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Improving Supply Chain Efficiency Through New CMO Selection
No full textSupply chain optimization is a multifaceted challenge, particularly when addressing the complexities of geographical and logistical constraints in manufacturing and distribution networks. In this study, L\u27ANZA\u27s Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) relocation to Indiana is analyzed, aiming to streamline operations by reducing lead times and transportation costs. Given that operational structures can be characterized through various analytical approaches, the method by which data is aggregated and evaluated significantly influences the strategic decisions made. To circumvent potential discrepancies in decision-making, this research employs both conventional business analysis methods and advanced supply chain optimization models. This study involves a comparative evaluation of potential CMOs using both descriptive analysis and systematic ranking to determine the optimal partner for L\u27ANZA. The descriptive analysis elucidates the practicality of various logistical configurations, while the systematic ranking facilitates a comprehensive understanding of each CMO\u27s alignment with L\u27ANZA\u27s strategic objectives. This dual approach not only supports L\u27ANZA in making informed operational decisions but also offers a framework for similar enterprises facing geographical and logistical challenges in their supply chains
Serving Gender-Expansive Students in Catholic High Schools: Understanding the Perspectives of Catholic School Leaders
Get PDFWhile there are many calls to maintain Catholic values in National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) and (arch)diocesan standards for Catholic school leaders, there is still a lack of guidance on operationalized support for gender-expansive students. This lack of clarity hinders the ability of leaders of Catholic schools to support and accompany gender-expansive students in their schools. This lack of guidance results in unclear leadership, which can adversely affect the well-being of gender-expansive students in Catholic schools. This qualitative study explored the experiences of principals and presidents of Catholic high schools in the United States as they work with gender-expansive students and their families. It was conducted through semi-structured interviews of six principals and two presidents, who were asked questions about their practices working with gender-expansive students, the ways of proceeding they use or plan to use in these conversations, and the barriers they face to supporting these individuals institutionally. Findings revealed three themes: (a) cura personalis versus cura apostolica, (b) individualized approach versus institutional consistency, and (c) individual values and beliefs versus institutional values and beliefs. Findings suggested that individual school communities need to engage in thoughtful dialogue to define a way of proceeding. Overarching policies mandated from the top down will face barriers to implementation. At the same time, it is essential to proactively engage in the work of defining organizational values and beliefs when it comes to gender inclusivity. It is not enough to handle it on a case-by-case basis, relying on students and families to tell you what they need
On My Heart
Get PDFI never thought that when I would start traveling internationally that it would be alone I always imagined it with my family, but never did I imagine traveling to really interact with the communities either I always thought of traveling as leisure. I guess I could say this impression was not implemented when OI started traveling as I started to notice how I didn’t want to do touristy things and I really just wanted to be. To be there to be present to be aware and I think that is what I enjoyed the most about my trip to Costa Rica. I really enjoyed learning from the indigenous people and immersive myself not only in the culture and daily lives and practices. Just being able to build connections with people in the communities that we are visiting and learning more about their daily lives, what they are impacted by, and what is going on from the voices and perspectives of those living in the reality of the politics and news that we see from a screen. My most significant learning experience this far was learning about the demonstrations in Nicaragua and how that has affected the lives of those who have fled to Costa Rica as refugees. It was also really insightful to learn more about the Costa Rican government and be reassured that America is not the only place with significant issues regarding politics and economic policy/structure. I would like to think that my favorite moment from this trip was singing Natasha Bedingfield in the rain but that was just a small part of the light I was able to see in people that I share something with, being first generation. Our reflection sessions are something that I hold sacred and are a highlighted bonding moment that I have never experienced with any large group of people ever before. I am forever grateful for the experience, the good and the bad, as well as the perspective that has been awakened within me post-trip
Born to Die: Finding the Right to Healthcare in the History and Tradition of the Bill of Rights Amendments
Get PDFIn 2022, the Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protection in a single decision. This decision has resulted in inconsistent state action on abortion rights and has produced myriad unforeseen litigation throughout the country. Further, federal abortion protections are unlikely to be signed into law in the near future, leaving the future of abortion rights uncertain. Instead of proposing direct action designed to protect abortion rights, this Note proposes that the road to federal abortion protections first requires recognizing a constitutional right to healthcare. Specifically, this Note argues that a fundamental right to healthcare can be found by examining the history and tradition of the Fifth, Eighth, Fourth, First, and Third Amendments and their penumbra. Within the history and tradition of these amendments and the rights emanating from them is a longstanding tradition of protecting some aspect of an individual’s health. Recognizing an implied constitutional right to healthcare is essential to fully realize the individual rights of each amendment and will provide the foundation for protecting related rights, such as abortion
Affirmative Action’s Asian American Problem
Get PDFAsian American opponents of affirmative action have received both credit and blame for their pivotal role in toppling racial preferences in university admissions in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA). Allied conservatives highlighted evidence of discrimination against Asian American applicants as a compelling reason to dismantle affirmative action; liberals either denied this discrimination existed or tolerated it as an acceptable cost of helping other minority applicants. But largely unacknowledged is the precipitating history of the Supreme Court’s marginalization of Asian American applicants and its decades of tacit approval of their exclusion from affirmative action programs. This unwritten history is essential to understanding how the Court’s affirmative action decisions from Bakke to Fisher contributed to the eventual demise of racial preferences in admissions. As such, it is a chapter of Asian American and affirmative action history that needs telling.
This intertwined history also illuminates a path for improving diversity on college campuses in a post-affirmative action era: the consideration of volunteered immigration histories in the admissions process. Immigration histories are not limited by race or nationality and offer a more specific, nuanced, and personal window into the incredible diversity within each ethnic group than broad demographic categories. As a case in point, Asian Americans constitute a highly diverse demographic; yet under previous affirmative action programs, their diversity was largely invisibilized as they were lumped together as an overrepresented monolithic minority. Allowing applicants to reflect on their personal or family immigration histories would reveal diversity within other ethnicities as well, while abiding by SFFA’s newly articulated equality principles—equality of opportunity and equality of treatment across races
Demystifying Post Production Career Potential Post Grad
Get PDFThis paper chronicles various interviews conducted with post production professionals across a variety of career paths, in tandem with practical post production experience at the SFTV, Senior Thesis level. Through these interviews and practices, a career in post production can be further analyzed and understood
Why Be a TreeKeeper? Connecting Involvement to Volunteer Characteristics and Motivations
Get PDFDefinitions of involvement in the volunteer literature vary from the simple binary metric (volunteering or not) to frequency (how often) to metrics that use additive or statistical indices to capture concepts like duration, commitment, and satisfaction. In this paper, we examine the connections between several dimensions of volunteer involvement and the characteristics and motivations of volunteers. Who participates in volunteer urban forest stewardship? What motivates individuals to sign-up and then to continue volunteering? Does volunteers’ involvement vary with demographic factors or their motivations? We examine these questions using the results of an online survey of TreeKeepers, volunteer participants in an urban forestry training and stewardship program run by the Chicago-based nonprofit Openlands. The typical survey respondent was white, female, over 61 years old, working full time or retired, college-educated, with no kids at home, and grew up in neighborhoods with trees either in the suburbs or a city. Respondents reported a high sense of personal efficacy and volunteered with other groups outside of TreeKeepers, both environmental and non-environmental. Yet involvement in TreeKeepers may mean different things to different volunteers. We defined six dimensions of involvement: self-declared involvement, frequency (# events per year), recency of participation, breadth (# of types of activities), leadership of TreeKeeper events, and specific involvement in activities (planting, pruning, mulching, advocating, etc.). We found the frequency or recency of attendance at TreeKeeper-branded events incompletely captured involvement. Our results can be succinctly summarized as: Sign-up for the trees; continue for the community; intensify involvement because of the program structure. This study furthers the scholarship on urban greening volunteering and provides practical insights for those interested in engaging volunteers in urban forest stewardship
Land Protection and Habitat Restoration as Catalysts for Sustained Community Engagement at the Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild
Get PDFThe Roslindale Wetlands “Urban Wild,” a 10-acre forested wetland in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, is the backdrop for a compelling story of land preservation and habitat restoration as primary drivers for sustained community engagement. Originally identified for residential development, this patchwork of City and private land was long neglected and degraded by incompatible adjacent development and illegal dumping. In 2005, the community group Roslindale Wetlands Task Force (RWTF) was formed to start the long, gradual process of cleaning up and advocating for full preservation of the site. However, between 2019 and 2023, an alignment of several strategic joint planning ventures between the RWTF, the City of Boston, and Mass Audubon accelerated efforts and culminated in a giant leap forward. By 2023, the majority of the site was permanently protected and was ecologically restored through a $1 million City capital renovation investment. These milestone achievements, in turn, have recharged long-term community organizing and site stewardship efforts and contributed to a wider embrace of this nature park by Bostonians
Assessment of Miami-Dade County Environmentally Endangered Lands Located Within or Adjacent to Miami-Dade County Parks
Get PDFPublic interactions with urban forests can be a contentious issue and, in many cases, the protection of resources takes a backseat to stakeholders’ desire to use areas in ways that diminish the capability to manage resources and causes unintended consequences or direct impacts to sensitive resources. The assessment of impacts to sensitive forested areas located in parks was part of a Miami-Dade County legislative directive to provide enhanced guidelines for the protection of natural habitats. The assessment detailed historical and current issues at 18 environmental preserves located in or adjacent to the County’s park system and an implementation strategy for the County Mayor’s recommended “do no harm” framework that sensitive habitat comes first
When the Sun Rises
No full textA lonely, lovelorn butcher is tasked with caring for a sadistic drug dealer\u27s daughter