Keurig Dr. Pepper Internship: Development of a Tool in a Big Data Environment to Uncover Risks and Opportunities

Selling and sales management professions permeate job application websites. Sales is often associated with a pushy used-car dealership and cold calling. These practices are necessary, but selling, especially in our increasingly consumerist society, has long influenced and is a part of almost all business professions. You could argue that almost every employed individual operates in some sort of sales function due to the current job landscape. Whether this includes working directly with the sale of a product or even selling one’s self to a company or client. Selling in the retail space is understandably the heartbeat of the company, especially in a competitive sector such as consumer packaged goods, where sales grew by $131 billion dollars, or 9.4%, from 2019 to 2020 (Consumer Brands Association, 2021). Selling to retail giants and smaller companies alike needs to be focused on more than ever before. Not only do external sales play an important role in today’s job landscape, but the sales function also operates in an important way internally. Within businesses, internal sales need to be strong in order to inform competitive decision-making. Alongside sales, technology and data have completely altered the way businesses operate. Consumers are flooded with both virtual and non-virtual advertisements, and large companies focus on ad-targeting and profiling consumers in almost every instance that they are online. Because of this there is an increasing need for understanding each consumer and their specific buying instance. What kinds of items are they buying at other times? What companies do they follow? What is their demographic information? The same care has been placed on understanding the consumer away from social media as well. Ultimately, obviously, the consumer is the one consuming the product. At the bottom line, they need to be understood; their wants, needs, dislikes, and struggles. Data collection has made it easier to obtain this level of important information concerning the customer. The increasingly integrated and cross-functional nature of business calls on the importance of both sales and consumer data to develop a more holistic view of the business. In the scope of my internship with Keurig Dr Pepper, I learned the value of sales and consumer data in my creation of a Category Shopper Profile Library tool

Genesis 9: 20-21: Noah’s Legacy of the Vine

While the biblical character of Noah is almost exclusively known for his role in the flood narrative, there is a passage in Genesis 9 that indicates he is both the inventor and an enjoyer of wine. This article questions the implications for men and women today of such a revered biblical character imbibing regularly and, there is evidence of, to an excess. Ross examines aspects of the story such as Noah\u27s heritage which can link him either to Cain and the city, or to Seth and agriculture. She also looks at the symbolism of the vine, and its frequent usage to trace families and God\u27s blessing. Ross points out that the symbolic importance of wine does not end with the Hebrew Testament. In fact, Jesus\u27s use of wine at the last supper is perhaps one of its most iconic uses. Ross concludes that because of alcohol\u27s association with degeneracy in today\u27s world, its properties as a gift of god are often overlooked. The author reminds readers that wine, in Genesis, is indicated to be a gift representing god\u27s forgiveness and the renewal of the earth. Ross argues that while alcohol can become an idol when used too frequently and to excess, it can also bring an otherworldliness to humanity\u27s experience on earth and can even offer a taste of the ecstasy of heaven. Noah\u27s role as both the saved and the sinful often equates him with Adam. Ross concludes that he indeed represents the Second Adam who initiates a new phase in human history through the invention of wine it indicates a new freedom and a new responsibility for humanity

Session C-2: Problem-Based Mathematics: You Reap What You Sow

Approach problem-based mathematics through a historical perspective! Join us to learn a fun, hands-on approach to examining the science behind crop rotation systems originally implemented during the Medieval Period. This activity requires students to mathematically evaluate the efficiency of a crop rotation system, strategically complete an integers-based crop puzzle, and evaluate crop yield and profit through data analysis. This activity integrates a variety of middle school mathematics concepts

PBL Every Drop Counts: Improving the Health of the Lake Michigan

Every Drop Counts is a sample Problem Based Learning (PBL) lesson focused on improving the health of Lake Michigan waters and shoreline. This sample problem focuses on habitats, pollution, and properties of water

A study of a five horse-power single phase induction motor

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Improving the management and care of refugees in Australian hospitals: A descriptive study

Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate healthcare provider perceptions of the impact of refugee patients at two public hospitals, one rural and one urban, in designated refugee resettlement areas. Healthcare professionals’ views regarding improvements that could be made in this area were also sought. Methods: Two page anonymous questionnaires containing demographic, quantitative and open-ended questions were distributed to 150 healthcare providers at each research site. Results: Response rates were 50% and 49% at the rural and urban sites respectively. Refugees were seen at least monthly by 40% of the respondents. Additional support was requested by 70% of respondents. Confidence was associated with being born overseas (p=0.029) and increased time working with refugees (rs=0.418, p\u3c0.001). Only 47% of respondents felt confident managing social and psychological needs of refugees. Midwives saw refugees more than nursing and allied healthcare staff combined and this was significant at the rural hospital (p\u3c0.001). Rural respondents reported that working with refugees enhanced their practice (p=0.025), although felt significantly less confident (p\u3c0.001) than urban respondents. Themes that arose regarding barriers to care included: language and cultural barriers, paucity of knowledge and issues accessing available services including appropriate interpreters, Medicare eligibility and patient factors including lack of patient trust in government systems. Desire for support was more pronounced in the rural setting (p=0.001). Conclusions: Refugees were seen frequently in both settings and most respondents requested additional support highlighting that caring for refugees in Australian hospitals is a significant challenge. Additional support and education should be targeted to those helping refugees most frequently, particularly midwifery services, to reduce barriers to care

Influence of hydroperiod on aquatic food-web structure and energy production in a floodplain wetland:implications for environmental flow management

Context: Environmental water is often used to manage floodplain wetlands that support many taxa, both terrestrial and aquatic. It is important to optimise the managed hydroperiod to maximise the provision of aquatically derived resources from wetlands. Aims: To test the hypothesis that increasing hydroperiod affects food-web structure and energy production in floodplain wetlands. Methods: Fatty acids and stable isotopes of δ13C and δ15N were used to define food-web structure, and estimate total energy production throughout a managed inundation event in a wetland in the northern Murray-Darling Basin. Key results: Food-web complexity increased with an increasing hydroperiod in line with predictable patterns of community assemblage development, before reducing sharply immediately prior to drying. Energy availability increased with an increasing hydroperiod and there was a strong correlation (ρ = 0.669, P = 0.0001) between energy availability and fatty acid concentration, which was in turn related to patterns of taxon occurrence. Conclusions and implications: Hydroperiod exerts a strong influence on aquatic invertebrate community trophic dynamics and energy provision. Planned flows should support maturation and stabilisation of the invertebrate community to optimise energy provision to consumers.</p

Development and evaluation of an interactive multimedia clinical skills teaching program designed for the pediatric clerkship.

Background and Purpose: The physical examination section of a multimedia program developed to teach infant history and physical examination skills was evaluated. Methods: 71 students participated: one group viewed only the physical examination section (PX), one the history section (HX), one none of the program (CX). Physical examination skills were assessed by direct observation of medical students performing an abdominal exam and scored using a checklist at baseline, immediately after intervention and at the end of the pediatric clerkship. Results were analyzed using ANOVA with repeated measures. Results: Baseline scores were: PX 2.5; HX 2.8. The PX group scored significantly higher immediately post intervention at 6.8 compared to the HX group 3.1. At the end of the clerkship significant differences between the groups remained. Final group mean scores were: PX 5.5, HX 4.4 and CX 2.7. Conclusion: The program improved examination skills with attenuation over 6 weeks

Reliability estimation based on operational data of manufacturing systems

Maintenance management has a direct influence on equipment reliability and safety. However, a large portion of traditional maintenance models and reliability analysis methods usually assumes that only perfect maintenance is performed on the system and the system will restore to as good as new regardless of the kind of preventive maintenance work-order that is performed. This is not practical in reality and may result in an inaccurate parametric estimation. The research objective of this paper is to develop a maximum likelihood estimation method to obtain more accurately estimated parameters based on the operational data of manufacturing systems, taking into consideration the difference between perfect and imperfect maintenance work-orders. Weibull distribution is specifically studied for this purpose. A practical case study based on industrial operational data from an automotive assembly line is performed to illustrate the implementation and efficiency of the proposed reliability estimation method. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/61212/1/959_ftp.pd