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Athletic Advantage: Employers’ Views On Applicant’S Involvement In Student Athletics, Jonathan Wenning
Athletic Advantage: Employers’ Views On Applicant’S Involvement In Student Athletics, Jonathan Wenning
Honors Projects
I have always been told that because of my involvement in athletics, recruiters will be more interested to hire me over other candidates because of the skills I have learned as a student athlete. By completing this honors project, I had the ability to survey hiring managers and recruiters targeting Bowling Green Business Students to see if and why they have a preference of hiring a student athlete.
Implementation Of A Supply Chain Management "Intern For A Day" Program, Erin K. Mcconnell
Implementation Of A Supply Chain Management "Intern For A Day" Program, Erin K. Mcconnell
Honors Projects
This program was developed to send students to local corporations to attain a better understanding of a business professional environment and the Supply Chain Management departments at those companies. Students were sent to Therma Tru Doors, in Maumee, Ohio to be "interns for a day". They received the chance to shadow employees in all aspects of the Supply Chain field and learn about what their day to day job responsibilities entail. There are many benefits to this externship program for both the students and Therma Tru. Students gain valuable experience and knowledge while Therma Tru gains access to some of …
Drones In Logistics: A Feasible Future Or A Waste Of Effort, Andrew Lotz
Drones In Logistics: A Feasible Future Or A Waste Of Effort, Andrew Lotz
Honors Projects
On December 1st, 2013 news around the world was filled with headlines about E- Commerce website Amazon.com. CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos announced to the world that Amazon was designing a drone delivery program called Amazon Air that could deliver packages to customers in just 30 minutes. Consumers were all too excited for the program to launch while many business and air traffic savvy people were highly skeptical. Now two years later research to look back at the feasibility of drone flight and whether investment into the technology is worth it for small deliveries straight to customers is …
A Comparison Of Water Conservation Methods Within The Supply Chain, Spencer Bryant
A Comparison Of Water Conservation Methods Within The Supply Chain, Spencer Bryant
Honors Projects
In a world where resources are becoming more and scarcer, water is one resource that companies need in order to stay functional. This purpose of this paper is to look at a variety of business sectors and see how they use water conservational methods within their supply chain in order to save on water. From the sectors observed, there were three main areas of focus in terms of water sustainability: reduce, reuse, and replenish. While the companies looked at were in two of the three areas stated, no company had water sustainability initiatives in place in all three areas. This …