Read the case “Zychol Chemicals Corporation” given below and concisely answer the questions that follow at the end of the case study. As a general guideline‚ please try to limit your answers to a paragraph or two for each of the questions. Bob Richards‚ the production manager of Zychol Chemicals‚ in Houston‚ Texas‚ is preparing his quarterly report‚ which is to include a productivity analysis for his department. One of the inputs is production data prepared by Sharon Walford‚ his operations
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weapons development has been the idea of chemical weapons‚ especially those in the form of weaponized gasses. These weapons‚ which are defined as an “ammunition or device‚ specifically designed to cause death or other harm through toxic properties of toxic chemicals.” have the potential to cause an unprecedented amount of harm if their proliferation is not regulated. The presence of these weapons throughout history is all too familiar to many of the world’s nations. Early chemical weapons‚ such as Chlorine
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The Inhumane Weapons of Warfare Chemical warfare is a barbaric weapon of war that should be banned from any war situation. Chemical Warfare is using any chemical or chemical mix that can physically or mentally harm a human being. It has been killing people for over 2600 years and was created by Spartans. “They grabbed burning sulfur pitch and threw it over the walls of Athens attempting to fill the city with toxic gas.”[6] They tried this because they had a small army that was trying to take over
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knowledge of chemical analysis today has become important not only for scientists in their research but in fact bears influence in our daily routine as well. To recognize and classify these uses‚ we have to first understand‚ what is chemical analysis?Chemical AnalysisChemical Analysis is a body of procedures and techniques used to identify and quantify the chemical composition of a sample of substance.1 It may be said as a collection of all the techniques required to obtain any chemical information
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it is recommended sex offenders involuntarily undergo chemical castration which will influence nonviolent society. This effect has the tendency of a non-threatening environment with its extended treatment on sex hormones to reduce the levels of testosterone‚ desires‚ and unwanted fantasies. Depending on the offender’s mental stability‚ they will be released from prison after this method. As members of our community‚ one should ask‚ “Is chemical castration an appropriate punishment for sex offenders
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The Dilemma at Day Pro 1. The payback period can be defined as the length of time it takes before the cumulated stream of forecasted cash flows equal the initial investment (Arnold 2007). By looking at Appendicle A1.0 and A1.1 we can see that the "Epoxy Resin" project has a payback period of 1.5 years while Synthetic Resin has a longer payback period of 2.5 years. On the basis of this methodology we will choose to invest in Epoxy Resin. Though it is important to understand
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Explain the pros and cons of TNCs on the developing world. TNCs‚ transnational corporations are large companies that have operations in more then one country. An example of a TNC is Coca Cola. There are many pros to TNCs such as they build infrastructure‚ bring new technology to the country and provide jobs for local people. But there are also many cons like land degrading‚ they exploit workers‚ and they avoid taxes. TNCs invest in poor countries‚ they build new infrastructure. TNCs commonly build
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Resin ARR=Cash Flow-DepreciationInitial Investment= 500‚000-200‚0001‚000‚000 =32% ACCEPT Epoxy Resin ARR=Cash Flow-DepreciationInitial Investment= 340‚000-160‚000800‚000 =22.5% REJECT ***The management will choose synthetic resin because it has a higher ARR compared to epoxy resin. But choosing this project is somewhat wrong because the ARR of synthetic resin is lower than the ARR that the management prefer. Thus‚ it will not satisfy the requirement of the management. Using ARR as a basis
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currently faced by one of the giants in the video game industry‚ Electronic Arts. It also surfaces the industry’s characteristics and explains us‚ that in this fast paced tech-savvy world‚ you have to keep running just to stay where you are. EA‚ in 1995 is looking for its next move that would maintain its leading position in the industry. The changes over the past 15 years had led the industry to a very converged sophisticated platform with tons of options (hardware platforms)‚ and it seems hungrier
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Case Introduction The Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation and the United Steelworkers of America entered into an agreement to reserve 50% of the openings in an in plant craft training program for African Americans (Byars & Rue‚ 2008). Brian F. Weber was a white male who wanted to enter this program but was denied. Weber claimed he was discriminated against due to the fact that African American employees were accepted into a training program over senior white employees. Mr. Weber had seniority
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