.... line. Three workers hand assemble components in a plastic case. The time cycle takes 92 seconds to produce one completed tape recorder. Working with three independent Robotic Companies, we have put together an analysis that shows that the same job could be preformed by three robots in a time cycle of 38 seconds per each tape recorder assembled. This would increase our production of the product by approximately 140 % in the same time frame that we are currently operating. The analysis shows that the operation will take three robots to do the required task in the shortest amount of time. The whole work cell will be designed so that the assembly .....

.... put options give the investor the right to sell the underlying security at X. However only America options can be exercised at any time during the life of the option if the holder sees fit while European options can only be exercised at the expiration rate, and this is the reason why American put options are normally valued higher than European options. Nonetheless it has been proved by academics that it is impossible to derive an analytical formula for valuing American put options and the reason why will be discussed in this paper as well as some main suggested techniques that are used to value them. According to Hull, exercising an American put option on a .....

.... a choice on whether or not they wish to invest their own Social Security funds in a high-yield bank account, or the stock market. Right now, the average American has withdrawn all he has put into Social Security within 7 years of retirement. This forces the everyday worker to support those currently on Social Security with his payments. Whoever is still in the work force should be given the opportunity to do with their money as they see fit. If someone feels that they are unable to invest wisely in the stock market, there are other options available. For instance, and perhaps the simplest, is to invest the funds into a money-market account, which will on a .....

.... Capitalism gained serious opposition. Abusive child labor, long working hours, and dangerous and unhealthy workplaces were common. These conditions led German political philosopher, Karl Marx, to produce his massive indictment of the capitalist system. In the late 19th century, as capitalism became a dominant economic system, opposition arose as a response to its tendency toward corporate control of manufacturing. This brought about fear of monopolies or trusts that could control an entire industry. For most of the 20th century, opposing forms of economic systems arose as a response to capitalism. These systems included Marxist-based Communism and the Nazi s .....

.... a $400 million purchase of eight F/A-18s made by Boeing. This caused the Pentagon to give the planes to the Marine Corps, which mean they will be paid for by taxpayers. The crisis has caused the developing world’s biggest arms buyers to delay or cancel big weapons purchases from the US (the world’s #1 arms exporter) and Asian Airlines have canceled jet orders. This will hurt companies like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Systems and Boeing. The US trade deficit surged to a record $16.8 billion in August and now overseas sales of American farm products hit their lowest point in more than four years. The cause of all of this is too much borrowed money and too muc .....

.... as easy to gain as it sounds. When we talk about success, we refer to specific events, qualities, and inheritances, but do not take into consideration the things that made these items of success obtainable. Success is a personal trait. It is a great thing to experience, but it will not mean anything to a person if he or she did not work for it. For example, why do people feel relieved right after a final exam is taken? It is not only because the semester is over and that the class will never have to be taken again, but people feel relieved because each person knows that he or she worked hard throughout the semester: staying up late, completing assignment .....

.... brand, it will help people make Coke a more frequent choice for those 64 ounces. The part of this Annual Report that I personally wanted to attack was the lack of sales in Canada and Coca-Cola's goals in improving them. Being native of Canada and a big Coke fan, I know that Coke has struggled in my homeland for several years. M. Douglas Ivester answered my concern by stating that Coke allowed the retail prices of their products to out pace their value in the eyes of our consumers. Since 1994-1995, Canada's unit per case volume increased 4%. Coke is expecting an even greater increase in 1996 because their Canadian bottler signed with two major .....

.... exchange of goods, services, and assets, an international monetary system is needed to facilitate economic transactions. To be effective in facilitating movement in goods, services, and assets, a monetary system most importantly requires an efficient balance of payments adjustment mechanism so that deficits and surpluses are not prolonged but are eliminated with relative ease in a reasonably short time period. The Asian crisis of recent falls into this category of inefficient balance of payments facilitated by depreciation of its currency. By competitively depreciating its currencies, Asia is exporting its deflation, its overcapacity and its lack of growth .....