Project Team

The paper print out of your results and the web address should be submitted by 1:45 pm on Feb 8, 1999. The information on the hard copy must be detailed while linkes can be used for the web.

Rules

1. Any source of data is acceptable as long as it can be verified List references.

2. Minimal references needed for every question.
- a complete url
- a call number and page number for a library book
- a journal name, year, volume, and page numbers
- a name and phone number/email of a person you spoke with
3. Post your serach on the internet.
4. URL address of the list must be emailed in by 1:45 FEB 8, 1999 to: haik@eng.fsu.edu
5. Make sure you organize your serach in an easy to follow charts.
6. Prepare for the class, presentation
7. Collusion of any sort, except within a team, is strictly prohibited.
8. A grade will be assigned based on the report (hard copy and WEB) and presentation.

Draw an objective tree for the project

Find all of the following information by Feb 8, 1999. for the project assignment

• Industry/Manufacturing
  • SIC Code
  • Materials used in industry
  • When was the product manufactured?
  • Labor costs for 2 countries where manufactured
  • Major industrial associations
• Market Information
  • Market share
  • Total dollars (market)
  • Units sold
  • Major players
  • Demographics - who is buying the product
  • Customer requirements (at least 5 - all may come
• Technology
  • Safety - # of household accidents
  • Parts breakdown
  • Standards (all relevant)
  • How does it work? (your product)
  • One design patent for your product
  • One utility patent for your product
• Supplementary Information
  • Origin of product
  • Primary media markets in which to advertise
• Product
  • features (a list comparing competing products)
  • cost per unit
  • unit price
  • pictures of at least three different units
• Company
  • Major players in marketplace
  • Are the top 3 companies public/private?
  • Addresses for the top 3 companies
  • Name an officer in each company (either president, VP or CEO)
  • Major SIC code(s) for each of the 3 major companies

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  Assignment Tips

  Research in a team environment provides an opportunity for chaos. A deluge of data comming from the library, databases, distributers, faculty, costumer interviews, and you have what is called information overload. How this overload is handled depends on decisions made by the team at the beginning of their work together and the obvious solution to this is communication.
  Communication of information is an integral part of the process of research. It may be impossible for everyone to know everything but it is a simple matter to have all useful information situated together. Resources which may be helpful. This is by no means a conclusive list.
• US Industrial Outlook
• Encyclopedia of American Industries
• Manufacturing USA
• Service Industries USA
• Wards Directories
• Ward's Private Company Profiles
• Corp-Tech Directory
• Market Share Reporter
• World Market Share Reporter
• Thomas Register of American Manuf. (http://www.thomasregister.com:8000/)
• Duns Business Rankings
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Wall Street Journal
• Business Periodicals Index
• Yearbook of Labor Statistics
• ABI/INFORM
• Standard Industrial Classification
• Manual
• Statistical Abstract of the US
• Statistical Reference Index(SRI)
• Predicasts Basebook
• Consumer Reports
• Hoovers Handbook
• NYNEX Yellow Pages
• Company Link
• Simmons Study of Media and Markets
• Moody's Handbooks
• New York Times
• Alta Vista (web search engine)
• ANSI Standards
• ASTM Standards