Writings

I have always wanted to put my written material on the web, particularly my college stuff. I have amassed a huge collection of papers and other writings over the last, oh, 8-10 years that I would like to share some of it. I know the internet has been a huge help during my college years; it has often proven an amazing resource for writing papers (particularly those for books that I only partially skimmed through, hehe). One of the things that has helped me is other peoples’ papers, not for the content but for their references. If they offer an internet resource, I can go check it out and cite it myself. Plagiarism is never cool, and I don’t subscribe to that way of life. Using other peoples’ resources for the benefit of your own knowledge, not to mention your grade, can get you well on your way to that coveted degree of yours.

Lean Manufacturing Strategies
Vendor Managed Inventories I wrote this for my manufacturing planning & control class senior year. It was written with a focus on Ford Motor Co. and their lean/VMI strategies. Found a few articles about thier "supplier park" and became interested. Pretty good overview of lean strategies, types of waste, and benifits of a vendor managed inventory. Click here for the article

Starbucks and Coffee Sourcing I wrote this on a group project during my junior year. It was for MSC401, Purchasing/Supply Chain Mgt. It's a good piece about Starbucks, how they source their coffee, the initiatives they are taking to promote better treatment of coffee growers, and a general overview of their business. I wrote a good deal of it, and edited the entire thing for submission. Group projects in college are a funny thing, but in the end I'm a bit of a control freak and had to take matters into my own hands on this one. Click here for the article.

EC306 - Comparative Economics Below are papers I wrote for my comparative economics class. Some of them were genuinely thought out, some of them were rushed to submission. Take your pick. Marxism - Past and Future Economy of India Islamic Economics Economy of Mexico Economies of China and Russia Economies of Japan and Germany

REL 306 - Native American Religions So, I needed three elective credits to fill out my senior year and my bro tells me to take this, so I do. We ended up calling it "grandpa story hour" but it was actually pretty interesting and valuable knowledge to have. Check out some of the papers that I slapped together. Waterlily - Ella Cara Deloria The Naskapi Trickster

White Noise This is something I wrote about "white noise," or ghosts on audio tape. I got interested in this first after seeing a commercial for a film called "White Noise" and remembering back to my haunted house experience. I also used to surf websites with this sort of stuff on it. I don't know if I believe it, but I can't totally discount it. Click here to check it out

The Airline Industry Living in the Detroit area has definitely been interesting since the AMFA started bugging out. I'm not too worried about it though, it's more or less an industry correction. I've seen some interesting commentary about the situation and I would like to follow it. "Deep Hatred At The Airlines"

There should be something in this space.

But there isn't. Does this void bother you?

I like this block here on the side, it's very web 2.0.