Assignment 5: Capstone

Select a publicly traded corporation for which you would like to work or are currently working.

Research the corporation on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

1. Determine the impact of the company’s mission, vision, and primary stakeholders on its overall success.
2. Analyze the five (5) forces of competition to determine how they impact the company.
3. Create a SWOT analysis for the company to determine its major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
4. Based on the SWOT analysis, outline a strategy for the company to capitalize on its strengths and opportunities, and minimize its weaknesses and threats.
5. Discuss the various levels and types of strategies the firm may use to maximize its competitiveness and profitability.
6. Outline a communications plan the company could use to make the strategies you recommend above known to all stakeholders.
7. Select two (2) corporate governance mechanisms used by this corporation and evaluate how effective they are at controlling managerial actions.
8. Evaluate the effectiveness of leadership within this corporation and make at least one (1) recommendation for improvement.
9. Assess efforts by this corporation to be a responsible (ethical) corporate citizen and determine the impact these efforts (or lack thereof) have on the company’s bottom line. Provide specific examples to support your response.
10. Use at least five (5) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

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Landlord-Tenant Law

Worth 220 points

HINT: See Chapters 29 and 30 of the text to help understand some of the legal issues covered in this assignment.

Larry Landlord has recently renovated an apartment and has put it on the market to be rented for $800.00 a month. Larry Landlord has been in business for approximately five (5) years and has had both positive and negative experiences with tenants. Larry Landlord is hoping to find a good, long-term tenant for his apartment. Roger Renter saw Larry’s sign for the apartment for rent and thought the location and the apartment would be perfect. Roger met Larry to look at the apartment and Roger fell in love with it. All of the interior fixtures had been replaced and the unit had a nice large closet. Roger noticed that although newly painted, the exterior of the apartment did show a little bit of wear. Because of the condition of the exterior of the building, Roger asked Larry about any roof leaks. Larry stated that he had never had a leak and was not aware of any leaks.

Roger and Larry entered into a valid contract for the rental of the apartment. (Note: The issue of whether or not a contract exists is NOT part of this question. For purposes of this question assume the contract is valid and there are no issues with the contract.)

Roger Renter was very happy in his new location; the apartment was quiet and the neighbors were friendly. Larry Landlord was also very happy because Roger Renter was a model tenant. Roger Renter paid on time and was quiet and respectful to other tenants.

The part of the country where Roger rented was rainy in the summertime. Roger rented and moved into the apartment in October. In June, a tremendous rainstorm occurred and Roger’s roof began to leak. The leak was minor at first and Roger merely put a trash can under the leak and had no other issues that month. When handing over his monthly rent check, Roger told Larry about the small leak. Larry thanked Roger for letting him know about the leak and told Roger he would have it fixed.

The next month the rains came again and the leak grew larger in Roger’s apartment. Roger was not home at the time of the rain and therefore the leak damaged some of Roger’s furniture. Roger called Larry to let him know that there was a leak and asked when it might be fixed. Roger also stated that he thought Larry had fixed the roof. Larry curtly stated, “When it rains, sometimes it pours. When it pours, sometimes it leaks.” Roger did not like Larry’s tone or response and called back to ask when the roof might be fixed. Larry stated, “When I get to it.” The following day, Roger sent Larry a note about the roof leak and asked Larry to please address the issue.

The week before the rent was due, another rainstorm occurred and the leak was even larger. This time the leak damaged Roger’s clothing, furniture, and some precious items he had inherited from family members. Roger called Larry and asked Larry to fix roof immediately. Larry responded in a similar and condescending manner. Roger hung up the phone and threw his baseball bat against the wall, damaging the drywall and knocking out an electrical socket.

Since it was the rainy season, Roger knew it would rain again and therefore simply moved his items away from the leak and did nothing to help mitigate the damage from the leaking roof.

Larry came into the apartment to investigate the leak and found damage from not only the leak but also from the thrown baseball bat. Roger states that the baseball bat damage was a direct result of Larry’s inability to fix the leak based on his anger from Larry’s curt response.

Suppose you are a mediator. In five to seven (5-7) pages discuss the rights and responsibilities of the landlord and the tenant in which you:

1. Explore the legal rights and responsibilities of the tenant and the landlord.
2. Decide whether or not the landlord and / or the tenant had a legal duty to mitigate damages.
3. Determine whether or not Larry has legal grounds to evict Roger. Explain why or why not.
4. Describe whether or not Roger has a legal obligation to pay for the damage he caused and determine whether or not Larry would be liable for any direct damage.
5. Support each response with facts presented in the scenario.
6. Use proper legal terminology throughout your responses.
7. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.
8. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   • Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
   • Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Click here for the grading rubric.

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Simple homework assignment, multiple choice on:

1. Read and interpret basic financial statements.

2. Analyze typical business transactions using the balance sheet equation.

3. Distinguish between the accrual basis of accounting and the cash basis of accounting.

4. Math review of accounting

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L.S. Starrett Company is a public traded company I have chosen to do a project on.

I need to determine the investment opportunity for which I am seeking funding as well the country into which L.S. Starrett will be expanding:

See the requirements below in the attachments.

there are three stages and then the combination final. It requires research on finances and some investment charts as well as persuasive resaons for finacial backing to expand into another country.

There are 4 attachment they are titled as follows:

due 2.1.2017 milestone_one_guidelines_and_rubric.pdf

due 2.10.2017 milestone_two_guidelines_and_rubric.pdf

due 2.20. 17 milestone_three_guidelines_and_rubric.pdf

due 3.5..17 final_project_guidelines_and_rubric.pdf

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Instructions for the Supply Chain Innovations by Wal-Mart

Supply Chain Innovations by Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart is well know to be a leader in Supply Chain Management. This week’s writing assignment is related to Wal-Mart. Search the internet, the APUS library, books, periodicals, articles. In a minimum of at least 300 words describe innovations Wal-Mart has brought to Supply Chain Management. Lecture 2 in the TLMT352 Folder in Course Materials is meant only to give you some things to think about. Please do not rehash the points made in Lecture 2. Bring completely new things to the table. Please cite from where you have gotten your material. You may want to concentrate on technology innovations Wal-Mart has instituted.

ALL PAPERS

All papers should meet the following criteria:

·  Follow APA formatting and style guidelines (6th edition)
·  Follow all instructions for each assignment
·  12 inch standard font such as Arial, Times New Roman or Calibri
·  1 inch margins
·  Double-spaced
·  Submitted on time
·  Represent your best work

Lesson 2

Wal-Mart: A Case Study in Supply Chain

We all are familiar with and buy from Wal-Mart, maybe on a daily basis, Sam Walton, the founder’s focus was on logistics and today Wal-Mart is a leader in the field of supply chain management. The company, however, is not complacent with this label and continues to strive toward excellence and to expect the same from its vendors. The company continues to institute new initiatives.

Wal-mart looks for ways to improve its supply chain processes, never accepting the status quo. It has viewed logistics as a way to differentiate itself from its competition and to improve service to its stores. Developing close relationships with its suppliers has been a cornerstone of its approach toward its supply chain, redefining the supply chain concept along the way. Core portions of its focus have been:

1. investment in and use of technology.
2. mechanization and automation
3. automatic replenishment of store inventories triggered at point of sale
4. co-managed inventories with suppliers: data accumulated at point of sale (basically the registers) may trigger production by suppliers and replenishment of product.

Efficiency and productivity improvements in the supply chain have been passed along to consumers though lower prices and better service (merchandise availability).  For this to be effective, the material requirements planning  (MRP) needs accurate forecasting and well-defined product structures in the bills of materials files (BOMs), along with known and reliable supply lead times. A common error however in some MRP applications is the reality of unreliable supply lead times and also that the default original lead time settings have never been reviewed to reflect subsequent changes. Therefore, wrong decisions are going to be made by the MRP application.

Wal-Mart has challenged its vendors to improve. For example they have pushed their suppliers of warehouse automation equipment to modify and improve their equipment to become state-of-the-art.  In many companies the majority of profit will come from a relatively small number of lines; the 80/20 rule again. So here safety stock levels can be set to minimize the value that may be on back-order and minimizes the cost to the company. While lost sales are extremely difficult to analyses, some companies do have the view that it is better to let a competitor have such sales, as this prevents the high cost of stocking and relatively slow-moving low-profit lines.

The efficient layout of Wal-Mart distribution centers has been another thrust of the company. Rather than outsourcing its trucking, Wal-Mart has maintained its own fleet of vehicles and drivers with 100% focus on the company. Their trucking associates coordinate closely with the distribution associates. Trucks have on-board computers, and there is a focus on matching deliveries to stores with pick up of merchandise from suppliers on return trips. There is a comprehensive backhaul operation to improve efficiency. The basic premise of JIT is to have just the right amount of inventory, whether raw materials or finished goods, available to meet the demands of your production process and the demands of your end customers. No more, nor less. This is where the JIT is very important to the overall success of Wal-Mart or any business. UPS has the right idea within their operations as they employ JIT logistics.  They believe the closer you get to operating in a true JIT situation, the more responsive you are to your customers – and the less capital you have tied up in raw materials and finished goods inventory. The less you spend to store and carry inventory, the less obsolescence you have to write off, and the better you can optimize your transportation and logistics operations. Ultimately, this all translates into saving your company real money.  Just as with all good ideas, there is always the downside and for JIT it is that it is a continuum; the closer you get to it, the more beneficial it is to your business. But go too far and reduce inventories too far, the less beneficial it is for your business. Too much or too little inventory leaves you at a competitive (or cost) disadvantage to your competitors. But if you can do it right, JIT can be a strategic source of competitive advantage.

Wal-Mart has made environmentally friendly practices a priority. Efforts to reduce the amount of packing, fuel conservation and reduction of its carbon footprint in trucking practices, energy efficient stores and distribution centers are just a few of its initiatives. On its website http://walmartstores.com/sustainability/, Wal-mart states that its environmental goals are:

  “To be supplied 100 percent by renewable energy”

  “To create zero waste”

  “To create products that sustain people and the environment.”

Whether it is Wal-Mart or another organization among the major methodological approaches to inventory management with which engineering managers are familiar are material requirements planning (MRP) and just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing. Choosing the “best” inventory management system depends on numerous parameters, among the most important of which are supply chain-related parameters, such as the demand pattern, the demand level, and the inventory costs. The ultimate goal of managing an SC is to satisfy the demand level at minimum cost; therefore, inventory management approaches such as MRP and JIT play a key role in achieving this goal. Some research (e.g., Nahmias, 1997) found that MRP is more appropriate for companies where there are many product options, frequent engineering changes and fluctuating product system, whereas JIT is more appropriate in environments where there are relatively few product options, engineering changes, product mix changes, and there is less variability in demand levels. Managing supply chains is a crucial component of engineering management. Selection of the correct inventory control system has a strong impact on how a system is managed, and on the eventual outcomes.

When looking at JIT and MRP, as with anything different or new it can be and adjustment.  We all know change can be uncomfortable. However, the long-term gain of the collaboration and the demonstrable and measurable improvements in production, productivity, cost savings and even customer satisfaction are well worth the short-term discomfort.

Video:  https://youtu.be/Hnp-uswyYlg  (Just in Time (JIT) Supply Chain

References

Emmett, Stuart. Excellence in Warehouse Management: How to Minimise Costs and Maximise Value. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley, 2005. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 28 May 2015.

Copyright © 2005. Wiley. All rights reserved.

Nahmias, Steven, Production and Operations Analysis, 3rd ed., Irwin Publishing (1997).

Larson, Chris. “A Just-In-Time Supply Chain.” Http://www.ups-scs.com/solutions/white_papers/wp_JIT.pdf. N.p., 2005. Web. 29 May 2015.

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