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1.panyDescription
●AceCorporation
ThisisAceCorporation.
Itwasestablishedin1920,morethan75yearsago.
Acemanufacturessportingequipmentsuchastennisrackets,tennisballsandfishingrods.(Aceisasportinggoodsmanufacturer.)
It’sawell-managedpany,anditsproductsarewellmade.
ItsheadofficeisinNewYork.ItalsohasanofficeinLosAngeles.
(ItsmainofficeisinNewYork,andthereisanotherofficeinL.A..)
Acehastwofactories.
ItsmainfactoryisinChicago.TheotherfactoryisinMiami.
Itsheadofficehas300employees.TheL.A.officeemploysaround50.
(ItsheadofficeinNewYorkemploys300workers,andtheL.A.officehasastaffofaround50employees.)
5,000peopleareemployedintheChicagofactory,andanother1,150workintheMiamifactory.(5,000peopleworkintheChicagofactory.)
Ace’smaincustomersaregeneralconsumers.
Itsproductsarealsosoldtoschoolsandotherorganizations.
Inrecentyearsthepanyhasdonewell.
Salesandprofitshavebothincreased.
ItsmainpetitorsareforeignpaniesfromEuropeandAsia.
Becauseofitshighqualityproductshowever,Acehasbeensuccessful.
●UnitedIndustries
ThisisUnitedIndustries,anAmericanpany.
(UnitedIndustriesisanAmericanpany.)
Itsmainproductsarerocketengines,satellitesandaircraftparts.
(Itmanufacturesadvancedproductssuchasrocketengines,satellitesandaircraftparts.)
Unitedwasestablishedin1960byasmallgroupofengineers.
(Asmallgroupofengineersstartedthepanyin1960.)
Atthattimeitmaderocketenginesforotherpanies.
In1965itstartedtomakeaircraftparts,includingsmalljetengines.
SincethenithasopenedupnewfactoriesandofficesinEuropeandAsia.
United’sheadofficeandmainfactoryisinSeattlewhereitemploysmorethan15,000workers.
(UnitedisbasedinSeattle,Washington,whereitsmainfactoryislocated.)
ItalsohasofficesinEurope,Asiaandotherlocationsaroundtheworld.
Therearethreefactories.
ThemainoneisinSeattle,anotherisinMontreal,andthethirdisinLondon.
Unitedemploysbetween20~25,000people.
(Unitedisalargepany,employingalmost25,000people.)
2,000employeesworkintheLondonfactory.
InMontreal,thepanyhas5,000employees,includingpart-timeworkers.
ThetwofactoriesoutsidetheUSemployatotalofaround7,000workers.
Inrecentyearsthepanyhasdonewell.
Salesandprofitshavebothincreased.
Unitedsellsitsproductstomanydifferentcountries.
Somepeopledon’tlikeUnitedbecausesomeofitsproductsareusedformilitarypurposes.
Unfortunately,thesekingsofproductsareusedtoooften.
2.WorkExperience
●JeanNielsen
ThisisJeanNielsen.
JeangraduatedfromColumbiaUniversityin1981.Shemajoredineconomics.
In1983shegotajobwithFederalMotors.
(Twoyearslater,in1983,JeanwashiredbyFederalMotors.)
JeanworkedinPersonnelatFederalMotorsfor7years,until1990.
SheleftFederalMotorsin1990andgotajobwithIBX.
(In1990shequitherjobatFederalMotorsandjoinedIBX.)
JeanquitherjobatFederalMotorsbecauseshewantedamoreinterestingjob.Shewasalsoofferedahighersalary.
AtIBXshewashiredasaPersonnelManagerinoneoftheirfactories.
AsPersonnelManagershehasmanyresponsibilities.
Jeanisinchargeofinterviewingandhiringnewemployees.
Shealsomanagesthepany’semployeetrainingprograms.
Inherjob,shealsoneedsgoodmunicationskills.
Jeanhasexcellentmunicationskills,soshehasdoneverywellatIBX.
Jeanhasworked/beenatIBXsince1990.
JeanlikesherjobandisplanningtostayatIBXforalongtime.
Atbeginningof1990,JeanNielsenwasanassistantmanager.
WhenJeanleftthepanyattheendof1990,shewasreplacedbySteveGomez.
Steve’soldpositionwasfilledbyBillLee.
BillLeetransferredintoPersonnelfromSales.
●TomJones
ThisisTomJones.
TomisagraduateofStanfordUniversity.
Hegraduatedin1988withadegreeinmathematics.
TomgotajobwithFederalMotorsrightaftergraduation.
(TomwashiredbyFederalMotorsrightaftergraduatingfromStanford.)
TomhasworkedintheR&DDepartmentsincehejoinedthepanyin1988.
(Sincehejoinedpanyin1988,TomhasworkedinResearchandDevelopment.)
Tomisresponsiblefordesigningnewautomobileponents.
(Forthepastfewyears,Tomhasbeendesigningautoponents.)
Tomenjoyshisworkandoftenworkslateattheoffice.
Heishopingtobepromotedinthenextyearortwo.
TomhasbeenwithFederalMotorsformorethan10years.
Hehasworkedveryhard,andhehasanexcellentworkrecord.
Tomisresponsibletohisboss,JimNielsen.
JimNielsenhasbeenTom’sbosssince1990.
JimstartedworkingatFederalMotors3yearsbeforeTomjoinedthepany.
Inthefuture,TomJoneswillprobablybepromoted.
●FederalMotors
ThereweremanyimportantchangesatFederalMotorsin1990.
InPersonnel,JeanNielsenwasanassistantmanageratthebeginningoftheyear.
Attheendoftheyear,JeanleftFederalMotorsandjoinedIBX.
Jean’spositionwasfilledbySteveGomez,whojoinedthepanyin1987.
IntheProductionDivision,1990wasnotagoodyear.
Inthefactory,theworkforcewascutbymorethan10%.
Atthebeginningoftheyear,therewere2,000workersinthefactory.
Attheendoftheyear,therewere1,750workersinthefactory.
TherewerealsosomeimportantchangesintheSalesDepartment.
DaveJackson,theSalesManager,wasfiredbecauseofadrinkingproblem.
Hemissedmeetingsandoftencametoworklate.
HewasreplacedbySoniaScott,whojoinedthepanyfromoutside.
EdSmithwastransferredtoSalesfromEngineeringtoassistMs.Scott.
TherewerealsochangesintheR&Ddepartment.
JimNielsenwaspromotedtoGeneralManager.
3.ManufacturingandTrade
●YR1Robot
ThisistheYR1.TheYR1isanindustrialrobot.
(ThisistheYR1,anindustrialrobot.)
Industrialrobotshavemanyuses.
Thiskindofrobotisusuallyusedforhighprecisionassemblyormetalwork.
TheYR1ismadebyaJapanesepany,YamashitaLtd.
YamashitaislocatedinTokyo,Japan.
(ThefirstYR1wasmadeinJapanin1997.TheYR1wasdevelopedbyYamashitaLtd,aJapanesepany.)
YR1isusedonassemblylines,suchasthisoneatFederalMotors.
FederalMotorsmakescars.(FederalMotorsmanufacturescars.)
TheYR1isusedforweldingcarsontheassemblyline.
(AtFederalMotors,theYR1robotisusedforweldingcars.)
ManyYR1robotshavebeensoldtotheautomobileindustry.
(FederalMotorsisanautomobilepany.itmakesmanykindsofmotorvehicles,suchascars,trucksandvans.ThisisoneoftheassemblylinesatFederalMotors,anautomobilepanylocatedintheUnitedStates.)
In1997,15unitswereboughtbyFederalMotors.
Thoseunitsarenowbeingusedtodotheworkthat60workersusedtodo.
Therobotsworkfasterthanhumanworkersandtheymakefewermistakes.
Theautomobileindustryhasboughtmanyindustrialrobots,suchastheYR1.
In1997,5,000YR1weremadebyYamashita.
Ofthose5,000robots,50%weresoldinJapan.
25%weresoldintheUS.10%weresoldinEurope.
(50%ofthe5,000robotsthatweremadein1997weresoldinJapan.25%wereexportedtotheUS.10%weresoldinEurope.Therestwereexportedtoothermarketsaroundtheworld.)
In1997,50%oftheYR1smanufacturedbyYamashitawereexportedtoothercountries.
Therestweresoldinthehighlypetitivedomesticmarket.
Inthepastfewyears,worldwidesalesoftheYR1andotherrobotshaverapidlyincreased.
Iffreetradecontinues,Yamashita’sfuturelooksgood.
●OA-Xputer
ThisistheOA-X.TheOA-Xisaputer.
(ThisistheOA-X,itisaputerdesignedtoincreaseefficiency.)
Iteswithlotsofusefulsoftware.
Ithasmanyuses.
(Itiseasytouseandithasavarietyofuses.)
Someofitsusesincludewordprocessing,municationsandspreadsheets.
ThisisAceLtd,asportinggoodspany,locatedintheUSA.
AceisoneofthepanieswhichboughtOA-Xputersin1998.
AtAce,theOA-Xisusedforwordprocessing,municationsandspreadsheets.
AceisusingtheOA-Xtocutcostsandimproveofficeefficiency.
AdvancedTechnologiesisthemakeroftheOA-Xputer.
(TheOA-XismanufacturedandsoldbyAdvancedTechnologiesIncorporated.)
(TheOA-XismadebyAdvancedTechnologies.)
TheOA-XputerisanAmericanproduct.
(TheOA-XputerisanAmericanproduct,thoughmanyofitsponentpartsareimported.)
AdvancedTechnologiesislocatedinCalifornia,nearSanFrancisco.
(AdvancedTechnologiesisbasedinCalifornia,justsouthofSanFrancisco.)
Thepanyhasanexcellentreputation.
(Thepanyhasanoutstandingreputationforquality.)
Inrecentyearshowever,itssaleshavesufferedbecauseofstrongpetitionfromJapan.
Ithasexcellentproductsandpetitiveprices.
(Ithasahighlytrainedworkforceanditusesthelatesttechnologyinthemanufacturingprocess.)
Italsoprovidesoutstandingcustomersupport.
Asaresult,itsproductsarehighlyrated.
In1998,AdvancedTechnologiessold10,000units.
(WorldwidesalesoftheOA-Xtotaled10,000unitsin1998.)
Thesellingpriceforeachunitwasabout2,000dollars.
Salesweregoodinthemajorinternationalmarkets,howeverinJapan,saleswerepoor.
75%oftheunitsmadein1998weresoldintheUnitedStates.
10%weresoldinCanadaandanother10%weresoldinEurope.
Only2%ofthemweresoldinJapan.
TheAmericansplained,theysaiditwasunfair.
(TheAmericansaidthatthiswasbecausetheJapanesemarketswereclosed.)
TheJapanesesaiditwastheAmerican’sfault.
(TheJapanesesaidthattheOA-XwaspoorlydesignedfortheJapaneseuser.Theysaidtheirmarketwasopen.)
Withoutmorefacts,it
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