Write 10 pages with APA style on PepsiCo Internal and External Analysis. PepsiCo Inc. was formed in the year 1965 after the original Pepsi-Cola Company merged with Frito-lay. The corporation has since then expanded to deal in a wider variety of beverage and food brands, which has seen a merger in 2001 with Quaker Oats in conjunction with acquisition of Tropicana of 1998. The corporation is centered in Purchase, New York and has major interests in the manufacture, together with the marketing and distribution, of beverages, snacks based on grain, and other products. Twenty-two of its product lines, by the start of 2012, had generated revenues of over one billion dollars each in over two hundred countries, which resulted in net revenue of over forty three billion dollars. The corporation is ranked second in the world while it is first in the American market, as the largest beverage and food business by net revenue.&nbsp.&nbsp.

product lines are inclusive of hundreds of brands that were approximated to have generated at least one hundred and eight billion dollars in annual sales (Aswathappa, 2012: p32). Twenty-one of PepsiCo brands fulfill the identifier of a main brand as standardized by the food and beverage industry, i.e., sales of over one billion dollars annually. These are Pepsi-Cola, Lay’s, Mountain Dew, Lipton teas, Doritos, 7Up, Tropicana, Gatorade, Aquafina, Ruffles, Mirinda, Cheetos, Quaker Foods, Walkers, Fritos, Sierra Mist, Tostitos, and Pepsi Max. The company’s worldwide operations have shifted over time resulting from global expansion. This saw the corporation separated in 2010 into four divisions: PepsiCo Africa, Middle East, and Asia, PepsiCo Europe, PepsiCo Americas Beverages, PepsiCo Americas Foods (Blythe, 2009: p41). PepsiCo employs approximately 285,000 employees across the world as by counts in 2010. PepsiCo Americas Foods is operational in North and South America and is segmented into Latin America Foods in Central and South America, Gamesa and Sabritas in Mexico, Quaker Foods and Snacks in North America, as well as Frito-Lay and PepsiCo Americas Foods in North America. PepsiCo Americas Beverages manufactures or licenses non-carbonated and carbonated drinks in South, Central, and North America. PepsiCo Europe makes up sixteen percent of PepsiCo’s net revenue and manufactures beverages and foods in Europe, as well as expanding into Russia in the year 2009 (Cherunilam, 2010: p50). PepsiCo Africa, Middle East, and Asia cover these regions and prefer to go about production by affiliate operations, joint ventures, contract manufacturing, and licensing, although it still owns some facilities for manufacturing and distribution in these regions.

You will prepare and submit a term paper on Ratio analysis. Your paper should be a minimum of 2500 words in length. The former is used to compare the performance of the firm within itself in terms of aspects such as improvement in management skills and finance handling. The latter is used to compare the performance of the firm within its industry of operation. Such comparisons will consider fundamental aspects of operations like profitability. In profitability, an increase or decrease is established and the causes of each including what can be done to stabilize profitability and grow it further. The liquidity of the firm is also quite fundamental as this would enable management know how to plan operations and sources of financing. Therefore, ratio analysis is used in the determination of trends as it strives to expose the strengths and weaknesses of the company. Ratios can be either favorable or unfavorable depending on whether the increase or decrease is in the desired direction (Dess 2012). For our analysis of Apple Incorporation’s financial statement of the year 2012 compared to that of the year 2011, we will categorize ratios into the following – Profitability Ratios. Liquidity ratios. Efficiency Ratios and Capital structure ratios. Profitability Ratios They measure the ability of the company to generate profits from their asset investments. Such ratios include- Gross Profit margin, which is the profit before expenses generated by sales as a percentage. There is the Net Profit margin which are the earnings before depreciation and tax generated by sales. Then there is the Return on Equity(ROE)/Net Worth/ Shareholders funds/ Investments(ROI), this is the ratio of the earnings after tax plus preference dividends contributed by share capital and reserves. The fourth ration in this category is the Return on total assets (ROTA) which indicates how much the Fixed and Current Assets of a company contributes to the Earnings before Interest and Tax (EBIT). Return on Capital Employed is the next, it indicates how equity and Fixed interest capital contributes to the EBIT, and finally we have the Operating Expenses Ratio indicating the percentage of sales consumed by the operating expenses. An increase in these ratios from the previous period is considered favorable while a decrease in the last ratio is considered favorable. The ratios as shown by the financial data by Apple incorporation between the years 2011 and 2012 financial statements are as shown in the table below. RATIO FORMULA YEAR 2012($ in Millions) YEAR 2011($ in Millions) 1. Gross Profit Margin = (Gross Profit/Sales)*100 (66,662/156,508)*100 = 43.87% (43,818/108,249)*100 = 40.48% 2. Net Profit Margin =(EBIT/Sales)*100 (55,241/156,508)*100 = 35.30% (34,790/108,249)*100 = 32.14% 3. ROE/ROI =(EAT+ Pref. dividends/Owner’s Equity)*100 (41,733/118,210)*100 = 35.30% (25,922/76,615)*100 = 33.83% 4. ROTA =(EBIT/Total Assets)*100 (55,241/176,064)*100 = 31.38% (34,790/116,371)*100 = 29.90% 5. ROCE =(EBIT/Total Capital Employed)*100 (55,241/118,210)*100 = 46.73% (34,790/76,615)*100 = 45.41% 6. Operating Expenses Ratio =(Operating Expenses/Sales)*100 (13,421/156,508)*100 = 80.58% (10,028/108,249)*100 = 9.26% As indicated by the profitability ratios, there was a general increase in profitability of Apple Inc between the year 2011 and 2012. The gross profit margin shows a rise from 40.48% in 2011 to 43.87% in 2012. Such an increase was because of the increase in. sales from 108,249 in 2011 to 156,508 in 2012. An increase of the net profit margin from 32.14% to 35.

I need help creating a thesis and an outline on Report on the analysis of the workplace behavior of Western Sydney. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. Therefore the promotion of Carlene is appropriate. This therefore means that Carlene has a duty of meeting the requirements of Western Sydney, which is something she has proven to be capable of right from her position at the middle rank. Although Western Sydney is the main revenue generator for the group, it is worthwhile for them to put Carlene there as the CEO since she has the qualities necessary to steer the company to meet the requirements they have. Her one-month work at Western Sydney was a good point to get her to familiarize herself with the work environment and make changes as and when necessary. Carlene’s identification of the stagnation and the traditionalist approach used by the Western Sydney was her justification for the alteration of the subsidiary’s strategy from a conservative one to a more profitable business model that will generate profits. This is therefore the impetus for the need to change certain structures in different departments of Western Sydney, including the Operations Department where it can be logically inferred that the Operations Manager is maintaining a very traditionalist and authoritative structure which supports the stagnation identified by Carlene. There is therefore the need for the MD to give Carlene all the necessary support to attain this to ensure that Western Sydney, the cash cow of the group remains productive into the future. In the confrontation between the Operations Manager and the junior staff member, Carlene was using the mild form of disciplinary action in organizations, counseling to try to assert the fact that the Operations Manager went too far by physically assaulting the junior staff member.

Write a 8 pages paper on the relationship between globalization and the state. Initially, globalization seemed to be supportive towards the economic and social development of states. however, through the years the actual role of globalization has been revealed. Globalization has been introduced for supporting the interests of specific groups of people, of rich, a mission that is aligned with the principles of neo-liberalism. The relationship between globalization and the state from a theoretical perspective is explained in this paper. Emphasis is given to neo-liberalism, a theory that it is closely related to globalization as analyzed below. The literature review developed for this study has revealed that globalization has contributed to the limitation of the state’s powers and this activity has been based on the rules of neo-liberalism. The chances for the states to recover their powers seem to be limited and they are depended on the ability of governments to control the expansion of neoliberalism worldwide. 2. Globalization and the state 2.1 Globalization as a concept Globalization has been described as a process ‘of double polarization, of cultural fragmentation and of formation of transnational networks’ (Friedman 2003, p.17). In its common form, globalization can be characterized as an unfair political and economic framework. R.Keohane and J.Nye claimed that globalization, as opposed to de-globalization, is the activity that aims to promote globalism (Westerfield and Abbink 2004, p.181). Globalism is a concept reflecting a world which is characterized by global networks established in countries with different cultural, political and economic characteristics (Westerfield and Abbink 2004). These networks aim to support the exchange of culture and the free movement of people, goods, and capital worldwide (Westerfield and Abbink 2004).

According to its supporters, globalization can highly benefit economies worldwide since it supports ‘trade liberalization, capital-labor mobility and exchange of information’ (Basu 2008, p.1). However, the relevant schemes are organized in such a way that finally poor and people of low income are excluded from any benefit (Basu 2008). In this context, it can be said that globalization addresses the interests of a specific social group, the rich. the latter are the main beneficiaries of globalization’s benefits (Basu 2008). A clear example of the above case is the following: under the influence of globalization, the concept of transnationalism has been promoted worldwide (Friedman 2003). Transnationalism is based on the elimination, or the limitation, of national identity and the creation of populations that represent different cultural and social ethics (Friedman 2003). However, such plans have led to the radical increase of violence worldwide (Friedman 2003), a fact that shows the inability of globalization to serve national interests and its close relation to personal interests, meaning the interests of groups of people. In other words, globalization is highly involved in activities that should be, normally, monitored and initiated by the state and not by global networks, i.e. groups of individuals who support the expansion of globalization. The relationship between globalization and the state is analytically explained in section 2.3.2 using the neo-liberalism approach. 2.

Hello, I am looking for someone to write an article on Automated Manufacturing Process and/or Systems. It needs to be at least 1750 words. A developed nation like Sweden doesn’t depend on labor intensive force when carrying out its engineering projects. It has invested massively in designing programmed machinery that work quicker and appropriately. The degree of freedom (DOF) of such equipment is multifaceted: translational, rotary, and angular. Invention and Creation of an Automated Manufacturing System Scientists, programmers and engineers came up together with an idea of automating manufacturing processes by integrating various systems. Two chief components were drawn in to create this system namely: the computer and the machine accessories. A simple automated manufacturing system consists of the following components: A computer structure (CAD system joined to a machine management/control set-up via a transmission BUS cables), servo-mechanical motors, data cables and working heads. This simple set up has changed the world completely and can work where humans are not able to operate. A good example is the recent Gulf of Mexico oil spill where special under-sea robots were sent to seal the bust duct. Following instructions and commands from a ship above the robots worked on damaged section of the rig. If it were not for the said machines, immense damage would have been meted on the ecosystem eventually affecting the whole globe. This is what is referred to as the power of automated engineering as it leaves anybody who comes across it taken aback. Operation and Control of an Automated Manufacturing Systems An article to be worked on by an automatic process doesn’t come into contact with humans once set. At advanced levels the setting is done by the machine itself with the help of robotic arms. The heart of an automated system is the computer unit. The computer system has three main sections as described above on the composition of a Computer Aided Manufacturing System (CAMS). Engineers come up with a design they want to create on the real physical object. Some designs are intricate and a conventional draughtsman is unable to handle. A higher level of intelligence is required for such a task. Using software that have been created for design purposes such as inventor, AutoCAD, mechanical desktop, solid works etcetera, a three or two dimensional object is generated. This item is saved in the memory of the computer system in softcopy version as a file. Additionally, programmers do the vital work of designing a step by step command system that is procedural as far as the works will be concerned. The programs can be altered to ensure best results are achieved. Besides, vector analysis and dimensional controls are considered in creation of a complete automated process. This is referred to as Vector/Dimensional Automation. The sole function of the computer design system is to relay coordinate commands information to the machine control section. A special BUS or jumper cable is used to pass this information between the two units. The servos are connected to the machine control output. Therefore, an input from the Computer Design System is interpreted and analyzed here for further processing. The process of digesting this information is aided by Programmable Logic Circuits (PLCs) (Hugh 2007). They are logical circuits that work on information sequentially. After examination, an output is dispatched to the servos for execution.