I. Industry Context Industry Overview Industry Summary and Outlook Ceramics Engineering-- the industry that Materials Technology Corporation, or "MTC" is a part of-- is a multi-billion dollar a year industry. Because ceramics can be manufactured to have unique combinations of strength, weight, thermal and magnetic conductivity, and deformability, they have countless uses in industries such as aerospace, biomedical, automotive, and electrical. With an unlimited number of such combinations, it is possible to create a material that exactly suits a given situation. Because of the following combination of factors, there is generally "high demand and low supply" for engineered ceramics: • low cost (once developed) and high …show more content…
MTC's several process innovations therefore further establish the company as a leader in the field. Company Overview Evolution of the Company and its Strategy Materials Technology Corporation was founded in 1984 by a venture capital-backed group of MIT scientists for the purpose of making advancements in ceramics processing technology. At inception, MTC had no actual products and process technology, but quickly made several innovations in the field of ceramics technology, for example: tape casting (flat, smooth sheets of ceramics for use in microelectronics), "Quickset" molding technology (a revolutionary development in 3-dimensional molding), and multi-layered ceramics molding. MTC initially needed to obtain substantial investment capital due to two main factors: a research-heavy industry, and the need to create most of the markets for its products. Although the founders' goal was to become a major manufacturing company, they did estimate that the company would need $50 million in capital before it would become self-sufficient. Their initial financing model was to first recruit a superior technical team, use that to attract additional equity investment and development funding from interested corporations, and then develop manufacturing capabilities. Commercial sales began 2.5 years after inception, and MTC is nearing the break-even point in 1990.
Morris Mining Corporation owns and operates mining facilities that are located in the United States, and Canada. This company primarily distributes extracted ores and minerals to their customers. Recently, in January 2015, Morris Mining acquired the mining company King Co. Once the company has been acquired, Mining Morris plans to record the difference of the purchase price and identifiable net assets as goodwill. The identifiable assets and liabilities of King Co. are going to be recorded at fair value on Morris Mining 's books. There has been discussion as to how the company is going to report the fair value for the patent that is part of the assets they acquired from King Co. Rob, an audit manager on the Morris Mining engagement, and Gabriela, the audit senior, are trying to evaluate if the method of the fair value estimate it reasonable.
For the purpose of the first part of this Project, you are still the InfoSec Specialist for the Makestuff Company. Consider this project a continuation of the work you performed in Projects 1 and 2.
Northrop Grumman’s history in the defense industry closely aligns them with the public sector and connects them to an identity of Euro-American male-dominated organizations. Over time, however, they have developed and embraced a diverse and inclusive workplace that has had a significant impact on veterans and the LGBT community. Even though they have established a goal for the past several years to increase women and people of color in their workforce, there is still work to be done. It would serve them well to continue building on the strong leadership development and mentorship programs they have in place, broadening its scope to include all management levels and their Board of Directors. Additionally, they may need to take an objective
Thanks to a lucky series of events, Atomic Company has enjoyed a sharp increase in sales of their Tiger Pants line. The most obvious and immediate pains being felt by management is the inability to predict future sales and the high amount being paid out in sales commissions. While these are legitimate concerns, I believe deeper problems exist.
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All throughout the world there are constant technological innovations. As time progresses, more inventions come about and alter our lives. Since the industrial revolution we as a nation have had plenty of technological advances that have impacted our lives. Healthcare is one of the most prominent and impactful systems in the world. Technology in healthcare can ultimately make a huge difference in the performance of care and patient outcomes. One recently new innovation in health care is three dimensional printing. 3D printing is a manufacturing method where objects are made by fusing or depositing material. This is revolutionary for healthcare due to the rapid fabrication of tissue and organs, customized prosthetics, and implants.
Later on 12th December 2016, Trump slammed Lockheed Martin for the high cost expenditure tied with its F-35 program. The market reaction was quite immediate where the shares of the aerospace company tumbled more than 4% in early trade. Rational investors might have considered that the jet manufacturer was on the point to lose its military contract from the government due to the high cost involved. As a response to this, this tweet has spurred the investors to forgo on such investment, driving the prices down. A slight recovery from the losses was made the company’s shares but eventually ended up closing at about 2% lower. Furthermore, the company also slump by $4 billion in its market value right after the tweet of the president-elect. (Jr., 2017) However, on this day, Lockheed Martin was not the only stock
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An organization must identify its core competencies and strategically align those competencies with its business objectives to achieve success. In fact, C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel explained in the Harvard Business Review that the most powerful way for an organization to prevail is for it to “identify, cultivate, and exploit the core competencies that make growth possible” (2000). Lockheed Martin has thoroughly aligned its competencies, business objectives, and key performance indicators, which has undoubtedly contributed to the corporation’s effectiveness.
As of the past 3 decades, women have shown a commendable progress in the workplace. For instance, the average weekly earnings for women was 62.1 % that of men in the year 1970. The raw pay difference decreased from 37.9 % to 21.5 % by the year 2007. Despite the progress, the raw wage difference has continually been used to further public policy agendas without offering an explanation behind the difference (An Analysis of Reasons for the Disparity in Wages between Men and Women, 2009). This essay discusses a case of Ledbetter vs the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company where Lilly Ledbetter, the only female production supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s plant in Gadsent, had worked for over
In this new world, it is unthinkable for us to know all that there is to know, yet access to the learning base is progressively promptly accessible. Along these lines, what will make us great materials technologists, instead of poor ones, is that our insight is more significant, and more present, and is connected all the more productively and successfully.
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U.S. Semiconductor, a semiconductor manufacturer decided to expand their business to UK market in 1980. Their new business plan needed specialized technical support facility in UK. In order to minimize the equity investment, they decided to fund their assets mostly with debt. As Semiconductor owned subsidiaries, which spread all over the world, they face great exchange risk. Besides, instead of building a production department in UK, Semiconductor kept producing their products domestically and delivered them to UK by plane. British firms also confronted exchange risk due to the difference between import costs and sales revenues. This case mainly involves the discussion on the method of debt funding.
Microwaves, computers, cell phones, what do they all have in common? desktop fabricators. desktop fabricators have paved the way for engineers by making the impossible possible. They are the new wave parts manufacturing because of their intelligent manufacturing process and part by part building applications. desktop fabricating also known as “3D Printing ” or “Additive Manufacturing” is a build process in which products are built layer by layer using blueprints that are uploaded digitally into the computer. The thing we can build today with 3d printing were not even possible before.
Additive manufacturing (AM) methods in product development and manufacturing is projected to grow over 300% within the next 10 years (Columbus). The increase in AM methods is a result of AM’s ability to create products with complex internal and/or external geometry in a timely and cost effective manner (Columbus). Members of the medical field rely on AM to create models for pre-surgery planning as well as structures inserted into patients (Petzold).