TERM PAPER: IBM SUPERCOMPUTER‚ WATSON IBM Supercomputer‚ Watson Watson uses two thousand eight hundred and eighty processor cores to perform its calculations. This is made possible by the use of ninety IBM Power 750 Express servers which contain eight quad core processors. So each server contains thirty two processor cores and there are ninety servers to combine to make the two thousand eight hundred and eighty processor cores that make up Watson’s brain . So what
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Amazon.com: An E-Commerce Retailer A case report prepared for Professor Stroud MG 495/DLD Business Policy Fall I 2011 August 21‚ 2011 THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY CORPORATE STRATEGY I. INTRODUCTION A. Executive Summary 1. Summary statement of the problem: Considered to be the premier online retailers in the word‚ Amazon.com has had a short life (founded in 1994) but can be proud of the strides it has made. Jeff Bezos‚ founder of Amazon.com‚ had an idea that was rejected by his
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Backwoods Mail Order Company is a telephone and mail order company that specialises in camping supplies and outdoor clothing. Orders are taken by 40 employees of the Customer Order Group. They are supervised by 4 supervisors. They work in two shifts‚ viz. 7 AM to 3 PM and 3 PM to 11 PM. Recently‚ they have been facing a lot of return orders. An assessment of the problem showed that 78% returns were due to problems in specifications. Majority of these errors i.e. 54%‚ resulted from incorrect
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CHAPTER 1: THE AGE OF SELLING‚ SELLING AND SALESPEOPLE SELLING IS PERVASIVE The pervasiveness of selling in practically all human endeavors‚ occupations‚ preoccupations‚ and professions that require contact and engagement with people is by itself a compelling reason to formally study the art and science of selling. It is an art because it requires skills that have to be constantly practiced to achieve‚ at least‚ a decent level of excellence or perfection; on the other hand‚ it is also a science
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in we are doing the business today dramatically. The boom in computer‚ telecommunications‚ information‚ transportation‚ and other technologies has created exciting new ways to learn about and track customers‚ and to create products and services tailored to individual customer needs. Currently‚ I am working as a Client Manager for Gulf Business Machines (GBM) based in Dubai‚ GBM is a general marketing and services representative to IBM‚ the world technology leader. GBM‚ founded 1990‚ has several
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_________ Samit Mathur was a new Medical Representative for Ace Pharmaceuticals. He had finished his MSc in Biology from Pune University and had been lucky to almost immediately land a job with Ace which was one of India’s leading pharma companies. . At Ace‚ Mathur received an intensive two month training programme which focused on product knowledge‚ but also covered some selling techniques. On completion of his training‚ Mathur was assigned a territory in the suburban Pune. Mathur’s territory
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I.Introduction In 1992‚ whereas Hewlett Packard (HP) realized a huge success with its RISC-based products‚ Manuel Diaz‚ head of HP’s Computer Systems Organization (CSO)‚ implemented a new sales approach to capitalise on the company’s new market position. In 1994‚ the strategy turned out to be very profitable as HP’s business grew by 40% when the industry-wide growth was just 5%. In 1996‚ Diaz notices that its strategy to reach large enterprises could be refined. Indeed‚ HP remains stuck on the
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Associate Level Material Appendix D E-mail Etiquette Read the following e-mails. For each e-mail: * Describe any content and formatting errors found. * Determine if the content is appropriate for a workplace setting. If it is‚ explain why. If not‚ identify the errors made and rewrite the e-mail‚ to be appropriate. E-mail OneTo: TomSubject line: Talent ReallocationTom‚This e-mail is in reference to the two employees who are going to be terminated Friday. We have determined
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Roberts is in charge of running the entire plant‚ therefore he makes the final decision on what equipment to buy and from which supplier. Controller Sue Wilson being the purchasing manager‚ controls the budget and where the money goes‚ therefore she is the controller. 1.2. Sue Wilson Sue’s primary needs are to find out what equipment is required from each individual for the machine‚ to find 3 bids for the product and to make the purchase. Her task is also to make
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valuable product and selling it more efficiently 5. Inventory Holding Period In year 2013‚ the company has the least inventory holding period ‚ which means that company is managing its inventory in a more efficient way in that year. 6. Fixed assets turnover ratio The ratio is highest in the year 2013. It indicates that company is producing better sales as compared to the capital employed in fixed assets. 7. Total assets turnover ratio The ratio is gradually increasing from 2011 to 2013.Sales
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