Abstract
This paper discusses how the concept of the supply chain has enjoyed a large amount of attention in the business world, especially during the current economic crisis and how in many ways, the supply chain can either make or break a business. The paper also discusses how it is therefore important to maintain a healthy supply chain in order to finally result in satisfied customers and a good bottom line for the company. The supply chain implies all the entities involved in the process ranging from raw material extraction to the final product bought by the customer. In particular, the paper examines the case of bedroom furniture manufacture and looks at how a network of suppliers are involved from the extraction process up to delivery to the customer.

Outline:
Introduction
Supply Chain Management: Bedroom Furniture
Optimizing Technology: Logistics
Optimizing Technology: Communication
Business Relationships Within the Supply Chain
Business Relationships with Suppliers
Business Relationships with Customers
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Relationships directly affect the way in which communication is disseminated. As seen above, the flow of information is a vital part of product flow across the supply chain. If information is not shared with complete transparency, the flow of products is not effective. In addition to adequate information systems, a relationship of trust among companies across the supply chain is therefore vital. Pye Tait (2003) notes that this is often difficult to establish as a result of competition within the furniture industry. Some organizations fail to disseminate or share information because of fear that such information will be divulged to competing organizations. This lack of trust within the supply chain has a rippling effect across the flow of goods and services, and should therefore be addressed with a high degree of priority. Trust must be built through a process of regular communication across the supply chain, which includes all parties involved in the flow of goods."

Tags:Quality, management, logistics, ERP, customers

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This essay briefly explores the relationship between gender and space. Specifically, preconceived notions of privacy and safety in a bedroom and how this relationship is altered in the presence of domestic violence. Furthermore, how domestic violence in this space is portrayed in the public sphere. Sources are drawn from academia, current events and popular culture.

From the Paper
"Ideally, the bedroom should be a space of peace, a safe place as much as a respite from every day pressures. In a word, it should be a space of solace. But those close quarters within the confines of a dysfunctional domestic relationship, also present opportunities for cyclical abuse, violence, misogyny, and a general oppression. The trouble, lawmakers say, is trying to balance the interests of the victim with her privacy. This essay explores the relationship between gender and the bedroom and how domestic violence within this space changes the accepted notions of privacy and safety."

Tags:domestic, violence, space

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This paper relates the feminist point of view of the book "Mars and Venus in the Bedroom" and presents Gray's view as a patriarchal one.

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This paper explains that Marquis de Sade was renowned as a libertarian atheist who took the foundations of the Enlightenment, such as equality, pleasure, and freedom of self-thought, to its limit to create his own, seemingly wayward, taxonomy. The author points out that, in "The Philosophy of the Bedroom," de Sade uses a subjective and argumentative tone to assert his opinions and justifications of his antithetical beliefs on sacrilege, calumny, killing, and theft. The paper relates that de Sade's arguments are founded on a very extreme and over-rationalized viewpoint of theft, and his simplistic and idealistic propositions are not supported with any checks or balances.

From the Paper
"The assertive language used leaves the reader deceivingly convinced that de Sade's own opinions and thoughts are certainly flawless. However, no matter how influencingly crafted de Sade's propositions are, they still only remain his own thoughts. Whilst the Enlightenment period valued the questioning of the presuppositions that form the basis of our own lives, there was not an encouragement to act unlawfully. This is where two of the Enlightenment thinkers, Immanuel Kant and de Sade, differed. De Sade tended to act upon his radical beliefs, and was jailed for doing so. Kant on the other hand, was not in favor of revolution until there was a consensus through public reason."

Tags:theft, libertarian, atheist, taxonomy, kant

Abstract
The paper outlines the concepts of supply chain constraints and optimization as well as lean manufacturing and focuses on the supply chain management in a company that supplies bedroom furniture. The paper explores how a furniture company could optimize technology in the logistics and communication within the supply chain and can establish business relationships with suppliers and customers. The paper shows how while the furniture industry is a challenging one in the current economic climate, with lean manufacturing principles across the supply chain, a competitive edge can be gained in terms of customer satisfaction and delivery times.

Outline:
Introduction
Supply Chain Management: Bedroom Furniture
Business Relationships within the Supply Chain
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The first important step is for the company to define its perspective in terms of the supply chain. According to Pye Tait (2003), three perspectives are entailed in the supply chain: The individual company's perspective; the perspective in relation to a product or item; and the supply chain as entailing the functions of purchasing, distribution and materials management. These are all important perspectives when optimizing the supply chain process.
"One of the greatest logistics challenges for the furniture industry is delivery times. Transport problems could cause significant delays in final delivery, which impacts upon customer satisfaction levels. Competition within the furniture market is a constraint that does not allow delays in delivery time. Goldratt's lean manufacturing principles provides several ways in which this constraint can be handled. Lean manufacturing provides quicker delivery times by focusing each manufacturing project upon customer demand. This strategy eliminates the problem of surplus products that will later have to be sold at a reduced price, meaning less revenue for the company. If all manufacturing companies across the furniture supply chain engage in lean manufacturing, this will mean less manpower and less manufacturing time, both of which save time and money. Products can then be provided to customers in much less time as well as a reduced price. The specific demands of customers are met, meaning more business for the company."

Tags:constraints, optimization, technology, communication, suppliers, customers

Abstract
This film study analyzes four consecutive shots that reside within the "bedroom" scene in the early part of film, "The Graduate" by director Mike Nichols. The paper discusses how, by analyzing the action, camera shots, dialogue and other facets of filming that take place in these four film shots, one can realize the overall directing that Nichols seeks in the film. In essence, four consecutive film shots will be thoroughly analyzed to give a broad, yet detailed analysis of the importance of this scene with the film."

From the Paper
"Mrs. Robinson constantly tries to get Braddock to talk, but he only uses refrains: "Mrs. Robinson the bathroom is right down the hall," which signals a rejection to the older woman. However, she continues and is persistent. Her lavish, shiny black dress seems to glow in the dim lighting of the room, as she is obviously trying to seduce Braddock from his bed."

Tags:graduate, film, shots

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This paper compares and contrasts portrayals of love and desire in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and Marquis De Sade's "Justine: Philosophy in the Bedroom". The author stresses that both texts place love and desire within the complex workings of social structures and languages.

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This paper will compare the novels the "Story of O" by Pauline Reage and "Philosophy in the Bedroom" by Marquis De Sade. By examining nature's role in morality in relation to God, we can see philosophical arguments that denounce societal immorality in principle.

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This essay will argue, in the process of focusing on the first (deer) hunt, that the hunt and the temptation immediately following are juxtaposed as two radically different, yet symbolically parallel, events. As will be seen, just as Gawain's host is the lord of the hunt so is his hostess the huntress in the bedroom, with Gawain being symbolically linked to the prey.

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This paper explains that Ralph Ellison's and Harryette Mullen's respective use of language represent descriptive language usage within two entirely different literary genres (fiction vs. poetry) and contexts (a public speech vs. a private bedroom). The author points out that Ellison's use of language is vividly descriptive, harsh at times, non-playful and non-alliterative; whereas, Mullen's use of language to playfully describe a solitary bedroom setting is relaxed, playful, metaphorical and alliterative. The paper relates that these differences are due to social context: Ellison's black speaker (the powerless) is publicly addressing a group of whites (the powerful); whereas, Mullen's speaker is relaxing at home with a much-loved though inanimate object.

From the Paper
"Not only is the dictionary used as metaphor for an erotic lover; within lines 16-18 Mullen's speaker even metaphorically describes the sex act, using doubly-denotative words and phrases like: "Aroused"; "perverse positions"; "nightly act"; "penetration." Later, in the final line, yet another playfully metaphorical phrase appears, describing nighttime decoding of the dictionary's messages as similar to deciphering "the secret acrostic of a lover's name" (line 23). Like an illicit love relationship, then, relationship of speaker to the dictionary ("taking the big dictionary to bed" (line 8)) is secretive, stimulating, and filled with new and exciting discoveries. "

Tags:genres, power, context, harsh, metaphorical