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As a former Chief Investigator for the Hardeman County Sheriff’s Department, our department faced many different dilemmas when it came to the purchasing of safety equipment for the department. The department had to begin to look at purchasing bullet proof vest for men and women of the department. There were many different strategies that were to be used during the purchase of the bullet proof vest. The Sheriff Department used the cost- plus pricing method, which is a mechanism that is used to determine the price Thomas, Maurice, (2010). I was determined as a supervisor to purchase the best bullet proof vest for the department, but the board wanted to purchase the cheapest product for the department and save money for the county. During the purchasing of the vest the board started to understand that cost pricing was equal to the average cost plus the portion of average cost that included the mark up on the product Thomas, Maurice, (2010). The department also recognizes that the process of decision speed which is critical determinant of firm performance, particularly in dynamic environments, also to be used in proper purchasing of the bullet proof vest. Using prior studies which largely focus on other police and sheriff departments explore how control mechanisms can also influence decision and strategic planning for a business helps in the process Kownatzki, Walter (2013). The decision was made to order the bullet proof vest at the lower cost and not take in…

2015 denoted the date Marty McFly went to when he flew out to the future in the scandalous DeLorean in Back to the Future Part II: 21 October 2015. Here at CANSTAR, we celebrated in style by figuring the amount it would cost to safeguard the DeLorean. (We're insane gathering people here.) Expense to guarantee the DeLorean We have made the accompanying essential presumptions in setting up this quote: Goes 10,000 to 15,000 km/year (barring time travel) Auto typically lives in a carport …

The Pinto One the controversial news that came out about the Ford Pintos in 1972 was the explosions that would occur involving a low-speed rear-end collision. Also, Accident investigations discovered that victims of the rear end collisions had few trauma injuries because of the impacts, but had burned to death when the vehicles burst into fire. Additionally, after the accidents due to the doors becoming jammed shut. A few people had gotten trapped inside their cars and were unable to escape…

The decision by the executives of the Ford Motor Company to continue marketing the Ford Pinto is an unfortunate example of prioritizing cost savings over safety. The flaw in the design of the fuel tank was not a mere inconvenience for drivers, but a major safety hazard with devastating consequences. Measuring dollars against human life is an act that conflicts with both ethical norms and legal standards. A company has equally ethical and legal obligation to make certain dangerous products are no…

Ford Pinto Paper #5403 In 1978, an attack came unto Ford from unhappy consumers. These consumers, or more telling, their next of kin, were unhappy with the safety offered by Ford’s subcompact model, the Pinto. The subcompact was a new addition to the American markets, but not new to markets. The markets overseas were run amok with much more favored subcompacts for years. The American market was just now, however, starting to lean away from the larger, more gas guzzling cars and going towards…

of the author’s Gioia Dennis in the case of the “pinto vehicle Fire” is very edifying lesson from the author point of view when he was in charge as Ford’s Field Recall Coordinator. As explained in the text: “I was in charge of the operational coordination of all of the recall campaigns currently underway and also in charge of tracking incoming information to identify developing problems. As the author clarify one of the reluctant visions of Ford at that time, “There were other reasons for not…

Introduction and Situational Analysis The Ford Pinto is a subcompact car that was released in the 1970s by the Ford Motor Company. During the late 1960s, foreign countries were slowly dominating the U.S. industry, especially in the subcompact auto market (Shaw & Barry, 2001). To keep up, Ford Motor Company decided to produce the Pinto. Ford was also faced with growing competition from another automotive company, Volkswagen (Dowie). Originally the manufacturing was supposed to be three and a half…

in the Top Speed Challenge. Each one of these cars are capable of going over 200 miles an hour during a pass. At the event there is 20 different classes based on engine size, brand, and configuration. The Death proof camaro is a naturally aspirated 1979 camaro. The 530 cubic inch powered camaro puts a mean 913 horsepower to the ground before its 125 shot of nitrous. The engine is topped with Dart heads and a C14 guzzling Dominator carb. All this power is transferred to the tires through a turbo…

the essay “Pinto Madness,” by Mark Dowie an author of many books, reveals the corporate greed of the Ford Motor Company. The essay, “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits,” by Milton Friedman, who in 1976 received the Nobel Prize in Economics, claims that “The businessmen believe that they are defending free enterprise when they declaim that business is not concerned "merely" with profit but also with promoting desirable "social" ends,” (Friedman 157). In the 1970s,…

the late 60’s the Ford Motor Company was faced with unyielding competition from its Japanese and German rivals in the race to the ideal compact car. In an effort to keep up with its foreign counterparts Ford came out with the Ford Pinto. The timeline from designing the Pinto to finished product was rushed due to Ford’s desire to have the car available quickly, and subsequently costing hundreds of people to lose their lives. Before the Pinto was ready for the assembly line there were a number of…