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The Modern Inventory Control Process, 2002.
Examines what constitutes a contemporary inventory control process in the industrial world.
3,122 words (approx. 12.5 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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Specialization, standardization, and centralization characterize the present industrial paradigm. These situations also exist alongside other changes such as downsizing, organizational restructuring and budget cuts. Despite the upheaval and uncertainty that these situations bring, they force an organization to sit back and reevaluate the significance of the ramifications of the culture, customs and regulations, i.e., it forces the company to change. The paper shows that with markets getting smaller and more interlinked, many companies choose to acquire companies that they feel will help them expand and/or help gain capital for future expansion. This strategy ensures that these companies have a larger market bargaining power and clientele for their products. The paper shows, however, that many of these organizations are fighting a losing battle with their inventory, work in progress and raw material supplies. The paper also looks at the future of inventory management.
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"Plant operations get more complicated by issues such as manufacturing and operational lead times, replenishment cycles, unexpected surges in demand of a product, safety stock requirements for critical part, review frequency and the failure of establishing realistic target service levels. James D. Tarr, in the article ?Seven Ways To Reduce Your Inventory,? discusses some general operating practices that can be followed by all managers and companies to help keep inventory cost down (Tarr, 2001). He advocates that accurate data information is required and screening out erratic and unreliable vendors is also important for implementing a good inventory program. An important reality check should also be made with regards to realistic sales rather that on the inflated projections made by the sales department."
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Inventory Control Systems, 2005.
This paper discusses inventory control systems as they relate to the overall production for a company.
990 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that the four factors of production are land, labor, capital, and enterprise. The author points out that the Periodic Inventory System is a physical count inventory, usually made at the end of the accounting period, which does not maintain a detailed record of the actual inventory kept during the accounting period. The paper stresses that persons in charge of controlling the inventories in a business must follow certain steps and perform an accurate inventory control in order to avoid high costs due to overstocking matters.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Production Factors
What Is Inventory
Cost Associated with High Inventories
Inventory Systems
Periodic Inventory System
Perpetual Inventory System
Conclusion
Graph
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"Inventory is the value of a firm's current assets that are shown on the balance sheet, generally at cost. Inventory or merchandise inventory is generally applied to goods or materials available on hand that are held by a merchandising firm, either wholesale or retail. It includes raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods that are ready for sale, but has not been sold yet."
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Inventory Control at 7-Eleven, 2003.
This paper is a research proposal to upgrade existing inventory control technology at 7-Eleven Florida Division by improving employee training.
3,510 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 98.95
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This paper a research proposal for a study is to evaluate methods of improving inventory shortage at 7-Eleven. The author believes that the most effective and cost efficient manner of improving inventory shortage at 7-Eleven is to revise the current training program. This paper presents the method for collecting and analyzing data through out the project.
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Introduction
Problem Statement
Purpose
Description of Community
Description of Work Setting
Research Team?s Role
Study of the Problem
Problem Description
Problem Documentation
Literature Review
Causative Analysis
Expected Outcomes
Goals and Expectations
Expected Outcomes
Measurement of Outcomes
Analysis of Survey Results
Solution Strategy
Statement of Problem
Discussion
Selected Solutions
Project Timeline
Summary of Recommendations
Conclusions
Recommendations
Evaluation
Appendices Figures Tables
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"Data will be recorded and analyzed during the implementation stages of this research project. The research team will analyze the data using statistical analysis. This analysis will determine what method is best in reducing inventory shortage at 7-Eleven. Modifications and changes will be made along the way as needed. The research team will record and log all data in a journal and make necessary changes. The team will also monitor the pilot stores and record what effect the revised training program is having on inventory loss. This data will be gathered, analyzed, and presented in graphs and charts to the Market Manager, and Division Vice President. The proof of this plans success will be in the reduction of not only inventory shortage, but also decreased labor dollars, and an overall reduction in turnover. This training program will be a great success."
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Just-in-Time Inventory and Quality Control, 2006.
An analysis of just-in-time inventory control and how it is used to solve manufacturing management problems.
3,769 words (approx. 15.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 103.95
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This paper discusses the just-in-time (JIT) philosophy and how it relates to quality control. It describes how during the recent years, the JIT philosophy has been elevated to the level of a panacea for all manufacturing management problems and appears to have also found applications in many other areas. The paper discusses some of these applications.
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"Applications of JIT purchasing systems are growing in the United States, and are being used not only as a part of standard JIT systems, but also as independent purchasing systems (Yip). These systems include delivery of required items at the right time in the right quantities, elimination of waste in the production process, and inventory control of materials and parts (Yip).
Implementation of JIT purchasing is a multi-phased process that uses both JIT purchasing characteristics and JIT inventory management principles (Yip).
The implementation strategy should involve top management commitment to establish JIT purchasing as a top priority, and should be changed to subordinate everything toward the goals of this system (Yip). Once the role of the JIT purchases is established, suppliers that can support a JIT operation must be selected, and once that is accomplished, JIT purchasing requires a continuous effort for improving the relationship between the purchaser and supplier (Yip)."
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Just-in-time Inventory Control, 1999.
Examines the re-supply method and its impact on accounting. Discusses benefits, valuation of inventory, efficiency, the role of management and retailing.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 8 sources, $ 95.95
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The Japanese system of inventory control has been variously called the "Toyota system," the "just-in-time system," and the "Kanban system" (Johnson, 1993, 52). Just-in-time means, quite literally, that an assembler on a line receives his consignment of parts "just in time" to use them (Bacharach, Bamberger, & Mundell, 1995, 11). The system is based on an ideal situation in which a part arrives just in time to be used, even though that optimal level of usage is never actually reached. As such, the system operates on the strength of very small lot quantities of replacement parts.
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"THE IMPACT OF JIT INVENTORY CONTROL ON ACCOUNTING
Introduction
The Japanese system of inventory control has been variously called the "Toyota system," the "just-in-time system," and the "Kanban system" (Johnson, 1993, 52). Just-in-time means, quite literally, that an assembler on a line receives his consignment of parts "just in time" to use them (Bacharach, Bamberger, & Mundell, 1995, 11). The system is based on an ideal situation in which a part arrives just in time to be used, even though that optimal level of usage is never actually reached. As such, the system operates on the strength of very small lot quantities of replacement parts.
On a typical assembly line, any particular worker might..."
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Inventory Control, 1986.
Analyzes major functions in theory & applied to Lockheed & Perker Elmer Instrument companies. Looks at production, planning, work in process, forecasts, sales orders and lead times.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, $ 63.95
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" This paper is an analysis of the basic concepts embodied in inventory control systems. This paper will examine how the economic maintenance of any inventory system is the key to success for companies dealing with a product.
While inventory is common to all production methods, it can sometimes be considered in isolation from the over-all production methods. Although the question of inventory is strictly related to production, the holding of that question apart and separate is possible. The problems that primarily surround inventory control problems fall in three large areas: the-intangible nature of some factors, the spread of responsibility between departments, and the sheer complexity of some situations (Hobbs, 1973, p. 5)."
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Architecture: Modernism, Pre-Modernism and Post-Modernism, 2002.
A discussion of the different movements - pre-modernism, modernism and post-modernism - in architectural history and how each one differs from the other.
2,550 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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A paper which discusses the different movements in architectural history and compares the differences between them. The paper shows how among these movements, modernism is the most popular and how it has influenced art and architecture in the United States and Europe. It shows, on the other hand, that pre-modernism is a less popular era in which architecture was influenced by the industrial age and its need for order and precision, and that Post-modernism was the movement that followed modernism and contains elements of both classicism and modernism.
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"During the modernism movement, architects started using steel and iron more in their designs and they also started focusing on functional designs. Apart from the use of steel and iron, concrete was also brought back to the architectural world. It is important to know here that concrete is one thing that sets late 19th century buildings from pre-modernism architectural designs. While concrete was first used by the Romans in 5 B.C., it was later taken over by other materials such as marble, stone, brick etc. Modernists are responsible for the revival of concrete in architecture."
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"A Look at Modernity: An Introduction to Modern Societies", 2005.
An analysis of European colonialism as interpreted in the book "A Look at Modernity: An Introduction to Modern Societies."
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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The following paper looks at the impact of European colonialism upon its own self-identity and upon its place in the world by reviewing a text entitled, :Modernity: An Introduction to Modern Societies.: While the reading glosses over the impact of the Europeans upon the indigenous peoples they were displacing, it does offer some interesting insights into how overseas adventurism changed European cartography and self-identification.
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"As much as Western imperial powers may wish otherwise, there can be little doubt that colonialism inflicted great harm upon many indigenous peoples the world over. Of all the many depredations that can be laid at the feet of colonial activity, one of the most pernicious was - and remains - population displacement. Among other things, this paper will examine the extent to which population displacement is treated in Modernity: an Introduction to Modern Societies. As will soon become evident, the paper refers to the issue of population displacement only obliquely while focusing far more upon the impact of Western expansion and colonialism upon western self-identity. "
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From Modernism to Post-Modernism, 2005.
Describes the theories of four major thinkers of the modern and post-modern era, including Weber, Durkheim, Victor Turner and Clifford Geertz.
1,486 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper summarizes the theories of these thinkers on the role of the individual and his/her relationship to the community. In conclusion, the author states that the thinking of Victor Turner is the most accurate and convincing.
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"Two thinkers -- Max Weber and Emile Durkheim -- were late modernist thinkers who developed theories about the relation of the individual to society. Their theories were appropriate to the industrial societies in which they lived. With the end of World War Two and the rise of the post-modern period, however, different ways of conceiving of the individual and society arose that sought to break with modernist thinking, including the thought of Clifford Geertz and Victor Turner."
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Modernism and Post-Modernism, 2002.
A discussion of the the study of film as a post-modern event.
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Discusses the study of film as a post-modern event. Defines the aesthetic values & dynamics of modernism and post-modernism. Post-Modernism as a cultural, aesthetic & historical issue. Structuralist thinking. Development of post-modern material and fragmented surface style in film. Examples: CONTEMPT, RESEVOIR DOGS, PULP FICTION.
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"Movements in artistic expression often occur spontaneously and are then given a name to identify a perceived trend. This is clearly the case with reference to both modernism and postmodernism, and the very fact that we have seen a need to find a name for the changed environment after 1960 shows that postmodernism exists in some degree--it exists because we have named it, but that does not make it any more a coherent or "intentional" movement than was modernism. In film terms, postmodernism primarily shows a certain weariness with modernism rather than a drive to something clearly new. The elevation of film to a subject for study is itself a postmodern event, signaling as it does the end of the modernist division into High and Low culture. The increasingly self-reflexive nature of modern film along with the elevation of style over substance are..."
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Post-Modern Rebellion Against Modernism, 2004.
A comparison of Jackson Pollock's and Andy Warhol's art.
1,494 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper talks about, not only the significance of modernism and postmodernism, but also characteristics of both artists, Pollock and Warhol, along with their artworks.
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"An art-historical comparison of Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol, two of the most celebrated artists of the mid to late twentieth century, is significant in demonstrating a shift from modernism to postmodernism. Pollock is represented as an ultimate expression of modernism and the embodiment of ambition for liberation in the 1950's. His drip paintings, which eliminated subject matter as essential , paved the way for modernist artists to take apart the foundations of all that was special in previous art making and abandon beauty as an ideal. Because of the significance of his work, modernism couldn't have gone as far without Pollock. The era of modernism, however, came to an end in 1964 according to Arthur Danto who stated that Warhol's art, especially his Brillo Boxes, marked its end. At the same time, as this work also implies the beginning of postmodernism, which is derived from modernist beliefs and attitudes, it is the art world with diverse aesthetic forms that broke with modernism. As a postmodernist and the enigmatic homosexual superstar of Pop Art, Warhol, adopted media, popular culture, and reproduction to rebel against the characteristics of modernism which Pollock's work and attitude toward art represented. By looking at two particular paintings, Pollock's Lucifer (1947) and Warhol's Triple Elvis (1961), we are able to bring out not only the differentiation of their personas and attitudes toward their art, but also the issues of Warhol's rebellion against modernist including Pollock."
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Modern Technology and Modern Malaise, 2002.
A look at the impact of information and communication technologies on society.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 106.95
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This paper is a discussion of information and communication technologies, and the effect of alienation that new technologies have on society. In this paper, technologies and social realms are described as integrated relationships. The impact of new innovations in digital and communication technologies is, in this essay, one of increased malaise and indifference within the social venue of these technologies. Technologies are changing so rapidly that the possibility of a social or global influence in the development of technology is eclipsed by the larger investment in change, not progress.
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Just-In-Time Inventory Management, 1995.
This paper discusses Just-In-Time (JIT) inventory management: Definition, compared to traditional inventory control, implementation, objectives, quality and costs and benefits.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 9 sources, $ 95.95
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"Costs associated with inventory make up one of the most critical cost areas within an organization. Whether the company manufactures goods or sells finished products, inventory carrying costs and their component parts can represent a significant portion of the company's cost structure. In addition, having the wrong amount of inventory on hand can result in severe difficulties. Having too much inventory on hand means that extra warehouse space is needed in addition to the costs associated with the inventory itself. In a manufacturing environment, having too little inventory for input goods means that production slows down, or is even halted. In both manufacturing and retail environments, not having enough inventory on hand to meet consumer demand results in lost sales, and lower revenue than would otherwise be realize ... "
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Inventory Managers, 2003.
Discusses career opportunities for inventory control managers.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, $ 47.95
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Considers the personal attributes needed for the job, working conditions, necessary skills, pay range, and gives the example of the Shoe Pavilion as a company with good opportunities.
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"Operations managers plan, direct and/or coordinate the operations of a company or organization. Operations managers are typically involved in the layout of a facility, policy formulation, inventory ..."
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Inventory Management, 2002.
This paper examines a type of inventory management, just-in-time (JIT).
3,037 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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The paper looks closely at issues surrounding inventory management and examines the costs and benefits associated with this type of inventory control. The writer then makes a strong claim that the company JIT can be the most cost-efficient and highly effective way for a company to accomplish the complicated task of inventory management, though the use of the ever-growing electronic commerce.
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"Reduction of inventories is the main reason that companies have sought alternative inventory management methods. The use of smaller batches leads to the need for less inventory at any particular point in the production process. Cash flow is improved due to less capital investment in inventory. Less inventory on hand leads to savings in other areas as well, such as smaller space requirements, decreased materials handling costs, decreased record keeping costs, decreased insurance and tax obligations, and less scrap and obsolescence (Larson, 1998, p. 44)."
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