mechanical switch. It is common to use relays to make simple logical control decisions. The development of low cost computer has brought the most recent revolution‚ the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The advent of the PLC began in the 1970s‚ and has become the most common choice for manufacturing controls. PLCs have been gaining popularity on the factory floor and will probably remain predominant for some time to come. Most of this is because of the advantages they offer. • Cost effective for controlling
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Apple Computer‚ 2006 Case Apple was started on April 1‚ 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. It humble beginnings led to one of the largest and most successful corporations in history. Today‚ Apple is a powerhouse of computer technology‚ putting out some of the most innovative products in the last 15 years. Things weren’t always great for Apple and the company has gone through its share of lows; in 1997‚ Apple’s stock was a mere $7 a share. Apple has finally found a sustainable strategy and‚ I
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expensed them all as R&D. Assume that 60% of the reported R&D could have been capitalized and spread out over the following two years. For example. The amount of R&D capitalized into 1995 would be evenly spread out among 1996 and 1997. If this were the case how much would net income have been in 1997 and 1998? What would be the percentage increase in net income from 1997 t0 1998? Compare that to the actual reporting change in net income from 1997 to 1998 Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 Revenue 6075 9050 11936
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Short Assignment 1 * What was the positioning challenge Apple faced? Competitors enter market * In 1981‚ IBM entered PC market used Microsoft’s DOS OS and microprocessor and will be Apple best rival for the start on 1981. Jobs forced out in 1985. * In 1985‚ Compaq and IBM do a research and development (R&D) and make move Apple into the mainstream by becoming low-cost producer and joint venture with IBM. This’s one of Apple failure moment and Apple Gross margin drop to 34%. *
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What did you find impressive about the way Karcher handled the process? (i.e. the things that would work for your company) It is clear from the case study that one of the benefits of Karcher’s approach was that it sparked his imagination and motivated him to look for ideas and invent new features for the Presenter. His method gave him a new sense of inclusion in the product development. Listening to the customer gave him an awareness that the engineer’s personal tastes is not necessarily what
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Ameritrade – case study Executive Summary Ameritrade provides online brokerage services and operates an Internet-based financial management services business. 90% of the company’s revenues are from the provision of discount brokerage services. The company’s objective is to improve its competitive position in deep-discount brokerage. In order to achieve this objective‚ the company must grow its customer base‚ requiring an investment of $100 million to upgrade its technological capabilities as well
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The MCI’s source of funds has been emission of stocks. Common stocks as IPO of 6M shares and $27.070.000‚00. An issue of 9.600.000‚00 common stock 5 years warrant attached. What have been MCI sources of funds in the past (1972-1983)? What’s your opinion? Around 1972 MCI issued equity and later on time when the company started going well they issued debentures and convertible debentures. The main raison to do that is because equity cost use to be higher. First of all they issued debentures
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Management Summary The purpose of this case is the valuation of Jaguar plc for its imminent IPO. For this we analyze the market‚ in which Jaguar operates and its exchange rate risks. The luxury car market analysis delivers the following findings: *Jaguar’s clients are rather price insensitive‚ however they are highly quality aware. *The main competitors at the time being are the German car producers BMW‚ Daimler-Benz and Porsche *Jaguar exports a large part of its production to the US The exchange
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Club Med (A) HBS Case- Strategic Audit in 1986 Club med provides cheap all inclusive and social holidays for costumers. These holidays are cheaper than what the customer could replicate by himself. The accommodations are simple‚ but localised in attractive holidays places. Everything is organised in order for the consumer not to spend any money outside the «club med village ». - Financial aspects: It is the 9th largest hotel company in the world. The stock was favorite on several Wall street
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Task: a) Style of PLC design UNITARY Source: http://susaneatc.en.busytrade.com/selling_leads/info/1987765/Siemens-Simatic-S7-200-Cpu.html * A union PLC is an easier type of controller‚ and contains all the basic system components in a single housing‚ or box. These components typically include processor‚ which runs the program‚ in addition to the port for input and output connections. PLC union usually attached directly to the device or application being controlled.
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