Executive Summary- This report will evaluate an analyze Unifine Richardson’s current purchasing strategy. The company currently purchases approximately one million pounds of honey per year. A majority of the purchased honey is a 50-50 blend of Chinese and Canadian honey. Unifine Richardson’s main honey supplier is Harrington Honey. Unfortunately‚ Harrington Honey has informed Unifine Richardson that they can no longer supply the company with honey from China. Harrington Honey’s decision to stop
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Introduction Unifine Richardson is a food manufacturer with 110 employees. The company’s sole supplier of honey announced that effective immediately it was no longer able to supply Chinese honey. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency had rejected the importation of Chinese honey due to recently found traces of an antibiotic chemical. China had provided 20% of the world’s honey supply. Faced with escalating prices‚ issues with customer preferences‚ and possible product recalls Issues The
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Unifine Richardson Case General Comments HONEY CHOICES It appears to be nearly unanimous in terms of choice of honey among the nine groups in the class. Five groups recommend pure Canadian honey‚ two of which also recommend U.S. honey as a secondary source. Three groups recommend pure U.S. honey‚ contributing largely to the fact that the teams did not convert the U.S. honey price quoted in U.S. dollar to Canadian dollar in which the other alternative honey price are quoted. One team recommend
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Issue: The core issue Unifine Richardson (UR) faces is their sole honey supplier‚ Harrington Honey (HH)‚ will run out of Chinese honey in a little over a month because the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) recently found traces of chloramphenicol (a banned antibiotic associated with causing a sometimes-fatal blood disorder) and rejected the contaminated honey. Until China finds a way to detect contaminated honey‚ Unifine Richardson cannot sell any of its current Chinese-Canadian blend. Because
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Executive Summary On April 11‚ 2002‚ Rob Pincombe‚ Purchasing Manager at Unifine Richardson was notify by their main honey supplier Harrington honey that Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has found traces of Chloramphenicol in Chinese honey. As a result to the contamination of Chloramphenicol in Chinese honey‚ Harrington honey has decided to discontinue importing Chinese honey. Consequently‚ Mr. Pincombe has to consider on a long term contract to lock down on a specific price. The recommendation
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Richardson 4/26/05 ISQA 458 Unifine Richardson Case The problem facing Unifine Richardson is that Harrington Honey‚ its main honey supplier will be out of Chinese honey inventory by May 17‚ 2002 because of CFIA inspection issues. For now‚ Unifine will have to look for alternative sources for honey until the Chinese suppliers figure out a way to detect and reject contaminated honey. Its current cost for 50-50 blend of Chinese and Canadian honey is $1.08 Canadian dollars per pound. Harrington
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professor who became pregnant out of wedlock. Coty Richardson‚ 35‚ on Tuesday sued Northwest Christian University (NWCU) and is asking for US$650‚000 in damages after the school kicked her out when they learned of her pregnancy in May. She said NWCU made her choose between marrying her boyfriend of 12 years or leave him to keep her job‚ according to an Associated Press report published by Daily Journal. According to the lawsuit‚ NWCU informed Richardson that Dennis Lindsay‚ the school’s vice president
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Dan Richardson was born on 03/15/1956 in Granity City‚ IL to . His parents marriage was solid when he was younger‚ but became rocky as he grew older. Dan was raised in . Dan’s father passed away in . His mother is still living‚ she resides within a nursing home. Dan visits her two to five times a week. Dan has a brother‚ . He is close with his brother; they see each other almost daily. Frank is 45 years old. He lives in Okawville‚ IL. Dan stated that he had a postitive childhood. When
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Without an effective and efficient team‚ Richardson won’t be able to reach her goals and may suffer from the consequences. After analyzing each member‚ I have recommendations for Richardson and what her plan of action should be with each member. Alex Hoffman is a vital asset for ColorTech with being their top salesman. His arrogance though needs to be put to an end and he needs to be fully committed to bringing in high numbers. Richardson should have a personal meeting with Hoffman (as well as the
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Neal-Richardson (2000) argued that college students should be responsible for paying their own tuition versus depending on their parents for financial support. Neal-Richardson believed that relying on parents to pay tuition creates laziness in students and a feeling of obligation in parents. The first point that Neal-Richardson raised is the sense of entitlement that students feel about having their parents pay for college. She noted the resentment that she felt toward students at their shock in
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