Peter Gillen (1) a one-paragraph summary of the case setting/background The case is set in the auto parts supply industry. Automek is a supplier to Ford‚ the OEM in this case. Agile Electric‚ located in southern India‚ is a supplier to Automek. Automek has invested significant time and resources into the development of Agile due to its low cost of manufacturing capabilities. Agile has been asked to manufacture an actuator assembly for Automek. Agile is concerned about their ability
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Memo | To | William Bill Van Dyke‚ VP Corporate Procurement | From | Group “C” | Date | 26 - Dec – 2012 | Purpose | Communication strategy for rolling out change in procurement policy | Attachment | Draft Memo for Plant Managers | Dear Mr Bill‚ We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for bestowing your trust upon us for hiring us as the communication consultants on devising a communication strategy for the recent restructuring in the procurement policy. In our capacity‚
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At the pre assessment stage based on the annual cost of transportation through ocean set at $520‚000 and the cost of transporting though the air being $586‚000‚ it can be provided that most cost efficient system available to the company is that of ocean transportation for transferring products from China to the United States.However before a final decision can be made on the selection of an alternative a long term analysis of the different transportation options available should be conducted. The
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GANTT CHART Legend: Finished Work Unfinished Work Week Task or Activity/ies Schedule
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Laboratory 3: Diode Characteristics Instructions: Unless otherwise mentioned in the experiment instructions‚ all experiments are performed both in SPICE and physical implementation. The results need to be reported from both the SPICE and physical measurements. 1 Current voltage characteristics of diodes 1. Design a circuit to measure the forward-bias current voltage characteristics of diode as shown in Fig 3 using Circuitlab. Figure 1: A SPICE circuit for plotting current voltage
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Tutorial Sheet # 2 1. Sketch the time variation and frequency spectrum of an RF signal with 75 % Amplitude Modulation. Show several cycles of the modulated wave. Make the modulation frequency 1/10 of the carrier frequency. The unmodulated carrier has peak amplitude of 1.0V. In an amplitude modulation system‚ the message signal is given by Fig. and the carrier frequency is 1 KHz. The modulator output is SAM (t) = 2(b + 0.5m (t)) cos ωc t. 2. a. Determine the average message power. b. If b =
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PLANNING‚ FORECASTING & REPLENISHMENT) Introduction: CPFAR is a practice/concept that aims to enhance supply chain integration by supporting and assisting joint practices so as to minimize waste and have lean processes in place. CPFAR Origins CPFR began in 1995 as an initiative co-led by Wal-Mart ’s and the Cambridge‚ Massachusetts software and strategy firm‚ Benchmarking Partners. The Open Source initiative was originally called CFAR (pronounced See-Far‚ for Collaborative Forecasting and Replenishment
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Issues‚ Problems and Techniques involved in forecasting Sales of New Products James D. Jackson There are countless issues‚ problems‚ and considerations in forecasting for new product. First‚ we must understand what a sales forecast is and what is designed to do. A sales forecast is an educated guess of future performance based on sales and expected market conditions. The value of the forecast is that we can predict and prepare for the future objectively. The objective is to
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FORECASTING AT HARD ROCK CAFÉ* With the growth of Hard Rock Café – from one pub in London in 1971 to more than 110 restaurants in more than 40 countries today – came a corporate wide demand for better forecasting. Hard Rock uses long-range forecasting in setting a capacity plan and intermediate-term forecasting for looking in contracts for leather goods (used in jackets) and for such food items as beef‚ chicken‚ and pork. In short-term sales forecasts are conducted each month‚ by café‚ and then
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the Canadian consumer electronics market was valued at Cdn 2.3 billion. It was a fairly mature market‚ in which many multinational firms competed for market share. Sony was by far the leader in this region and had held onto that position for the last two decades. Canadian consumers were very technology-savvy and valued quality‚ customer service and favorable return policies over low prices. By 2000‚ Samsung had evolved into a credible player in the consumer electronics market and had attained
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