July 31‚ 1998 Japanese railway workers check an overpass‚ keeping it safe for the "bullet train" below. (Kyodo) Leaving over 100 people dead‚ the June 3‚ 1998‚ derailing of a German Intercity Express (ICE) high-speed passenger train gave quite a shock to railway authorities in Japan. Particularly shaken were Japan Railway (JR) companies‚ which operate their Shinkansen super-express trains (often called "bullet trains") at speeds of 200 to 300 kilometers (125 to 185 miles) per hour‚ on schedules
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Kudler Fine Foods Frequent Shopper Program Kudler Fine Foods is a very popular food store located at different parts of California. The main objective of the store is to have profit maximization by providing quality products at appropriate prices in comparison to the other competitors. Through this objective‚ the store wants to have significant growth. The company now wants to expand its services by improving the efficiency of its operations. It also wants to increase the loyalty and profitability
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To the McBride Financial Services Executive Team‚ After our meeting last week‚ Lewis consulting agreed to undertake the exciting challenge of developing and implementing a new-age marketing program that will help target demographics that McBride has had little success in penetrating. The following document outlines how Lewis consulting will perform market research to gather the criteria your target customers will respond to‚ as well as what types of media McBride Financial Services should look
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Organizational Forms Taking into consideration the forms of business such as sole proprietorship‚ partnership‚ limited liability partnership‚ Limited Liability Company‚ S corporation‚ franchise‚ and corporate form‚ the scenarios of each form of business is listed below. In addition‚ the scenarios will allow each individual to further understand the worth of the individual business forms. Sole proprietorship is the most common form of business‚ instating this proprietorships are operated and
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Study Guide for Final Exam The final will be cumulative‚ although much of the test will focus somewhat more heavily on the material covered since the last midterm. There will be some questions that have been taken directly from the two earlier midterms. You’ll almost certainly recognize these questions; if you’ve reviewed the earlier exams with me in class (or in person) & know the answers to most or all of the questions‚ you’ll breeze through them. Read each question carefully‚ though‚ as
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Financial and Accounting (F & A) Systems Team A Business Systems – BSA/310 May 13‚ 2013 Current Challenges Riordan Manufacturing is using different business systems throughout their branches. These different systems are causing difficulties‚ which produces errors in reporting and argument between these branches. San Jose has a license for a fully integrated Windows system without application source code. Michigan has a vendor software application that is no longer supported
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PSY/310: Week 2 DQ 1 What are some methods that were used to treat individuals who were presumably suffering from some form of mental illness prior to the Renaissance period? What are the rationales behind these methods? Prior to the Renaissance period‚ Enlightenment thinkers urged the reformation of treating mental illnesses‚ which many treatments were used that today would be looked at as appalling or astounding in treating the mentally ill. German doctor Johann Weyer (1515-1588)‚ the first
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Proceedings of the 8th WSEAS International Conference on SYSTEM SCIENCE and SIMULATION in ENGINEERING Reverse Logistics for Electrical and Electronic Equipment: a modular simulation model L. GUERRA‚ T. MURINO‚ E. ROMANO Department of Materials Engineering and Operations Management University of Naples “Federico II” P.le Tecchio – 80125 Napoli ITALY luigi.guerra@unina.it murino@unina.it elromano@unina.it http://www.impianti.unina.it Abstract: In recent years there has been a significant
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Kudler Fine Foods Frequent Buyer Program James L. Lewellen BSA/310 June 17‚ 2013 Thomas Potts Kudler Fine Foods Frequent Buyer Program The intent behind the development of Kudler Fine Foods Frequent Buyer Program is to increase the level of customer loyalty. The system will be broken down into two different levels; the frequency of a buyers shopping with Kudler Fine Foods and the amount of money that the buyer spends with each purchase. A program like this is typically used as a marketing
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Internet Mental Health Issues By Maria Mota Margaret Rainforth December 4‚ 2012 H & HS Culture HHS 310 Mental health services conducted on the Internet have been described as e-therapy‚ online counseling‚ e -mail therapy‚ Internet-based therapy‚ and similar terminology. Online therapy services may be provided as an adjunct to more traditional forms of mental health treatment‚ or may be initiated
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