DSC 101 DESIGN AWARENESS Prof. Jacques Giard‚ PhD ©Jacques Giard 2010 DSC 101 Design Awareness 1 What are the goals for today? • Gaining a basic understanding of the designing process… • The Velcro story • Design-in-the-News… • What we already know… ©Jacques Giard 2010 DSC 101 Design Awareness 2 Design in the News McDonald’s plans to spend more than 600 million euros (US$828 million) to remodel 1‚280 of its European restaurants. NY Times Saturday August 25‚ 2007 "Re-imaging
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Case 1: Strong Tie Ltd. Background Located in Winnipeg‚ Minnesota‚ Strong Tie Ltd. is a family–owned corporation that is still owned by the Johnstone family. Strong Tie Ltd. designs and makes custom structural connectors. These connectors are used to reinforce wood joints in the construction of houses‚ fences‚ and other edifices. Strong Tie Ltd. has been a major leader in this industry‚ however there is growing competition from low-wage countries such as China. They previously had a market share
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prehistoric times. The ancient Egyptians‚ Babylonians‚ and Greeks all used it. The purpose of the arch in these cultures‚ however‚ was limited to supporting small structures‚ such as storerooms‚ and people often used columns to support the roof. This design limited the size and scope of a building. As a result‚ builders could not construct extremely large palaces or government buildings. The ancient Romans created an arch that could support huge amounts of weight. How did the Romans accomplish this
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CASE STUDY Title: Pepsi-Cola Manufacturing International Ltd. Azwan Shah bin Aminuddin 1. Identify and discuss the business process redesign principles that have been applied by the BR project team. In business process redesign‚ the organization need to be have a guidance or principles to make sure that their redesign process is on the right track. In Pepsi –Cola Manufacturing International Ltd (PCMIL)‚ there are based on several principles to ensure they are on the
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BDA 30803 – Semester II Session 2013/2014 DEPARTMENT OF MATERIAL AND ENGINEERING DESIGN FACULTY OF MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA (UTHM)‚ JOHOR ______________________________________________________________________ MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN (MED) 2nd ASSIGNMENT Fatigue Failure Resulting from Variable Loading S1. A schematic of a clutch-testing machine is shown. The steel shaft rotates at a constant speed . An axial load‚ 1.xxx
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION An organization is a social unit of people‚ systematically arranged or managed to meet the needs or to pursue collective goals on a continuous basis. A sound organization can contribute greatly to the continuity and success of the enterprise. All organizations have a management structure that determines the relationship between functions and positions. Without proper care of higher‚ middle and lower levels of administration‚ it would be practically impossible for any management
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[pic] Infosys Limited (NYSE: INFY) was started in 1981 by seven people with US$ 250. Today‚ we are a global leader in consulting‚ technology and outsourcing with revenues of US$ 7.231 billion (LTM Q3 FY13). Many of the world’s most successful organizations rely on Infosys to deliver measurable business value. Infosys provides business consulting‚ technology‚ engineering and outsourcing services to help clients in over 30 countries build tomorrow’s enterprise. Our award-winning Infosys Labs and
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Suggested Answers with Examiner’s Feedback Edited by Foxit PDF Editor Copyright (c) by Foxit Software Company‚ 2004 For Evaluation Only. Page 1 of 24 Question Paper Integrated Case Studies – I (MB371) : October 2007 Case Study (100 Marks) • • • This section consists of questions with serial number 1 - 7. Answer all questions. Marks are indicated against each question. Case Study Read the case carefully and answer the following questions: 1. “During the 1980s‚ BAL was the undisputed
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Palliser Furniture LTD. 1. What are the key global factors influencing the “competitive landscape” for furniture in North America at the end of the case? The shift of competitive structure for furniture in North America is noted in the case based on the following facts: ⇨ Shift of competitive structure of the furniture market i. China accounting for approx. 40% of the U.S. furniture imports with more and more firms setting up businesses in China
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MKT 600-011 [Weekly Critique Notes] 1. What is the central issue in this case? Research in Motion Ltd. [who] is considering quickly penetrating a contrastive‚ yet competitive market with new technologies and a unique value proposition without the marketing expertise and additional capabilities like order fulfillment‚ technical support‚ webpage design and customer billing [what] in the dawn of mobility - 1997 [when] because of [why] * Changing market-place with a suboptimal equilibrium
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