Essays Tagged: "manufacturing companies"

How companies manage their foreign exchange risk

er. It was established in Japan on 28 August 1937. Apart from its 12 plants in Japan, Toyota has 54 manufacturing companies in 27 countries, employs 246700 people and markets vehicles in more than 160 ... roach of multilateral netting by way of a clearing centre. A reinvoicing centre buys goods from the manufacturing subsidiary or parent, without taking possession, and reinvoices other company affiliat ...

(16 pages) 1196 1 4.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Industrialization and Economy

big affect on the economy. This was the process by which the United States changed from a farm to a manufacturing economy.The building of the railroad had a major impact on our country. The railroad w ... ustry to expand to the west. The railroad opened the entire U.S. to settlement and economic growth. Manufacturing companies moved westward. Manufacturing center for agricultural equipment moved from c ...

(2 pages) 58 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Three Takes on New Product Development

ieve economies of scale, the world-view of new products looms as one of the top challenges foe most manufacturing companies today. The following are the three case study hosted by practitioners and re ...

(2 pages) 182 0 0.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Nucor: A Moral Company

1972 NCA formally adopted Nucor as the company name.Today Nucor is one of the worlds leading steel manufacturing companies. With 25 divisions in 13 states, Nucor and its subsidiaries distribute steel ...

(4 pages) 142 0 3.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Economic Literacy; Economy After War

into consideration, the advantages that may come with war. For example, there willalways be several manufacturing companies that will benefit from it. Those companies consist of people who make suppli ...

(2 pages) 54 2 5.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

What is meant by the term foreign exchange risk and explain and illustrate those strategies that are available to a multi-national enterprise to deal with such risk.

aker. It was established in Japan on August 28th 1937 and apart from its 12 plants in Japan, has 54 manufacturing companies in 27 countries, employs 246,700 people and markets vehicles in more than 16 ...

(9 pages) 289 0 3.7 Feb/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Ford Motor Company Case Study

IntroductionFord Motor Company is one of the premier automotive manufacturing companies in the world. It is most famous for demonstrating the strengths of mass-prod ... obal market. Furthermore, the company has established itself as an environmental leader in the auto manufacturing industry: it is the first company to successfully deploy ISO 14001 at all its faciliti ...

(15 pages) 667 0 3.7 Mar/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Customer Driven Quality

n? Quality. The organization that can provide the highest level of quality will succeed. Years ago, manufacturing companies attempted to improve the level of quality by tuning the processes that were ... with customer satisfaction, and customer driven quality management affects all industries including manufacturing, service, non-profit, and government.ManufacturingHighline Manufacturing is a privatel ...

(3 pages) 141 0 5.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Customer Driven Quality - MGT 449

n? Quality. The organization that can provide the highest level of quality will succeed. Years ago, manufacturing companies attempted to improve the level of quality by tuning the processes that were ... with customer satisfaction, and customer driven quality management affects all industries including manufacturing, service, non-profit, and government.ManufacturingHighline Manufacturing is a privatel ...

(3 pages) 176 0 3.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Business problems, situations, and opprotunities that are ethical issues

50 to 120,000 thousand deaths a year are linked to the air pollution that are disbursed by air from manufacturing companies. Ant there is little doubt that the depletion of the ozone is caused by atmo ...

(6 pages) 128 0 5.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Can you hear it? Did the 20's roar or not?

to them. Canada was roaring it's new found sense of independence and self.The economy was booming. Manufacturing companies were generating jobs by the dozens - and giving them to women as well as men ...

(3 pages) 62 1 3.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Knowledge Integration and Management

ciation." It is the remaining resource that can provide competitive advantage in the enterprise and manufacturing. Knowledge is a key resource, if manufacturing companies wish to achieve success in a ...

(6 pages) 185 0 0.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Introduction of UMTS in Spain Case Study Competition in the European Mobile Phone Industry.

What are the unique characteristics of the phone operator compared to traditional manufacturing sectors?Development of phone services needs a complex cooperation between different pa ... d much more content providers and so on. Phone operators must have agreements with each other. Many manufacturing sectors do not need to have agreements with each other in order to succeed. The phone ... on many other industries (such as handset manufacturers, technology providers etc.) whereas typical manufacturing companies may not have to rely on other industries to succeed.The phone operators it's ...

(6 pages) 33 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

5 minute speech on a famous person: Bill Gates

t. With his knowledge of programming Bill began making a profit by selling his programs to computer manufacturing companies. He was already making enough money to expand his company to the hundreds. B ...

(2 pages) 65 0 3.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Is the rise of intermodal international logistics affecting the operations of manufacturing companies?

Intermodal transportation has a significant role in international logistics and has changed the way manufacturing companies operate and do business. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that in ... e of this paper is to demonstrate that intermodal international logistics affects the operations of manufacturing companies. In particular, the factors contributing to the rise of intermodal transport ...

(8 pages) 200 0 4.5 Feb/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Value of Quality, customer satisfaction

n? Quality. The organization that can provide the highest level of quality will succeed. Years ago, manufacturing companies attempted to improve the level of quality by tuning the processes that were ... with customer satisfaction, and customer driven quality management affects all industries including manufacturing, service, non-profit, and government.ManufacturingHighline Manufacturing is a privatel ...

(6 pages) 219 1 4.2 Apr/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Ice Cream Industry Aust

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The following report is mainly based on the ice cream industry's manufacturing output and refers to ice cream mixes, soft serve mixes and ice confection, produced an ... t purchase the output of ice cream are Supermarkets, Food service, Route Trade and Export.The top 5 manufacturing companies are estimated to hold approx 40 to 55 percent of the market share. The numbe ...

(16 pages) 39 0 3.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Discuss the Economic Order Quantity model (EOQ) and the Just-In-Time model (JIT), and identify the effectiveness of the two models.

s very important that successful enterprises need efficient stock control management, especially in manufacturing companies and retail distribution. In business practice, we usually use many stock con ... cle over again when it receives the next customer order."2). Each unit including the setup time and manufacturing lead time are minimized. When a product is prepare to begin in production line, then t ...

(19 pages) 91 0 3.7 Oct/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Robots and their development.

know there will be a robot to do almost any task that we could possibly need. Soon after that robot manufacturing companies will develop artificially intelligent robots so you only need one robot for ...

(1 pages) 29 1 5.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

"Washable Wools Profitability"

Australian Wool Innovation Ltd, leading to improved quality control measures for some of the larger manufacturing companies. (Unknown - CSIRO) These services allowed for each organization to improve o ...

(4 pages) 31 0 5.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Clothing, Footwear and Cosmetics