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Rice Cooker Steady Development Of Industry As The Core Driving Force Of Technological Innovation

  After 20 years of marketing, the rice cooker has become China’s household penetration rate is one of the highest in the small household electrical appliances, every hundred urban households to keep more than 100. But the rice cooker has a rather convoluted development of the industry, first introduced in 1991, the industry standard for performance requirements for access to low causes the market to the phenomenon of mixed quality, the industry competitive environment is not optimistic. In 2006, China revised on the rice cooker industry standards, manufacturers also began to come to realize that enhance the technical content of the rice cooker is the heart of product development momentum.

    Upgrade to stimulate demand for product upgrades

    Rice cooker market, a major consumer of power from the newly formed families and product upgrading. Monitoring data showed retail sales in Yikang, rice cooker market from 2005 to date, sales have been falling for three consecutive years showed sales growth. 2007 1 ~ 2 months total volume of retail sales fell 4.8% year on year, while retail sales increased by 10.4% (see Figure 1). Brought the number of product updates, growth is not obvious, but the value is directly contributing to the creation of a rice cooker market, sales increased significantly.

    With the improvement of living standards of urban residents, the requirements of healthy and delicious food to promote normal rice cooker to high-tech product upgrades, add-a soup, cooking rice of different types, timing, preheating and other functions will be multi-functional rice cooker becoming increasingly popular with consumers. Rice cooker from the current product structure of the market dynamics point of view, rice cooker market decline year by year, dominated the retail share of the ordinary-type rice cookers in 2005, substantial growth in 2006 has stabilized, and computer-based electricity rice cooker is showing continuous growth (see Figure 2). Demand for upgrading is the driving force of technological innovation firms, while the technology upgrade has to make rice cookers feature-rich, user-friendly and intelligent. Thus, to some extent to stimulate technological innovation in the market promotion and growth of the rice cooker home appliance industry to the quality and direction.

    Average price of driving up the high-end market

    Rice cooker overall market prices, 2007, 1 to 2 months, the average price rose 17.4% compared with 2005, in addition to raw material price increases, the product structure adjustment and functional changes and upgrades also contributed to the rice cooker is an important selling prices reasons. The sub-standard products are also different degrees the average price rise (see Figure 3), while the price difference is mainly between rice cooker by function, materials and Liner decision.

    Is worth noting that the computer-based rice cooker market share increased year by year, the current average price of the product specification at 450 ~ 550 per hour, 2007 1 ~ 2 months of their average price rose again, reaching 511 yuan. At the same time, similar to high-end rice cookers, such as “Space” metal, “purple” Liner, etc. The emergence of high-tech products, but also led to a general upward trend in market prices, this market change and innovation in technology companies in close connected.

    Consumer demand feedback from the market point of view, 140 yuan more than the price of retail volume share of the segment showed a growth in varying degrees, and 140 yuan for all products priced below retail volume share of the trend has been declining (see Figure 4), 80 ~ 110 yuan in retail sales volume of products still occupy a dominant position.

    Brand competition on the right track, industry reshuffle to accelerate

    Compared to other industries, rice cooker brand concentration is relatively high, the ekon retail monitoring data show that rice cooker market, the top 10 brands of retail share of the total more than 70% in 2007, the latest data (as of 2007 in February), the top 10 brands had a total market share of more than 80% (see Figure 5).

    Specific to the inter-brand competition, the U.S. industry, established as a small appliance manufacturer, product line, complete in all grades into a relatively balanced market, accounting for a rice cooker market, the top spot, and market share increased year by year, 2007, a ~ 2 months share of total retail sales volume and retail sales were 39.5% and 41.1%.

    Ranked second in the market performed well in recent years, Supor, 2007, 1 February share of total retail sales volume and retail sales were 10.4% and 12.6%, although there is a certain gap between the beauty, but its market share for three consecutive years has maintained growth momentum. In recent years, Kelon, Gree, Glanz rice cookers and other enterprises have joined the market competition, domestic triangle, hemisphere, and other professional brands have had a great impact. Glanz in 2005 to enter the market, growing faster, in 2006 volume of retail sales accounted for 5.3%, while the triangle seems to be too yearn rice cooker market, loss of market share year after year, while the hemisphere’s market share lead to different degrees decline.

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Career Clusters Close the Gap Between Schools Subjects and Careers

A wealth of information exists that explains the relationships between school subjects and careers. Across the nation, children, teens, teachers, and counselors use Career Interests Areas or Clusters to explore careers and to make school study plans. There are sixteen (16) Interests Areas or Clusters:

1. Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources

2. Architecture & Construction

3. Arts, A/V Technology & Communication

4. Business, Management & Administration

5. Education & Training

6. Finance

7. Government & Public Administration

8. Health Science

9. Hospitality & Tourism

10. Human Services

11. Information Technology

12. Law, Public Safety & Security

13. Manufacturing

14. Marketing, Sales & Service

15. Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

16. Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

States and federal agencies across the nation have created career cluster web sites and resources. We have reviewed three (3) of the best state or federal agency web sites.

Louisiana Integrated Skills Assessment (LISA)

One of the most unique comprehensive career cluster resources is the Louisiana Integrated Skills Assessment (LISA), an Internet program. LISA lets you explore career clusters, careers, abilities, training requirements, and more. Using the Lisa, you can do the following tasks:

Assessment: Explore career options using the Work Importance Locator.

I Enjoy: Find careers based upon the things that you enjoy.

Cluster: Find careers from Career Cluster Groups.

Search: Search for jobs based on knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Best Match: Use your current job to find knowledge, skills, and abilities to identify a new career.

Compare: Compare current job to potential new job.

Profile: Use this feature to create a profile from a selected career.

There are 3 steps in the LISA program. In Step 1, when you choose a career cluster, you will read the description of the cluster. When you select a career cluster in Step 2, you can select a career group. In each career group, you will see a lot of different careers. Finally, in Step 3, you see additional occupational information, such as:

Job descriptions

Educational and training requirements

Crosswalks, for example ONET, DOT, GOE, and other codes

Abilities

Knowledge

Skills

Tasks

Work Values

Labor Market Information

There is detailed information in each job profile:

Description

Crosswalk

Abilities

Knowledge

Skills

Tasks

Work Values

Occupational Characteristics Narrative

The Louisiana Integrated Skills Assessment (LISA) is an excellent tool for students to do career cluster exploration.

NCE Career Clusters and State Career Clusters Initiative Resources

The NCE Career Clusters has adapted information from the State Career Clusters Initiative to create a career education toolkit for teachers and counselors. In your NCE Career Clusters toolkit, you can find a Career Cluster Model, poster, resource booklets, At-a-Glance PDF Slices, and Plans of Study. Each resource is designed to facilitate the exploration of Career Clusters.

Career Cluster Resource Booklet

To prepare for a Career Clusters discussion, teachers and counselors use the State Career Clusters Initiative Career Cluster Resource Booklet. The brochures discuss the differences between career clusters and career pathways. The booklet outlines that career clusters are career groups from the same industry that have the same skills and educational requirements. Career pathways are specific careers that are within the each career cluster. The Resource Booklet discusses the following topics:

Historical background information

Cluster Knowledge and Skills

Pathway Knowledge and Skills

O*NET Crosswalk Report

Validation Studies

Assessment Protocol

Certification Protocol

The booklet is a “must-read” resource that provides in depth information on each career cluster. Each booklet has detailed graphs, charts, and tables.

Career Cluster Model

To provide an overview of Career Clusters, teachers and counselors use the Career Cluster Model. The Career Cluster Model simplifies sixteen (16) Career Clusters model. The center of the NCE Career Clusters model focuses on six (6) major groups. The career clusters are color-coded so that you can easily present six (6) major groups in classroom activities. The six (6) major groups are:

1. Environmental and Agricultural Systems

2. Business, Marketing, and Management

3. Communication and Information Systems

4. Industrial, Manufacturing, Engineering Systems

5. Health Sciences

6. Human Services and Resources

Here is summary of the relationship between the sixteen (16) Career Clusters and the 6 Super Clusters.

1. Environmental and Agricultural Systems

Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources (1)

2. Business, Marketing, and Management combines:

Business, Management & Administration (4)

Finance (6)

Hospitality & Tourism (9)

Marketing, Sales & Service (14)

3. Communication and Information Systems involve:

Arts, A/V Technology & Communication (3)

Information Technology (11)

4. Industrial, Manufacturing, Engineering Systems

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics (16)

Architecture & Construction (2)

Manufacturing (13)

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (15)

5. Health Sciences

Health Science (8)

6. Human Services and Resources

Education & Training (5)

Government & Public Administration (7)

Human Services (10)

Law, Public Safety & Security (12)

The sixteen (16) Career Clusters systematically fit within the six (6) major groups.

Career Cluster Brochure

Another excellent career cluster student aid is the Career Cluster Brochure. The brochure is filled with photographs that show people performing the different jobs. With this easy-to-read booklet, students get an overview of the different careers, career clusters, and career pathways. Students read about:

What is a career cluster?

What is a career pathway?

What school subjects are important for a career in the … career cluster?

What is the educational or training requirement for a career in the … career cluster?

What are the necessary credentials for a career in the … career cluster?

What is the employment outlook for a career in the … career cluster?

What are some sample occupations?

Career Cluster Slices

Besides the Career Cluster Model and the Brochure, a third student Career Cluster aid is the NCE Career Cluster Slices. The NCE Career Cluster Slice identifies specific career opportunities found within each Career Pathways. Each Cluster Slice is illustrated and designed to explore areas, such as:

Cluster Description

Pathway Description

Cluster Knowledge & Skills

Career Field

Preparation for a Career in …

Examples of Education and Training Postsecondary Programs of Study

Students discover that each pathways leads to post-secondary options including:

Apprenticeships

Certificates

Licenses

Associate’s Degree Programs

Bachelor’s Degree Programs

Master’s Degree Programs

Doctoral Degree Programs

Professional Degree Programs

Career Clusters Plan of Study

At the beginning of the students’ middle school years, the students use assessments identify career cluster interest areas. With the Career Clusters model, brochure, Slices, and LISA resources, the students have explored the different careers and post-secondary training options. Students, teachers, counselors, and parents then use the Career Clusters Plan of Study to strategically plan the students’ high school course work. The Career Clusters Plan of Study provides examples of English, Math, Science, Social Studies, electives, and extra-curricular activities for the following grade levels:

7th – 8th grade

9th – 10th grade

11th – 12th grade

Examples of advanced coursework for postsecondary credit

The NCE Career Clusters web page is the gateway to the student career cluster resources.

State Career Clusters Initiative, NCE, and Lisa materials are just examples of career cluster resources. Career clusters resources have established a connection between school subjects and careers.

Resources:

Explore Career Clusters, Texas Workforce Commission/Career Development Resources (TWC/CDR), US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, and Louisiana Department of Labor

Nebraska Career Education, States’ Career Clusters Initiative, 2005, and NCTEF/NASDCTEc (National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium) States’ Career Clusters Initiative, & National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education Consortium

State Career Clusters Initiative Washington, DC: National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium, 2002

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