Compare and contrast the differences involved between purely domestic logistics operations and the challenges of global logistics systems as related to aviation and aerospace companies.
Compare and contrast the differences involved between purely domestic logistics operations and the challenges of global logistics systems as related to aviation and aerospace companies.
Assume you are the logistics vice president for a major airline seeking to expand its international operations. What factors would you consider when determining where to locate parts and maintenance warehouses and facilities? What are the cost trade-offs involved?
Include at least one authoritative reference source with your report.
Write the paper in accordance with current APA style rules including a cover page, narrative body, and reference list on a separate final page.
Discuss your opinion of the tactics used by Vice President Dick Cheney in his effort to expand the power and authority of the Presidency during the Bush Administration.
Discuss your opinion of the tactics used by Vice President Dick Cheney in his effort to expand the power and authority of the Presidency during the Bush Administration. Do you approve or disapprove of his tactics? More importantly, I want you to discuss (regardless of Cheneys tactics) whether you agree with Cheney that the President should have unlimited war powers? Why or Why not? What powers do think the President should have to ensure the nations security in the war on terrorism?
no references, 1 paragraphs, no big vocabulary usage.
Develop the network activity chart and identify the critical path for a project based on the information provided in the Gantt Chart Activity document.
This assignment consists of four parts. Please label each part of the assignment Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 in the document, and insert a page break after each part. Click here to see an example. The total assignment is worth 100 points. Please submit as one document.
Note: This assignment requires the use of MS Project or similar software. If you do not have MS Project or similar software, you may look for free or trial versions on the Internet.
Part 1: Develop an in-depth schedule for your initial project based on the Work Breakdown Structure you completed in Unit III. Please refer to the Integrated Project in Chapter 10 of the textbook on page 318 for more information. (40 points total)
Be sure to include:
1. An activity precedence diagram (10 points)
2. An activity duration table (10 points)
3. A network diagram and Gantt charts (20 points)
Part 2: Please complete Case Study 10.2, Project Scheduling at Blanque Check Construction on pages 315 and 316 in the textbook and respond to the questions for discussion. Please make sure that each question is answered thoroughly using a minimum of 200 words for each case study question. (10 points)
Part 3: Develop the network activity chart and identify the critical path for a project based on the information provided in the Gantt Chart Activity document. To access the Gantt chart activity document, click here. (25 points total)
1. Draw the activity network as a Gantt chart. (20 points)
2. What is the expected duration of the project? (5 points)
Part 4: Consider the project with the information provided in the Project Activity Network document. To access the Project Activity document, click here or on the link above. (25 points total)
1. Construct the project activity network using AON methodology and label each node. (15 points)
2. Identify the critical path and other paths through the network. (10 points)
Pinto, J. K. (2010). Project management: Achieving competitive advantage (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
What would you do to further increase the level of personal responsibility that Ryan developed among employees?
Case 16: Apollo Hotel (Textbook page: 609)
Guideline and Suggestions
Please read the General Guideline to Solving Case Studies before start, as posted on the Blackboard.
Read the case twice: once from top to down; second, by focusing on each statement
When you analyze the case, think professionally. You better review the related chapter(s).
Provide complete and appropriate response for each question (not less, not much)
Please use the framework as provided below (second page)
Using bullet points is the best style
The format of the assignment
Length: Maximum 2 pages (remember: the content is more important than no of pages)
1.5 space, with Arial or Times New Roman, 11 fonts
Margins: 1. inch from left & right, 0.5 inch top & bottom
Evaluation:
Assignments will be evaluated in terms content with an emphasis on originality, analysis, completeness of the information, organization of your ideas, appropriate, conciseness, and clarity.
Copy-and-paste the questions to an MS Word document in order to answer them.
1. What recommendations would you offer to Ryan to:
a. Increase occupancy
b. Improve REVPAR
c. Improve Operations
2. What would you do to further increase the level of personal responsibility that Ryan developed among employees? (seeking your opinion based on the facts given in the case)
3. Do you believe that employees should be cross-trained to do many tasks in a hotel? Does this alienate applicants who might otherwise be good employees?
4. Should Ryan hire an ad agency to help position and market the hotel?
How does a person think about vaccinations and community protections compared to a health behavior professional?
How does a person think about vaccinations and community protections compared to a health behavior professional? In this discussion, you will wear two hats and compare your thinking while wearing each. You will write your initial post before you do your weekly readings. Pretend that a group of socially minded friends have asked you to create a social marketing campaign to address vaccines (e.g., misinformation vs. lives saved, spurious connections to autism, etc.) and the important role they play in community protection. In your post, include the following:
Describe the first thing you would do to develop your campaign.
Identify your target audience.
Write a description of your campaign, with enough specifics to make your post about 350 words in length.
When you have completed this post, due by the end of Day 2, then devote yourself to your readings, specifically Chapter 8, and to watching the videos Using Social Marketing to Create Change for Good (Links to an external site.) and TEDxPennQuarter 2011 Bill Smith Reinventing Social Marketing (Links to an external site.) to begin taking in the information that will let you look at this discussion in a more professional manner. Your health behavior professional hat will be worn in your Guided Responses.
How does a person think about vaccinations and community protections compared to a health behavior professional? In this discussion, you will wear two hats and compare your thinking while wearing each. You will write your initial post before you do your weekly readings. Pretend that a group of socially minded friends have asked you to create a social marketing campaign to address vaccines (e.g., misinformation vs. lives saved, spurious connections to autism, etc.) and the important role they play in community protection. In your post, include the following:
Describe the first thing you would do to develop your campaign.
Identify your target audience.
Write a description of your campaign, with enough specifics to make your post about 250 words in length.
How did looking at them as a whole person help you see things about them that you dont normally focus on?
Pick a friend and do an assessment on them as a whole person. You can do this by looking at them through the wellness model discussed in the Chapter 8 presentation and the book under the Wellness Perspective (the Creative Self, Coping Self, Social Self, Essential Self and Physical Self).
For the discussion, tell us something you didnt know about them that you learned during this exercise.
How did looking at them as a whole person help you see things about them that you dont normally focus on?
Develop a proposed evidence-based change-project plan specific to the environment you are using to implement your change project.
Develop a proposed evidence-based change-project plan specific to the environment you are using to implement your change project. Your environmental assessment will include a work breakdown structure, a budget plan, and a measurement tool.
This week, you will design a plan that is at least four pages in length and includes all the information listed in the instructions below to discuss the elements of your proposed plan.
Develop an environmental assessment of your change project area and its readiness for the specific change project you are going to implement.
Include a work breakdown structure. For example, you could create a (timeline/task list/Gantt chart)a hierarchical definition of the planned tasks and activities of a project that normally begins with the highest-level activities and works downward into the individual tasks.
Include a proposed project budget (table or spreadsheet) for the project that addresses the needed personnel, equipment, and supplies that may have associated costs. Click this link for a sample budget template Click for more options .
Include your measurable evaluation methods (indicators/metrics). Include the actual measurement tool you will use and describe any of the following that are applicable to your project: cost savings, improved efficiencies, access to care (visits/procedures/admissions), patient/family satisfaction, associate satisfaction, associate engagement, retention, clinical outcomes, injury prevention, and risk reduction.
Discuss the health care support systems available in your community for someone of this culture.
You are admitting a 19-year old female college student to the hospital for fevers.
Using the patient information provided, choose a culture unfamiliar to you and describe what would be important to remember while you interview this patient.
Discuss the health care support systems available in your community for someone of this culture. If no support systems are available in your community, identify a national resource.
compose a two-page essay discussing the impact of the new world of digital communication on community-building in America.
Robert Putnam, in his book Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, uses the example of the decline of bowling leagues across the country to suggest the passing of community and associations in the United States. Traditionally these associations provided the social capital* upon which society was built.
Has social media exacerbated this loss of community and neighborhood associations or has it enhanced community building? Many argue that electronic communication lacks the tactile and personal nature of face to face contact necessary for true communities. Others respond that online communication permits a much broader understanding of community, with connection across a heretofore impossible expanse of culture and geography.
Using real-world examples, please compose a two-page essay discussing the impact of the new world of digital communication on community-building in America.
Your essay should use MLA formatting and demonstrate college-level grammar, spelling and vocabulary.
*Social capital: A network of personal relationships that provide social glue
Suggest three improvements, based on total quality management, that Ted Short can use to make the current process more efficient
Activity: Pareto Analysis and Business Process Flow Charting Practice
This activity consists of two problems.
Problem One
Gary Seitz is director of procurement for the Forest Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois. His medical center recently purchased more than 300 new side tables for the patient rooms from Quick-and-Cheap Furniture. His team, however, is not happy with the paint quality of these tables. They feel the firm providing the tables was rushed to get the order out and did not do a great job.They have examined each of the 312 tables that they have received so far and found the following defects, listed in alphabetical order: Table DefectsProblemNumber of OccurrencesDirt in paint65Off-color17Orange peel12Other1Sad looking43Scratch11Sealer under8Thin paint31
Instructions
Use Excel to:
Create a Pareto Chart for this situation.
Create and complete a table for this situation using the following headers:
Problem.
Frequency.
Cumulate Frequency.
Percentage.
Cumulate Percentage.
List the most frequently occurring problem first in the table, then the next more frequently occurring problem second in the table, and so forth.
In a Word document:
Draw two conclusions about the quality of the patient tables that Quick Furniture has shipped to the Forest Medical Center.
Submit both your Word and Excel files.
Problem Two
Ted Short, manager of procurement at the Lake Luna Medical Center (LLMC), is starting a process to examine at the general process that is followed at his center for procurement of medical supplies at his facility. His first step is to develop a flowchart for the current process that employees at his center follow. He has asked you to draw that flowchart for him and make any obvious changes to shorten the process.Here are the key steps that are followed:
The LLMC employee fills out a paper requisition and sends that to his department head for approval.
The department secretary first examines the requisition to see if all needed information is present. If it is, then she sends to the department head for approval. If not, she returns to the employee for any needed corrections. The employee then returns the requisition to the department secretary for review again.
Requisitions with the correct information are sent to the department head.
The department head reviews the item to determine if the material requested seems appropriate. He may contact his employee to discuss any questions he might have.
If he feels it is inappropriate, then he rejects the request and sends it back to the employee.
If he feels it is appropriate, then he checks the budget to see if there are sufficient monies in the budget to pay for this. If there are not, then he rejects the request and sends it back to the employee. If there are sufficient funds, then he approves them.
If the requisition is approved, then the department secretary sends the requisition to a member of the LLMC Procurement Team.
The LLMC procurement specialist checks to see if the suggested vendor on the requisition is on the approved vendor list (AVL).
If not, he sends the request back to the department secretary and the process starts all over if the LLMC employee wants to continue to pursue it. If the employee does not, then the requisition is terminated.
If the vendor is on the AVL, the LLMC procurement specialist checks to see if a quote is required, either based on the type of equipment and material required or on the amount of the purchase.
If no quote is required, the procurement specialist transmits the PO to the vendor for execution.
If a quote is required, then the specialist contacts the vendor and asks for a quote. If the quote is satisfactory based on past purchases of such items, the specialist approves the quote and places the order.
If the quote is too high, the specialist contacts the LLMC employee and asks for another vendor to check. The procurement specialist then checks the second vendor. Usually, a procurement specialist will have to check only two vendors at most.
If the specialist cannot find a vendor with it suitable price after two tries, then the PO is cancelled.
When the specialist finds a vendor who submits a suitable quote, the transmits the PO to the vendor for execution by US postal service or by telephone.
The procurement specialist then logs the transaction into the financial system.
The procurement specialist then forwards the request to the Accounts Payable Department for payment when the receipt of the materials and equipment ordered, if acknowledged.
Instructions
Use Microsoft Word to complete the following:
Develop a flowchart for this process.
Suggest three improvements, based on total quality management, that Ted Short can use to make the current process more efficient.
Submit your Word document(s)
