...CASE ANALYSIS About Cottrill Cottrill is one of the largest corn refining companies that operated in the U.S. and Canada. The plant at Columbus, Ohio has been operating for 20 years with more than 100 employees and it produced supply inputs like high fructose corn syrup, starch and glucose, to varying industries like baked goods, beverages, etc. Judy Stevens is the purchasing supervisor at Cottrill and a current initiative in the department is to reduce the working capital, with a target of $300,000 per year. Tallant Paging System Tallant is an international wireless company that offers paging service compatible with the ProductionMessaging software system, a system currently used in Cottrill plants. The software detects any unusual conditions such as heat failure and sends out a warning message to a pager, which notifies the appropriate technicians. About one warning per week is usually reported as a message to a maximum of 20 pagers. Concern with Tallant Paging Service 1. No direct contact at Tallant at the time of emergency. Only a toll free number can be reached with a long wait on hold until a agent attends the call. One hour of downtime at the Columbus plant costs an estimate of $200,000. 2. Dissatisfied customer service by Tallant that takes more than a month to replace a broken pager. 3. The current pager rented from Tallant was no longer available due to discontinued model. A similar pager costs $150 per pager. Saxton’s Proposal Natalie Hopkins, sales...
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...Case Study Report I. Statement of the problem A. Definition Judy Stevens, the purchasing supervisor of Cottrill Inc. plant in Columbus, Ohio, has the problem with reducing the working capital of her company $300,000 annually. Judy is not satisfied with Tallant pager service provider because of the price and level of service. She has been given a proposal from Saxton. Saxton offered an opportunity for Cottrill to reduce the expenses on the pager maintenance and support service, but the pager system couldn’t be switched smoothly due to problems with software compatibility, while downtime costs remain high. Judy faced dilemma about choosing between old reliable supplier with poor expensive service and new appropriate but inexperienced one, carrying downtime risks. B. Analysis Pricelist | Tallant | Saxton | Monthly fee for airtime (per pager) | $16.95 | $13.95 | Monthly fee for phone number (per pager) | $1.95 | None | Monthly fee for equipment rental (per pager) | $11.90 | None | Yearly maintenance fee (per pager) | $60.00 | None | Service provided (no additional cost) | 1-800 # help line | Direct sales representative | ------------------------------------------------- Annual cost of Tallant service: ------------------------------------------------- Monthly: 20*(16.95+1.95+11.90) = $616 ------------------------------------------------- Yearly: 20 * 60 = $ 1200 ------------------------------------------------- Total:...
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...established in the mid-1800s and was the one of the largest corn refining operations in North America. The company operated six wet-milling plants, four in the United States and two in Canada. The Columbus plant had been operating for over 20 years and employed more than 100 people. Cottrill’s purchasing department had to ensure that the plant ran efficiently and was responsible for replenishing a variety of supplies at the plant, ranging from chemicals to communications equipment. A current initiative for Cottrill, and particularly for the purchasing department, was reducing the level of working capital. This had been a focus in the purchasing department for over two years, and the departmental target was an annual decrease of $300,000. The majority of Cottrill’s products were manufactured through a continuous flow process. Therefore, downtime at the Columbus plant was extremely costly and was estimated at $200,000 per hour. In an attempt to minimize plant downtime, management implemented an automated software program and an electronic pager system 12 years ago. The software program, called Production Messaging, monitored Cottrill’s equipment. The plant had a total of 20 pagers, and this number included a variety of different models. SPECIFIC PROBLEM: Several recent events had caused Judy to become dissatisfied with the current arrangement with Tallant. In June, Judy contacted Tallant with a routine request to replace a broken pager. Judy was dissatisfied with Tallant’s service...
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...between Cottrill’s ProductionMessaging software and Saxton’s hardware. These snags required reprogramming and reworking of the pagers to establish connectivity and resolve the issue. Judy was unsure how this would impact buy in with the systems group and what the implications of these events would be going forward if she accepted the proposal. Some issues surrounding Cottrill, Inc. are whether the proposal from Saxton is compelling enough to prompt a switch. While Saxton offers a cost structure that is only a fraction of what Tallant, Cottrill’s current supplier is offering for the 20 pagers they use, the savings pale in light of the money the company may have to spend to complete the switch. Furthermore, Saxton does not include guarantees that the low initial price offered won’t suddenly rise sharply after a time. The service issues Judy was experiencing with Tallant, Cottrill’s current supplier were more of a disappointment than an actual problem. Another issue lies with the systems group, they may not feel a sudden switch is warranted. Additionally, there is an area of ambiguity surrounding Saxton’s proposal as to whether the company had the wherewithal to handle the technological requirements of Cottrill’s accounts. It is also unclear from the proposal if Saxton has any experience at all with in-plant wireless systems. Cottrill currently experiences one warning per week from the current paging system....
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...• Smart, connected products offer exponentially expanding opportunities for new functionality, far greater reliability, much higher product utilization, and capabilities that cut across and transcend traditional product boundaries. • The phrase “internet of things” has arisen to reflect the growing number of smart, connected products and highlight the new opportunities they can represent. • What makes smart, connected products fundamentally different is not the Internet, but the changing nature of the “things.” It is the expanded capabilities of smart, connected products and the data they generate that are ushering in a new era of competition. • The first wave of IT, during the 1960s and 1970s, automated individual activities in the value chain, from order processing and bill paying to computer-aided design and manufacturing resource planning. • The second wave of IT enabled coordination and integration across individual activities. It allowed firms to closely integrate globally distributed supply chains • The third wave, IT is becoming an integral part of the product itself. Embedded sensors, processors, software, and connectivity in products, coupled with a product cloud in which product data is stored and analyzed and some applications are run, are driving dramatic improvements in product functionality and performance. • Smart connected products have three element: Physical, Smart, and Connectivity. Physical components comprise the product’s mechanical and electrical...
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...Hey friends, We know there is a lot of excitement in the community surrounding the Lollipop updates for the One, and for good reason. We are just as excited as you are. We never intended to keep you waiting. Unfortunately, we ran into some unexpected roadblocks. First, there was an unforeseen OS signing issue, which has recently been resolved. Our camera module had stability issues on Lollipop, and we had to rebuild it for compatibility. Several other crucial drivers, including our Wi-Fi drivers, also needed to be updated to work flawlessly with the upgrade. Admittedly, it took a little more time than we had planned, but we only release updates that we are proud of; that means refusing to take shortcuts or deliver sub-par experiences. With all of that in mind, here are the official release dates for Android Lollipop on the OnePlus One: CM 12S: The official OTA update for the OnePlus One will be released on or before March 30, 2015 OxygenOS: The official release of our own Lollipop-based ROM will be available for download on or before March 27, 2015 To show you how serious we are about this commitment to our community, we are prepared to put our money where our mouth is. If we miss either one of these deadlines, we will give away five (5) 64GB OnePlus One devices to our fans. Reply to this thread to be eligible. It’s our little way of saying thank you for being patient and for joining us on our journey to create amazing, user-driven experiences. Never...
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...GOD HATES US ALL GOD HATES US ALL HANK MOODY with Jonathan Grotenstein Simon Spotlight Entertainment A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 www.SimonandSchuster.com This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 2009 by Showtime Networks Inc. Showtime and related marks are registered trademarks of Showtime Networks Inc., a CBS Company. All rights reserved. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Pocket Books Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. First Simon Spotlight Entertainment trade paperback edition August 2009 SIMON SPOTLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT and colophon are trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-866-506-1949 or business@simonandschuster.com. The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information or to book an event contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com. Designed by Jaime Putorti Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress...
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...the thieves find him there, and kill him. When his brother does not come back, Ali Baba goes to the cave to look for him, and finds the body, bringing it home. With the help of Morgiana, a clever slave-girl in Kasim's household, they are able to give Kasim a proper burial without arousing any suspicions about his death. The thieves, finding the body gone, realize that somebody else must know their secret, and set out to track him down. The first several times they are foiled by Morgiana, who is now a member of Ali Baba's household, but eventually they are able to ascertain the location of Ali Baba's house. The lead thief pretends to be an oil merchant in need of Ali Baba's hospitality, bringing with him mules loaded with 40 oil jars, one filled with oil, the other 39 with the other thieves. Once Ali Baba is asleep, the thieves plan to kill him. Again, Morgiana discovers and foils the plan, killing the 39 thieves in their oil jars by pouring boiling oil on them. When their leader comes to rouse his men, he discovers that they are dead, and escapes. The lead thief, disguised as a merchant, befriends Ali Baba's nephew (who is now in charge of the late Kasim's business), and is invited to dinner at Ali...
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...when it comes to stealing. They start to think things through instead of just going at it. The striking thing about that scene is that it shows the children enjoying the scene and having fun, while Antoine and his friend are in the corner plotting with evil thoughts, not enjoying the show. 2) One street scene that I found that interested me was at 24 minutes into the movie, after Antoine had left the carnival. While walking with his friend through the streets, he saw the once beautiful place of what was known as Paris (it’s still beautiful, just not as much as before), as well as his mother, while she was making out with a man who wasn’t her husband. Just this scene alone portrays that in the 1950s, Paris wasn’t the best place to be. Although it was pretty, it was also very busy and crowded on the streets. Anything could happen. 3) One scene I found visually stunning was the carnival scene where he was in the spinning ride. Although I may be wrong, but I feel as if the director included that scene to give an insight of how Antoine’s mind is and he's foreshadowing the rest of the film. The spinning of the ride refers to how Antoine is a confused kid just trying to get through. At one point of the ride, he is completely upside down. That is when his life turns for the worse when he’s sent off to boot camp/military school. The end of the ride is him banging on the door with excitement and walking out with a huge smile on his face. That’s foreshadowing how he escapes the camp...
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...Core Huamnities 201 Arabian Nights Universal Themes Images and Techniques Used Arabian Nights, also known as One Thousand and One Nights is a story which revolves around a Persian king who just married a new bride. However, he discovers that his wife was unfaithful and has her executed. As a result, all the women in the kingdom are declared unfaithful. Shahryar (the king) begins to marry a sequence of virgins from the kingdom and has them executed the next morning. In due course, the vizier, who is entitled with the responsibility of providing the virgins, can no longer find any more virgins in the kingdom other than his daughter Scheherazade. She offers herself to be a bride to the king despite objections from her father. On the night of their consummation Scheherazade starts to tell the king a story but does not get to finish it. The king is therefore forced to delay her execution in order to hear the conclusion. On the next night, she tells the king another story and this turns into a series of stories that go on for one thousand and one nights (Haddawy 16). Universal Theme Immortality The Arabian Nights comprises of a sequence of stories which do not have an ending. The passing on of the tales is universally seen as a means of preservation. Scheherazade used the narration of stories as a way to preserve her life she further interwove the endings of the stories with the beginnings of the new stories thus giving them a sense of infinity. She told the stories night after...
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...personify this idea. To better understand the close relationship between his characters, also his major ideas or a theme which appears throughout his stories is Bradbury's imagery. One example of literary devices is personification, which gives non-human things human-like qualities. An example of this is in Bradbury's story The Veldt when Bradbury writes , "Until this day, how well the house had kept its peace. How carefully it had inquired, "who goes there?...
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...Thummim, which represent yes, or no. The old king explains to Santiago that these stones will help guide him along his journey During this conversation, the king tells Santiago, “when you want something, the entire universe conspires to help you achieve it” (Coelho 22). This idea will follow Santiago on his journey and be his inspiration for carrying on. This idea of following your treasure, whatever it is, can be found in all of our lives. It is the story of us, we are the protagonist of our own journey. When Santiago takes off, he is faced with the decision to sell his sheep (everything he owns) and have 100% faith of the unknown. He is faced with changes and decisions that will ultimately shape his entire life forward, much like every one of us. Much like Santiago, we have to have faith that we will reach that treasure, believing in our own fate. The old king explains to Santiago that if he really wants this, the entire universe will conspire to help you achieve it. The universe wants you to find your treasure, it wants you to be happy, that’s what it feeds off it; which is why it is fighting for you. This relates to our lives when we want something with such a deep desire; when you work towards that desire, do you notice that you start to get lucky? The old king describes that as beginner's luck, “Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victors being severely tested.” This started to occur during Santiago's journey, the universe started to...
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...Aladdin is one of the tales in the book One Thousand and One Arabian Nights. There are several moral lessons in the story. The main moral lesson on Aladdin is that its best to be yourself. Greatness and strength comes from within, not from without. Its not whats on the outside that' count; what is important is what's on the inside. The moral of the original Middle-Eastern tale 'Arabian Nights' is that greatness and strength comes from within, not from without. This is demonstrated by Aladdin's bravery and intelligence despite his humble upbringing. In Disney's animated musical version of the story, the writers updated this theme to a single phrase, calling Aladdin a 'diamond in the rough'. There are many differences between the movie and the original tale of Aladdin, because the filmmakers believed that the original had an inappropriate moral message. And I have to agree with this for at least two reasons. First, Aladdin never tells the princess who he really is; he becomes a prince thanks to the jinni, but he never considers telling his wife about who he was before that. The original story doesn’t even mention this. Lying and pretending to be someone else is, indeed, something that should not be promoted in a children’s movie.Then, in the original story I really couldn’t stand the princess, Badr al-Budur. She is naïve, has no personality and no opinion, she does what she is told to, and never asks questions. She is so easily tricked, that she almost gets Aladdin killed...
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... Literary elements refers to aspects or characteristics of a whole text. They are not “used,” per se, by authors; we derive what they are from reading the text. Most literary elements can be derived from any and all texts; for example, every story has a theme, every story has a setting, every story has a conflict, every story is written from a particular point-of-view, etc. In order to be discussed legitimately, literary elements must be specifically identified for that text. Literary techniques refers to any specific, deliberate constructions of language which an author uses to convey meaning. An author’s use of a literary technique usually occurs with a single word or phrase, or a particular group of words or phrases, at one single point in a text. Unlike literary elements, literary techniques are not necessarily present in every text. Literary terms refers to the words themselves with which we identify and describe literary elements and techniques. They are not found in literature and they are not “used” by authors. Allegory: Where every aspect of a story is representative, usually symbolic, of something else, usually a larger abstract concept or important historical/geopolitical event. Lord of the Flies provides a compelling allegory of human nature, illustrating the three sides of the psyche through its sharply-defined main characters. Antagonist: Counterpart to the main character...
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...they have encountered Marilyn Monroe in their favorite bookstore. The significance of Marilyn to the real plot was that she was something that the two girls could bond over. Marilyn was their “thing” and they did not not want anyone else in on it. Scattered along the path of stalking and helping Marilyn, the narrator speaks affectionately about her friend. She comments on her body shape and monkey nimbleness which before seemed like meaningless comments. There were other clues like the use of “enchanted” several times to properly set the mood for the story. The way the plot and ending came together helped understand these clues. The surprise ending in “Three Girls” tied the entire passage together. It helped me understand that the story was one of a first kiss. The flashback transformed from a celebrity encounter to a romantic experience. It was a cute memory but it made sense of the “persevering author and married with kids” line. It revealed that the narrator became a writer and her friend grew up to become married with kids which tells us that the romance did not last. This revelation helped me understand that this memory was that much more special since the relationship did not work out. Overall, the plot of “Three Girls” had twist ending that greatly helped me understand the passage as a...
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