...9-606-042 REV: MAY 3, 2006 FRANCESCA GINO GARY PISANO Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project Jack O’Brien looked at the clock in his car; it was 7:38 a.m. and he knew he would need some luck to get to his 8:00 a.m. meeting at Teradyne’s Harrison Avenue headquarters on time. Traffic on Boston’s Central artery choked amidst the lingering construction from the interminable “Big Dig.” O’Brien was looking forward to today’s meeting with Teradyne senior executives to reflect on the lessons learned from the Jaguar project, which O’Brien had led for more than three years. The project had been one of the most important efforts in Teradyne’s 45-year-history. It had set out to create an entirely new semiconductor test-system platform. The resulting Ultra Flex system, designed to be flexible enough to allow customers to test a full range of semiconductor devices, was critical to the success of Teradyne’s new competitive strategy. The Jaguar project had marked a culmination of sorts in Teradyne’s eight-year effort to improve its product development process. The Jaguar team had used a number of project management practices, including intensive up-front project planning, formalized tools for tracking project progress, and a more structured development process. Most aspects of the Jaguar project went exceedingly well. All of the major hardware, for instance, had been developed in record time, and with minimal deviation from the plan. The product had met the vast majority of its target specifications...
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...that is highly reliable however, two main problems were created within these five units. The first problem was caused by engineering organizations over committing to projects, therefore, utilization capacity was estimated at 300% because the projects were poorly planned and goals and scope was often not clearly defined upfront which caused projects to be delayed because engineers and marketers had to think of additional features. The strategy implemented to solve this problem, was Aggregate Project Planning (APP). APP was implement so Teradyne could to stick to the projects that align with the broader strategy of the company and to not over commit by starting projects when appropriate resources are available. The second problem was attributed to the planning and implementation of projects and objectives, therefore, several improvement initiatives were launched Jaguar was initiated in 2001 as an effort to improve Teradyne’s product development process and was aimed to create a highly flexible tester platform that could be adaptable to the needs of different devices. The Jaguar project was set to create an entirely new semiconductor test-system platform and resulted in the Ultra Flex system which was critical to the success of Teradyne’s new competitive strategy. Although, most of the aspects of the Jaguar project went well, software, a major component of the program, ran behind schedule and total development costs came in at 35% higher than was initially budgeted. In the...
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...Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project Project Management Case Analysis PRESENTED TO Dr. Rupesh Kumar Pati Submitted BY Sudha T (EEPOM-05-029) Suman KR (EEPOM-05-032) Mithun Mukundan (EEPOM-05-010) Manickavasagam Ramasamy(EEPOM-05-008) Yeshaswini Rajendra (EPGP-03-193) About Teradyne Corporation • Teradyne was founded by Alex d’Arbeloff and Nick DeWolf, who were classmates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the late 1940s. • Teradyne was the world's largest supplier of equipment for testing semiconductors • Teradyne is a 45 year old corporation • Sales of $1.8 billion in 2004 with over 6000 employees • Teradyne corporation has following major units: – – – – Semi-Conductor Test (64% revenue) Assembly Test Broadband Test Connection Systems and Diagnostic Solutions About Jaguar Project •In 2001, the company started planning of Jaguar, a completely new tester platform intended to create a new system architecture that would form the basis of one of Teradyne’s major product lines for the next decade. • The project was envisioned as a culmination of sorts in Teradyne’s 8 year effort to improve product development process •In 2001 O’ Brien, a 25 year veteran of Teradyne’s engineering organization is appointed as project leader •Company decided to abolish the markets-segment-focused platform into a single platform engineering group •Teradyne senior management made a pivotal strategic decision to embrace a flexible platform strategy • Main emphasis...
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...Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project As Jack O’Brien, project lead of Teradyne’s Jaguar project, sat in traffic on his way to work he pondered his team’s efforts over the past eight years. Teradyne, a manufacturer of semiconductor test machines, had long been awaiting the arrival of their new full-range testing equipment. The project marked a number of firsts for Teradyne including up-front project planning, formalized tools for project tracking, and a structured development process. Despite the learning curve all new methodologies impose, O’Brien’s project had become a success in the hardware department, yet the software group struggled through much of the implementation, and was still working on deliverables. Had the new tools and techniques hindered the development processes? This paper will analyze Teradyne’s traditional project execution strategies in contrast to those of the Jaguar project, will describe how the new project management tools made an impact on the project, and present the lessons learned throughout the experience. Company History Teradyne, a 45 year veteran of the semiconductor industry, specializes in testing equipment for transistors and other electrical components. The company was founded in 1960 by two MIT graduates with a vision to bring a line of reliable, fast testing equipment to the industry. As the complexity and volume of components manufactured by their customers increased, so did Teradyne’s investment in research and development. By...
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...Bronx Zoo: Jungle World Exhibit General Description: The Jungle world Exhibit at the Bronx Zoo was very interesting. If it wasn’t for this class I probably wouldn’t have ever went there, I am glad that I went because I saw a lot of interesting displays and learned a lot about animals that I have never really known about. My favorite display is the Rainforest display. The display was so real feeling. I saw animals such as ebony and silvered langurs, as well as tree kangaroos, fruit bats, black leopards, tropical birds, toads, and snakes. Jungle World had real plants and full grown trees and flowing water falls, and the only light source came from natural sun light that comes through windows in the ceiling. I learned that Jungle world contains about 90% of all the world’s species of plants and animals live there, but only about half are known to science. The sounds were incredible. The animals made the jungle sound so cheerful and alive. The Jungle was incredible. It was truly amazing to see all of the different animals, and how they all lived in close quarters and kept it alive. When I heard the gibbons singing that was beautiful, I saw how nature alone can make beautiful melodies and duets and flood the jungle with peace and serenity. Display: Description of the Asian Rainforest The Asian Rainforest display was the display that stuck out to me the most. I love the tropics and all of the exotic animals. The sights, sounds and steam...
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...“Balboa” a short story by Sabina Murray AS YOU READ Pay special attention to descriptions of Balboa's relations with the Indians and the Spaniards. Write down any questions you generate during reading. Vasco Núñez de Balboa ascends the mountain alone. His one thousand Indians and two hundred Spaniards wait at the foot of the mountain, as if they are the Israelites and Balboa alone is off to speak with God. Balboa knows that from this peak he will be able to see the western water, what he has already decided to name the South Sea. He takes a musket with him. The Spaniards have been warned that if they follow, he will use it, because discovery is a tricky matter and he wants no competition. The day is September 25, 1513. Balboa ascends slowly. His musket is heavy and he would have gladly left it down below, but he doesn’t trust his countrymen any more than he trusts the sullen Indians. So he bears the weight. But the musket is nothing. He is dragging the mantle[1] of civilization up the pristine slopes, over the mud, over the leaves that cast as much shade as a parasol[2] but with none of the charm. Balboa is that divining line[3] between the modern and the primitive. As he moves, the shadow of Spain moves with him. Balboa steps cautiously into a muddy stream and watches with fascination as his boot sinks and sinks. He will have to find another way. Upstream he sees an outcropping of rock. Maybe he can cross there. He tells himself that there is no hurry, but years...
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...Cayapo tribe. The tale begins with a story about a man and his brother-in-law hunting for Macaws in the jungle. After foul play, on the part of the brother, the brother-in-law is left abandoned and injured on a rock. A jaguar finds the man and offers to take care of him. The man, who is initially afraid of the jaguar, reluctantly agrees and follows him to his lair. Upon arriving to the jaguar’s lair, the man sees that the jaguar’s wife is spinning. The jaguar’s wife questions her husband as to why he has brought a human to their lair to which her husband replies that the man will now be his companion and their son, and that she is to take care of him. The jaguar goes out to hunt and instructs the man to eat if he is hungry, suggesting eating a piece of tapir, which is cooking on the hearth. However, the jaguar wife says to the man to eat the raw deer instead. This causes tension between the man and the jaguar wife, who bares her claws to the man and he flees into the jungle the jaguar finds the man hiding in the jungle and coaxes him back to their lair and chastises his wife for frightening the man. The next day the jaguar goes out hunting, and again the man and the jaguar’s wife argue over what meat the man should eat. The man runs away again but this time the jaguar offers the man a solution. He makes a bow and arrow for the man telling him that the next time she bares her claws again to him, to shoot her in the heart. The man returns to the lair and unwraps the cooked tapir meat...
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...where we are introduced to the main character, Jaguar Paw. Jaguar Paw was the son of the chief of the village. As they are splitting the meat of the pig they caught another tribe wanders by only asking for permission to pass. The presumed leader of that passing tribe warns Jaguar Paw that they are leaving because their campsite was invaded. Jaguar Paw and the Chief noticed the looks fear and terror on their faces. However they push this back in their mind and started to head back to their village. That night they gathered around their elders to hear stories and everything went on without disruption. Next morning, Jaguar Paw and his wife are awakened by a barking dog. Jaguar Paw’s wife tells him to make the dog be quiet. But when the dog stopped barking on its own Jaguar Paw became suspicious of what was going on outside. That is when he sees an invading tribe member with a torch run by. He quickly wakes up his wife and son and they begin to run for cover as the invading tribe kills many men and women. Jaguar Paw takes his wife and son to a dry well and lowers them into it for safety. One of the invading tribesmen sees Jaguar Paw at the top of the cave and begins to charge to try and kill him. Jaguar Paw fights back and kills him. Then he turns back and tells his wife that he has to help the others and he promises he'll be back. He kills a couple invaders before he is taken as a prisoner. All the surviving men and women of Jaguar Paw's tribe are taken prisoners. They tied their...
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...The British car manufacturer, Jaguar plc, has experienced a turnaround in profitability over the past four years. As a result of this recent success, the British Government has decided to return the company to the private sector through a public offering of the stock. Through an analysis of Jaguar’s profits over the past four years, it is apparent that the majority of their success can be attributed to the appreciation of the US Dollar. Like any multinational company, Jaguar plc, is exposed to exchange rate risk, and thus it is necessary to acknowledge this risk and appropriately hedge against it. Taking this into account, Jaguar must make strategic and calculated decisions to ensure that the company becomes more resilient to interest rate swings through growing it profits organically. Jaguar needs to mitigate its risk by implementing the proper hedge. We determined that a 50% forward hedge would be appropriate given the exchange rate in place. By using the historical data given, we were able to make forecast predictions for an income statement over a stretch of three years. The rolling hedge will provide a three-year time frame that will allot Jaguar sufficient time to implement its new company wide initiatives that are aimed at driving down costs. The first initiative is the implementation of lean techniques. This initiative will focus on increasing productivity through the identification and elimination of waste. Specifically, by decreasing the amount of inventory on...
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...examples of keystone species which there could be predators, mutualists, and engineers. Since the prey numbers are low, the keystone predator numbers can be even lower and still be effective. Keystone mutualists are organisms that participate in mutually beneficial interactions, the loss of which would have a profound impact upon the ecosystem as a whole. Although the terms 'keystone' and 'engineer' are used interchangeably, which is better understood as a subcategory of keystone species. Out of all the keystone species in the world the one that I am most fascinated with is the jaguar. The jaguar is largely a solitary and opportunistic predator at the top of the food chain. It is a keystone species, playing an important role in stabilizing ecosystems and regulating the populations of the animals it hunts. The jaguar has been numbered as the near threatened in Central and South America. The jaguar acts as a keystone predator because of its widely varied diet, and they also help balance the mammalian jungle ecosystem with its consumption of 87 different species of prey. Works Cited Mills, L. Scott, Michael E. Soule, and Daniel F. Doak. "The keystone-species concept in ecology and conservation." BioScience 43.4 (1993): 219-224. Paine, R.T. (1995). "A Conversation on Refining the Concept of Keystone Species". Conservation Biology 9 (4):...
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...1. a. Panthera Leo, The full classification for a lion would be: Kingdom, Animalia; Phylum, Chordata; Class, Mammalia; Order, Carnivora; Family, Felidae; Genus, Panthera; Species, leo b. I found quite a lot of clashing information on this subject, some said Adam named the lion before time was even being recorded, and other said the Egyptians named the lion, but I could not find any reliable sources for this. As for the meaning, Panthera Leo: “large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male” c. leopards, cougars, panthers, ocelots, and anything feline basically d. My scientific name would honestly be the same as it is now, if I was the one to name it I would probably think of something different at the time. But I have been associating leo with lion too long to think of any other name that doesn’t sound ridiculous. 2. a. Panthera Tigris, The full classification for a tiger would be: Kingdom, Animalia; Phylum, Chordata; Class, Mammalia; Order, Carnivora; Family, Felidae; Genus, Panthera; Species, leo b. Once again, I had a lot of trouble finding anything about who named the tiger. All I really got was that it was named in Asia. As for the meaning of the Tiger’s scientific name: Panthera Tigris – “large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered” c. Lion, panther, cougar, and anything feline basically. d. Once again, I watched a movie called Kung-Fu panda at a young age and...
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...International Joint Venture (IJV) is a formal agreement in which two or more of business partners in order to accomplish a particular mutually beneficial project (Park 2010, 55). The aim of this report is to discuss two or more companies successful and unsuccessful to forming an international joint venture (IJV). Transaction cost approach is one of the circumstances to joint venture formation in order to minimize cost of production and also reduce risks of business. Besides, organizational learning is another circumstances that enter and into a joint venture to learn foreign knowledge about the business and skill from another partners. This report has considered several reasons why one succeeded and other one failed of the companies. Daimler Chrysler faced the impact of cultural differences that causes Daimler failure on IJV performance. Language barrier always be the problem of communicating. Moreover, lack of management is one of the failure reasons for Daimler due to the ineffective leadership of the president. Poor management with human resource management can be the main reason of failure. Chery Jaguar Land Rover, the human resource management is providing high standard of service and also attracting talented people to stay is the key success of the organization. The management skill of Chery Jaguar Land Rover is a high top quality management. It is recommended that managers and the partners of Daimler Chrysler must improve the communication skills to understand each other...
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...2. JAGUAR LAND ROVER BACKGROUND Jaguar and Land Rover are two of the most iconic British brands. Jaguar Cars, founded in 1922, is one of the world’s premier manufacturers of luxury saloons and sports cars. Land Rover has been manufacturing 4x4s since 1948. Its products have defined the segments in which they operate, being known for extraordinary strength and durability. Ford Motor Company acquired Jaguar in 1989 and Land Rover in 2000. In 2008, Tata Motors buys the two brands after ten months of negotiation for £1.15bi and merge then into one. (1) Tata Motors is the largest automobile manufacturer in India and is among the top five commercial vehicles in the world. It is part of Tata Group, a conglomerate of over one hundred companies and £50bi revenue in seven business sectors: engineering, communications and information technology, energy, materials, services, consumer products and chemicals. Tata Group employs over 540.000 people in more the 100 countries. Tata Group owns Tata Steel, one of the ten biggest steelmakers in the world and a big supplier for the car industry. (2) The acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover gave Tata Motors entry into the luxury and provided it a foothold in the European and U.S. markets. (3) As cultural factors, Tata Motors decided to leave the existing management structure intact and leave the national British managers. All the key personnel retained their positions. (5) Jaguar Land Rover employs 26.000 people globally, 19.000 only in UK. Also...
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...quality high performance technologically advanced The key strategic reasons for creating the Jaguar S-Type were to: * extend the Jaguar brand * generate increased volume (numbers of sales) and hence profits * respond to the downsizing trend * appeal to younger buyers * strengthen the dealer network * move customers up through the Jaguar range i.e. customers will be encouraged to remain with Jaguar cars, moving from the smaller, more affordable Jaguar S-Type, to the more expensive and sophisticated vehicles. Best Supplier Relationship Management: Jaguar Land Rover and Gobel & Partner Read more: http://businesscasestudies.co.uk/jaguar/building-the-jaguar-s-type/extending-the-jaguar-brand.html#ixzz3BuvJlXIy Follow us: @Thetimes100 on Twitter | thetimes100casestudies on Facebook * Is backsourcing or re-shoring a feasible option and why (not) After WWII, the Jaguar production plant location was moved to Brown's Lane. In recent years, this plant was shuttered, and production moved to two locations: Castle Bromwich in Birmingham and Halewood in Liverpool. These two locations have shared the production of the various Jaguar models, including the XK, X-Type and S-Type, that help maintain the brand as a popular luxury car for buyers all over the world. Castle Bromwich is a very impressive facility with world-class plant and processes. Jaguar has completely refurbished three whole blocks in the factory. E-Block is the body construction facility...
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...Aubrey Lorraine L. Rebanal July 19, 2011 BSBA- Marketing Management MWF/5-6:30pm/Ms. Songalia 1. Sykes Enterprises is a multinational corporation which provides business process outsourcing services, such as technical support and customer service. Sykes has over 51,000 employees at 80+ locations in 25 countries operating in 30 languages. SYKES provides customer contact management solutions and services in the business process outsourcing (BPO) arena. The company provides an array of customer contact management solutions to Fortune 1000 companies around the world, primarily in the communications, financial services, healthcare, technology and transportation and leisure industries. SYKES' services are categorized into three lines of business: Contact Center Services, TeleHealth, and Assistance Services. 1977 - SYKES begins as a small engineering firm with three employees in Charlotte, North Carolina 1979-1982 - The technical writing group begins in Charlotte marking the beginning of the Information Services branch 1992 - SYKES purchases Jones Technologies, Inc. in Sterling, Colorado and enters into customer support business 1993 - Company reorganizes, moves corporate office from Charlotte to Tampa, Florida 1996 - SYKES goes public – stock begins trading on NASDAQ First international presence with acquisition of Datasvar Support AB of Sweden 1997 - Several acquisitions including McQueen International Limited with multiple locations including operations...
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