Case Study AcuScan Operation Optimize GEN480 – Capstone Course 1. Describe all assumptions seen in any of documents provided in the case study. a. Kelly 1. Pat doesn’t know anything about quality control. 2. Doesn’t think the features can be developed in time. 3. Pat doesn’t have technology experience because he came from the cereal industry. 4. Under staffed due to layoffs last year. . 5. Doesn’t think the budget is realistic. b. Pat 1. Prototype available by August 2. Kelly has no
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AcuScan‚ Inc. Case Study Assumptions/Arguments Kelly (Chief Engineer of Product Software) thinks that Chris is jumping the gun and not willing to wait to create a sufficient product‚ considering that AcuScan is already short of staff‚ no time to come up with a new product and budget. Kelly is also trying to explain that the company does not have amply time to create new features since when creating new features; everything has to be tested to make sure the product is working right before put
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Use the case materials to complete this assignment. ANALYSIS 1. Describe one (per instructors change week one) assumptions seen in any documents provided. a. Kelly Through several emails and communications‚ Kelly assume that there is not enough time to meet the deadline of August for the project. Even though Pat seems to show that‚ there is some chance to do so. b. Pat believes that an "Operation Optimization" project needs to be embarked on now to improve the market shares of AcuScan. She
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It is said that Chris McCandless was a bright and ignorant person according to Cellarmans argument and maybe others point of views. In my perspective I agree but disagree as well although I agree with the argument that was said by Callarmans. As I state a quote that was said by Shaun Callarman “ had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness”. As it says “Romantic silliness” he was meaning that he wanted to die in a poetic but as well as a beautiful surrounding of love and happiness
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Ruth’s Chris: ‘The High Stakes of International Expansion’ Defining the Issues As a newly publically traded company‚ Ruth’s Chris was responsible for the development of a new business strategy to focus their efforts on revenue growth in order to meet shareholders expectations. By maintaining continued growth in established restaurant locations‚ this strategy needed to concentrate on building equity capital by planning/executing an international expansion to increase profitability of
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Dan Hannah‚ Vice President for Business Development at Ruth’s Chris‚ uniquely American and successful Steakhouse restaurant was responsible for the development of new business strategy focused on continued growth and company operated restaurants. Even though current restaurants were seeing consistent incremental growth‚ new restaurants were critical. Hannah knew that the international opportunities offered a tremendous upside. There are currently 10 successful locations internationally
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Ruth Chris: The high stakes of International Expansion In order to make the first cut in the list of potential countries‚ Hannah looked at the penetration strategy‚ market development‚ diversification and product development as a strategy for entering a new market. The unused variable that would be helpful would be the political stability‚ competition and the regulations that might limit the business growth. For research purposes the following were taken in consideration: Population‚ legal to
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Chris McCandless‚ is he crazy or did he have justification? In the book Into the Wild‚ Chris McCandless deserted all his possessions and all of his money and set out on a journey to Alaska‚ that would eventually kill him. Some may believe that Chris McCandless went into the wild because of pure ignorance‚ but the main reasons are family problems and the desire to see and experience I firmly believe that the reason that Chris McCandless went into the wild was because of family problems. Chris was
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senselessness. One man’s routine is another man’s torture. Chris McCandless is not far from this analogy. In the novel‚ Into the Wild by John Krakauer‚ the eccentric story of a man who was living the American dream abandons society and takes off on a wild adventure‚ traveling America with nothing more than cheap hiking boots‚ a small riffle‚ and a ten pound bag of rice. But if McCandless had such an ideal life‚ why would he desert it? Perhaps there was an underlining issue that ate at his soul each day he
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addressing our argument to a group of representatives from corporate companies in the country. In 2011 we successfully held a fundraising event which helped us raise enough funding to support the activities of our organization. We used the funding to buy the healthiest vegetables from local farmers and purchase only the naturally raised meat. While our goal is to fight hunger in the country‚ we also maintain an eco-friendly outlook. A clear statement of purpose for the argument After the financial
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