Case 10: Plant Nutrients Inc. Plant Nutrients Inc. (PNI) is a medium-size retailer of crop supplies in Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania. Brian Dunwoodie‚ the general manager‚ is preparing a proposed operating statement for 1999‚ to send to management at PNI’s parent company. This statement must reflect an increase in volume of two percent while maintaining the required 13 percent return on investment in the business. He is considering a number of ways of improving performance including: achieving better
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Bataan Nuclear Power Plant Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant‚ completed but never fueled‚ on Bataan Peninsula‚ 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Manila in the Philippines. It is located on a 3.57 square kilometer government reservation at Napot Point in Morong‚ Bataan. It was the Philippines’ only attempt at building a nuclear power plant. [pic]History The Philippine nuclear program started in 1958 with the creation of the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) under
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Why did plants exposed to no light grow better than the plants exposed to light? The plants exposed to no light performed better than those exposed to light is most likely caused by the plants exposed to no light having more water than those in light. Even though the amount and frequency of water added to all plants were kept the same‚ the amount of water the plants in no light had access to was more than the amount of water the plants in light had. This is due to two reasons: a) because the plants
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Opportunity to join a NAVRATNA Company as Management Trainee (Technical / F&A / HR & Welfare / Corporate Communications) Rectt. Advt. No. : 04/2013 Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP) is India’s first shore-based integrated Steel Plant built with state-of-the-art technology and is a prime producer of long steel products in the country having extensive market in infrastructure‚ construction‚ automobile‚ electrical and forging industry. With an annual turnover of
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strategy‚ keeping its plant on the same campus as its corporate offices in Boulder‚ Colorado. Ann felt that her strategy of keeping all the parts of the company in the same location‚ while unconventional‚ had contributed greatly to cooperation among various departments and‚ ultimately‚ to the company’s growth: EDC had become the largest and most profitable bicycle company in the United States. Yet her manufacturing vice president‚ Sean Andrews‚ was now urging her to build a plant in China. “Look
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What role do plants play in Thanksgiving? The entire idea of Thanksgiving is essentially molded around the idea of crops. Thanksgiving is thought to be‚ historically‚ a time where the Pilgrims and Indians came together to give thanks for the great harvest. In reality‚ The Native Americans celebrated the gifts of harvest as often as possible and the Pilgrims and Natives didn’t come together celebrating crops‚ but instead crops such as corn‚ and land in general was stolen from the Native Americans
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because of a liquid accelerant. The notion that a flammable or combustible liquid caused flames to reach higher temperatures had been repeated in court by arson sleuths for decades. Yet the theory was nonsense: experiments have proved that wood and gasoline-fuelled fires burn at essentially the same temperature. Vasquez and Fogg had cited as proof of arson the fact that the front door’s aluminum threshold had melted. “The only thing that can cause that to react is an accelerant‚” Vasquez said. Hurst
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PYROLYSIS PLANT PROPOSED FINANCIAL ASPECTS ( 2 ton conversion per day--3 batches of 8 hours each‚ Assumption : 26 working days per month ) A. FIXED CAPITAL (i) Land and Building Deposit for 2250sqft 550‚000.00 Total 550‚000.00 (ii) Machinery & Equipment SI.No. Description Qty. Rate (Rs.) Value (Rs.) 1 2 tons conv. Machine 1 6‚820‚000.00 6‚820‚000.00 2 Office Furniture 10‚000.00 Taxes‚ licensing expenses‚ trasnportation
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Captive Power Plant in Existing Ferro Alloy Unit Proponent M/s. Star Metallics & Power Pvt. Ltd. Hospet‚ Karnataka. Karnataka SEAC PPT For EC of Star Metallics & Power Pvt. Ltd. 1 PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Name of company M/s. Star Metallics & Power Pvt. Ltd Promoter of company EIEL‚ India & ETA group‚ Dubai. Location Vyasankere‚ Ta: Hospet‚ Dist.: Bellary District: Karnataka EXISTING PROJECT DESCRIPTION Plot Area 95 Acre Project Ferro alloy plant Location
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PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT DESIGN (Production of Vinegar from Banana Peels) Submitted to: Engr. Caesar P. Llapitan Professor Submitted by: Balod‚ Marie Paz Edraira‚ Marie Grace Jurado‚ Orencio III ChE - V Process Description Vinegar Making from Banana Peelings I. Raw Materials For every kilogram of banana peels (Cavendish or saba)‚ add 170 g of sugar‚ 225 g vinegar (starter liquor)‚ 0.879 g bakers yeast‚ 907 g water‚ and 7.05 g ammonium sulfite. II. Procedure
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