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This assignment is a continuation from the Case Study Sign-Up where you will do research on market intelligence, competitive intelligence and product intelligence to export a product/service to the market BWIT (Beauty World International Trading) for a Canadian exporter. Company's name: BWIT (Beauty World International Trading) Product/Service: The company offers a line of natural perfumes under the brand name "The 7 Virtues." The perfumes are made using essential oils from countries experiencing turmoil and strife, and a portion of the profits is donated to support the farmers in those regions. Link:  https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/stories-histoires/2019/bwit-7-virtues-faci.aspx?lang=eng Markets mentioned in the article: United States, United Kingdom, Australia. BWIT (Beauty World International Trading) is a company that specializes in natural perfumes under the brand name "The 7 Virtues". The perfumes are made with essential oils sourced from countries that are going…

Jaronda is a member of a dance team. As a fundraiser, she and the other members of the team decide that she will use the team's money to buy flowers in bulk, sell the flowers individually to students with her school's permission, and return the team's money plus any profits she makes, What is the MOST accurate name for aronda's role? O A. project manager © B. network facilitator O C data manager O D. systems operator

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Case Study – A Construction Company in Sweden The empirical study is conducted at one of the leading construction companies in the Nordic region that is divided into seven different business areas of which one is Construction Sweden. The company's construction projects have been previously managed in a traditional way with a strong site manager, where the contractor has made up timetables for the project and their subcontractors have consequently been contracted to accept the time slot granted. This enables subcontractors to be less committed to their timeframe and that the site manager has to have a huge workload since he or she has to maintain the focus on all of the activities in the project. After a change in the management team in the construction company's southern region, an initiative to try out a new project management tool called Visual Planning (VP) was started. VP is originally derived from Toyota, and furthermore, adjusted to fit the construction sector. The physical…

Case Study – A Construction Company in Sweden The empirical study is conducted at one of the leading construction companies in the Nordic region that is divided into seven different business areas of which one is Construction Sweden. The company's construction projects have been previously managed in a traditional way with a strong site manager, where the contractor has made up timetables for the project and their subcontractors have consequently been contracted to accept the time slot granted. This enables subcontractors to be less committed to their timeframe and that the site manager has to have a huge workload since he or she has to maintain the focus on all of the activities in the project. After a change in the management team in the construction company's southern region, an initiative to try out a new project management tool called Visual Planning (VP) was started. VP is originally derived from Toyota, and furthermore, adjusted to fit the construction sector. The physical…

Case Study – A Construction Company in Sweden The empirical study is conducted at one of the leading construction companies in the Nordic region that is divided into seven different business areas of which one is Construction Sweden. The company's construction projects have been previously managed in a traditional way with a strong site manager, where the contractor has made up timetables for the project and their subcontractors have consequently been contracted to accept the time slot granted. This enables subcontractors to be less committed to their timeframe and that the site manager has to have a huge workload since he or she has to maintain the focus on all of the activities in the project. After a change in the management team in the construction company's southern region, an initiative to try out a new project management tool called Visual Planning (VP) was started. VP is originally derived from Toyota, and furthermore, adjusted to fit the construction sector. The physical…

Q You have been asked to select between three projects. Project A has a netpresent value of $54,750 and will take six months to complete. Project B hasa net present value of $85,100 and will take two years to complete. ProjectC has a net present value of $15,000 and a benefit-cost ratio of 5:2. Whichproject should you choose?A. Project AB. Project BC. Project CD. There is not enough information to decide Q Which of the following is a defect?A. A mistake made by a team member on the jobB. A change that the team needs to make in how they do the workC. A project management plan that does not meet its requirementsD. A change request that’s been rejected by the change control board

How may the project team that recommends an ERP design strategy defend its selection in comparison to alternative design strategies?

Roger Ginde is developing a program in supply chain management certification for managers. Ginde has listed a number of activities that must be completed before a training program of this nature could be conducted. The​ activities, immediate​ predecessors, and times appear in the accompanying​ table:                                                                                       Activity Immediate​ Predecessor(s) Time​ (days) A − 2 B − 5 C − 3 D B 10 E ​A, D 4 F C 5 G ​E, F 12   This exercise contains only parts​ b, c, and d. ​b) The critical activities for the leadership training program development project are B - D - E - G   . ​c) The project length for the leadership training program development project​ = 31 days. ​d) Slack time for each of the activities​ is:   Activity Slack Time A 00 B nothing C nothing D nothing E nothing F…

A seminar was recently attended by the Managing Director of XYZ Manufacturing Company Limited located at Sheffield. The focus of the seminar was “optimising scarce resources utility in a manufacturing setting with particular reference to linear programming”. On his return to his base, he called for a meeting with the Management to share his experience from the seminar and the impact this will have on the decision by the Board to produce two major products in the years ahead. A group of external research experts had previously been commissioned and the following represents information from the research carried out by them The expected products are “Best” and “Smart” with expected costs statistics as follows:   Best £ Smart £ Material costs (5kg@£50/kg) 250 (3kg@£50/kg) 150 Labour costs         Machinery time (4 hours @£15/Hr) 60 (2hours @£15/Hr) 30 Other Processing Time (4 hours @£10/hr) 40 (5hours@£10/Hr) 50 The applicable pricing…

Should a GC issue a purchase order or a subcontract agreement for each of the following different concrete scopes: Group of answer choices -Form purchase       =                                                                    -Form rental =   -Rebar supply =   -Rebar installation      =                                                                     -Concrete pump   =                                                             -Concrete purchase =   -Slab finishing =   -Tilt-up crane =   answer choices include : -Subcontract, -Purchase Order -Purchase order without Operator/ Subcontract with Operator -Either, subcontract agreement is better due to insurance

Alex owns a shop that sells customized BMX bikes.  Each one is uniquely tailored to the rider.  The products are unique one-offs, made by an outsourced company to individual designs agreed between Alex and a designer from the outsourced company.  In WEEK 26, Alex discusses with the manufacturer a design for a new bike.  Alex and the manufacturer agree on a specification and an order is placed with the manufacturer. A. Calculate how long it will take before the BMX bike is available for sale in Alex's shop. That is, what is the Lead-Time between Alex placing order with her manufacturer and being able to display the item for sale in her shop?  The information you need to calculate the Lead-Time is as follows: To design the bike 2 weeks To raise the order for the parts for the bike 1week To manufacture and deliver all the parts of the bike 4 weeks To assemble the bike 2 weeks To deliver the finished product to Alex’s shop 1 week B. What will be the week number when the Bike can be…

A regional conglomerate is about to upgrade its customised accounting software System 2000(S2K)across the region. The directors of the group are eager to have the software upgraded to improve thequality of data from the information system. The new software requires reliable internet access andcan be accessed from anywhere using a Virtual Private network (VPN) connection. The followingactivities with times in weeks are under consideration.Activity ImmediatepredecessorsOptimistictimeMost likelytimeMostpessimistictimeVarianceA - 4 6 8 .4444B - 1 4.5 5 .4444C A 4.5 6.5 7 .1736D A 4 5 6 .1111E B,C 4.5 5.5 8 .3403F D 3 4 5 .1111G E,F 1 1.5 5 .4444H F,G 5 6 7 .1111You must use two decimal places at all times for expected times when they are not integer (you arenot permitted to round off to integers).(a) Draw the activity network for this problem (b) Determine the Expected Times. (c) Determine the activity schedule (ES, EF, LS, and LF) as well as slack.(d) Determine and state the critical path…

What are the advantages and drawbacks of SPI approaches, and what standards should be used to choose a technique that is appropriate for the project's and the company's environment?

V   what is feasibility Report ?Define when and why we need it And also define who prepare this document.

How did the requirements prioritization activity go? What were the issues and challenges? How can the issues and challenges be resolved?

Answer all the following questions based on Table 2 (a) Feasibility studies for a project is an early study before the project begins. List and briefly explain the feasibility processes. (b) Walkers Corporation is analyzing three capital projects with expected cash flows given in the Table 2 below. Each cash flow with an estimated of five years life and four year life. Interest rate of the cash flows is 10 % per annum. The Walkers Corporation uses investment appraisal techniques which is Payback Method. Analyze the appropriate calculations under the investment techniques stated above and give reasons for your investment advice. Table 2 Year Projects / Cash Flow (RM) Delta Gamma Beta 0 (250,000) (450,000) (650,000) 1 60,000 110,000 150,000 2 60,000 130,000 150,000 3 60,000 160,000 150,000 4 60,000 190,000 150,000 5 60,000 - 150,000

Complaints have come to the department manager regarding timeliness of requests for patient information and a decision must be made. Three months ago, Community Hospital opened a 24-hour urgent-care center 10 miles away in a rapidly growing community. Kent Jones, the health information services manager, took part in the planning that included the use of a combined record and one patient identification number. The decision was made to allow electronic sharing of patient records between the facilities; however, at present it is necessary to fax some portions of the record upon request. In the past month, Kent has received four complaints from the urgent care center that records were not faxed in a timely manner. There are 26 employees in health information services. Three full-time employees care for record activity during the day, with one employee devoted to record activity during the evening shift, when a team leader and four other employees are usually in the department. During the…

Complaints have come to the department manager regarding timeliness of requests for patient information and a decision must be made. Three months ago, Community Hospital opened a 24-hour urgent-care center 10 miles away in a rapidly growing community. Kent Jones, the health information services manager, took part in the planning that included the use of a combined record and one patient identification number. The decision was made to allow electronic sharing of patient records between the facilities; however, at present it is necessary to fax some portions of the record upon request. In the past month, Kent has received four complaints from the urgent care center that records were not faxed in a timely manner. There are 26 employees in health information services. Three full-time employees care for record activity during the day, with one employee devoted to record activity during the evening shift, when a team leader and four other employees are usually in the department. During the…

Case Study: Apple is famous for its attractive and highly prized electronics, including iPhones, Mac computers and laptops, and iPad tablets. However, Apple doesn’t actually make any of its products. Rather, it develops ideas, designs devices, and promotes the products and its brand. To put the devices together, Apple relies on a set of contractors. One key contractor is an electronics firm called Foxconn, based in Taiwan. With factories located in China, Foxconn has combined manufacturing expertise with low-cost labor to win deals to make computers and key components such as motherboards. As consumers have slowed their spending on laptop computers in favor of smaller devices such as the iPad tablet computer and smartphones, Foxconn has benefited. Until recently, it was the only company making Apple’s iPad and one of just two makers of Apple’s iPhone. Workers at Foxconn facilities also produce the Sony PlayStation 3, the Nintendo Wii, and Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Foxconn also produces TVs…

Case Study: Apple is famous for its attractive and highly prized electronics, including iPhones, Mac computers and laptops, and iPad tablets. However, Apple doesn’t actually make any of its products. Rather, it develops ideas, designs devices, and promotes the products and its brand. To put the devices together, Apple relies on a set of contractors. One key contractor is an electronics firm called Foxconn, based in Taiwan. With factories located in China, Foxconn has combined manufacturing expertise with low-cost labor to win deals to make computers and key components such as motherboards. As consumers have slowed their spending on laptop computers in favor of smaller devices such as the iPad tablet computer and smartphones, Foxconn has benefited. Until recently, it was the only company making Apple’s iPad and one of just two makers of Apple’s iPhone. Workers at Foxconn facilities also produce the Sony PlayStation 3, the Nintendo Wii, and Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Foxconn also produces TVs…

Case Study: Apple is famous for its attractive and highly prized electronics, including iPhones, Mac computers and laptops, and iPad tablets. However, Apple doesn’t actually make any of its products. Rather, it develops ideas, designs devices, and promotes the products and its brand. To put the devices together, Apple relies on a set of contractors. One key contractor is an electronics firm called Foxconn, based in Taiwan. With factories located in China, Foxconn has combined manufacturing expertise with low-cost labor to win deals to make computers and key components such as motherboards. As consumers have slowed their spending on laptop computers in favor of smaller devices such as the iPad tablet computer and smartphones, Foxconn has benefited. Until recently, it was the only company making Apple’s iPad and one of just two makers of Apple’s iPhone. Workers at Foxconn facilities also produce the Sony PlayStation 3, the Nintendo Wii, and Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Foxconn also produces TVs…

Li & Fung is a global trading company with clients beingmajor retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target and Disney Worldserving a network of 12,000 suppliers. Li & Fung is engaged in collaborative planning, relying on collaborative technol-ogy to forecast forthcoming trends. Being an intermediary between customers and suppliers, collaborative planning is critical for the company. Li & Fung used to deal with its cli-ents mostly by phone and fax, with e-mail counting as high technology. But thanks to a new web-services platform, its processes have speeded up. One of the most important tech-nologies has turned out to be videoconferencing. It allows buyers and manufacturers to examine the colour of a mate-rial or the stitching on a garment. The information system also allows Li & Fung to make changes fast as well as to lookacross its operations to identify trends.a) Explain the organizational objectives that CPFR is tryingto achieve. Stress its advantages and disadvantages.b) A…

Of the topics covered on the second test (Project Scheduling, Decision Analysis, Forecasting), discuss which is most applicable to a future career in business.  Justify and give specific examples or cases.