Essays on Quality Control

Our company has recently started exploring the market. The progressive and innovative decision the company has taken led to a number of positive outcomes: stable customers and stable financial state of affairs. Importantly, the small remote surveillance cameras – the main item we produce – became the matter of interest of the governmental agencies. Through a clear and public procedure, the company has managed to win a contract to provide the governmental bodies with the surveillance items. Prior to the establishment of the comprehensive cooperation between our company and the governmental agencies, we are required to properly fulfill the needs in ...

When it comes to Human Resource Management, things tend to get a tad bit trickier considering how the HR department’s entire job is to maintain the upkeep of the people to ensure the upkeep of the facility. That being said, there are a few factors the HR department needs to consider before they can perfectly say that have done the best HR planning for the sports complex. For starters they need to make sure there are enough people doing the work and the maintenance of the facility is going as planned. Secondly, they need to make sure that ...

There was a time when nurses were not included in malpractice and negligence lawsuits, but that is no longer true. Today, nurses are included with doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers and agencies when the outcomes of patient treatments are undesirable. When a nurse is accused of failure to competently perform her or her responsibilities to the patient and employer, the result may be as serious as the death of the patient. For this reason, focus has centered on the types, incidences, and ways to prevent actions that cause patients harm and may result in expensive and license-threatening litigation ...

Human Resource Management

When it comes to Human Resource Management, things tend to get a tad bit trickier considering how the HR department’s entire job is to maintain the upkeep of the people to ensure the upkeep of the facility is being done. That being said, there are a few factors the HR department needs to consider before they can perfectly say that have done the best HR planning for the sports complex. For starters they need to make sure there are enough people doing the work and the maintenance of the facility is going as planned. Secondly, they need to ...

The Greek islands have many opportunities for travelers, and it has become one of the most sought-after vacation spots in the world. These islands are historic for their beauty, with many worldwide travelers coming here for centuries for what th”ey believe to be healing properties. Recent visitors may or may not believe in healing waters or sun powers, but they are interested in a chance to be spoiled, get away, and enjoy the island’s vast natural offerings, as well as the luxuries of the sister islands and the ocean. Mykonos, part of the Cyclades island chain, is ...

Abstract

The Madoff Securities scandal was one of the biggest Ponzi schemes to hit America. This essay would examine the Madoff scandal from an audit perspective since it was the complacency (or collusion) of the auditors that encouraged the perpetrator of this scam. While the scam that was pulled by Bernie Madoff, was both large and difficult to spot, its detection also helped expose a crucial flaw that existed in corporate America at the time. This was the lack of regulatory oversight in the Securities business. While one could lay the blame for this scandal on the Regulator, another important ...

The opinions of the customer are the basis for the best of the Company’s policies in the present day and age. This is the reason why many of the company’s policies don’t do so well; they do not really listen to what the customer is trying to say. There are two basic mistakes that moat skilled of the business persons make when giving regard to the opinions of their customers. Firstly, they just do not gather enough data to really understand what the customer requires from them, and secondly, they misinterpret the point that the consumer ...

Superintendency

Being a superintendent is one of the most responsible and important occupations. They are responsible for providing on-time coordination of construction projects, including all phases and all parties. It includes subcontractors, supply of materials and equipment as well as some other specifications of the process. The superintendent is also responsible for following the requirements and details of all projects, and processing the work on time according to schedule. Therefore, the main areas where superintendent takes actions are quality control, job site safety, scheduling and inspections. One may find the term of ‘superintendent’ a little bit obscuring. However, it means ...

Operations management contributes to organizational efficiency through the streamlining of its goals and objectives. The proprietors of profit making venture establish businesses in the hope of maximizing revenue. However, the organization can only realize returns if there is proper structure. Many ventures are created with goals and objectives that are stated through company vision and mission. In operations management, the executive utilizes the tenets of the OM in administrative and management areas which include planning, coordination, staffing and direction to realize efficiency. OM enables the organization to establish long-term strategy what in most instances is referred to as strategic ...

Introduction

Causes of Slow TAT Interviewing some of the students who have worked in medical laboratories as interns provided some insight into the reasons of slow TATs. One reason that appeared to be common was errors arising from other departments. Sometimes, clerical errors such as incorrect labeling of specimens lead to wrong tests being done on patients. Other times nurses bring specimens from an unacceptable source for ordered tests and drop them off in the laboratory without letting the staff know. Correcting such a mistake requires the nurse to return to the laboratory and fill out a form which results ...

Central Issue:

The question to be answered is how Mattel should respond from a strategic standpoint in light of a product recall that involved unsafe toys that were made in China. While the use of offshoring of labor is pervasive in the industry that Mattel works in, there are indeed other options and having “tainted” toys and other products that are used primarily, if not solely, by children is a huge problem for Mattel from a reputation and liability standpoint.

Recommended Course of Action:

Mattel is in a precarious position in that having the toys made in the United States or in other fully developed ...

Purpose

The installation of security equipment is meant to support the company staff and administrative departments as they move towards the use of information technology in the security domain. To accomplish the successful application of the technology, there is a need for the application of technical expertise, consultations, and training programs (Ali & Murthy, 2010). The staff team has a responsibility of providing information that will support the strategic planning of the client firm. There is thus a need to consider a plan that will provide data and analysis to be used for planning and assist in decision-making, coordination of the ...

Executive Summary

Eldredge, Inc. is a major provider of by-product management services with the specific goal of performing these services in a responsible and environmentally conscious manner. With Eldredge’s multi-disciplined professional staff, field technicians and logistics specialists, Eldredge offers a complete spectrum of environmental services. Eldredge Inc. is headquartered in West Chester, PA and it provides services in the industrial, refinery, commercial, government, and utility markets. Eldredge, Inc. operates four main business units including: 1) Waste Transportation 2) Industrial Field Services 3) By-Product & Waste sourcing 4) Oil Reclamation & Water Treatment Eldredge’s facility is permitted to handle an array of ...

Change Control Process

Any member of the team can submit a request for change to the manager in a project (Paton & McCalman, 2008). After the necessity for change, which is based on the approved baseline is pinpointed, the request form defines the dimensions of that change. During the process, a team member fills the requests in the first section of the form and takes it to the manager, who reviews it. He or she will need to record the change request in a change control log and later give a number to the change request for identification.

A sample of a request form for change

General information Request Number: ______________________________Date: ...

Concern for quality clinical and healthcare services has risen over the past few years. People want value for their money. They want to be treated courteously, they want to use the best equipment their reimbursements can afford them and above all they want to be guaranteed of their health. However, as the healthcare industry is shifting to adopt more tech-savvy methods of delivering its services, who will be responsible for overseeing the level of quality of health services? Should hospitals and other healthcare facilities have separate quality control department or should the efforts of quality control be integrated into ...

Martin Health System is a healthcare center founded by three medical practitioners, namely Van William Burns, Walter F. Davey, and Julian D. Parker in 1939, in Stuart, Florida. It was originally based on the principle that all patients should have access to medical care and treatment irrespective of their racial or financial background. Originally, it consisted of a facility that had twenty-three bed, ten workers, and three physicians, which has now expanded into one MediCenter, three hospitals, a free-standing Emergency Center, as well as, many outpatient clinics. It is a non-profit community based healthcare organization that provides preventive and ...

Introduction

Blood behavior conforms to specific scientific principles and therefore, professionals trained to perform bloodstain pattern analysis can analyze the blood evidence in a crime scene and come up with conclusions as to how the blood shedding happened. The stains may appear to have a random distribution in a crime scene, but the analysts can study the spatter patterns, transfers, and other marks. From the physical evidence, the investigators recognize and interpret the patterns to determine how they were created. These marks are then categorized to recreate the sequence of events that occurred following the bloodshed. Blood stain pattern analysis, ...

Productivity and quality are some of the most important concepts in every organisation. For an organisation to be successful, it should be able to produce high quality goods and services at the lowest cost possible. Both quality and productivity have the potential to raise the level of a given organisation to international standards. Several factors are associated with both quality and productivity. It is essential for the organisation to employ certain tools that would enable it to produce high quality goods with the potential of fetching high prices with low production costs. The tools used for measuring quality as ...

The critical care units of hospitals treat frequently treat patients by administering oxygen via the insertion of tubes into tracheostomies, the nose, or the mouth; nosocomial infections may result, leading to ventilator-associated pneumonia, or VAP (CDC.gov, 2015). The infection is not generally associated with non-sterile techniques during insertion, but rather from tube contamination. The nosocomial infection is most often diagnosed in intensive care departments and research has been directed toward identifying methods of oral care as a means of prevention. Comparisons of the effectiveness of sodium bicarbonate swabs with that of chlorhexidine swabs have been made and the hospital ...

Quality control - is one of the main functions in the quality control process. The value of monitoring is that it allows to detect errors in time, to correct them quickly with minimal losses. Actually, Quality control is carried out by comparing planned quality indicator with actual quality indicator. Quality control lies in checking the quality by detecting deviations from the planned values. In the case of such a deviation it is necessary to find the cause of its appearance, and after adjusting the process to verify again a compliance of adjusted quality indicators with planned quality indicators. Frequent ...

Introduction

Throughout this discussion, we will analyze the core concepts of the Six Sigma, including its history, how it could be incorporated into an organization’s process improvement system to have a reduction in its product defects, aspects within an DMA/C process, and the overall importance of implementing the essentialness of Six Sigma as an initiative for quality control.

History

The Six Sigma process is considered to be a type of development which strives to offer consistent improvements and offer newer solutions from earlier initiatives or efforts. Although some of the methods, such as data driven decision making, business results focus, ...

Commercializing Biotechnology in Early-Stage Ventures.

Introduction: Ajinomoto Althea, Inc. is a drug manufacturing and contract development organization that provides clinical drug manufacturing and process development services to various global pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms. The company claims to be capable of fully supporting early stages clinical requirements via commercial manufacturing.

History and Background Information:

Althea Inc. was founded in 1998 by Francois Ferre, Ph.D. and Magda Marquet, Ph.D. and its first products were gene quantification assays and plasmids kits. The company delved into manufacturing microbial biologics in 2000, and by 2003, the company was now offering finish and fill manufacturing services to meet client demands. In 2008, due to ...

The Financial Accounting and Standard Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) apply to the AT&T Mobility because both are proposing changes in global accounting. Moreover, their rule provides more incentives for companies particularly in changing the terms of the contract in corporations to speed up revenues to achieve quarterly targets. Additionally, the treatment of revenues in AT&T Mobility, the proposal for the changes, may drive the inconsistent allocation of income in particular between its products and payable resources as well as the separation of hosting arrangements. Consequently, AT&T have changed its GAAP accounting to redefine the ...

The article on The Air Plane Game is very enlightening and makes it easier to understand the different aspects of lean manufacturing and lean accounting that would otherwise be challenging to understand. The game was an interesting one even for students who had no knowledge of the lean processes. After going through the game, the understanding of the lean processes become practical and a student is able to point out the various challenges that are encountered in the manufacturing process and how they can be overcome by both the participants and the management. In this case the management was ...

Definitions

Statistics Canada (2013) defined the term data as “facts or figures from which conclusions can be drawn”. Thus, facts or figures that can support any conclusion cannot be considered a data. Meanwhile, information is “data that have been recorded, classified, organized, related, or interpreted within a frame so that meaning emerges” (Statistics Canada, 2013). Thus, an unorganized or an uninterpreted data are purely data and cannot be considered as information. When meaning or conclusion is derived, only then can data is transformed into an information. Both data and information occur in various forms, oftentimes in a numerical form. In ...

Integrated Management Systems

Integrated Management Systems

Introduction

Management systems involve the utilization of designed procedure in stirring a corporation to achieve the set goals. This paper discusses the attributes of a safety manager, identifies their PDCA components and the means to achieve excellence in those skills.

Innovation skills

Innovativeness is the backbone of every successful enterprise, and all safety managers should be innovative. They should have the ability to innovate ideas, set objectives and targets on how to achieve them (Pardy, 2009). The innovations should be in line with the legal structures of the particular country/state. The manager should identify the risks and impacts of ...

Introduction

Definition of Managerial Accounting Businesses must implement effective decisions at varying phases of growth through management accounting for a chance of a future. According to an article on the Harvard business Review, businesses mainly go through two main phases of growth: the start-up phase or the mature phase. According to Churchill and Lewis, each of these phases demand and rely on differing strategies that fulfill a need and/or takes the business to the next phase. The techniques used or applied to haul business through these phases are referred to as managerial accounting techniques. The parties responsible for reinforcing managerial ...

Application of Set in Order

The 5S has been useful for the industrial process in a bid to minimize time wastage as well as enhance efficiency in the workplace. In the industrial process, Set in Order is often used to help employees establish where every necessary staff is located to limit time wastage (Ward & Sobek II, 2014). It is important for the employee to get the things they need right away. However, when the tools are returned, they should often be on the place so that others can also find them when needed. The step asserts that everything should be set in a place ...

Introduction

Skechers is a high performance and lifestyle footwear company located in Manhattan Beach, California, which was founded in 1992 by current CEO Robert Greenberg and his son Michael. It was first incorporated in 1992 in California and then reincorporated in Delaware in 1999 while keeping its headquarters in California (Skechers, 2016b). As of fiscal year 2015, it owned and operated in the United States 119 concept stores, 155 factory outlet stores, and 117 warehouse outlet stores. Internationally, it also owned and operated 82 concept stores, 41 factory outlet stores, and five warehouse outlet stores. It has more than 1340 ...

Material Extraction of Dry Battery AA:

A typical alkaline dry AA cell comprises a cylindrical external case, cathode, anode, and electrolyte and separators. The external casing is made from nickel-plated steel and is lined with a separator to divide the anode and cathode. The separator is made of either a porous synthetic material or layered paper. On one end, the battery canister is sealed with an epoxy or asphalt sealant underlying a steel plate and at the other end with a brass rod driven through the cylinder. The rod is welded to a metallic end cap and passed via an outer plastic seal. Inside the ...

Business Perspectives

Business Perspectives

Management Summary

La Brea Pharmacy is managed by one owner. This owner will provide funding from his own savings: cover the start-up expenses and provide the financial ground for the first six months of facility’s operation. The company plans to start as a single outlet and later expand the business by opening new outlets in other areas. Highly qualified employees willsupport the prosperity of the company.

La Brea Pharmacy is a sole proprietorship.At first, the owner will have full control of the business management. Financing business through personal savings will make a powerful incentive for its quick promotion. ...

Business case scenario analysis

Abstract The successful enterprise Three Guys Garage is facing challenges for expansion, succession planning, and the use of innovation in their services. Growing the brand can result to the loss of operational and service quality control while not doing so will limit TGG’s sustainability in the future. Growing the brand also provides enormous opportunities for their apparent successors to gain experience in running a large enterprise. Franchising the TGG brand provides at least three advantages in the expansion and planning fronts: easy access to better managerial talents; easy access to expansion capital; and significantly minimized risk exposure. However, ...

Introduction:

Outsourcing is a cost saving practice in which one company provides different goods and services to another company. It is used by different companies to transfer some portions of work to outside suppliers instead of completing it internally. It describes the strategic use of outside resources to perform organization's internal activities. It help the companies to get more skills and expertise from outside suppliers. Outsourcing is an act of acquiring products or services from an outside company that is known as vendor or supplier. The history of outsourcing is embedded with a history of the growth of modern technology ...

Abstract

Color and texture are important attributes related to vegetable quality. The objective of this study was to determine the changes in quality characteristics, caused by cooking time, and pH (alkali and acid addition) in some vegetables. Four different vegetables — carrots, spinach, red cabbage and cauliflower — were analyzed for changes in color and texture associated to time of boiling, the effect of alkali (baking soda), and the effect of acid (vinegar and cream of tartar). Samples of each vegetable were prepared and treated for five minutes. Color change was measured visually and using the L*a*b* technique. Color and ...

Abstract

The automotive industry is one of the industries that has been characterized by intense rivalry. Companies invest a lot of resources to come up with innovative solutions that give them an edge over their rivals. Customer satisfaction is the main target for every company since evidence suggest that increased customer satisfaction contributes to enhanced customer loyalty. One of the areas of focus has been quality control. Quality control in the automotive industry has been improving over time. Besides increasing customer satisfaction, quality controls have been employed in the automotive industry to achieve other goals such as cutting costs, meeting ...

Introduction

The business planning and formulating is not as easy and simple as it seems just like to run operations and deal with staff. To start a new business, it is very important to understand the nature and role of entrepreneurship. Many entrepreneurs have succeeded, and many have failed in the past, it means that there is something exist that can differentiate the successful and failure entrepreneurs. Before conducting a plan for the new business of wedding planner services, it is needed to understand the needs, challenges and risks in the development of new business and how these challenges and ...

Introduction

Quality management (TQM) refers to an integrated approach developed to improve the quality at every level of the organization. It is a systematic quality improvement tool to achieve the purpose of performance improvement in terms of quality, productivity, customer satisfaction and profitability. It focuses on the continuous process improvement in the organizations to offer high customer value and meet needs of the customer. Four main factors are linked to the TQM strategy, such as customer satisfaction, employee involvement, managerial leadership and process improvement and control. The organizations that give preference to quality are needed to identify customers, their needs ...

Overview of Geographic, Cultural, Political, Economic, and Legal Risks/Benefits:

Lululemon is one of the premier workout wear companies in the world. What makes Lululemon so sensational is that they are a luxury brand that is truly bright colored and high quality. So far, Lululemon has made many successful attempts as they opened luxurious storefronts all over the globe. Given that Lululemon is a Canadian company, it is quite surprising that they have been so successful within other markets than their home market. In fact, Lululemon has been quite successful in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia, (Lululemon History, 2016). This year, Lululemon is planning on expanding their ...

Which concepts covered in the textbook and Power Points were important to understand for the simulation, and why?

I played the role of a reseller in the Simulation. The first step of the simulation was to set up 12 international sales offices and/or regional web-centres for e-Commerce. This required me to understand the process for conducting Facility Location Analysis as detailed in the textbook, which is a part of Logistics Network Design. A site location would affect the time and place relationships between facilities, markets, or between supply points. It could also impact the transportation costs, service, and inventory requirements . The Power Points talked about the specialized functions that are needed for both the resellers and the ...

Abstract

Total quality management is an approach steeped in scientific management. It involves an attempt to cut down on defects and meet what consumers require of a firm. TQM is based on the formulation of a system to monitor and control affairs and set and meet quality targets through a generalist framework. This is done through several approaches and systems including Six Sigma, Toyota Production System and ISO-9001. This paper focuses on ISO-9001. It is an accreditation system that is utilized by registering with a global monitoring system that is applied over an extended period of usually 6 months. ISO-9001 ...

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Introduction Job planning is an essential factor for the success of an organization in the competitive business environment. It is important to design a compensation plan that will help to motivate an employee toward his job to improve the productivity of the organization. The compensation package is the necessary element for the success of human resource management. It helps in appraising the performance of the employees and keeps them happy with their job. The paper has been developed to understand the job of a Human Resources Representative for the PenFed Credit Union and prepare a job description for the ...

Abstract:

Many multinational enterprises (MNEs) are under pressure to offer more value to their consumers, as well as, make profits while facing steep competition. The cost of operations and productions of any organization directly determines the organization’s success. Offshoring or moving headquarters overseas allows organizations to move its business operations and functions to a different country (DiMattia, 2004). Many major MNE are often underutilized even though they have incredible knowledge resources. The main reason is that often the knowledge required within one part of the organization exists within that organization but the access to that information by those who ...

In the contemporary business practices, quality management methods and tools are widely used to enhance the productivity and quality of the organizational processes, operations, products, and services. Quality management is a comprehensive framework that works parallel to the organization involving all units, stakeholders, departments, and operations, enabling it to grow consistently. Quality assurance and quality controls are the two major complement of a quality management system that comes with quality planning and quality improvement. This paper elucidates the significance of quality assurance and quality control in the modern business arena. Considering the example of Air Mauritius, the paper elucidates ...

Question One: List and elaborate some strategic issues facing Coach Inc.? (One small paragraph listing top 5 strategic issues for Coach)

Coach faces challenges common to companies experiencing a growth "stand-off" as she expands globally. This stand-off is informed by specific and generic factors in luxury goods industry. Notably, Coach faces strategic challenges in 2012 in five areas: (1) market maturity, (2) value differentiation, (3) growth pattern, (4) counter-competition strategy and (5) market research in emerging markets. For market maturity, Coach has reached a point of market maturity beyond which more aggressive product innovation and marketing activities are required in order to offer a boost for growth. For, value differentiation, Coach has historically relied on pricing as a major driver ...

CONTENTS 1. Introduction 3 2. The Contexts of Quality Systems 4 2.1. The Customers Gratification Perspective 5 2.2. The Ethical Perspective 5 2.3. The Legal Perspective 6 3. The Methods and Tools of Quality Control Process 7 3.1. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) 8 3.2. Cause and Effect Analysis (Fishbone Analysis) 9 3.3. DMAIC 10 4. Conclusion – The Impact of Quality Control and Assurance Management 11

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Introduction Quality control and assurance have evolved from essential competitive solutions to the foundational elements of effective business performance (Automotive Action Industry Group, 2008). Because of the unstoppable technological advent, the manufacturing ...

Abstract

Color and texture are important attributes related to vegetable quality. The objective of this study was to determine the changes in quality characteristics, caused by cooking time, and pH (alkali and acid addition) in some vegetables. Four different vegetables — carrots, spinach, red cabbage and cauliflower — were analyzed for changes in color and texture associated to time of boiling, the effect of alkali (baking soda), and the effect of acid (vinegar and cream of tartar). Samples of each vegetable were prepared and treated for five minutes. Color change was measured visually and using the L*a*b* technique. Color and ...

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 ...

The success of an operation is greatly influenced by several key design factors such as, but not limited to, the design of the goods or services, quality systems, and process strategy. To remain competitive in a marketplace a company must first ensure their product or service is designed under an excellent product strategy or it can be devastating to a firm (pg 156 a. lib.). After a product or service is defined and selected, a firm can then determine the process strategies that will be utilized to produce the goods or services for consumption. In our case study Rochester ...

Video Case 13: Washburn Guitars: Demand, Pricing, and Costing

Question 1

For a first-time buyer of the guitars, similar to many other products, the price will play a crucial role in determining the demand. Economic theory project that when the price is high, the demands tends to be low (Barnes, 2008). However, it is worth noting that price is relative to the level of income. If for example, the guitar cost $ 500; to a person earning $ 100,000, this would not be an expensive item. On the other hand, to a person earning $ 10,000, the guitar’s price is relatively high. Second, in the music age of ...

Human Resource management Training Proposal

Every Organization has a typical work culture and processes that may be unique. Any new comer to the industry needs to be trained to adjust with the organizational culture and processes. Training the new employees is a key function of the Human Resource Management apart from Human Resource Planning, Recruiting, selecting and hiring of employees. The HR manager decides on the basis of Organizational strategies the number of personnel that is to be recruited in each functional area and the positions that need staffing. This function of assessing the requirement of personnel at various positions in different stages and ...

Executive Summary

Mission Statement Situation Analysis General Electric (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate corporation founded by Thomas A. Edison in 1878 and is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut. It serves diverse industries such as aviation, consumer electronics, electrical distribution, energy, finance, and healthcare, among others. The company has operations in major markets in more than 100 countries across the world (www.ge.com). In 2015, GE ranked among the Fortune 500 as the 8th-largest firm in the U.S. by gross revenue, and the 21st most profitable company (www.fortune.com & forbes.com, 2015). As of 2016 the company was listed the ninth-largest in the world among ...

Introduction

Contemporary market is, no doubt, based on competition between different entities, which have to rely, in order to win the consumer, on innovation and self-improvement. ‘Global competition requires that our attitudes and values toward work be dynamic, engaging, and collaborative’ (Stamatis 1996). The mentioned improvement goal can be also described as the raise of quality, and the following three issues, which derive from ISO 9000, are thought to be necessary to consider, if such target has been set: ‘to establish important goals and objectives, formulate actions via policies, programs and procedures to achieve the goals, understand the source of ...

GRAV-D is NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS ambitious program to re-define the vertical datum of the United States by the year 2021. GRAV-D is composed of two major campaigns, which includes; a high-resolution snapshot of gravity in the United States and a low-resolution movie of gravity changes (“GRAV-D: Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum”). The gravity-based vertical datum will be accurate at the 2 cm level where possible. The proposal is included in the NGS 10 year plan. GRAV_D is an ongoing project and is collecting gravity data across the United States and its holdings ( ...

Issues in Management: Critical Thinking Workplace Dispute Analysis

Issues in Management: Critical Thinking Workplace Dispute Analysis

Introduction

Cogent, critical thinking in role-playing skills assist managers in maintaining salubrious workplace conditions. This exercise assesses an application to the problem of Lauren’s case study in figuring out what happened, and remedy a dispute arising in the office. The framework for arriving at a decision rests upon four key steps, which include the following: (a) identify, (b) gather/analyze, (c) consider options, and (d) develop well-reasoned ideas. Besides the buzzword of ‘sustainability,’ perhaps the most often discussed business topics revolve around issues of ethics and communications – which often arise in the ...

Introduction to the Product

Takata is an airbag manufacturing company. It manufactures and supplies airbags for all kinds of vehicles. The company is a B2B concern and deals with the small and big corporations in the automobile sector. The products of the company protect the people riding all types of vehicles from injuries and loss during road accidents. The business is top ranked among the companies spending on innovative systems and research and development in Japan. The operations are not confined to Japan only. It is a multinational concern now supplying the air bags systems to the other countries of the world. The ...

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<Course Number and Name> <Names> 1. Executive Summary 4 2. Introduction 4 2.1 Description of Project 4 2.2 High-level Product Characteristics 4 2.3 Project Purpose or Justification 4 2.4 Objectives 4 2.4.1 Primary Business Objectives 5 2.4.2 Project Objectives 5 2.4.3 Benefits 5 2.5 Project Success Criteria 6 2.6 High Level Requirements 6 3. Change Management 6 4. SCOPEDescription 6 5. Schedule and Budget Summary 6 5.1 Work Breakdown Structure 7 5.2 Summary Milestone Schedule 7 5.3 Project Boundaries 8 5.3.1 Inclusions 8 5.3.2 Exclusions 8 5.4 Assumptions 8 5.5 Constraints 9 5.5.1 Solution ...

Engineers are paramount and respected professionals in the society; hence, they are expected to uphold high standards of ethics at all times. Tim realized that they could not meet the deadline because of the failure of one machine. Out of the three options, the third option would be the best to apply to this scenario. One of the Engineering codes of ethics requires the engineer to be faithful and honest to the client (National Society of Professional Engineers 1). The next preferable option for Tim would be discussing the issue with Parker Products to see whether they can either ...

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Introduction

Quality control program for computed tomography (CT) scan is defined as a process or system that is designed to ensure that the performance of the scanner is still within the set standard (Seeram, 2015, p.432). This is accomplished using quality control tests. The result of a specific QC test for a given CT scanner is compared with other brands of CT scanners in the market. The purpose of quality control testing for CT scans is to ensure that every image produced by the machine is of good quality—clear, and readable, while still ensuring the lowest dose ...

Briefing Note on Information Sharing

Issue: Counterterrorism Information Sharing Role of Information Sharing Since 9/11 The importance of sharing intelligence information related to terrorism among the various law enforcement agencies and the federal security machinery cannot be overemphasized. There various roles that information sharing plays in detecting and preventing terrorism activities. Firstly, terrorist attacks take place in a community setting. It is the duty of local, state and community based responders as well law enforcement officials to initiate the first response team. Information sharing is necessary ensure timely response. Timely response is essential in mitigating the impact and reducing the number of causalities from ...

Introduction

Conducting an internal and external analysis of a company is very important to properly plan and execute medium and long-term strategies. Internal and external factors analysis help determine a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, strength which are useful in identifying strategies. This paper will analyze the internal and external factors of Domino’s Pizza, one of the leading providers of pizzas in the world. It discusses the pizza industry, the competitive environment, and the sound strategies for Domino’s Pizza. The report used extensive desk researches, qualitative, and qualitative analysis. The premise is that Domino’s Pizza may be ...