Archive for March, 2010

Ford Motor Company – Case Study

Background (General Facts)Ford Motors is one of three leading automotive manufacturing companies in the United States. Based in Michigan in 1903 by Henry ford and grew to reach revenue of $150 billion and more than 370,000 employees by 1996 [1]. In the 1970’s, the automobile market for the major auto makers – General Motors (GM), [...]

Home Inspection – The Technology Involved!

In this era of technological innovation and with the advent of new technology almost every aspect of our lives has seen huge changes. That same thing applies to your profession too and if you are a home inspector then there are various technological advancements happening or have happened which can make your work easier, faster [...]

The Innovations of the Walt Disney Company

Walt Disney has been quoted many times as saying he didn’t want to lose sight of a very important fact: The entire Walt Disney company began with a mouse. In 1927, Walt and his brother Roy began with a small cartoon studio. In a relatively short time, this little company has rocketed to worldwide fame, [...]

Mega Disasters – How GPS Tracking Will Save Lives

Disasters are happening all the time from man made to nature driven cataclysmic events. Centuries ago the planet had primitive life forms and did not understand what was happening to their world. But today we live in a advanced technological society where it not likely our entire race will become extinct like in the dinosaur [...]

Penguins & Netbooks – Budget Solutions For Education Birthed by Innovation!

One of my podcasting co-hosts, Mark Gura, and I have been intermittently discussing the $100+ laptop project for the last two years on our popular bi-weekly series. If you happen not to be familiar with the $100 laptop project; it has been spearheaded by Nicholas Negroponte formerly of MIT. The importance of it is the [...]