Warehouse Management Processes The main warehouse processes often comprise of receiving, putaway, storage (warehousing), picking and packaging, and the final stage of shipping. Optimization of these processes allows an individual to streamline the warehouse operations such as to reduce costs and achieve a higher rate of perfection. Receiving Receiving begins with the announcement of the arrival of goods which enables the warehouse to make preparations to schedule the receipt and acceptance in order to coordinate with other activities in the warehouse (Vassiliadis, Quix, Vassiliou, & Jarke, 2001). Upon arrival, goods are often scanned and prepared for putaway, a process that involves scanning of the product to register the arrival of the products for the customers. This process also involves inspection of the products to ascertain their quality and quantity. Putaway Upon arrival, the products should be assigned particular locations in the warehouse that requires the assistance of a warehouse location inventory that provides information on the available location, their size, and the amount of weight they can bear. When putting away the product, it is necessary to scan the storage…

Transformation of an enterprise system to cloud-based systems     Table of Contents Abstract: 2 Independent research and literature synthesis: 3 Literature synthesis: 5 Data triangulation: 6 Evaluation of the trends of this emerging technology: 8 Impact of the cloud-based system on future trends: 10 Summary discussions: 13 Recommendations: 13 Conclusions: 14 References: 15       Abstract: Enterprise systems are now used in many organizations as a tool for making business decisions by evaluating the data. Enterprise systems help in controlling information of all the business tasks from one place and assist the managers in developing business reports with ease. It helps in the integration of knowledge of all the business operations of the companies. It then helps the leaders to make decisions based on the data that are evaluated. Enterprise systems further extract data from the database and different methods of a company and integrate all of those data. In this way, managers get the scope to evaluate the information of the overall business from the enterprise system without requiring accessing each order individually. It is also possible…

Tutor Marked Assignment   Question 1(a) The set-up in this problem is a tourist-dependent economy heavily relying on the air travel industry for its proper functioning. Some of the prominent examples of such real-life economies, particularly in Asia include; Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam. We consider two simultaneous events that can affect the air travel market and, consequently, help grow or de-accelerate our tourist-based economy. Event 1: Economy runs into recession, and unemployment increases significantly Event 1 describes our economy to be hit by a recession, which consequently results in massive layoffs and unemployment rates.  One crucial fact to note in our analysis is that air travel for tourism is a luxury good, at least for most individuals. This means that the decrease in demand is proportionally greater than the reduction in income. So, when consumers lose their job due to unemployment and recession, their income decreases and they are left with their savings or other assets to survive. Naturally, they would want to use the money to purchase necessities such as food, medicines, housing, etc. All luxuries would be…

Organizational Culture: Case of Apple Inc. An organization’s organizational culture is essential to organizational success. This culture, which entails the company’s philosophy, values, and beliefs, and employee conduct, determines partly, the direction of the organization. This discussion will use the case study of Apple Inc.’s corporate culture in discussing the concept of organizational culture. As a major competitor in the IT, customer electronics, and online services industry, Apple Inc has designed its culture to enhance innovation among its enterprises (Narayan & Dr. Ramu, 2018). the notable market culture identifies with a strict focus on world-class innovation that surpasses any current conventions (Meyer, 2019). this culture, attributable to the organization’s success, has five principal characteristics. First, is a policy to only hire the best employees available, where underperforming employees are hastily fired (Meyer, 2019). second is creativity among its employees, especially at product design. Secrecy has also been part of Apple Inc.’s culture, with policies requiring employees to keep business information to themselves (Meyer, 2019). While the current organizational culture at the company has given it a notable success, there are…

Organizational Theory Functional units and Interrelationship One of the most compelling discussions about the organization is how the different units function to achieve a common goal (Ivanko, 2013). Onday (2016) asserts that the organization is a scientific discipline younger than others and is incomplete without some of its parts. However, understanding an organization as a body with different units functioning as one is a complex subject. Thus, organization theories emerged to provide insight into organizational practices, principles, and components that primarily influence operations (Yang et al., 2013). Examples of these organizational theories are classical organization theory, human resource theory, organizational culture theory, organization behavior theory, and neoclassical organization theory (Shafritz et al., 2005). Among others, organization theories are derived from the practices of an organization; thus, they are practices themselves (Onday, 2016, p.g17). According to Onday (2016), organization theories are a chain of knowledge that explains the multiplicities of operational processes and organizational structure. In other words, organization theories are knowledge regarding the systems, structure, operation, function, and organizational group or individual behaviors (Zhu, 1999). This essay utilizes the organization’s…

    Project and Portfolio Management   Table of Contents Introduction. 2 Organisation Overview.. 4 Organisational Structure. 4 Projects Overview.. 6 Q1 Portfolio of Projects. 7 Benefits of Portfolio of Projects. 7 Project and Portfolio Management Planning and Control Principles. 9 Aligning Process Group. 10 Monitoring and Controlling Process Group. 11 Project and Portfolio Management Techniques. 12 Project Management Strategies and Approaches. 13 Financial planning. 13 IPR Principles and Regulations. 13 Q2: Recommendations of Portfolio Manager. 14 Techniques for planning and scheduling Risk Assessment. 14 Team management skills to achieve project success criteria. 15 Q3: Presentation for Project Managers 823. 16 References. 21                         Introduction Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) is a process that centrally manages all projects for organisation combinedly. However, it is important to understand the role of a project as well as portfolio separately from the management perspective. A project is a temporary endeavor that has started as well as end and has a specific purpose of accomplishing. Whereas, a portfolio is an umbrella term under…

Organizational Politics Organization Politics refers to all behind the scenes efforts aimed at propelling the firm, boost influence or other set goals such they appear in the form of self-driven behaviors in customers’ view for positive publicity (Brandon & Seldman, 2004). It is the process for human interactions that possess influence and authority entailing powerful tactics to improve personal and organization image. Summary The study by (landfills & Albrecht, 2017) aims at creating how employees observe organizational politics in the current corporate environment to determine whether it is interpreted from a positive or negative perspective. In the study, organizational politics were ranked into four levels; reactive (destructive & manipulative, reluctant (somewhat evil), essential strategy (strategic), decision making (political). The political behaviors were categorized into further five categories; information, connection, coercive, positional, and personal powers. The study found that traditionally framed negativity of organizational politics needs to be studied and elaborated by embracing a wide range of perspectives. The article emphasizes on intensive qualitative research in definitions, classifications, and behavior complement. The existing conceptualization of organization politics is biased due to…

Monetary Policy Reports The Federal Development Committee plays a is vital role creation of policies to curb the economic crisis in the country. There is also manipulation of the economic activities to ensure growth and stability in the country. According to report 1 and report 2, there are the latest developments initiated to ensure growth and creation of an effective working environment. According to Report 1, in line with Section 2B of the Federal Reserve Act, there were developments to enhance employment creation and reduction of unemployment through labor creation, as seen below. The policy actions entailed the creation of a better working environment through the provision of low-cost capital to enhance the flow of money in the economy. There was also a reduction of interest rates and cost of borrowing, hence economic stimulation. The outcome was strengthening the labor market. There were also payroll employment gains due to economic policies. There was also the implementation of monetary policy based on open market regulations and the supply of reserves. The board with the governor introduced measures to enhance the flow…

A cloud is a stack of deliquescing water vapor in the atmosphere. Liquefied droplets of water make up a cloud. Clouds are formed when the sun heats the air in the atmosphere. As the heated air rises, it cools and becomes soaked with water. The water then condenses, and a cloud is formed. Clouds float because its composition is warm compared to the air surrounding it. The three things that facilitate the cloud formation process are temperature, moisture, and condensation. In a day, clouds can cover very long distances depending on their level in the atmosphere. Clouds are gray due to their height and thickness, more so, because of blocking the sunlight. Clouds look darker when ice crystals and water droplets making it to become thicker, and, light cannot penetrate thicker clouds. The four types of clouds are cirrus, stratus, nimbus, and cumulus. Different clouds are formed in different ways. Some are created when the sun heats the air near the earth’s surface. Also, when the sun heats the ground. When the ground is heated by the sun, the air…

  Taken Hostage Key Topics Throughout the book: The Shah began controlling Iran using military power because he was not convinced that the Muslim clergy and the fundamentalists were capable of bringing development in his country. As such, the Shah continued being unpopular with the Iranians as their distrust for their government prevailed. The United States continued supporting the Shah because they needed his help in the Persian Gulf which was the primary source of oil. Also, the U.S. was afraid of the growing influence of the communists Soviet, and the alliance with the Shah would neutralize it from growing in the Islamic world. Introduction: According to David Farber, the hostage crisis symbolized the Muslim militants’ hatred for the Americans. It was a sign that they did not want anything to do with the U.S., and they wanted them to leave the Iranian affairs to the locals. Taken Hostage is a significant demonstrator of the involvement of the Americans in terrorism and Muslim student fundamentalists in the history of the U.S. as it provides a disturbing reminder that the past…