...Root Causes of Environmental Issues In view of the root causes of environmental issues established in chapter 3 of Environmental Science I would have to reflect that I agree with the view relating to human kind failing to address the root causes related to the environmental issues that have been occurring for long enough periods of time to cause some tremendous environmental damage. I agree with this view as it is clear to have had a leading hand in contributing to the Earth’s many factors of unsustanabilty and growing destruction of natural resources. If we were to address the root causes there would be a much larger probability of creating meaningful solutions to the root problems giving the earth and it’s inhibiters the chance for a thriving future (Hussey & Thompson, 2000). Without addressing the root causes we are simply creating a type of limited solutions that can be considered to reflected to be a type of band-aid problem solving techniques that do not promote long lasting sustainability; which in the end won’t be enough to save the earth and it’s natural resources and life that inhabits the planet(Hussey & Thompson, 2000). Accordingly, a root cause that I do not agree with reflects in frontierism. Frontierism is a threat to environmental sustainability on many levels, such as the belief that we can and will always take and disrupt the earth’s natural resources because there is a plethora of the resources, this type of thought process makes such resources very vulnerable...
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...Lean manufacturing has become an ever increasing necessity in American manufacturing. Companies are striving to make a profit in a wildly fluctuating economy. Added to that; companies are becoming more aware of their responsibility to the environment as global citizens. Competition and innovation introduce new and exciting products to the market place every day. Large global companies have to respond with Lean manufacturing systems that reduce costs, improve their quality and environmental impact. For the purpose of this paper, Boeing will be used as an example. They manufacture airplanes. This company was chosen due to the extent they have shown the capabilities and processes of lean manufacturing. They have implemented lean principles all through their organization. Their quality standards are extremely high; and they continually meet those standards. This is an enormous manufacturer who deals with ongoing manufacturing as well as innovation in the field. They have expressed a concern for the environment and their impact upon it. They also have a track record of high safety standards and programs for their employees. Boeing is the largest air travel manufacturer in the world. They are now experiencing serious competition with Airbus out of Europe. In an effort to compete more effectively with their competition; they have dedicated their focus on the implementation of and continuing improvement through lean manufacturing. Boeing has begun utilizing their...
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...A Sentinel Event is defined by The Joint Commission (TJC) as any unanticipated event in a healthcare setting resulting in death or serious physical or psychological injury to a patient or patients, not related to the natural course of the patient's illness. Sentinel events specifically include loss of a limb or gross motor function, and any event for which a recurrence would carry a risk of a serious adverse outcome. Sentinel events are identified under TJC accreditation policies to help aid in rootcause analysis and to assist in development of preventative measures. The Joint Commission tracks events in a database to ensure events are adequately analyzed and undesirable trends or decreases in performance are caught early and mitigated. Contents * 1 Specific Events requiring review * 2 Actions and reporting * 3 Joint Commission actions * 4External links * 5 Notes | Specific Events requiring review Besides "unexpected occurrences involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof", sentinel events also include the following, even if the outcome was not death or major permanent loss of function: * Infant abduction, or discharge to the wrong family. * Unexpected death of a full term infant. * Severe neonatal jaundice (bilirubin over 30 milligrams/deciliter). * Surgery on the wrong individual or wrong body part. * Surgical instrument or object left in a patient after surgery or another procedure. * Rape in a continuous...
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...involved and that responsibilities can be equally shared. A key factor to the success of this implementation would be to have Senior level Staff dedicated to the Collaborative group and the full support of all trustees and yourself, the Ministry of Education. This team should also be under the guidance and leadership of the Supply Chain Manager. Following the execution of the process, monthly and quarterly meetings will be held to go over key issues, capture lessons learned, develop a policy and procedure to standardize the process, discuss strategic plan for future plans and also take the opportunity to recognize the efforts made by the collaborative group. Key Performance Indicators (KPI) have also been identified and setup to determine the level of success of this pilot. Contents Executive Summary 1 Issue Identification: 2 Environmental & Root Cause Analysis: 3 Environmental Analysis 3 Root Cause Analysis 3 Strategic Perspective 3 Alternatives & Options: 4 Recommendation: 5 Implementation: 6 Monitor & Control 6 Issue Identification: Short Term: With the current rising cost of Goods & Services in Canada, the Ministry of Education has been given a new mandate to look into alternatives to reduce cost as oppose to hiking...
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...Navistar Case Table of Contents Executive Summary Part 1 Executive Summary Issues Identification Part 2 Issues Identification Environmental & Root Cause Analysis Part 3 Environmental & Root Cause Analysis Alternatives and/or Options Part 4 Alternatives Recommendation Part 5 Recommendations Implementation Part 6 Implementation Plan Monitor & Control Part 7 Monitor and Control Part 8 Conclusion Part 1 Executive Summary Navistar was a worldwide leader in the manufacturing medium and heavy trucks for 17 consecutive years in the North America market. Navistar’s premium conventional trucks were produced at the Chatham assembly plant, which had almost 14 years experience in producing Navistar’s premium line since 1983. Navistar had forecasted increased industry demand for heavy and medium trucks in 1998. Especially, the Chatham assembly plant’s customers had strict requirements to the truck’s quality and delivery date. As the assembly supervisor in Chatham, Andy Ramsz encountered the interior trim quality and delivery problem for the truck. Andy had begun to gather data on the interior trim supply problem and he got the crucial reasons for these problems occurred. These reasons absolutely affected the Navistar’s internal supply process, increased the extra cost as well as reduced the efficiency of the supply management. According to the reasons identified for the trim supply problem, my decision is to set up the improved procedure focused on...
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...Environmental degradation has been one of paramount progressive issues the world is facing in different ways. This tumultuous predicament had been as result of deforestation of forest trees and women and men who are environmentalist and eco-feminist had played many roles in fighting against the patriarchal capitalist from further destruction and advocating protection of the environment and forest reserves. Deforestation is cutting down of trees in the forest areas and within our surroundings which meets human natural needs and provides a dwelling to wild life and other animal species. The study of environmental changes through eco-feminist perspective helps to throw light on the effects of those changes, roles humans played in effecting those changes, gender roles, economic roles in the destruction of our environment through deforestation. According to Catharine Roach article “Love your Mother”, “the eco-feminist book Rape of the wild evokes this latter motif of the fertile but wounded earth by linking the violent treatment of women with violent against animals and the ecosystem (Roach, pg: 26)” this explain the power imbalance that exist in the system where a particular group in position of power sees everything under their control as powerless and an idea of exploitation. This is also the case in the issues of deforestation. Deforestation is deteriorating our environment which in some cases is as a result of increase in human population and it is disturbance as well as...
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...IBM Case Analysis “What happened to IBM, the symbol of American supremacy?” -Challenge to America video, 1993 Problem Statement IBM needs to grow revenue and stay competitive in the dynamically changing computer marketplace of the 1990’s by maintaining technological leadership and accepting the organizational transformation which needs to be undertaken for them to excel. IBM needs to recapture their previously held powerful position in the personal computer and microprocessor markets and regain value in the company which will increase its stock value and competitive advantage in the marketplace. Problem Analysis In 1993 IBM reported a $5.6bn loss for the fourth quarter of 1992 ending a yearly deficit of $4.97bn; which at the time was the biggest annual loss in American corporate history. The fiscal loss could be explained in part to the ongoing aftermath of the severe 1990-91 recession that adversely affected the entire computer industry, but clearly IBM was no longer the colossal success it had been throughout most of its history. Primary to its listless growth was a fundamental change in the environment of the computer industry, which was the persistently accelerating rate of technological breakthrough in the world of data processing and IBM’s slow response to this change. IBM’s personal computing business technological environment was changing rapidly as the underlying shift in the computer field was from mainframe computing dominance toward personal computing...
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...Value/Belief Pattern, Health Perception/Management Pattern, Nutrition/Metabolic Pattern, Elimination (Environmental Health Concerns), Activity/Exercise Pattern. African Americans make up the single largest racial minorities in the states. Most African Americans are of west and Central African descent and are descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States. However, some immigrants from African, Caribbean, Central American or South American nations, or their descendants, may be identified or self-identify with the term. Values and belief pattern African American has strong kinship bonds, strong work orientation, strong religious orientation, adaptable family roles, use informal support network – church or community, distrust of government & social services – feel “big brother doesn’t care about us’’, most are assimilated to the Anglo-American culture, take care of their own, don’t like to admit they need help – strong sense of pride, lack of knowledge about available services and how the system works, natural remedies used frequently – laying on of hands and prayer are used to heal, Poverty impacts education, self-esteem, quality of life and lifestyle across the lifespan, seniors are highly respected – aging represents respect, authority and wisdom, tend to keep things hidden within the family system – fear being disgraced or family being disgraced. African American has core values like sharing, expressing personal style, being real...
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...Supply Chain Inventory Management Barilla TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 ISSUES IDENTIFICATION 3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS 3 ALTERNATIVES AND/OR OPTIONS 3 RECOMMENDATION AND IMPLEMENTATION: 3-4 Executive Summary: In an attempt to control inventory swings, reduce costs, and improve sales we have introduced the JITD initiative. This initiative has been a failure from the beginning and there is no point salvaging it. We need to abandon the JITD initiative and focus on a new strategy that seems like a more logical and promising approach. Issues Identification: The issue is that distributors and Barilla’s sales team do not support the just-in-time distribution (JITD) initiative. Due to the following reasons: • JTID is a more costly approach to manufacturing pasta because the plants cannot maximize the efficiency of their kilns. • Distributors o strategies vary o Lack sophistication when it comes to technology and forecasting. o Do not want to give a brand they carry so much leverage over their business • Sales staff o Are no long able to offer trade promotions o Are worried their job will become obsolete o Are worried their customers will start pushing Barilla’s competitors brands because they have excess stock of those products Environmental and Root Cause Analysis: Barilla is a profitable business that is simply looking to enhance the customer experience...
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... All of these factors will further drive up the already US industry leading profit margin per vehicle. In order to accomplish these goals FORD needs to refocus the Purchasing department’s responsibilities, consolidate and develop suppliers that deliver finished high level components and increase the information flow across all points of the supply chain. These steps will help to introduce a more pull-based system. Contents Issue identification 1 Environmental and root cause analysis 2 Alternatives/Options 3 Recommendations 4 Implementation 5 Monitor & Control 6 Issue identification • Current order to delivery (OTD) is more than 60 days. • Management of large supplier network. • Utilization of IT is lacking. • Purchasing isn’t integrated into Product development. • Independent dealership network has resulted in FORDs loss of control over customer service experiences. This network also breeds FORD vs. FORD sales battles not a Global entity mindset. Environmental and root cause analysis FORDs existing supplier base is a direct product of historical business practice. As the company has grown and demand has increased they have just increased the supplier base. Historically suppliers had been selected based on part/component price within little to no regard to...
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...Environmental Issues Intro 1: An essential problem of the 21st century is world pollution. Currently the environment is so contaminated that urgent measures should be taken. A single individual cannot be blamed for the world pollution , however every person should take care of his or her habitat. In addition, it is vital that environmental issues are treated internationally. However, the influence of individuals over environment should not be ignored. If we do not confess that our planet is our home, we will never be able to take adequately care of it. We have to contribute every day to the preservation of nature and environment. Intro 2: Nowadays, as world develops rapidly more and more global ecological problems occur. It is claimed that, this trend too immense to be reversed by certain countries or residents. In my perspective, such opinion seems rather justifiable due to environmental problems become worldwide and all countries in the world have to be responsible for it. Intro 3: Our environment is getting worse day by day, and we are suffering for other peoples and our mistakes. It’s getting harder and harder for our families to stay healthy with all the bad things we are around every day. We are affected by our environment, and more people are getting sicker and sicker. This could affect our families and our future one day. We might not be able to see all of the bad things in our environment, but they are for sure there. “Although certain groups are most vulnerable...
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...University of Phoenix Material Environmental Issues on Global Health Seven Environmental Issues Complete the following chart by identifying seven environmental issues that affect global health. In the second column, describe in complete sentences how the issue affects global health. |Environmental issue |How does the issue affect global health? | |Population |People greedily consume resources, pollute the air and water, tear down natural habitats, | | |introduce species into areas where they don’t belong and destroy ecosystems to the point | | |of causing millions of species to become endangered and, all too often, go extinct. | |Co2 Levels In the Atmosphere. |Polar sea ice loss is another threatening sign of carbon dioxide levels building up in the| | |atmosphere. Unfortunately, it is the main force behind global warming. The world we live | | |in and the greenhouse gas emissions caused by our modern way of life – vehicles, power | | |plants, factories, giant livestock farms – continue to make the real the reality of | | |reckless climate changes that are within decades if they stay at today’s levels. ...
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...Part One Cause marketing and corporate social responsibility plans are two gears of contemporary production practices that assure opportunities for companies to do well fiscally by doing well in the general public. While cause-marketing and corporate social responsibility initiatives are essentially dissimilar, they can help assist a business develop or generate new advancements in the workplace, with the employees, and in the market (Charter & Ottoman, 2010). These programs can help perk up the substructure line and facilitate a company to meet the expectations satisfaction prospects of their consumers, human resources, and stakeholders. In the view point of a brand marketing manager, cause marketing can be defined as a potentially profit making scheme by a ‘for-profit’ business or product to raise responsiveness, funds, and/or consumer commitment in a collective or environmental issue. In general, course marketing refers to a type of marketing which generally involves the cooperative efforts of a business (which is after profitability) and a non profit making organization for reciprocated benefit. To come up with the conclusions on cause marketing, study survey was carried out on a number of retailers from different business perspectives in relation to the topic of discussion. The questions were designed in a way that could pin down all the responses and enhance the general formulation of a common idea among the retailers. The questions on the questionnaire included the following: ...
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...Natalie Cannon Dr. Jana Davis English 1127, 029 18 November 2013 Organic Farming as a Solution to Climate Change Climate change threatens the sustainability of food production. At the same time, conventional food production threatens the sustainability of the climate. In Canada, the agricultural sector is responsible for eight percent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These emissions translate to 56.6 million metric tonnes of carbon equivalents. An extra three percent can be added to that number for “Agricultural fossil fuel and energy use” (Environmental p 111, figure 16-2). Canada needs to take responsibility and remedy emissions. Wonderfully, organic farming has the potential to mitigate climate change with sustainable food production by creating diverse farms that support farmers and soil health; and by drastically reducing GHG emissions by opting for inexpensive, low-energy, natural pesticides and fertilizers. Organic farming will mitigate climate change by protecting against soil erosion. Soil erosion is the removal of valuable topsoil sometimes caused by naturally occurring processes such as wind, rain, and drought. Often, soil erosion is caused by a combination of factors. For instance, if drought occurs topsoil becomes dry. If after the drought large amounts of wind approach that dry land in a storm, the soil will be blown away. Soil is a complex living organism filled with inorganic matter like sand, silt, and clay; and organic matter abundant with worms, microorganisms...
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...but aren’t limited to, jobs that require repetitive lifting or moving heavy object or holding an awkward posture for long periods of time. By not designing a workplace to fit the functional movements of the human body you create room for error. Errors that include lawsuits, constant work-related injuries that causes need to miss work, and high employee turnover. In 2002, ergonomics-related injuries accounted for a third of all workplace injuries. It is in the best interest of the company to investigate any workplace caused injuries to eliminate the problem from happenings again. This USDL article us a four step process to measure, analyze, improve, and control all ergonomic related problems. Step 1: Measure Once the Six Sigma project team developed its charter and defined its task, it then began by defining the current process. First, the team outlined the sequence of events from workstation assignment to task performance and potential injury. They next identified a series of key variables affecting the process outcome that included: user attributes (such as daily time at workstations); user behaviors (including posture, force, and duration of use); and environmental factors. In this phase of the Six Sigma method, the "defect" – a measurable outcome of the process for which improvement is desired – is defined. While the true "defect" for this process would be the occurrence of an ergonomic injury, there were so few at the start of the project that measuring a statistically...
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