From the microeconomics theories that you have studied, provide TWO suggestions for the cement industry to achieve a sustainable growth. 8 marks

What should Apple and Google do differently to develop their capabilities in a “flat world”?

IMA Ltd.

Material Master Data Solutions

Overview:

In 2019 IMA celebrated 30 years in business. This is a big milestone for the company and clearly demonstrates our credibility and longevity in the market. In 1989 when the company started we were the trailblazers and focused on indirect material data (data related to the spare parts that keep manufacturing equipment running) before there were large ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems. At that time our service allowed customers to find their spare parts quicker which allowed them to repair failed production equipment faster; thereby reducing expensive production downtime. Our sales team is responsible for revenue generation pertaining to the sale of our Material Master Data Management services. These services allow asset intensive organizations the ability to leverage normalized data within their ERP to achieve benefits related to reduced production downtime, better MRO part procurement, and the elimination of excess spare part inventory. For the most part our customers consist of manufacturing companies with multiple sites. The sites can range from a few within a province to hundreds worldwide. Customers such as Pepsi, Honda, and McCain Foods have been long time customers and rely on IMA to ensure their data remains best-in-industry.

The price model for our main revenue stream of project data cleanse has remained the same for the last decade; charges vary based on the work performed to each line of customer data. There are three service levels consisting of a cosmetic cleanse, standardization, and item enhancement with pricing by line item of $1.50, $2.50, and $3.50 respectively. Every project is subject to a $5,000 IT fee for data preparation. The average dataset is 60,000 line items but projects range from 2,000 line items to 750,000 line items. The sales team sells $25 million annually worth of project based dataset cleanse services worldwide. Recurring revenue is currently generated from a data governance solution that allows the customer to maintain the integrity of their newly cleansed data condition using a web based portal for item addition and item modification. Users pay $150 per person per month to access this service. Currently the recurring revenue represents $7.5 million or 15% of the company’s overall sales. The sales team is lean and consists of a team of 6 Territory Managers defined globally by geographic region. They report to a VP of Sales. Customer acquisition cost is high (approximately $5,000) due to the technical demand of this type of project. The sales process typically includes initial introductory web conference, customized data evaluation, sales proposal, ROI calculator, in-person proposal review and negotiations, and final proposal acceptance. Social media and the company website generate most of the leads. Competition is limited globally as we compete in a niche market. We project the total market globally for data set cleanse projects to be $500 million.

In 2017 the owners recognized a change in the market. Customers now have Data Governance teams of their own and attempt to perform the IMA services in-house. The IMA executive team allocated $3 million to generate a SAAS model solution that would provide customers the tools they need to clean and maintain their own data. If nothing was done to adapt to the market changes IMA could risk losing the project based revenue steam. Instead, the SAAS would generate a solution for the changed market while creating a new revenue stream for IMA.

The SAAS solution is branded as uManage Pro and consists of the following:

uManage SEARCH – allows users to effectively search their item master data. Currently the typical ERP is weak at best with its search capability.

uManage DATA LIBRARY – users can access a data repository of over 3 million items to assist with item addition. This is the largest single data repository of its kind in the global marketplace. IMA is the first to allow external users to access the data. It has been created over 30 years and would be costly and timely for a competitor to re-create.

uManage DATA GOVERNANCE – this tool allows customers to maintain their data using an embedded data schema. Doing so ensures consistency amongst the data in their item master while preventing duplicate entries. Data Governance includes both the SEARCH and DATA LIBRARY services.

uManage PRO – includes search, data library, data governance, as well as a full cleansing tool that allows the user to clean their own data. This advanced technology replicates the tools IMA has used for the last decade. AI (neural network) is a significant contributor to the SAAS and is the first of its kind.

Market Pricing

Service                                     Monthly cost per user

SEARCH                                   $     49.00

DATA LIBRARY                         $     99.00

DATA GOVERNANCE               $     99.00

uManage Pro                          $5,000.00 (monthly fee, unlimited users)

The challenge:

The executives at IMA recognized the change in the market in 2017 and made a bold decision to prepare for the changes before it was too late. They should be commended for their foresight and their commitment to change the company to meet the market demands. However, hiring a software development team and creating the technology is only a portion of what it takes to maintain their position as markets leaders. IMA has realized that their current marketing team is unfamiliar with the strategies involved in marketing an innovative SAAS. The VP of sales has admitted that his current team is extremely successful at selling the typical IMA project based services however software, specifically SAAS, is an area that they are not currently skilled to sell. The technology is now completed and IMA is unprepared to take their market leading solution to market.

Options to consider:

1.

Do we train the current marketing and sales team to better understand how to perform

their area of responsibility with regards to SAAS?

2.

Do we hire a new marketing/sales team that specializes in SAAS Social Selling?

Marketing?

3.

Can a third party marketing company be leveraged in the short term to augment the

existing marketing team?

4.

Should there be a test period for any of these ideas?

Question. what will be the sale strategy of the company?

b) who will be targeted market and customers?

c) action plan and financial forecast for one year to reach mention target?

Summary In this lab, you write a while loop that uses a sentinel value to control a loop in a C++ program that has been provided. You also write the statements that make up the body of the loop. The source code file already contains the necessary variable declarations and output statements. Each theater patron enters a value from 0 to 4 indicating the number of stars the patron awards to the Guide’s featured movie of the week. The program executes continuously until the theater manager enters a negative number to quit. At the end of the program, you should display the average star rating for the movie. Instructions Ensure the source code file named MovieGuide.cpp is open in your code editor. Write the while loop using a sentinel value to control the loop, and write the statements that make up the body of the loop. The output statements within the loop have already been written for you. Ensure you include the calculations to compute the average rating. Execute the program by clicking the Run button. Input the following: 0, 3, 4, 4, 1, 1, 2, -1 Ensure the average output is correct.

this is the prewritten code:

// MovieGuide.cpp - This program allows each theater patron to enter a value from 0 to 4

// indicating the number of stars that the patron awards to the Guide's featured movie of the

// week. The program executes continuously until the theater manager enters a negative number to

// quit. At the end of the program, the average star rating for the movie is displayed.  

#include <iostream>

#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()

{

   // Declare and initialize variables.

   double numStars;            // star rating.

   double averageStars;    // average star rating.

   double totalStars = 0;    // total of star ratings.

   int numPatrons = 0;           // keep track of number of patrons

   // This is the work done in the housekeeping() function

   // Get input.

   cout << "Enter rating for featured movie: ";

   cin >> numStars;

   // This is the work done in the detailLoop() function

   // Write while loop here    

   // This is the work done in the endOfJob() function

   cout << "Average Star Value: " << averageStars << endl;

   return 0;

} // End of main()

Please, write this code in c++. Using iostream and cstring library.

Write a function that will delete all words in the given text that meets more that one time. Also note than WORD is sequence of letters sepereated by whitespace.

Note. The program have to use pointer.

Input: First line contains one line that is not longer than 1000 symbols with whitespaces. Each word is not longer than 30 symbols.

Output: Formatted text.

example:

input: Can you can the can with can ?

output: Can you can the with ?

What are the concerns about sustaining competitive advantage with Apple and Google?

In " The Ruined Maid " by Thomas Hardy . What, according to Hardy, makes a woman a "lady"? Is there a difference between Hardy’s definition and yours?

A flat metal belt, made of Beryllium-Copper (BeCu), is Sf = 375 MPa and transmits at 8,84 rpm and 8.25 kW of power. The distance between the two spindle axes on the same horizontal plane is 935 mm and belt life is 10⁶ turns. The friction coefficient between the belt and the pulley will be 0.34, the operating coefficient is 1.41, and the design coefficient will be 1.55. The diameter of the translated pulley is 3.25 times the diameter of the motor pulley. The belt thickness is 0.20 mm and in case of using a minimum diameter pulley, calculate the belt width and length. The belt width should be 5 mm and its multiples. Calculate the pretension force to be applied

3The data for initial hindered settling velocities of a suspension are given in the following table. a)Size the area of a clarifier to handle a flow of 2300 m3/d containing a Total Suspended Solids (TSS) concentration of 2100 mg/L. The underflow SS. Concentration is 10 000 mg/L. b)What is theflowrate of the underflow?

C, mg/L1000 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000
V, m/h 3.74 2.82 2.26 1.04 0.49 0.25 0.072

A protein solution was placed in an analytic centrifuge and spun until equilibrium was reached. The measurement was then repeated. But it was realized, too late, that prior
to the second run, the protein had been denatured. The average size of a denatured protein is larger than that of a native, compact protein. (a) Do you expect the distribution of molecules to be the same, at equilibrium, for the two different runs? Explain. (b) The time that it takes to reach equilibrium depends on the sedimentation constant of the molecules. Which run will reach equilibrium faster, the one with the native protein, or the one with the denatured protein? Explain how you imagine the sedimentation process of the two molecules.

What would happen to the pH as Ksp values increase? And Why?

Many conditions of the airways feature common symptoms, caused by divergent mechanisms that underpin what for all intents and purposes can be identical symptoms to the untrained eye. Compare and contrast asthma to the following:

1- Tuberculosis

2- Interstitial lung disease

3- Hypersensitivity reactions

List their causes, discuss the clinical presentation of each condition, explain the innate and adaptive immunological status underpinning each disease, and outline the current and emerging options for therapy.

Instructions

Psychology is a contemporary science. Listed below are several recent papers. For the first part of this assignment, choose two papers to briefly summarize in a paragraph each, focusing on the contribution each makes to psychological knowledge in general.

The second part of the paper should be a discussion of the contributions and limitations of the field of psychology in our general knowledge. In addition, please discuss the follow;

What can we expect to learn in the future?

What are the possible problems we may face with psychology in the future?

This paper should be 2-3 pages in length and use APA formatting (cover page, paper body formatting, citations, and references: see Rasmussen's APA guide in the Resources tab, or by clicking here. Prior to submitting your paper, be sure you proofread your work to check your spelling and grammar. If you use any outside sources, please site those sources in APA citation format.

Ponder, J. D., & Haridakis, P. (2015). Selectively social politics: The differing roles of media use on political discussion. Mass Communication & Society, 18(3), 281-302. doi:10.1080/15205436.2014.940977

Edlund, J. E. (2016). Invited editorial: Let's do it again: A call for replications in Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research. Psi Chi Journal Of Psychological Research, 21(1), 59-61.

Edlund, J. E. (2016). Invited editorial: Let's do it again: A call for replications in Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research. Psi Chi Journal Of Psychological Research, 21(1), 59-61.

Wolters, C. A., & Hussain, M. (2015). Investigating grit and its relations with college students’ self-regulated learning and academic achievement. Metacognition And Learning, 10(3), 293-311. doi:10.1007/s11409-014-9128-9.

Paper discusses psychological issues from both papers intelligently and methodically

Many organizations are engaging in mass layoffs (or reductions in force) due to the effects of physical distancing measures.

What are the effects such a decision can have on employees and employers?

What are the alternative options that organizations might consider?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of layoffs versus any alternative options that might be available?

For the third time in the past 5 minutes, Jeremy’s fourth-grade teacher has had to tell him to sit in his seat and keep his hands to himself. It is as if Jeremy’s feet are attached to springs. He doesn’t walk; he bounces. He doesn’t sit; he squirms. It’s not just the motor activity that sets him apart from the rest of the class: Jeremy also has a motor mouth. He talks incessantly. He can’t resist sharing his ideas with the class, whether they are welcomed or not. As soon as he thinks about them, regardless of whether the time is right, Jeremy blurts out answers, disrupts the classroom, and adds considerable stress to his teacher’s already stressful job.

   Jeremy is almost the polar opposite of his classmate Leonard. For Leonard, Jeremy’s antics just fade into the background of other classroom stuff. Unlike Jeremy, Leonard is very quiet and rarely participates in classroom discussions, unless the discussions are about something that really interests him. Leonard spends most of his time staring out the window or off into space. The word daydreamer seems to fit Leonard perfectly.

   Leonard always seems to be at least one step behind everyone else. Leonard is rarely on task; he drifts off in the middle of assignments; often he has to be reminded to return toe arth. Leonard is doing poorly academically. He just doesn’t seem to tune in to whatever channel the rest of the class is on. Initially, the teacher thought that Leonard was a slow learner, until the class began to discuss different computer programs. The teacher was shocked at Leonard’s sophisticated knowledge base and expertise in the area. That was when his teacher began to think that there was something else getting in the way of Leonard’s academic success.

   In this case study, Jeremy and Leonard share more than the same classroom and same teacher. As incredible as it might seem, they both probably share variations of the same disorder: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). How can two children who seem so different fall into the same diagnostic category?This is a question that has plagued theorists for the past 100 years. Although ADHD is among one of the most prevalent disorders in childhood, it continues to challenge professionals. It has been a topic for considerable discussion and controversy, especially regarding the over prescription of stimulant medications (Diller,1996).

In a 100 words or more:

Provide a discussion of the co-occurring clusters for childhood and adolescence symptoms and features.