Using drones to drop off packages could be great for buyers, who might want to get certain items as fast as humanly possible. Back in 2013, when Amazon revealed plans to begin delivering packages via flying drones through Prime Air, some seemed skeptical about the reality of deploying such a system. Recently, Amazon doubled down on those claims by releasing information on one of its new drones in action, and it is seriously impressive. A new video presented by former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson (who is working on a show for Amazon), takes us through the entire process, from ordering, to warehouse launch, to delivery. The new drone looks a lot different from the one Amazon showed us a couple of years ago. This one has a more commercial and streamlined look, and instead of showing the package hanging in open air, the new drone hides the item in a square compartment. Just Google Amazon Prime Air Drone video with Jeremy Clarkson to see for yourself this amazing new drone that will dramatically impact the supply chain. According to Amazon, the drone reaches a height of about 400 feet in vertical mode and then switches to horizontal mode to travel up to 15 miles away from the warehouse. During the flight, the drone uses what Amazon calls “sense and avoid technology” to avoid collisions with other objects in its flight path. Toward the end of the video, the drone alights atop an Amazon logo in the yard of a consumer and spits out the package (in this case, shoes) and then takes off in a matter of seconds. The delivery process, which Amazon is careful to note is real and not a simulation, comes off seamlessly, making the prospect of drone deliveries seem like something that will be viable just a few months from now. However, despite the encouraging footage, Amazon is still holding off on announcing exactly when its drones will take to the skies. On the updated Prime Air page featuring the new flight footage, a message reads, “Putting Prime Air into service will take some time, but we will deploy when we have the regulatory support needed to realize our vision.” The FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Registration Task Force Aviation Rulemaking Committee is still hammering out rules for private and commercial drone use in U.S. air space, so Amazon’s lack of a specific launch timeline for Prime Air is understandable. But based on the video, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Prime Air might not be a mere marketing stunt but a real look at the future of Amazon deliveries. Retailers Racing to the Drone Games Wal-Mart recently applied to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse inventories, a sign it plans to go head-to-head with Amazon in using drones to fill and deliver online orders. Wal-Mart wants to start using drones in …… Required: 1. How will drones impact the supply chain? 2. Why are big retailers racing to be the first to market with drone home delivery? 3. How can a CRM system help communicate issues in the supply chain between customers and drones? 4. How could BPR help uncover issues in a company’s supply chain that uses drones? 5. What are the pros and cons of using a drone to deliver packages?
> Estimate how much the function f (x) = 1 / 1 + x2 will change if x decreases from 1 to .9.
> Consider the cost function C(x) = 6x2 + 14x + 18 (thousand dollars). (a) What is the marginal cost at production level x = 5? (b) Estimate the cost of raising the production level from x = 5 to x = 5.25. (c) Let R(x) = -x2 + 37x + 38 denote the revenue i
> Let f (x) be the value in dollars of one share of a company x days since the company went public. (a) Interpret the statements f (100) = 16 and f ‘(100) = .25. (b) Estimate the value of one share on the 101st day since the company went public.
> Let P(x) be the profit (in dollars) from manufacturing and selling x cars. Interpret P(100) = 90,000 and P’(100) = 1200. Estimate the profit from manufacturing and selling 99 cars.
> Let C(x) be the cost (in dollars) of manufacturing x items. Interpret the statements C(2000) = 50,000 and C’(2000) = 10. Estimate the cost of manufacturing 1998 items.
> Let f (x) be the number (in thousands) of computers sold when the price is x hundred dollars per computer. Interpret the statements f (12) = 60 and f ‘(12) = -2. Then, estimate the number of computers sold if the price is set at $1250 per computer.
> Let f (x) be the number of toys sold when x dollars are spent on advertising. Interpret the statements f (100,000) = 3,000,000 and f ‘(100,000) = 30.
> Sales Let f (p) be the number of cars sold when the price is p dollars per car. Interpret the statements f (10,000) = 200,000 and f ‘(10,000) = -3.
> Suppose that 5 mg of a drug is injected into the bloodstream. Let f (t) be the amount present in the bloodstream after t hours. Interpret f (3) = 2 and f ‘(3) = -.5. Estimate the number of milligrams of the drug in the bloodstream after 312 hours.
> Differentiate. y = 4/x2
> Let f (t) be the temperature of a cup of coffee t minutes after it has been poured. Interpret f (4) = 120 and f ‘(4) = -5. Estimate the temperature of the coffee after 4 minutes and 6 seconds, that is, after 4.1 minutes.
> If f (25) = 10 and f ‘(25) = -2, estimate each of the following. (a) f (27) (b) f (26) (c) f (25.25) (d) f (24) (e) f (23.5)
> If f (100) = 5000 and f ‘(100) = 10, estimate each of the following. (a) f (101) (b) f (100.5) (c) f (99) (d) f (98) (e) f (99.75)
> A car is traveling from New York to Boston and is partway between the two cities. Let s(t) be the distance from New York during the next minute. Match each behavior with the corresponding graph of s(t) in Fig. 7. (a) The car travels at a positive steady
> A particle is moving in a straight line in such a way that its position at time t (in seconds) is s(t) = t2 + 3t + 2 feet to the right of a reference point, for t ≥ 0. (a) What is the velocity of the object when the time is 6 seconds? (b) Is the object m
> Table 2 gives a car’s trip odometer reading (in miles) at 1 hour into a trip and at several nearby times. What is the average speed during the time interval from 1 to 1.05 hours? Estimate the speed at time 1 hour into the trip. Table 2
> Let s(t) be the height (in feet) after t seconds of a ball thrown straight up into the air. Match each question with the proper solution. Questions A. What is the velocity of the ball after 3 seconds? B. When is the velocity 3 feet per second? C. What is
> A helicopter is rising straight up in the air. Its distance from the ground t seconds after takeoff is s(t) feet, where s(t) = t2 + t. (a) How long will it take for the helicopter to rise 20 feet? (b) Find the velocity and the acceleration of the helicop
> A toy rocket fired straight up into the air has height s(t) = 160t - 16t2 feet after t seconds. (a) What is the rocket’s initial velocity (when t = 0)? (b) What is the velocity after 2 seconds? (c) What is the acceleration when t = 3? (d) At what time wi
> Refer to Fig. 6, where s(t) represents the position of a car moving in a straight line. (a) Was the car going faster at A or at B? (b) Is the velocity increasing or decreasing at B? What does this say about the acceleration at B? (c) What happened to the
> Differentiate. y = (x2 + x)-2
> Maximum height A toy rocket is fired straight up into the air. Let s(t) = -6t2 + 72t denote its position in feet after t seconds. (a) Find the velocity after t seconds. (b) Find the acceleration after t seconds. (c) When does the rocket reach its maximum
> Liquid is pouring into a large vat. After t hours, there are 5t + √t gallons in the vat. At what rate is the liquid flowing into the vat (in gallons per hour) when t = 4?
> An analysis of the daily output of a factory assembly line shows that about 60t + t2 – 1/12 t3 units are produced after t hours of work, 0 ≤ t ≤ 8. What is the rate of production (in units per hour) when t = 2?
> After an advertising campaign, the sales of a product often increase and then decrease. Suppose that t days after the end of the advertising, the daily sales are f (t) = -3t2 + 32t + 100 units. What is the average rate of growth in sales during the fourt
> An object moving in a straight line travels s(t) kilometers in t hours, where s(t) = 2t2 + 4t. (a) What is the object’s velocity when t = 6? (b) How far has the object traveled in 6 hours? (c) When is the object traveling at the rate of 6 kilometers per
> Suppose that f (t) = 3t + 2 – 12/t. (a) What is the average rate of change of f (t) over the interval 2 to 3? (b) What is the (instantaneous) rate of change of f (t) when t = 2?
> Suppose that f (t) = t2 + 3t - 7. (a) What is the average rate of change of f (t) over the interval 5 to 6? (b) What is the (instantaneous) rate of change of f (t) when t = 5?
> Suppose that f (x) = -6/x. (a) What is the average rate of change of f (x) over each of the intervals 1 to 2, 1 to 1.5, and 1 to 1.2? (b) What is the (instantaneous) rate of change of f (x) when x = 1?
> Find the first derivatives. g(y) = y2 - 2y + 4
> Find the first derivatives. y(t) = 4t2 + 11 √t + 1
> Differentiate. y = (x3 + x2 + 1)7
> Find the first derivatives. f (P) = P3 + 3P2 - 7P + 2
> Find the first derivatives. f (t) = (t2 + 1)5
> Consider the cost function of Example 6. (a) Graph C(x) in the window [0, 60] by [-300, 1260]. (b) For what level of production will the cost be $535? (c) For what level of production will the marginal cost be $14? Cost Function of Example 6: C(x) = .0
> For the given function, simultaneously graph the functions f (x), f (x), and f (x) with the specified window setting. f (x) = x/1 + x2 , [-4, 4] by [-2, 2].
> Compute the third derivatives of the following functions: (a) f (t) = t10 (b) f (z) = 1/z + 5
> The third derivative of a function f (x) is the derivative of the second derivative f ‘(x) and is denoted by f ‘(x). Compute f ‘(x) for the following functions: (a) f (x) = x5 - x4 + 3x (b) f (x) = 4x5/2
> A toy company introduces a new video game on the market. Let S(x) denote the number of videos sold on the day, x, since the item was introduced. Let n be a positive integer. Interpret S(n), S’(n), and S(n) + S’(n).
> (a) Let A(x) denote the number (in hundreds) of computers sold when x thousand dollars is spent on advertising. Represent the following statement by equations involving A or A’: When $8000 is spent on advertising, the number of computers sold is 1200 and
> The financial analysts at the store in Example 5 corrected their projections and are now expecting the total sales for the x day of January to be (a) Let S(x) be as in Example 5. Compute T(1), T’(1), S(1), and S’(1
> (a) Compute S(10) and S’(10). (b) Use the data in part (a) to estimate the total sales on January 11. Compare your estimate to the actual value given by S(11).
> Differentiate. y = (x2 - 1)3
> Differentiate. y = 6x3
> What is the difference between a C2B and C2C?
> Explain why a business would use metrics to measure the success of strategic initiatives.
> Define critical success factors (CSFs) and key performance indicators (KPIs), and explain how managers use them to measure the success of MIS projects.
> Bug reports are an important part of software development. All bugs must be logged, fixed, and tested. There are three common types of bugs programmers look for when building a system: ■ Syntax errors: A mistake in the program’s words or symbols. ■ Runti
> How can global warming be real when there is so much snow and cold weather? That’s what some people wondered after a couple of massive snowstorms buried Washington, DC, and parts of the East Coast. Politicians across the capital made jokes and built iglo
> What are the four common characteristics of big data?
> What is big data?
> What is a click-and-mortar? Provide an example.
> What is a brick-and-mortar? Provide an example.
> What is a pure-play? Provide an example.
> Compare disruptive and sustaining technologies, and explain how the Internet and WWW caused business disruption.
> What is the difference between a B2B and a B2C?
> What are the benefits and challenges associated with ebusiness?
> How did ebusiness change traditional business models?
> What is an ebusiness model?
> What is the difference between search engine ranking and search engine optimization?
> Why is search engine ranking important to a company?
> What are the four data-mining techniques for predictions and why are they important to a business?
> What is data-driven decision management?
> What are the four data-mining techniques? Provide examples of how you would use each one in business.
> Identify the advantages of using business intelligence to support managerial decision making.
> What are the six steps in the data-mining process and why is each important?
> What is virtualization and how has it helped drive the big data era?
> What is distributed computing and how has it helped drive the big data era?
> Slack’s business model is simple: Be Less Busy. It’s hard to imagine any busy professional not coveting those simple words. Slack’s promise is to make business professionals more productive by eliminating meetings and emails. Can you imagine a life witho
> Bitcoin is a new currency that was created in 2009 by an unknown person using the alias Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin isn’t just a currency, like dollars or euros or yen. It’s a way of making payments, like PayPal or the Visa credit card network. Bitcoins ca
> Identify the four common characteristics of big data.
> Identify the four challenges associated with ebusiness.
> Describe the six ebusiness tools for connecting and communicating.
> Compare the four categories of ebusiness models.
> Explain the importance of data analytics and data visualization.
> Describe the roles and purposes of data warehouses and data marts in an organization.
> Explain data mining and identify the three elements of data mining.
> Data Visualization: Stories for the Information Age At the intersection of art and algorithm, data visualization schematically abstracts information to bring about a deeper understanding of the data, wrapping it in an element of awe. While the practice
> The word gig comes from the music world; a gig is a paid appearance of limited duration. A gig economy is an environment in which temporary employment is common and organizations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements. Today’s workf
> eBay is the world’s largest online marketplace, with 97 million global users selling anything to anyone at a yearly total of $62 billion—more than $2,000 every second. Of course with this many sales, eBay is collecting the equivalent of the Library of Co
> Micheal Porter is a university professor at Harvard Business School, where he leads the Institute on Strategy and Competitiveness, studying competitiveness for companies and nations—and as a solution to social problems. He is the founder of numerous nonp
> Where are the supplier’s suppliers in a typical supply chain?
> Where are the customer’s customers in a typical supply chain?
> What is the bullwhip effect and how can it impact a supply chain and a firm’s profitability?
> What are the five primary activities in a supply chain?
> What are the three different ERP implementation choices?
> Describe Web 1.0 along with ebusiness and its associated advantages.
> How does a company measure the success of an ERP system?
> At the heart of an ERP system is a database that is capturing all of the operational system data.
> The four most common extended ERP components business intelligence, customer relationship management, supply chain management, and ebusiness.
> What are the components in a core ERP system?
> What is the difference between core and extended ERP?
> What is an enterprise resource planning system?
> What is RFID’s primary purpose in the supply chain?
> What is materials management and how does it impact the supply chain?
> What is logistics and how does it impact the supply chain?
> What is procurement and how does it impact the supply chain?
> Did you know: â– Once every 3 minutes, the average company comes into contact with viruses and malware. â– One in every 291 email messages contains a virus. â– Three things hackers want most are customer
> Have you ever seen the movie Terminator in which machines take over the world? Do you think that scenario could ever come true? Researching the Internet of Things makes you wonder if robots can gain self-consciousness, making the possibility of them taki
> Describe supply chain management along with its impact on business.
