Catamaran Corporation Introduction Catamaran Corporation was formerly known as the SXC Health Solutions Corporation. The company was founded in 1993. The company acquired ComCoTec a software business in 2001. In 2006, the company moved its headquarters from Milton, Ontario to Schaumburg, Illinois. The company acquired four other companies, namely National Medical Health Card Systems, Inc., Zynchros, MedfushionRx, Inc., and Catalyst Health Solutions Inc. They acquired National Medical Health
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COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS – A TOOL TO IMPROVE RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND EMPLOYMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS Lecturer PhD Nicoleta Valentina FLOREA Valahia University of Târgovişte, Romania Email: floreanicol@yahoo.com Abstract: Human resource is a major source for organization to obtain competitive advantage and can be very important in obtaining long-term performance. The limits of recruitment process are the cost, the choice made, time and legislation. Any organization looks for minimizing the human
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| Management Report | | Khalifa | | Management Report | | Khalifa | Coventry University [Pick the date] Authored by: Khalifa Ahmed Coventry University [Pick the date] Authored by: Khalifa Ahmed SUPPLY CHAIN Supply chain for new vehicle The automotive supply chain is not easy as it sounds, it actually gets difficult continuously . With over more than Twenty thousand car parts, may it be that one part of the car cannot be accessed then the consumers cannot purchase
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established by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards body, is the de facto methodology that outlines the tests required to measure and prove performance criteria for carrier Ethernet networks. The standard provides an out-of-service benchmarking methodology to evaluate the performance of network devices using throughput, back-to-back, frame loss and latency tests, with each test validating a specific part of an SLA. The methodology defines the frame size, test duration and number of test
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What makes good employees quit?” “Unhappiness with management” was the number one response category (35%), followed by “Limited opportunities for advancement” (33%) and “Lack of recognition” mutuality of interest involves win–win situations in which one’s self-interest is served by cooperating actively and creatively with potential adversaries. • 9 generic influence tactics: 1. Rational persuasion. Trying to convince someone with reason, logic, or facts. • 2. Inspirational appeals. Trying
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Chapter 5 Activity-Based Costing and Customer Profitability Analysis Cases |5-1 |Blue Ridge Manufacturing (Activity-Based Costing for Marketing Channels) | |5-2 |Columbo Soft-Serve Frozen Yogurt: Using Activity Based Costing To Assess Channel/Customer Profitability | |5-3 |Wilson Electronics (A) | |5-4 |Wilson
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Quality Management at Sears Holding Corporation Felicia J Town Keller Graduate School of Management Managing Quality GM588 Professor Taylor October 10, 2011 Quality Management at Sears Holding Corporation Richard Sears, a Minneapolis railway station agent, sold lumber and coal to the local residents to make extra money. One day he received an unwanted shipment of watches from a neighboring jeweler and the light bulb in his head lit up, he was ready to start his own watch company. In 1886
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Corporate Finance a) WACC A company’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is usually regarded as the minimum required rate of return. It is defined as the weighted average rate of return a company must pay to its long-term creditors and shareholders for the use of their funds. When WACC is used as the discount rate, it serves as a screening device in net present value analysis. To calculate WACC we must first find the expected return on share i E(Ri), using the securities
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Cass Community Social Services QI Plan- Pt. 2 July 21, 2014 Lisa Griffith/University of Phoenix Ismael Caicedo/Instructor C Lean Model: This model defines value by what a customer (i.e., patient) wants. It maps how the value flows to the customer (i.e., patient), and ensures the competency of the process by making it cost effective and time efficient. The pros of the Lean model include eliminating majority, if not all forms of waste. Another pro to this model is it helps organizations to
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Toyota Motor Corporation, Ltd. I. Viewpoint The viewpoint of the CEO of Toyota will be applied. II. Time Context Present Year III. Objectives Toyota Motor Corporation’s objective is to identify ways to keep up and adapt with the foreign business cultures to successively expand by at least 10% before 2020. IV. Statement of the problem Minor Problems: • Strategies to adapt with foreign cultures and anticipate its possible
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