At the beginning‚ the Electronic Testing Operations (ETO) measured two components of cost: direct labor and burden‚ but the burden is grouped into a single cost pool that includes all costs and divided by direct labor dollars to obtain the burden rate. (Q2) ETO’s manager picked up 5 components to evaluate the impact of different accounting system. The reported costs from existing system can be computed as follows‚ given the burden rate 145%: Product Direct Labor Burden Total Costs ICA 917 1
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Resources Management September 5‚ 2011 Case Analysis Question: What is Strategic Human Resources Management and how does it link the people with the strategic needs of the business? Introduction Human resource management is a combination of strategically coordinated efforts to manage people. Managing people involves‚ employing them‚ teaching and developing their skills‚ and utilizing‚ maintaining and compensating their services (Mello‚ 2010). In most cases the strategic method of human resource
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Introduction and History Ancient Greek culture spans over a thousand years‚ from the earliest civilizations to the cultures that became the Ancient Greeks. Key Points Before Greek culture took root in Greece‚ early civilizations thrived on the Greek mainland and the Aegean Islands. The two main cultures were the peaceful Minoans and warring Myceanaeans‚ who are distinguished by their unique architecture and material culture. Greek culture began to develop during the Geometric‚ Orientalizing‚
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3000BC Casting 2.810 Prof. Timothy Gutowski Casting since about 4000 BC… Ancient Greece; bronze statue casting circa 450BC Iron works in early Europe‚ e.g. cast iron cannons from England circa 1543 Outline • Sand Casting‚ Investment Casting‚ Die Casting • Basics and countermeasures • Phase Change‚ Shrinkage • Heat Transfer • Pattern Design • Variations & Developments • Environmental Issues Casting Readings; 1. Kalpakjian‚ Chapters 10‚ 11‚ 12 2. Booothroyd‚ “Design for Die Casting” 3.
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The Electrosteel Castings case is about an Indian ductile iron pipe (DIP) and cast iron pipe (CIP) manufacturer’s decision to internationalize. The central issue is about the choice of where to go‚ and the choice of the type of investment the company will pursue. This paper will analyze the options available for the company and recommend the best solution. 1. Electrosteel options As for the location‚ Electrosteel has two options: France and Vietnam. France is attractive because it could be
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LOST FOAM CASTING --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT: The Report presents some theoretical and practical aspects regarding the casting of alloys in lost foam moulds. The stages of the procedure‚ the economic benefits and several ecological aspects are synthetically presented. KEY WORDS: casting‚ alloys‚ lost foam process‚ Expanded polystyrene -------------------------------------------------
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Economic conditions change‚ competitors launch new assaults and the product passes through new stages of buyer interest and requirements (Kotler‚ 2001‚ p. 484). Consequently a company must plan strategies that address any changes in the market. ebay Inc. is the world’s largest and most popular person-to-person trading community on the internet (Bradley‚ 2001‚ p. 1). From its inception eBay was unchallenged however with amazon.com’s (Amazon) entrance into the online person-to-person auction arena and
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8/28/2011 Sand casting Metal Casting M t l C ti By S K Mondal Compiled by: S K Mondal Made Easy Sand casting uses ordinary sand as the primary mould material. The sand grains are mixed with small amounts of other materials‚ such as clay and water‚ to improve strength‚ mouldability and cohesive strength and are then packed around a pattern that has the shape of the desired casting. The pattern must be removed before pouring‚ the mold is usually made in two or
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a. Explain the technology or innovation introduced in the cases. Cannon knew that his compact echo machine‚ which he carried under his arm by a single handle‚ would have to perform competitively in a room filled with state-of-the-art echo machines made by long-standing competitors such as Hewlett Packard -- each machine weighing more than the average NFL linesman and costing nearly a quarter of a million dollars. To view the functioning of the heart‚ the face of the transducer‚ which was
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MME 3210 Materials Processing Techniques Laboratory Assignment – Sand Casting of an Aluminium 13wt% Silicon Alloy 1) Process Attributes Waste shown yellow* Waste shown yellow* After taking part in the sand casting laboratory session it was made clear that the process possessed many advantages and disadvantage‚ both from the process itself and from the final part produced. Observing the process step by step it was noted that the tasks carried out by the operator were not very difficult
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