BUS204 – OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY II ZYCHOL CHEMICALS CORP.1 Due Date: 10 Mart 20102 Bob Richards‚ the production manager of Zychol Chemicals‚ in Houston‚ Texas‚ is preparing his quarterly report which is to include a productivity analysis for his department. One of the inputs is production data prepared by Sharon Walford‚ his operations analyst. The report‚ which she gave him this morning‚ showed the following: 2000 Production (units) Raw Material Used (barrels of petroleum byproducts)
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1. What is CSX’s motive for buying Conrail? • Synergy effect with lower cost The merged company could consolidate overlapping operations and reduce cost. CSX estimated that cost reduction would yield an additional $370 million in annual operating income by the year 2000‚ net of merger costs. • Expansion of market share by extending railroad network Railroad industry is a mature market. The only option to grow is through acquisitions. In 1995‚ Conrail owned 29.4% of the Eastern rail
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Case study Chimel vs. California Citation 395 u.s.752 1969 Facts: There was a warrant for an offender who supposedly robbed a coin shop. Two officers decided to locate the offender’s house where they meet the offender’s wife. Having a conversation the two officers ask the offender wife can they come inside the house and which she agreed to? Waiting for the offender who committed the crime shows up minutes later. After the offender recognizes that they were two police officers at his home
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lead to the development of more leading to drug inventions and thus increasing their revenue and profitability over the medium to long term. Collaborations types and structures can take many forms having terms‚ conditions structures set on a case by case basis. Here as Genzyme’s production‚ distribution capability already exists it puts Genzyme in a better
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Center SOLVENCIA Country Risk Case Study © CCMP-2008 Country Risk Analysis : Solvencia & Casino Bank- Bouchet Michel-H‚ CERAM Global Finance Center TABLE of Contents 1. Case Presentation and Introduction- Pedagogical support note 2. Country risk case study: Solvencia and Casino Bank 3. Excel spreadsheet 4. Annex: questions and answers regarding international bond issue and country risk 5. Case correction 1: Final Country Risk Report 6. Case Correction 2: Excel spreadsheets‚
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Esophageal cancer in a young woman with bulimia nervosa: a case report Eric T Shinohara‚ Samuel Swisher-McClure‚ Michael Husson‚ Weijing Sun and James M Metz Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007‚ 1:160 doi:10.1186/1752-1947-1-160 Received: 27 July 2007 Accepted: 29 November 2007 Published: 29 November 2007 Introduction In the past twenty-five years‚ the prevalence of esophageal adenocarcinoma has increased dramatically within the United States and it is now the most common histological type
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organization. The course offers a broad array of cases covering several industries‚ and organizations. PEDAGOGY The pedagogy emphasizes the case study method and strategic audit as means to synthesize and organize relevant information in a logical fashion. Active discussion in class is used to exchange knowledge and debate current issues in management. COURSE REQUIREMENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Assigned readings Case preparation Participation Term project Team case study presentations and written
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(3) adoption of an incentive compensation plan for the marketing manager. The student’s task is to evaluate the past and prospective financial performance of the company and to critique its liberal credit and inventory policies. The objectives of the case are to: • Introduce and exercise tools and concepts of financial-statement analysis (including financial ratios‚ break-even analysis‚ and cash-flow statements). • Explore possible definitions of the “financial health” of a company.
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Chapter 5 Case Study 1 1. What do you think some possible drawbacks from recruiting from social network site might be? Some possible drawbacks from recruiting from social network site may be that it opens up the possibility for hackers to commit fraud and launch spam and virus attacks. It also can increases the risk of people falling prey to online scams that seem genuine‚ resulting in data or identity theft. 2. What other sources of applicants might work just as well or better than social networking
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Wal-Mart Case Study Introduction 1. Brief History of Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is “the giant chain of discount stores‚ the second largest company in the world‚ with over $400 billion in revenue and 2.1 million associates.” (Philip and Kevin‚ p94) Wal-Mart began its business in 1962 when Sam Walton‚ the owner of Wal-Mart‚ opened up his first discount store in Rogers‚ Arkansas (Philip and Kevin‚ p94). In the next two decades‚ Wal-Mart expanding its scale rapidly. Since 1990s‚ Wal-Mart started to opened
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