...order to preserve our forests, we need to find new ways to reduce our dependency on wood. Since bamboo is one of the fastest growing grasses, a significant converter of CO2 and potentially as strong as wood – this project will test the strength of wood against bamboo. If bamboo can support even close to the same weight as wood, we can imagine a day when bamboo can be used as a replacement. In an effort to make this experiment practical, within my appendix, I will also propose a way that we can grow bamboo in the Bay Area utilizing marginal/unused land. These areas will create revolutionary new carbon-offset zones, provide additional revenue to local governments, reduce significant amounts of CO2, develop new businesses in an emerging industry, and promote, by example, green living. Purpose: Is bamboo stronger than wood, and if so, can it help us stop global warming? Research: Hypothesis: The wood will break under the same conditions and weight before the bamboo. Materials: 9 sticks of bamboo sized per test 9 pieces of solid wood sized per test 2 large plastic buckets 2 “S” hooks Chain to attach the hooks to the wood Sand and bricks Two cement platforms to put the wood on Procedures: Lay the wood on the platforms and attach the “S” hook. Attach a bucket to the “S” hook and fill with sand/bricks until the wood breaks. Weight the bucket. Take the “S” hooks of the wood and place them on the bamboo. Attach the bucket to the “S” hooks and...
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...today. Art is included in everything that we own whether it is a table or a painting. It is something that somebody thought of and shaped it into something of beauty for the owner to relate to. Or if you cannot own the type of art that you are witnessing it is something to feel and perceive in your way. I recently made a bookcase for my granddaughter. I wanted her to appreciate the craft of woodworking and all of the thought process that went into crafting this item for her. Besides the history of it coming from family, it also has all the perceptions of a well-crafted piece of furniture. First I had to decide what type of wood that I wanted to work with. I chose elderberry because of all the variations of the wood pattern and wood grain that it shows when it is varnished. I handpicked the lumber so I could get the right contour and the right flow of the wood grain in the pieces, so they complemented each other in the finished product. I hand- crafted all of the pieces without using nails or screws or power tools. I added a hand carved rose to the top of the bookcase to add to the simplicity of it. I used a basic 18th-century plan so that it would add...
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...Guiajilote Cooperativo Forestal; Honduras Monique Cal Gonzalez University of West Indies BADM 435-Business Strategy & Management Mr. Kevin McLaughlin January 28, 2015 Guajilote Cooperativo Forestal is located in a small village in Honduras. The cooperative is owned and operated by the members who use its facilities and services. Founded in 1991 with 15 members, it was part of a project that would establish La Muralla National Park as the administrative and socioeconomic model of Honduras’ other national parks. Internal Strategic Factors Strengths Issue 1: Employee satisfaction Evidence: Since founding in 1991, three of Guajilote’s original members have quit, and four have joined. Impact: The members report that the Forestal has had a positive impact on their lives. One member indicates that he earns more money in a month than he used to in six months before joining, and discusses the opportunities that the Forestal has allowed him to consider, such as sending his children to school. The benefits that each member receives seems to bring the members personally closer, building a strong sense of team. Issue 2: Low costs Evidence: In 1997, expenses included a mile and maintenance of the Forestal’s cross-cut saws. The 16 members of the Cooperativo are paid about $113 per month, and the Cooperativo reported revenues in 1997 of $22,153. Impact: Revenues are high because the company does not spend a lot of money on expenses. Issue 3: Price negotiation ...
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...oil treated Jute yarn on demand.ii.Using of the world's finest hard district Jute in the batch.iii.Maintaining strict shipment schedule.iv.Do not compromising when it comes to quality and Akij Jute Mills Ltd.may most humbly claim that they are the cleanest jute mill in the world. 3.4 AKIJ MATCH FACTORY LTD. Akij Match Factory Ltd. has been established in the year 1992 at a beautiful site near Muktarpur Ghat on the bank of river Sitalakshaya. It is a fully automatic match factorywhich produces 100% Carburized high quality safety matches.Dolphin is the brand name of the matches produced from this factory. the quality is very strictly controlled. At every stage, non standard products (wood layersor sticks) are rejected. However, these are not wasted. The sticks, wood layers and anyother scrap wood goes to be recycled in AKIJ Particle and Hardboard Mills. The faults inthe rejected matches are dealt with and these are packed manually. 3.5 AKIJ FOOD AND BEVERAGE LTD. “Brings Quality in Life”. Akij Food & Beverage Ltd (AFBL) a big name in Food processing & marketing sectorsstarted their journey officially on 2006 with three products but within this six year company able to add lot of products on its rosters. AFBL factory is located 50 kilometers outside from capital Dhaka in Krishanapura,Dhamrai. The factory is above 100,000 square meters. The total numbers of employeesare about 1200 people. And among them the number of R&D staff are above 50 peopleand number of QC staff are 21-30 people...
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...be to criticize the minor imperfections of these pieces – the uneven pattern created by carving by hand, the lack of perfect symmetry in the manmade spindle form. This cynical view has some validity – if; the priority of making the object is the actualization of perfection. Social commentators like Richard Sennett believe this kind of priority misses the true point of Craftsmanship – the desire to do something well for its own sake. I agree. The actualization of Craftsmanship is not about the making a perfect object. It is about the intrinsic need to do a job well for its own sake. There is not much published documentation about the history of professional woodwork in Jamaica. Inferences can be drawn through history, that making items from wood has been a longstanding part of Jamaican culture, beginning with the crafts made by the Tainos. These indigenous people crafted their homes, boats and even gods...
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...Department of Wood and Paper Science Wood Products Extension An Example Business Plan Model For Resorts Design & Build, Inc., a Manufacturer Focusing On Under Utilized Minor Eastern Hardwood Species By Harry W. Watt Business Improvement Specialist Wood Products Extension North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 For the Under Utilized Species Marketing Project Wood Education and Resource Center USDA US Forest Service Princeton, West Virginia June 3, 2010 New Business Ideas Workshop Discrimination Policy Statement The work upon which this project is based was funded in whole or in part through a grant awarded by the Wood Education and Resource Center, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, U.S. Forest Service. In accordance with Federal Law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. TABLE OF CONTENTS Topic Executive Summary Business Description Products/Services Management and Personnel Business Strategy Elements Page 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 Marketing Sales Goals Product Lines Target Markets Main...
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...5820 week 2 discussions Week 2 Tours *Discuss your findings concerning Tours A and B, according to the topics listed below: 1. Identify key production planning considerations (which, when and how much of each to produce, methods of dealing with short/long term changes in capacity demand). Tour A: International Paper, Androscoggin Mill’s central ordering department receives all orders and places them in open slots in their weekly production cycles. The manager of operations control must take into consideration how many machines are available, which ones run what process, and how long each process runs. The production schedule is very detailed but remains flexible to allow for changes. Demand for paper products is cyclical in nature and fluctuates with the economy. A linear program ran each quarter to optimize the schedule. Similar size orders were grouped together to eliminate as much waste as possible. Trucks and railcars also had to be scheduled for shipments. . Tour B: Norcen Industries key production considerations would be scheduling. As a “job shop” they create a wide variety of products to fulfil customer orders. The production manager must make sure the workers were assigned and understood the correct tasks. Assigning the best operator to perform certain tasks help keep costs down and machines running efficiently. On-time deliveries are important to receive repeat orders. Small jobs were given preference to expedite billing. As drops in demand created...
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...remained both his studio and home ever since. Wales was ideal for Nash, because he was surrounded by abundant resources and plenty of time to further develop his wood works. 2. The most interesting thing I discovered about David Nash was that he uses a chainsaw and axe as his primary tools as well as using a blowtorch in many of his works.David Nash uses wood as a medium for all his works. His interest in working with wood began as a child, when Nash helped clear and replant a forest his father owned. He also worked for the Commercial Forestry Group, where he learned about many kinds of wood. He is known for doing land art involving wood that remains in nature, as well as displaying his wood sculpture in studios. He carves wood from fallen trees as well as creates sculptures from growing plants. 3. Nash first decided to move to Wales after graduating from Brighton College due to the extremely low cost of living. In these years he experimented with making tower like sculptures and some very abstract works. He used paint to give more detail to these sculptures as well, which was unique to this period for Nash. He continued experimenting with this tower theme when he returned to Chelsea School of Art in 1969-1970. 4. Upon graduating from Chelsea, Nash decided to experiment with some smaller more natural lengths of wood rather than pre-cut joists. He found ways of using nature to hold his projects together rather than carpentry. Three Dandy Scuttlers was actually inspired by...
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...several different subsystems that in the end when all put together makes up a larger system. A company, such as a production company like Steinway is known to build a good quality product. They have a good reputation on the product that they build, because they have taken the time figure out how to make quality work and use quality material. There is a process in place in order to manufacture and assemble the piano. First of all they just don’t use any wood, they use Eastern rock maple wood to be precise. They start with raw boards to create a rim with specific measurement. Next, a total of 18 separate slat, 14 layers of maple and 4 layers of woods are glued and stacked together to form a book. Then comes the process of bending rim into the shape of a piano. This process could not be done, without a crew, but not just any crew. A crew of six skilled specialized employees that have just 20 minutes to complete the book and they use block and tackle and wooden levers and mallets into a rim bending press. This process is the same process that Steinway & Sons have used for more than a century and is all done by hand and all at one time. With all this hard work, their job does not end there. The company also need other departments, such as a marketing department in order to market their product. The financial department takes care of all the accounting issues. They ensure that the company has the funds to purchase materials and has enough labor force to produce more...
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...TABLE OF CONTENT MICROBIAL DETERIORATION OF WOOD AND ITS CONTROL 2 Background 3 1.0 Introduction 4 1.1.1Chemistry of wood 5 1.1.2Extractives 5 1.2Environmental Factors Affecting wood decay 6 2.0 The Role of microorganisms in wood decay 7 3.0 Microbiological degradation of wood 9 3.1 Wood decaying fungi 10 3.1.1 Soft rot 10 3.1.2White rot 13 3.1.3 Bacteria 13 3.2 Mechanism of wood deterioration 14 3.2.1 Degradation of hemicelluloses 15 3.2.2 Degradation of lignin 16 3.2.3 Cellulose degradation 16 4.0CASE STUDY 19 5.0 Control of wood deterioration 21 5.1 CONCLUSION 24 REFERENCE 25 MICROBIAL DETERIORATION OF WOOD AND ITS CONTROL BY AGWULONU JOSEPH SU11311020 DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES SALEM UNIVERSITY LOKOJA, KOGI STATE. Background Wood is a hard, fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It has been used for thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers (which are strong in tension) embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression. Wood is sometimes defined as only the secondary xylem in the stems of trees, or it is defined more broadly to include the same type of tissue elsewhere such as in the roots of trees or shrubs. In a living tree it performs a support function, enabling woody plants to grow large or to stand up by them. It also mediates the transfer of water and nutrients to the...
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...Overview and Problem Statement. The wood products industry supplies essential components to many industries across North America. In recent years, petroleum-derived plastics and metals have taken the spotlight. The petroleum industry has gained a large market share in many industries due to its cheap cost, abundance and availability. Advancements in modern technology have proven that wood can be a viable and sustainable material for many different industries with an infinitesimal environmental impact; furthermore, public valuation and education are the largest problems facing the North American wood products industry. Background and Details. When people think of wood products the first things that might come to mind are lumber and paper....
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...explain what you did to solve this problem, and explain what a decision tree is and what the solution is for each of the various branches. There is a maximum of 7 extra credit points available for this opportunity. The Problem Walt (Hutch) Woods is the owner and main furniture maker at the Prescott Furniture Company (located just behind the K-Mart on route 52) in Prescott Florida. The company has been in business for over 15 years producing some of the finest examples of curio cabinets available in the Southeast US. Hutch makes two sizes of cabinets; the regular size is about 10 inches smaller in width than the large size cabinet seen on the right. The company uses only three types of woods, Miami Dade Pine, pecan, and red cherry to make their cabinets. The Miami Dade Pine is only finished in natural wood, but the pecan and red cherry woods can be finished in either a matte finish or a glossy finish which both cost the same. Walt (Little Hutch) Woods Walt’s son, Little Hutch, is a senior at Prescott High School where he has been taking as many business courses and wood working classes as he can. Because he is planning on graduating at the end of this semester, his dad hopes that he will continue his studies at PCCC and work part-time at his furniture shop. In order...
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