1) What are the three ways a company this size affects the economy favorably or unfavorably? The three impacts are as follows:
a) Employment: Particularly in the region where the plant is situated, employment levels tend to be favorable due to the labor demand of the plant.
b) Contributes to Exports: Manufacturing not only contributes to the GDP but it also contributes to exports hence leading to a more favorable balance of trade.
c) Business Process Outsourcing: In order to stay competitive, large manufactures tend to outsource. Hence, if a region has one large employer, outsourcing can negatively affect the society by driving up unemployment and decreasing the purchasing power in the region; ultimately shrinking market size for other …show more content…
Although we could clearly distinguish between the employees, due to the size and dynamics of the process, it appears to be difficult for managers alone to observe all the employees.
b) Color coding can be the most effective and simplistic way of preventing cross contamination: During observation, we saw the multiple pipes from which different products were disbursed for packaging. As observers, we could clearly differentiate the pipes although we were not aware of the meaning of the color.
c) The nature of the food determines the effectiveness of control methods: At McCormick, spices were most often than not in the form of powder. Due to such, spice particles existed in the air far after production of the product had halted. As a result, potential allergen contamination was high. The control McCormick implements is to clean using vacuums such that particles are picked up as efficiently as possible.
3) What are three things you'd like to know more about as a result of this
a) Employment: Particularly in the region where the plant is situated, employment levels tend to be favorable due to the labor demand of the plant.
b) Contributes to Exports: Manufacturing not only contributes to the GDP but it also contributes to exports hence leading to a more favorable balance of trade.
c) Business Process Outsourcing: In order to stay competitive, large manufactures tend to outsource. Hence, if a region has one large employer, outsourcing can negatively affect the society by driving up unemployment and decreasing the purchasing power in the region; ultimately shrinking market size for other …show more content…
Although we could clearly distinguish between the employees, due to the size and dynamics of the process, it appears to be difficult for managers alone to observe all the employees.
b) Color coding can be the most effective and simplistic way of preventing cross contamination: During observation, we saw the multiple pipes from which different products were disbursed for packaging. As observers, we could clearly differentiate the pipes although we were not aware of the meaning of the color.
c) The nature of the food determines the effectiveness of control methods: At McCormick, spices were most often than not in the form of powder. Due to such, spice particles existed in the air far after production of the product had halted. As a result, potential allergen contamination was high. The control McCormick implements is to clean using vacuums such that particles are picked up as efficiently as possible.
3) What are three things you'd like to know more about as a result of this