Operations Management 1. DryIce Inc. Is a manufacturer of air conditioners that has seen its demand grow significantly. They anticipate nationwide demand for the year 2001 to be 180‚000 units in the South‚ 120‚000 units in the Midwest‚ 110‚000 units in the East‚ and 100‚000 units in the West. Managers at DryIce are designing the manufacturing network and have selected four potential sites – New York‚ Atlanta‚ Chicago‚ and San Diego. Plants could have a capacity of either 200‚000 or 400‚000 units
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The problem and solution of plastic Recently‚ plastic has become one of the most serious pollution problems in the world. According to a piece of news‚ it shows that every year worldwide plastic trash has been estimated at 260 million tons‚ and around ten percent ends up in the ocean. Many clean any more. As a result‚ in order to get back our beautiful ocean‚ people must recycle plastic and transform it into other energies. The tourism has become a great share that contributes to a country’s
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Integrative Case 4: Eco Plastics Company This case focuses on determination of the cost of capital for a firm. The student determines the cost of individual sources of financing‚ including long-term debt‚ preferred stock‚ and common stock. The cost of debt is adjusted for Eco Plastics’ 40% tax bracket. The company is considering a new financial structure‚ with the replacement of preferred stock financing with debt financing. Additional use of debt increases the common stockholders’ required
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Report on strategic options open to Elite Plastic Packaging Introduction Elite Plastic Packaging (EPP) from the financial data given is clearly out performing other companies in the Print and Packaging division – indeed 20X6 has seen it‚ apparently‚ become the only profit maker. The operating margins you are generating(40.3% in 20X6)‚ although not excessive for a manufacturing firm looking to cover significant overhead costs‚ are way beyond those gained by other companies in the division and the
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Other solutions are available to reduce the amount of teens undergoing surgery. Most solutions will cause harm to businesses but different people will think otherwise. Some people may think a different solution can make the problem of teens getting plastic surgery stop faster and more efficiently. Several solutions may work‚ but they will not be as effective as setting an age requirement of twenty-one and over. Parents of teenagers or soon to be teenagers could be objectors of this idea. If parents
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Brunswick Plastics This case deals with cost analysis for pricing new business in a small injection moldingjob shop in "the Maritimes" in 1986‚ a good business year. In Septe mber of 1986 Michael Smith‚ Division Manager of Brunswick Pla stics‚ faced an important pricing decision on a majo r new b id opportunity . Michael knew that pric ing too high m eant losing a bid that wo ul d em ploy currently unused capacity. On th e other hand‚ pricing too low meant l osses on the j ob. In the first two months
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substances originating from living organisms‚ or artificial materials that are similar enough to plant and animal matter to be put to use by microorganisms ------------------------------------------------- ONE OPTION: BIODEGRADABLE Plastics Biodegradable plastic is plastic that has been treated to be easily broken down by microorganisms and return to nature. Many technologies exist today that allow for such treatment. Currently there are some synthetic polymers that can be broken down by microorganisms
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BIGGER AND BETTER IN PLASTICS Factory-assembled towers boast competitive advantages over those that are field-erected Cooling towers – bastions of wood‚ fiberglass‚ steel or concrete – could someday go the way of galvanized pipe‚ aluminum cable and other equipment that has been materially altered by plastics. It’s not that plastic cooling towers are new; on the contrary‚ they have been around for more than 30 years. Rather‚ it is the fabrication of these plastic structures in larger
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EPIC B521 G111 X721 2007 Ekoplastik PPR system Assembly regulations PPR FOR WATER AND HEATING Intelligent Solutions for Plumbing & Heating Projects ASSEMBLY REGULATIONS PPR FOR WATER AND HEATING CONTENT X. 4 4 4 4 4 Assembly regulations 1. General 2. Linear expansion and contraction 3. Spacing distances of pipe supports 4. Pipe fixing 5. Pipeline routing 6. Linking of pipes into a system 7. Insulation 8. Pressure test XI. Material Transport and Storage
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Hot or Not By: Jeane Khang Elegant - This word‚ once used to describe ladies with great refinement and taste in style‚ has been erased. Instead‚ our era’s boys have replaced it with words like “hot”‚ “sexy”‚ and the list goes on. The definition of “hot” has become universally known to translate as a nice “rack”‚ long legs‚ and flat stomachs. As a guy’s common vocabulary changes to express his attractions‚ a girl’s clothing choices will evolve to suit a guy’s attractions just the same. Therefore
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