Jet skis Thesis statement: Jet skis should be banned from some waterways because they are loud‚ create environmental mess‚ and harm animals. INTRODUCTION I. Jet skis can be fun‚ but they are also hazardous. A. Jet skis are popular. 1. More than 1.3 million jet skis (also called personal watercraft) are in use‚ with annual sales of about 200‚000—one-third of all boat sales. 2. Some people love them and want to use them
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Suzann Amarillo Vail Ski Resorts Goes High Tech for High Touch 1- List and describe the types of systems described in this case study? Executive support systems: This system helps the Vail Ski resort to determine which lifts should be elevation and upgrading and which is the one that is always used by the customers. The resort can increase their lift speed so that more customers can enjoy the resort. This system also helps managers to create the marketing campaigns so that will make the customers
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Ski Jacket Production Executive Summary The problem is to determine the optimal production level of the Egress new designed jacket given the uncertainty in the forecasted demand. As oppose to determining a single profit value in the deterministic approach‚ the probabilistic method will incorporate the uncertainty in estimated demand and provide insights of the range of profit outcomes and its associated risk (deviation from mean). The key issue is to understand impact of demand uncertainty and
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financial manager of Ski Equipment Inc. (SKI) is anxious that the Company’s founder recently sold his 51% controlling block of stock to Kent Koren‚ who is a big fan of EVA (Economic Value Added). Koren rewards managers handsomely if they create value‚ but those whose operations produce negative EVAs are soon looking for work. Koren frequently points out that if a company can generate its current level of sales with fewer assets‚ it would need less capital. Shortly after he took control of SKI‚ Koren met with
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segmentation strategy Knowing that most of the 55 million skiers in the world live in Western Europe‚ North America and Japan and there are some minor markets exist in Eastern Europe‚ the target market would be in these countries. I would launch the skis first in Western European markets especially concentrating on Germany‚ Switzerland‚ France‚ Austria and Italy with a strong promotion program. After the first year’s results I would go to North American‚ Japan and Eastern European markets. I think
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Results If ski wax can be applied by rubbing‚ pasting‚ spraying‚ or melting then the melt on wax should reduce friction the best because it coats the skis more evenly and creates a thicker protective barrier to the bases of the skis. Consequently‚ this hypothesis was correct because the data captured displayed that the hot wax reduces friction the best‚ see appendix seven‚ eight‚ and nine. Hot melt on wax had the fastest time when the ice disc was slid down the ski and had the highest velocity. It
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I. Background of the Case The case begins with Bob Guthrie‚ a retired physician and an avid skier‚ who realized that there was a need for a special ski helmet following the recent incidents that lead to serious head injuries for skiers. There were existing ski helmets in the market‚ but Bob believed that he had a chance to make helmets more appealing to the people‚ by adding new features. Bob took this idea as something that could not only be an outlet for his creativity‚ but as a way for him to
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Ski jumping as an Olympic sport deserves more recognition. Ski jumping was created and thought of in Norway‚ the first ski jumper being ole rye‚ a Norwegian army lieutenant. He decided to try something out‚ so he set up a jump with the assistance of his peers (who were also in the army) and his first jump was 9.5 meters‚ leading to the birth of the sport in 1809. Ski jumping first caught my eye while visiting my friend in Switzerland. He was quite an avid Ski jumper and even competed in several national
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inches were left on the ski mountain waiting for my friends and I. As the doors of the gondola close‚ an abundance of fog disrupted our vision. The doors opened once again after what felt like a lifetime. There we stood‚ looking down to the end of the run as we began to slowly make our way through the remarkably light powder. The snow was heavily up until a single patch of ice that was untouched from snow. We carefully skied through the ice until we spotted a single ski sticking out of the snow
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Marketing Plan: P&R Ski and Snowboard Shop Zurich‚ Switzerland Table of Contents: Executive Summary Objectives Mission Company Summary Company Ownership Start-up Summary Products Market Analysis Summary Market Segmentation Target Market Segment Strategy Competition and Buying Patterns Strategy and Implementation Summary Competitive Edge Sales Strategy Sales Forecast Management Summary Personnel Plan Financial Plan SWOT Analysis Executive Summary
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