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Go to Wikipedia and search for “France Prison” and “France Corrections” and other relevant search terms. Write a 500-word summary of the Wikipedia entry(ies), identifying several possible areas for you to expand or contribute new information.

Book review/ summary of The evolution of a manufacturing system at Toyota by Takahiro Fujimoto

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rM_nCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Social justice is defined in many different ways depending on the entity that is making the definition. The entity making the definition defines

it from the way they perceive the world. For the purposes of this writing assignment, social justice will be defined as conforming to the

natural law that all persons irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, possessions, race, religion etc., are to be treated equally and without

prejudice. Social justice also imposes on each member of society personal responsibility to work with others to design and continually perfect

our institutions as tools for personal and social development.

With regards to law enforcement and social justice, many feel that law enforcement and the war on drugs creates social injustice by targeting

minority and low income communities.

-Write a 1,500-word paper that is APA formatted (not including the title, abstract, or reference page) paper that address how law enforcement

and the war on drugs creates a social injustice on minority and low-income communities. Compare and contrast federal and state laws as they

pertain to drugs in society and the most effective methodology for dealing with communities having a high drug problem and low-income issue. How

do the communities relate with law enforcement as they address the problems?
-Place page number within cite when a source is being used. If no page place np.
-Please have a strong thesis statement in the introduction paragraph.

-Here is a possible source that we read during this course if it is available to you. Lyman, Michael, D., (2011), Drugs in Society: Causes,

Concepts, and Control, Anderson Publishing, Sixth Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4377-4450-7

 

Business Studies
Respond to the following scenario with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. Be substantive and clear, and use research to reinforce your ideas.

Apix is considering coffee packaging as an additional diversification to its product line. Here’s information regarding the coffee packaging project:
•Initial investment outlay of $40 million, consisting of $35 million for equipment and $5 million for net working capital (NWC) (plastic substrate and

ink inventory); NWC recoverable in terminal year
•Project and equipment life: 5 years
•Sales: $27 million per year for five years
•Assume gross margin of 50% (exclusive of depreciation)
•Depreciation: Straight-line for tax purposes
•Selling, general, and administrative expenses: 10% of sales
•Tax rate: 35%

Assume a WACC of 10%.

Should the coffee packaging project be accepted? Why or why not? Compute the project’s IRR and NPV.

In addition, answer the following questions:
•Do you believe that there was sufficient financial information to make a solid decision on what to do?
•Was there further financial information that you required that was not provided to you?
•What financial figure do you believe was the determinant to your decision and why?
•How would you be able to apply this particular financial information to other situations?
•Discuss risk methodologies used in capital budgeting.

Please submit your assignment

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

 

 

On November 1, 2013 John Adams, a customer service representative of Americo Drilling Supplies (ADS), was summoned to the Houston office of Drilling Contractors, Inc. (DCI), to inspect three boxcars of mud-treating agents that ADS had shipped to the Houston firm. DCI had filed a complaint that the 25 Pound bags of treating agents that it had just received from ADS were short-weight by approximately at least 2%.

The light-weight bags were initially detected by one of DCI’s receiving clerks, who noticed that the rail road side scale tickets indicated that the net weights were significantly less on all three of the boxcars than those of identical shipments received on October 25, 2013. ADS’s traffic department was called to determine if lighter-weight dunnage or pallets were used on the shipments. (This might explain the lighter weights.) ADS indicated, however, that no changes had been made in the loading or palletizing procedures. Hence, DCI randomly checked 25 of the bags and discovered that the average net weight was 24.5 pounds. Consequently, they concluded that the sample indicated a significance short-weight. ADS, was then contacted, and Adams was sent to investigate the complaint and to issue credit (???) to DCI.

DCI, however, was not completely satisfied with only the issuance of credit for the short shipment. The charts followed by their mud engineers on the drilling platforms were based on 25-pound bags of treating agents. Lighter-weight bags might result in poor chemical control during the drilling operation and might adversely affect drilling efficiency. (Mud-treating agents are used to control the pH and other chemical properties of the open during drilling operations.) This could cause severe economic consequences because of the extremely high cost of oil and natural gas drilling operations. Consequently, special use instructions had to accompany the delivery of these shipments to the drilling platforms. Moreover, the light-weight shipments had to be isolated in DCI warehouse, causing extra handling and poor space utilization. Hence, Adams was informed that CDI might seek a new supplier of mud-treating agents if in the future it received bags that deviated significantly below 25 pounds.

The quality control department at ADS suspected that the light-weight bags may have resulted from “growing pains” at the Orange, Texas plant. Because of the earlier energy crises, oil and natural gas exploration activity had greatly increased. This increased activity, in turn, created increased demand for products produced by related industries, including drilling muds. Consequently, ADS had to expand from one shift (6 A.M. to 2 P.M.) to a two-shift (2 P.M. to 10 P.M.) operation in Mid 2011s, and finally to a three-shift operation (24 hours per day) in January of 2013.

The additional night shift bagging crew was staffed entirely by new employees. The most experienced foremen were temporarily assigned to supervise the night shift. Most emphasis was placed on increasing the output of bags to meet the ever-increasing demand. It was suspected that only occasional reminders were made to double-check the bag weight feeder. (A double check is performed by systematically weighting a bag on a scale to determine if the proper weight is being loaded by the weight-feeder. If there is significant deviation from 25 pounds, corrective adjustments are made to the weight-release mechanism.)

To verify this expectation, the quantity control staff at ADS randomly sampled the bag output and prepared the following table (see Excel dataset). Five bags were sampled and weighted each hour.

ANALYSIS

Assume you are John Adams of ADS. Based on the following analysis, prepare a report to be submitted to both ADS and DCI executives regarding the status of the filling process at ADS and recommend method to improve quality control at the filling station and estimate the amount of credit to DCI. Use the data provided in the Excel data file.

Insert all graphs and provide analysis in this word file after every question. Only The Word file is graded.

a- Calculate the Range Column in Excel (Largest-Smallest) and find mean and standard deviations for Average Weight, Smallest, Largest, and Range columns.

b- What is the standard deviation of individual bags if sample averages are based on 5 bags? Explain your finding. Hint: x-bar = /sqrt(n). Having x-bar based on part a calculation, solve for  given n= 5.

c- Construct a time series plot of all four variables (two graphs: one includes avg., smallest, and largest and the other has range) and discuss your findings based on the graphs.

d- Construct X-bar and R Charts, graph, and discuss your findings based on the control charts. Is the process out of control? Why? Explain.

e- Is there any differences between performances of three shifts? Hint: (Carve out the morning, afternoon, and night shift data into three columns and graph their averages. Explain your findings based on

 

Remember accounts receivable from your Week 2 wiki example and its impact on cash? Take a look at Example 8-2 and Figure 8-6 on page 139 in your text. Discuss your answers to the questions on page 140:
1. What is the purpose of the cash budget?
2. Read #2 on page 140 in your text. How did you determine the minimum level of cash reserves needed to pay operating costs of the facility without borrowing?
3. Explain your understanding of the importance of knowing how to intelligently discuss these issues with the facility’s accountant(s). For example, why is it important for healthcare managers to gain knowledge of financing and accounting?

 

OUR TEXTBOOK:
Harrison C. & Harrison P. (2013) Introduction to healthcare finance and accounting. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Cengage Learning.
APA format is required.

 

 

What is your evaluation of the effectiveness of the U.S. health care system in the context of delivery, finance, management, and/or sustainability? What are the issues that prompted a need for health care reform? Support your answer with a credible data reference. Do not use a reference already used by another student.

Assignment 1: Discussion
During this second module, we focus upon the concept of culture and all its components. After you have read the reading assignment and lectures for

this module, please respond to all parts of the discussion by the due date assigned.
1. The sociologist, Robin Williams Jr., originally created a list of ten central values in American culture in 1970.
o How do you believe this list might be different if it were created today?
o Which values do you believe have changed since this list was originally made? Why?
o Please use examples to illustrate how these values have changed using the media, social policy, politics, or otherwise.
2. What are five symbols important to American culture? Are they important to you? How and why?
3. What problems arise from excessive ethnocentrism?

 

Context & Instructions
Falls Prevention Case Scenario: Mr William Taylor is a 97 year old gentleman with a history of a fall inside his home 6 weeks ago and a fall outside in

his yard in the past 3 months. He now expresses a fear of falling. He is married to Elizabeth who is an Australian Aboriginal and she is receiving

‘Palliative Care Approach’; current stage: Terminal Care.
* Please refer to the full supporting document – Story board 1979 – 2016, case scenario, located under the Assessment Two folder).
The topic focus of care is Falls Prevention. Examine Mr Taylor’s falls history, health history, home environment (both internal and external) and social

history.
1. KWHL Chart
Complete a KWHL chart (see p.5 of this document for the legend and specific instructions) specifically for Mr Taylor based on:
Holistic Care Theme: Environment & Topic: Falls Prevention (20 marks) 300 words – in-text referencing is not included in this word count.
NB. The ‘H’ column does not contribute to the word count.
(Ensure all information in the ‘L’ column, including Mr Taylor’s care, is evidenced based and referenced appropriately using APA).
Recommendation: Complete the KWHL Chart first before writing the essay.
2. Essay
In a written essay form:
a) Provide quality definitions for each of the following three nursing philosophies of care approach (Person Centred Care, Holistic Care and the Nursing

Process of Care Approach). (7 marks) (150 words)
b) Justify why these three nursing philosophies of care are important in the care topic, Falls Prevention, for Mr William Taylor (15 marks). (200 words)
c) Demonstrate how a nurse could implement these three nursing philosophies into the care of Mr Taylor, the 97 year old ageing gentleman based on the

case scenario focus: falls prevention. (15 marks) (350 words)
Total Word Count: 1100 words (plus or minus 10% of total word count). In-text referencing is included in this word count.

Reminders:
Ensure all information, including Mr Taylor’s care is evidenced based and referenced appropriately using APA.
Refer to the case scenario as detailed above.

Marking rubric
• Assessment Two will be marked against a rubric (see pp. 7-10) below.
• NB. Academic writing and referencing may be subject to deductions based on accuracy and quality (0 – 6 marks may be deducted).
Please contact your lecturer/tutor if further clarification is needed.
Toowoomba & External: Natasha Reedy
Ipswich: Aletha Ward
Reference List
Minimum references accepted: one peer reviewed journal article, one relevant text books and one credible web site. (Aim for sources to be no older than

7 years). NB. Please aim for more than the minimum references required.
In-text and reference list must comply with the APA guide for referencing.

 

 

 

Kahneman and Tversky develop a 2-brain framework which they call system1/system 2. Thaler develops a framework surrounding nudge moements.

please explain and define system 1/system 2 and nudge moemnts. In your definitions please give examples. How are they similar and how are they

different (if they are)? Finally, define malcolm gladwell’s blink moments as discussed in lecture. Are there any dangers of blink moments?

the system1/ system 2 nudge moments and blink moments.
Additionally add to instructions:
1. Introduce your argument
2. Answer all questions
3. Transition between sections- hint: this means that you will likely have to connect your discussion of system 1/ system 2 and nudge moments to

gladwell’s Blink moments
4. include the information gathered from readings and powerpoints