Wireless Technology in LAN and WAN Applications

Read the articles below describing Wireless gaming:

Creating 2D Action Games with the Game API, retrieved from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/index-155530.html
Getting Started With the MIDP 2.0 Game API, retrieved from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/javame/gameapi-155513.html

Submit a 2- to 3-page paper which describes your experiences and reaction to the Game API application. Include screen shots of your work.

Alternative Assignment

Please locate the following book from the Trident Online Library. Look for the chapter(s) that you are interested in, and write a report on what you have learned, why it is interests you, and why it is important.

Skinner, C. (2014). Digital bank: Strategies to launch or become a digital bank. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish International [Asia] Pte Ltd.

SLP Assignment Expectations

The following items will be assessed in particular:

1. A well-written report with a thorough description of your experiences and a strong argument for your reaction.
2. Your demonstrated effort in this assignment.

• Decision-Making Table For this assignment, you will apply analytical reasoning and identify strategies for self-assessment to reconsider your decision-making patterns. You will need to complete a table with four columns to complete this task.
• In the first column, you will provide two personal examples where you acted in accordance with one or more of the patterns of irrational or unethical decision-making.
• In the second column, you will identify which pattern(s) of irrational or unethical decision-making applies to your situations.
• In the third column, you will identify any characteristics of egocentrism or sociocentrism, as well as any pathological tendencies of mind, involved in your thought process.
• Finally, in the fourth column, share how you could have applied the keys to sound decision-making to approach the situation more rationally.

I have attached a copy of the table template with an example.

In this exercise, you will learn how to create a current state value stream map for CK&N, Inc., a peanut butter and jelly sandwich factory. Based on the Lean Enterprise Institutes philosophy, “Whenever there is a product for a customer, there is a value stream. The challenge lies in seeing it,” CK&N wanted to map their current value stream so that they could make improvements to it as necessary in the future. You and your team are tasked with following the steps below to create the CK&N peanut butter sandwhich process.

Step 1: Calculate takt time in seconds. Don’t proceed until this step is done. Use the following formula to calculate Takt time for your process:

(Available Minutes for Production – Minutes for breaks, meetings, etc./ Required Units of Production)*60 = Takt Time

In our example, we have a daily demand of 700 pieces with the following arrangement.

• Hours per shift: 8
• Break minutes per shift: 30
• Shifts per day: 1
• Days per week: 5

The takt time will tell you how many seconds it will take to produce a completed PB&J sandwhich. Takt Time = _________s.

Step 2: Have a big piece of paper, pencils and erasers ready. You can use software to draw your VSM, however, it is recommended that you always draw the map on paper first. An 11”x17” paper will work best for this exercise.

Step 3: Walk the process front to back. Quickly walk the process with your team in order to understand the general flow. It’s important to also define the start and stop point of the process. Don’t attempt to take on too much. Remember, we eat an elephant one bite at a time.

Step 4: Draw in the customer box / details. In the top right hand side of the paper we draw the little saw topped box representing our customer.

We also note their monthly and/or daily demand along with the takt time as calculated in step 1. Click here to see what this looks like.

Step 5: Go to the end! Next, we start at the END of the process and begin drawing the map back to front. And don’t forget about that eraser. You will need it. I recommend you nominate a scribe and have them draw the map for the team.

Another trick is to ask each person on the team to map it out so you can compare and consolidate when you get back to the room. Yet another trick is to have the team divide and conquer as you send some off to map the beginning section, some to the middle, and some to the end.

There are many ways to do this. Experiment and do what works best for your situation.

Step 6: Focus on the material flow first. Focus on the material flow side of things first (bottom portion of the map). This includes the process boxes and data boxes.

After studying the KB&R manufacturing process for an afternoon we learned that each process step is staffed with 1 operator. We also collected cycle time information at each step.

Process Steps

Peanut Butter Application: 1 operator : Cycle Time (C/T) = 25 secs.

Jelly Application: 1 operator: C/T = 30 secs.

Packaging: 1 operator: C/T = 42 secs.

Shipping

Click here to see what this looks like on a VSM.

Step 7: Add the Inventory/Wait Times. Once you have all the process and data boxes in, it’s time to add in inventory and/or waiting times. These are represented by little yellow triangles with an “I” in the middle. The “I” stands for inventory.

For inventory, we simply count the number of pieces in between the processes and note them under the triangle.

Inventory at each process step

The supplier sends 700 pieces daily. A Piece = 2 pieces of bread.

359 pieces are needed between the Peanut Butter Application and Jelly Application Stations.

486 pieces are needed between the Jelly Application and Packaging Station.

Click here to see how this looks on a VSM and then read the additional information below.

Additional Info

We also want to convert these pieces into days’ supply. To do this, divide the number of pieces by the average daily demand. The average daily demand is the customer demand, which we already know is 700.

So, if your average daily demand is 700 pieces and you count 359 pieces of inventory in between process step A and process step B you have .5 days’ supply (359/700) in between the two processes. We will note this number on our timeline (to be added in a future step).

NOTE: In a VSM, you don’t have to attempt to map every piece or part number! Choose one or two key components to start with. You can always add more to the map later.

In our example, we chose to simply count two pieces of bread as one subassembly since they move together down the production line.

Also, we are not accounting for the peanut butter and jelly “raw material” at this point since CK&N’s expert supply chain team negotiated a killer consignment stock deal with Sam’s Club so this inventory is quite low on the line.

During the study, we learned that, as one example, there were 486 sub-assemblies (972 pieces of bread) in between the jelly application and packaging stations. This equates to 0.69 days’ supply (486 units / 700 daily demand).

Lastly, during the walk through of the process we noticed that each process step seemed to be working in isolation. In other words, the lady working at the peanut butter application seemed to produce as many units as she could and then pushed them along to the jelly application process.

This “push” process is found in just about every mass production process known to man kind. When we see this pushing action we note it on a VSM with a dashed line through the yellow inventory symbol.

Step 8: Draw in the Production Control box and information flow. In addition to learning about how material flows we also want to understand how information flows.

For example, If information is transmitted between processes electronically, we use a lightning bolt looking arrowed line to represent that information flow. If information is communicated manually between process steps, we use a straight arrowed line.

During this step we first draw in our production control box. Production control is responsible for setting the schedules for each process. In our example, we learned that Production Control schedules each process step in isolation. In other words, each work station gets its unique production schedule. We draw this using straight “manual” information lines to represent that the schedule information is manually given to each process step. The Production Control box I usually represented as a box with the letters “MRP” in it. In most mass production systems, we typically see several manual information (straight) lines coming out of the MRP box aimed straight at each process step box.

We also add in the information flow from our customers as well as to our suppliers. In our example, we learned that PB&J’s customer sends 30 days electronic forecasts as well as electronic daily orders. Conversely, PB&J sends its bread supplier an electronic weekly forecast. Click here to see examples of the Production Control box and the information flow between the process steps, the supplier and the customer.

Step 10: Add in the timeline. We can now add the timeline to the bottom of the value stream map. This saw tooth looking line helps us separate the value added cycle time (taken from data boxes) from the non value added time (days’ or hours’ supply info).

The last step in the process is to sum up all the “value-add” cycle times and note them at the end of the timeline. Likewise, we also sum up the “inventory” times, See information in the Added Info section above, and note that on the timeline.

In our example, the total value add cycle time sums to ___ seconds and the total non value add “inventory” time sums to _____ days. We call the total inventory time the production lead time (PLT).

To calculate the process cycle efficiency (PCE) we divide the value-add time (Total C/T) by the PLT (converted to seconds). What is the PCE? ____%.

Note : I have attached the rubric which will guide about the grading process for this assignment.

1. Define how InDesign is used in the field and describe five scenarios of when it would be used

Background

As we have learned in this course, InDesign is the industry standard for print layout and composition. It is used to create projects such as brochures, magazines, newspapers, advertisements, posters, books and more. InDesign is also capable of producing static websites, simple to complex animations, interactive forms, and digital publications. There are, in fact, graphic artists that utilize InDesign for just about everything they do. From print projects we are familiar with to web banners, interactive forms, and ePubs, many say, InDesign is one of the most powerful tools in the Creative Cloud.

Prompt

You have now had the opportunity to utilize InDesign to create several projects. Check out this list of mobile apps http://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/catalog/mobile.html (Links to an external site.), paying close attention to those that have InDesign as a companion software.

For your initial post, choose one of the mobile apps listed and describe what it does and how it integrates with InDesign. Then describe how you could bring the two together and what type of project it creates. Will this knowledge of InDesign’s power give you an advantage in obtaining work in this industry? Why or why not?

For your citation, you can find articles from experts that suggest how using InDesign with current Adobe Apps is changing the face of the graphic design industry today.

Your initial and reply posts should work to develop a group understanding of this topic. Challenge each other. Build on each other. Always be respectful but discuss this and figure it out together.

Reply Requirements

Per the Due Dates and Participation Requirements for this course, you must submit 1 main post of 150+ words, 1 citation, and reference, as well as 2 follow-up posts of 50+ words. Responses can be addressed to both your initial thread and other threads but must be your own words (no copy and paste), each reply unique (no repeating something you already said), and substantial in nature. Remember that part of the discussion grade is submitting on time (20%) and using proper grammar, spelling, etc. (20% per post).

Remember that part of the discussion grade is submitting on time and using proper grammar, spelling, etc. You’re training to be a professional—write like it.