QUESTION Canadian Steel is the 5th largest integrated steel manufacturer in North America and the largest in Canada. Headquartered in Mitchell, Ontario, it can produce approximately 15 million tons annually. In the last fiscal year, Canadian Steel’s total revenue was $7.56 billion, with a net loss of $210 million. Its information technology budget was approximately 1% of the total revenue or $76 million, a very […]

QUESTION Current Event/Article Review: read an article, publication or industry report related to one of the modes of transportation we have reviewed (rail, highway, sea, air, pipeline, oil/energy). The item you choose can cover a study, technology improvement, accident, incident, industry change, etc. Please submit a link of the article/publication with summary. Summarize what you read Explain why it is important or relevant Discuss how […]

QUESTION Process Analysis, Design and Improvement: Process management has recently attracted a lot of interest in many companies. By enhancing their procedures, they are attempting to perform better. The focus for enhancing an organization’s performance has therefore shifted to process analysis, design, and improvement. Question: Find a recent good article that focuses on this matter. And please help me note down a short one-page report/summary. […]

QUESTION You are in charge of a quarry that supplies sand and stone aggregates to your company’s construction sites. Empty trucks from construction sites arrive at the quarry’s huge piles of sand and stone aggregates and wait in line to enter the station, which can load either sand or aggregate. At the station, they are filled with material, weighed, checked out, and proceeded to a […]

QUESTION Successful employee management systems have four main components: selection training job design performance management How would you rank these from 1-4 in terms of importance? Provide arguments/reasoning for your rankings. In your group, discuss your ideas and come to an agreement on the final ranking. ANSWER Optimizing Employee Management Systems: A Comprehensive Ranking” Introduction When it comes to optimizing employee management systems, understanding the […]

QUESTION Congratulations! You are now a potato farmer and you are trying to get a contract with In & Out Burger. They have submitted this RFP to you and all of your fellow potato farmers. For your writing assignment, you will respond to their request with your proposal. Be sure to review the “Selection Criteria” so you address all of their requirements. You can choose […]

QUESTION Prompt: The major project for this class will be a firm and industry analysis in which you utilize a number of the tools that we will develop in this course. This will be a data driven, analytical report: that is, you will use quantitative and qualitative data as you develop your analysis of your firm and industry. • It is due Sunday, Dec 3rd. […]

QUESTION The case The “Robodebt” scheme was a policy initiative designed by the Australian Government under the leadership of the Coalition (the Liberal National Party) Government. The scheme was designed to “claw back” excessive welfare payments made to members of the Australian community receiving welfare payments. People receiving welfare payments are unemployed and typically amongst the most disadvantaged and vulnerable members of the community. The […]

QUESTION Susan Helms Manufacturing Co. has hired you to analyze its shipping costs from the existing three factories to five warehouses. These factories have produced 1900, 1420 and 2050 units, respectively, and these units will be all shipped out to the warehouses. There are five warehouses, each located in a different region. According to the sales in the retail stores in these five regions, the […]

QUESTION Quality Function Deployment (QFD), is a total quality management (TQM) planning tool used to refine the product and production by identifying and linking critical customer attributes to design parameters. QFD is a highly effective tool for customer-driven product development. The concept evolved from the Japanese quality management tool: ‘the cause-and-effect analysis’ and was brought to the US in the 1980s. It became popular in […]