Assignment 1: Discussion—Sustainability and Corporate Practices   This assignment gives you an opportunity to practice your newly developed skills in assessing the sustainability of a company. In a statement of its business policies, British Petroleum (BP) asserted that “A good business should be both competitively successful and a force for good.”   However, moving from a general statement to implementation of positive corporate […]

Due Week 8 and worth 300 pointsResearch two (2) manufacturing or two (2) service companies that manage inventory and complete this assignment.Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:1.Determine the types of inventories these companies currently manage and describe their essential inventory characteristics.2.Analyze how each of their goods and service design concepts are integrated. 3.Evaluate the role their inventory plays in the […]

Important Assignment due Wednesday, June 17th.    Three days into a voyage on a cruise ship 50 people developed fever, vomiting, and diarrhea. It was determined that all 50 of them attended a banquet the night before the onset of symptoms. You decide to take your team to investigate this sudden onset of illness among 50 people. Requirements: Answer the following questions about your investigation: […]

Operations Management – Operations and Supply Chain Management Grand Canyon University     Text book: Operations and Supply Chain Management (14th Edition) Complete the Analytics Exercise: Comparing Companies Using Wall Street Efficiency Measures at the end of Chapter 1 in the textbook. Use the link below to complete the assignment.   http://csimarket.com/stocks/SSP-Efficiency-Comparisons.html

Week1  P2-17 P2-19 P2-21 P2-24   P2-17 Echeverria SA P2-19 Sebolt Wire Company P2-21 Golden Company’s P2-24 Heritage Company   PROBLEM 2-17 High-Low Method; Predicting Cost [LO3,LO4] P2-17 Echeverria SA is an Argentinian manufacturing company whose total factory overhead costs fluctuate somewhat from year to year according to the number of machine-hours worked in its production facility. These costs (in Argentinian pesos) at high and […]

X, Y > 0 B.5 Solve the following LP problem graphically: Minimize cost = 24X + 15Y Subject to: 7X + 11Y => 77 16X + 4Y => 80 X,Y => 0 B.7 The Electrocomp Corporation manufactures two electrical products: air conditioners and large fans. The assembly process for each is similar in that both require a certain amount of wiring and drilling. Each air […]

16.100     Xr16-100 The president of a company that manufactures car seats has been concerned about the number and cost of machine breakdowns. The problem is that the machines are old and becoming quite unreliable. However, the cost of replacing them is quite high, and the president is not certain that the cost can be made up in today’s slow economy. To help make […]

In Week 1, you chose a topic area and problem or challenge within that area. Throughout this course, you have researched the dynamics of the problem. The final piece of your project is to develop a viable solution that considers resources, policy, stakeholders, organizational readiness, administrative structures and other internal and external factors, as applicable. Using the papers you have written throughout this course, consolidate […]

Week 3 Assignment   Cause-Related Marketing According to Perreault, Cannon, and McCarthy (2014), branding is the use of a name, term, symbol, or design, or a combination of these, to identify a product. Branding can have a significant impact on consumers when they are making buying decisions. For example, can you think of a common brand of orange juice? Coffee? Soda? Sneakers? Cleaning product? Now, […]

One of the more traditional assignments that students encounter in an introductory Art History class is to go to a museum to observe an object(s) and write a paper that details its stylistic features.  Since the Lowe Art Museum on the University of Miami campus has a very fine collection of Renaissance to Rococo paintings, select one painting from this time span to concentrate on.  […]