Cad Rep Parametrisation Some of the important parameters that I created and then used in my design table and also in the calculations below are as follows: Shaft Radius= Shaft Diameter/2 Gear Circumference= No. of teeth x 10mm Flange Diameter= (2 x Gear Radius) + 10 Hub Diameter= Shaft Diameter x 2 ‘Cut for Shaft’ diameter= Shaft Diameter Hole Diameter= Shaft Diameter Calculations The first calculation was to calculate the Gear Radius (r) using the information provided: The appropriate
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A “Hedge” of the Pack: A Review of Southwest Airlines Innovative Fuel Strategy While many airlines suffer from rising fuel costs‚ Southwest Airlines continues to emerge victorious in the aeronautical landscape. Other carriers now forced to increase prices to compensate for fuel costs‚ are now subject to the new mindsets of consumers who are opting for longer bus and car rides‚ or simply not traveling at all. The woes of the airlines industry have many posing the question if airline travel
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GM and AvtoVAZ of Russia Introduction In June of 2001 General Motors and AvtoVAZ were sitting down to finally negotiate a deal that they had originally made in 1999. The joint venture was to see the two companies jointly build and sell Chevrolets in the Russian market. The Russian market was expected to boom and account for a significant share of global growth over the next decade. This was also a step forward to help revive the economy in postcommunist Russia. GM founded in 1908‚ was the
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uniqueness for the sake of being different. Differentiation is about understanding customers and how GM ’s product can meet their needs. To this extent‚ the quest for differentiation advantage takes us to the heart of business strategy. The fundamental issues of differentiation are also the fundamental issues of business strategy: Who are GM ’s customers? How does GM create value for them? And how does GM do it more effectively and efficiently than anyone else? Because differentiation is about uniqueness
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Chevy Volt – An American Revolution in Energy Independence This paper begins by analyzing the marketing environment of the GM/Chevrolet Volt and then discusses the target market for this electric extended range vehicle along with a proposed marketing strategy and recommendations. Marketing Environment The market environment refers to all of the forces that affect marketing management’s ability to build and maintain successful relationships with target customers. It consists of both
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Ford & General Motors in Russia In July 2002‚ Ford Motor Company officially opened its first Russian car factory near St. Petersburg. The factory‚ which cost some S150 million to build‚ is 100% owned by Ford and represents the first wholly owned investment by a foreign carmaker in Russia. The factory is tiny by international standards; it will employ 800 people and initially will produce 10‚000 Ford Focus cars a year. By comparison‚ a typical auto plant in the developed world produces 200‚000
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Joe Yaun Fin 798 Case Study 1 GM Case Study The story of the downfall (or down-turn at the very least) of GM began long before the recent recession in which the U.S. has succumb. GM sunk their resources heavily into larger vehicles like trucks and S.U.Vs. In doing so‚ they neglected an emerging trend towards smaller‚ more fuel-efficient cars that was occurring around the globe. Additionally‚ the quality of their products continually lagged behind that of Japanese automakers as outlined
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AFM 322 Hedging Currency Risk at AIFS 1. Case Synopsis Christopher Archer-Lock and Becky Tabaczynski both work for American Institute for Foreign Study (“AIFS”). Archer-Lock is the controller of AIFS and Tabaczynski is the CFO of AIFS’s high school travel division ACIS. AIFS a student exchange organization that organizes educational and cultural exchange programs throughout the world. Founded in the U.S. in 1964‚ AIFS has annual revenues of close to $200 million and sent more than 50‚000 students
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cons of hedging foreign exchange transaction exposure‚ and examine the alternatives available to a firm to manage a large and significant transaction exposure. (600 worlds) Many firms attempt to manage their currency (foreign exchange) exposures through hedging. Hedging is the taking of a position‚ acquiring either a cash flow‚ an asset‚ or a contract (e.g.‚ a forward contract) that will rise (fall) in value and offset a fall (rise) in the value of an existing position While hedging can protect
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chief engineer because of his hobby outside of work. The loss of his career at Detroit Edison Company did not slow Ford down. Soon after that he started Detroit Automobile Company with the help of some private investors. Shortly after‚ he withdrew from that business association because of accounting and prices of the cars produced by the company. On June 16‚ 1903 Henry Ford opened a converted wagon factory on Mack Avenue in Detroit which became known as the Ford Motor Company. After the company
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