...Supply in the US Navy I work for one of the largest companies in the world. This company is spread out throughout the United States, and even has bases overseas. The company that I’m referring to is the US Navy. Each command within this company has their own mission and requires different things to execute their mission. Spending millions on a weekly basis is very common within this organization. Suppliers have to be ready to ship parts needed out at all times, and be very flexible. The Us Navy spends most of its money on building new ships, supplies for ships, ammunition, and fuel. Without these supplies, they wouldn’t be able to conduct missions around world. I work in a division referred to as Dockmasters. The job of a Dockmaster is to safely dock and undock ships. Daily, I’m seeing twenty to thirty truckloads of supplies being brought to ships before they deploy for a span of nine to ten months. Over the last year, America has seen large cuts in the area of our defense referred to as Sequestration, but the Navy is still spending lots of money to execute. For example, “the request for the Department of Defense (DoD) includes $525.4 billion in discretionary budget authority to fund base defense programs and $88.5 billion to support Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), primarily in Afghanistan. The discretionary budget, $155.9 billion represents the Department of the Navy's budget request. This is a decrease of $1.4 billion from last year's baseline appropriation ().”...
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...Course Project Technology Solutions Applied “RFID Tracking System” Devry University Keller Graduate School of Management Managing Quality BSOP-538-69239 August 23, 2013 Introduction Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a system in which a reader can be linked to computer equipment, which communicates via an antenna with a label “tag” (also known as transponder) using radio waves. This technology has been so popular in the market that a decision to create a standard has been developed to provide better services. This is known as EPC (Electronic Product Code) which relies on RFID uniquely to identify the products in different packaging units for the supply chain. The proposal is based on the use of this RFID technology and the standard for identifying EPC objects in order to develop a system capable of controlling the flow (entry and exit) of tools and equipment acquired by the U.S. Navy and delivered specifically to the different ready battalions in country and overseas, also this application by itself has a bigger spectrum of applicability; it can be used in any business requiring control of personnel, equipment, vehicles, etc. With the implementation of this application one requirement needs to be fulfilled, the company should count with a person that is responsible for controlling the system. This application allows communication between the reader (fixed) and the EPC Class 1 tags (passive)...
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...Cuban Missile Crisis that brought the world to the brink of a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Most historians mark the start of the Cold War on February 4, 1945 at the Yalta Conference between Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin Roosevelt. At this point in the war, Stalin had a 12 million-man army with 300 divisions that had already reached the Oder River. They were only waiting for the order to attack toward Berlin. The Red Army commander was ordered by Stalin to pause while the conference was in session. While Roosevelt was at the conference, it was obvious that he was not in the best health from photographs that were taken. He was accused by some of his critics of selling out at Yalta and handing Eastern Europe to Stalin. Here was also the accusation that he had made secret deals with Stalin at this conference. “Bert Andrews in the New York Herald Examiner wrote about 4 secret deals: Russia's demand for $20 billion in reparations from Germany, for Poland to the Curzon line, for 3 seats in the United Nations, for territory in the Far East including Outer Mongolia, south Sakhalin Island, the Kuriles” (Schoenherr, 2006). The results of this conference on both sides were not helpful for East-West relations. There were no free elections in Eastern Europe that was under control of the Soviet communists. As a result of this, the media in the United States grew increasingly hostile towards the Soviet Union. Roosevelt held out hope that...
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...nation apart, fought against family members and destroyed property. The South was in all aspects following behind the North and did not except or want changes imposed by the North. Regardless of the differences perhaps at the beginning of the war the South was ready to defend its way of life. Their over all differences lead to the Civil War and it was not solely because of slavery, but the right to live as they had for years. Before the war you had the upper and lower South who did not agree to secession at the same time. This caused a dividing line not only was the North and South divided the South was divided between its self. These eight states, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Maryland, and Delaware held most of the South’s resources. So it was imperative they join with the South. These eight states had the power in deciding the fate of the Confederacy by the side they joined. When Fort Sumter was fired upon they realized a decision must be made soon. One Virginian wrote, “We must either identify with the North or...
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...Structure Timothy White Professor Diana Echols Organizational Behavior May 16, 2009 The Navy’s Organizational 2 The Organizational Structure deals with centralization of authority, division of labor, and formalization. The United States Navy illustrates all these facets. The United States Navy’s Organizational structure can be considered a cross between a professional Bureaucracy or Divisionalized form. A professional bureaucracy is a complex and stable environment, which relies primarily on set of standard skills (Griffin & Moorehead, 2009). There are professional areas of expertise were formalization is minimum. Positions throughout the organization are trained in a particular skill set. Every task is performed with specific rules and procedures according to their profession (Griffin & Moorehead, 2009). The characteristics of a divisionalized form operate in a relative very large and simple environment with several different divisions (Griffin & Moorehead, 2009). Decisions are made between both the department head and the division with the output being standard. Let’s narrow this to an example of a naval vessel structure. On a ship it is broken down into several different departments which are divided into divisions within the departments, depending on the task of the department. First, we would have to start with the organizational charts which consist of: The Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, Department Head, Division Officer, Leading Chief Petty...
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...Organizational Structure The organizational structure of a business depicts its hierarchy, strategy, and efficiency. Every business has a personalized form of organizational structure; whether it is, conventional, functional, divisional, matrix or network. Understanding a business's division of labor and areas of specialization (such as marketing, finance, human resources, and operations) reveal how the business is structured and influenced. And the organization's design (such as geographic, functional, customer-based, product, services, etc…) helps determine the structure which best suits a company for optimum effectiveness. Every organization has a structure. A conventional organization consists of tiers, like in a pyramid, this also showing its structure and hierarchy. The top is a president or CEO, moving downstream by finance, research and development, marketing, and personnel, then working its way down the corporate ladder to the different types of division or labor, which breaks the workers into different specializations (Bateman & Snell, 2011, p. 277). Google Internet company has a vertical structure for its organization consisting of executive officers, then senior leadership, followed by the board of directors. Google Internet Company has three main authorities, which according to Bateman & Snell, "have the legitimate right to make decisions and to tell other peo0ple what to do" (2011. P. 278). Google's executive officers consist of Larry Paige and Sergey Brin, who...
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...Coast into detention camps. The Department of the Army repatriated them forcibly to Japan. 2. Conscription policies in the First and Second World Wars differed significantly in that in the Second World War African Americans were drafted into integrated units conscientious objectors were not officially recognized the draft began before the United States entered the conflict the draft was administered at the regional and federal levels by the armed forces exemptions were offered for a range of war-related occupations 3. In response to several unfavorable Supreme Court rulings concerning New Deal programs, Franklin Roosevelt urged 'the voting public to write letters of protest to Supreme Court justices submitted four separate Constitutional amendments broadening the powers of the presidency abandoned the New Deal and replaced it with a laissez-faire policy instructed both the legislative and executive branches to ignore the rulings proposed legislation that would allow him to appoint new federal and Supreme Court judges 4. Which of the following is true about the internment of those Japanese living in the United States during World War II? The majority of those confined were native-born Americans. Many of those relocated were known dissidents. Only 2,000 Japanese Americans were relocated. Congress passed a law requiring the relocation of all aliens during the war. Those who were relocated eventually recovered their homes...
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...Introduction: The Indian Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of India. They consist of the Army, Navy and Air Force, supported by Paramilitary forces[4] (Assam Rifles, Indian Coast Guard and Special Frontier Force) and various inter-service institutions such as the Strategic Forces Command. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. The Indian Armed Forces are under the management of theMinistry of Defence (MoD), which is led by the Union Cabinet Minister of Defense. As of 2010, the Indian Armed Forces have a combined strength of 1.32 million active personnel and 1.15 million reserve personnel. In addition there are 2.28 million paramilitary personnel making it one of the world's largest military forces in terms of personnel. The Indian defense budget was US$41 billion during FY2012, at about 1.9% of GDP, with additional spending on infrastructure in border areas and for paramilitary organizations. The Indian armed forces are undergoing rapid modernization, with investments in such areas as a missile defense system and a nuclear triad. India's arsenal includes nuclear weapons with a triad of delivery mechanisms. In 2010, India was the world's leading arms importeraccounting for 9% of global imports and ranked among the top ten in arms export. Israel, Russia and the United States are the primary suppliers to India's armed forces. The country’s capital expenditure for defense equipment may reach US$112 billion between 2010...
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...SHIP PRODUCTION COMMITTEE FACILITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS SURFACE PREPARATION AND COATINGS DESIGN/PRODUCTION INTEGRATION HUMAN RESOURCE INNOVATION MARINE INDUSTRY STANDARDS WELDING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND TRAINING April 1997 NSRP 0532 THE NATIONAL SHIPBUILDING RESEARCH PROGRAM 1997 Ship Production Symposium Paper No. 16: Towards a Generic Product-Oriented Work Breakdown Structure For Shipbuilding U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY CARDEROCK DIVISION, NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER Report Documentation Page Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to a penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. 1. REPORT DATE 2. REPORT TYPE 3. DATES COVERED APR 1997 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE N/A 5a...
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...The ocean covers roughly two thirds of the Earth’s surface area, and as such is the most valuable resource that we have. Every year through mal-treatment and abuse we irreparably damage our ocean and the ecology found within it. Instead of focusing on what we can gain through strip mining the ocean of its treasures, work needs to be done to establish a safeguard for its preservation. Late President and naturalist Theodore Roosevelt stated “To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the [ocean] instead of using it so as to increase it’s usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very property which we ought by to hand down to them amplified and developed”. The oceans of this planet are the last unexplored spaces in our domain, as human beings. Man has successfully conquered space, traveling to the moon and expounding on the mysteries of outer space. But in the sea mysteries still remain, ranging from the untold countless life forms yet to be documented and discovered to the unexplored and unseen regions of the great blue deep. Without a care to its future man is ravaging our oceans, and destroying any hope of discovery. Every year fishermen complain that their catches come back smaller and smaller from the previous generations. Constant over fishing has caused a population decline in the trade fishes. Fishermen primarily ply their trade close the coastlines in depths of 200 meters (approximately 600 ft). Those areas can only...
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...the globe. He believed that Germany should fight wars for vast tracts of land to enable its people to settle on them, raising large families that would replace casualties and provide soldiers for the next war of expansion. The first would be a small and easy war against Czechoslovakia, to be followed by the really difficult one against France and Britain. A third war would follow against the Soviet Union, which he assumed would be simple and quick and would provide raw materials, especially oil, for the fourth war against the United States. That war would be simple once Germany had the long-range planes and superbattleships to fight a power thought inherently weak but far distant and possessing a large navy. Once Hitler had come to power in 1933, German military preparations were made for these wars. The emphasis in the short term was on weapons for the war against the western powers, and for the long term, on the weapons for war against the United States. In 1938 Hitler drew back from war over...
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...The Grand Strategy of the United States by R.D. Hooker, Jr. INSS Strategic Monograph Institute for National Strategic Studies National Defense University The Grand Strategy of the United States R.D. Hooker, Jr. INSS Strategic Monograph National Defense University Press Washington, D.C. October 2014 Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Defense Department or any other agency of the Federal Government. Cleared for public release; distribution unlimited. Portions of this work may be quoted or reprinted without permission, provided that a standard source credit line is included. NDU Press would appreciate a courtesy copy of reprints or reviews. Cover: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with members of the National Security Council in the Situation Room of the White House hours before his national address, September 10, 2014 (The White House/Pete Souza) First printing, October 2014 Contents The Roots of American Grand Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A Century Like No Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Ends of Grand Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The Means of Grand Strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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...was considered the bloodiest conflict in history. Seeds of the war were sown in the Treaty of Versailles which ended World War I. The Treaty was signed on June 28, 1919. This was negotiated among Allied powers with little participation by Germany. Boundaries and assigned liability for reparations with the five years of enforcement, the French assented to the modification of important provisions. The provisions were that Germany agreed to pay reparations under the Dawes Plan and Young Plan. However this was canceled when Hitler rise to power and destructions. What events brought the use into WWII there were a couple of things leading up to the involvement. One would be Germany had a plan to try to prevent Britain from getting their supplies for war by using unrestricted submarine ware force or known as the German U-boats. Allied ships were the only ones being sunk by this however, the “Lusitania” held large amount of passengers and many of them died. At this time the US threatened to go to war but due to Germany backing down. Germany attempted to bargain and started up sinking ships however, this time was allied and neutral ships. Another event leading up to the involvement was the economy downfall due to the stock market collapsing in the 1900’s. With the problem it just increased the tensions which lead up to the fight between Communist and Nationalist. With Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist (Nazi) party coming into power which we lead was ruthless and cold hearted...
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...The Seventh Manmade Wonder of the World Ellis Karla D. History The Seventh Manmade Wonder of the World. The building of the Panama Canal was one of the most grandiose and dramatic American ventures of all times. A shipping gateway between Central and South America had been a desire from the 1600’s, first attempted by the French in the 1880s and later completed by United States in 1914, under the direction of Theodore Roosevelt. U.S. intervention with the Panama Canal brought an end of a revolution and the birth of a new nation, the Republic of Panama, and creation of one of biggest strategic advantages that truly brought the U.S. Navy into the next century as a growing superpower. The canal was the largest and most expensive project ever attempted up to that date in U.S. history and easily changed the face of the western hemisphere, if not the world. A quick, easy and safe passage for merchant ships and navies to pass between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans had been a desire of many since early 17th century. Study after study was conducted and focused on Panama, which was a part of Colombia; Nicaragua and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico. Regardless of the desire or need, early plans were often abandoned because the undertaking was near impossible and government politics often made negotiations more difficult. The French were the first nation to attempt the project and were confident of success after building the Suez Canal in Egypt. In 1876,...
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...Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. A top U.S. exporter, the company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in 150 countries. Boeing products and tailored services include commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, launch systems, advanced information and communication systems, and performance-based logistics and training. Boeing has a long tradition of aerospace leadership and innovation. The company continues to expand its product line and services to meet emerging customer needs. Its broad range of capabilities includes creating new, more efficient members of its commercial airplane family; integrating military platforms, defense systems and the warfighter through network-enabled solutions; creating advanced technology solutions; and arranging innovative customer-financing options. With corporate offices in Chicago, Boeing employs more than 170,000 people across the United States and in 70 countries. This represents one of the most diverse, talented and innovative workforces anywhere. More than 140,000 employees hold college degrees -- including nearly 35,000 advanced degrees -- in virtually every business and technical field from approximately 2,700 colleges and universities worldwide. Our enterprise also leverages the talents of hundreds of thousands more skilled people working for Boeing suppliers worldwide...
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