”TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGY” A seminar report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Engineering by KIRAN M. MALANG (GR No. 101001 M-28) Under the guidance of Prof. Abhay M. Chopde and Prof. Bharat R. Rathi DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PUNE 2012 - 2013 Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust’s VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY‚ PUNE - 37 ( An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to University
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Introduction 3M stands for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. It was founded by five businessmen in 1902 at the town of Two Harbors‚ Minn (3M‚ 2012). They originally financed the company to mine the mineral cornundum for grinding wheel abrasives but the investment became a failure because it turned out that the mineral was actually low-grade anorthosite (Goetz‚ 2011). After being done with mining‚ the founders bought a sand paper company but struggled on how to run it. Eventually‚ Lucius Ordway
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3M “Profile of an Innovating Company” The 3M case traces the history of this Minnesota-based company from its inception in 1902 through 1992. By looking at the tenure of three CEOs‚ the case examines how 3M worked to maintain a culture of innovation while continuing to grow into an international multibillion dollar organization. While the organization’s values are critical to the success of 3M‚ internal and external forces also forced 3M to adjust their business model.
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Electronic Orders 419 orders/months $2.15 /order Manual Orders 654 orders/months $8.5 /order 3M CANADA CS Distribution Center 2.25 FTEs‚ Fixed cost: $37‚500 /month Operated by 3PL Inventory level: $4.5M Storage costs: $6‚750 /month Out-of hospitals $1.7M sales/month 5000 organizations Material Mgmt 2 Material management staffs Picking cost: $30‚000 /month Current volume: 45‚000 cases/month Warehouse handling cost: $24‚648 /month Total: $5.6M /month $67M /year Direct Sales
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The Internet and Privacy There has been a lot of controversy about the internet and its privacy. Today‚ some say you have no privacy with anything you do on the web. They say that the government is taking away the public’s privacy because they can monitor everything that happens on the internet. Even though most of this is true‚ there are plenty of good things to come from it. In this essay I will be writing about the internet and its privacy. The lack of privacy that comes with technology
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3M Company (NYSE: MMM)‚ formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company‚ is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in Maplewood‚ Minnesota‚ a suburb of St. Paul. With over 76‚000 employees‚ they produce over 55‚000 products‚ including: adhesives‚ abrasives‚ laminates‚ passive fire protection‚ dental products‚ electronic materials‚ medical products electronic circuits and optical films. 3M has operations in more than 60 countries – 29 international companies with
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companies. To what extent is 3M justifiably highlighted as the ‘innovating machine’? 3M has an impressive performance when it comes to developing new products. 3M hires good hardworking people and puts trust in them; this brings about innovation and excellent performance. 3M ensured that developing new products is much higher on the agenda in management meetings than in other companies. Moreover‚ the success of the approach is due to the continual reinforcement of its objectives. 3M has concentrated the
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3M Optical Systems: Managing Corporate Entrepreneurship I. Point of View The case was analyzed from the point of view of the manager‚ Mr. Andy Wong. II. Objectives * To offer new sets of products to the market. * To seek for a particular channel that would support the organization in project implementation. * To develop projects in order to increase sales. III. The Problem How should the management develop its products
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approximately charge their customers between 100-300 dollars to simply replace a fracture laptop screen. However‚ by doing it yourself‚ you could replace a fractured screen for approximately between 50-80 dollars‚ excluding touch screens. Hysterically‚ companies like Dell and HP would tend to promote
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Internet Privacy The concern about privacy on the Internet is increasingly becoming an issue of international dispute. ?Citizens are becoming concerned that the most intimate details of their daily lives are being monitored‚ searched and recorded.? (www.britannica.com) 81% of Net users are concerned about threats to their privacy while online. The greatest threat to privacy comes from the construction of e-commerce alone‚ and not from state agents. E-commerce is structured on the copy and
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