April 30, 2011 Final Exam Assignment The company of Odwalla, Inc. should be held responsible in part for the overall outbreak of the E. coli bacterium in their fresh juice products. Some of the factors that contributed to the outbreak of the bacterium in the case were the producers of the apples used in the juices. Odwalla concluded that the FDA did not have any requirements for microbiological testing, and the microbial monitoring of the finished products and raw material used in the processing was inadequate. The batch of apples used to process the juice may have contained ground apples that may have been contaminated by cow or deer feces. I believe that Odwalla, Inc. is responsible in part and not in wholly because after the regulations and FDA testing at the Dinuba manufacturing plant was reported to had found no evidence of E. coli O157:H7 that was found in its products, the only source led to the growers and suppliers.
The FDA greatly investigates these companies to make sure that food, human and veterinary drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, and electronic products are safe to sell to the public. If the products turn out to be unsafe, the company will have to announce a recall. In this scenario, the FDA had yet to investigate Pro Health’s new product ProBio. Before then, Pro Health had found out that ProBio had the same brand name as another product already out for purchase. Having the same brand name as another product is also one of the things that are against the FDA’s regulations because this could protect the consumer from buying the wrong drug because of the similar names.
Kudler should have a clear idea of what the data is to be used for and how it is to be treated. “Sure, a customer database has value, and a company can maximize that value in any number of ways -- growing the database, mining it, monetizing it. Marketers can be tempted, despite pledges about privacy, to use collected information in ways that seem attractive but may ultimately damage relationships with customers.’ (Davenport, et al, 2007) It is important to their success as a business that Kudler Fine Foods maintain their relationship with their customers. And by this they should maintain positive relationships with all of their customers. “Market analytics allow companies to identify their best and worst customers and, consequently, to pay special attention to those deemed to be the most valuable.
There have been accidental children poisoning incidents, which led to the government stepping in. Tide Pods has since decided to put a double latch on the lids to make them more kid proof. This year alone 2012, there were more than 250 pod poisoning accidents reported within the United States. (LaCapria, 2012). Tide Pods (P&G) are working with the American Cleaning Institute to educate and promote the safe handling, use, and disposal of all laundry detergents, and to remind everyone that cleaning products must be kept out the reach of children.
Surveys give customers the option to made comments and give complete answers and encourage participation in the future (Derham, 2001). Kudler Fine Food should implement a survey that asks questions allowing the customer to answer. Questions like: “Has our store meet your product needs”? , “If not what products would you like to see”? These types of surveys will help Kudler Fine Foods continue to keep products in stock that attract target marketers.
THE SANDWICH BLITZ "TEAMS" PATRICIA CASTRO The Sandwich Blitz has always had a traditional work environment. Now, with the possibility of expansion, Dalman and Lei should consider the use of self-managed teams. As apposed to the methods they've been using, a new work environment could increase moral and innovation among their employees. In order for them to create a collaborative environment, communication between the organization and the self-managed teams must remain clear. The leaders of Sandwich Blitz would be able to focus on growing their business and feel secure about the their employee's abilities.
In his thinking, it did not matter that there was no scientific evidence. The fact that there is no scientific evidence linking serious health problems to DDT contamination also proves that there is so evidence to the contrary. What really sets the Triana lawsuit apart from the others, was a plan proposed by Foster. He wanted to protect the people of Triana from any negative affects of DDT in the present and in the future, so he proposed that Olin establish a healthcare program for all residents that were exposed to DDT. In addition, the lawsuit would also require Olin to compensate the plaintiffs for their loss of income.
There was no method that I could be informed about the drug companies trying to further speed up the process of drug approvals so it makes sense as to why I was being misled. The perspective that I have on the pharmaceutical companies has changed drastically. Before taking this course, I was naïve to believe that although pharmaceutical companies were just like any manufacturing company, they still had their best interest in the health care of their consumers since they are making their product to better the health of
Kudler Fine Foods can use concepts from total quality management and kaizen to ensure the effectiveness of the operation. Kudler Fine Foods can implement total quality management because this will allow them to focus on improving all the activities in the organization. Total quality management deal with a continuous improvement in products and services in which the organization plan, do, check and act. Kudler Fine Foods also needs to make employees aware that everybody’s job is to work on improving quality. Kaizen is another form of quality management that Kudler Fine Foods can use.
As the sole provider in your household, your family depends on you. What do you do? I would warn everybody that has bought the formula that the formula is contaminated and that they are not to use the formula anymore and if I do not tell the people about the formula the people will continue to use the formula and their babies will be sick and they still can sue us for that because we knew about the situation and we just could have just started telling them when we found out that the formula was contaminated and avoid getting sued either way. After reviewing my answers to both questions I did not use similar answers or anything my conclusion on both my morals is that you should try to save as many people as possible and let people know if there is any type of contamination going on with the food or formula that has been bought from a