criteria of the (SP) for excellence in manufacturing. Shingo has affected numerous of manufacturing practices throughout the world which include: Toyota ’s production system‚ Guanajuato Manufacturing Complex North Plan‚ Gulfstream Aerospace‚ Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company‚ Ultraframe UK Ltd. "The mission of the Shingo Prize is to create excellence in organizations through the application of universal‚ self-evident principles of operational excellence and the alignment of management systems and
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Charles Goodyear Inventor of Goodyear Tire *Born in New Haven‚ CT in 1800 * at 34 years of age he was put in prison for having a $5 hotel debt the he couldn’t pay off * while in prison he asked his wife to bring him Indian rubber and a rolling pin *his facination with rubber began from his diliking of how in his younger days‚ playing outside on a sunny day‚ the soles on his shoes would melt. *with the soles of his shoes melted it made it difficult run because it would stick to the fround
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of 1964. The new act states that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit regarding pay discrimination resets with each new paycheck affected by that discriminatory action. The law directly addressed Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.‚ 550 U.S. 618 (2007)‚ a U.S. Supreme Court decision that the statute of limitations for presenting an equal-pay lawsuit begins on the date that the employer makes the initial discriminatory wage decision‚ not at the date of the most recent
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Executive summary The tire industry is a very competitive industry with major players such as Bridgestone Corporation; The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin. Competing in this market with low margins has been hard for Continental AG before 1995. They have been losing money due to their high manufacturing costs and not able to compete against big competitors. Von Grunberg was appointed as new CEO in 1991 and has implemented several changes for
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BOH 4M1 Investigating Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility Assignment Organizations and the managers within them are faced with tough decisions every day. Some of the toughest involve those of an ethical nature‚ where the interests of the organization and its stakeholders need to be taken into consideration. You and a partner will research an organization in order to determine what their stance and actions are with regard to being a socially responsible group. Upon completion
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Telephone Answering‚ 12-Line System Word Processing and Typing Filing Microsoft Bilingual English and Spanish EXPERIENCE June 2013 – July 2014 Goodyear Tire Company Customer Advisor/ Sales Associate Establish great customer service with all type of clients Sales Quota Inventory Control Opening & Closing of the store Finding new ways to approach customers
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Labor and Benefits Each employee’s salaries‚ overtime‚ pension‚ insurance such as medical and dental‚ and contract labor are figured into the budget. An example of salaries‚ overtime and contract labor being integrated into the budget is the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Lawton‚ Oklahoma. My husband started working for Securitas Security Company out of Oklahoma City‚ Oklahoma. They contract their security officers to Goodyear. One afternoon my husband explained to me that they may not receive
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Christine Jorgensen Biography Christine Jorgensen (May 30‚ 1926 – May 3‚ 1989) was the first widely known person to have sex reassignment surgery - in this case‚ male to female. She was born George William Jorgensen‚ Jr.‚ the second child of George William Jorgensen Sr.‚ a carpenter and contractor‚ and his wife‚ the former Florence Davis Hansen. She grew up in the Bronx and later described herself as having been a "frail‚ tow-headed‚ introverted little boy who ran from fistfights and rough-and-tumble
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Worked 19 years as a production supervisor for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. • Received anonymous note listing her salary and the salaries of the men in the same job • Filed EEOC complaint in March 1998 ▫Claimed pay discrimination under Court Proceedings • Sued Goodyear in District Court & won • Appeals court later ruled she missed 180 day window from the pay decision to file complaint • Validated by Supreme Court in 2007: Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ▫ Overturned long-standing paycheck accrual
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during the statutory limitations period of 180 days‚ but the pay is the consequence of the discriminatory salary decisions that occurred before the limitations period? Facts: Lilly Ledbetter was one of the very few female supervisors at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant in Gadsden‚ Alabama‚ and she worked at that plant for nineteen years‚ from 1979 till her retirement in 1998. Initially‚ when she started working for the company‚ her pay was equal to that of the other male supervisors. However‚ as
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