Utensils are typically tools used within a household. Personally‚ I value utensils as much as I value a penny. However‚ Monica Drake’s analysis of three particular appliances in her rant “Utensils” brings a unique perspective on the value of silverware. While the ordinary fork or spoon doesn’t appeal to Drake’s eyes‚ there are a few specific utensils that have influenced Drake over the years. Drake’s toilet spoon and Victor Hugo spoon are both representations of her past‚ and the divorce fork is
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Tattooed Need Not Apply English 092 June 18‚ 2009 Tattooed Need Not Apply “Deborah Connor‚ a clerk at the Hub Folding Box Co.‚ sued her employer for gender discrimination and retaliation. Although a male employee was not required to cover his Navy tattoo‚ Connor was told to cover a heart-shaped tattoo on her forearm or be terminated. The company was concerned that customers who saw Connor ’s tattoo would have a negative reaction because a tattoo on a woman ‘symbolized that she was
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Apply Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma Can Management Afford to Look the Other Way? Harry Rull had been with Shellington Pharmaceuticals for 30 years. After a tour of duty in the various plants and seven years overseas‚ Harry was back at headquarters‚ looking forward to his new role as vice president of U.S. marketing. Two weeks into his new job‚ Harry received some unsettling news about one of the managers that he supervises. During a casual lunch conversation‚ Sally Barton‚ the director of human
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stable supplier of replacement parts for legacy products‚ has a different mission than that of the other plants. Its product mix‚ plant layout and production process embody the job shop model‚ where flexible resources are employed to produce low-volume‚ high-variety products under a functional layout design. The high-overhead cost structure‚ to a certain extent‚ reflects the characteristics of this model – longer set-up times and a less streamlined production flow. As such‚ measuring the Detroit Plant’s
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The Machine Metaphor and Organizations Today The machine metaphor points out the ways that organizations are specialized‚ standardized‚ and predictable. When I try to apply this metaphor to real life‚ the first thing that comes to mind is the assembly line inside a factory. To create a product each member has their role on the assembly line and there isn’t much deviation from the set process otherwise the product may be unpredictable. In an assembly line the work is done simultaneously to achieve
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Strategic Plan: Riordan Manufacturing Inc. What role should ethical and social responsibility considerations have in Riordan’s strategic management plan? Ethical and social responsibility should be strongly considered in Riordan’s strategic management plan. Companies that support strategic corporate social responsibility focus on factors such as identifying opportunities and threats facing stakeholders‚ managing relationships with stakeholders‚ creating sustainable business practices‚ and most important
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Sewing Machine Before the sewing machine appeared‚ making clothes was the main occupation of half of the human race. For over 20‚000 years‚ countless hours were spent on making garments and other textiles to fulfill daily needs. The first sewing needles were made of bones and animal horns and the first thread was made of animal sinew (inventors.about.com‚ 4/16/06). The sewing machine‚ however‚ was a remarkable invention that was beneficial to all populations. More critical use of time
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Brief Summary: LEAN manufacturing is a global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider located in Flextronics de Mexico (FdM). The company is focused on efficiency and optimization of manufacturing flow. The EMS is a tough business that is driven by thin profit margins. EMS manufacturers rely on leveraging huge economies of scale and purchasing power. These companies focus on return on invested capital (ROIC) as a key metric because it provides a sense of how well a company is utilizing its
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ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING MODEL I. Definition Activity based costing (ABC) is an accounting method that identifies the activities a firm performs creating the real cause of the overhead‚ and then assigns the indirect costs of those activity only to the products that are actually demanding the activities. An activity based costing (ABC) system recognizes the relationship between costs‚ activities and products‚ and through this relationship assigns indirect costs to products less arbitrarily than
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Agile Manufacturing In 1991‚ an industry-led study‚ sponsored by the United States Navy Mantech Program‚ and supported by the Iacocca Institute at Lehigh University in the United States‚ was conducted in order to originate a new paradigm for successful manufacturing enterprises. The report of that study‚ entitled “21st Century Manufacturing Enterprise Strategy”‚ coined the term “agile manufacturing” History of Agile Manufacturing The report which is entitled “21st Century Manufacturing Enterprise
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