Manufacture Research Proposals Samples For Students

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Riordan manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer headquartered in San Jose. The company has production lines in Albany in Georgia, Pontiac in Michigan and Hangzhou in China. In order to better its business and operations, Riordan needs a new information system. The information management system will integrate the services of various departments including finance, human resource, research, product development and planning.
This paper is going to propose a new system for Riordan manufacturing. The system will best manage production, business and human resource services at the company and surpass their sales targets. The report will describe the components of the new ...

Key Words: Disperse dye, Poly Lactic Acid, Fabric, elongation, tensile strength

Introduction and statement of the problem

The polymerization of lactic acid yields polylactic acid. As such, the raw material used in the manufacture of polylactic acid is lactic acid. Lactic acid is a naturally occurring substance that is produced by living things during metabolism. The use of polylactic acid in the production of fibers for various applications in the textile industry can be traced back to a very useful discovery a few decades ago. The production of biodegradable surgical sutures using polylactic acid set the path clear for more applications of polylactic acid (Ren 98). The good ...

Manufacturing can be a formidable competitive tool if properly managed and equipped. Improvement in the manufacturing of the automotive industry is crucial in facing arising challenges and changes in the environment. The survival of automotive companies depends on quick and ingenious products, time conscious technologies and improved ways of management, decision making and finance. This calls for utilization of right decisions at the right time. The problem is multidimensional for it involves utilization of information, agility and right decision making in achieving the set objectives. It is crucial to understand industrial environment and, making appropriate strategies for aiding competitiveness in ...

Data security at each Riordan Manufacturing plant

Current status
The current status of data security at each of the Riordan Manufacturing plant is not in place. The company has a wide collection of systems which are different but work together towards a common goal. For this reason, it is hard to manage data and worse still, it is hard managing the security of data. This is something that brings a lot of risks and inefficiency in handling data management tasks. Some of the issues that need to be looked into include access rights, data transfer mechanisms, and a universal format of data between the many plants and departments in ...

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Environmental Sustainability
Small & Medium Sized Enterprises (SME) often tend to neglect the impact of their business & processes on the environment. Such companies, owing to their tight budgets, may tend to skimp on the requirements of Environmental Sustainability. While many others may only put in what is mandated by law. While the government & society has put in a lot of efforts to ensure that the companies in their regions actually turn conscious about environment & take imitative about caring for the same, has the company in your scope done the same? Often the policies about turning green are merely mentioned, albeit ...

Lean manufacturing is the logical format utilized to eliminate wastes when a manufacturing system is taking place. Lean considers all the wastes that are due to unevenness in workload and overburdening and eliminates them (Rosen). The primary aim of lean production is to come up with value adding products for consumers and at the same time reduce all the needed resources and expenditures (Ruffa). My major is in advanced manufacturing, which makes the lean topic relevant because the primary goal of doing the course is to come up with the most efficient production methods that will ensure there is ...

Introduction:

Operation management is an essential element of any organization. Every organization has to produce some products and services and therefore they have operation functions for the production of those services or products. Operation management of manufacturing sector differs from service. The automobile sector is a manufacturing sector in which production of the product (car) take place and all the activities that take place during the transformation process (from input to final product) come under the header of operation management.The automobile industry is amongst the biggest industries of Europe. The competition in this sector is exemplified by high market diffusion, fixed ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Organizations continually make changes with the aim of achieving operational excellence. Information systems are equally approached this way in order to achieve excellence. Information systems are used to achieve efficiency and increased production through managed information, data and processes. Currently information systems are used in placing of orders, tracking processes to the warehouse, labeling, shipping and delivery to the final user
Riordan manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer headquartered in San Jose. The company has production lines in Albany in Georgia, Pontiac in Michigan and Hangzhou in China. According to the infrastructural model and geographical location of the company, ...

Qualitative problem statement

Counterfeit goods in the market have caused a lot of havoc both on trader’s and manufactures of original goods. Production of these goods denies the producers of genuine goods to earn money from their goods: this is because counterfeit goods may come at lower prices than genuine goods. Consumers have had their fair share of the problems caused by the goods. Counterfeit goods do not last that long. Thus, due to the problems caused by counterfeit goods it is wise to do a research on it (Lin 2011).

The number of counterfeit goods on the market has increased in the 21st century

Since the year 1995 up to date, a sharp increase in the number ...

Abstract

Titanium metal is mainly used in the automotive industry due to its high-temperature resistance, high strength, resistance to wear and corrosion, and the unique properties of its alloys. Titanium applications in exhausts systems are the key attractive entry point of the metal into the automotive industry. The applications of titanium and its alloys in the automotive industry in making exhausts systems has been in existence for quite some years. Its application is supposedly limited to the first class road models and the racing cars because of its temperature capability and the cost.With the recent modification of titanium by alloying ...

1850-1890 Industrializing Canada

Thesis
Industrializing Canada led to economic developments in Canada. This era 1850- 1890 shows the second half of the 19th century. This period covers the effort of the young nation which consolidated its economy and created a very good foundation for the upcoming of other institutions that led to the great development that the Canadians are experiencing now in this 21st century.

Canadian economy relied on agriculture more in this era than ever before, the agricultural products which mainly included white and timber were exported, this development in agriculture led to development in the economy of Canada.

During this period the Canadian government decided to protect the domestic market through imposing heavy tariffs.

During this ...

Situation Overview

The company thrives in its manufacturing business by introducing apparels targeting the teen market. The company is currently focusing its efforts in distributing the products locally, but plans for global expansion is highly being considered. At first, the company is achieving reasonable sales, but as new competitor emerges, the female segment of the business’s market turns to the upscale store that offers similar styles, but at $10 cheaper. The challenge that the company is facing is to win back the declining share on one segment of the market. With the advent of the planned expansion and declining market ...

- Introduction
The proposed study shall examine the effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) after implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement in Mexico. The purpose of this paper is to establish the effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement, otherwise known as NAFTA on the foreign direct investments that Mexico has received as an effect of the implementation of the NAFTA. Mexico, along with the United States and Canada, has created a trilateral trade block that came into force on January 1, 1994. The goal of the NAFTA is to promote trade and investments between the ...

ABSTRACT

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and cloud computing are beneficial to organizations both profit based organization and non-profit organizations. However, there are challenges and risks that arise from ERP and cloud computing. This research will investigate the challenges, risks and the level associated with the adoption of cloud ERP systems. The research will aim at finding out the challenges and risks associated with the adoption of cloud ERP systems. The research questions will aim at addressing the challenges and risks as well as the level of the risks associated with adoption of cloud ERP systems. An exploratory and descriptive research ...

Background of the Research

The successful companies of the world have recognized the importance of quality improvement of their products and services for competitive advantage. They have also improved their financial performance by reducing their manufacturing and delivery costs as they have limited their manufacturing and supplying processes according to the market needs (Meredith & Mantel, 2011). In this way, companies have also reduced their production cost and they have reduced the selling prices of their products or services for the customers. The customer’s perception of improved quality is enhanced when the selling prices of products or services are reduced and the conformance ...

ABSTRACT

The fundamental goal of the research is to determine the advertising effectiveness and human behavior in the car industry. The study will aim sampling techniques that will provide a solution that can be used for car manufacturing domain. This will help to determine the future sales for instance I will be able to find the number of cars to be manufactured by a car manufacturing company. In conclusion Human behaviors and the level of effectiveness in the advertising of car industries have a great significance in development of the said sector. In order to register positive results, advertising of how effective the ...

Introduction

This study revolves on the entire complex process of supply chain management. Therefore, it would be important early on to establish how international supply chain regulating bodies define what supply chain management is. According to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, supply chain management is a framework comprised of all activities from planning down to the execution. Finding available and reasonable suppliers, the process of procuring, and basically everything and every process needed to manufacture and deliver a certain product to the market is technically considered a part of a supply chain. The advent of modern-day technologies has resulted into significant changes ...

Customers are now more demanding in terms of their requirements for goods and services. The change in customer preference has driven competition fiercely, forcing change in the market place that is now populated by products that have shorter life cycles and highly fluctuating levels of demand. The automotive industry is one of the major world industries that have benefited at the same time suffered from the pressure brought about by changing consumer preferences. Car manufacturers all over the world are required to enhance their quality and styling, increase their organizational efficiencies, provide innovative products and services in order to ...

Problem Statement

Japanese companies have enjoyed a high market share in the world market since 1980s. The products are preferred due to their high quality as compared to their competitors available in international markets. The main reason for high response of consumers is the use of advanced technologies that differentiate Japanese products from others. Unfortunately, the situation has become challenging in the last decade as Japanese companies are suffering low business activity due to the decreasing demand for Japanese products in the global market. There are numerous factors and reasons for this sudden and continuous decline in the market share (Fukao, ...

Starbucks is a United States based coffee manufacturing company that has been in existence since 1971, and has various branches in the country, but due to the continuous technological advantages, the firm has been forced to improve the quality of its softwares. The present learning management system for the firm that has been in use for the purposes of generating reports, documenting, and e-learning appears to be out of date because of the increasing size of the firm. Therefore, the management has been forced to contemplate on two options, which include upgrading the existing learning management system or adopting ...

Appropriate Team to support Intrapreneurship Plan

The best team that I consider most appropriate for intrapreneurship idea must possess various qualities. Firstly, every member of the team needs to be committed to pursuing the goals of the plan. A good team is the one that works very hard towards the attainment of the plans. It is worth noting that such a team needs to have a motivation drive that encourages them to work hard for success (Lewis, 1998).
Additionally, the team members need to be cooperative in all the activities. Each member of the team should be willing and ready to work with all the ...

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

INTRODUCTION
The aim of this project is to conduct a country based comparative analysis and suggest a country for a real company for foreign direct investment. For the attainment of this objective, it is essential to decide on a specific industry, firm in that particular industry and then the country. Therefore, the industry that has been selected for the report is food and beverage industry; selected company is Coca-Cola Company, which is an American multinational company headquartered in the Georgia, the United States and the country that has been selected for the consideration of foreign direct investment (FDI) is ...

1. Topic

Total Quality Management (TQM) in auditing firm

2. Background and Overview
2.1 Background
The audit process also needs planning and communicating and controlling. The head auditor or the auditing firm must such plans and be able to communicate that assures the effectiveness of total quality management. There has been a significant change in the concepts of management in past few decades. This change in concept has given the raise to a new set of questions associated with them. That is, with the big horizon of understanding, the terms of different sciences can be applicable in other fields. With this thought in mind, let the ...

Introduction

Research method in any research is intended to provide detailed information on how the investigation of the research questions was conducted in order to realize the research objectives of the study. Research method includes data gathering techniques, data instrumentation, data compilation, and data analysis among other facets that will guarantee collection of relevant, objective and accurate facts by the researchers. There are two broad categories of research methods; qualitative and quantitative research methods. This paper seeks to contrast research methods in institutional studies that used the two techniques.To this end, this study analysed two studies; Development and The Bottom ...

INTRODUCTION
1.1
Energy Infrastructure Capacity Expansion: The Global Scale
Expansion of energy emission capability can be required at any point of time for an infrastructure and therefore it is important to ensure that with rising demand, there is a smooth and accurate transition to expand the delivery of energy with minimum changes in current processes. Now-a-days due to various reasons like demand rise or productivity development various technological option are being tested to expand the infrastructural capacity of energy delivered. Due to the various efforts at a global level there have been several new techniques that have come ...

Abstract 3

Introduction 3
Review of Literature 3
Research Methodology 6
Rationale 6
Objectives 7
Research Question 7
Theories: Resource Based Theory 7
Research Design 7
Procedure 7
Data Collection 8
Data Analysis 8
Reliability 8
Ethical Issues 9
Discussion 9
Conclusion 9

References 10

Abstract
Information technology is a tool that has been used by many firms across the nation to bring success in their business premises. However, some organizations still operate in isolation from IT even in the modern era of advanced IT. This study aims to examine why some companies still isolate their operations from IT. Irregardless of the various ...

Status of the document.

This document is a project proposal for the development of starch-based hemostatic products.
Acknowledgement.
Much thanks to the project supervisor who offered guidance in every step of the development of this proposal.
Developing starch based hemostatic products
Project summary.
Purpose: This proposal is envisioned to develop a hemostatic agent from purified plant starch. In this case, the product of the reaction should be developed by the formation of microporous hemosphere particles after etherification, esterification and crosslinking of glucose molecules to form ethyl propanetriol (glycerol-ether links (1-3 deoxy propanol)). The second intention of this study is to investigate the properties ...

Introduction

Placing eco-labels on the consumer products is thought to have immense positive effects on the consumer behavior. In particular, some studies strongly suggest that when the consumers become aware about the product origins and the method used in merchandising, their consumer choices become more ecologically and environmentally friendly. The purpose of the future is to investigate whether these assumptions are validated, or they are merely the results of unfounded marketing speculations.

Background

There is a strong opinion among the marketing professionals that the importance of eco-labelling is gradually, but steadily growing. Thus, several studies confirmed the assumption that traditional methods ...

Formalization

American Apparel Company and the subsidiaries are engaged to the highest business standard in their relationship with one another, and the consumers, stakeholders, coworkers, suppliers, and employees. This intends that the company conducts their business according to all the applicable regulations as well as the laws and according to the highest standards of conducting business (Bair & Gereffi, 2003). The organization's business code of conduct assists them through ensuring statements of principles as well as key policies and procedures that ensure governing the conduct of their business. Apart from the ethical guidelines that accompany the codes of conducting business, there ...

Executive Summary

The paper is commissioned to evaluate the existing outsourcing industry in India and how well the existing environment in the nation favors the outsourcing needs of US Federal Government relating to Student Loan and Insurance Claim services.
The Indian Government, which has been recently elected on full majority and has ended the long trend of coalition affair, has been launching multiple initiatives to promote the outsourcing industry through programs such as ‘Make in India’. Moreover, according to the reports released by FICCI and World Bank the political governance in the nation is now favoring business establishments.
Indian outsourcing industry ...

Background:

Financial liberalization has been growing as a hot debate in many economies. While many, argue that the liberalization of the economy is a stepping-stone for achieving economic prosperity, others have concerns regarding threats to protectionism and the growth prospects of domestic industries. The Chinese economy, in particular, has to look at financial liberalization from various dimensions, because of two reasons. The first is that it has a socialist economy, while there are growing advocates of open markets and second, because of the growth potential that the country has shown, by emerging as a possible economic superpower.
There is the apt availability of ...

Globalization and Inequality

- Justification for the topic
Globalization and inequality is a significant topic among the international community because inequality is brought by injustice, unequal opportunity and privilege. Some of these negative elements of globalization bring about deterioration in a county’s economy. When a country has slow economic growth because of inefficient government, poverty crawls into the country making people’s standards of living lower. According to the economic theory, it blames the social institutions such as the government for the inequality for the society. For example, lack of proper distribution of income and resources, the lower working class do not have a ...

Introduction

The United States is experiencing great challenges concerning the food industry. The essay will put more emphasis on the slaughter houses. In the United States, there are around ten billions of animals slaughtered every year in 5,700 slaughter houses and processing plants and employs around 527,000workers. This includes approximately 1,100 federally inspected slaughter houses. Most are where the slaughter and processing facilities, where the animals are killed and processed i.e. cut up, skinned, boned, salted and canned. The major animals slaughtered are classified into two namely:
- Livestock’s, which includes cow, pig, sheep, and ...

Abstract

This paper examines the strategic influence of on the business strategic decision-making process. The proposed research will study a multinational company in the manufacturing industry for a period of 24 months. Action research (AR) will be used to make inquiries into the selected company and make conclusions based on the comparison previous results and recorded performance after the implementation of an integrated bottom to top analytic-strategic decision making model.

Introduction

Knowledge is power and the digital age has created an unprecedented quantity of data for conversion to knowledge. Digital data grows tenfold every five years yet a majority of business executives is still ...

Situation analysis -

ExxonMobil is an oil manufacturing company long suspected of engaging in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” activities that are widely suspected as contributing to the pollution of underground water supplies in many communities. A group from our local community formed two years ago to act as a kind of unofficial watchdog committee, comprised of concerned citizens from various walks of life and professional backgrounds. Periodic checks of the local water supply have failed to prove that the local water is unsafe, with levels of pollutants found to be well within accepted parameters as established by state government agencies and the Environmental ...

Managerial Accounting Analyses of Continental Tire AG

The purpose of the current paper is to identify the level of financial performance of Continental AG and compare it to its competitors – Michelin and Goodyear companies. The research question is whether Continental AG financial performance better than competitors’ performance. Based on the financial ratios analyses the current research directed to analyze whether Continental AG and its competitors run the same risks. An analysis of the sets of the following financial ratios was used: liquidity, leverage, profitability, management ratios. Also, the paper contains recommendations on improvement of Continental AG financial performance based on the analyses of financial risks the ...

Summary

The paper is devoted to the analysis of financial ratios of Continental Tire AG and its two competitors in the world market – Michelin and Goodyear. Full ratio analyses include Liquidity, Leverage, Profitability, and Management Ratios analyses which will be represented in this research proposal. Companies’ balance sheets and income statements as of 2011 will be analyzed for the purposes of this paper.
Input data for analyses of the three companies is included in Appendix 1, full ratio analyses is in Appendix 2. The first group of the ratios belongs to the liquidity financial analysis. There were three ratios ( ...

Plan to incorporate Nesting Strategies for Riordan

Active Directory (AD) refers to as directory service that is created by Microsoft for windows-based domain networks. AD acts as a central focal point of administration of network and security and is accountable for authorization and authentication mechanisms within Windows domain network. It also assigns and enforces security guidelines for all computing nodes in the network, and installs and updates software on computers in the network.
Nesting is a useful ability that has been used to classify users into groups with permissions and rights. For instance, you have a resource called MYRESOURCE and you want to be accessed by all full-time ...