MAN4504 D1 Slotting fee is a fee which a supermarket or chain store charges manufacturers for carrying their products. You may be surprised to learn about slotting fees, as it seems a bit odd to pay for the privilege of having your product appear on supermarket stores, but they are in fact a large source of revenue for many supermarkets and chains, despite attempts at regulation in many parts of the world. Some argue that slotting allowances are efficiency-enhancing; others argue that they are anti-competitive. Slotting is the practice of manufacturers paying for retail shelf space. It is controversial because some managers approve of the practice, but others do not. Ethical issues involved with slotting are payments might be considered bribery, payments cost consumers more, and payments may interfere with efficient and profitable use of retail space. The competition for shelf space is advance by POS systems and scanner technology, which improve supply chain management and inventory control (Heizer and Render 2o11). , manufacturers of organic products can expect to pay slotting fees if certain retailer characteristics, such as the retailer being an independent retailer or having a high organic marketing budget, are present. Manufacturers may be able to avoid paying organic slotting fees if other retailer characteristics, such as a high frequency of out of stock items or a high number of organic items, are present. Retailers, also, may gain insight into whether their competitors are likely to pay slotting fees.

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A focused work center is a permanent product-oriented set of equipment within a process-oriented facility. It requires group technology or equivalent, a high level of staff training and flexibility, and good support or imagination to get started. Focus factory is when the work center is in a separate place. Focus factory is designed to produce similar products or components ( ). I do agree with the statement that having a focused work center is like having a factory within a factory. That statement is true because it stays in tune with the customers to produce quality products, and to operate at a higher margin. A work center is a designated area of production that is designed to allow the performance of specific tasks. This type of working area may be designed as a permanent component of a manufacturing floor layout, an area of an administrative office, or even a mobile unit that is moved into position for a limited period of time. In all its incarnations, a work center is equipped with the tools and resources essential to manage the tasks specified in a manner that is considered complete and time-efficient.

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There has been much debate over whether public sector employees are overpaid or underpaid, relative to their private sector counterparts, and how to make an apples-to-apples comparison of the compensation received by each since job functions are oftentimes quite different. Several analyses of average wages and benefits in the public and private sectors reveal that state and local government workers earn more than private sector workers. The supporters of comparable worth point to the relatively depressed wages of those in largely female professions, such as health care, child care, and elementary education, compared to the wages of those, such as truck drivers, parking lot attendants, and vocational educators, in mostly male professions. In virtually every case, they claim, jobs that demand comparable skill, education, risk, and responsibility receive vastly different salaries, depending entirely on whether the jobs are filled mostly by men or by women. Comparable worth has emerged as a major equal employment opportunity issue of the eighties. This issue is extremely controversial, because it challenges traditional wage setting practices

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People often have strong feelings about how much different types of professionals should earn. Notably, a