Improving of Customers’ Satisfaction at Thai Cuisine

Introduction In the competitive situation, a huge number of restaurants have been opened in downtown Portland. Most of restaurant owners need to improve their restaurant efficiency and services not only to satisfy customers but to earn more profits also. One of the ways to increase customers\u27 satisfaction is reducing customers\u27 waiting time during the rush hours (lunch time). The customers\u27 waiting time is one of criteria that all most of restaurants concern about because customers do not want to wait for a long time in line. They want to get food quickly in good quality. For these reasons, we are interested to improve the customers\u27 satisfaction (reducing waiting time

Server Consolidation Using Mathematical Programming

This project was undertaken to find an optimal number and type mix of UNIX servers to run a series of applications. Given a set of servers to choose from, a mathematical programming optimization model was developed to determine the lowest server cost while maintaining an expected service level. A full solution was developed however the requirements exceeded the capabilities of the solver that was used. The model was simplified until a solution could be determined. The results obtained were from a reduced data set and were not suitable for the full solution. The full model should be solvable using a more advanced solver

Expectations of Thai Students who have plan to work in hi-tech companies: ETM Thai students case study, PowerPoint Presentation

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Expectations of Thai Students who Have Plan to Work in a High-Tech Industry

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to illustrate and discuss the expectations of Thai students who are going to apply for a job in high- tech companies. The group of Thai students whom we study is the Thai ETM student group in Portland State University. Qualitative analysis was the way to approach this study. The ideas of expectations were gathered by interviewing nine students based on the balance of genders, the similarity of academic background, and the expected term of graduation. More importantly, none of them has a working experience in a high tech company. By following the qualitative method, a frequency matrix was used as one of the tools to determine and choose the top issues that the majority of students concerned. Along with gathering data, we constructed an affinity diagram in order to categorize and group the related ideas and placed them under the same header. The results from nine interviews had been identified by using the frequency matrix, which is shown the total number of people who valued the same issue. There were thirty five issues arisen and top eight issues which were in the highly concerns and selected to be discussed. The most popular issue was getting working experience and knowledge followed by a flexibility of work schedules issue, a training program issue, a high skill level required issue, a promotion issue, an award issue, and a language barriers issue respectively. According to data from the interviews, we were able to point out the consistency and described the discrepancy between the interview results and the literature researches which related to this case study, such as US working culture, Thai working culture and high-tech company culture. Consequently, we discussed those issues and addressed our recommendations by hoping that this study will be used as a valuable guide for Thai students who considering to work in high tech companies

Clean Energy: Challenges and Opportunities

Clean generation of electricity is a key component of a system required to bring about long-term sustainable development. Diverse energy fuel supply promotes appropriate utilization of indigenous resources and lessens national and regional risk. Critical issues in the development of energy resources also caught the government\u27s attention to provide acceptable technologies in the market. With the projected energy consumption increasing in all sectors while conventional fuels volatility and uncertainties in oil rich countries leads the government to seek technologies for alternative sources. The forces around the energy industry seeking reliable, low-cost, clean, and sustainable electric power led for the government to re-examine its energy policies. Greater use of renewable energy offers the potential to reduce the environmental impacts of the electricity generation sector. Alliances of public and private sector will greatly improve the efficiency of the research and development of renewable energy technologies, the proper allocation of resources and the immediate achievement of goals. The government should provide incentives and mandates the energy industry to support the use of renewable energies as an alternative source of electricity generation coincidental to the target economic growth, sustainable energy supply and cleaner environment. In this report, the different types of renewal energy technologies were investigated and showed their current and future contribution in the United States (U.S.) current and future energy industry. The issues, barriers, and strategies about the topic were also been presented

Bluetooth Wireless Technology

The innovation of Bluetooth wireless technology is changing wireless communications throughout the world. Bluetooth began as an alternative to wired devices, it allowed them to communicate over a short distances and early implementations showed its usefulness for consumers. Today, the term Bluetooth is used to refer to open specifications of a technology that enables short-range wireless voice and data communications. This report will discuss the development of Bluetooth wireless technology, provide a technical overview, analyze issues with Bluetooth, and offer potential solutions, as well as, investigate the future of Bluetooth wireless technology

Expectations of Thai Students who Have Plan to Work in a High-Tech Industry

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to illustrate and discuss the expectations of Thai students who are going to apply for a job in high- tech companies. The group of Thai students whom we study is the Thai ETM student group in Portland State University. Qualitative analysis was the way to approach this study. The ideas of expectations were gathered by interviewing nine students based on the balance of genders, the similarity of academic background, and the expected term of graduation. More importantly, none of them has a working experience in a high tech company. By following the qualitative method, a frequency matrix was used as one of the tools to determine and choose the top issues that the majority of students concerned. Along with gathering data, we constructed an affinity diagram in order to categorize and group the related ideas and placed them under the same header. The results from nine interviews had been identified by using the frequency matrix, which is shown the total number of people who valued the same issue. There were thirty five issues arisen and top eight issues which were in the highly concerns and selected to be discussed. The most popular issue was getting working experience and knowledge followed by a flexibility of work schedules issue, a training program issue, a high skill level required issue, a promotion issue, an award issue, and a language barriers issue respectively. According to data from the interviews, we were able to point out the consistency and described the discrepancy between the interview results and the literature researches which related to this case study, such as US working culture, Thai working culture and high-tech company culture. Consequently, we discussed those issues and addressed our recommendations by hoping that this study will be used as a valuable guide for Thai students who considering to work in high tech companies

Economic Analysis of Print Quota System at Portland State University

This paper examines the impacts of implementing print quota system to computer labs at Portland State University. The analysis takes a closer look at Portland State University computer resources and printing services for students

Lab and Lab Case Tracking Software Development Project

In order to remain competitive and gain larger market shares in the dental/medical practice industry and to gain the trust within our current client base, First Pacific Corporation decided to add a new module for lab and lab case tracking. Project objectives: Provide the latest features to add a lab Enable to track the lab case for each patient and the lab. Provide a more up-to-date, visually appealing and ergonomically efficient interface to the clients. Create tighter integration with the appointment scheduling to reduce data entry. Develop the module in latest technologies as software reusable components. Project summary: Better Navigation. Maintain Lab information. Maintain lab-tracking information from patients as well as labs. Better appointment scheduling for lab case appointments. Reduction in production loss because of lab cases Faster and clean graphical interface for the data entry. Faster and usable retrieval of information