Johnson Controls Social Responsibility Strategy JJT2 Social Responsibility, Task 1 February 23, 2014 Introduction Johnson Controls is a global manufacturing company with its corporate headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company is the largest producer of private label lead acid batteries in North America, and is quickly becoming a leader in Asia and South America. Johnson Controls provides batteries for nationally recognized brands such as Duralast, Interstate Batteries, Die Hard, ProStart, and Bosch. In addition, Johnson Controls provides original equipment batteries for Ford, Acura, Honda, Diamler Chrysler, Nissan, and Toyota. With over 170,000 employees around the world, Johnson Controls is a global industrial leader serving customers in over 150 countries and is committed to corporate social responsibility (Johnson Controls, 2014).
10. Question: (TCO 2) Action Corporation uses activity-based costing to apply overhead to jobs within a job-order costing system. The following overhead activities were budgeted for the year. ACCT 344 Week 2 Quiz 1. Question: (TCO 3) The appropriate cost accounting system to use when inventory items are produced on an assembly line is 2.
Annual Report Project Linda G. Keenon Professor Ufuoma Omosebi Accounting I - ACC100035VA016 June 2, 2013 Introduction I selected the Costco Wholesale Corporation, for my Week 8 Annual Report assignment. Costco Warehouse Corporation began operation in Seattle, Washington in October 1993. The company merged with the Price Company, which had pioneered the membership warehouse concept, to form Price/Costco, Inc. On August 30, 1999, the company reincorporated from Delaware to Washington changing its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation. As of December 2012, the company operates a chain of 622 warehouses in 41 states and Puerto Rico (448), Canada (85), Mexico (32), the United Kingdom (23), Japan (13), Korea (9), Taiwan (9) and Australia (3) locations generating over $3 billion in operating cash flow. Costco is one of the largest retailers in the United States and seventh largest in the world, with total income of $1,709 million.
Date: February 13, 2011 Re: Information concerning Navistar International Corporation This memo will discuss Navistar.com address, history, current shares’ price, market cap, short interest, short interest ratio, shares you can buy for $1000, and competitors. Where is Navistar International (NAV) address and web page? Navistar is located at 4201 Winfield Rd Warrenville, IL, 60555-4025 United States. You can find the web page is located at www.navistar.com. History: Navistar is one of the largest companies which produce commercial trucks and diesel engines in North America.
Company background Navistar International is a leading global transportation company which focuses on manufacturing commercial trucks, horsepower diesel engines and providing financing services for its customers, dealers and distributors. The company’s products, parts, and services are sold through a network of nearly 1000 dealer outlets in the United States, Canada, Brazil and Mexico and more than 60 dealers in 90 countries throughout the world. Over the years, Navistar has placed high priority on quality improvement since quality concerns affect customer requirements and costs. Navistar has two assembly plants, Chatham plant which is responsible for producing premium conventional trucks, and Springfield plant which focuses on manufacturing and assembling medium and cab over trucks. Currently, Andy Ramsz is appointed to be the assembly supervisor at Navistar’s Chatham
Database for Business-to Business Web Site Riordan Manufacturing Team C Delrin Burnett Dena Coffey Miran Escalona Morgan Segura Brad Swanson DBM 500, Database Concepts Instructor: Joe Omokheyeke University of Phoenix Online November 1, 2010 Background and Description of Database Plan database plan capable of helping Riordan Manufacturing, Incorporated achieve their identified business goals. Riordan Manufacturing, a Fortune 1000 enterprise, is a leading global plastics manufacturer specializing in both standard injection molding and customized plastic parts with four locations both in the United States and abroad. Mark Neitzel, Vice President of Operations at Riordan Manufacturing, has requested a database for a
Case 4-3: Portland Bus Company Name: Xiangying Yao Group: B Date: 02/10/2011 ------------------------------------------------- Situation: * Richard Kaplan is a Buyer of Materials Department at Portland Bus Company. * Reports to Director of Material Department * Be responsible for sourcing fabricated metal components * First use of reverse auctions assisted by Laura Henning, business consultant for Bothe US operations. * approximately 290 components * involving 7 suppliers * Current situation * Total annual purchases were approximately $250, and about $60 million to be sourced through Materials Department * 10 suppliers were responsible for 290 components in 3 fabricated metal parts, representing about $2 million annual spend BASIC ISSUES 1. Purchasing for a service organization. 2.
Career Opportunities Alvin Northcross ACC/220 11/30/2012 Rebekah Runyan Career Opportunities CFO/ Chief Finance Officer (1) The position is Chief Finance Officer (CFO) for a company located in the St. Louis area. The base pay is $100,000-$250.00 per year; this pay rate is the average for starting pay the state of Missouri for CFO positions with major corporations. The position description states they assist executive level finance specialists who have familiarity as a CFO. In addition, if you are serious about your career then they are the company to join, is you have a record of accomplishment that demonstrates positions of increasing responsibility and accomplishment. The educational and requirements are experience with P&L as
Merchandise has traveled from manufacturers to store who attempt to sell the items to customers (retailindustry.about.com, n.d.) Retailers are woven into the fabric of nations’ economy. They include department (Sears), discount (Walmart), specialty (GAP), and big box stores (Best Buy). The industry was the second largest employer in 2010 accounting for 12.1 % of all private sector jobs. There economic contribution including direct, indirect, and induced totaled 28.6 million jobs and $1.9 trillion of the gross domestic product (GDP) (rila.org,
Logistics Network Configuration Designing & Managing the Supply Chain Chapter 2 Byung-Hyun Ha bhha@pusan.ac.krOutline  Case: Bis Corporation  What is logistics network configuration?  Methodology  Modeling  Data Aggregation  Validation  Solution TechniquesCase: the Bis Corporation  Background  Produce & distribute soft drinks  2 manufacturing plant  120,000 account (retailers and stores), all over the US  3 existing warehouse (Chicago, Dallas, Sacramento)  20% gross margin  $1,000 for each SKU (stock-keeping unit) for all products  Current distribution strategy (designed 15 years ago)  Produce and store at the manufacturing plant  Pick, load, and ship to a warehouse/distribution center  Unload and store at the warehouse  Pick, load, and deliver to storeCase: the Bis Corporation  You, consulting company  Proposal as reengineering the sales and distribution functions  First phase, identifying 10,000 direct delivery account, based on • Dock receiving capabilities • Storage capability • Receiving methodologies • Merchandising requirements • Order-generation capabilities • Delivery time window constraints • Current pricing • Promotional activity patternsCase: the Bis Corporation  Redesign distribution network  Grouped accounts into 250 zones, products into 5 families  Data collected • Demand in 1997 by SKU per product family for each zone • Annual production capacity at each manufacturing plant • Maximum capacity for each warehouse, new and existing • Transportation costs per product family per mile for distributing • Setup cost for establishing a warehouse  Customer service level requirement  No more than 48 hours