The Middleman

Abstract As a high tech driven industry, Amazon’s approach to supply chain management has derived an unprecedented change in global retail shopping and logistics capability. For this reason, the meaningful purpose of the case study analysis is to facilitate a discussion about the significance, and success related to of Amazon’s eCommerce and eFulfillment as it relates to global supply chain operations. Furthermore, this analysis will discuss how the “Amazon Effect” could impact the future state…

Blockchain is a shared, distributed ledger that facilitates the process of recording transactions and tracking assets in a business network [1]. It is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but can be applied to everything of value. Once the information is entered in Blockchain it cannot be erased, modified or tampered with. Everyone in the network will be able to write data/perform transactions but cannot modify…

reflect on is one that took place last year during my job as a hostess at a well-known restaurant at the Waterfront. Being a hostess entails taking charge of the seating plan, allocating tables to different waiters, taking reservations and being the middleman between the managers and the waiters . The restaurant that I worked for was always busy, and often resulted in having to start a waiting list almost every night during season. Due to the fullness of the shop and a kitchen that could not…

In the last two centuries the beef industry has undergone many changes. From the coming of refrigerated train cars to Government regulations. As the population of the earth has grown, cattlemen have had to change their operations in order to feed the world. But as we try to feed more cattle in a smaller area, sickness spreads like wildfire if not treated with antibiotics. Cattle were first brought to the America’s in 1493 on Columbus’s second voyage. (Bravodelux, 2013)Spanish and Portuguese…

Case on Child Restraints Background Sometime in 2003, the United Nations Organization (UNO) sent a circular to all their members on the safety of children in the age group of 1 day old up to 8 years. It was strongly advocated that children in this age group when travelling in a four wheeler must be seated in a child restraint. A child restraint is nothing but a baby car seat. It is mainly in two pieces. A solid base is fixed on the seat of the passenger car and a removable seat which can…

Globalization plays a major role in the child labour industry. Child labour has been around for thousands of years and is only now being recognised by many groups as an issue. The reason it was not recognized earlier depends mainly on the lack of education over this matter in more developed countries. Child labour happens today to provide cheap labour to companies who are usually outsourcing from a more developed country. The companies do this because they are looking for a cheaper product than…

The Menuets from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major explores the tonality of G Major and what can be done to make it sound engaging, dance-like, and captivating. Both Menuet I and Menuet II function as individual movements, yet they contribute to and complement one another. Both explore different rhythmic patterns and tonal aspects, all the while staying and maintaining in the same realm of G Major. I will be talking about rhythm and how it drives the melody forward, shift of tonality and…

There was one sort of “saving grace” to the health care crisis and that was employer sponsored health insurance. This allowed employers to offer health insurance to their employees. According to David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., in his article titled, “Employer-sponsored Health Insurance in the United States—Origins and Implications, “Employer-sponsored insurance has done its job in many respects” (2006, p. 84). He explains how, until recently, employer-sponsored insurance has been made affordable…

PS4217F Major Political Thinkers: Hobbes Assignment 1: What are the main strengths and weaknesses of Hobbes’ theory of civil order? Name: Denise Cher Yan Wen Matriculation Number: A0127001A Word Count: 1887 Introduction Hobbes’ theory of civil order is based on the fundamental law of nature, which is to seek peace (Hobbes 2012, 200). According to Hobbes, to seek peace is necessarily to seek peace in the condition of war, and justice is therefore a legal compliance with the terms of the…

Plenty of archaeological evidences are suggesting a strong connection between Korean peninsula and Japan in early Yamato state period. Then comes the interesting question, why and how the connection was build. Different explanations were forged and debates are fierce given limited information during that period. One very influential one called Horserider theory argues that Korean people invaded Japanese islands where no state is presented and bring them advanced political, cultural, material and…