For the first step of our Rube Goldberg Machine (step a), we are using a pachinko board and a marble. Using gravitational potential energy the marble will fall. As it falls it will turn into gravitational force. To make the pachinko board we will need a nail gun and a 6”x 24” peice of plywood. For the second step (step b) the marble will fall onto a set of incline planes attached to the peg board background. The marble will roll down with rolling force and kinetic energy. For this step we will need
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The phenomena that occurs throughout the Super Crazy Cleaner Helper is the several different energy transformations that occur in order to get the marble into the water bottle. The machine begins with closing the medical book then the pieces are falling over and hitting the Kinect machine. Then the Kinect machine then hits the ball the ball which that goes down the incline plane and smacks into the platform that sends the marble into the tube. tomorrow then hit the puppy fake puppy gets dominos and
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TrapEase Background A group of investors formed Trap-Ease America after it had obtained worldwide rights to market an innovative mousetrap. In return for marketing rights the group agreed to pay the inventor and patent holder a royalty fee for each trap sold. The group hired Martha House to serve as president of the company and to develop and manage the Trap-Ease America organization. Statement of the Problem After winning an award for the best new product at the National Hardware
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and the Trap-Ease America investors believe they face a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.What information do they need to evaluate this opportunity? How do you think the group would write its mission statement? how would you write it? A 1. I think they believe that they have a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity because Trap-Ease is an new and innovative idea for a mouse trap so it can be potential for the company’s growth and profit but in order to fully take advantage of this opportunity Trap-Ease America
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Trap-Ease America: The Big Cheese of Mousetraps Trap Ease America is the number “ONE” mouse trap that has been in the market for many years. Is easy and safety to use. User can dispose of the mouse while is still alive, or the user could leave it alone for a few hours to suffocate inside the trap. Trap Ease had won a contest and beat 300 new products. According to people magazine, Trap Ease has brought a lot of attention and therefore they have a high demand. But Trap Ease had not actualized
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CERTIFICATE IN MANAGEMENT BUSINESS STUDIES A group of investors had formed Trap-Ease America after it had obtained worldwide rights to market the innovative mouse traps. The group had hired Martha to serve as president and to develop and manage the Trap-Ease America organization. Martha had initially forecasted Trap-Ease’s first year sales at five million units. Martha knew that the investor group believed that Trap-Ease America had a ’once in a life time chance’ with its innovative mousetrap. To
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Trap-Ease America: The Big Cheese of Mousetraps Company Case 1. Martha and the Trap-Ease America investors believe they face a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. What information do they need to evaluate this opportunity? How do you think the group would write its mission statement? How would you write it? Martha, the president of Trap-Ease and its investors need to improve their marketing strategy by understanding which is the best and the most efficient way to obtain their target market
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The case indicates that Trap-Ease is targeting housewives, and implies that housewives are reluctant to set and bait traditional spring-loaded mousetraps. They also are concerned about the safety of children and pets that may be around the home because once the spring-loaded trap has caught a mouse, one often has a mess resulting from its action. Besides being unpleasant, the mess presents health concerns due to the diseases that may be carried by mice. There are a number of other market segments
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Trap-Ease the Big Cheese of Mousetraps Martha and the Trap-Ease investors believe they face a once in a lifetime opportunity. What information do they need to evaluate this opportunity? How do you think the group would write its mission statement? How would you write it? First of all there are four primary areas for assessment that should be considered. 1. People Behind the idea: the background, talents, and experience of the personnel behind the idea and the management team, employees, and
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Lacey McCuean MKRT 330 9-950 September 12, 2014 Trap Ease America 1. Has Martha identified the best target market for Trap ease? What other market segment might the firm target? a. Martha particularly target women, because she feels that women do not like to clean the mess or have the risks of traditional mouse traps. I feel this is a good place to start but there are many improvements Martha needs to make. For example she should have put women in different groups (i.e. ones who stay
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