Assignment #3: Production and Operations Management Marathon Oil – Case Study November 10.2010 BUS 508: The Business Enterprise Explain one possible option that Marathon could take to reduce the time involved in the production process. Oil refineries are huge sized plants‚ processing an average of a hundred thousand to several hundred thousand barrels of crude oil a day. Using process optimization‚ Marathon could reduce the time involved in the production process. The goal is to maximize
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Charles Scott should take a few actions to overcome current weaknesses of Whistler Corporation and to make Whistler more competitive in the long term. The company was successful in its business until 1985 because the radar detector market was not in so intensive price competition. However‚ after 1985 the price competition became severe and Whistler Corporation could not catch up with this change. As a result‚ it decreased its market share from 21% to 12%. Considering these situations‚ there are three
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Battle of Leyte Gulf April 15‚ 2010 From October 23-26‚ 1944‚ the United States and Japan were engaged in the Battle of Leyte Gulf near the Philippine islands of Leyte‚ Samar‚ and Luzon. This battle is known as the largest naval battle in history. The naval battles Battle of the Sibuyan Sea‚ the Battle of Surigao Strait‚ the Battle off Cape Engaño and the
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| Target Corporation | Memo To: Dr. Brian Boscaljon From: Adam Leone and Jean Costa CC: Doug Scovanner‚ CFO Date: [ 2/14/2011 ] Re: November Meeting Capital Budgeting Decisions The Objective As the November Meeting approaches‚ CFO Doug Scovanner is faced with the problem of choosing which of the five controversial projects available to accept. Our task is to assume this role and evaluate each of the projects based upon two major criteria. The first is determining the firm’s financial motives
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Biopure Corporation Written Case Study I. Current Situation Audit A. Issue Oxyglobin and Hemopure are two blood substitutes that Biopure Corporation was developing. Oxyglobin was recently approved by the FDA for veterinary use while Hemapure is estimated to be approved in two years for human use. If Oxyglobin is launched it will be the first blood substitute for the veterinary market a small and price sensitive market. There is a perceived risk by Ted Jacobs‚ the VP of Human Clinical Trials
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The Control of Media in the Gulf War How much do you think you know about the world around you? What if everything you viewed was a lie? During the Gulf War‚ the White House and the military seized and screened every news report‚ determining the images and information the media would relay to the public. The result was that the president and the military framed the debate‚ set the public agenda‚ supplied television with many of the defining images of the war‚ and enjoyed very favorable press
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Case Problem1: Bock investment Services The goal of Bock Investment Services (BJS) is to be the leading money market advisory service in South Carolina. To provide better service for their present clients and to attract new clients‚ BIS developed a weekly newsletter. BIS is considering adding a new feature to the newsletter that will report the results of a weekly telephone survey of fund managers. To investigate the feasibility of offering this service‚ and to determine what type of information
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The Persian Gulf War: Background‚ Actors and The United States Alternatives Introduction to International Relations Dr. Skorick 16 October 2013 The Persian Gulf War is known as the “Video Game War” because it was the first war that was thoroughly publicized on national television. However‚ there is much more to the war than what was on television. Television made it possible for the average citizen of America and the world to understand the war
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“The MCI Takeover Battle: Verizon versus Qwest” I. STRATEGIC PROFILE This case profiles MCI’s merger debate between Verizon and Qwest in 2005. At this time‚ many other companies are merging due to the industry consolidation‚ therefore forcing MCI to keep up with its competition. MCI was acquired after a bidding war between WorldCom‚ British Telecom and GTE‚ with the winning bid being a $37 billion offer from WorldCom. MCI-WorldCom then acquired many other communication companies excluding Sprint
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Case 2.4 CapitalBanc Corporation 1. When auditing cash‚ which of the management assertions discussed in SAS No. 106‚ “Audit Evidence‚” are of primary concern to the auditor? Why? When auditing cash‚ there are a number of management assertions discussed in SAS No. 106 that are of primary concern to auditors. Existence: Auditors must make sure that the cash being audited exists. In the CNB case‚ the cash that was apparently locked away in the cabinet did not exist until money was borrowed
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