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    Rather than diving into an operations analysis on Lockheed Martin’s F-35 production line blindly, our team will perform background research on modern industrial engineering aspects that affect the line. By doing so, our team will gain some insight as to what influences this production system and what subject areas to focus on. This will give us a different perspective on the space demands of the F-35 at full rate production. In this portion of the report, two separate articles will be discussed…

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    the Aeronautics segment the majority of revenue is earned through production, design, as well as upgrade and support of Lockheed’s numerous projects. Major programs include the “F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, C-130 Hercules, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor, and the C-5M Super Galaxy.” These programs are all typically very long in duration and provide a sustained revenue stream through maintenance and upgrade years after the sale of a plane. Consider the F-35 JSF program which began in…

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    . This mission statement displays a sense that Lockheed Martin cares about their customers and feels responsible for their well-being. Additionally, Lockheed Martin presents a perfect example of “globalization” by not putting a constraint of a specific area of the world that they intend to operate; instead Lockheed Martin states that they plan to help and keep their customers safe. All of what Lockheed Martin has promised can only be accomplished through the use of innovation. I believe that…

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    On the page previous to this, one can find the new budget I have created with a budget cut of $1 billion. I have cut my budget of $200 billion to $199 billion by cutting $57 million from the military, $22 million from food and agriculture, $14 million from transportation, and lastly $7 million from energy and environment. Each one of these cuts were made strategically, with a logical reasoning behind them. Within the military budget, I have cut $57 million. A majority of this cut comes from the…

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    Much of Lockheed Martin’s success can be attributed to their leadership in defense throughout the company’s lifetime. However, it is one of the biggest problems the company faces as the times start changing. The only way for them to keep their powerful position in defense while also becoming more independent from that being their biggest source of income, is through innovation and globalization. Though Lockheed Martin has been largely successful, a majority has been due to the fact that…

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    However, he slowly develops a weakness for the conniving Brigid O’Shaugnessy, who manages to tear apart his hard-boiled persona. The romance between both characters, discussed towards the end of The Maltese Falcon, reveals the hold O’Shaugnessy has over Spade’s heart. Spade initially appears to be reluctant to hand Brigid over to the authorities, however he quickly overcomes this break in character with his sense of justice and moral aptitude. Although…

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    "The Style and Ideology of The Maltese Falcon." Novels for Students. Ed. Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler. Vol. 21. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Literature Resource Center. Web. 11 Dec. 2016. Marling’s article is about how Sam betrayed Brigid’s trust and turned her into the police. At the near beginning…

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    which further took off fifty years later with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories and novels. The mystique surrounding these genre’s is what attracts audiences, a tradition that has continued in the production of films. The Maltese Falcon is one of the most popular examples of both crime noir and hardboiled fiction, due to the characterization of Sam Spade and the design of the film. It is necessary for the protagonist of a hardboiled detective story to have a tough attitude…

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    private dick. First, there was Dick Powell as "Phillip Marlowe" in "Murder, My Sweet". Humphrey Bogart also played Marlowe in "The Big Sleep"; however, Bogart's most well-known private eye feature was "The Maltese Falcon" in which he portrayed the private eye "Sam Spade". Both "The Maltese Falcon" and "Murder, My Sweet" made these two actors a household name, and because of their unique style in each film Bogart and Powell helped make the private eye a standard in film noir.…

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    From Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon to Phyllis Dietrichson in Double Indemnity, the femme fatale always has a clear, evil motive. Phyllis Dietrichson took advantage of insurance salesman Walter Neff to assist her with murdering her husband and collecting on a life insurance policy…

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