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1.CompanyDescription

●AceCorporation

ThisisAceCorporation.

Itwasestablishedin1920,morethan75yearsago.

Acemanufacturessportingequipmentsuchastennisrackets,tennisballsandfishingrods.（Aceisasportinggoodsmanufacturer.）

It’sawell-managedcompany,anditsproductsarewellmade.

ItsheadofficeisinNewYork.ItalsohasanofficeinLosAngeles.

（ItsmainofficeisinNewYork,andthereisanotherofficeinL.A..）

Acehastwofactories.

ItsmainfactoryisinChicago.TheotherfactoryisinMiami.

Itsheadofficehas300employees.TheL.A.officeemploysaround50.

（ItsheadofficeinNewYorkemploys300workers,andtheL.A.officehasastaffofaround50employees.）

5,000peopleareemployedintheChicagofactory,andanother1,150workintheMiamifactory.（5,000peopleworkintheChicagofactory.）

Ace’smaincustomersaregeneralconsumers.

Itsproductsarealsosoldtoschoolsandotherorganizations.

Inrecentyearsthecompanyhasdonewell.

Salesandprofitshavebothincreased.

ItsmaincompetitorsareforeigncompaniesfromEuropeandAsia.

Becauseofitshighqualityproductshowever,Acehasbeensuccessful.

●UnitedIndustries

ThisisUnitedIndustries,anAmericancompany.

（UnitedIndustriesisanAmericancompany.）

Itsmainproductsarerocketengines,satellitesandaircraftparts.

（Itmanufacturesadvancedproductssuchasrocketengines,satellitesandaircraftparts.）

Unitedwasestablishedin1960byasmallgroupofengineers.

（Asmallgroupofengineersstartedthecompanyin1960.）

Atthattimeitmaderocketenginesforothercompanies.

In1965itstartedtomakeaircraftparts,includingsmalljetengines.

SincethenithasopenedupnewfactoriesandofficesinEuropeandAsia.

United’sheadofficeandmainfactoryisinSeattlewhereitemploysmorethan15,000workers.

（UnitedisbasedinSeattle,Washington,whereitsmainfactoryislocated.）

ItalsohasofficesinEurope,Asiaandotherlocationsaroundtheworld.

Therearethreefactories.

ThemainoneisinSeattle,anotherisinMontreal,andthethirdisinLondon.

Unitedemploysbetween20~25,000people.

（Unitedisalargecompany,employingalmost25,000people.）

2,000employeesworkintheLondonfactory.

InMontreal,thecompanyhas5,000employees,includingpart-timeworkers.

ThetwofactoriesoutsidetheUSemployatotalofaround7,000workers.

Inrecentyearsthecompanyhasdonewell.

Salesandprofitshavebothincreased.

Unitedsellsitsproductstomanydifferentcountries.

Somepeopledon’tlikeUnitedbecausesomeofitsproductsareusedformilitarypurposes.

Unfortunately,thesekingsofproductsareusedtoooften.

2.WorkExperience

●JeanNielsen

ThisisJeanNielsen.

JeangraduatedfromColumbiaUniversityin1981.Shemajoredineconomics.

In1983shegotajobwithFederalMotors.

（Twoyearslater,in1983,JeanwashiredbyFederalMotors.）

JeanworkedinPersonnelatFederalMotorsfor7years,until1990.

SheleftFederalMotorsin1990andgotajobwithIBX.

（In1990shequitherjobatFederalMotorsandjoinedIBX.）

JeanquitherjobatFederalMotorsbecauseshewantedamoreinterestingjob.Shewasalsoofferedahighersalary.

AtIBXshewashiredasaPersonnelManagerinoneoftheirfactories.

AsPersonnelManagershehasmanyresponsibilities.

Jeanisinchargeofinterviewingandhiringnewemployees.

Shealsomanagesthecompany’semployeetrainingprograms.

Inherjob,shealsoneedsgoodcommunicationskills.

Jeanhasexcellentcommunicationskills,soshehasdoneverywellatIBX.

Jeanhasworked/beenatIBXsince1990.

JeanlikesherjobandisplanningtostayatIBXforalongtime.

Atbeginningof1990,JeanNielsenwasanassistantmanager.

WhenJeanleftthecompanyattheendof1990,shewasreplacedbySteveGomez.

Steve’soldpositionwasfilledbyBillLee.

BillLeetransferredintoPersonnelfromSales.

●TomJones

ThisisTomJones.

TomisagraduateofStanfordUniversity.

Hegraduatedin1988withadegreeinmathematics.

TomgotajobwithFederalMotorsrightaftergraduation.

（TomwashiredbyFederalMotorsrightaftergraduatingfromStanford.）

TomhasworkedintheR&DDepartmentsincehejoinedthecompanyin1988.

（Sincehejoinedcompanyin1988,TomhasworkedinResearchandDevelopment.）

Tomisresponsiblefordesigningnewautomobilecomponents.

（Forthepastfewyears,Tomhasbeendesigningautocomponents.）

Tomenjoyshisworkandoftenworkslateattheoffice.

Heishopingtobepromotedinthenextyearortwo.

TomhasbeenwithFederalMotorsformorethan10years.

Hehasworkedveryhard,andhehasanexcellentworkrecord.

Tomisresponsibletohisboss,JimNielsen.

JimNielsenhasbeenTom’sbosssince1990.

JimstartedworkingatFederalMotors3yearsbeforeTomjoinedthecompany.

Inthefuture,TomJoneswillprobablybepromoted.

●FederalMotors

ThereweremanyimportantchangesatFederalMotorsin1990.

InPersonnel,JeanNielsenwasanassistantmanageratthebeginningoftheyear.

Attheendoftheyear,JeanleftFederalMotorsandjoinedIBX.

Jean’spositionwasfilledbySteveGomez,whojoinedthecompanyin1987.

IntheProductionDivision,1990wasnotagoodyear.

Inthefactory,theworkforcewascutbymorethan10%.

Atthebeginningoftheyear,therewere2,000workersinthefactory.

Attheendoftheyear,therewere1,750workersinthefactory.

TherewerealsosomeimportantchangesintheSalesDepartment.

DaveJackson,theSalesManager,wasfiredbecauseofadrinkingproblem.

Hemissedmeetingsandoftencametoworklate.

HewasreplacedbySoniaScott,whojoinedthecompanyfromoutside.

EdSmithwastransferredtoSalesfromEngineeringtoassistMs.Scott.

TherewerealsochangesintheR&Ddepartment.

JimNielsenwaspromotedtoGeneralManager.

3.ManufacturingandTrade

●YR1Robot

ThisistheYR1.TheYR1isanindustrialrobot.

（ThisistheYR1,anindustrialrobot.）

Industrialrobotshavemanyuses.

Thiskindofrobotisusuallyusedforhighprecisionassemblyormetalwork.

TheYR1ismadebyaJapanesecompany,YamashitaLtd.

YamashitaislocatedinTokyo,Japan.

（ThefirstYR1wasmadeinJapanin1997.TheYR1wasdevelopedbyYamashitaLtd,aJapanesecompany.）

YR1isusedonassemblylines,suchasthisoneatFederalMotors.

FederalMotorsmakescars.（FederalMotorsmanufacturescars.）

TheYR1isusedforweldingcarsontheassemblyline.

（AtFederalMotors,theYR1robotisusedforweldingcars.）

ManyYR1robotshavebeensoldtotheautomobileindustry.

（FederalMotorsisanautomobilecompany.itmakesmanykindsofmotorvehicles,suchascars,trucksandvans.ThisisoneoftheassemblylinesatFederalMotors,anautomobilecompanylocatedintheUnitedStates.）

In1997,15unitswereboughtbyFederalMotors.

Thoseunitsarenowbeingusedtodotheworkthat60workersusedtodo.

Therobotsworkfasterthanhumanworkersandtheymakefewermistakes.

Theautomobileindustryhasboughtmanyindustrialrobots,suchastheYR1.

In1997,5,000YR1weremadebyYamashita.

Ofthose5,000robots,50%weresoldinJapan.

25%weresoldintheUS.10%weresoldinEurope.

（50%ofthe5,000robotsthatweremadein1997weresoldinJapan.25%wereexportedtotheUS.10%weresoldinEurope.Therestwereexportedtoothermarketsaroundtheworld.）

In1997,50%oftheYR1smanufacturedbyYamashitawereexportedtoothercountries.

Therestweresoldinthehighlycompetitivedomesticmarket.

Inthepastfewyears,worldwidesalesoftheYR1andotherrobotshaverapidlyincreased.

Iffreetradecontinues,Yamashita’sfuturelooksgood.

●OA-XComputer

ThisistheOA-X.TheOA-Xisacomputer.

（ThisistheOA-X,itisacomputerdesignedtoincreaseefficiency.）

Itcomeswithlotsofusefulsoftware.

Ithasmanyuses.

（Itiseasytouseandithasavarietyofuses.）

Someofitsusesincludewordprocessing,communicationsandspreadsheets.

ThisisAceLtd,asportinggoodscompany,locatedintheUSA.

AceisoneofthecompanieswhichboughtOA-Xcomputersin1998.

AtAce,theOA-Xisusedforwordprocessing,communicationsandspreadsheets.

AceisusingtheOA-Xtocutcostsandimproveofficeefficiency.

AdvancedTechnologiesisthemakeroftheOA-Xcomputer.

（TheOA-XismanufacturedandsoldbyAdvancedTechnologiesIncorporated.）

（TheOA-XismadebyAdvancedTechnologies.）

TheOA-XcomputerisanAmericanproduct.

（TheOA-XcomputerisanAmericanproduct,thoughmanyofitscomponentpartsareimported.）

AdvancedTechnologiesislocatedinCalifornia,nearSanFrancisco.

（AdvancedTechnologiesisbasedinCalifornia,justsouthofSanFrancisco.）

Thecompanyhasanexcellentreputation.

（Thecompanyhasanoutstandingreputationforquality.）

Inrecentyearshowever,itssaleshavesufferedbecauseofstrongcompetitionfromJapan.

Ithasexcellentproductsandcompetitiveprices.

（Ithasahighlytrainedworkforceanditusesthelatesttechnologyinthemanufacturingprocess.）

Italsoprovidesoutstandingcustomersupport.

Asaresult,itsproductsarehighlyrated.

In1998,AdvancedTechnologiessold10,000units.

（WorldwidesalesoftheOA-Xtotaled10,000unitsin1998.）

Thesellingpriceforeachunitwasabout2,000dollars.

Salesweregoodinthemajorinternationalmarkets,howeverinJapan,saleswerepoor.

75%oftheunitsmadein1998weresoldintheUnitedStates.

10%weresoldinCanadaandanother10%weresoldinEurope.

Only2%ofthemweresoldinJapan.

TheAmericanscomplained,theysaiditwasunfair.

（TheAmericansaidthatthiswasbecausetheJapanesemarketswereclosed.）

TheJapanesesaiditwastheAmerican’