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An incremental analysis approach also referred to as differential analysis, is a decision making technique used in business and personal life. This technique involves choices amongst alternative options. (Kimmel & Weygandt, 2020) An average adult makes approximately 35,000 remotely conscious decisions each day. (Graff, n.d.) When it comes to financial decisions, using the incremental analysis approach is wise to determine the best outcome. An example of a personal financial decision when I would use incremental analysis would be to upgrade/purchase a new smartphone or not. I would analyze the value of my old phone for possible trade-in value or direct sale to another buyer. What is the cost of a new phone, do I pay full price upfront or a payment plan over a few years. Then there is also the possible cost of insurance, especially if I finance the phone. I would determine the value of my decision for the next couple of years if I decided to purchase the new phone. Finally, I would determine my choice by weighing all the facts and finances and choose what I could live with in the future. Graff, F. (n.d.). How Many Daily Decisions Do We Make? | UNC-TV: Science. Retrieved from science.unctv.org website: http://science.unctv.org/content/reportersblog/choices Kimmel, P. D., & Weygandt, J. J. (2020). Survey of accounting. Hoboken, Nj: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This must be done in APA style, APA citation, and APA reference.

Incremental analysis is used to help companies make decisions involving a choice among alternative courses of action. We use incremental analysis in our own decision making as well. Provide a hypothetical example from your personal life of how you might use incremental analysis in making a decision.

You are a partner at a major consulting firm that has won a competitive bid to provide Logistics consulting services to a large, world-class maker of cellular phones, tablets, and laptops. This client is the market leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing, of their tablet products. However, technological advancements and competitive pressure in the tablet market have combined to compel the client to continue to innovate, and to do so quickly, to ensure that they are not left behind. A major concern is that the client has stockpiled an enormous quantity of tablets that are no longer in demand.

Sales are now lower than expected, and client senior management has decided to to switch their product to state-of-the-art hardware and digital technology and equally importantly, to move to a JIT manufacturing model until the client is certain that the new tablet will be competitive and can enter the worldwide market. In your Logistics consulting role for the company, you are required to:

1) Recommend a way to reduce inventory. Our class readings share several ways that inventory can be reduced. Choose the best one and explain why this would be cost effective and beneficial for the company.

2) Explain the advantage and disadvantages to switching to a JIT system, and why this would or would not be the best system for this company and its products at this time. What are other considerations that might adversely influence the decision to transition to a JIT system?

3) Given that the JIT system is chosen, in what way will the supplier relationships change or improve? How should the company now work with their suppliers?

4) [Safety stock is held as a buffer to protect against shortages that may arise owing to uncertainties in demand, lead time, and supply. Improving forecast accuracy to reduce uncertainties in demand, reducing replenishment lead time, and working with more reliable suppliers are some of the approaches to reduce safety stock levels.] What risks would the company run up against if no safety stocks are present and how can they compensate for these risks if they choose the JIT system?

5) Distinguish between recycling, remanufacturing and refurbishing. Give an example of how this company may use each, and which (any, all, or none) of these would be effective with the tablet product.

Respond in detail to the questions and make recommendations in a 5-8 page summary. Cite sources and provide a reference page as appropriate.

You are a partner at a major consulting firm that has won a competitive bid to provide Logistics consulting services to a large, world-class maker of cellular phones, tablets, and laptops. This client is the market leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing, of their tablet products. However, technological advancements and competitive pressure in the tablet market have combined to compel the client to continue to innovate, and to do so quickly, to ensure that they are not left behind. A major concern is that the client has stockpiled an enormous quantity of tablets that are no longer in demand.

Sales are now lower than expected, and client senior management has decided to to switch their product to state-of-the-art hardware and digital technology and equally importantly, to move to a JIT manufacturing model until the client is certain that the new tablet will be competitive and can enter the worldwide market. In your Logistics consulting role for the company, you are required to:

1) Recommend a way to reduce inventory. Our class readings share several ways that inventory can be reduced. Choose the best one and explain why this would be cost effective and beneficial for the company.

2) Explain the advantage and disadvantages to switching to a JIT system, and why this would or would not be the best system for this company and its products at this time. What are other considerations that might adversely influence the decision to transition to a JIT system?

3) Given that the JIT system is chosen, in what way will the supplier relationships change or improve? How should the company now work with their suppliers?

4) [Safety stock is held as a buffer to protect against shortages that may arise owing to uncertainties in demand, lead time, and supply. Improving forecast accuracy to reduce uncertainties in demand, reducing replenishment lead time, and working with more reliable suppliers are some of the approaches to reduce safety stock levels.] What risks would the company run up against if no safety stocks are present and how can they compensate for these risks if they choose the JIT system?

5) Distinguish between recycling, remanufacturing and refurbishing. Give an example of how this company may use each, and which (any, all, or none) of these would be effective with the tablet product.

Respond in detail to the questions and make recommendations in a 5-8 page summary. Cite sources and provide a reference page as appropriate.

Last year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission declared open season on wild iguanas, making it legal for any resident to kill wild iguanas on sight. Wild iguanas are an invasive species, thought to be descended from escaped pets, and demonstrably benefitting from global warming. They are responsible for millions of dollars of roof, plumbing and home damage in the state, and push out native species. However, PETA has spoken out against the agency for “taking a stopgap measure that doesn’t mandate or explain humane methods of killing.” PETA notes that untrained members of the public, including children, are ill-equipped to slaughter iguanas in a manner that causes instant death, and argues that the state should revoke the call to kill immediately.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/07/02/iguanas-spread-florida-climate-warms-theyre-menace/?utm_term=.9d0bea0beb6e (Links to an external site.)

PETA opposes speciesism, which they define as “the misguided belief that one species is more important than another. Humans use speciesism to try to justify every kind of cruelty imaginable. It is speciesist to treat one animal’s life as more valuable than another’s. All animals deserve equal consideration, regardless of humans’ opinions of them.”

The essay should answer the following questions:

What solution to the iguana problem would be consistent with Elizabeth Andersons’ ethics, and why?
Does Anderson agree with PETA’s philosophical claims? Why or why not? Try to reconstruct her argument as carefully as possible.

Last year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission declared open season on wild iguanas, making it legal for any resident to kill wild iguanas on sight. Wild iguanas are an invasive species, thought to be descended from escaped pets, and demonstrably benefitting from global warming. They are responsible for millions of dollars of roof, plumbing and home damage in the state, and push out native species. However, PETA has spoken out against the agency for “taking a stopgap measure that doesn’t mandate or explain humane methods of killing.” PETA notes that untrained members of the public, including children, are ill-equipped to slaughter iguanas in a manner that causes instant death, and argues that the state should revoke the call to kill immediately.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/07/02/iguanas-spread-florida-climate-warms-theyre-menace/?utm_term=.9d0bea0beb6e (Links to an external site.)

PETA opposes speciesism, which they define as “the misguided belief that one species is more important than another. Humans use speciesism to try to justify every kind of cruelty imaginable. It is speciesist to treat one animal’s life as more valuable than another’s. All animals deserve equal consideration, regardless of humans’ opinions of them.”

The essay should answer the following questions:

What solution to the iguana problem would be consistent with Elizabeth Andersons’ ethics, and why?
Does Anderson agree with PETA’s philosophical claims? Why or why not? Try to reconstruct her argument as carefully as possible.

Rationale for Assessment:
This assessment tests the depth of your insights, knowledge and understanding, and skills in order to achieve learning outcome 4 – analyse the dimensions of leadership and their relationship to change, and the challenges inherent in implementing change; and learning outcome 5 – evaluate the methods of measuring the progress and success of change programmes.

Assessment Two Guideline and Tasks
This is an individual research-based written assignment.
You will make good level of references to relevant theories and how these theories have been translated into practice by organisations. You will support your discussion with at least one (1) example for each of the questions asked below.

These questions will help you to submit a Critical Review Paper on learning covered in learning outcomes 4 and 5 of this course/paper.

This assessment is composed of Two (2) different sections.

Show critical thinking, analytical thinking and higher order and associative thinking in your submission by responding to each question in each section. These questions are a guideline as to how proceed with each section and show an extensive coverage of the related learning outcomes.

Required format for each section of the assessment is as follows:
– Section Title (on a fresh page)
– Responses to questions (shown below) with correct sub-headings to facilitate your presentation of each section of your assessment into a coherent whole.
– References in accurate APA style (on a fresh page)
Refer to Marking Criteria attached at the end of this assessment to aid you in the completion of your work.

APA referencing must be consistently accurate.

Your submitted assessment work must demonstrate the following level 7 standards:
 Specialised technical or theoretical knowledge with depth in one or more fields of work or study
 Analyse, generate solutions to unfamiliar and sometimes complex problems
 Select, adapt and apply a range of processes relevant to the field of work or study
 Advanced generic skills and/or specialist knowledge and skills in a professional context or field of study

Rationale for Assessment:
This assessment tests the depth of your insights, knowledge and understanding, and skills in order to achieve learning outcome 4 – analyse the dimensions of leadership and their relationship to change, and the challenges inherent in implementing change; and learning outcome 5 – evaluate the methods of measuring the progress and success of change programmes.

Assessment Two Guideline and Tasks
This is an individual research-based written assignment.
You will make good level of references to relevant theories and how these theories have been translated into practice by organisations. You will support your discussion with at least one (1) example for each of the questions asked below.

These questions will help you to submit a Critical Review Paper on learning covered in learning outcomes 4 and 5 of this course/paper.

This assessment is composed of Two (2) different sections.

Show critical thinking, analytical thinking and higher order and associative thinking in your submission by responding to each question in each section. These questions are a guideline as to how proceed with each section and show an extensive coverage of the related learning outcomes.

Required format for each section of the assessment is as follows:
– Section Title (on a fresh page)
– Responses to questions (shown below) with correct sub-headings to facilitate your presentation of each section of your assessment into a coherent whole.
– References in accurate APA style (on a fresh page)
Refer to Marking Criteria attached at the end of this assessment to aid you in the completion of your work.

APA referencing must be consistently accurate.

Your submitted assessment work must demonstrate the following level 7 standards:
 Specialised technical or theoretical knowledge with depth in one or more fields of work or study
 Analyse, generate solutions to unfamiliar and sometimes complex problems
 Select, adapt and apply a range of processes relevant to the field of work or study
 Advanced generic skills and/or specialist knowledge and skills in a professional context or field of study

Procedure. Who are the parties? Who brought the action? In what court did the case originate? Who won at the trial-court level? What is the appellate history of the case?
Facts. What are the relevant facts as recited by this court? What were the parties’ arguments?
Issues. What are the precise issues being litigated, as stated by the court? This section should not include an analysis of the issue, but only state the legal question the court was required to decide. E.g. “The United States Supreme Court considered whether an Oklahoma state law requiring mandatory sterilization of thrice-convicted felons violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.”
Holding. What is the court’s precise holding (decision)? (The holding should “answer” the question presented in the “Issue.”) What was the court’s specific rationale for that decision?
Analysis & Implications: Are there any facts that you would like to know but that are not revealed in the opinion? Do you agree with the way the court framed the issues? Do you agree with the Court’s rationale? What does the case mean for healthcare today? What were its implications when the decision was announced? How should healthcare administrators prepare to deal with these implications? What would be different today if the case had been decided differently?

Procedure. Who are the parties? Who brought the action? In what court did the case originate? Who won at the trial-court level? What is the appellate history of the case?
Facts. What are the relevant facts as recited by this court? What were the parties’ arguments?
Issues. What are the precise issues being litigated, as stated by the court? This section should not include an analysis of the issue, but only state the legal question the court was required to decide. E.g. “The United States Supreme Court considered whether an Oklahoma state law requiring mandatory sterilization of thrice-convicted felons violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.”
Holding. What is the court’s precise holding (decision)? (The holding should “answer” the question presented in the “Issue.”) What was the court’s specific rationale for that decision?
Analysis & Implications: Are there any facts that you would like to know but that are not revealed in the opinion? Do you agree with the way the court framed the issues? Do you agree with the Court’s rationale? What does the case mean for healthcare today? What were its implications when the decision was announced? How should healthcare administrators prepare to deal with these implications? What would be different today if the case had been decided differently?