Essays Tagged: "manufacturing plants"

How Can Artificial Intelligence Help Us?

e novelties among business and marketing professionals? Medical facilities, police departments, and manufacturing plants have all been changed by AI but how? These questions and many others are the co ... reas that this can cover are almost endless. This can include law, chemistry, biology, engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, military operations, finance, banking, meteorology, geology, and more. Exp ...

(12 pages) 286 0 4.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence

The Drilling Burr Expert System: Description, Principle, and Weaknesses

operationThe formation of burrs is a significantly undesirable by product of drilling operations in manufacturing plants. A burr, which is the rough edge that remains on a work piece after drilling, i ... of material (see Fig. 1) [1]. Because of their uneven shape, burrs cause a multitude of problems in manufacturing. For example, burrs not only cause jamming and misalignment during assembly by interfe ...

(9 pages) 56 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Mechanical Engineering

Maquiladoras

o build their assembly plants and flourish on the low labor rates. "Maquiladoras" are foreign owned manufacturing plants that rely on cheap Mexican labor.The unemployment rate was high in Mexico in th ... e U.S., yet the outcome of their productions benefits American businesses. Women working in garment manufacturing and electronic assembly plants have a higher average of low-birth weight babies. Mothe ...

(8 pages) 197 3 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

Artificial Intelligence -An essay on how can artificial intelligence help us?

ng business and marketing professionals? AI has changed medical facilities, police departments, and manufacturing plants, but how? These questions and many others are the concern of the general public ... reas that this can cover are almost endless. This can include law, chemistry, biology, engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, military operations, finance, banking, meteorology, geology, and more. Exp ...

(13 pages) 125 1 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence

Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA: The Transit Point Experiment

nufacturer of freestanding and built-in appliances. Merloni's distribution network consists of five manufacturing plants, a centralized warehouse, and seventeen regional warehouses.During the past few ... sThe proposal being evaluated utilizes the concept of "cross-docking" and is synonymous with JIT in manufacturing. In cross-docking, goods are received on one dock and are immediately shipped through ...

(6 pages) 170 1 4.7 Jan/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies

Whirlpool Corporation - Case Study

d markets mainly appliances and appliance-related products, primarily for home use. The Company has manufacturing plants in 13 countries, and is also an owner of eleven brand names. Whirlpool sends it ... d employs 3,500 people. Whirlpool's information technology (IT) consists of domestic processing for manufacturing, sales, and engineering located in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Parts information technolo ...

(7 pages) 303 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

What Acid Rain is, And How It Harms Our Planet

on of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from the burning of coal, natural gas, and oil, by certain manufacturing plants. Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides react with water and other chemicals in the ...

(2 pages) 24 0 1.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Honda In Europe.

ook place in 1990 in the global auto industry arena; rather it expanded its operation by setting up manufacturing plants in regional market.After examining Honda's efforts of reaching European markets ...

(2 pages) 55 0 3.5 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies

Case Scenario: Bug, Inc.

States. BUG is thinking about expanding its sales to international markets. Currently, half of its manufacturing plants are in foreign countries and half are in the U.S. The company's logo is a ladyb ...

(9 pages) 452 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies

A report on Gillette India Ltd.

uct"Gillette profile20th century has shown, Gillette is without peer in the grooming business. With manufacturing plants in 51 locations in 20 countries, the company has the scientific knowledge to cr ... -edged blades (7o'clock , Wilkinson Sword and 365) in India. Because of the customization and local manufacturing of the blades, this strategy of Gillette can be classified as a multi domestic strateg ...

(10 pages) 181 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Pfizer: An Economic Report

eveloping new pharmaceutical drugs in the Twentieth Century. An example of cost savings is shipping manufacturing plants offshore. This not only changes the American economy, but has a significant imp ... klyn, NY with their first product, Santonin, a palatable antiparasitic agent. In 1880, Pfizer began manufacturing citric acid, which became the company's main product and growth over the next few deca ...

(18 pages) 260 0 4.6 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Forecasting falling jobless rate in Arkansas

Arkansas' unemployment rate should drop as the state replaces jobs lost in the manufacturing sector with service-sector jobs, a university economist says. The quarterly forecast b ... ob Recovery," Shelnutt says Arkansas, like the rest of the country, is slowly recovering from major manufacturing job losses. His report said revised figures for 2003 show a job loss of 0.2 of 1 perce ... 6.2 percent in 2003 to 5.3 percent in 2004, Shelnutt said. No job gains are expected in the state's manufacturing base, with the increase coming in the service sector, such as retail sales, where pay ...

(3 pages) 24 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

PR Campaign Strategies Paper: Riordan

o establishing a successful public relations campaign, which depicts the current diversity of their manufacturing plants as well as the plans of positioning the company as an industry leader in workpl ... rdan has identified that the desired outcome is its dedication towards diversification within their manufacturing plants in the US and abroad. The target audience outlined includes employees, customer ...

(8 pages) 991 0 4.0 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Company description - HOOP SA

resulted in growth of production and company`s ability to compete. Currently, the company owns four manufacturing plants located in Tychy, Bielsk Podlaski, Iwiny and Grodzisk Wielkopolski. Starting fr ... (SWOT ANALYSIS)Strengths1.Several years of existence in the market2.Experience3.Four well equipped manufacturing plants4.Strong position of the partnership on the beverages market in Poland5.Attracti ...

(13 pages) 38 1 5.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Process Identification for Riordan

Process Identification and AnalysisRiordan Manufacturing is an industry leader in plastics. One of the most important fundamentals in creating ... tools that can be used to collect and present data to help Riordan better themselves in the plastic manufacturing business.Process Identification Targeted for ImprovementRiordan has a common set of pr ... iordan has a common set of procedures for inventory control in all of its plants. Riordan has three manufacturing plants: Hangzhou, China, Albany, Georgia, and Pontiac, Michigan that develop various p ...

(11 pages) 583 1 5.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

First Central Bank of River City

the automotive parts plant, the IMU was also able to unionize several machine shops and other local manufacturing plants.By 1970, other union such as the National Education Association (NEA) had also ...

(10 pages) 37 0 4.7 May/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

Globalization and its Negative Impact on Selling Your Stuff

national sales on eBay. However, because of American companies are now outsourcing entities such as manufacturing plants and labor, it is difficult to compete with the sale of brand new items on eBay ... ces rather than an auction-style format. Their competitors are companies that have outsourced their manufacturing plants in countries like China and Ireland. These companies are now able to sell the s ...

(5 pages) 62 0 3.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Bug Inc. Paper

thin the United States. BUG is considering expanding its marketplace to an international level; the manufacturing plants are split between foreign countries and the United States.Intellectual Property ...

(7 pages) 335 0 4.1 Aug/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

“Just Stop It”, an insult directed towards Nik

n all of the factories. The reason that Nike operates this way, is because by contracting out their manufacturing the company is less "responsible" and liable for whatever goes on in the manufacturing ... ng to pay per shoe to be made and the subcontractor, once they agree to the deal is responsible for manufacturing the quoted number of shoes for the stated price. A second reason as to why Nike contra ...

(4 pages) 1130 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

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ke manufactured their products primarily in Taiwan and Korea, but recently in that past five years, manufacturing plants have moved at an alarming rate to countries like, Indonesia, china, and Vietnam ... expect more money for their work, thus big companies like Nike, moved out. Nike primary reason for manufacturing their shoes and accessories in countries like Taiwan and Korea was so that they could ...

(5 pages) 988 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers