...Currently Riordan Manufacturing has several different offices and each office is using a different type of system, but there is not a central system that monitors each of the satellite offices and their production. To assist Riordan become more efficient, they will need to implement a central system to monitor both individual and overlapping system usage. They should create a Data Center in the corporate office that monitors all of the current systems in place. This will allow Riordan Manufacturing to understand how their business is functioning and how application are used more often and which are not utilized enough, helping to determine if they should upgrade or discontinue the use of a system. Each department uses different applications; some of the applications interface with one another and other are stand alone. Riordan also currently has a lot of manual processes, for example how they submit daily inventory records. With the overall updates that our team has posed have more automation will assist Riordan to increase their production and accuracy. We can implement an application that can be used by all of the centers in order to maintain the inventory across the board so the managers are able to see what is in high demand in specific locations. Having an overall view of the inventory will be beneficial to the entire company. If the marketing department has he ability to see the inventory usage then they will know where they need to market certain products better. We...
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...Nicholas Richards 23/09/2015 Prin. of Man. Shark Tank paper BuggyBeds When viewing videos for this paper I saw some pretty great and just some not so great products. But one stood out to me from all the others. During the show for this product, two women presents the Sharks with a product called BuggyBeds. This product was presented as an early detector for bed bugs around the house. These monitors attract bed bugs to the trap and keep them trapped using a special formulated glue. As stated by both women pitching their product, the glue is not poisonous and is not harmful to people, which is a must if little kids are around. The monitors themselves are very small and easy to use. All one has to do is unpack the monitor and then place it around the area/furniture one thinks might contain bed bugs, preferable under the desired object. I found it interesting while watching this bit show when one of the women informed the Sharks that there really is not a lot of early detection systems for bed bugs. For them to produce a two-pack it just costs about ~ $1.60 – 1.75, and then they may market the product for about $6.99. I choose this product that will sell/win because of just how big a problem bed bugs are for a huge number of people and organizations. One fact stated by the women pitching this product is that a female bed bug can produce upwards to 500 more bed bugs. That is frightening, without anyway to deal with bed bugs they would just keep appearing. To me, I feel like...
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...regions • Mutual exclusion • The part of the program where the shared memory (or something else) is accessed is called a critical section • This is not enough (more rules): – Not two processes simultaneously in their critical regions – No assumptions may be made about speed and number of CPUs – No process running outside its critical region may block another process – No process should have to wait forever to enter its critical region OS 2007-08 6 OS 2007-08 5 1 Ideally A enters critical region A B blocked B enters critical region B attempts to enter critical region B leaves critical region A leaves critical region Many solutions… • Disabling interrupts • Locks • TSL instruction (hardware) • Semaphores • Mutexes • Monitors • Message passing •… 7 OS 2007-08 8 OS 2007-08 Disabling interrupts • Simplest solution • CPU switches from process to process only when an interrupt occurs (e.g. the clock interrupt) • This approach can be taken by the kernel • Should the OS trust the user in disabling/enabling interrupts? Too dangerous! OS 2007-08 9 Locks • A lock variable (alone it doesn’t work)...
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...CASE STUDY – Organizational Behavior, Week 2 NO RESPONSE FROM MONITOR TWENTY-THREE* Robert D. Joyce, Innovative Management Loudspeaker: IGNITION MINUS 45 MINUTES. Paul Keller tripped the sequence switches at control monitor 23 in accordance with the countdown instruction book just to his left. All hydraulic systems were functioning normally in the second stage of the spacecraft booster at checkpoint 1 minus 45. Keller automatically snapped his master control switch to GREEN and knew that his electronic impulse along with hundreds of others from similar consoles within the Cape Kennedy complex signaled continuation of the countdown. Free momentarily from data input, Keller leaned back in his chair, stretched his arms above his head, and then rubbed the back of his neck. The monitor lights on console 23 glowed routinely. It used to be an incredible challenge, fantastically interesting work at the very fringe of man’s knowledge about himself and his universe. Keller recalled his first day in Brevard County, Florida, with his wife and young daughter. How happy they were that day. Here was the future, the good life . . . forever. And Keller was going to be part of the fantastic, utopian future. Loudspeaker: IGNITION MINUS 35 MINUTES. Keller panicked! His mind had wandered momentarily, and he lost his place in the countdown instructions. Seconds later he found the correct place and tripped the proper sequence of switches for checkpoint 1 minus 35. No problem....
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...------------------------------------------------- Mouse (computing) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A computer mouse with the most common standard features: two buttons and a scroll wheel, which can also act as a third button. A mouse is a pointing device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface. Physically, a mouse consists of an object held under one of the user's hands, with one or more buttons. The mouse sometimes features other elements, such as "wheels", which allow the user to perform various system-dependent operations, or extra buttons or features that can add more control or dimensional input. The mouse's motion typically translates into the motion of a pointer on a display, which allows for fine control of a graphical user interface. ------------------------------------------------- Naming The earliest known publication of the term mouse as a pointing device is in Bill English's 1965 publication "Computer-Aided Display Control".[1] The online Oxford Dictionaries entry for mouse states the plural for the small rodent is mice, while the plural for the small computer connected device is either mice or mouses. However, in the usage section of the entry it states that the more common plural is mice, and that the first recorded use of the term in the plural is mice as well (though it cites a 1984 use of mice when there were actually several earlier ones).[2] The term mice was seen in print in "The Computer as a...
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...BRIEF CASES HARVARD 'BUSINESS PUBLISHING 4440 APRIL 2 7 , 2 0 1 2 DOROTHY LEONARD SUNRU YONG Bella Healthcare India Joseph Cherian, country director of Bella Healthcare in India, wondered whether his team was ready for Project TKO. He listened intently as Jeremy Manning, his director of research and development, described the pros and cons of the project, a proposal to develop a new portable electrocardiograph machine (EKG) specifically for the Indian market. Cherian believed the time was right to tackle the tough, but fast-growing Indian market. The key question was whether Bella India's local R&D team, under Manning's direction, was ready to lead the product development: My goal has always been to develop products that serve emerging markets and make healthcare more accessible. I think medical device companies are learning that this can be done most effectively by those who know these markets best. We should develop our affordable EKG in India, for India. Bella India has proven itself in manufacturing and costengineering; this is the next logical step. The endeavor was not without risk. The costly failure of Project Baton, a global product development effort, was fresh on everyone's mind. Failure with Project TKO would not only hurt Bella Healthcare's overall profitability, it would undermine Cherian's case that the India operation was ready for more challenging product development undertakings. £ | ^E o^| f§§ l^ff 21 ® ggo >^ 8 | j> | ^ji f£ | %^ E 111 I- |...
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...Monitor Study Summary Issue All users have been provided with one 19” extended width monitor. The system provides the ability to view multiple documents at once (side by side) for comparison purposes, however this feature is not used very often because the screen size limits the display to only small fonts, the entire document is not visible all at once, and the dual display is too complicated to set-up. Additionally, the quality of the scan in many cases is not as clear as an original typed document (such as this document), requiring the font to be displayed larger than normal size in order for it to be legible. Tasks performed by our users require them to be constantly comparing documents. In order to compare documents, users usually switch back and forth between screens or print the documents. Our system does not provide the ability to simultaneously view a document while creating new forms, so users are required to switch back and forth. Currently, the our users are required to access several systems to obtain all of the necessary information, resulting in having several systems open simultaneously. Goal of Study The goal of the monitor study was to determine if an increase in the amount of screen surface would provide significant benefits such as improved efficiency, reduced print volume, increased accuracy, and reduced physical stress. If the increased screen space provided significant benefit, then the second goal of the study was to determine the best set-up...
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...4440 APRIL 27, 2012 DOROTHY LEONARD SUNRU YONG Bella Healthcare India Joseph Cherian, country director of Bella Healthcare in India, wondered whether his team was ready for Project TKO. He listened intently as Jeremy Manning, his director of research and development, described the pros and cons of the project, a proposal to develop a new portable electrocardiograph machine (EKG) specifically for the Indian market. Cherian believed the time was right to tackle the tough, but fast-growing Indian market. The key question was whether Bella India’s local R&D team, under Manning’s direction, was ready to lead the product development: My goal has always been to develop products that serve emerging markets and make healthcare more accessible. I think medical device companies are learning that this can be done most effectively by those who know these markets best. We should develop our affordable EKG in India, for India. Bella India has proven itself in manufacturing and cost- engineering; this is the next logical step. The endeavor was not without risk. The costly failure of Project Baton, a global product development effort, was fresh on everyone’s mind. Failure with Project TKO would not only hurt Bella Healthcare’s overall profitability, it would undermine Cherian’s case that the India operation was ready for more challenging product development undertakings. Industry Background: Electrocardiogram Equipment Electrocardiography, commonly referred...
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...mention stress? Although there are a lot of physical issues that come with the IT profession, I would like to focus on the stress of the IT profession. It was not long ago that I worked in an office environment and had no idea what it took to be an “IT person”. I was one of the many that complained about how long it took to get and IT person to look at my computer to see what was wrong with it. Until now, I had no idea. With the tighter budgets caused by the economic strain, there has been a problem with understaffing in the IT field. Unfortunately, understaffing could very well mean you are the only IT person in your group or office setting. Management needs to understand the importance of your position from keeping their systems running and avoiding system failures to doing performance upgrades and dealing with user end demands and tediousness. All of which can be physically and mentally draining. Studies show that on an average an IT professional...
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...development), Austin, TX (05/2013 to Present) Research Technician: * Monitor patients for adverse drug reaction and monitor food intake. Review patient charts and orders for testing subjects. Perform clinical procedures for patients including ECG’s with holter monitoring, phlebotomy, vital signs, urine collection, and ethanol breath testing and blood glucose. Sodalis Elder Living, Austin, TX (09/2013 to 09/2015) Resident Care attendant: * Direct care and supervision of resident and assures residents are kept safe, comfortable; practice appropriate hygiene. Provide social activities and ensures residents are cared for. Assist residents with cleaning their living space, perennial care, laundry and minor household duties. Victory Medical Clinic, Austin, TX (03/2013 to April, 2013) Medical Assistant Externship: * Obtain lab result; prepare specimens for process, vital signs, triage patients, health histories. Urinalysis, cultures (throat), pregnancy testing. * Assist with clinical procedures, PAP Smears, Well Women Exams, DOT Exams; administer injections (Vaccinations, Steroid, Depo Provera) Wound care, EKG’s, and phlebotomy. * Obta Child Care Provider: Austin, TX (03/2007 to 2013) PRIVATE RESIDENCE: * Engage children in play, structure activities, provide meals and snacks. Change diapers, attend to children’s needs, feed infants, monitor children’s safety, potty training as needed. Education Southern...
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...Diagnostics 2 C series Common Faults Guide 4 I cannot see myself 4 I cannot see the far end 4 I cannot hear the far end or they can’t hear me 5 The system won’t power up 8 The screen is blank 8 The remote control is not responding 9 No menus are visible on the system 10 The Sound quality is very poor 10 I can hear myself back 11 I have no LAN connection 13 Gatekeeper registration failed 13 Poor video Quality on IP (Packetloss) 13 C series Advanced Diagnostic tools 14 Setting up a direct serial connection 14 Setting up a LAN connection 15 Fault finding methods 15 Root Access to API 16 IP Ping 16 IP trace route 16 Netstat 16 Admin access to API 17 Gatekeeper settings 17 Gatekeeper status 18 Configuration back up and restore 19 Configuration back up 19 Introduction to Fault Finding As a first step you need to establish what equipment is present. Easy if you are on site but harder by phone. If you have a good database then this is straight forward but if you are not so lucky or you are assisting a customer with a connection that may not involve one of your supported units then it is advantageous to know the following: • Make and model of equipment • A description of the fault • Had the system been functioning previously? • Has the system been moved or changed in any way? Be aware that you may not get this information accurately. Good people skills are far more important when solving faults than...
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...sizes, but the most common are the 50 pin connector for the A-type narrow SCSI cable, and the 68-pin connector for the p-type wide SCSI cable. IEEE 1394 also known as fire wire uses serial communication, it is very fast, hot swappable, and is especially useful when transmitting streaming media. Multimedia devices such as microphones, earphones, and speakers are usually located at the back of the CPU, but in some cases there is a second set on the front of the computer as well. Clip 2 Summary: There are two types of computer monitors on the market today, the older CRT monitors, which are big and bulky and the newer LCD monitors which take up less desk space.CRT monitors use cathode ray tubes and LCD monitors use a technology called TET also referred to as active matrix. Refresh rate and response time are both terms used to refer to the amount of time it takes to create a new image on the screen. CRT monitors supports many resolutions but an LCD monitor is designed to support a fixed resolution called native...
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...for our answers and provide examples. Mr. Edens has created a highly controlled workplace with close manager supervision and surveillance. Even though I don’t agree with this environment, I think Mr. Edens’ behavior has been ethical and acceptable. Lockbox Processing: No Place to Hide Mr. Edens’ company, Electronic Banking System Inc., specializes in “lockbox processing.” Due to the sensitive nature of this financial service, Mr. Edens has implemented many controls to monitor his employees. Workers handle thousands of dollars in checks and cash, and thus they need to be monitored closely. These controls are designed to limit theft which reassures customers that their money is safe. Managers sit at the front of the room on raised platforms; other supervisors watch employees from the rear. While some may consider this approach intrusive, these techniques exist in many workplaces today where employees come in direct contact with money. Mr. Edens’ employees work in an area called “the cage.” No talking is permitted, the windows are covered, and many common items that workers usually have at their desks are banned. Mr. Edens is able to monitor this environment with a series of eight cameras which have the ability to zoom in closer on employee’s activities. Personally, I think these tactics are not socially responsible. He is creating a hostile environment, building distrust, and negatively motivating people. I would expect a high turnover rate of employment. On...
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...learning environment it is the term used to cover all the computing and telecommunications used for research, teaching or administration; Studies show that the use of ICT equipment in the classroom has enhanced learning and teaching. It also facilitates group work and collaborative learning. Its benefits include: Alternative way to teaching /learning; Makes teaching and learning easier and better; Customised curriculum and applications; Makes teaching and learning more diversified and interactive; Technological configuration for each classroom: Each classroom should be equipped with the following: Digital/Multimedia projector: is a device that receives a signal and projects the corresponding image on a projection screen using a lens system. It takes a signal from a Computer, TV or Video source to produce a larger image using a projector light and displays it on a screen. Digital Projector Visualisers: Otherwise called document cameras, are real-time image capture devices for displaying an object to a large audience. Like an opaque projector, a document camera is able to magnify and project the images of actual, three-dimensional objects, as well as transparencies 1 Website: www.axiomlearn.com Email: info@axiomlearn.com Tel: (234) 702 821 1323 Visualiser Wireless Keyboard: Computer Keyboards for entering letters, numbers or symbols without the wired extension connected to the Computer/Screen. A wireless keyboard often includes a required combination transmitter...
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...Bella Healthcare moved partial production of an important 6 channels ECG (Kawu 606) to India. - Bella switched supplier from USA to Asia to reduce the cost of Kawu 606. - Bella India needed [[#|help]] from headquarters to change the Kawu 606 to a higher-resolution ADC. It reduced the cost and power consumption of the [[#|product]]. - Staffs from USA and India [[#|worked]] together to meet product's requirements. - 2001: Bella Healthcare shifted the [[#|balance]] of its Kawu 606 production to India. - Bella Healthcare established a R&D team in India. An experienced electrical engineer (Jeremy Manning) was sent from USA to help the Bella India to establish the R&D team. - The R&D team of India developed an ambulatory blood pressure monitor (Fiit X17). - The R&D team of India was sent to USA to get trained on circuit design, micro-controller firmware programming, and CAD software. The team had time to get to know their counterparts in USA. -...
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