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About dclason

For my entire life I have lived in Canada. I spent the first 21 years of my life on Vancouver Island near a town called Qualicum Beach. It is 2 hours north of Victoria. For the last 7 years I have lived in a city called Surrey. Surrey is about 25 minutes from Downtown Vancouver the location of the 2010 Olympic games.

Vancouver City- A friend created this video

Posted on September 13, 2011 by dclason

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What does an operations professional do?

Posted on June 26, 2011 by dclason

People often think operations professionals want to change everything. I’ve learned that the word “Change” is not my friend and has the potential to end up like the cartoon. SO, What Does an Operations Professional Do? Basically an Operations … Continue reading →

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Asking “Why” is the first step to sustainability

Posted on February 20, 2011 by dclason

As a whole, human beings need to be much more aware of what we are doing to our world. Too many years have passed with organizations only worrying about making money no matter what the consequences. I sat in on a conference earlier this … Continue reading →

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Asking “Why” is the first step to sustainability

Posted on February 20, 2011 by dclason

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Developing a Supplier Quality Management Program-Industry Project Term 3

Posted on January 21, 2011 by dclason

Supplier Quality Management Report – Edited Vendor Rating System – Edited I had the opportunity to build a supplier qualification management and rating system for a company that was having trouble securing reliable suppliers that could meet their growing needs. … Continue reading →

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Excel Skills-Dynamic Business Model

Posted on December 2, 2009 by dclason

Forecasting Business model This is an example of a dynamic business model that I created with my Team at BCIT and it is used to Forecast 2005 Sales, and includes cash distribution over the year. The current Assumptions are: 35% … Continue reading →

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Excel Skills – Charting Workbook

Posted on December 2, 2009 by dclason

Charting Workbook This Excel workbook outlines some of the graphs I am able to create through excel. I link data from different worksheets in some examples and all formating was done by me. Unfortunately if you are not using Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Organizational Behaviour – Leader’s Forum

Posted on December 2, 2009 by dclason

Leaders Forum Team Assignment We hosted a Leaders Forum during our Organizational Behaviour class where we invited 4 individuals from various industries to speak to our class. Each guest talked about one specific topic and gave examples from their past … Continue reading →

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Promoting BCIT School of Business, Marketing Case-Study 4

Posted on December 2, 2009 by dclason

Marketing Case Study 4 – Term 1 at BCIT in the Operations Management Program. In this case-study we had to come up with various ways to promote the School of Business at BCIT to increase enrollment. It was an interesting … Continue reading →

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Networking with APICS

Posted on November 10, 2009 by dclason

APICS The Association for Operations Management is the global leader and premier source for knowledge in operations management, including production, inventory, supply chain & materials management, purchasing, and logistics. Since 1957, individuals and companies have relied on APICS for its … Continue reading →

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Networking & Informational Interview

Posted on November 8, 2009 by dclason

BC housing Informational interview This is an assignment from my Operations Management course. The purpose of the assignment is to find a job that I would love to do once I have graduated from BCIT, and then set up an … Continue reading →

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Canty International- MKTG Case Study 2

Posted on November 4, 2009 by dclason

Decoline_Final[1] This is the 2nd marketing case study that my team and I worked on in first level Operations Management at BCIT. We focused on Price in this marketing case.

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Overview

Posted on October 29, 2009 by dclason

If you want a logo, a graphic, or a drawing item to appear on all “regular” slides, you place it on the Slide Master. Any object added to the Slide Master’s drawing layer appears on all of the presentation’s slides … Continue reading →