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What does an assistant controller do in a manufacturing company?
Q. I am interviewing with a manufacturing company next week. The company manufactures central a/c units. I have about 3 years experience in finance and costing and a Finance Degree from Texas. Personally I do not know that I qualify for the position but they asked to interview me. What can I do in the next week and half to prepare for the questions that they may ask? What kind of questions can I expect? What skills in particular will make me standout and be chosen for this position. Thanks.
Asked by JP - Wed Jul 18 17:19:52 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I am currently a controller and I have 17 years of experience. What I have found over my career is that you can rise as far as you want to push, in most cases people will gladly hand over responsibilities. You seem to have a pretty good base of experience for an assistant controller position. This is primarily the "grooming position" for the next controller. Your job duties will not be much more than most accounting managers with the exception that as time goes on you will be doing more controller duties. Expect to be asked about preparing/reviewing financial statements as well as how you would report on specific operational issues (i.e. buy vs rent and other investment activities). What you want to find out is the experience of the… [cont.]
Answered by Space493 - Wed Jul 18 17:54:49 2007

What contributions did the blowing iron and the bottle machine make to the manufacturing of glass?
Q. What contributions did the blowing iron and the bottle machine make to the manufacturing of glass?
Asked by ineedhelpwithsomething - Mon Jun 4 16:37:10 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. My heavens, you certainly want to span a few hundred centuries. The blowing iron was developed shortly after the birth of Christ and converted glass from an expensive something wrapped around a core to a much quicker and cheaper product inflated from molten glass. There are thousands of pieces and fragments of vessels from Roman times. The bottle machine was developed in several steps at the end of 19th century and was the beginning of the end of hand blown retail glass which remains as art glass. By 1910, virtually no hand blown factory glass was being produced.
Answered by mike1942f - Wed Jun 6 01:50:33 2007

State what manufacturing process and what material would be used to produce the following components?
Q. State what manufacturing process and what material would be used to produce the following components: a) a washing detergent container with a thread on top for attaching a cap; b) thin wire used in electrical applications: c) an intricately shaped small toy car; d) the engine block in a modern car; e) a hip replacement joint.
Asked by Alex S - Tue Mar 10 17:16:28 2009 - - 5 Answers - 3 Comments

A. The common route for plastics is the process that pellets are used in the injection mould and the polymer is used in accordance with the chemical to be stored in it. usually a filament that is extruded is done so in a hot rig or hot mill and rolled and treated until it is the correct diameter. the common application for toy making is die-castin and the mould that is used with mailable metals. and engine block can mean lots of things, there constructional aspects are that there is the crank case, then the block that contains the lower aspect and the cylinder head,and the rocker cover. the block is the larger and heavier unit that contains the cam, push rods and tappets and the timing chain, the process is two fold, the mould and the… [cont.]
Answered by KONSTANCE H - Wed Mar 11 17:47:16 2009