The Program Evaluation and Run Technique (PERT) chart is a model for project management. It is a tool designed to represent the tasks involved in a project and analyze the time required for completion during the project management life cycle. It also helps to identify the minimum time required to complete the project. It was developed to simplify the planning and scheduling of a project where all the details and durations of the activities are not known at the start itself. It is used especially
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When you think of Mcdonalds‚ do you just think of a local burger joint‚ or do think of a worldwide selling brand? Mcdonalds originally started as a drive through in California‚ but now is a globally known fast food chain. This now famous burger joint spread to other countries by tourists being fascinated with the food and the franchise trading tips and tricks on how to make the perfect BigMac. Mcdonalds has changed the lives of countless people around the world by simply giving them a
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Control Charts Control charts‚ also known as Shewhart charts are tools used to determine if a manufacturing or business process is in a state of statistical control. The control chart was invented by Walter A. Shewhart‚ (also known as the father of statistical quality control) while working for Bell Labs in the 1920s. The company’s engineers were seeking to improve the reliability of their telephony transmission systems. The engineers had realized the importance of reducing variation in a manufacturing
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The bar chart shows global sales of games software‚ CDs and DVDs or video between 2000 and 2003. In 2000‚ the largest number of sales was CDs‚ at about 35$bn‚ the smallest number of sales was games software‚ at about 10$bn‚ and the sales of DVDs were just under 20$bn. The next year‚ the sales of games software increased slightly‚ at about 15$bn. There was a slight rise in sales of DVDs to just over 20$bn‚ whereas the sales of CDs dropped steadily to 33$bn. The number of games software increased
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Within ____ business days of the orientation meeting described in Section [#X]‚ the Vendor will update the draft Project Plan from their proposal. For all project tasks‚ subtasks‚ and activities‚ the detailed plan will: Include a schedule and Gantt chart‚ milestones‚ and deliverables. Include Vendor and Partner resources that exist as line items within the Project Plan. Include the following date-related information: a. Originally scheduled start and end dates (including milestones and deliverables)
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but only one became the world’s largest and most profitable in the fast food industry. That company is McDonalds. The question though however is how McDonalds separated itself from companies like Wendy’s and Burger King to become the world’s most successful fast food restaurant. How did McDonalds start as one restaurant in 1948 to become today’s largest fast food chain in the world? 1 McDonalds surpassed its competition with innovative thinking in restaurant management and operations‚ through successful
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Gantt charts have become a common technique for representing the phases and activities of a project work breakdown structure (WBS)‚ so they can be understood by a wide audience all over the world. The technique is frequently used in Project Management to help breakdown the project.[5] A common error made by those who equate Gantt chart design with project design is that they attempt to define the project work breakdown structure at the same time that they define scheduled activities. This practice
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certain employees of Simon Marketing and associates had colluded to defraud the McDonald’s Corporation in excess of $13 million worth of game prizes over the promotion period (Albrecht et al‚ 2012‚ p.210). The Simon Marketing firm was contracted by McDonalds to run their promotional sweepstakes games. The game prizes consisted of cash‚ vehicles‚ vacations and/or food prizes. According to Richard Dent (FBI Special Agent in Charge)‚ the main players involved in the scheme were as follows; Linda L
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and served over forty barbequed items. In October 1948‚ after the McDonald brothers realized that most of their profits came from selling hamburgers‚ they closed down their successful carhop drive-in to establish a streamlined system with a simple menu of just hamburgers‚ cheeseburgers‚ french fries‚ shakes‚ soft drinks‚ and apple pie. The carhops were eliminated to make McDonald’s a self-serve operation. Mac and Dick McDonald had taken great care in setting up their kitchen like an assembly line
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McDonalds and Ecommerce How can e-commerce provide a competitive advantage for McDonald’s? McDonald’s is a terrific example of utilizing e-commerce to provide a competitive advantage for it organization globally (nationally and internationally). Basically‚ competitive advantage for an organization can be viewed as being able to have the ability to stay ahead of the competition essentially in terms of product differentiation‚ focus and cost leadership. Through utilizing e-commerce strategies‚ McDonald’s
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