September 26 we toured PCPM. I found out they specialize in plastic injection molding and have been in business since 1978. At the beginning of the tour we were informed on the process the plastic goes through from the time it enters the factory in pellets to the time it leaves as a finished product. When we actually toured the factory it was difficult to hear our tour guide but I believe heard him say they add nylon to the plastic for certain molds to make it stronger. Seeing the molding process
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Background The overuse of plastics in today’s society has become major environmental issue for our oceans. Plastic pollution is the dumping‚ littering‚ or disposing of any type of man-made plastic that has been produced and has ended up in our ocean and has not been recycled. History of Plastic "Plastic" entered the world through chemistry in 1909 and was originally coined to describe Bakelite‚ the first fully synthetic resin. What make’s plastic so unique is when it is heated it can be molded
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The Effects of Plastic Bags on Environmentt * | * The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really quite devastating. While there are many objections to the banning of plastic bags based solely on their convenience‚ the damage to the environment needs to be controlled. * There is no way to strictly limit the effects of plastic bags on the environment because there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. While reusing them is the first step‚ most people
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to say no to plastic bags! Plastic bags should be banned from grocery stores. I often go to the store and buy 1 or 2 items and I am given so many bags. I feel that we have become an extremely wasteful society. If we could just say no to plastic bags we would be slowing down the waste in landfills. It takes a little more effort to remember to carry reusable bags in the car but it is worth saving our environment. I am proud to say that my young daughters have said no to the plastic bag when they
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Plastics are synthetic substances produced by chemical reactions. Almost all plastics are made from petroleum‚ except a few experimental resins derived from corn and other organic substances. "Plastics" derived their name from their properties to be molded‚ cast‚ extruded or processed into a variety of forms‚ including solid objects‚ films and filaments. These properties arise from their molecular structure. Plastics are polymers‚ very long chain molecules that consist of subunits (monomers) linked
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THE HISTORY OF MONEY [A] The yen‚ the dollar‚ the quetzal‚ or the peso—no matter what the currency is called‚ money is an important part of life in nearly every culture today and has been throughout history. The concept of money dates back thousands of years. Originally‚ money was not metal coins or paper bills. Rather‚ people paid for things with objects that were useful and therefore considered valuable. We sometimes call this commodity money. Some examples of commodity money used throughout
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The Hot Zone The Hot Zone is a best-selling 1994 non-fiction bio-thriller by Richard Preston about the origins and incidents involving viral hemorrhagic fevers‚ particularly Ebola viruses and Marburg viruses. This book is based upon an outbreak of the Ebola virus in a monkey house located in the Washington‚ D.C. suburb of Reston‚ Virginia. The author weaves together the tales of several previous outbreaks in Africa to describe clearly the potential damage such an outbreak could cause. The first
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Learning Team Reflection-Chase Strategy Learning Team B OPS/571 Operations Management May 12‚ 2015 Dr. Christine Fuselier Learning Team Reflection-Chase Strategy The chase strategy matches supply and output with fluctuating demand. Employees are hired or laid off according to demand rates. Chase strategy is most suitable when demand is unstable and there is little to no inventory. In order to match the companies demand‚ it must produce only enough goods to meet or match the demand for goods (Hamelett
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St. Thomas University Hot Coffee Nequan Edwin Business Law II Prof. Hernandez 3/12/15 Hot Coffee is a documentary which tells stories of four individuals and the impact tort reform laws had on their lives. These cases were discuss and related to tort reform in the United States. The documentary started with a $0.49 cent cup of coffee from McDonalds that turned into a million dollar lawsuit. Stella Liebeck 79 years suffered from third degree burns from the cup of coffee she had purchased
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Learning Team B Reflection Learning Team B discusses the Chase Strategy. This includes a definition of the Chase Strategy. Additionally‚ the team discusses various companies that use the Chase Strategy to include benefits and drawbacks. For example‚ a drawback is the inability to retain top talent. Definition of a Chase Strategy Learning Team B defines Chase Strategy as a procedure that matches demand and capacity period by period. This could result in a considerable amount of hiring‚ firing
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