Disadvantage Reports Samples For Students

Version control systems

Introduction
There are different version control systems which have been developed to be used in managing software development projects. The choice of the version control will depend on the model and the workflow of the projects and the nature of organizational workflow that is supported. It is important to understand the requirements of the organization which will use the version control. This will determine the way the version control will suit and align with the goals of the developers. Before a choice is made, it is important to have clear view of the requirements of the organization. This paper ...

Every kind of material used in architecture and construction carries certain pros and cons. For example, the advantage of using a stone is that it lasts forever, is eco-friendly and adds to the real estate value of the property. The disadvantages are that stones can be cold, expensive and difficult to handle. The advantage of Travertine Flooring is that there is enormous variety, it is environmentally sound and easy to replace. The disadvantages of Travertine Flooring are that they take more time to care for, a bit more expensive and being porous, it is highly reactive. The advantage of ...

1. Introduction
Agriculture and other food products are dried for use. The agriculture grains are dried for future use or production process, in order to dry the agriculture products the sun drying has been used for many years. The sun drying dries the products in a open air condition with the help of hot sun rays. In past centuries the sun drying systems has been used. Most of the industries use mechanized drying instead of sun drying system. The mechanized drying uses boilers and fan to heat and force the air to the required part. The time taken for ...

Part A - The impact of accounting on the IT Development 4

Part B – Question 1 - Introducing or Upgrading Computerized Accounting Systems 5
(a) Advantages and Disadvantages of using a Computer Accounting System 5

Advantages 5

Disadvantages 5
(b) Considerations when setting up a Computerized Accounting System 6

Completion of an Accounting Cycle 6

Recording all Transactions from Manual Trial Balance 7
Running a Trial or Testing Phase 7
Verification of the Computerized Accounting System 7
(c) Chart of Accounts and Coding Structure is Followed by Impetus Limited 8

Part B – Question 2 - Accounting Packages 8

(a) The Features of an Accounting Package 8

Security 8

Reporting 9
Interdepartmental Operations 10
(b) ‘Module’ in an Accounting Package and its Purpose 10
(c) ‘Integrated’, ‘Semi-Integrated’ and ‘Non-Integrated’ Modules ...

Question 1

The following areas of Sydney have high rates of unemployment: Central West and Inner West (the rate of unemployment 9-13%); Gosford-Wyong and eastern part of South West part of Sydney (the rate of unemployment 7-9%); southern part of Gosford-Wyong, the part where Sydney Inner, Inner West, and George Sutherland are crossing; southern part of Sydney North West region and the part of Sydney Central West crossing Sydney North West (the rate of unemployment 5-7%). Almost all of the territory of North West region and Sydney South West are having low rate of unemployment of 4-5% if compared to the ...

Introduction

With the growth of the internet, there has been internet communication, thus the growth of social media. Social media platforms have been developed with each social media platform having a unique way in which communication is undertaken. Different platforms have different features and characteristics. They each have a specific way in which to attract customers and users. This paper will focus on comparison and overview of three popular social media platforms. The paper will focus on the differences and features that make each of the social media tools to be unique. Social networking tools have helped improve business communication to a large ...

[Institution affiliated]

Introduction

A franchise is a go ahead or authorization that has been given to a group of people or an individual by a company or organization to sell the goods and services it has to offer in a particular way (Mendelsohn, 2004). Franchising is a very much well known business and commerce procedure that joins or rather brings together the brand name owners of a recognized commodity with another business, product, or service (Mendelsohn, 2004). The system of franchising is well and readily embraced by the small businesses and upcoming companies to have power and authentication to grow at a faster rate with the assistance ...

Wind Energy: Advantages, Disadvantages and Solutions

Harnessing the power of the wind is nothing new. For centuries, it has powered sailing ships, provided energy for windmills and pumped water. Nowadays, with the help of turbines, wind provides us with electricity.

Introduction

I am proud to be a member of the LM Wind Power Group in their blade manufacturing division. Within 30 years of operations, LM Wind Power has produced around 150,000 blades. As such, wind energy is an important subject for me. As an energy source that is renewable and more environmentally friendly than traditional electricity generating technologies, I consider wind energy to be a viable alternative ...

Introduction

The much prevalence of manufacturers of turbines in China can be contributed to the dire need for sustainability. Turbines are a form of machine that aids in conversion of kinetic energy originating from wind into electric power. Besides solar, wind energy is a much sustainable form of energy which helps in substituting the non-renewable forms. As the result, this report compiles the result of a research conducted around China about existing fan turbines manufacturers. The five best companies were chosen, and this include: Sinovel, Goldwind, Sany, Mingyang, Shanghai Electric. These companies were then evaluated in terms of the pertinent ...

Risk Identification, Assessment, and Management

Executive Summary
There is an increasing interest in the security, safety and health attributes of hotels in the world today. The General Manager is interested in the attributes to satisfy its overarching managerial duties. These responsibilities include due diligence and duty of care. Because of this interest, the General Manager requested information on risk management and security in his hotel in order to assess the safety integrity and security of the food and beverage, and guest room departments of his hotel. Identifying the exact information that is relevant to determining and assessing such information is often challenging due ...

HRTM3203 – Individual Assignment

McDonalds Business Report
COMPANY STRUCTURE
McDonalds is one of the biggest food chain in the world. The company serves more than 50 million customers everyday. This would not be possible without the strong company foundation that has a good company structure.
Don Thompson, President and Chief Executive Officer – Don has been working with McDonalds for 23 years. He has helped the company drive its business using global strategic innovation throughout the organization (aboutmcdonalds.com).
Tim Fenton (COO), Jose Armario (EVP), Peter Bensen (CFO), Bridget Coffing (CCO), and Richard Floersch (CHRO) are among the other executives that handle the ...

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Capital budgeting utilizes various financial tools in evaluating investment options. Of important consideration in these decisions is the cost of capital, since it determines the returns that will accrue from the investment decision (Brealey, et al 2011) The cost of capital can be two fold, either the published interest rates by the financial institutions, or the average of all the sources of financing for the project, a method called the weighted average cost of capital. (Please see the attached excel workings for the company’s weighted average cost of capital)
In determining the most appropriate cost of ...

Optimal leverage analysis

The Toll Holdings Limited is an Australian company whose operations are majorly in transport on roads, sea, rail and air. The company, in its operations, requires to be financing at all times. Sometimes the profits the company makes are not enough to finance all its projects. It, therefore, calls upon the company to think of a better way to finance its projects. One of the ways of financing the projects is through taking of debts. These debts are supposed to be scrutinized by both the company and the lender. Some debts might have some negative implications on the company and, ...

The Westmount Retirement Residence is a care center for the elderly located in Ontario. Since its inception in 1997, the facility has offered various services to its clients at a profit. In the recent days however, the company has had reduced profitability. This has caught the attention of the administrator, prompting her to come up with a way of increasing profits.

Despite offering high quality services, competition has increased and this has negatively affected the company. The pricing policy has been found to be flawed and ineffective. For this reason, a new pricing model which will ensure profitability is being sought.
This ...

Introduction

The report discusses the outcome of the financial analysis of Fresh Fashion for the period of three years beginning 2014 .As part of this analysis, we will exclusively focus on liquidity assessment, and inventory and account receivable management of the company. While the sole objective of framing this report is to appraise the investment opportunity in the company’s stock, however, since we are only using financial ratios as the tool of assessment, we will also discuss some of the limiting factors of financial ratios.

Ratio Analysis

Financial ratios allow us to transform raw financial figures into useful multiples, which can ...

About the report

The report is based on our assistance given to Wheel Industries where we have analyzed the long term investment opportunities available with the company using the techniques of capital budgeting. To facilitate better understanding for our readers, we have included all the calculations within this report while every calculation is explained comprehensively.

Project Details

Wheel Industries is considering a three-year expansion project, Project A. The project requires an initial investment of $1.5 million. The project will use the straight-line depreciation method. The project has no salvage value. It is estimated that the project will generate additional revenues of $1.2 million per ...

The rationale of this report is to analyse the marketing information and facts of a company in UAE that is planning to enter an international market. The company chosen for this report is Anfasic Dokhoon that plans to start its operations in Tunis, Tunisia. The report contains the background of the Anfasic Dokhoon Company and the market analysis in Tunisia. The report also provides the marketing mix of the company as well as the staffing policies that would enable it to compete fairly in the international market. The potential suitability of various market entry strategies available to the company ...

Economic Impacts of European Union Membership to the United Kingdom

Since the UK joined the European Union in 1973, many things have changed and mostly it is on the economic situation of the UK. As it is well known, a good thing comes with advantages and disadvantages; if the advantages outweigh the disadvantages then it is worth the risk. Being an active member of the European Union, the UK has had to encounter both positive and negative economic impacts. In a general perspective, the positive economic impacts that the European Union membership has on UK’s economy are more compared to the negative impacts.
Looking at the overall economy ...

Management of Information System SWOT Analysis

One Network Enterprise is “the home of the Real Time Value Network, the world’s first and only real time decision-making supply chain suite in the cloud” (Real Time Value Network). The company is a software developer and possess firm position in software industry.
Developing a SWOT analysis is very important in order to “develop a strong business strategy by making sure you’ve considered all of your business’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as the opportunities and threats it faces in the marketplace” (Berry, 2015).
One part of a SWOT analysis is WEAKNESSES. This part shows “aspects ...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, also known as TPP constitutes of twelve nations lying on the Pacific Rim, which include the United States, Australia, Canada, Brunei, Japan, Chile, Mexico, Malaysia, Peru, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam . These countries account for over 40 percent of the economic output across the globe and 26 percent of the world trade. One of the major advantages of the TPP is removing tariff as well as non-tariff barriers to investment and trade and investment among the participant countries. Furthermore, the TPP streamlines the regulations, thereby implementing common standards and safeguards of intellectual property and foreign direct ...

Final Assignment

Both Bridges and Switches work on the data link layer of the OSI Model. However, switches are more advanced. Discuss how a switch has an advantage over a bridge in a network then elaborate more on the technology implemented in switches to control broadcast domains
A bridge is a two interfaces device that creates two collision domains. This is because it forwards the traffic received from one interface only to the interface where layer two devices is connected (Olenewa, 2014). Bridges serves the main function of reading the destination of MAC address to forward the traffic only to the interface where it ...

Introduction

Saudi Arabia is among the countries with very high temperatures more especially during the day. In that perspective, we decided to introduce a freezing microwave which is a device that incorporates technological methods that enable food to be cooled faster than when it is stored in a refrigerator. Most people in Saudi Arabia make use of the refrigerator; however they do not get access to the freezing microwave since they are not common around this area. Freezing microwave can be used to make drinks cold and store the perishable food stuffs. Since we realized that most people may need to use this ...

1.0 Introduction
Only 2% of the water on earth is fresh water (Symons, 2001). The rest is primarily saline and hence cannot be used for consumption, or other applications in the home (e.g., cleaning or washing). Most households rely on piped water from municipalities (Kahramaa), whereas others are sourced from independent water purifications plants, private wells or even from rain water. With a growing global population there are increasing pressures on the world’s fresh water supply. As such, water conservation has become critically important, particularly in regions where the water table is low, and other fresh water sources ...

Abstract3

Literature Review4
Definition of the Problem4
Collection of Opinions, Feelings and Facts5
Identification of the Actual Problem7
Formulating Potential Solutions8
Assessing the Alternatives10
Methodology13
Questionnaire14
Results15
Conclusion15
Appendix17

References20

Abstract
Many airlines offer benefits to their clients in order to gain their loyalty. One of the benefits that are offered is frequent flyer mileage. This analytical report will view the feasibility of a membership at Miami International Airport that increases the frequent flyer mileage of its members while providing the members with a Visa classic card that enables them to accumulate ...

Introduction

High Liner Foods is a premium North American seafood company that processes various types of sea food and sells them frozen packages. The company is widely reknowned in the sea food industry and its brands are known all over North America particularly in Canada and the United States. The company's operations commenced in the year 1899 with the founding of the company W.C. Smith & Company. Throughout the years, High Liners has grown rapidly, and its business operations are projected to reach a global scale very soon. One of the companies strengths that have facilitated its dominance in the sea foods market ...

Engineering

2014-03-31
Introduction
Design engineers should consider several factors in three-design stage. Respectively, every configuration has its characteristics with in regards to reliability, the initial cost, maintenance cost, as well as simplicity among other evaluative tags. Design engineers have to analyze the situation with respect to these aspects of performance before deciding on the bus configuration to adopt. Nevertheless, defining the consistency of a substation may likewise be the essential for current system connections as it may better aid in pinpointing the very weak points that may be help to overall system irregularity.
There is a mere logic in ...

Analysis of Product Marketing

Analysis of Product Marketing
- Product Macro and Competitive Environments
- Product Description
The product chosen for analysis is crunch breakfast cereal “Cap'n Crunch” made of sweetened corn and pieces of oat. The product is produced by Quaker Oats Company (PepsiCo), located in the US. Cap'n Crunch cereal is very popular in US on the market of breakfast cereals that generated approximately $118.6 in sales in 2010 from supermarkets, mass-market retailers, and drugstores (Joyner, 2011). However, US sales of the company dropped in 2010 by 6.8% because of health activists and government pressure connected with health ...

Keiretsu is an informal relationship between various companies. These companies normally have businesses, which are considered to be intertwining. The nature of this intertwining is usually in terms of shareholding as well as business relationships. It is an informal relationship that is in most cases practised in Japan (Dedoussis, 2001). Over the larger half of the twentieth century, it is said that Keiretsu was dominating the Japanese economy. This is because, all the members of this casual, business group, become shareholders of each other’s companies (Speece, 2001). The level of shareholding is normally on small proportions. This relationship ...

1.1 Introduction
The fight for equality between men and women while getting a major support via gender diversity awareness is still open and is said to be yet far from over when it comes to the work place. While there are laws against gender discrimination in the work place, there is yet much to “overhaul” in the system for women as capable as men to be paid as much as men receive for the same position, with the same responsibilities and same abilities (Puri, 2011). Women bachelor graduates are becoming more and more accomplished than their male counterpart. This ...

Jerry Scott should consider investing in an individual retirement account rather than opt for the employer sponsored retirement package. If she opts for the employer sponsored package like the 401k plans or other defined contribution plans , the total amount of money that will be eligible for compensation after ten years when she retires will, be her individual contributions = 4000 dollars plus interest of 8 percent per annum for ten years= 6, 194.23 plus employer contributions. Employer sponsored plans have the disadvantage of having plenty of caveats and restrictions on the usage of the contributions. For example, it is not ...

Introduction

In the contemporary world, the medical field and the business world are the most recognized in all careers fields. Many factors affect career choices and identifying these factors gives tutors, parents, and the overall industry an idea where the students place more emphasis and trust in the career selection process. People or student seeking a firm foundation in their life has an option either to select a career in the medical field or a career in the entrepreneur field. The purpose of this paper is to compare the career choices both in the medical field and in the business world. Students have ...

RadioShack has established its position as one of the largest retailers of electronic gadgets in the United States (Swales, 7). According to Forbes, RadioShack had revenues of over 4 billion dollars, and its share price continues to remain stable. The company’s mission is to demystify technology to the mass market, and enable the customer to get the best valued products for maximum quality performance (RadioShack).
RadioShack has been able to gain and maintain competitive advantage in operations through its innovative competitive strategies. First, the company is able to maintain a large number of customers and encourage repeat purchases ...

Different companies have different vision/mission statements that have distinct messages. The following companies are given an insight in the comparison of their mission/statements. These companies include Barnhardht Manufacturing, Nokia, Toyota, New Red Cross, Ohio State University and Wounded Warrior Project.

The message of each mission/vision statement

The message mission statement of Nike Corporation is to enhance innovation and inspirations to the global athletes (Batchelor & Stoddart, 41). The message in the mission for the Ohio State University is to connect people in research-based programmes in order to improve their communities and lives (Goethals, Jones & MacGregor, 26). The Barnhardt Manufacturing Company’s mission is to lead in ...

Abstract

Over the years, Americans rely on Medicare and Medicaid to take care of their health care necessities. However, despite of their commitment to ensure quality health care access, these two publicly funded health programs which were considered as national treasures proved to be poorly coordinated. Access to care and quality of service were the common issues these programs struggled with. Beneficiaries are facing problems such as discrimination and inefficient service from health providers. There were cases of Medicare’s improper payments to providers with incorrect claims. In addition, Medicaid’s program shares more than 20% of the state’s ...

CA-Cube targets small businesses and enterprises that need to have a retail outlet. These businesses would actually need to have outlets in malls or shopping centers but they cannot afford these venues. They may not even be allowed to have outlets in these places because of their small size. So, they use non-traditional channels like eBay, Kijiji, weekend markets and trade fairs. These channels could be CA-Cube’s main competition. CA-Cube is a unique concept so it would not have that many other competitors.
Costs and value for money would be the vendors’ most important consideration in choosing a retail outlet. ...

Feasibility report on the need of a library in the community

Executive summary
Libraries are made for systematic organization, collection, dissemination and preservation of information and knowledge. It is therefore important for man to maintain and preserve the valuable information and knowledge which is contained in books for us and even the coming generations. This report shows the importance of the community library in our areas and how this can benefit the people who love reading and also as a means of cultivating the reading culture of our people.
The report also shows the trends of library usage since some few years ago and gives a future insight of how ...

Market need for Sensor Stick

People whose vision is impaired have been using guide dogs or canes to walk freely. Both aids take the use of one hand. Invention of a new technology could reverse all these problems.
Visually impaired people around the world have been estimated to be around 40 to 45 million. In the past years, there has been no alternative solution for the guide dog or cane aids. Different types of canes have been designed; some of them are made of sophisticated technology while others are simply made to allow blind people feel objects in their pathway. However, these sticks can ...

MEMO

The manager of the Quality Assurance Department has brought to my attention a fault in one of our toys. A routine test revealed traces of lead in the whistles, which are part of the elementary package, destined for shipment at the end of the week. This is an issue of considerable concern because of the potential risks it presents to our target users and the cost implications of altering the shipment plans.

The memo from the Quality assurance manager revealed that there were traces of lead in the metallic whistles, which were above the allowable levels in the USA for ...

Security design plan

The implementation of a good security plan undergoes a lot of steps. There is need to ensure that all aspects of operations are considered. These include the need to have a consideration for policies put in place, the risks involved and the strategy that will be used in the deployment. This paper will cover the issues that need to be taken into consideration when undertaking the aspects of security.

PKI implementation

The implementation of the PKI will be done after there is an auditing done by independent auditing firms in the presence of IT managers. After this, the internal Certificate Authority (CA) which is ...

Inventory management

As Wooden Wonders Ltd, adopting a good model of inventory management would optimize inventory order quantity and re-order level for the company. It is known that inventory plays a very important role in the supply chain. With a good model, the need for inventory would be minimized since the model is supposed to manage the factors that make inventory levels to go up. The items that require inventory are split in two main categories. The first is dependent demand items while the second is independent demand items. The systems required to manage these two categories vary.

Wooden Wonders, which manufactures household furniture, ...

FORMS OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

There are three main categories of business organizations. They include; sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporations (Moran, 1963, p. 4). Each of the business organizations has different operational structures. Therefore, there are both advantages and disadvantages of adopting each form of business organization.

A sole proprietorship has the advantage that no formal procedure is required for setting up such a business (Besley & Brigham, 2007, p. 8). Further, the business enjoys direct input from the owner, which is positive considering that the owner wants the business to grow. The biggest disadvantage of this form of business regards raising money. The financing of ...

Introduction

In project and procurement management there is involvement of groups to solve a problem and to come up with a theory that will generate ideas. Problem solving in groups is a complex procedure involving numerous techniques. In project and procurement management, problems are vast and complex hence the reason for systematic techniques to solve them. Therefore the techniques to be used result in: diverse viewpoints bringing various aspects of the problem; viable ideas as a result of people interaction; and creating innovative and new ideas (Kemp, 2004). This paper will highlight two techniques—brainstorming and Delphi—with a view of comparing them and showing ...