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usually are more reliable and consumers are willing to pay a larger sum of money for the goods. The produce is usually fresher and comes from a smaller line of handling

Many college students find themselves struggling, while trying to write papers in their English classes. This book was written to help you though these struggles. They say/I say by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein is a book that was designed to help students be better writers. I think that this book is absolutely a huge help to anyone in need of becoming a much more confident and better writer. This book has helped me learn how to write more structured sentences and how to form them in ways that sound better and are also more grammatically correct than before. I have learned how to properly demonstrate and use many writing techniques such as making quotations, playing the believing game, how to write strong summaries, how to plant a “naysayer”, and incorporate “so what?” and “who cares?” into my writing. This book can be extremely helpful to anyone in need of assistance or for people interested in

Chapter 5 of They Say I Say is a very interesting chapter because it talks about improving your writing. In the chapter, they talk about learning how to state your own opinion without sounding biased. I believe that one great example of this is when the author exclaims, “I have a problem with what liberals call cultural differences.” This type of writing is important because you can express your own views and opinions without sounding biased. This type of writing only works if you can integrate parts of their argument into your own. Another method discussed in this text was using references to things you said prior to that. One good example of this could be when it states that,“ We would argue that voice markers we identified earlier, are extremely

Having had the opportunity to watch the entire series of “We Shall Remain”, it is my educated opinion that United States history books need to be rewritten in order to display the magnitude in which the founding fathers of the United States were nothing more than liars, thieves, and murders to the Native Americans. The signing of the Peace Treaty in March 1621 marked the first of more than 350 Peace Treaties by the United States and Native Americans that would later be overturned by the United States. It appears that once the Colonists began actually outnumbering the Wampanoag, the Colonists conceit, gluttony, and bigotry had come to the top of their agenda and it began to show their true intentions.

It is stressed in the Goal that there is a massive difference between throughput and efficiency. The novel makes the case that having an efficient operation does not equate to profitability. What does equate to profitability is to increase the throughput of any given operations system. Jonah tells Alex, “Throughput, is the rate in which the system generates money through sales.” (Goldratt, E.M. (2014), The Goal, pg. 60). Jonah goes on to explain to Alex that inventory is all the money that was invested in purchasing things that the system intends to sell. (Id). Furthermore, operational expenses are those costs that are required to turn inventory into throughput. (Id, at pg. 61). The definitions of these three measurements are not standard definitions for an MBA student. It is an interesting perspective on how to view operations.

Consequently, this company can expand the fruit nectar production line to attract new consumers. The down-side to utilizing this structure is that the price at retail will be significantly higher than the other modes of distribution. However, since the target consumer is not sensitive to price and have high disposable incomes, this should not pose a systemic problem for this firm.

Continuing with a food retailer, Greggs or a restaurant will want to get fresher ingredients than other retailers so that they can make sure they produce all of their products to be as fresh as can be. This can be done for example by Gregg’s own in-store bakeries having their ingredients delivered in the morning and then they bake them the same morning to make sure they are as fresh as possible. When they order the ingredients from the producers they will have to check that the supplier is storing the produce correctly before purchasing, otherwise they may purchase products that could be unsuitable for them to use and if they did use them, could create problems for them in the future. A good example of this could be

I really like some of the points you made from the reading. One such point was that Westwood Publishing had never laid anyone off, in its entire sixteen-year existence. While on the one hand, this shows that leadership is dedicated to their employees. This comes despite necessary changes that were neglected along the way, and that is why they are in such disarray now (Borromeo, 2014). It is important for leadership to understand that their ultimate goal is create profits for their shareholders, the bottom line. How they treat employees obviously has a say in that, however sometimes hard decisions have to be made for the good of the company. Jim Collins points out in Good to Great, that one of the fundamental factors that leads to organizational success is “first who” (Collin, 2001). This is a double-edged sword in that the most important facet of an organization is not only ensuring that the right people are put into the right leadership positions, but also that those who aren’t meeting expectations are removed from their positions before negatively affecting the company.

[By doing so, customers ultimately get better value, therefore each member of the supply chain gains competitive advantage.] Pars Food Ltd currently outsources their raw materials, therefore they have looked at sourcing their own potatoes with their own transport. Due to high amounts of quality rejection of frozen chips, they would like to reduce this, thus, having their own transport means they are now in control of how their raw materials get to their factories and therefore can monitor quality more closely, ultimately improving it. In terms of investing in storage and improving customer satisfaction and zero complaint levels; Jane William’s Idea of using the Just in Time method may achieve this, by having their own transport they have control over how reliable the supply is and communication should not be a problem. Therefore products can be made as they are needed and their won’t be as much need for storage e.g. “Stake Cut Chips” which have been left in storage for 2 months and not shifted.

Manufacturer need invest more in operation part and transportation cost, such as buying the advanced technology. As most of the items are perishable, it is needed to handle by using special equipment. Not only than that, all of this foods can be stored in a short time, otherwise it will be spoiled and no value. And for United States, a high competition will be happened since there are a lot of fast food restaurants, shops are operating 24 hours and selling similar foods. It offers many choices for customers to choose. As all of the items will be replenished by wholesalers, it will increase inventory level to store the items. It requires skilled labor to

This argument concludes, without sufficient evidence, that Olympic Foods will be able to reduce costs and maximize profits due to its 25 years of business. Unfortunately, this argument uses vague language to describe these successes, assumes that the food processing industry will behave like other industries, and concludes causation from what could simply be a coincidence. The author’s lack of evidence for these assumptions substantially weaken his conclusion.

There are quite a number of financial statements that are associated with the the food and beverage production and services system. These financial statements includes sales records, standard amount and the actual amount of foods and beverages that the establishment sells. The variance analysis is a good tool for planning and enables an establishment to have a grasp of the current costs of food items. Every food service manager must be concerned with the cost of foods including the cost related to the

These standards are set so that quality standards and developing standard purchasing specifications ensure all foods purchased will be desired to what you ordered. There are also standards set for quantity foods are divided into two categories, perishable and non-perishable. With the perishable food we order enough to last us until our next order day because we don’t want to waste anything or let anything go bad. Non-perishable foods can be order in a larger quantity because they can be kept longer on the shelf and not go bad as soon. When they order the food we have standards set for pricing. We need to buy the proper quality of food for our restaurant based off of price. I have a small little bistro that will not need high quality expensive food because we will never make the money back therefore we won’t be making a profit.

As the Indian population is increasing, the demand for fresh fruits and vegetables is also increasing. Owing to the perishable nature and very short shelf life, these items require storage and transportation facilities in order to reach to the customer in fresh state. This requires a considerable amount of effort from the involved parties. The entire chain is fraught with issues like lack of transparency in pricing (at the farmers' end), dominance of traders, weak links in supply chain, etc. This leads to loss of revenue to the farmer and increased additional costs to the other supply chain partners, which ultimately enforces the final consumer to bear extra burden on his

The biggest advantage is time saved. For people who order frequently from the same place, they have the option of just repeating their order. Foreseeing busy days ahead one can pre order on the restaurant website so that they have fresh food waiting when they arrive home