FRIGIDAIRE COMPANY: LAUNCHING THE FRONT-LOADING WASHING MACHINE The Frigidaire Company‚ Laundry Products Division‚ in Webster City‚ Iowa‚ was a high-volume manufacturer of washing machines and dryers. In October of 1996‚ after several years of intense development‚ Frigidaire introduced a new front-loading (horizontal axis) washing machine in the United States. This new machine was designed and developed to offer U.S. consumers an alternative laundry product that was superior to conventional
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The analysis and choice of country markets for German companies producing spinning machines Criteria for assessing the prospects of a country market: 1. Market capacity (the volume of imports into the country); 2. The comparative competitive advantage (comparative share of imports); 3. The dynamics of market capacity. Table 1 Import-export matrix for spinning machines in 2002‚ EUR million Import | Export | The ranking list of importing countries | The ranking list of exporters
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Title: Report on the most appropriate marketing audit analysis tools for the X Group To: Marketing Director‚ X Group From: Marketing Consultant Date: January 4th‚ 2005 Purpose of report The X Group are undertaking a complex marketing audit and require assistance in evaluating the most appropriate analysis tools. This report will endeavour to fulfil the X Group’s requirements by critically explaining the components of micro
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1. First meeting: There are three main objectives that project managers should try to achieve during the first meeting. Overview of the project (including project scope and objectives‚ the general schedule‚ method‚ and procedures). Briggs: Summarized project as what‚ when‚ where‚ why and how much. Provide opportunity for members to introduce themselves. Briggs: She asked the members of the group to introduce themselves. Model how the team is going to work together to complete the project
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Executive Summary Considering the situation that Paragon Tool is currently in‚ with uncertainty regarding company’s future‚ management in disagreement and the lack of tangible information regarding MonitoRobotic’s acquisition it is recommended that Paragon Tool‚ take a week‚ gather all of senior management and develop a concrete and agreed upon strategy regarding Paragon Tool’s future growth strategy. Once such a strategy is formulated‚ if the service business and MonitoRobotic’s fit with these
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Drilling Machine Chapter-4 Drilling machines Any component manufactured has one or more cylindrical hole in them. The process of making a hole is known a drilling. The cutting tool‚ which is used for making holes‚ is known as drill. The drill is a multipoint cutting tool. Definition: Drilling is the operation of making holes in a work piece using a drill bit. The hole is generated by the rotating drill‚ which exerts large force on the work piece clamped rigidly on the machine
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AN INTRODUCTION TO PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE Second Edition AN INTRODUCTION TO PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE Second Edition R. Keith Mobley Amsterdam London New York Oxford Paris Tokyo Boston San Diego San Francisco Singapore Sydney Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier Science. Copyright © 2002‚ Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ electronic‚ mechanical
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Lathe Machine Turning is one of the most common of metal cutting operations. In turning‚ a workpiece is rotated about its axis as single-point cutting tools are fed into it‚ shearing away unwanted material and creating the desired part. Turning can occur on both external and internal surfaces to produce an axially-symmetrical contoured part. Parts ranging from pocket watch components to large diameter marine propeller shafts can be turned on a lathe. The capacity of a lathe is expressed
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GRINDING MACHINES Grinding is the process of removing metal by the application of abrasives which are bonded to form a rotating wheel. When the moving abrasive particles contact the workpiece‚ they act as tiny cutting tools‚ each particle cutting a tiny chip from the workpiece. It is a common error to believe that grinding abrasive wheels remove material by a rubbing action; actually‚ the process is as much a cutting action as drilling‚ milling‚ and lathe turning. The grinding machine supports and
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Burger Machine Holdings Corporation‚ more commonly known as Burger Machine ‚ is one of the notable fastfood companies in the Philippines. It is a sub-company of the Gilmore Food Corporation. Unlike Jollibee and other burger chains‚ Burger Machine has always been retailing in outdoor stands instead of shops. History It was created in 1981 by Fe Esperanza S. Rodriguez and a sister who both planned to turn two old small buses into mobile stores‚ an idea they adapted from America. It was their fondness
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