3-2 short paper: retail category management

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Many retailers (especially grocery stores) have found category management to be a great technique for improving sales productivity within merchandise categories. It has also changed the way that vendors and retailers communicate with one another. In a short paper, answer the following questions:

  1. What benefit would retailers gain from using category 
  2. management to guide their decisions with merchandise planning?
  3. How can retailers utilize the vendor’s knowledge of the merchandise categories that it sells to make better merchandising choices? Explain your answer.
  4. What are some reasons that consumers become dissatisfied with a retailer’s merchandise selection? What can retailers do to avoid these pitfalls?

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Nrs; 493 -0503 professional capstone | BSN | Grand Rapids Community College

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Review your problem or issue and the study materials to formulate a PICOT question for your capstone project change proposal. A PICOT question starts with a designated patient population in a particular clinical area and identifies clinical problems or issues that arise from clinical care. The intervention used to address the problem must be a nursing practice intervention. Include a comparison of the nursing intervention to a patient population not currently receiving the nursing intervention, and specify the timeframe needed to implement the change process.  Formulate a PICOT question using the PICOT format (provided in the assigned readings) that addresses the clinical nursing problem.

The PICOT question will provide a framework for your capstone project change proposal.

In a paper of 500-750 words, clearly identify the clinical problem and how it can result in a positive patient outcome.

Describe the problem in the PICOT question as it relates to the following:

  1. Evidence-based solution
  2. Nursing intervention
  3. Patient care
  4. Health care agency
  5. Nursing practice

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. 

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Post- sherry | Nursing homework help

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 Respond to your  colleagues .  Provide at least two additional treatment strategies that could be used  with this client and at least one additional cultural influence that you  think should be considered. Explain your responses. 

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Fostering

Every  year, a quarter of a million children come into foster care in this  country. Many of them will be placed in group homes or other group  residential settings because there are simply not enough foster families  to care for all of the children. Unlike birth parents, foster parents  receive training before they welcome children into their home and  support from social workers and other professionals throughout the  process. Foster parents often also have access to respite care programs  and find support through local organizations, such as churches, and  online support groups (“Adopt US kids,” 2020).

Psychological

Some  children entering into the foster system tend to have behavioral  issues, temper outbursts, anxiety, depression, and maltreatment. Providing  psychiatric services to children and adolescents in foster care require  collaboration not only with the clinical team, but also the child  welfare team. Team members include parents, foster parents, and the  social worker, at minimum. The team may also include representatives  from courts and others engaged by the child welfare system to conduct  assessments (eg, psychological, neuropsychological) (Scheid, 2020).  These children can get shuffled from place to place and could suffer  from adjustment disorders. Trauma related diagnosis could also be given.

Assessment

Child developmental  screenings coupled with clinical and functional assessment practices are  critical first steps in the intervention process.4 In addition,  gathering information related to family and community assets can help to  reinforce multidimensional and age-appropriate child assessments. The  Treatment Outcome Package (TOP) that is designed to help child welfare  systems gauge a child’s social and emotional well-being. TOP uses  statistically validated questions to identify children’s strengths and  challenges and track their progress over time using simple, web-based  tools. It features a short checklist completed by the child and those  closest to him or her — birth and foster parents, clinicians, teachers,  caseworkers — paired with immediate results and easy-to-follow reports.  TOP tracks and measures two things. It tracks how children are doing  using more than 40 child well-being indicators, such as how well a child  is sleeping or behaving in school, to help gauge whether a child’s  behavioral and mental health needs are improving through a particular  course of treatment. It also looks at specific providers’ track record  of delivering particular services. The more we know about both, the  better we can match kids’ needs with providers’ strengths (Feild, 2014).

Treatment Options

According to Psychiatric Times, Psychotherapy  is generally considered first line when addressing trauma- and  stressor-related emotional and behavioral conditions in children.  Strategies with empirical support include trauma-focused cognitive  behavioral therapy (TF-CBT); parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT),  which is suggested for children aged 2 to 7 years to improve parenting  skills and reduce children’s disruptive behavior; and attachment and  bio-behavioral catchup (ABC), which has been tested in toddlers in  foster care The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (www.nctsn.org)  provides information on a variety of evidence-based and promising  psychotherapeutic approaches for children exposed to maltreatment. This  can be coupled with SSRI’s for treatment of depression and anxiety.  Second generation antipsychotics and benzodiazepines for sleep  disorders.

Cultural Effects

Strong  cultural identity contributes to mental health resilience, higher  levels of social well-being, and improved coping skills, among other  benefits. Foster youth face and deal with trauma, changing home  environments, and lower levels of social well-being than the general  population. Often, due to this disruption, former foster youth have  lower cultural identity strength than those who did not experience  foster care. Child welfare practitioners must examine how they can best  support strong cultural identity in foster youth (Stafanson, 2019).

References

About foster parenting Foster parents change  lives—both the children’s and their own. (2020). Retrieved from  https://www.adoptuskids.org/adoption-and-foster-care/overview/foster-parenting

Feild, T. (2014, august 15, 2014). New Tool Measures Well-Being of Kids Served by Child Welfare Systems. The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Retrieved from https://www.aecf.org/blog/new-tool-measures-well-being-of-children-served-by-child-welfare-systems/

Scheid, J. M. (2020, May 15,2020). Challenges and Strategies in Foster Care. Psychiatric Times, 37. Retrieved from https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/challenges-and-strategies-foster-care

Stafanson, A. H. (2019). Supporting Cultural  Identity for Children in Foster Care. Retrieved from  https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/child_law/resources/child_law_practiceonline/january—december-2019/supporting-cultural-identity-for-children-in-foster-care/

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Managerial report for statistics class

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THIS IS JUST HALF, PLEASE REVIEW THE ATTACHED FILE

1.  Make sure, you do have a data access from the chosen company in the above industry for two different time periods or two different locations in the same time period. 

2.  Suppose you work on quality control in that company. Your job is to do monthly checks on the quality of service by collecting data on key areas.  Your company is watching sales by collecting data on location, and three variables. 

3.  Select the three variables of your choice (based on data availability).

You are to prepare a Managerial Report answering the following

1. Use appropriate descriptive statistics to summarize each of the three variables. (Covered in Chapter-2)

2.  Use appropriate descriptive statistics to summarize each of the three variables for the comparison year/quarter/location (dependent on what you chose in #1 – location or time). (Covered in Chapter-2)

3.  Compare your summary results. Discuss any specific statistical results in visuals that would help the reader to understand your point. (Covered in Chapter-2)

AND ALSO PART B, WHICH IS ATTACHED BELOW

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Discuss and explain each of the risk management processes?

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Briefly identify the three theoretical perspectives of globalization.

Discuss and explain each of the risk management processes? How is it different with a program versus a project?

What can be recommend to reduce the customer waiting time during the peak hours at the canteen.

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Suppose in a school canteen, we observe many processes that the canteen staff perform while serving us as their customer.

(a) What could be the two process which plays an important role. Indicate how Control charts can be used to monitor these two processes that was selected. So then how does control charts link to the definition of quality at the canteen?

(b) Using the results of the control charts, what can be recommend for improving the customer experience at the canteen?

(c) What can be recommend to reduce the customer waiting time during the peak hours at the canteen.

Show what consultative process was used to allow for procedures and systems (including rosters new or amended service provisions) to be adjusted.

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The partners who own ‘Green Tour Excursions’ where you work as Duty Manager have decided to reappraise the operations of the Fraser Island Tours which operates five (5) vehicles and drivers who also take on the role as tour guides.

The partners say there are too many potential legal issues and complaints from customers and as a result the bottom line of the business is suffering. They say the average turnover has decreased by 15 % and custom likely will be lost to other operators although comparative tours have the same cost for this day tour.

The itinerary which was in place for the current one (1) day island wilderness trip included:

§ Central Station including Wanggoolba Creek boardwalk

§ Lake McKenzie – a swim in crystal clear waters and pristine white sands.

§ Seventy-Five Mile Beach

§ Eli Creek – swim or float in the clear waters

§ Maheno Shipwreck – take a photo stop at the rusting wreck of the Maheno washed ashore during an out-of-season cyclone in 1935

§ The Pinnacles Coloured Sands – learn of the Butchulla legends surrounding them.

Inclusions:

1. National Park Fess

2. Morning Tea at a picnic ground

3. Picnic Lunch

4. Transfers from Hervey Bay Accommodation to ferry return.

The main issues which have been identified by the partners of ‘Green Tour Excursions’ for the particular tour included:

1. On three (3) out ten (10) tours the 4-wheel drive tourist vehicle ran out of fuel which resulted in a 1 hour shortfall of the trip on each occasion.

2. On two (2) trips the air conditioning of the vehicle failed.

3. There were eighteen (18) complaints about poor hygiene relating to cups and cutlery used for morning tea and picnic lunch.

4. Twelve (12) customers have expressed concerns of being provided with food from eskis and service vessels provided from a plastic container.

5. Three (3) customers have complained about being served pastries from a card board box which must have been the packaging provided by our supplier.

6. There were four (4) claims from customers who claimed they felt unwell or sick after consuming the BBQ picnic lunch which includes a small steak, sausages, 2 different salads and bread and butter.

7. There are increasingly complaints from drivers of the vehicles that their days are too long given that they are required to prepare their vehicles post and before each trip which could potentially breach WHS requirements and entitlements.

8. Twelve (12) customers have expressed concerns of being provided with food from eskis and service vessels provided from a plastic container.

9. There were three (3) incidences during the past two (2) months where customers had close encounters with venomous snakes in the toilet block located the picnic area used for stops.

You are required to investigate these issues and explore provisions to meet all legislative requirements.

Present your responses in report format suitable for presentation at a management meeting.

1. Describe how you would monitor the work hours of the driver/tour guide and the efficiency involved in those hours – this would also mean you need to identify relevant problems associated with adjusting staff levels to attain the requested improvement

2. Show what consultative process was used to allow for procedures and systems (including rosters new or amended service provisions) to be adjusted. Show that in this area, quality assurances can be given so that customers will not be affected and indicate the time frame involved in your change

3. List the measures taken to ensure functional clean vehicles, and prevention of hygiene issues

4. In your new plan, you must show the delegation process that will be involved. Will you need new job specifications to be written? If so, how many?

5. Will training be necessary to accommodate the new jobs if this is the option you recommend the owners to take? Estimate a budget for retraining should it be necessary

6. Describe how day-to-day operations will not be negatively affected with your proposed changes

Assess the factors within the business environment that impact upon operational management and decision making

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Assess the factors within the business environment that impact upon operational management and decision making/Analyze how this different factor affect the businesses environment and wider community

Provide examples of types of inventory control methods

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There are a number of modern inventory control methodologies. However, there are still many organisations which have not adopted them. Discuss why this may be the case and how organisations can be persuaded to adopt modern inventory control methodologies. Provide examples of types of inventory control methods to be considered to support your argument.

How would you suggest re-designing the process flow?

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State Automobile License Renewals Henry Croupe, the manager of a Boston-area branch of the Massachusetts Department of Motor Vehicles, attempted to perform an analysis of the driver’s license renewal process. Several tasks had to be performed in the process. He identified the tasks and associated times required to perform each task, as shown below in Exhibit 1.

Croupe found that each task was assigned to a different employee in the office. Each application was completed step by step in the sequence shown in Exhibit 1. He decided that his office should be able to service the maximum customer demand, which was 120 renewal applicants per hour.

Exhibit 1

State Automobile License Renewal Process Task Times

Step Average Time to Perform (seconds)

1. Review renewal 15

2. Process, record payment 30

3. Check for violations 60

4. Conduct eye test 40

5. Photograph applicant 20

6. Issue temporary license 30

Croupe saw that the work was unevenly divided among the clerks, and that the clerk who was responsible for checking violations tended to take shortcuts in order to keep up with the others. Long lines built up during the periods of highest volume in customer demand.

Coupe also noticed that Tasks 1, 2, 3, and 4 were handled by general clerks who were each paid $18.00 per hour (including benefits). Task 5 could only be done by a photographer, who cost the department $24.00 per hour (including benefits). Massachusetts state law required that Task 6 be handled completely by a uniformed Motor Vehicles officer, who was paid $27.00 per hour (including benefits). These officers could be assigned to any other task except Task 5, “Photograph Applicant”.

Croupe’s review of the jobs showed him that Task 1 had to be completed before any other tasks could be started. Similarly, Task 6 could not be started until every other task had been completed.

The branch office was charged an additional $30 per hour for each camera.

Henry Croupe was under severe pressure to increase productivity and reduce costs, but he was also told by his regional director of the Department of Motor Vehicles that he had better accommodate the demand for renewals. Otherwise, “heads would roll.”

Questions:

1. What is the maximum number of applicants per hour who can be handled by the process as it is currently designed?

2. How many applicants can be processed per hour if a second clerk is added to check for violations?

3. Assuming that after adding a second clerk for checking violations, a third clerk could be added to any of the tasks that clerks may do. What is the maximum number of applicants that the office could handle if a third clerk were added?

4. How would you suggest re-designing the process flow in order to accommodate 120 applicants per hour?