5. Today is a king in disguise. • Direct Objective Appositive. 1. Christmas Eve afternoon we scrape together a nickel and go to the butcher’s to buy Queenie’s traditional gift‚ a good gnaw able beef bone. 2. The Otis Elevator Company‚ the world’s oldest and biggest elevator manufacturer‚ claims that its products carry the equivalent of the world’s population every five days. 3. Though her cheeks were high-colored and her teeth strong and yellow‚ she looked
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Otis Elevator Case 9/7/12 Otis’s management made vast improvements in their corporate vision to obtain a strategic advantage over their competitors through the introduction of OTISLINE and their e*Logistics programs. Otis’s George Davis urged the company to create a centralized customer service system which would allow them to introduce the concept of 24 hours 7 days a week to their customers. OTISLINE was mainly set up in order to increase customer satisfaction as a result of only having a
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What kind of company is Otis? OTIS Elevators started out in 1853 by the invention of the “safety brake elevator.” Their core business is designing‚ installing and provide service within the industry of elevators‚ escalators and walkways. Today OTIS operates worldwide‚ with headquarter in the U.S. and different facilities located in European and Asian countries. Through this they have managed to become market leaders in their field. Throughout time the business focus of OTIS have changed. Today the
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investigation in early 2004 on its own initiative after being approached by an informant with information concerning the possible existence of a cartel among the four major manufacturers of elevators and escalators present in the European Union‚ KONE‚ Otis‚ Schindler and ThyssenKrupp. They found out that 17 national subsidiaries of the above undertakings‚ as well as their controlling parents‚ and to Mitsubishi Elevator Europe B.V. which participated in the Dutch cartels are guilty for participating
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MARY BOYKIN CHESNUT In every regard‚ Mary Boykin Chesnut was a remarkable woman. She penned the best known diary that detailed the Civil War from a southerner’s point of view. Despite her being a staunch defender of the Confederate cause‚ Mary also spoke openly about her opposition to slavery. She was raised in a family that depended on slavery for their very existence‚ but she still felt deeply that somehow it was morally wrong. Mary Boykin Miller was born on March 31‚ 1823. She
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Otis Toy Trains Company of Minneapolis‚ Minnesota‚ was extremely popular in the 1960’s‚ 70’s‚ 80’s‚ and somewhat the 90’s‚ however since then they have struggled to meet sales that cover their total costs. This lead to a proposal by the Joyous Luck Prosperity Toy Company (JLPTC) of China‚ who offered a price per unit of production to be between 40 and 60 percent lower than their current costs. When considering the attractiveness of this proposal‚ Otis Toy Trains must look at more details than just
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where the market is mature the business is driving by price. Our key business will be the service‚ because of technology is driven by Japanese companies. We have to found our best technology‚ and way to do things at the less cost. It is important for Otis PAO to have a general view of the region and know as well as we can the local problems‚ in order to take advantage of the opportunities in each country. As a general view the challenges for each country are: Hong Kong: - Maintain a reasonable
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centuries that forever changed the lifestyle of people into a more urban lifestyle. The elevator‚ or‚ safety elevator as it was called at the time was invented by an American industrialist and entrepreneur. His name was Elisha Graves Otis. With this invention‚ Otis basically laid the foundation for all elevator stores and companies to come‚ and forever changed the look of urban areas and skyscrapers for the society of his time and modern time. The elevator was one of the most important and impactful
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The day it all changed was the day when I met Otis Shemloh‚ the Otter of deduction. I bumped into him at a city block‚ and after the collision‚ he quickly said “Follow me. We are heading to a scene”‚ and without question‚ I followed. I have no logical reason as to why I followed Otis. He was a stranger to me. Maybe it was his enigmatic persona? We walked to his car. Once we settled in his car‚ I immediately started asking “Where are we going‚ and why did you tell me to come?” He curtly responded
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Canterville Ghost By Oscar Wilde CHAPTER I When the American‚ Mr. Otis‚ bought Canterville Castle‚ everyone told him that this was his foolishness‚ As the place was haunted. But Mr. Otis answered‚ ’I come from a modern country‚ where we Have everything that money can buy. And if there were such a thing as a ghost in Europe‚ we would Have it at home in one of our museums. ’ A few weeks later‚ on a lovely July evening‚ Mr Otis‚ his wife and their children‚ Washington‚ Virginia And the twins‚
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