...NAFTA The article “A Small Town In The Middle Of Everywhere,” by John R MacArthur, is an example about how the Pro-North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) affected hundreds of Americans. NAFTA affected hundreds of Americans because they lost their jobs due to the Autolite plant moving their company to Mexicali, Mexico. NAFTA is an agreement between Canada, the United States, and Mexico encouraging free trade among the three countries. Autolite is a company that produces spark plugs for automobiles. Autolite moved to Mexicali, Mexico because the company wanted to save money by cutting the cost of labor and increasing profit. The company could increase profit because Mexican workers would work for about $1.83 (equivalent to 15.5 pesos) an hour compared to the American worker for $22 an hour. Many of these workers were promised to still have a job in the aftermath of the relocation of the plant, however, this was redeemed as something other than the truth. Some advantages I found from this article that interested me were the opinions of the workers of Autolite once the transition of the company from Fostoria, Ohio to Mexicali, Mexico began. One point of view that I liked was that of Peggy Gillig. Gillig was “disappointed in our leaders that they’ve more or less stabbed us in the backs- sold us out to foreign interests.” I liked her stand on the subject of what was happening to her company because, even though she was “not very politically or union minded,” she did not...
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...process, management evaluates different capital budgeting techniques to ensure the company has the resources to invest in the project, and also helps management determine if the investment will help achieve the goals and objectives of the company. The goal of capital budgeting is to evaluate the costs of an investment to the initial capital to determine if the investment will generate more capital or cash flow for the company. The four capital budgeting techniques used by management are Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Profitability Index (PI), and Payback method. SAC has developed new manufacturing techniques to offer special spark plugs for the auto racing industry. The company is considering purchasing new equipment to manufacture these new spark plugs to enable the company to produce more spark plugs each year. Management wants to ensure the investment in the equipment will add value and will be profitable for the company. Capital budgeting techniques can help management analysis the project and the cash flows...
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...Supply Chain Management Final Paper Name: Student ID: Instructor: [Abstract] With the updates of music carriers, the market of headsets expanded quickly. Using the in-ear headsets as a sample product, this paper works on the requirements, souring, logistics, sustainability and costs of the product, and finally works out a supply chain for this product. [Keywords] Supply chain management, headsets Overview Product introduction I choose customized in-ear headsets (or earbuds) as my product. And my firm will be located in Shanghai, PRC. Several colors and different sound drivers are provided. The type of sound drivers used in the headsets, the appearance of the shells and the cable color are determined by customers. Background information As music players get smaller and smaller today, people found there’s no more space for the convenience promotion of music carriers. Thus, customers start to focus on the quality of music they hear. In the past years, the market of earbuds especially those in-ear headsets whose price is over $50 has expanded, and becomes a 10-billion trade. I’m quite interested in audio products and this idea came out when I was looking for a new earphone on some e-stores. That moment I was browsing the official site of Ultimate Ears, the very famous brand of professional ear monitors, and it’s also well known for its customized in-ear monitors for vocalists. I hope to figure out how this kind of customized-pattern works if it is applied...
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...Plug Factory Lean Project HU3 Group Team Members: Abdias de Paiva Alessandra Saito Caio Ferreira Felipe Saraiva Peleteiro Francisco Oliveira Gabriel Schreinert Tatiane Borchers Yuji Fugii November 2015 Summary Introduction 3 Current State Map 4 Spaghetti Diagram 7 7 Cycle Analysis of each process step 9 Standard Work Sequence 11 Current State Work Balance Chart 12 Future State Map 13 Future State Work Balance Chart 13 Demonstration of 5S Implementation 13 Kanban Implementation 14 Results 14 Reference List 16 Introduction According to Womack, lean thinking is a way to do more with less, less human effort, less equipment, less time, and less space, while coming closer to the customer’s expectance. Lean also provides a way to make work more satisfying by providing feedbacks on efforts to convert waste into value. In this work, an initial process of plug assembly was analyzed and a lead time of 11 minutes and 30 seconds was identified, with 80% of defective product. A rectification is required for this organization stay in business. The customers requires plugs without defects, and a Takt time of 10 Secs and lead time of 60 Secs with max WIP level of at each station of 1. In order to achieve this goal, a team was formed to improve the plug assembly process, using tools of lean thinking, such as, Standard Work, 5S and Kanban implementation. This report will pass through all steps to overcome those challenges, explaining the team approach...
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...|Module 3 Assignment: |Name: |/78 | |Using the Internet | | | | | |In this module you have learned all about the Internet and the various communication and collaboration tools it contains, the software plugins you install on your computer to allow it to interact with media on the web, how| |to be a safe online shopper, search engines and URLs. The questions below will allow you to apply what you have learned. | |Don’t forget to utilize the TechTalk discussion area if you need a bit of tech support while working on the assignment. | | ...
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...KYLE’S KAYAKS MANAGERIAL BUDGET CASE: SALES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Geri B. Wink, Colorado State University – Pueblo Laurie Corradino, Colorado State University – Pueblo CASE DESCRIPTION The primary subject matter of this case concerns the budget cycle used in a manufacturing facility. Secondary issues examined include the interrelationships between each component of the budget. For more advanced students, decision making involving cost cutting, price setting, and ethical considerations is also included. The case has a difficulty level of two, appropriate for sophomore level but may be slightly altered to accommodate students at levels three (junior), four (senior), or even five (first-year graduate). The case is designed to be taught in two class hours and is expected to require four hours of outside preparation by students. CASE SYNOPSIS Sarah has just been hired by Kyle’s Kayaks, a manufacturing company that specializes in the production of one model of whitewater boats. An avid kayaker herself, Sarah is excited to begin her career with the company. The company’s controller, Jessica, has assigned Sarah to the task of creating the company’s budgets for the year. Sarah understands the importance of accurate cost figures to the survival or at least continued prosperity of a manufacturing facility. She has recently learned, though, that her success with this task will not only influence her future promotion opportunities but, even more importantly, her continued...
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...Question 1 The employees at iPremier all performed well except for Bob Turley, CIO. In this case, even having one employee not perform well, meant that the company overall performed poorly. The overnight or third shift had an immediate response to the attack by taking the initiative to call the CIO at 4:30 am to inform him about the malicious incident and to drive down to the data center because no one on the Qdata phone was being helpful. Bob Turley should have pulled the plug much sooner. He had been working at iPremier for nearly three months and should have been aware of the company’s limited hacker defense capabilities. That awareness would have meant that iPremier was very vulnerable to anything beyond the most basic cyber-attacks. There was suspicion that the hackers could be stealing credit card information, yet he left the system up and running. The plug was only pulled after the legal counsel advised him to do so. Every second waiting to pull the plug could have been more and more damaging to the company, customers, and employees. A worst case scenario must be assumed in such a vulnerable situation. Another mishap was when Bob told an employee not to call the police because it could hurt the stock price. The stock price should not have been Bob’s most pressing concern considering law enforcement has resources available to assist iPremier in identifying or defending against the attack. There was also precious time wasted by waiting for his boss to call before Bob...
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...that are not appropriate for the specific client's business or will not take a business' operations into their planning as they routinely bring down an entire business while they perform routine maintenance on a server. That is unacceptable, interrupting productivity because it is "a better time for us" is the wrong answer. Alpha Omega Technical Industries around your business. We strive to make technology integrate seamlessly with your business so your business can grow. As your technology partner, when your business grows ours will grow with you, therefore, we will work hand in hand with you to support your growth. With the model and upward mobility we have seen out of Alpha Omega Technical Industries it has experienced a of recent success and a need for growth The CIO of Alpha Omega Technical Industries has expressed an interest in expanding network storage while creating the ability to share files, access security logs and be able to archive data. SECTION II Installing Data Storage Network solutions a. NAS Servers The first step in this process is identifying the type of NAS storage that will be used. The type of NAS severs that will be used will be the TeraStation 7120r 96 TB/TS-2RZH96T12D X 6. “TeraStation 7120r Enterprise is a high performance 12-drive network storage solution ideal for businesses and demanding users requiring a reliable RAID based NAS and iSCSI storage solution for larger networks and business critical applications. With the powerful quad-core...
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...complimentary plug-in module for class 5 Introduction “Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man.” – Swami Vivekananda This project is intended to bring in light the scope to illustrate ways in which our school education stands and in which direction it should develop. It is not intended to be a coherent historical survey of this field, nor can it claim to be a balanced selection from theorists of current influence and future pathways. For this reason it seems useful here to clarify the lines of thought developed in the contents of this proposal, so that the reader can appreciate the context in which we must put our strategies and sincere efforts. An actual situation will be explored and real life experiences will be taken in, as well as problems, which might be thought more intrinsic to formulation of aims, content, methods (and so on) of a particular primary school education system. In the proposal I wish to create the context, take it through the framework of reasoning the context, bringing out relevance and defining the objective and the way to meet it. The project Context India needs entrepreneurs and innovators, more than just support executives Education in the context of current technology With the advent of new technologies, available so widely in today’s time has given numerous other opportunities than the traditional ones. The complementary plug-in module...
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...Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) setting is a SOHO firewall, which serves as stateful firewalls that enable inside-to-outside and can be configured to allow limited TCP/IP port forwarding and/or screened subnet capabilities (p. 256). This paper will compare the Watchguard Firebox SOHO 6 and the Sonic Wall, which are both VPN router that offers similar specifications. This paper will compare these SOHO firewall products that function as packet-filtering firewalls that offer combine features, and provides SOHO users the strong protection from the use of Network Address translation (NAT) services. Watchguard Firebox SOHO 6 verses SonicWall Watchguard Firebox SOHO 6 is a firewall and VPN router for small business and branch offices that allows the sharing of a single broadband connection, and it is supported by all the leading operating systems. This product includes licenses for 10 users, with an upgrade option for 25 to 50 users. Small office owner often have very little experience managing their office hardware. Therefore, the Watchguard Firebox SOHO 6 is a good chose for this type of office because it will provide this individual the ease of use and maintenance, because it offers a plug-in-and-play device. Unlike, SonicWall that is not for the unskillful, in order to maintain this firewall product an individual must have skills. The SonicWall offers integrated security applications including auto-enforced Anti-Virus, Content Filtering and firewall...
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...* * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Number 1 is pointing to the PS/2 inputs that would connect a keyboard or mouse to a desktop computer. These inputs are for the most part being “upgraded” to USB ports. USB inputs for these devices allow users the option of using wireless mice and/or keyboards. For obvious reasons this adds a great deal of convenience and takes away some of the clutter that wired keyboards and mice make. It also allows for users to use different types of mice, like the one I use. Not only is it wireless, it has a trackball as opposed to the typical mouse that you have to move around. I control the pointer with my thumb, and can use the mouse on any surface, including my lap. Number 2 is pointing to the Parallel port. Historically the parallel port was used for zip drives, scanners, external modems, sound cards, webcams, gamepads joysticks, external hard drives, and CD-ROM drives. As with many of the other ports, the parallel port is being replaced with the USB port for many of it’s past functions. However, if you still have a parallel printer, they do make a USB-to-parallel adapter. Number 3 is pointing to the serial port. There are quite a few devices that can be plugged in to this input, such as dial up modems, bar code scanners, printers, older digital cameras, networking, serial mouse, and what I would say is the most common use for this input, an LCD or other display units. Just like...
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...INDIAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY The automobile industry is one of the core industries in Indian economy, whose prospect is reflective of the economic resilience of the country. With the Liberalization of the economy, India had become the playground of major global automobile majors. The automobile industry in India is gradually evolving to replicate those of the developed countries. The report focuses on the trends that are emerging in the Industry across segments, namely, passenger cars/multi-utility vehicle, commercial vehicles, two wheelers and Tractors. The qualitative analysis of the various trends reveals that industry offers immense scope even for allied industries and those looking at investing in the automobile Industry. Indian automotive industry has become more competitive in the export market due to its Technological and quality advances, so much so that in quality conscious market as such as Europe and America, Indian automotive industry is emerging as a major player judging by its performance. India today exports engine and Engine parts, Electrical parts, Drive transmission and steering parts, Suspension and braking parts among others. Automobile industry in India is still in its infancy but growing rapidly. The opportunities in the automobile industry in India are attracting big names with big purse and they are investing vigorously in infrastructure, design and development and Marketing. Automobile industry in India is today poised for the big leap. It...
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...FORECASTING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: PROFORMA ANALYSIS Roger Clarke and Grant McQueen August 2001 ABSTRACT This teaching note explains why and how managers project financial statements into the future. The note is designed for an introduction to corporate finance class. The note prepares students for either a case such as Clarkson Lumber or a real-word project in which proforma statements are needed. This note explains how to build a proforma balance sheet and intentionally does not include a complete proforma income statement so that the students will have to demonstrate some ingenuity when doing the follow-on case or project. The note is a nice supplement to both the advance and remedial corporate finance text books. The more advanced books (e.g., Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe) typically give short shrift to the topic of forecasting and the more remedial text books (e.g., Block and Hirt) typically build the forecasted statements presupposing the manager knows production projections (e.g. the type, number, and price of units to be bought, produced, and sold). Roger Clark is with Analytic-TSA Global Asset Management and an Adjunct Professor in the Marriott School at Brigham Young University. Grant McQueen is the William Edwards Professor of Finance in the Marriott School at Brigham Young University. The authors thank colleges at BYU and ASU and the research assistance and students for their contributions. Send correspondence to Grant McQueen, 671...
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...automobile markets in the world. This trend has also created awareness for environmentalist to bring attention to rising level of pollution and emission within the cities and metropolis. As response, the U.S. Government is encouraging the automobile manufacturers to produce clean and renewable alternative vehicles that will drastically reduce pollution and emission. Subsequently, the automobile industry has witnessed a gradual introduction of environmental friendly vehicles that use clean and renewable energy to encourage less pollution and safer environment. The manufactures of these vehicles have introduced into the market three categories of electric passenger car namely Hybrid electric vehicle (HEVs), Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). However consumer response to these electric vehicles has been sluggish and it is widely believed by market analyst that as the market awareness grows there will be an increased rise in demand for electric cars. Opinion among industry analyst suggest that incentives will simulate the growth which falls on different assumptions such as gasoline prices, government purchase incentives, fuel economy standards and availability of electric cars. 2. Company Background Sanger Automotive Companies, Inc., was founded in 1950 in Fort Myers, Florida as a Cadillac dealership and has consistently grown over the year acquiring 8 lines of luxury car franchise therefore becoming one of the most successful auto dealership...
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...Chapter – 1 INTRODUCTION The world as we know it today is centered on the workings and ability of the World Wide Web. Internet security, however, is one area of concern and poses one of the biggest challenges to this internet savvy era. Our interaction with the internet has increased to such an extent , that experience, mixed with continued research has taught us that with each such interaction, we are prone to many malicious attacks, security lapses and even extremely skilled hacking operations. The field of Network Security and Cryptography has come a long way in the past decade, but it is safe to say that there is a lot more work to be done. Here we choose to concentrate on Web Applications and we particularly approach them from the developer’s perspective. With every step taken towards better security on the internet, end-users are doing their bit to safeguard their systems and data. However, keeping in mind how commercial and competitive the world we live in has become and the manner in which the market for web related products has grown, it becomes imperative for a developer to ensure that his web application is not just marketable as a breakthrough user friendly concept but also as a secure one. We imagine a world where, every skilled developer is able to make phenomenal applications and is able to provide his users with a large amount of credibility and reliability in terms of security. We aim to conceptualize and subsequently generate a security tool exclusively...
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