e-Tracking in Automotive Industry Logistics Arash Riazifar[1] Sydney Graduate School of Management‚ University of Western Sydney 16920314@student.uws.edu.au Abstract In the last decade‚ enterprises and businesses greatly have had emphasize on e-tracking and e-services. However‚ a coherent informational architecture and systematic definition is lacking yet. Although‚ recently new technologies like RFIDs with advanced applications have been introduced‚ many companies cannot
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per Call 3 2 1 Total clients: 50 500 5000 Total time: 60000 400000 750000 Selling time: 20% 35% 50% Internal staff time: 30% 25% 0% Travelling time: 50% 40% 50% Total time available: 100% 100% 100% Total working hours available: 1760 1760 1760 Total selling hours available: 352 616 880 Total sales people needed: 170.45 649.35 852.27 Total sales people needed: 1672.08 In order to make this structure work in the company‚ Tom should
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CASE STUDY Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company‚ one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers‚ has worked with Penske on several Six Sigma initiatives. As its lead logistics provider (LLP)‚ Penske’s quality team of associates are trained in Six Sigma practices and work closely with Ford to streamline operations and create and maintain a more centralized logistics network. Together‚ they uncovered several areas for real cost savings as a result of reducing inbound carrier discrepancies‚ eliminating
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1. According to the case‚ if using ABC‚ Wilkerson should pool overheads into five activities: machine-related expenses‚ setup labor cost‚ receiving and production control cost‚ engineering cost‚ and packaging and shipping cost. The cost pool/cost driver information for an Activity Based Costing (ABC) system for Wilkerson has already provided by table 1. Based on the information on table 1 and four exhibit in case‚ we can figure out that the total cost per unit of valves‚ pumps and flow controllers
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Chapter 18 – Private Equity Impact on Corporations Q1. What are some measurable benefits from private equity ownership of corporations? Private equity portfolio companies have slightly higher management practices scores. Private equity– owned company management quickly adopts merit-based hiring‚ firing‚ pay‚ and promotion practices. These companies have tough evaluation metrics‚ which are focused on both short-term and long-run objectives‚ and the metrics are well understood by employees and
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Ford Motor Company Chapter 5 Case Study This case outlines 4 strategic options Ford is pursuing to increase its profitability. Describe each of the four options. For each option list 2 criteria you would use to evaluate the option. The first option is to close down older plants in an effort to realign production and sales. The criterion to evaluate that option would be to make sure that the costs of that plant shutdown are offset by the increased profitability that is expected. In order for
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The reporting party (RP) disclosed resident Forrest Thomas age 18 has a developmental disability‚ tumors on his brain‚ and a heart condition. According to the RP the resident has a mental function of a 13-15 year old. The resident disclosed that a staff member (name unknown) has made inappropriate sexual comments including asking the resident to take a shower with him‚ asking the resident to masturbate in front of him‚ showing the resident an apple and asking if that what the resident’s penis looks
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The Clorox Company (CLX) Is Set to Make a Single-digit Dividend Increase The Clorox Company (NYSE:CLX) is a dividend aristocrat and was always considered as a safe play for the retirement portfolio. CLX has increased dividend each year since 1977. Last year‚ the company increased quarterly dividend by more than 3%‚ while it appears in a strong position to make a larger dividend growth this year. Its dividend yield is currently standing around 2.37%‚ compared to the industry average of 2%. Its cash
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1. Explain the inputs into 1) the net initial investment outlay at year 0‚ the initial investment $200‚000 which include taxes and delivery‚ and the cost to install the equipment $12‚500. The total net cost $212‚500. 2) The depreciation tax savings in each year of the projects economic life‚ this will show how much the tax savings will be depreciated each year using the MACRS method 3) the projects incremental cash flows? This shows the company profit for each of the eight years. Net Cost MACRS
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Table of contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Market definition 5 3. Industry attractiveness and profitability 5 4.Tesla in the market 9 4. Sustainability of the competitive advantage 11 1.1 Trends in the automotive industry 11 1.2 The isolating mechanisms 12 1.3 Strategy recommendations 13 5.Conclusion 14 6.Bibliography 14 1. Introduction The Encyclopaedia Brittanica defined the automotive industry as all the companies and activities involved in the manufacturing of motor vehicles‚ including
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