JCL Inc. is a major chip manufacturing firm that sells its products to computer manufacturers like Dell, HP, and others. In simplified terms, chip making at JCL Inc. involves three basic operations: depositing, patterning, and etching.

• Depositing: Using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technology, an insulating material is deposited on the wafer surface, forming a thin layer of solid material on the chip.
• Patterning: Photolithography projects a microscopic circuit pattern on the wafer surface, which has a light-sensitive chemical like the emulsion on photographic film. It is repeated many times as each layer of the chip is built.
• Etching: Etching removes selected material from the chip surface to create the device structures.

The following table lists the required processing times and setup times at each of the steps. Assume that the unit of production is a wafer, from which individual chips are cut at a later stage.

Note: A setup can only begin once the batch has arrived at the machine.

(a) What is the process capacity in units per hour with a batch size of 100 wafers?

Looking for a table like:

Deposition ____ units/hour

Patterning _____ units/hour

Etching _______ units/hour

(c) Suppose JCL Inc. came up with a new technology that eliminated the setup time for step 1 (deposition), but increased the processing time to 0.42 minute/unit. What would be the batch size you would choose so as to maximize the overall capacity of the process? (Round your intermediate computations to 2 decimal places. Round your final answer to the nearest whole number.)

Batch size is ____ units.

Briefly summarize Tessera, Inc's history from the time of the Multinational Semiconductor, Inc (MSI) challenge to the present. Enumerate any additional lessons to be learned from the Tessera,Inc story.

1. In May 2018, Miguel Rojas visited Bill Yung's fourth-floor accounting offices in the Trump Building. Before Miguel left, he hired Bill, a CPA, to prepare his 2018 tax returns due no later than April 15, 2019.

Each month, Miguel provides Bill with updated income and expense data which Bill used to determine Miguel's 2018 tax obligations.

Finding that his workload is getting too large, Bill delegates Miguel's tax work to Kathy Bray. Kathy, also an experienced CPA, operates her own tax service firm located on the second floor of the adjacent Clinton Building. Bill's delegation is:

a. enforceable, as Kathy is also a CPA.

b. not enforceable, as Miguel hired Bill to perform personal services.

c. not enforceable, as this violates public policy.

d. enforceable, as there was no expectation Bill would do the work himself.

2. Jeanne supplies cage-free, free-range, organic chicken eggs to the upscale, Gelson's Supermarkets. Gelson's owes her $15,000 and she orally assigns her right to the money to her grandson Spencer for his 16th birthday. This assignment is:

a. irrevocable once Jeanne has told Spencer about the gift.

b. valid even though it was oral and there was no consideration from Spencer.

c. not valid because Spencer gave no consideration for the assignment.

d. not valid because it was not in writing.

e. not valid because Spencer is a minor.

what you feel are the three most important and/or challenging tasks/responsibilities of HR Management and why. Be sure to fully explain your thoughts. There are so many to choose from. Make sure you carefully read your textbook and Ch 12 PowerPoint before completing this, as they will help you in answering this question. Feel free to use real world examples in your explanation.

• State your Research Topic, Objective/Purpose and Research Question(s). Should pilots be allowed to nap in the cockpit during cruise to improve alertness and reduce pilot fatigue?
• What would be the population for your study?
• What would constitute an appropriate sample?
• What methods would be appropriate for collecting data to answer this question/these questions?
• Why are these methods appropriate/effective?
• What is an alternative method of data collection for this question/these questions?
• Why is this also appropriate?
• Which method do you think is better? Why?

You represent a company that specialized in educational technology, specifically for STEM program. Your company has received $25,000 in federal funding to supply technology hardware or software to improve STEM education at the college level in the Boston metropolitan area. You will be meeting with an administrator of the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology administration to present how your educational initiative can improve student learning and job readiness skills for students across the college. Due to the stipulations of the funding, BFIT can only partner with one organization and will take into consideration the non-profit organization’s understanding and presentation of:

BFIT Mission

BFIT Size and Demographics

BFIT Academic Programs and Their Needs

In preparation to present your non-profit organization, you will need to create/determine:

Non-profit Company Name & Logo

Method of improving STEM education at the college level

A PowerPoint proposal

Introduction of BFIT & BFIT Mission

Introduction of your company’s STEM initiative

Your STEM initiative & Student Learning

Your STEM initiative & Career readiness

Cost/Factors for implementation

Conclusion

Two Individual Professional Emails

Non-profit Initiative Email to request a meeting with Introductions

Confirmation Email

PROJECT COMPONENTS:

EMAIL #1 - NON-PROFIT INTRODUCTION EMAIL: You have heard that BFIT is currently looking at ways to improve student education through technology. You will send an e-mail requesting the opportunity to partner with BFIT on the project. Your e-mail should introduce your organization, and briefly outline how your organization’s mission aligns with BFIT’s and why the college should partner with your organization. You should show familiarity with BFIT’s needs. This is similar to the cover letter that would accompany your resume.

EMAIL #2 - CONFIRMATION EMAIL: You will send a follow-up email to your email of introduction, including your company’s fact sheet. In this email you should confirm when you will be presenting your organization’s initiative and should contain your company’s Fact Sheet as an attachment. You should add something about BFIT that shows you know about the organization and feel that your company can match our needs. You will also introduce the team members from your company that will be in attendance at the proposal meeting.

The healthcare supply chain is facing acute disruptions amid the global health crisis of COVID19 outbreak. Hospitals are already reporting shortages of key equipment needed to care for critically ill patients, including ventilators and personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical staff. As a graduate student in logistics and supply chain management program, do you have any suggestions to mitigate the disruptions, especially for the healthcare supply chain in Canada? (Please just list your 6 points briefly)

What are some examples of ethical issues in social media marketing (beyond misinformation or discrimination/censorship)?

A project has just completed its 87th task of a total of 150 tasks in its project plan. The project has a total budget of $1,500,000. It was scheduled to have spent $500,000 at this point in the plan, but has actually spent only $400,000. The project manager estimates that the value of the work actually finished is $300,000. What are the spending and schedule variances for the project? What are the SPI and CPI? What is the EAC, assuming the remaining work will be completed as budgeted? Is this likely?

a. CV =

b. SV =

c. SPI =

d. CPI =

e. EAC =

I need recommendations, comments for project proposal of my MBA Capstone project, is it right topic which i chose, description, problem to be addressed?  I begin my graduate capstone project i need just opinion of experts if I am on the right way. This was requirements from my professor:

Week 1: Project Proposal

Describe in 2-3 sentences (a short paragraph) the project proposal that contains the following:

1.Introduction and description of your selected business environment

2.Problem to be Addressed

And this is my answer:

The impact of health issues on the US economy

Introduction And Description Of Your Selected Business Environment
The economy of the United States is mixed and highly developed. It is currently considered the
largest economy in the world in terms of nominal GDP and net worth and is also the second-
largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). The US economy has improved tremendously in the
last ten years, with the unemployment rate shifting to its lowest in 50 years, and this is attributed
to multi-sectoral factors that have an unmeasured and unregulated influence on the economy.
Problem to be addressed
Health care issues such as the current global health pandemic are a great threat to the economy of
the United States, where consumers and businesses have now radically curtailed the operations
and changed their consumption habits leading to the closure of some companies and sacking of
employees.

When your ordered surgical masks arrived, you need to conduct inspection. Describe the inspection procedures.

IRAC Torts

Bauer Insulation Co (BIC) was a subcontractor on an expansion project at the Dixon-Goetz manufacturing plant in Lowville, New York which is a remote part of upstate New York approximately 40 miles from the nearest population centers.  Given the remoteness of the work site, BIC provided $30 per day in subsistence pay to each of its employees to defer part of the cost of a motel room or apartment in the nearest towns.  BIC did not require its employees to spend the money on lodging.  The employees were free to spend it or not spend it as they saw fit.  In fact the President of BIC, Zachary Bauer, would tell his employees, “if I were you, I’d pocket the money and commute!  It isn’t taxable income, its like free money!”

James LePage, a BIC employee was assigned to work on the expansion project in Lowville and he received the $30 per day subsistence pay from BIC but he elected to make the commute to the plant from his home in Rochester, NY which was 120 miles from the work site.  james, a resourceful young man, convinced a few other co-workers along the route to carpool to save additional money.  The parties would share the driving responsibilities.  The work schedule was Monday through Friday 7am to 5:30pm with a half hour for lunch and few if any breaks.  In addition to his employment with BIC, James also worked at the local Dick’s sporting goods store a second job at night as a stock clerk.

James completed his regular shift at the plant on a Tuesday and returned to Rochester at 8:30pm.  He then worked his second job before going to bed around midnight.  James then rose at 4:00am on Wednesday to get his vehicle and collect his co-workers for the daily commute to the plant, where he worked his normal shift.  The car pool with James driving left the plant around 6:00pm.  Shortly thereafter, James fell asleep at the wheel.  His vehicle crossed the centerline of the highway and collided head-on with a vehicle in which Matt Krengel was the passenger.  Matt expired in the accident and his widow, Claire McMahon, acting in her own right and as a personal representative of her late husband’s estate, filed a negligence-based wrongful death action against BIC in a New York State Court.

The lawsuit filed by McMahon claimed that BIC owed a duty of care to the other travelers on the highway to prevent injury caused by employees who had become exhausted after being required to commute long distances and work long hours and were even encouraged to do so with the $30 per day stipend.  She contended in her complaint that BIC breached its duty by “failing to take precautionary measures to prevent employees from becoming so exhausted that they pose a threat of harm to the traveling public and failing to provide alternative transportation to its exhausted employees or in the alternative, failing to provide living quarters to its employees within a reasonable from the plant site.

Discuss the legal theory put forth by Mrs. McMahon based on the various theories of negligence discussed in class.  Using the IRAC format conclude on the likelihood of success of this lawsuit.

You are now responsible to purchase surgical masks for the restaurant. Explain THREE international quality standards normally applied on surgical masks. Why are the requested standards so important?

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Identify and Define Problems. Amanda has a co-worker, Sherry, who is vocal about political opinions. Amanda does not agree with Sherry's views. Amanda likes Sherry but some of her recent comments have upset Amanda and made her feel uncomfortable. Amanda puts her energy into telling their co-workers about Sherry's annoying comments. The gossip has gotten back to the boss, Mel. Mel agrees with Sherry's political views. Mel gave Amanda a written reprimand for violating the company's zero tolerance policy. Mel cited that Amanda was bullying Sherry because she was mocking her political views.
Should Amanda have involved her co-workers in her problem solving? Why or Why not?

Select one:

a. Yes, it affects them also.

b. Yes, she should have tried to build a support team against the political talk.

c. No, the issue did not involve others.

d. No, Amanda does not know if her co-workers agree with Sherry's political views

Amanda has a co-worker, Sherry, who is vocal about political opinions. Amanda does not agree with Sherry's views. Amanda likes Sherry but some of her recent comments have upset Amanda and made her feel uncomfortable. Amanda went to her boss, Mel, and expressed her discomfort with Sherry's comments. Mel was empathetic and told Amanda he understood why she was uncomfortable. Mel asked Amanda if she had any input on how he should handle the problem; he did not want to make Amanda more uncomfortable around Sherry, but he did need to visit with Sherry and hear her perspective. Amanda told Mel it would be ok for him to talk to Sherry about her concerns.
Mel accepted input from others to help him solve the problem. Which scenario would be the best approach to solving Amanda's problem using input from others?

Select one:

a. Mel got Amanda and Sherry together and told them they were not to leave the room until they had their problem solved. After an hour, the girls exited the room and told Mel they have solved the problem.

b. After asking his supervisor for advice on how to handle the issue, Mel spoke with Sherry and explained that Amanda was uncomfortable and then he let Sherry share her point of view. With agreement from both employees, Mel mediated a discussion between Sherry and Amanda where they shared their thoughts with each other. In the end, Sherry said she understood how Amanda must feel and agreed to keep politics out of workplace conversations.

c. Mel called both employees into his office and said "Amanda said she does not like it when you talk politics, Sherry. Amanda, Sherry said she did not realize she was upsetting you. So, from now on, Sherry, you are not to talk politics around Amanda." The problem between the employees was solved.

d. Mel spoke with Sherry, alone. He explained that not everyone agrees with their political views. Sherry told Mel that everyone else in the office agreed with them. They laughed and make a couple of jokes about those who don't agree with their politics and they agreed that Sherry would not talk politics when Amanda could hear her.

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Amanda has a co-worker, Sherry, who is vocal about political opinions. Amanda does not agree with Sherry's views. Amanda likes Sherry but some of her recent comments have upset Amanda and made her feel uncomfortable. Amanda went to her boss, Mel, and expressed her discomfort with Sherry's comments. Mel was empathetic and told Amanda he understood why she was uncomfortable. Mel asked Amanda if she had any input on how he should handle the problem; he did not want to make Amanda more uncomfortable around Sherry, but he did need to visit with Sherry and hear her perspective. Amanda told Mel it would be ok for him to talk to Sherry about her concerns.
The best problem-solvers gather all of the information before making a decision of how to best solve the problem. Did Mel demonstrate gathering all of the information before making a decision? Why or why not?

Select one:

a. No, he did not ask other employees if they have heard Sherry discussing politics in an inappropriate manner.

b. No, he did not consult HR about what to do in this situation.

c. Yes, he let Sherry and Amanda share their point of view with him before making a decision.

d. Yes, he let Sherry and Amanda share their point of view, he consulted his supervisor before making a decision