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What are the main supply chain challenges that Dell is now facing? Provide your recommendations to solve them.

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Why has Dell’s direct supply chain been so successful?

As the leader in the computer systems company, Dell is always looking for ways to reduce waste, time, costs, and pass that savings on to their customers. They have a continuous focus on their customers with their carefully tailored to fit standards-based computing solutions.

They are the worlds leading computer systems company. They design, build and customize products and services. From corporations to individuals in their homes. They believe that they are successful due to their consistent focus on customers through carefully tailored standards-based computing solution. They communicate directly with their customers through internet, person or phone. Understanding of their needs is instantaneous, it enables them to effectively and efficiently deliver world class products and services that keep their customers coming back time and again.

Today’s economy forces organizations to run their IT departments leaner, faster, and smarter with fewer people and lower costs. This requires greater productivity and increased efficiency and that requires IT solutions to deliver solutions straight to the bottom line. The kind of IT solutions that offer an overall low cost of ownership and big return on investments. Dell offers a complete product portfolio that is designed to drive down costs and help ensure interoperability. Each product adheres to the highest levels of quality and reliability through rigorous engineering, manufacturing, and testing processes. Technology business research continuously recognizes dell as the industry leader in enterprise product quality.

Dell products are manufactured at 6 facilities around the world. The process begins only after a customer enters an order and every system is built to order based on the customers specifications. This allows dell to provide customers with exactly what they want in their computer systems. Dell works closely with suppliers to minimize the amount of inventory by giving them long term volume forecasts. Their pull to order cycle, automatically requests the material needed for each order every two hours. The material is then delivered to the factory from their supplier’s logistic centers. Since there are no warehouses, parts inventories are low. This is Dells direct model at work and allows them to pass a substantial savings onto their customers while delivering product in a matter of days. Their commitment to quality is evident throughout each step of their manufacturing processes. From the moment a customer’s order is received it is tracked every step of the way through the manufacturing process. Through cell-based manufacturing, each operator builds a complete system. Every system is thoroughly tested before it goes to the customer. The focus on quality continues when putting the product into the box and loading it onto the truck.

Dell focuses resources on what matters to their customers. With a highly efficient supply chain and manufacturing organization a focus on standards based technology developed collaboratively with their industry partners and a dedication on reducing costs for businesses.

What are the main supply chain challenges that Dell is now facing? Provide your recommendations to solve them.

The issues that supply chain is currently experiences is essentially competing with the online market.

Why did Dell decide that selling its products via retail outlets was a viable solution? Do you agree with this distribution strategy? Why or why not?

 

References

Chopra, S. Supply Chain Management. [Capella]. Retrieved from https://capella.vitalsource.com/#/books/9780134732459/

 

Discuss a personal nursing philosophy. Apply what you have learned about nursing theory in this course.

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Discuss a personal nursing philosophy. Apply what you have learned about nursing theory in this course. Identify a nursing philosophy that best matches your personal philosophy. Discuss a nursing framework or theory that fits that philosophy including how it fits your personal philosophy. Identify a possible situation in which that framework or theory would be a poor fit and discuss why it is a poor fit for that situation. While it is an important skill to be able to match a theory with a situation, it is also critical to understand when a theory or framework does not fit a situation.

Expectations
Format: APA 6th edition
Length: 5 pages, excluding title and reference pages
References in the last 5 years

Discuss the factors that you believe give America (or your country of choice) such an advantage.

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Trade is the exchange of goods for goods or labor service for money (indirect). Trade is based on what people can do well given their factor endowment (knowledge, abilities, skills, and resources). International trade is the exchange of good, services, and capital across international borders. International trade is based on the concept of comparative advantage, which is the country’s ability to produce a good or a service at a lower opportunity cost than other countries. Factor endowment is generally what determines the country’s comparative advantage. It is assumed that if every country is specialized in producing what they are good at producing (meaning lower opportunity cost), every country will have more goods and services and more income.

For your initial post, answer ONE of the following questions.

  1. Take a closer look at our local economy or a country of your interest and pick a good or a service that you believe America (or your country of choice) has a comparative advantage in producing. Discuss the factors that you believe give America (or your country of choice) such an advantage.
  2. In addition, which is better for a country—to export more or to import more?
  3. Moreover, what is the impact of trade surplus (exporting more than importing) and trade deficit (importing more than exporting) on GDP, employment, and the exchange rate of the country’s currency?

 

Explain why managing information is equally or more important to the company than moving products.

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For your Unit 5 assignment, you are to research and write about your company’s Information Management System and respond to the following questions. You can research your responses in your textbook, in the Capella library, and on the Internet:

Describe their information management system (IMS).
Does their IMS give them a competitive advantage over their competition?
How does the IMS help coordinate between supply chain partners?
Explain how the IMS helps monitor orders and inventory levels, and satisfy customers.
Explain why managing information is equally or more important to the company than moving products.

Submit your answer in a Microsoft Word document in 800–1000 words. All written assignments should follow APA style and formatting guidelines for attributing sources.

Discuss how your company should choose a discount rate were it to be taken over by a diversified owner and explain what theory lies behind that method.

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FINANCIAL STRATEGY COURSE WORK 2019-20

Essay Topic

  1. How does an owner-manager of a non-financial firm deal with risk? Answer the question specifically in relation to each of the following: a) risk as sensitivity to potential deviation from forecast values of variables that make up Net Present Value (cashflows, project life, initial expenditure etc) (b) risk in respect of the financial return or NPV that should be controlled for by correct choice of a discount rate (c) the same risk as in (b) but discussing how it might be dealt with by certainty equivalent calculations (1000 words approx.)
  2. Discuss how your company should choose a discount rate were it to be taken over by a diversified owner and explain what theory lies behind that method. (1000 words approx.)
  3. Discuss in your own words the views that are contained in readings (1) and (2) and comment how they support (or not) what you have said in 2. (1000 words approx.)

Readings:

Note: neither your lecturer nor your class teachers will be able to give you advice on completing this assessment which must be done independently. Plagiarism is taken very seriously.  It is very important that you use your own words rather than just using slight modifications of other authors’ work. See your guidance on plagiarism matters – no plagiarism of any sort is acceptable and carries stiff penalties. Plagiarism is not excused by citing a work that you use. You are not permitted to use payed-for-assistance to write any part of the answer; in some circumstances you may be asked to demonstrate orally your individual understanding of what you have written.

Essay requirements. You should produce a well-structured essay.  Be sure also include your own personal view of the issue throughout and not just replicate the material in the notes or readings. The essay should relate to the course content.

For submission guidelines see BLE along with any other guidance given by your undergraduate office

Ensure that you submit by the due date you have been assigned

Develop a set of recommendations that would improve the quality of the content marketing and the use of storytelling, to more effectively engage with the target market(s) of your chosen organisation.

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MARKETING MANAGEMENT
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1- Assess the relevance of the 5S framework for designing an effective online communications strategy.
2- Examine the role that content marketing and storytelling plays in engaging with customers online
3- Select a company of your choice and critically evaluate its use of content marketing and storytelling within its overall online marketing communication strategy. (This is my part on the assignment)
4- Develop a set of recommendations that would improve the quality of the content marketing and the use of storytelling, to more effectively engage with the target market(s) of your chosen organisation.

Assignment Guidelines;
1. You are expected to engage with the relevant literature on areas such as online communications strategy design and implementation. You are encouraged to read the articles that have been posted . These articles provide you with an initial platform from which to develop the assignment at the beginning of this project. As a starting point, please read chapter eleven in the Fahy and Jobber text. This is the core text for the Marketing Management module.
2. You should also engage with the relevant literature generated by your chosen organisation from secondary sources i.e. material that is available on the website.
3. This is a group assignment (maximum of five per group).
4. Your chosen company can come from services, business to business or consumer marketing sectors.
5. Effective assignments should analyse the organizations current online communications strategy with regard to its target markets, segmentation and positioning. Effective assignments should make use of relevant concepts and theories and apply them to the analysis. Groups should avoid re-stating, being descriptive or being narrative. Groups are encouraged to reflect on other frameworks besides the 5S approach (discussed in chapter eleven of the text and introduce them to the assessment of your
chosen company and proposed recommendations.
7. Include a full set of references. As a general guide, you should have a minimum of twenty-five different citations consisting of both academic texts and academic journal articles and industry references (e.g. Industry Reports, business and newspaper articles etc.)
9. The assignment should consist of 3,500 words. This excludes appendices and references. However, you should avoid the inclusion of too many appendices.
10. Students should avoid describing the elements of online communications strategy in the main body of the text. It is appropriate to include a brief overview in an appendix. The focus
within the main body of the text should be on an evaluation of the present strategy employed by the organisation and its use and application of the relevant techniques.
10. The assignment should be presented in REPORT format.

Describe how project files, such as Microsoft (MS) Word, MS Excel, MS Project, and MS Visio, will be shared with team members. Be sure to explain the rationale behind your choice.

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In this assignment, you will create a presentation for your organization to explain how successful collaboration can improve success and provide competitive advantages.

Scenario: Your organization has used a variety of collaboration systems developed by some project managers. Some of these systems were successful while others were not. Your organization has one unique challenge—many of your employees are staffed at other locations or work from home (telework). You would like to standardize the collaboration process to improve team communication for all company projects. In your presentation, you should include the elements listed below.
◾Explain why collaboration information systems (IS) are important from the organization’s perspective.
◾Discuss how collaboration tools can improve team communication.
◾Identify three tools that will be used for synchronous communications and three tools that will be used for asynchronous communications. Be sure to explain why you made these choices.
◾Describe how project files, such as Microsoft (MS) Word, MS Excel, MS Project, and MS Visio, will be shared with team members. Be sure to explain the rationale behind your choice.
◾Explain how the task list for managing tasks will be shared with team members. Be sure to explain the rationale behind your choice.
◾Discuss how this new collaboration IS could provide competitive advantages for your organization.

Use of images, graphics, and diagrams is encouraged.

You can use an industry of your choosing or examples from your personal or professional experiences in developing this assignment.

Be sure to follow the 7×7 rule (i.e., there should be no more than 7 words per line and no more than 7 lines per slide). You are required to use speaker notes to discuss the bullet points on your slides.

You must use at least two academic resources to support your presentation, and you must cite (in APA format) any information on your slides or in your speaker notes that came from these sources.

We often talk of an employer’s ‘duty of care’ to their employees. But just what does this duty consist of?

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Assessment Task: 2,600 -word Report

MODULE: LAW IN THE WORKPLACE LEVEL 6

BA HONS BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

AN EMPLOYER’S DUTY OF CARE

We often talk of an employer’s ‘duty of care’ to their employees. But just what does this duty consist of?

Employers have a duty of care to their employees, which means that they should take all steps which are reasonably possible to ensure their health, safety and wellbeing. Demonstrating concern for the physical and mental health of your workers shouldn’t just be seen as a legal duty – there’s a clear business case, too.  It can be a key factor in building trust and reinforcing your commitment to your employees, and can help improve staff retention, boost productivity and pave the way for greater employee engagement.

Legally, employers must abide by relevant health & safety and employment law, as well as the common law duty of care. They also have a moral and ethical duty not to cause, or fail to prevent, physical or psychological injury, and must fulfil their responsibilities with regard to personal injury and negligence claims.

Requirements under an employer’s duty of care are wide-ranging and may manifest themselves in many different ways, such as:

  • Clearly defining jobs and undertaking risk assessments
  • Ensuring a safe work environment
  • Providing adequate training and feedback on performance
  • Ensuring that staff do not work excessive hours
  • Providing areas for rest and relaxation
  • Protecting staff from bullying or harassment, either from colleagues or third parties
  • Protecting staff from discrimination
  • Providing communication channels for employees to raise concerns
  • Consulting employees on issues which concern them.

An employer can be deemed to have breached their duty of care by failing to do everything that was reasonable in the circumstances to keep the employee safe from harm. Employees also have responsibilities for their health and wellbeing at work – for example, they are entitled by law to refuse to undertake work that isn’t safe without fear of disciplinary action.

TASK:

You are a deputy manager in a UK organisation.  You were recently sponsored to a national conference on ‘Employer’s Duty of Care’ by your organisation and you have just returned to work. The chief executive of your organisation has asked you to write a 2,600-word report based on the theme of the conference. 

You may consider all aspects of an employer’s duty of care to its employees including the requirements listed above.

You may also consider all relevant legislation in your report including The Equality Act 2010 and The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974.  This will assist you to analyse, evaluate and reason your points of view.

General Marking Criteria

These are the broad guidelines used by lecturers when grading your assignments. Please follow these to ensure you get good grades overall.

 

Weighti ng Grade 1st 2.1 2.2 3rd F
% Subject specific knowledge and understanding
   

 

 

Knowledge

  

Authoritati ve handling of complex material

  

Demonstrates sound knowledge

 Satisfactory general knowledge of main issues  

Limited knowledge of course material

  

Factual knowledge inaccurate
   

 

 

Understanding

 Clear evidenc e of theory into practice Sound evidence of theory into practice Satisfactory evidence of theory into practice Little evidence of theory into practice  

No evidence of theory into practice
   

 

 

Information

 Excellen t range of relevant informati on  

Good range of relevant information

 Adequate range of relevant information Superficial use of relevant information  

Information not wholly relevant
  Critical analysis and thought development
   

 

 

Analysis

  

Attention to detail, precision of thought

  

Logical, generally thorough

  

Logical, but some lapses in attention to detail

 Lack of attention to detail, imprecise analysis  

Weak or little analysis
   

 

 

Synthesis

  

Clear arguments

, clear justificatio n

  

Good arguments, good justification

  

Adequate arguments some justification

  

Descriptive with undeveloped arguments

 Lacks synthesis, statements only, no justification
   

 

 

Sources

  

Extensiv e and in depth

  

Wide and in depth

  

Adequate evidence of reading

  

Limited evidence of reading

 Lacks evidence of relevant reading

 

 

 

   

 

 

Structure

  

Well structu red and lucid

  

Coherent soundly structured

 Reasonably lucid adequate structure  

Imbalance in given information

  

Lacks structure
  Presentation
   

 

 

Layout

  

Sound organisati on, correct use of

guidelines

  

Correct use of guidelines but with minor errors

 Adequate use of guidelines with minor errors  

Some major errors in use of guidelines

  

Guidelines not followed
   

 

 

Editing

  

 

 

No errors

  

Minimal errors in proof reading

 Some minors errors in proof reading  

Some major errors in proof reading

  

Inadequate proof reading
   

 

 

Referencing

  

Referencin g and annotation correct

 A few references and annotation incorrect Some references and annotation incorrect Several references and annotation incorrect  

Major errors or lack of referencing

 

Guidelines for the presentation of written work

o  Written work should be word-processed in order to demonstrate your professional abilities linked to ICT.

o  Use an appropriate and systematic layout: 12pt font and double spacing.

o  Proof-read your work

Further reading:

–     Collins, Employment Law, Chapter 2 Regulating the Workplace pp 35-36 and Chapter 5 Co-operation see particularly pp 101-110.

Deakin & Morris, “Implied Term of Mutual Trust and Confidence” on pp 361-366 & Sources of Contractual Terms on pp 260-267 & “Assessment” section on pp 409-413

Hugh Collins, Employment Law, Chapter 5 esp heading mutual trust and confidence

Employment Rights Act 1996

Employment Relation Act 2004

Equal Pay   Act

Data Protection Act

National Minimum Wage Act

For further info access ACAS website.

Thank you!

 

 

Crime rates have declined in many societies around the world. Why have crime rates been dropping?

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  1. According to the political scientist Robert Putnam, what has happened to social and community engagement in the United States since the 1950s? What explanations does Putnam believe might explain these changes?

 

  1. What are the most important factors that affect the size of a society’s population? What are the potential problems with forecasting a society’s population size?
  2. What are the main claims made by Vernor Vinge in his essay on the technological singularity? In your essay, critically evaluate the arguments for and against the possibility of a singularity in the 21stcentury.
  3. How have the religious values and beliefs of people living in Canada and the United States changed over time? Do you think the observed changes support “secularization theory”? Why or why not?
  4. According to the political scientist Ronald Inglehart, what is “Neo-Modernization Theory”? How might Inglehart’s theory explain changes in people’s political beliefs and religious views? In answering this question, make sure to define the difference between “materialist” and “post-materialist” values.
  5. What are Albert Einstein’s main arguments in his 1949 essay “Why Socialism”? Do you disagree or agree with his claims? Why or why not?
  6. Crime rates have declined in many societies around the world. Why have crime rates been dropping? In your answer critically evaluate various explanations that have been put forth to explain the decline.

 

Given a shopper is male, what is the probability the shopper likes to shop for clothing?

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RUNNING HEAD: MEN AND WOMAN SHOPPER’S

MBAA 522 2.3 Data Assignment

  1. What is the probability a shopper likes to shop for clothing?
  2. Given a shopper is male, what is the probability the shopper likes to shop for clothing?
  3. Given a shopper is male, what is the probability the shopper does not like to shop for clothing?
  4. Given a shopper is female, what is the probability a shopper does not like to shop for clothing?