Manufacturing After watching these three videos, it really opens your eyes to how big these companies and manufactures really are. I was blown away by the factory in China, that people were raised to go to the factories school, to learn how to make iron’s, expresso machine, and electric grills. Q: Are robots the answer to run a shop in the United States to keep costs down? I am on the fence with this question. I am back and forth because it would make sense to have AI’s and robots of the sorts taking jobs in the United State, mainly because they are cheaper and sometimes easier to deal with. We would be cutting costs without human error, and would be cutting costs with salary wages. There are so many factories in America that use …show more content…
Q: What is your opinion on living and working in a city essentially designed just for that? Watching the “Made in China: Factory of the World”; that really opened my eyes. I knew that Nike has/had sweatshops in Asia where they would make they’re workers work for very low wages in terrible conditions, but I never really thought about all the products that are made in china were made like this. To me, I sort of see it as slavery almost. That would be a horrible life to grow up and know what you must do with your life, to get by. It would be a rough life, to do one job for the rest of your life, just so repetitive. I like new things, new routes, new people, because it keeps me in tune with the things going on around me. Q: Is Walmart a good business model? Where will they be in 5 years I think Walmart has a very bad code of ethics, and they all about the money. They need to step up and join UNI, to have better and more safe manufacturing building with safer warehouses. They should put their employees at such a risk, and they should set a higher pay for all their employees. They make enough money to fix these problems, so, why don’t they? I think if Walmart keep acting so selfish, people around the world will start to notice and act anyway they can and will eventually really start to ruin the Walmart reputation and they will go downhill. Q: What will unionizing Walmart do to the pricing of the shirt? I think
Besides all the points that I have stated, Wal-Mart has had to pay fines due to breaking Child Labor laws and Illegal Immigrant laws; fines up to $11.5 million for just those two types of laws. Wal-Mart is not good for this economy, for the people, and the company, in a whole, is criminal. If the people let Wal-Mart stay on the track it is on, the United States will not have anything but Wal-Marts. Wal-Mart will become a monopoly and put everyone, who started with something more than greed,
I am just a customer of Wal-Mart. I am an accountant, so I budget my money pretty well and I love a good bargain. However, when I look at this organization and their business practices all I see is greed. Therefore, as a customer I have to question my whether or not to continue to support this business if they persist on behaving in such an manner that is clearly unfair to its employees. This is not a struggling organization. It brings in sales exceeding $100 billion annually. Wal-Mart has the resources to make their employees NEEDS a priority. I would like to believe that they are sincerely willing to make the necessary changes.
First off I would like to start by agreeing that Walmart is powerful but creating bad jobs for many, people working here have horrible
Machines can work at a better and faster pace than humans can. This will cause a major problem in America since President Donald Trump plans to put America First. President Trump’s belief of putting America First will backfire on the new job opportunities as machines will show its effectiveness versus a human worker. Sadly, robots are slowly inching its way into the industrial world. Many people are losing jobs due to this fact and they become poor because they no longer have jobs.
Although prices at Wal-Mart are considered as reasonable they are still having their own issues in relation to ethical issues and unethical practices consists of consumers were complaining about how they were not paying what they consider a fair prices for their groceries. Wal-Mart use to cover up what they were doing to their customers the advocate group followed the Food Chain Workers Alliance in order to investigate the root of the problem in the outsourcing ethical systems. Wal-Mart worker are currently complaining they are not being treated fairly because they are overworking their employees and they are not receiving enough pay based on their skills and qualifications they should determine how qualified their employees are for the job of their choice. Wal-Mart just followed existing law.
Compared to last century, workers in manufacturing jobs feel more threatened by automation than ever before. While the number of jobs eliminated by automation continues to increase, employers are also less willing to create jobs. In the article "Special report: Automation puts jobs in peril," Nathan Bomey, a business reporter for USA Today, explores the current position of manufacturing workers. In the article, Bomey explains how, "about 58% of CEOs plan to cut jobs over the next five years because of robotics, while 16% say they plan to hire more people because of robotics" (3). Only the United States Government has the power to create a solution to the quandary of workers affected by the switch to technology in the workforce.
Through continual research and readings Team Wal-Mart has gained a better understanding and perspective of America’s fascination with Wal-Mart. Despite the constant barrage of negative press relating to its handling of labor issues, employee benefits, vendor practices and customer service, the retailer is able to thrive. Wal-Martfacts.com brings an enlightening perspective on Wal-Mart views and how they and the public perceive its pitfalls. First, we are going to examine the history of the company. Where did Sam Walton get the idea to come up with a retail store like Wal-Mart? Did he actually expect to be as large of the retailer as it is now? Our team wanted to better understand where Wal-Mart is with its corporate level strategy, business level strategy, strategic formulation and it own views on its implementation. W We will further explore some alternative solutions and make recommendations as to where the public views the company in regards to the topics of discussion, and where our team’s views, and its perceptions of where they are today in how well it is
Some science fiction authors have predicted horrible futures due to AI and robots taking over jobs and later humanity, but many writers like Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson (authors of The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies) dismiss this idea as one unlikely extreme. McAfee and Brynjolfsson describe in their book the nature of machines and manual labor as complements and how their slow delving into becoming economic substitutes as objectively good rather than negative. Businesses naturally do risk cutting automated jobs, but such a move would open an entire new field of jobs for humans to fix and build machines. In turn, businesses like RobotWorx argue that they can make more profit, increase wages for the quality of work from their skilled workers, and remain at the competitive level expected in the modern economic market (more extensive list can be found in their website here). Naturally, such statements beg the question that our economy would not crash because it would naturally adapt and shift due to the moves as it has when such inventions like the assembly line and textile mills came to invention.
Robots being allowed to deliver straight to customers for sure has it's positives and negatives. Companies will be making a profit from not needing as many workers, which also means that unemployment will rise. Robots could be used to make everyday tasks simpler and quicker while being more efficient than human workers. Robots being used to deliver things could also create an unsocial society of people who don't know how to function on their own without assistance from the tech-world. I could see this new law effecting our countries economy dramatically. If there were to be a rise in unemployment due to the use of robots, how do companies believe that customers will be able to pay for their
It has been proven to us many time that, as long as they will make a profit, walmart do not care any less about the community or the
Unemployment has always taken America into its darkest ages; therefore, the United States needs to stay away from automation in order to prevent another employment downfall. By introducing intelligent machines into America, businesses will seek to acquire some of the technology. Since the machines don’t require a wage, businesses will increase in profit making them big barrels of money. Even if the machines are at high cost, it doesn’t mean businesses will forget about it, yet they know they will benefit on the long term by getting the machines. As a result, employees will start getting fired from their jobs, getting replaced by robots. This will ruin families and the peaceful society that has been present through the years.
I completely agree with what you have to say about Wal*Mart. I have numerous friends that work at Wal*Mart and they absolutely hate working there just because of how they are treated by other employees and managers.
When you talk about Wal-Mart the first thing that you have to remember is that they are the largest retailer in the world. Wal-Mart employs more people in the United States than any other company and is second only to the federal government in the number of employees that they have on the payroll. These are important facts to consider in that due to their tremendous size, Wal-Mart has an enormous
On the other side of this issue is that Walmart does a good job in providing employment. Walmart employs 2.1 million associates worldwide. This is a good thing that Walmart provides so many jobs especially in a tough economy. Some would argue that it has positive effects on our economy. It seems that everywhere I read that the negatives of employment at Walmart overpower the good. And because of this it is an ethical concern. I think that some of the possible resolutions would be to raise the wage for the employees so that they could be able to afford more. Also they should have kept their employee benefits that they cut.
Wal-Mart is certainly credited with changing the retail world as we know it with its low prices and big stores with huge selections but it has come at a price. They have struggled with issues that question the ethics as a company and legal issues that question how they manage people. These issues will continue to hurt their organization unless a complete change in management thinking and actions are changed. As a socially responsible organization, their management planning in this area is second to none. Lets hope they take the same effort in improving their image when it comes to ethics and legal issues.