...Association for Operations Management’s (APICS) claim is to be “the global leader and premier source of the body of knowledge in operations management, including production, inventory, supply chain, materials management, purchasing, and logistics”. The target audience seems to be geared toward supply chain professionals. AIPICS is a supply chain focused organization that offers some guidance to students and professionals interested in a career in supply chain. There is also a focus on specific access such as logistics and purchasing. The Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) is the largest supply management association in the world. Their mission is to lead the supply management profession through its standards of excellence, research, promotional activities, and education. The membership base includes more than 40,000 supply management professionals with a network of domestic and international affiliated associations.” The institute focuses more on promoting current professionals involved in purchasing or logistics. Another organization, ASQ is a global community of experts and is the leading authority on quality in all fields, organizations, and industries. This organization specifically focuses on the quality aspect of supply chain and provides education on production and quality, and barely acknowledges other professions. CSCMP’s drive is to lead the evolving supply chain management profession by...
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...College Comp 2 Research Paper Simply Masterful “Most of us would prefer to look at cartoons in a magazine than read a poem," says Kooser. Poetry reflects life in a way that even big movies, cannot do. Kooser’s poems invite the reader to reflect on everyday items and to notice the small details and beauties of the world. He has a talent to express emotions in a way that the readers themselves will experience. He has been referred to as the master of the short metaphorical poem (Gioia). Kooser has lived in Iowa and Nebraska all of his life. His decision to remain in the Midwest has resulted in a limited audience for his work, but Gioia concludes by observing that Kooser “has written more perfect poems than any poet of his generation” (Gioia). “Kooser wants a poetry anyone can read without shame and understand without labor, because he thinks poetry has too long been in the hands of poets who go out of their way to make their poems difficult if not downright discouraging” (Logan). Although many authors poetry is extremely hard to understand, Ted Kooser’s well-constructed poetic language and simple eloquent style, conveys a heartfelt message toward subjects like loved ones, everyday items, and rural America that are effortless to comprehend throughout his poetry as a result of his tone, imagery, personification, and the uncomplicated metaphors. Kooser has always been identified primarily as a poet. “While I was at work, I did everything that was required of me and kept getting...
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...Brief history: In the early 90s of the cruse history begin to get on the line, making the cruse famous in tourists and passenger till 1960s. shipping companies started making their investments over the passenger cruise spend huge money on their comforts and services. Gradually to the demand these ships started to grow in the sizes after the year 1980, which can be compared to the cruse industries of today. These transportation vehicles are not only used as the mode of transport but are also widely rekno Maritime Disaster Costa Concordia: Introduction: The cruise history was started in early 1900 with the first passenger ship, but the business flourished in 1960s when the companies started focusing on the tourist and passengers for their services. The era changed when the megaships started sailing in the ocean after 1980s which are similar to the modern day cruise ships, and if we take a look at recent cruise ships which not only include the cabins for passenger, but also restaurants, casino, swimming pool, spa, movie theater, bar almost like a luxurious mini city floating on the ocean just for the holiday purpose, the most of the business of the cruise ships are because of the service they provide, they are not just a mode of transportation now but also a place to spend the vacation and enjoyment. This business become popular because of American middle class family moved from traditional vacation trips to the cruise for new experience. Costa Concordia was the largest...
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...and event that going and budget for the respective places (i.e Pangkor Island and Hangzhou) will be explained. INTRODUCTION During the last general meeting,the company’s management had agreed upon the suggestion to hold an annual company trip.However,there are two locations were proposed in that meeting.The places are Pangkor Island Beach Resort,Pangkor Island,Perak and Hangzhou,China. Before preparing the proposal,i did a research about both places,and also it’s background. Besides than that,I also checked the costs for both places,in order to arranging the budget allocation for the trip. RESEARCH AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLACES: PANGKOR ISLAND AND HANGZHOU HANGZHOU -Renowned for its beauty of the West Lake and also the historic places dated back to the Chinese emperors era.Located few kilometers from Shanghai,one of the most developing cities in China. -Besides than visiting Hangzhou,visitors could also go to nearest cities,such as Shanghai, and Suzhou. Activities can be done,and expected events at Hangzhou: -Sightseeing and boat tour along the West Lake,Tour Linying Temple,Peak Flying from Afar,Huagang and get a taste of famous Longjing tea (Dragon Well tea) - Appreciation and farewell dinner ceremony for the participant of the trip which will retire or relocated to other station.(Depending on the final approval) BUDGET Flight Itinerary for Kuala Lumpur International Airport-Hangzhou Xiaoshan International (Shanghai) (ex-Sibu)-AirAsia X KUL-HGH Flight:D7...
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...page identifies which of three major types of property will be covered (as well as the limits for each): o Building (real property) o Business personal property (i.e., contents) o Personal property of others Review: Coverage Part Pieces Declarations page that applies to that coverage One or more coverage forms (the BPP coverage form in this case) o Describe the insurance provided (insuring agreement) and the property covered (and not covered) Causes of loss forms which describe covered perils o Discussed in Chapter 3 Conditions form unique to that coverage (if applicable) Any selected endorsements (Chapter 4) Anatomy of a “Dec” Page U: drive has an example Insured’s name, address, and business/property description o Mortgage(s) (if any) Effective and expiration dates List of coverages and premiums for each part including covered causes of loss o Coverage limit o Deductible amount o Coinsurance requirement Any optional coverages List of forms & endorsements Sections of BPP Coverage Form Covered property Property not covered Additional coverages Coverage extensions Limits of insurance Deductible Loss conditions Additional conditions ...
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...electronic, manual, photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. Book Team Editor-in-Chief: James S. Pennypacker Book Designer: Michelle Owen Copyeditor: Toni D. Knott Copyeditor: Amy Goretsb Copyeditor: Mark S.Parker Cover design by: James S. Pennypacker and Dewey Messer Production Coordinator: Mark S. Parker Acquisitions Editor: Bobby R. Hensley PMI books are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions, or for use in corporate training programs. For more information, please write to the Business Manager, PMI Publishing Division, 40 Colonial Square, Sylva, NC 28779. Or contact your local bookstore. The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (239.48-1984). Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface viii vii Chapter One: Planning 1 The Benfield Column Repair Project 5 Food Waste Composting at Larry's Markets 15 W W g the Sydney to Hobart: A Case Study in Project Management 17 Kodak's New Focus 29 Managing Kuwait Oil Fields Reconstruction Projects 39 Managing Resources and Communicating Results of Sydney's $7 Billion...
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...Personal Impact Paper University of Phoenix Health and Chronic Disease Management NUR/427 Professor Gina Stephens May 19, 2014 Personal Impact Paper I will be discussing in this paper Parkinson Disease, and the impact it has on the patient as well as the patient’s family. I will be talking about how the patient first found out about the disease and how the disease has impact the patient personal, social, and financial life. Parkinson’s disease is a type of movement disorder, it is a progressive, chronic disease that affect the nervous system. Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative condition in the United States. It is more prevalent in males than in females. Onset of the disease is 50 -60 years of age, onset earlier than that is referred to as early onset of Parkinson’s disease. There is no cure at the moment for Parkinson’s disease but medication can help alleviate symptoms. According the National Parkinson’s Foundation approximately 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with the disease each year. An estimated seven to ten million people are living with this disease worldwide (Oberdorf, Schmidt, & Schmidt, 2010). The patient I will be discussing on this paper is a 43 year old male. I will call him Tom, to protect his privacy. Tom was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease when he was 40 years old, his symptoms though started when he was 39 year of age. Tom was a healthy, athletic, strong individual. Tom was married with two kids, when he was diagnosed...
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...Question 1 The Canada Health Act was an act from 1985 that was written to propose set principles of providing health care insurance and services in Canada (Duckett, 2012, p. 10). There are five principles that make up the Canada Health Act and they are as follows: Public Administration, Comprehensiveness, Universality, Portability and Accessibility (Duckett, 2012, p. 11). The first principle of the Canada Health Act is Public Administration and the main elements of this principle are that it establishes rules for how a health care insurance plan can be formed, their responsibilities and how they will be reviewed (Duckett, 2012, p. 12). Public administration constrains the provincial governments as they have to appoint and audit insurance plans to make sure they are non-profit and providing the appropriate services (Duckett, 2012, p 12). The key issue with this principle is that only the insurer is written to be public, meaning that health care professionals can run their businesses privately forcing Canadians to pay extensive out of pocket expenses (Duckett, 2012, p. 12). The second principle of the Canada Health Act is Comprehensiveness and the main element of it is that health care insurance plans “must insure all insured health services provided by hospitals, medical practitioners or dentists” (Duckett, 2012, p. 12). Unfortunately a key issue with this principle is that it states “necessary services” is covered but this is a broad term so other aspects of health care such...
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...Health Care Reform for Children Valerie L. Briner HCAD 620 Professor Schutz Abstract Advancing toward universal health care has the possibility to improve access to care and better the health and wellbeing of uninsured children. This paper will discuss children and what medical coverage they may have and how healthcare reform should help get almost all children some type of healthcare. Currently, if a child is not covered under private insurance, Medicaid and CHIP can assist in covering the vulnerable groups, mostly because they are likely to be poor, belong to racial or ethnic minority groups or who have chronic health care problems. While both public and private insurance fail in meeting the needs of children, public coverage has been more persuasive than private coverage at providing managed health care to low-income children. Ideally health care reform could cause certain steps to promote the emotional, cognitive, and physical health of children, enable them to maximize their full potential. Such a focus would create application to such policy changes that could define solutions for failures in the current system and decrease discrepancy in access, quality, and outcomes. Healthcare Reform for Children The plan is set in place to overhaul the nation’s health care system. The goals of the health care reform proposals include moving the nation toward universal coverage, improving quality of care, and slowing the rate of...
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...Economics’ Approach to Financial Planning by Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Ph.D. |Executive Summary | |Economists long have shown that when it comes to consuming lifetime economic resources, households seek to neither splurge nor hoard, but | |rather to achieve a smooth living standard over time. Consumption smoothing not only underlies the economics approach to spending and | |saving, it is central to the field’s analysis of insurance decisions and portfolio choice. | |Smoothing a household's living standard requires using a sophisticated mathematical technique called dynamic programming to solve a number | |of difficult and interconnected problems. Advances in dynamic programming coupled with today's computers are permitting economists to move | |from describing financial problems to prescribing financial solutions. | |Conventional planning’s targeted liability approach has some surface similarities to consumption smoothing. But the method used to find | |retirement- and survivor-spending targets is virtually guaranteed to disrupt, rather than smooth, a household’s living standard as it ages.| |Moreover, even very small targeting mistakes will suffice to produce major consumption disruption for the simple reason that the wrong...
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...straight couples and do not deserve to be treated differently. Webster’s dictionary defines marriage as n., (1) the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual or contractual relationship recognized by law,(2) the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage <same-sex marriage>. This change in definition was made in 2003. Marriage should be about getting married to that special someone that you love, it is not just a piece of paper that ties us together. It also involves legal, economic and social aspects as well. Civil unions and domestic partnerships are discussed every day in society, but neither is the same as a “legal” marriage, and are not afforded the same rights as straight married couples. Health insurance is difficult enough for married couples without the challenge being faced by same sex couples. Every state, as well as every insurance company has a different set of policies, rules, options and benefits. Now a new batch of standards is arising as the Affordable Care Act begins to take effect. In California and other states,...
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...Second Semester Supplementary Final Examination 2012 MARKETING FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES (MKTG2003) Writing period: 2 Hours duration Study period: 15 Minutes duration Permitted materials: No restrictions The exam consists of two sections – Section 1 contains a short case study and a question related to the case study. This section is compulsory – all students must answer this question. Your answer to this question is worth 50% of the total marks for the exam. If you do not provide an answer to the compulsory question in Section 1 you will not be eligible for the 50% of marks allocated for this question (i.e. providing extra answers to questions from Section 2 will not compensate for not answering the compulsory question in Section 1). Section 2 contains four alternative short answer questions. You must provide an answer for any 2 of the 4 alternate questions in Section 2. Your answers to the questions that you select in Section 2 are worth 50% of the total marks for the exam (25% for each answer). You should provide only two answers for Section 2 – if you answer more than two questions from Section 2 only the first two answers (in numerical order) will be marked. Note that in your answers to questions for either section of the exam it is not sufficient to simply paraphrase or summarise relevant course concepts and models, you must apply them explicitly to the scenario detailed in the exam questions. All questions to be completed...
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...CREATE Research Archive Non-published Research Reports 2007 A Brief Analysis of Threats and Vulnerabilities in the Maritime Domain Niyazi Onur Bakir CREATE, nbakir@usc.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://research.create.usc.edu/nonpublished_reports Recommended Citation Bakir, Niyazi Onur, "A Brief Analysis of Threats and Vulnerabilities in the Maritime Domain" (2007). Non-published Research Reports. Paper 5. http://research.create.usc.edu/nonpublished_reports/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by CREATE Research Archive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Non-published Research Reports by an authorized administrator of CREATE Research Archive. For more information, please contact gribben@usc.edu. A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THREATS AND VULNERABILITIES IN THE MARITIME DOMAIN1 N.O. BAKIR University of Southern California, Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) 3710 McClintock Avenue, RTH 322, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2902 USA Abstract The attacks of September 11 have exposed the vulnerability of the American homeland against terrorism. Terrorists have already expressed their intentions to continue their aggression towards United States. Their goal is to incur maximum economic damage, inflict mass casualty, spread unprecedented fear among citizens and thus destabilize the nation to further their agenda. Many critical sites lay across US maritime borders, all of which could be potential targets to accomplish these goals...
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...Wells Fargo History in Portland Financial Heartland Before banking, Wells Fargo was simply the merging of two rival transportation companies in the 1850’s. In order to serve the West’s demand for faster communication, Henry Wells and William Fargo built a Wells, Fargo & Co. location in 1882 in Portland, Oregon. Portland’s location at the joining of the Willamette and Columbia established it as the shipping center for the Pacific Northwest and an attraction for Wells Fargo’s express business. The California Gold Rush influenced the company to offer banking in buying gold and selling paper bank drafts, which were just as good as gold, with rapid delivery across the United State. This was included with the diverse services the company had already had, such as general forwarding and commissions and freight series, After discovery of gold in the Boise Basin, precious metals came down the Columbia River to Wells Fargo’s banking and examine office in Portland. This caused more offices to open in new cities all over the United States. In 1863 alone, Wells Fargo’s office in Portland handled over 200,000 ounces of gold. A year later, offices were added in Salem and Eugene, along with more express offices in Portland. Wells Fargo’s reputation of trust built in the 1850’s during the boom and bust of the economy. The bank went to great lengths, coming through for customers and providing responsible and swift services. In 1868 the Columbia River froze in the...
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...BUSINESS CASE: ESTABLISHMENT and OPERATION of the FIRST RATING AGENCY in UGANDA by XYZ RATING AGENCY AND CONSULTANCY | A. | TABLE OF CONTENTS | | | | | | S/NO. | | DESCRIPTION | PAGE | | | | | 1.0 | | BUSINESS PROFILE | 2 | | 1.1 | Business Concept | 2 | | 1.2 | The Company | 3 | | 1.3 | Mission | 4 | | 1.4 | Keys to Success | 4 | | 1.5 | Rationale | 4 | | 1.6 | Position for Growth | 5 | | | | | 2.0 | | SERVICE DESCRIPTION | 7 | | 2.1 | Company Performance Rating Services | 7 | | 2.2 | Online Business Information | 9 | | 2.3 | Business Management Consulting | 9 | | | | | 3.0 | | MARKET ANALYSIS | 13 | | 3.1 | Business Services Sector | 13 | | 3.2 | Strengths | 13 | | 3.3 | Vulnerabilities | 14 | | 3.4 | Unexploited Opportunities | 15 | | 3.5 | Marketing | 15 | | | | | 4.0 | | MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE | 16 | | 4.1 | Organizational Structure | 16 | | 4.2 | Significance of the Structure | 17 | | | | | 5.0 | | INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS | 18 | 6.0 | | FINANCIAL ASPECTS | 19 | | 6.1 | Start-Up | 19 | | 6.2 | Income Streams | 19 | | | | | | | APPENDIX I: TARGET INDUSTRY SEGMENTS | 21 | 1.0 BUSINESS PROFILE 1.1 Business Concept XYZ Rating Agency and Consultancy is a start-up company performance rating agency and consulting firm that aims at playing a central and critical role in collecting and analyzing a variety of financial, operational, industry and market information...
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