COSMOS CHILI EXPORT BUSINESS PLAN                                         Table of Contents Industry Overview 3 Executive Summary 3 Product Description 4 Product offering 4 Vision Statement 4 Mission Statement 4 Business and Organizational Structure 4 Market Analysis 7 Market Trends 7 Target Market 8 Competitive Advantage 8 SWOT Analysis 9 Technical Analysis 9 Source of Product 9 Description of Production Process 9 Machinery and Equipment 9 Modes of Transportation 9 Financial Analysis 9 Sources of Revenue 9 Projected Revenues 9 Capital Expenditure 9 Operating Expenses 9 General Expenses 9 Marketing Expenses 9 Source of Funding 9 Expected Cash flow Statement 9 Sustainability and Expansion Strategy 9 Communication Plan 9 Appendices 9         Industry Overview Chili or pepper is a vegetable that is used mostly as a spice all over the world. Many types of chili come about after combining chili with other spices. The vegetable is common because apart from its seasoning properties, it also has nutrients, vitamins, and minerals. It is a rich source of vitamin C with even a higher amount than oranges. Among the spice segment, chili is the most crucial cash crop due…

Article Summary Maurage, Pierre, Alexandre Heeren, and Mauro Pesenti. “Does chocolate consumption really boost Nobel award chances? The peril of over-interpreting correlations in health studies.” The Journal of Nutrition 143.6 (2013): 931-933. Article Purpose  Authored by Maurage, Alexandre, and Mauro and published in 2013, the purpose of the article is to disprove previous researches that linked increased uptake of chocolate to the increased number of Nobel Prize winners at the national level. Further, the authors use a scientific experiment to warn the dangers of suing nutrition correlations to make such conclusions. Background issues The “New England journal Medicine” had recently reported an increased correlation between chocolate intake and the number of Noble Prize winners in particular areas. These previous researchers’ findings were based on the flavonoids present in Cocoa, the primary ingredient of chocolate (Maurage et al. 1). Flavonoids comprise a class of polyphenol plant-based substances capable of preventing neurodegeneration and consequently improving cognitive functioning. Owing to this surprising discovery, previous research has further encouraged people to increase chocolate uptake, increasing the number of Nobel Prize winners. Findings A close examination of…

    Costco Culture From all dimensions, Costco is founded within a culture that highly values passion, self-importance, honesty and offers the most compassionate employee treatment for numerous decades now. Costco’s organizational structure is a reflection of the firm’s commitment to providing excellent service to customers. The strengths allocated to their human resources are interconnected to the positive attitude encouraged through Costco’s organizational structure. This has enabled the firm to gain massive success and fulfill customer satisfaction. Costco’s organizational structure attributes include having a common goal of excellence, which enables them to stay focused on an excellent performance. The second attribute is the positivity that is within the firm where politeness and customer friendliness is emphasized greatly throughout the entity. The third attribute is the high-efficiency level, which keeps employees motivated for long and sustains optimum productivity. Other than that, service orientations are another feature of Costco firms that assist in aligning employees to the business’s main objective, which is providing the most effective retail service. This strategy also enables Costco to keep employees’ motivation levels high to interact with…

                Information Security in an Organization’s Setting         Name Institution Course Professor Date   Information Security in an Organization’s Setting With the advancement of the internet, many computers and software belonging to many organizations. Security is about the sensitive information associated with the hardware and software of an organization. Organizations tend to record significant and sensitive data regarding employees, operational developments, financial backgrounds, and the nature of competition it has in their market of operations. For this, different organizations may become vulnerable to hackers who try as much as possible to steal information from their systems. Hence, it is important to ensure robust information security outcomes in this organizations with this, and the paper discusses the education of employees, security policies, information security plan, hacking determination, and types of attacks in an organization. The significance of Educating Employees on Information Security Information security is an important component of ensuring the safety and security of data belonging to an organization. Employees are the main stakeholders that work around the clock in…

Q1. The changes to jobs due to digitization are job creation, job destruction, job changes itself, and job shift. Job creation in the digital world refers to establishing new careers in the economy that could not have been there if digitization was absent. Job destruction is the replacement, or rather jobs becoming redundant due to advancements in digital technology. Job changes due to deviations in digital trends will lead to incorporating digital skills among the labour force for the employees to remain competitive in the job market. Lastly, the job shift is migration to careers formally regarded to have low demand in the labour market. Q2.The digital skills pyramid is categorized into; e-business skills, digital specialist skills, and digital user skills. E-business skills consist of business skills and technical skills, which involves identifying how digital technologies can identify new business opportunities. Digital specialist skills are proficiencies in researching, designing, producing, managing, and maintaining information communication and technological equipment, while digital user skills are required skills for effective use of ICT tools, components, and systems. Q3.Additional digital skills are operational skills,…

Ad hominem Ad hominem is a term used to refer to the many types of arguments that are fallacious in most circumstances. Dr. Tendros Adhanom claims to have been racially abused can be classified as an “ad hominem” fallacy because he attacks the persons making the argument instead of the argument itself. He bases his argument on the character of Taiwanese people. The people abused Dr. Tendros because of his race but not of any arguments he had made. By defending China and belittling Taiwan despite the pandemic’s state in these two states also display Dr. Tedro as an ad hominem fallacious as he is also widely accused by the rest of world leaders. He should adopt a better way of presenting his views through a better argumentation means that he does not fall into a conflict every time he makes his statement. Adopt better ways, such as posing questions, before making a statement. The UN argument is a straw man argument because they take the Singaporean politicians’ argument of the death penalty as an effective way of dealing with…

*Breaking the Bread*   November 5, 2020   *Theme: Christ Saw and Acted*   Bible Text:  Lu 13.12   *’But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.”‘* (NKJV)   In a third incident, Jesus saw the woman bound and released her from her infirmity.   – Jesus can address our silent needs without us asking him. It does not appear that the woman applied to him for a cure, yet Jesus addressed her, and the disease departed. – Jesus has the last word concerning our troubles. In this case, we see the mighty power of Jesus that His word could restore her to health! – Satan had the woman bound, as if she had been in chains, to the extent that for eighteen years, she could not hold up her head. But, when Jesus sets us free, we are free, indeed, for we are loosed to stay free.   *PRAYER*   Dear LORD, there is truly no friend like You, for You know all our problems, and…

  THE LIBRARY AS A RESOURCE           Name Course Date                   A library refers to a place where students can quietly study, do homework, assignments, and projects while obtaining help on the subject or discourse of study. The library offers the learners access to tremendous information. The items found in the library include but are not limited to; books, magazines, newspapers, DVDs, and computers. The facility makes it easier for students to access invaluable resources for their study needs. On October 22nd, one of the library’s staff members joined us via a Zoom meeting. She discussed the operation of the library during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students must have an online account to access and book a study space. The dramatic operational changes included a decrease in the number of people entering and the number of persons the library can accommodate at any given time. She also elaborated on how students who do not live in the city could borrow books and get their materials to mail out while…

Differences             The thousand-day war was a civic fight that began in Colombia due to a confrontation between the liberals and conservatives people in Columbia.  The conservatives were believed to have used fraudulent means during the elections to win to remain power.  This where, in return, triggered a lot of anger among the opposition resulting in a war. Again, the liberal claimed that their then president Manuel Antonio, who had won through fraud, was too sick to correctly rule the country, resulting in a power vacuum (Henderson &James). While the American Revolution was a colonial fight, it was chiefly caused by the colonial opposition to British efforts to impose unreasonable and greater control and power over the American colonies.  The British colonies did this by imposing outrageous taxes and strict intense uncommon laws.  In an attempt to fight back their freedom and oppression, a war begun between the British colonists and American colonies (Quarles &Benjamin) Although, a thousand day’s war resulted in the victory of conservative who again continued to rule and ensured the dominance of their party over the…

The cost structure The cost structure is one of the components that refers to all the business or the company’s costs and expenses. Cost structure includes small units such as product, service product line, the business’s location, and the intended customers. The primary purpose of the cost structure is to determine the prices of the products in the market according to their demand, perishability, and production cost. The cost structure is classified into two main broad categories; value-driven cost structure and cost-driven structure. A value-driven design gives more value to the commodities but not producing the goods at a lower price. Making commodities at the lowest prices does not mean that the product will gain more weight and sell at a higher price, but yields are valuable due to their distinguishing factors and quality. The value-driven business works alongside goals and objectives to provide quality goods and services to the customers. Additionally, A value-driven company offers a conducive working environment for the employees, the management, and customers, thus ensuring its good performance. The value-driven structure is essential because it creates…