Case 09-5a Pit Stop Closed Auto World Inc. (“Auto World”)‚ a calendar year-end SEC registrant‚ is a leading automotive retail and service chain. Auto World operates exclusively in the automotive aftermarket industry. Auto World is engaged principally in the retail sale of automotive parts‚ tires‚ and accessories‚ automotive repairs and maintenance‚ and the installation of parts. Auto World has two primary operating unit formats: (1) Auto Boyz Retail Centers (“Auto Boyz Centers”) and
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Helping Win From The Pits. By: Mark Appolloni: Introduction to the case: NASCAR‚ The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing‚ is the largest approved body of motorsports in the United States. In 2006‚ after 15 years of working in NASCAR racing as an athletic director for HMS‚ Andy Papathanassiou (known as Papa) began searching for the next breakthrough to improve pit crew performances and times. His innovative techniques and determination had successfully cut pit crews performance times
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Quick Changeover (SMED) As lean production is dependent upon small lot sizes‚ small lot sizes are dependent upon quick changeovers. If set-ups or changeovers are lengthy‚ it is mathematically impossible to run small lots of parts with low inventory because large in-process inventories must be maintained to feed production during changeovers. For example‚ large stamping dies commonly took hours to change until the development of quick die change methods (Single Minute Exchange of Die‚ or SMED).
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Questions: 12.1 Which specific types of team processes are most relevant to ramp crews? Which factors in the ramp crew context likely cause the majority of problems with communication? Before answering the question‚ I would like to clarify what is team processes. According to the lecture note of Dr. Victoria Ashiru teamwork processes are the interpersonal activities that facilitate the accomplishment of the team’s work‚ but are not directly related to task accomplishment. In my opinion‚ in the
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twenty-two hours of determination and fantasizing about this very day‚ my first race. As the crowd cheered for the beginning of my division the hobby stocks‚ I took in a deep dust filled breath‚ said a silent prayer in my head‚ pumped the fists of my pit crew‚ grabbed on to the driver’s side roof and slid into my seat through the window‚ “Dukes of Hazard” style. When I landed in my driver’s seat it hit me like a thunder bolt. This is it this is what I had spent all those pain staking hours building
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uncontrollably underneath his helmet as he watched Troy thread the turns as if the car were glued to the circuit. As he walked up pit lane‚ Hahn’s nostrils were filled the familiar pungent scents of burnt tires and ethanol‚ his ears filled with the roar of Japanese tuner cars racing around the circuit while his eyes were firmly fixed on the Sutton Brother’s Nissan S15 sitting in their pit garage. “Who was that piece of shit driver you were out with?” asked a croaky voice from behind. Upon turning himself around
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segments comprised of two different centers 10 miles apart from each other. Pit Stop Centers (PSC) offer service labor‚ installed merchandise‚ and tires while their Auto Boyz Centers (ABC) sells automotive merchandise. AWI has a plan to close their operating segment PSC to change their current operating structure to improve and efficiently deliver retail products and automotive services by providing their customers with a ‘one stop’ shopping for ‘do-it-yourself’ retail customers and ‘do-it-for-me’ customers”
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The basic accounting process is a common financial feature of running‚ or helping to run‚ any business. At the start of the process there is a transaction and at the end the books are "closed". The basic accounting process includes: Analyzing and classifying the transaction Preparing the trial balance Preparing financial statements Preparing and reversing journal entries To analyze and classify the transaction the source document must be prepared. This could be an invoice or a purchase order
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to an infection from exposure to the bacteria. When the wound gets infected‚ surgeons are required to perform an arthroscopy‚ repeating the motion cutting the wound and washing it for approximately two to three hours. Another type of fracture was closed fractures; these are when the bone does not penetrate the skin. While adults and children can have the same types of fractures‚ a child’s bone are soft and bendable. Children have an epiphyseal plate at the end of a long bone known as a pediatric
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Arellanes “The Pit and the Pendulum” is a short horror story. The story is set in the time of the Spanish Inquisition. Poe tells the story in a first person point of view. The story is a story of a man who is placed in a dark room. The man is sitting there. He is given a pitcher of spiked water. He drinks the water which causes him to lose consciousness. When he awakens‚ he is bound to a wooden bed. He notices the smell of burning iron when he awakens. When he is first awake‚ he notices he is in
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