III.A.iii) 3M Safety Company
III.A.iii.a) Company Profile
3M is a specialized technology conglomerate firm that serves end-users and global communities with ground-breaking products and solutions that extend to multiple industries on a worldwide scale (Lincoln Journal Publication, 2012).
The firm has more than 30 business units, and was founded in 1902 as the Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining Company. The corporation is headquartered in Maplewood and its activities have been divided into six business channels, namely: Communications, Consumer and Office Supplies, Graphics, Transportation, Healthcare; and Safety/ Protection Equipment. 3M operates in sixty nations, employs 88,000 employees, and declares an income of 30 billion US Dollars per year (ibid).
III.A.iii.b) Author’s rationale for choosing 3M as a market leader
3M PPE offers an exceptional quality of personal safety systems, which includes an unrivaled range of safety helmets designed in several combinations for wide scale applicability. Each helmet can further be customized as per the end-user’s specifications at minimal additions to the base selling price of the product, which sets 3M apart from its closest competitors. Furthermore, the firm’s products are designed
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As previously explained the two inimitable features of this helmet – namely the Uvicator Sensor Disc that protects workers from getting over-exposed to UV radiation, as well the fully rotatable lining that allows the helmet to be worn from front to back – are the key reasons for the evident and prominent price difference (amounting to over 55% when G3000 Uvicator is compared to the closest comparable variant: the High Visibility variant of G3000 Solaris), which in turn are responsible for the G3000 Uvicator becoming an exception to 3M’s market positioning
According to the Vice President of Product Development at Schutt, Cortney Warmouth, "The Helmet Stabilizer System in the Z10 increases the number of contact points between the helmet and the player's head. The increased contact area creates a better fitting helmet that cradles, or stabilizes, the head inside the helmet. Which, in turn, creates a helmet that's more comfortable and has better
With regards to protecting players it is the duty of the NOCSAE. Established in 1969 it has been there duty to enhance athletic gear and subsequently, decrease injury's. One thing that the NOCSEA has been taking a shot at for quite a while is renovating helmets. There has been numerous contention over head protectors on the grounds that the cerebrum is the most vital piece of your body and without it you can not work as a typical individual. The assignment of repairing helmets is one that has been separated to a science. The whole procedure is altogether done by hand by an expert licenses by the NOCSAE. The laborers need to ensure that every helmet that is refurbished meets the NOCSAE code before being transported out and put into play. The Process of repairing an old head helmet is to make it completley safe without any bad air pads or cracks in the helmet that could hurt someone. The procedure comprises of stripping down a protective cap by taking out the greater part of the cushioning. After that a specialist will scrape down all the scratches and imprints. The last part of the repairing procedure is the layering of puddy that will seal up any breaks of profound scratches that could be unsafe to a competitor when being used. After the repairs are done the cap will then be cleaned and put through many tests before it can be painted and transported
After suffering from head injuries during his football career, he believed that there had to be a better way to make a football helmet. It was believed he spent years doing research and development on helmets and launched his first when he felt like it was up to his standards of protection. All of their football helmets feature Adaptive Head Protection– a system of technologies designed to protect against both linear and rotational forces. Xenith is the only manufacturer to exclusively produce 5-Star helmets under the widely accepted Virginia Tech star system. Other companies have 5-Star helmets, but they also produce 4-Star, 3-Star and 2-Star products. They believe in a philosophy is that if a helmet does not excel under the most stringent testing available, it should not be on the field. That belief system inspires innovation and led to the Xenith EPIC being crowned as the top ranked helmet in the 2015 NFL Health & Safety
The use of protective headgear in contact sports has been a major issue of discussion amongst the sporting community for many years. Some people believe that headgear should be compulsory for all contact sports because they decrease the rate of catastrophic head injuries and they give the athlete a greater sense of security that there will be less head injuries. Others believe that headgear should not be compulsory, but instead optional, because they are an added cost to already expensive sports and they don’t offer any protection against concussions which can lead to brain damage and other problems in later
According to data collected from a study done from multiple collegiate teams between 2005 and 2010, sensors within helmets help measure head acceleration, which in turn provides better stability against heavy hits. The data within the study came from “helmets worn by 1833 players” (Staff) Each player either wore a Riddell VSR4 or wore a Riddell Revolution (different helmet types). Surprisingly, concussion rates differed between each helmet. “Results revealed a 54% reduction in concussion risk for players wearing the Revolution helmets compared to players in the VSR4.” The Medical Staff maintains that “Players with VSR4 helmets experienced higher head accelerations due to impact than those who wore Revolution helmets. Researchers attribute this to the Revolution helmets' ability to better modulate the energy transfer from the impact to the head, resulting in lower head accelerations. Lower head accelerations, in turn, reduces the risk of concussion.” Helmet design is crucial in lowering the risk of head injury; the measurement and and reduction of head acceleration is a key component in injury
Research by Meehan and Landry (2015) suggests that the introduction of helmets to football and the updating of helmet design plays a major role in the reduction of head injuries. Many old helmets only came in standard small, medium, and large sizes. They also offered minor protection, as they were lined with a material like Styrofoam. Newer helmet designs, such as the ones used in the NFL, have a deformable structure with multiple layers of different materials to absorb impact. Schools and youth programs should be required to update protective equipment regularly, and in cases where the equipment is purchased by a guardian, an inspection should be performed by school or youth league staff before the youth can participate.
In regulation to further address helmet safety, The National Operating Committee on Standards or Athletic Equipment(NOCSAE) discussed by Vian and Halstead implemented standards that has so far eliminated skull fractures. As well as conducting safety through scientific research, education, and performance standards. Despite the movement for development of safer helmets, NOCSAE test standards have changed very little.
The stakeholders of Milton Manufacturing Company include the owners, the business itself, the employees and officers, the factory workers, customers, and the suppliers.
Vicis, a self-proclaimed “technology company” is one of the many companies who are making an effort to tackle one of football’s biggest problems, concussions. This Seattle-based firm developed a helmet called the Zero1, “a multilayered, flexible helmet that’s particularly adept at diminishing rotational and linear impact forces. Specifically, the helmet was constructed to utilize four separate layers that work in perfect harmony with one another. It’s top layer, the Lode Shell, absorbs impact by locally deforming a specific part of a helmet” (Stella, 2016). The Zero1’s next layer is the Core Layer, “essentially bends and buckles in all directions to mitigate linear and rotational forces. Beneath that lies the Arch Shell, the interior of the helmet specifically
3M heavily based its business on innovation and while doing this it always supported its employees in terms of being innovative. 3M also always followed the alternative ways in order to increase their profit and market share, and they found that one of the best ways is through organizational innovation. Therefore, in order to improve their business 3M developed 6 different strategies over its history. These strategies helped 3M to promote entrepreneurship and increase customer satisfaction within the market.
The Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Corporation (3M) was founded in 1902. It reported sales revenues of $16.7 billion during the year 2000. These revenues came from 3M's six business divisions: industrial; transportation, graphics, and safety; healthcare; consumer and office; electro and communications; and specialty materials. All business divisions were profitable in 2000. The same year, the company made more than 60,000 products and about $5.6 billion sales came from products that had been introduced during the prior four years and
Motorcycle helmets are specially made and tested to prevent injuries from occurring to the driver’s skull, brain, and spinal cord. Many helmets are run through extensive testing to ensure that they are going to keep the motorcyclist safe in the event of a collision or slide (Wendling). According to a study, full face helmets, which surround the entire head and cover the face, reduced the risk of facial and skull fractures by almost half (Wendling). Helmeted
The company 3M is a diverse company that was incorporated on June 25, 1929 with presence in more than 10 industries alone. “3M products are sold through a number of distribution channels, including directly to users and through wholesalers, retailers, jobbers, distributors and dealers in a range of trades in a number of countries worldwide” ("3M Co," n.d., para. 1) The company head quarters is located in St. Paul Minnesota, however 3M has locations all over the United States. 3M is best known within the consumer industry with brands such as Post-it, Scotch, Scotch-Brite, Filtrete, O-Cel-O, Nexcare, and Command. “3M is one of 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and also is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500
Founded in 1902 in a little town on the shores of Lake Superior, 3M started out in the mining business as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. Today, 3M is a multinational powerhouse, with more than $20 billion in annual sales across a product line 50,000 deep, from adhesives to optical film. It boasts 22,800 patents, many derived from its 15 percent program. The program has been key to 3M 's business strategy and could be a model for other companies eager to innovate. Says Kurt Beinlich, a technical director for 3M: "It 's really shaped what and who 3M is.
The 3M company, originally known as Minnesota Mining is an America Multinational Conglomerate Corporation founded by five businessmen namely, Henry Bryan, Herman Cable, John Dwan, William McGonagle and Dr. J. Danley Budd 114 years ago (3M Corporate Headquarters, 2016).