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Fearless Fred, the friendly founding father of door-to-door furniture vending is planning a blitz sale on Raleigh, NC. He plans to set up a tent on the corner at Crabtree Valley Mall. His salesmen will go door-to-door selling the universal vibrating and reclining, sofa and hide-a-bed, an all-in-one product at a cost of $700.00 each. Fred has this splendid contraption manufactured in a plant in Lizard Lick, NC for a total cost of $250.00 each (shipping & handling included). This price is contingent on a single order delivered just prior to the blitz sale. Market surveys indicate that the expected market in Raleigh are 450 units. The uncertainty of demand indicates demand is Normally distributed with standard deviation o=75. There is no salvage cost (or value) for units left at the end of the sale (excess units will be given to the Vietnam Veterans Pick-Up Service for their second hand store). Fred could care less about any goodwill loss if demand exceeds supply since he will not come back to Raleigh for at least 3 years. How many units should Fred order?
 
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The Shipping X (SX) shipping company runs a high-tech container shipping business. SX owns ships, smart containers, and trucks. SX ships containers between Japan, Los Angeles, CA, and Baltimore MD. SX needs a new ordering and tracking system. The new ordering and tracking system will be named Container Transport Tracking System (CTTS). CTTS maintains ship, container, truck, loading/unloading crew, container, ordering, ship tracking, weather, customs, and special alerts data. CTTS capabilities include the ability to reserve, schedule, track, and monitor ships, trucks, containers, loading/unloading crews, and events that may impact the shipping or contents of a container. For example, if a container temperature must be maintained at 60 degrees or less and the temperature goes above the threshold, the CTTS will create an alert of possible content spoilage so the ship crew can respond and attempt to correct the problem.

Each ship is equipped with the ability to report its GPS location vi a satellite link. Each smart container contains a small device that reports its GPS location, internal temperature, internal humidity, and battery life via a satellite link. An assumption that can be made is that the container device is already installed, and the solution will require each device to be configured to communicate to the CTTS. Configuration information includes the RESTful API URLs, container ID, credentials, and reporting time interval. Each shipping container also has a bar code and/or Q-code that can be scanned to identify the container and to view and container information such as container number, contents (manifest), size, weight limits, and the contents owner. The CTTS also has interfaces with the USA Ship and Container Customs System (SCCS), the SX company billing system called Account Management and Billing System (AMBS), the Global Weather Reporting System (GWRS), and the Homeland Security Alerting System (HSAS).

The following is a high-level description of the SX roles/personas and processes that will be supported by the CTTS.

A Reservation Specialistreceives a phone or email request for containers to be shipped from one location to another. The Reservation Specialist confirms availability and enters the order. The order is sent to the AMBS for account management and billing. Once the account has been verified or denied, the AMBS will send a message to the CTTS with the order disposition. The Reservation Specialist will receive a notice from the CTTS on a work list to inform the customer of the order status.

ACargo Loading Teamwill scan container bar codes or Q-codes as the containers are loaded onto the ship. The loader verifies the correct container is being loaded into the correct holding position on the ship.

ACargo Unloading Teamwill scan container bar codes or Q-codes as the containers are unloaded onto the ship and placed on a truck for transportation. The loader verifies the correct container is being loaded onto the correct truck.

ATracking Specialistis responsible for monitoring the shipping activities and responding to events as needed, such as:

  • Notifying the ship that Customs has approved it for leaving or entering port
  • Trouble shooting when a wrong container is being loaded into the wrong place
  • Responding to Customs denials of request to leave/enter port

ATruck Driverwill confirm via Cargo Loader/Unloader that pickup or delivery has been made by signing on the mobile app.

SX Managementwill review the dashboard and monthly reports as part of their managerial responsibilities.

Business Objectives:

The following are the current business objectives (Theme and Epics) for the CTTS.

Theme:SX company wishes to modernize their ship and container tracking system providing the ability to reserve, schedule, track, and monitor ships, trucks, containers, loading/unloading crews, and events that may impact the shipping or contents of a container.

Epic 1:Order Processing and Scheduling:SX needs to be able to accept and process shipping container orders, reserving and scheduling containers, space on the ship, trucks, loading/unloading crews to ship containers form an origin to a destination. SX also need to be able to update shipping requests and schedules as events mandate.

Epic 2: Billing and Payments:SX needs to be able to ensure shipping container customer bills are calculated by the billing system and are paid before reserving scheduling the container shipment.

Epic 3: Ship and Container Tracking:SX need to be able to track the location of the ship, and each container, and trucks.

Epic 4:User Interface:SX needs to be able view access CTTS capabilities through a web browser. SX needs a smart phone application to scan container bar codes and Q-codes to identify a container and access CTTS capabilities using a smart phone application.

Epic 5: Customs:SX needs to report to customs ship and containers manifest, request permissions to leave/enter port. Ships will be notified (via radio) of any request approvals or denials.

Epic 6: Weather Alerts:SX needs current weather information so it may warn its ship crew (via radio) of upcoming weather events.

Epic 7: Homeland Security:SX needs current threat and terrorism information so it may warn its ship crew (via radio) of possible attacks.

Epic 8:Dashboard:SX needs dashboards at SX head to be able to quickly view the status of ships and containers.

Epic 9:Authentication and Authorization:SX needs to have various roles, users, and interfaces authenticated and authorized.

Epic 10: Reporting:SX needs to produce monthly reports of shipping activity.

Note:Future business objectives will include developing ground to ship messaging, on-ship dashboard capabilities, and truck GPS tracking.

Business and Technical Considerations:

SX has a limited budget and requires an agile approach be used in developing the system. SX requires that CTTS is a 24x7x365 system, utilizes Web Services RESTful APIs, and is hosted in a cloud environment such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS). Currently SX company has requested that no more than 100 User Stories be created. SX company estimates there is currently enough funding to develop 100 User Stories over the course of one year. Also, SX company has request releases of CTTS use 4-week sprints with demonstrations. SX releases to the production environment occur every three months.

Concept of Operations:

The following diagram provides a Concept of Operations (ConOps) diagram. The ConOps provides a conceptual view of the people, process, and technology of the SX company environment.

Out of these 10 Epics, create 10 User Stories for each.

Also answer these questions:

Appendix A: Glossary

Appendix C: Issues List

< This is a dynamic list of the open requirements issues that remain to be resolved, including TBDs, pending decisions, information that is needed, conflicts awaiting resolution, and the like.>

 
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In this week’s module, we saw as a bit of review that Kant, in the Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, had written that someone who is not inclined to help others, but who forces herself to, performs a morally praiseworthy action. While someone who regularly helps others and enjoys doing so, even if the enjoyment is not selfish, may deserve praise, but her action has no true moral worth. Do you agree with Kant? What reasons can you give for viewing moral acts that are performed merely out of habit as possessing less moral worth than those that require an immense personal effort?

Part I

We also saw in this week’s module, that according to Aristotle, for an act to be considered virtuous the act must (1) be done for its own sake and (2) the act must follow from a firm disposition, meaning that it must be consistent with the way one usually acts and feels, and not be a one-shot incident. Do you agree with Aristotle? What are the implications of these conditions on the perspicuity of moral acts in contrast to Kant’s Deontological theory of right action? Does Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics entail the possibility that one could live a morally virtuous life and yet not know it? If so, does this pose a problem for Virtue Ethics when viewed as a normative ethical theory?

 
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“The problems don’t change, the solutions only
become more difficult.â€Â
The planned events profession is a business. As in other businesses, there are common
problems and solutions. When planned events business owners assemble for annual meetings
and conferences, they can be heard discussing many of the same challenges year after year. As
one wag said.
Perhaps by reviewing the scenarios below, state solution on how you anticipate these
challenges and what measures you take to avoid them entirely.
Challenge: Client is slow to pay balance of account. Your solution?
Challenge: Out of cash to pay vendor. Your solution?
How to Manage Your Finances During
Turbulent Economic Times.
What is your plan? Discuss only (4) FOUR points. Use your own ideas not to copy from any
sources.
 
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