Day: April 26, 2018

Background:
The Denver facility produces a wide variety of liquid chemicals.
Raw materials arrive at the Denver facility by railroad tank car.
Most shipments made in single or multiple compartment semi-trailer tankers.

Scenario:
Problems with delivered product quality
roduction systems appear to be out of control at times
Too many (non-Carbide) vehicles driving through plant.
Appears that drivers are not fully aware or observant of proper safety measures
Neighborhood residents and police complaining of trucks blocking the streets in
front of the plant.
Road blockages are normally short lived but consistently occur in the morning and late afternoons.
Automotive customers require that laboratory testing report on each SKU accompany each shipment. Denver facility is slow in producing lab reports.
Noncompliant trucks leaving Denver facility with lab reports stating that the products are non-compliant.
Plant transportation operations group (dispatching and scheduling) does not know when trucks will arrive at the gate.
20% of trucks arrive with no advance notice and with no order on file, but with purchase order in hand.
Denver periodically runs out of products without warning.
Denver facility has requested funds for new truck scales, but the need was not justified on a cost/benefit basis.

Problem:
Conduct a root cause analysis of the various issues that Mr. Walters presented
Discuss how the performance of the various areas impacts one another.
Come up with solutions

Draft a trip report for Mr. Walters of your groups preliminary recommendations.
Identify the underlying root cause of the problems and provide a reasonable and acceptable solution along with a trip report to include the following.

1. Dispatching 2. Transportation & Scheduling 3. Quality Control Laboratory
4. Production Units & Operational Departments 5. Product Loading
6. Facilities & Operations 7. Product Loading of Polyols

A company manufactures specialty devices for machinery. One particular device has reached maturity, and the company is considering whether to replace it with a newer model. Technologies have not changed dramatically so the new device would have similar functionality to the existing one but would be smaller and lighter in weight.

The firm’s three choices are to keep the old model, design a replacement with internal resources and purchase a new design from a firm that is one of it suppliers. The market for these devices will be either “receptive or “neutral” of the replacement model. The financial estimates are as follows: Keeping the old design will yield a profit of $6 million dollars. Designing the replacement internally will yield $10 million if the market is “receptive” but a $3 million loss if the market is “neutral.” Acquiring the new design from the supplier will profit $4 million under “receptive,” $1 million under “neutral. The company feels that the market has a 70% chance of being “receptive: and a 30% change of being “neutral”.

Calculate expected value for all courses of action and what actions yield the highest expected value?

A. There are three possible choices here.
B. If they stay with old design, the profit will be $6 million.
C. The EMV of developing the replacement internally is $6.1 million.
D. The company should choose the highest value, and develop a replacement product design with internal resources.

There could be more than one correct answer.

It is projected that a needed item will sell for $10 each. If the item is outsourced, there is virtually no cost other than the $5 per unit that they would pay their supplier.

Process A requires an investment of $120,000 for design and equipment, but results in a $6 per unit cost.

Process B requires only a $100,000 investment but is per unit cost is $5.

Regardless of whether the item is subcontracted or produced internally, there is a 50% chance that they will sell 50,000 units, and a 50% chance that they will sell 100,000 units.

Using the decision trees and EMV, what is their best choice?

A. The company only has to choose among three alternatives
B. The decision should be based on which alternative yields the highest profits
C. Process A is preferable to process B
D. Process A promises the highest profits

There could be more than one correct answer.It is projected that a needed item will sell for $10 each. If the item is outsourced, there is

You are vice president of public relations for one of the nation’s largest retailers. You are awoken at 3 a.m. by a call on your nightstand telephone from a New York Times reporter wanting a statement from you about the retailer’s president and CEO, who has just been found dead by the police of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He apparently killed himself after fatally shooting his wife. The reporter wants to know if it is true that the CEO committed suicide because he was involved with insider trading and if it is true that he would have been fired along with the CFO that very day during a scheduled meeting of the board of directors. Just as you are about to say something, your cell phone rings and you realize that it is the retailer’s chairman calling.
What do you do? Explain what you think the rest of your day will be like, and what are the three things you must do for your company before the day is over. Oh, I forgot to mention that your spouse is out of town, and you need to get your teenaged daughter and your 11-year-old son to their respective schools, plus you have a toothache and have been delaying seeing the dentist. Now it really hurts.

Welcome to the world of New York. all the toy companies display their products. It is also where the major trade shows and competitions are held. Buyers frequently come to the showroom to preview new and exciting products.

For Briggs (fictitious company for school assignment), maintaining the right image is critical. Most of their marketing people are in New York for that reason. However, the marketers are also on the road a lot. Therefore, the receptionist at the showroom may need to show clients around when the marketers are not present. She is not alone in stepping in to cover for people in higher positions. As a non-exempt worker, you would not compensate her for sales commissions. So, what else can you do for her and the other employees who step in like this for higher-level positions.

Create a list of suggestions for the manager that do not include any changes to the base pay or benefits programs in place at Briggs Toys. You may not suggest changes in bonus plans, or long-term incentive plans. Once you have completed your list, prepare a presentation that highlights your suggestions and presents them as options to management for consideration. You may submit a PowerPoint file or a Word document.

Select an informational text from Appendix B of the Common Core standards for English Language Arts. Research a minimum of five reading comprehension-teaching strategies. Develop a graphic organizer for each strategy:

Each graphic organizer will support the comprehension strategy being used. Design the graphic organizers around the informational text and strategy. Include a summary of 1-2 paragraphs for each graphic organizer explaining how you would use this in a comprehension lesson. Include your rationale. Specify the potential benefits of using each graphic organizer and how it will support assessment of knowledge.

Use the GCU Library to research 3-5 peer-reviewed articles in support of your content.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.