Introduction to 3M 3M is a $31 billion diversified science-based technology company with a global presence and the following business groups: Consumer‚ Electronics and Energy‚ Health Care‚ Industrial‚ and Safety and Graphics. These five business segments bring together combinations of 3M’s 46 unique technology platforms to produce various products‚ driving innovation and providing for efficient sharing of business resources. With operations in more than 70 countries — and 55‚000 products sold across
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ABSTRACT Title of Thesis: FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICAITONS THROUGH A FOREST CANOPY Clinton Lee Edwards‚ Master of Science‚ 2004 Thesis Directed By: Professor Christopher C. Davis‚ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering This paper models the effects of the leaves of mature broadleaf trees on air-to-ground free-space optical (FSO) communication systems operating through the leaf canopy. Ecological radiation transfer models are considered and the concept of Leaf Area Index
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3M Introduction to Business Profile An ever-growing‚ innovative company‚ 3M is considered to be a science-based‚ multinational company which develops and manufactures over 55‚000 products. 3M was originally founded in 1902 by Henry S. Bryan‚ Herman W. Cable‚ John Dwan‚ William A. McGonagle and Dr. J. Danley Budd. It was originally called the “Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company” (hence the ticker symbol “MMM”). The company’s headquarters is located in Maplewood‚ Minnesota. 3M
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persistent help this dissertation would not have been possible. I would like to thank Mr.Tabish Ahmed Hashmi‚ Senior Supply Chain Manager at 3M Pakistan who provided us with the required information to complete our research report on 3M. In addition‚ I would like to thank my institute PAF-KIET for providing us such a platform to complete our management project on 3M. Which increased our knowledge regarding management. Contents Acknowledgement 1 3MIntroduction 3 Company History 3 Vision Statement
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Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company Case Study Table of contents Table of contents Page 1 Introduction to 3M Page 2 Market and products Page 2 Performance over the last 5 years Page 3 International Marketing Activities Page 4 Miscellaneous Topics Page 6 Appendix 1 Page 7 References Page 8 Introduction to 3M 3M Company‚ the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company‚ was founded in 1902 by five businessmen. They wanted to make a profit out of minerals for grinding
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Organizational Analysis Paper 3M 3M Intro 3M is a Maplewood‚ Minnesota based company. Previously it was named Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing. 3M is an international science based company that develops new technologies to solve real world problems encountered by people and businesses every day. This Fortune 500 Company employs more than 80‚000 employees in 28 states and 65 countries with the majority of the employees outside the United States of America. 3M is broken down into 6 business
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is the 3M culture. The official vision statement is “to be the most innovative enterprise in the world”‚ and 3M’s basic definition is: “new ideas +action or implementation which results in an improvement‚ gain‚ or profit”. 3M has also coined the word “inventorpreneur” for those who invent and implement. The culture encourages stubborn persistence amongst employees to accept and promote their ideas - “do your own thing”. The culture is taught and conveyed through stories and myth about 3M inventorpreneurs
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Competency Model: An Internally Developed Solution • 133 3M’S LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY MODEL: AN INTERNALLY DEVELOPED SOLUTION Margaret E. Alldredge and Kevin J. Nilan This article describes the development of an executive-level global competency model at 3M. The work on this model was completed in partnership with the company’s top executives and a global team of in-house professionals. The competency model itself consists of 12 competencies and generalizable behavioral anchors for each competency. The
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OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING Kunal K Mehta(11BEC107) Electronics and communication branch Institute of Technology‚ Nirma University Ahmedabad 11bec107@nirmauni.ac.in Abstract: Optical packet switching promises to bring the flexibility and efficiency of Internet to transparent optical networking technology with bit rate extending beyond that is currently available with electronic router technologies. New optical signal processing have been demonstrated that enable routing at bit rates from
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Case: Innovation at 3M Corporation What had been 3M’s traditional approach to innovation? Product developers at 3M generally relied on more traditional methods of seeking marketing input. They collect data from sales representatives‚ focus groups‚ customer evaluations‚ site visits‚ and data on risk factors for diseases. Product developers mainly focused on finding new angel or twist on early trends and basically didn’t have direct access to customers. In 3M‚ Sales representatives contacted with
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