...electronic products, such as alarm clocks, calculators, kitchen timers, stopwatches and automatic pencil sharpeners. Some of products are sold as sets and others are sold individually. Products are studied as to their sales potential, and then cost estimates are made. The engineering department develops production plans, and then production begins. The company generally had very successful product introductions. So far only two products introduced by the company have been discontinued. One of the products currently sold is a multi-alarm clock. The clock has four alarms that can be programmed to sound at various times and for varying lengths of time. The company has experienced a great deal of difficulty in making the circuit boards for the clocks. The production process has never operated smoothly. The product is unprofitable at present time, primarily because of warranty repairs and product recalls. Two models of the clock were recalled, for example, because they sometimes caused electric shock when the alarms were being shut off…. The engineering department is attempting to revise the manufacturing process, but the revision will take another six months at least. The clocks were very popular when they were introduced. Presently the company has received a very large order for several items from Kmart stores. The order includes 5,000 of the multi-alarm clocks among other items. When maxitech suggested Kmart to purchase the multi-alarm clocks from another manufacturer, Kmart threatened...
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...Timers and Counters Exercise 2.2 1. Define the following timer bits: timer enable, timer timing, and timer done. ANSWER: Timer enable bit: The enable bit is true when the rung input logic is true, and the enable bit is false when the rung input logic is false. When the EN bit is true the timer accumulator is incrementing at the rate set by the timer time base. Timer timing bit: indicates when timing action is occurring and can be used to control timed events in automation applications. Timer done bit: the end of the timing process by changing states from false to true or from true to false depending on the type of timer instruction used. 2. Compare and contrast the true and false states of the timer timing bit for the on-delay timer, the off-delay timer, and the retentive timer. ANSWER: In the true states for all three have the accumulator value is less than the preset value, but for off-delay timer the timer rung is false unlike the retentive timer and on-delay that the timer rung is true. In the false states for all three have the accumulator is equal to or greater than the preset value. Like the true state retentive timer and on-delay timer both have the same condition and that are false if the timer rung is false, but the on-delay timer has other condition that are false if the timer done bit is true. The off-delay has a condition that are false if the timer done is false. 3. What is the difference between a retentive timer and a non-retentive timer? ...
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...The application of eZ80 is a great advancement when it comes to technology, speed and efficiency. The eZ80 Web server CPU is intelligently created equipment that has a controlled network in another piece of equipments. In my view, this technology is indeed a breakthrough that allows the expansion of use of the controllers and networking. The availability of a software model is also a very important as it provides information that regards the software registers, flags, addressing and memory modes and instruction set. I think that this kind if development is vital in the general use of the eZ80 as it comes along with an instruction set as well. The presence of an addressing mode is important as it help sin the location of data needed for an instruction, this data might be stored in a register or memory location. Thus there is the role that shows the simplification of data and hence making it easy to access data in any angle. Arithmetic, logical and bit manipulation instructions are also important features that are used in providing the eZ80 CPU with its number-crunching ability for arithmetic instructions. Logical instructions are also used as they provide the user with the Boolean operations that are necessary in decision making as well as manipulating bits in registers or memory. Bit manipulation instructions are used in the testing; clearing or setting a bit in a register or memory location, thus there is assurance that a bit is registered as soon as it is entered. In my opinion...
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...words of its founder, to "humanize technology." The company already has one hit: Consumers have snapped up more than 9,000 units of a $50 plastic alarm clock. Set the alarm for 6 a.m. When the time comes, the clock wheels itself off your bedside table and rolls around the room, emitting R2D2-like squeaks. Dubbed Clocky, the little robot is manufactured in China and sold online and in design boutiques. The company also has a line of handbags designed to accommodate laptops. The founder: Gauri Nanda designed Clocky as a graduate student in MIT's Media Lab. The daughter of entrepreneurs--her parents recently sold their small weekly newspaper in Detroit--she aspired to become a designer at a large technology company. "I was opposed to the idea of starting a company," says Nanda. "I saw the hours my parents worked." After presenting Clocky to her class in the fall of 2004, she threw it in the back of her closet. She'd almost forgotten about it until the next spring, when several tech bloggers stumbled upon a photo of her invention online. Suddenly, Nanda was getting contacted by reporters and TV producers. Good Morning America called. She scrambled to fix the buggy prototype in time for its debut on network TV. Nanda, now 27, left MIT with a master's degree that fall and began considering her options. Licensing the clock seemed like the easiest move, but she couldn't bring herself to give up control. "I had all these ideas about how it should look and behave," she says...
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...Then I set a timer for when to turn off the stove and I went to get a book I was currently reading titled “How to get well paying job.” The book obviously wasn’t helping so far. I read about a chapter before my timer went off so I turned off the stove, ate my dinner, and started getting ready for bed since I was tired and had to wake up early the next morning to pick up Phil from the airport. Despite being tired I didn’t sleep much that night. I was too busy be distracted by my thoughts of grandeur about what I might be getting from Phil. After I finally did fall asleep it felt like I had hours of dreams where I inherited massive amounts of money from Phil before I finally did wake up and check the clock to find that it was 6:00, and that I had to get ready to pick Phil up from the airport. The ride to the airport was uneventful and completely boring. It felt like the thirty minute drive took hours, and the only thing I could think about was what Phil’s surprise was which just made the drive crawl by. After I arrived I spent about twenty minutes looking for...
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...created the hugely popular “Clocky”, a fun and cute alarm clock that wakes up its customers by rolling around the room and requiring the customer to chase it. Over four years later, sales and profit margins have begun to shrink as Clocky’s product cycle nears its end, and Nanda Home is faced with the difficulties of replicating success. Nanda Home’s key issues revolve around how to market and brand a succeeding product to Clocky. 2. Executive Summary: This paper has identified a number of ways to resolve Nanda Home’s issues. In particular, the following points have been proposed: - Focus on product line extensions as opposed to new categories. Create a megabrand. Hire a sales and marketing team to assist Nanda in operating the business. Seek new distribution channels and utilize online marketing tools to expand the brand’s revenues. Look into collaborations. The key impediment to achieving these goals will be in the execution of the ideas. The core solution to overcoming this issue will be ensuring that Nanda has a successful team behind her to help her reaching her goals. 3. Situation Analysis, Evaluation of Options and Recommendation(s) A) THE MARKET SITUATION Customer Nanda Home has taken a product decision to target the alarm clock sector by introducing Clocky. Therefore, its customers will be alarm clock buyers. There are two types of alarm clock buyers: “Need” based buyers require alarm clocks since waking up is a disturbance for them and generally...
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...Clocky – The Runaway Alarm Clock | Case Analysis Group 3 | | Problem Statement Even though Clocky was the center of the media hype, Gauri Nanda is faced with many pressing challenges and issues for its commercial debut in the marketplace: Analysis: 1. Industry Analysis The US alarm clock market in 2005 was quite fragmented with a significant number of players in the regular alarm clock as well as the niche alarm clocks segment. The Americans spent over $7 billion on clocks and watches. On an overall basis, the consumer spending on clocks, lamps and furnishing as a category showed a increasing growth trend. The imported watches segment was also growing at a CAGR of 4% since 2002. The alarm clock industry can be further analysed using the Porter’s model and generic strategies as shown below. Figure 1: Porter’s Five Forces Analysis Economies of Scale: In order to analyze the Economies of Scale in manufacturing of Clocky Alarm clock, we have divided the manufacturing unit of Clocky alarm into different segments. The major manufacturing units comprises of 1. Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Unit: The Integrated circuit industry shows a high economy of scale. Since this is one of the most important and costlier part in the alarm clock, the decision in finding out the overall economy of scale is highly influence by this manufacturing unit. 2. Outer plastic body manufacturing Unit: The plastic molding and manufacturing industry also shows significant economy...
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...TITAN’S BRAND BUILDING AND BRAND REORGANISATION STRATEGY Marketing Management In our view the disassociation of the Sonata brand from the parent Titan and its further association with TATA was a well long term planned strategy, as the association of Sonata built in quite strong with Titan and Titan in Indian context is synonymous with Watches thus a strong association of Sonata with the watches segment developed. But as we have seen that the sonata has been cannibalizing the Titan sub-brands, whether this strategy is able to bring back the style image of Titan back. This all exercise leads to the conclusion that Titan is on a path of Fortification Contents * Segmentation based on user category: * Secondary Information and Critical Analysis * Titan third-quarter net jumps 28% to Rs 1.9 cr * THE TATA BUSINESS EXCELLENCE MODEL (TBEM): * 1. The Leadership criterion checks how senior leaders create leadership system based on * 2. The Customer and Market Focus checks how the company determines customer groups, key * 3. The Strategic Planning criterion examines how the company develops strategic objectives, * 4. The Information and Analysis criteria check whether the organisation has key metrics in place * 5. The Human Resources Focus checks the appraisal system, the work environment, and the * 6. Process management examines the product design, production and delivery process, and lessmore LinkCitationEmailPrintFavoriteCollect this...
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...SOMETIMES GENERALLY AWLAYS RARELY (Circle your answer to each of these questions) A A A A A A A A B B B B B B B B C C C C C C C C D D D D D D D D Time Management 1. Do you make a Master Schedule for each semester? 2. Do you update it weekly/daily? 3. Do you stick to it? 4. Do you allow time for exercise and socializing with friends? 5. Do you get at least 6 hours of sleep each night? 6. Do you study at least 2 hours for every hour in class? 7. Do you get your assignments done on time? 8. Do you regularly attend your classes? NUMBER OF A’s and B’s circled _____ Your Study Environment 1. Do you regularly study at the same time? 2. Do you have an area where you always go to study? 3. Is your study area free of noise and distractions? 4. Do you have all your supplies near you when you study? 5. Is your area comfortable? 6. Can you study for at least a half hour without getting up, walking about, taking snack or TV or phone breaks? 7. Do your friends leave you alone when they know you want to study? 8. Do you use your time between classes to study? NUMBER OF A’s and B’s circled _____ Test Taking/Preparation Skills 1. Do you study for each class every day? 2. Do you start reviewing for major exams at least 3 days in advance? 3. Do you belong to a study group? 4. Do you attend extra help sessions or office hours provided by the instructor? 5. Do you know what kind of tests you will take, i.e., essay, multiple choice, and how to prepare for different types of...
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...Pendulum coursework The year 10 extended group is investigating a pendulum; each one of us is going to change something to it, to make the investigation more interesting. The things that we could change are: * The length of the string (20,40,60,80,100,120,140,160,180,200; in cm) * The weight of the plasticine (55 grams) * Shape of the object, aerodinamicity (ball, sphere) * The angle of where you started to throw the plasticine, (45º) The things that we could measure or observe are: * Amounts of laps in a given time (10 laps) * In how much time it stops * Its speed/ acceleration * Time to do certain amount of laps I decided that I will change (independent) the length of the string of the pendulum (measurements: 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 180, 200; in cm) and I will measure/observe (dependent) time to do certain amount of laps. (10 laps.) My question is: How much time it takes to do 10 laps? What I will keep the same is: * The weight of the plasticine (55g) * The shape of the object (sphere) * The angle of where I started to throw the plasticine (45º) My prediction is: When I change the length of the string of the pendulum I think what will happen to the laps of the pendulum is that as longer the string the less laps will the pendulum do. This is because the pendulum will take more time to return to its initial point, for the reason that it is a longer distance to travel so it will take longer. Method 1. Make the...
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...The short story “Reunion” is about a boy named Charlie, who hasn’t seen his father for a very long time. He hasn’t seen him due to the reason that his parents divorced eachother exactly three years ago. As a result of that, Charlie makes an appointment with his father, simply to see him again. During this appointment, they visit four different restaurants, where the father’s dissatisfaction and bad mood gets them kicked out every single time. While being in the restaurants, the father’s behaviour towards the employees is very aggressive and arrogant, which eventually results in them getting kicked out. After visiting a ton of restaurants, Charlie remembers that he has a train to catch. Time passes by and he has to leave. But, as he wants to leave, his father kindly offers him to purchase a newspaper – an offer he can’t refuse. While the father is ordering a newspaper, he yet again gets aggressive and angry with the employee working there. Charlie simply hasn’t got time to wait anymore as he’ll miss his train, so in a rush he manages to say goodbye and silently walks away. This was the last time he saw his father. From an environmental point of view, the story takes place at the Grand Central Station in New York City. As Grand Central Station is a train station, it is logical that both Charlie and his father go by train to meet up. In the story, we hear how Charlie schedules time to see his father while he waits for his next train. Therefore it seems like Charlie is used to...
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...Introduction: Smartwatches will be the new technology that changes the world. The biggest thing is that it is wearable and the first of its kind. It’ll be one of the first affordable wearable smart devices. It will also change the way we communicate in many ways. There are several impacts of new technology and smart devices, smartwatches are changing the world as we know it. Summary of Key Findings: Smartwatches are one of the first series of smart devices that is wearable. It’s not big or heavy like other devices. Most devices are hand-held or bigger, but with smart watches you can wear them on your wrist and it is no bigger than a watch. This can free your hands and still carry on a conversation. Smartwatches are going to change the way we communicate. You can make phone calls from your wrist and you can send premade texts and talk just like a phone. With smartwatches you can call anyone from your wrist. You can take pictures and save them to your devices from the smartwatch. You can also do video calling all from this little wrist watch. It’s changing the way we can communicate and it cost effective. Smartwatches are one of the first affordable wearable smart devices. Most smart devices run from $400.00 or more. The smartwatch is very reasonable it starts from $100 to $300. You can get them from most electronic stores like Best Buy. It is small, affordable, and caries most of the same features as your phone. Conclusion: Smartwatches are changing the world...
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...Prepositions for Time, Place, and Introducing Objects Summary: This section deals with prepositions and their standard uses. Contributors:Chris Berry, Allen Brizee, Elizabeth Angeli Last Edited: 2011-03-23 03:07:43 One point in time On is used with days: * I will see you on Monday. * The week begins on Sunday. At is used with noon, night, midnight, and with the time of day: * My plane leaves at noon. * The movie starts at 6 p.m. In is used with other parts of the day, with months, with years, with seasons: * He likes to read in the afternoon. * The days are long in August. * The book was published in 1999. * The flowers will bloom in spring. Extended time To express extended time, English uses the following prepositions: since, for, by, from—to, from-until, during,(with)in * She has been gone since yesterday. (She left yesterday and has not returned.) * I'm going to Paris for two weeks. (I will spend two weeks there.) * The movie showed from August to October. (Beginning in August and ending in October.) * The decorations were up from spring until fall. (Beginning in spring and ending in fall.) * I watch TV during the evening. (For some period of time in the evening.) * We must finish the project within a year. (No longer than a year.) Place To express notions of place, English uses the following prepositions: to talk about the point itself: in, to express something contained: inside, to talk about the surface:...
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... My article was by John Zimmer, CC, CL. This article is focused on time and how to manage your time while giving speeches. This article starts off with a quote from Benjamin Franklin that says “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time.” This article gives a lot of great tips for preparing your speech and knowing what to expect. Speakers must stay on time, by respecting the time you are given you’re also respecting your audience, other speakers that may be following you and the event coordinator that allotted you your time slot. Practicing your speech timing is critical. If you are given twenty minutes of speaking time, read your speech allowed to yourself or maybe a family member and have a timer with you. Although, know that practice time and live event time may not be the same. Laughter, questions and unexpected interruptions can make your presentation carry on longer that you may have expected. Having a handout for your audience that reads the most important parts of your speech is a great way to be prepared for any interruptions and to focus on your main key points of your presentation. Not only will this make your presentation better it’ll also make your presentation shorter. Always have a plan to cut your presentation short. If you are one of many speakers, not everyone is going to end their speech on time. “You can prepare two versions of your presentation – one long and one short. This way, you can make...
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...TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL STUDENT Lake and Von Baeyer’s article described numerous qualities that distinguish a successful student from an average student. My strongest characteristics are having an educational goal, active listening and participation, body and soul balance, ,curiosity, attendance, good communication, effort, good organization ,team work with professor and class mates. REASON WHY The reason why I choose these characteristics are because it is my essentials of daily living as a mother at home with my family, at work with my colleagues and as a student .I am motivated by a set goal or a time frame to achieve that academic excellence by keeping an alarm clock, reminder calendar and submitting assignments and report in a timely manner. Daily attendance makes better understanding of the course work, Good balance of the body, mind and body with relaxation between work and study and meditation to the One above. RELATIONSHIP ACTIVE PARTICIPATION, asking questions make a student to become curios, demonstrates interest in the class and subject, accept responsibility of their own education, improving grades and have a better understanding of the course work and making a good effort to better themselves in the course. ORGANIZATION makes student ready to learn, able to have a high priority and exceeds other expectations, making reminder calendars, setting alarm and producing results. TEAM WORK Good team work collaboration with team mates and professor in a healthy...
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