Unifine Richardson Case General Comments HONEY CHOICES It appears to be nearly unanimous in terms of choice of honey among the nine groups in the class. Five groups recommend pure Canadian honey‚ two of which also recommend U.S. honey as a secondary source. Three groups recommend pure U.S. honey‚ contributing largely to the fact that the teams did not convert the U.S. honey price quoted in U.S. dollar to Canadian dollar in which the other alternative honey price are quoted. One team recommend
Premium Canadian dollar United States dollar Canada
Introduction Unifine Richardson is a food manufacturer with 110 employees. The company’s sole supplier of honey announced that effective immediately it was no longer able to supply Chinese honey. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency had rejected the importation of Chinese honey due to recently found traces of an antibiotic chemical. China had provided 20% of the world’s honey supply. Faced with escalating prices‚ issues with customer preferences‚ and possible product recalls Issues The
Premium United States dollar Canadian dollar Dollar
Executive Summary- This report will evaluate an analyze Unifine Richardson’s current purchasing strategy. The company currently purchases approximately one million pounds of honey per year. A majority of the purchased honey is a 50-50 blend of Chinese and Canadian honey. Unifine Richardson’s main honey supplier is Harrington Honey. Unfortunately‚ Harrington Honey has informed Unifine Richardson that they can no longer supply the company with honey from China. Harrington Honey’s decision to stop
Premium Marketing Balance sheet Inventory
Issue: The core issue Unifine Richardson (UR) faces is their sole honey supplier‚ Harrington Honey (HH)‚ will run out of Chinese honey in a little over a month because the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) recently found traces of chloramphenicol (a banned antibiotic associated with causing a sometimes-fatal blood disorder) and rejected the contaminated honey. Until China finds a way to detect contaminated honey‚ Unifine Richardson cannot sell any of its current Chinese-Canadian blend. Because
Premium Cost Cost overrun Cost underestimation
SAMUEL RICHARDSON (1689 – 1761) [pic] Samuel Richardson (1689 – 1761) was a self-educated tradesman who had little formal literary training‚ yet he made an impact on English literature which is nothing the less remarkable. He expanded the dramatic possibilities of the novel through an inventive use of the letter form (thus contributing to the emergence of the so-called “epistolary novel”) and was the promoter of sentimentalism[1]. Together with Daniel Defoe and Henry Fielding‚ he is credited
Premium Samuel Richardson Epistolary novel Jane Austen
“Richardson vs. Fielding” Born on August 19‚ 1689‚ Samuel Richardson was an 18th century English writer. Richardson was one of nine children‚ and came from a middle class and diligent family. Although his father wanted him to become a clergyman‚ Richardson eventually chose to be a writer due to financial restraints. Richardson began his career as an apprentice in a print shop and eventually published his own journal when he formed his own print shop. His publications included the Daily Journal and
Premium Samuel Richardson Epistolary novel Literature
Executive Summary On April 11‚ 2002‚ Rob Pincombe‚ Purchasing Manager at Unifine Richardson was notify by their main honey supplier Harrington honey that Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has found traces of Chloramphenicol in Chinese honey. As a result to the contamination of Chloramphenicol in Chinese honey‚ Harrington honey has decided to discontinue importing Chinese honey. Consequently‚ Mr. Pincombe has to consider on a long term contract to lock down on a specific price. The recommendation
Premium Supply and demand Price Futures contract
Styles and Themes of Samuel Richardson Samuel Richardson wrote his novels using the epistolary novel style‚ in which all the books are made up of letters. These letters are meant to be written during the time that the stories take place by the main character. They either described a scene or dialogue within the scene (Brophy 245). The stories used the themes of female dominance over the emotions of a man‚ and male dominance over the physicality of a woman. Also‚ many women in his stories are
Premium Samuel Richardson Epistolary novel Jane Austen
Richardson 4/26/05 ISQA 458 Unifine Richardson Case The problem facing Unifine Richardson is that Harrington Honey‚ its main honey supplier will be out of Chinese honey inventory by May 17‚ 2002 because of CFIA inspection issues. For now‚ Unifine will have to look for alternative sources for honey until the Chinese suppliers figure out a way to detect and reject contaminated honey. Its current cost for 50-50 blend of Chinese and Canadian honey is $1.08 Canadian dollars per pound. Harrington
Premium United States dollar Dollar Canadian dollar
Griffin Richardson A.P. U.S. History P.7 November 25‚ 2012 Question: Identify and evaluate the impact upon American Society of any two reform movements which emerged from the ferment of the 2nd Great Awakening. I. Introduction * The Second Great Awakening gave way to uprising amongst all people‚ namely women and blacks‚ for more rights‚ and sparked the beginning of the feminist and abolitionist reform movements. II. Since the very beginning of slavery in Europe and its colonies
Premium Abolitionism American Civil War Slavery in the United States