...[Type the company name] | German regions “Oldenburg (Kreisfreie Stadt)” and “Wesermarsch” | Examination paper | | [Type the author name] | 5/23/2012 | Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. The performance of the regions. 4 3. Location factors. 5 4. Theoretical explanation. 7 5. The future development. 8 6. Bibliography 9 1. Introduction The paper consist comparison of information about the two regions in Germany - the Eurostat NUTS3 regions DE943 Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt and DE94G Wesermarsch. Making an overview of the performances, local factors, theoretical explanation and the future development of both of the regions I’m comparing them between each other and with Germany as a whole. The purpose of this paper is to understand the regions ability to develop, the importance of their business structure and to explain the situation in each of the regions. 2. The performance of the regions. Based on the enclosed data, compare the performance of the two regions with each other and with the whole country. The following pages show the analysis and the performances, answering the questions that were given by using the Excel data that is provided. The information in the Excel sheet about the population provides data considering the growth of the population for the whole country, as well as for the regions that this paper is about. By the enclosed data we can see that in Oldenburg there is increase in the population...
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...the exact specifications they like by just getting on the website), quick delivery speed (sent by overnight delivery directly to the customer), flexible and very quick new product introduction speed (people design new products online everyday). Since the new laptop bags are made in China, the shipping speed is not as quick as that of the messenger bags made in San Francisco. But other competitive priorities are not so different, especially for the retail price, which is lower comparing to the other laptop bags of the same quality, features and functions. Since these bags are more complex to build and require more labor and a variety of different machines (more expensive) to produce these products, to keep the prices lower for the consumer, outsourcing the manufacturing of these bags is necessary. Putting up factories in China makes labor costs cheaper, though the design was still built in San Francisco. 2. The assembly line in China and San Francisco have similarities and differences when comparing the volume or rate of production, required skill of workers, level of automation, and amount of raw materials and the inventory of finished goods. In San Francisco, Timbuk2 found it most effective to have work cells of 5 employees...
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...guidelines. Design For Manufacture (DFM) and Design For Assembly (DFA) are the general guidelines of product design for ease to manufacturing and assembly in industry. In the result make the product be productivity by identify inefficiency process and eliminate unnecessary part. The benefits of DFMA will be huge when it apply a mass production. Time and cost save by DFMA is countless from it start to applied worldwide until now. In this project, we will use a common household appliances vacuum cleaner to show how the concepts of DFMA are applied by disassembly the whole product and analysis it. 1.2 Objective To get familiar with the principles of DFMA and realised the importance by complete the project and practicing the application of DFMA. 1.3 Scope This project will show the application of DFMA by comparing the guidelines to the product part, and also how will it benefit the production process by saving time and cost. We will not insight about the method of manufacturing process and the cause of the materials chosen to manufacture the vacuum cleaner. Conclusion As an engineer, we must know the principle of DFMA let us be able to design a product which is productivity. With the product disassembly experiment with the vacuum cleaner, we realised that how the DFMA principles work on every part of the product. We know that if we want to design a product, we shouldn’t focus on the product’s function, also need to consider about it is ease to manufacture and assembly. As...
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...BSA/375 SR-rm-022 Part 1 Riordan Manufacturing is a fortune 1000 company, who is over seen by Riordan Industries. Riordan Plastic, Inc. was started in 1991, then changed to Riordan Manufacturing in 1993. Riordan employs 550 workers to oversee the company’s production of several plastic products. To supply a wide range of products to their very differently associated cliental. This is done through four prime locations, three of which are located in the US and the other is in China. Continuing with an overview of the Riordan’s works and future interests for the companies’ goals. They are constantly working a top of the line research and development team to adapt and create new solutions for customer’s wants and needs. Aiming to assist and not hinder their clients, hoping for long term relationships that benefit both parties equally. The focus to stay on top of the industry is brought on by keeping knowledgeable employees and great quality products for their partners. This is why a successful Human Resource system is so vital to the companies’ abilities to run optimally. There are a few things to consider when attempting to make changes on a large scale for a company. A request for adapting the existing human resource system and adding the ability for new and more efficient system to run in aid of the company. An initial step is to look at stakeholders and who’s input to take into account for these system changes. Riordan works with a combination of large and small customers...
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...paper described the methods of SWOT analysis and Value Chain Analysis. SWOT analysis was presented as a technique for assessing the fit of a business within its operational environment by looking at the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Comparing a competitor’s SWOT analysis with one’s own can reveal insight into where competitors are stronger and weaker and guide strategic decisions. The Value Chain Analysis was presented as a technique to identify which activities can create or improve economic advantage for a company. Using the value chain analysis within a competitive intelligence framework, a company can get insight into competitors’ cost structure and differentiation strategy as well as changes to these strategies. One can then compare the competitor’s value chain analysis with its own to discover opportunities for acquisition or where improvements within the value chain can be completed. Finally, both methods were used within an intelligence project to analyze RIM and provide recommendations to Alpha. Add real value Dedication, determination and attention to detail are hallmarks of RIM Global Manufacturing. It is comprised of a number of teams, ultimately responsible for the effective and timely manufacture, assembly, repair and delivery of the company’s products, supporting our customers around the world. Using cutting-edge technology and equipment, our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility is located in Waterloo, Canada, and is fully carpeted and air-conditioned...
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...The purpose for this analysis is to compare PepsiCo to Coca-Cola; this is done by providing a summary of financial accounting information. The information to compare a company to another comes from financial statements and then those numbers are broken down into analysis and ratios. Once the ratios are calculated then the investor can decipher is the company is worth investing in. The information gathered is from the attached financial statements of both companies for the year 2005. Below is a small description of the two companies before comparing them. PepsiCo manufactures or use contract manufacturers for their products. This company markets and sells a variety of salty, sweet and grain-based snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages, and foods through North American and international business divisions (Navigator). Within PepsiCo one can find them merged with Frito-Lay, Tropicana, Quaker, and Gatorade. Coca-Cola manufactures carbonated and non-carbonated beverages. New beverages joined Coca-Cola’s line up, including Minute Maid, Powerade, and Dasani bottled water. Coca-Cola is throughout Northern American and international business divisions. Ratio analysis expresses the relationship among selected items of financial statement data. A ratio expresses the mathematical relationship between one quantity and another. The relationship is expressed in terms of a percentage, a rate, or a simple proportion. To analyze the primary financial statements, an individual...
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...1. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the target costing system? First, target costing originally starts with mangers estimate the cost that customers are willing to pay and how competitor will price the same products or services. (Cost Accounting. Page 545). In the Nissan case, customers are very knowledgeable because the customer demand requires more variations and model types of automobiles. This is a favorable market for Nissan. Nissan managers can set an expected profit margin because the customers has a very high demand of automobiles and they know the automobiles market very well. Second, target costing for a product includes direct manufacturing costs direct materials, direct manufacturing labor, and direct machining costs. (Cost Accounting. Page 519). Analyzing each cost element and eliminate the unnecessary value-added is one of the cost management goals in the target costing system. In order to have a competitive price, Nissan managers have to eliminate some value-added costs which are unnecessary and not so helpful for the automobile manufacturing and selling process. Target costing can shorten the product lives and save Nissan company time to do marketing and financial management. A good example in the Nissan case it that they eliminated the "five-door variant" because it is unnecessary. Last, target costing system helps Nissan build a cross-functional team. The design department, manufacturing department, sales department and management department work...
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...Situation Analysis In order to profitably satisfy customer needs, the firm must first understand its internal and external situation. A useful framework for performing situation analysis is the 5Cs analysis. That is an environmental scan of five key areas especially applicable to market decisions: Company CSP is international healthcare company that develops, manufactures and markets products for treating metabolic disorders, gastrointestinal diseases, immune deficiencies and other chronic and medical conditions. CSP's Metabical would be the first prescription drug approved specifically for overweight individuals (BMI 25 to 30). According to CSP R&D team, this product is far more superior comparing to other weight loss prescribed medicines, due to its low dose active ingredients. For this same reason, it is far less harmful to inner organs comparing to other drugs available for this purpose in the market. The main negative side affect is caused when users consume high level of fat and calories. CSP has invested 10 years of research and $400 million in the development of Metabical. Customers In principle, Metabical would be attractive to all overweight individuals, but a primary target audience was established to the purpose of developing a communication strategy: The ideal Metabical audience was found to be overweight women, age 35-65 who were college-educated. This audience is more health conscious and visited the doctor more often, and shall receive adequate-assuring...
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...Rice Polishing Machine 8.Rice Grader Machine 9.Grain Dryer 10.Measure and Packing Machine 11.Rice Milling Detection Machine 12.Lifting Equipment We feel proud to be helping our clients to maximize their growth and efficiency by reducing their production cost and time and increasing yield through our range of equipments. Providing them with the best quality rice milling machines in economical price has always remained our motto. With a vast base of happy clients all over the world, the company is gearing towards attaining the goal of becoming the best rice milling machines provider in the world. If you need to buy rice milling machines, you’d better choose several rice mill machinery manufactures for comparing. Wintone Machinery is one reputed rice milling machine manufacture in China. You can find some useful information about your rice milling machine business in our...
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...Financial Analysis Team Project Overview: Your team works for a major mutual fund management company. Your boss is the lead fund manager for a technology investment fund specializing in an area set forth below. Your task is to develop a professional, 10- to 15-minute (maximum) presentation dealing with investment in the technology area of your fund. Because the fund company is paying you "top dollar" to guide investment decisions, your boss expects your presentation to be "top quality." At a minimum, this means that your presentation will make use of computer presentation technology (PowerPoint slides and/or the Internet), appropriate handouts, etc., to present an overview of investment opportunities and strategy in your technology area. Remember, your presentation is to be directed at a fund manager who makes buy/sell decisions based on your recommendations, not at a class. This means that, although there are questions listed below to guide you, your presentation should not be a series of answers to the questions. Instead, it should be a professional presentation dealing with the knowledge and information needed to guide investment policy. Any presenter who makes a statement such as, "The second question we had to answer was ...," will earn a 10-point deduction for his/her team on this project. Deliverable: The team will prepare a 15 slide (max) PowerPoint presentation that emphasizes charts and graphs, keeping text to a minimum. A two-page (max) narrative will be...
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...First Name Last Name Professor Marc Hamilton MGMT 5603032 Management Policies and Practices 1 June 2014 General Motors SWOT Analysis Founded in 1910, General Motors is one of the largest and highly valued cars, trucks and automobile manufactures in the United States with a vision to design, build, and sell the world’s best vehicles. General Motors is a company that has significant impact on our U.S. economy. As I do a SWOT analysis on General Motors I will evaluate the company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, to gain perspective on GM and there future as a company. STRENGTHS: Product Branding. First and foremost, General Motors has produced and branded a variety of automobiles both international and region specific such as Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Baojun, Holden, Isuzu, Jiefang, Opel, Vauxhall, and Wuling which for some have become household names. From electric and mini-cars to heavy-duty full-size trucks, monocabs, and convertibles, General Motor’s dynamic brands offer a comprehensive range of vehicles in more than 120 countries around the world (About GM). Global Presence. Another strength GM shares, is their global presence, with factories in Brazil, Russia, India, and China (collectively BRIC) along with having assembly, manufacturing, distribution, office, and warehousing operations in 55 other countries. Of those BRIC factories, GM has the strongest presence in China due to their emerging economy that continues to grow gradually...
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...Farming, industry, political views, the economy; some of the many aspects that differ between two completely different regions, the North and South. “Where you live affects how you live”, and that saying is relevant to the first half of the 1800’s. The South had warm summers with lots of fertile land perfect for growing crops and supporting their agriculture. While the North although okay for farming was famous for their industry and manufacturing. The north and south were puzzle pieces that could not fit together because of their very distinct differences in their views as well as their economic differences. Both the North and South differed greatly in the first half of the 1800’s when comparing their economies and political views. Firstly,...
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...Trends in Gasoline ECO/365 Kimberly Lane February 21, 2013 In the world, people are dependent upon an important contributor to vehicles and vessels that allows travel to take place. Without gasoline, people cannot to travel throughout the countries to their destination. The world relies on gasoline to fly airplanes, operate trains, buses, and operate every type of vehicle or vessel. Gasoline is a major factor in the world considering transportation; however, people are discovering alternative methods to operate vehicles like using electricity or vegetable oil. Americans travel long distances to reach their destinations throughout the United States. Families like to take trips across country to experience the scenic routes of the freeway and discover places like the Grand Canyon, Route 66, and St. Louis Arch. Although people boycotting gasoline will not decrease the increasing price in gasoline, the demand for world oil is a cause in higher gasoline prices. Society would not be able to use transportation in vehicles if gasoline became extinct. People would have to resort to the old fashion method of transportation like riding a bicycle, walking, or creating an alternative method to mobilize their vehicles. Boycotting the increasing prices of gasoline through refusing to purchase will not lower the prices at the gas stations; however, the government has set in place a barter system to through export tangible goods with other countries for gasoline and oil. The prices of gasoline...
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...partial equilibrium approach usually is adequate, and it is much simpler than a full general equilibrium treatment that takes cross-market effects into account. Nonetheless, it is sometimes important to do the general equilibrium analysis. In Chapter 6 we presented a brief discussion of the effects of tariffs in general equilibrium. This appendix presents a more detailed analysis. The analysis proceeds in two stages. First, we analyze the effects of a tariff in a small country, one that cannot affect its terms of trade; then we analyze the case of a large country. A Tariff in a Small Country Imagine a country that produces and consumes two goods, manufactures and food. The country is small, unable to affect its terms of trade; we will assume that it exports manufactures and imports food. Thus the country sells its manufactures to the world market at a given world price P * and buys food at a given world price P * . M F Figure 1 illustrates the position of this country in the absence of a tariff. The economy produces at the point on its production possibility frontier that is tangent to a line with slope -P * >P * , indicated by Q 1. This line also defines the economy’s budget constraint, M F that is, all the consumption points it can afford. The economy chooses the point on the budget constraint that is tangent to the highest possible indifference curve; this point is shown as D 1. Figure 1 Free Trade Equilibrium for a Small Country The country produces at the point on its...
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...and is considered the third distributor of vehicles behind GM and Ford. Prior to the merge of General Motor, the company had many internal problems that wouldn't let it move forward in the industry; actually manufacture the following brands Chrysler, Dodge & Jeep among others. Prior to the merger both companies differentiate from each other specially the different management and operation styles. In 1995 Chrysler had many labor problems due to the reduction in quality, re-calls and consumers dissatisfaction over 220,000 employees were lay-off. On the other hand the Daimler-Benz had a highly skilled workforce, job satisfaction, good relationships with German labor unions and managers getting involved on daily problem solving. The strategy of the Daimler-Chrysler merger would create the fifth company in the world, in the industry by volume compared with GM, Ford, Toyota and Volkswagen. The company would take the name of Daimler-Chrysler and would be owned by a German financial group with 53% and U.S. group with 47%, with major shareholders such as Deutsche Bank, State of Kuwait, and Emirate of Dubai among others. The idea of the merger was described for the investors at the time a great idea because each would bring different segments to the process the manufacture, such as small cars, trucks,...
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