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James Madison and "The Business of May Next" (B)
Cross, Tom; Newell, Terry; Rice, PeterCaso DARDEN-OB-0969-ELiderazgo y Dirección de personasOn May 30, 1787, the second day of the Convention held in the Pennsylvania State House, six states voted “aye” and one “nay” to the proposal to establish “a national Government … consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.” In that moment, delegates who had gathered merely to revise the Articles of Confederation agreed to abolish it. In that moment, James Madison earned the title of Father of the Constitution, although he had no...Desde 5,74 €
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Financial Impact of Nuclear Power Plants: FirstEnergy and Davis-Besse
Allen, Brandt R.; Simko, Paul J.; Cross, TomCaso DARDEN-C-2232-EContabilidad y controlIn March 2002, during a scheduled refueling outage, workers at FirstEnergy's Davis-Besse nuclear power plant found a football-sized hole in the reactor head caused by boric acid corrosion. Redundant shielding prevented any radiation leakage, but FirstEnergy projected the outage would last two to three months and cost from $15 million to $30 million. Instead, the outage lasted 26 months and cost $588.9 million. Students will learn the financial i...Desde 8,20 €
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The F/A-18 F404 Engine: Getting Lean (A)
Brownlee, E. Richard II; Cross, Tom; Osterhoudt, Robert; Jaynes, C. J.; Pottinger, JeffCaso DARDEN-C-2268-EContabilidad y controlThe U.S. Navy Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Depot (AIMD) Lemoore Power Plants Division (F404 engine maintenance) was a real mess. Not-Ready-For-Issue parts were everywhere. Division thru-put was poor, there were 30 F/A-18 aircraft with bare firewalls (no engines), the maintenance crews were working 12-hour days, manning was at 61% of authorized levels, reenlistment rates were an abysmal 50%, and crew morale was lousy. The Officer-in-Charge of...Desde 8,20 €
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VIRGINIA-Class Submarine: Two for Four in 2012 (A)
Cross, Tom; Pottinger, JeffCaso DARDEN-OM-1384-EServicios y operacionesThe VIRGINIA-class submarine was one of the largest naval-acquisition projects in history, involving the construction of 30 submarines at an acquisition cost of $93 billion. By FY05, the VIRGINIA-class program was in its 10th year. Construction had begun on seven submarines. Unit costs were running 41% over the base-line budget, and production goals were not being met. Ship construction budget limits necessitated a 20% unit-cost reduction, an unp...Desde 8,20 €
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VIRGINIA-Class Submarine: Two for Four in 2012 (B)
Cross, Tom; Pottinger, JeffCaso DARDEN-OM-1385-EServicios y operacionesThe VIRGINIA-class submarine was one of the largest naval-acquisition projects in history, involving the construction of 30 submarines at an acquisition cost of $93 billion. By FY05, the VIRGINIA-class program was in its 10th year. Construction had begun on seven submarines. Unit costs were running 41% over the base-line budget, and production goals were not being met. Ship construction budget limits necessitated a 20% unit-cost reduction, an unp...Desde 5,74 €
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Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle
Cross, TomCaso DARDEN-OM-1375-EServicios y operacionesSoldiers in Iraq are dying in increasing numbers from improvised explosive devices planted in roads by insurgents. Up-armored Humvees offer little to no protection. Specialty vehicles with v-shaped bottoms to deflect blasts had been developed in South Africa and Rhodesia in the 1970s.The MRAP Vehicle Joint Program Office's mission is to procure up to 20,000 of these commercial off-the-shelf vehicles and get them to Iraq within 30 months. Yet U.S....Desde 8,20 €