the job better. The word Operations derives from the many successful applications of O.R. to military operations in the 1940s. But‚ since then‚ most O.R. applications have been to peaceful activities‚ especially to business management‚ of which planning industrial production‚ and scheduling airlines‚ and other transportation‚ have been prominent. The name Management Science denotes the same discipline‚ with some emphasis on business management. Practitioners of Operations Management will find many
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the said problem. How gadgets distract or get the attention of the students? Does it bring positive results on their academic performance and academic standing? III. HYPOTHESIS The researchers suggests that students should have less time in using their gadgets‚ especially their cellular phones‚ iPods‚ PSPs‚ Laptops‚ and their own personal computers. Why the researchers included personal computers? Because most of the time‚ students nowadays use their personal computers for gaming and entertainment
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1. How does short-term memory and long-term memory in a human compare to computer memory? – because they both store information ‚ one stores information that is long lasting and the other stores information that is only meant to last a short period of time. 2. If a person opens MS Word and starts to write‚ will the information be automatically saved if the computer reboots? Explain—if the computer reboots by itself yes it would be automatically saved but if it doesn’t reboot by itself and you
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boat. On the boat are limited supplies‚ a zebra‚ an orangutan‚ hyena‚ and a royal Bengal tiger. Now imagine them being brutally killed by each other. The only ones left are you and the tiger. Now what could you do. Now open your eyes think how could you have survived on that boat. Pi survived on that boat with a tiger for 227 days on the Pacific Ocean. The only reasons he came out alive was because these three beliefs with is God‚his family and his caring of life. Because Pi’s parents were strongly
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STUDY OF PROFITABILITY OF A LOGISTICS COMPANY USING ECONOMETRICS TOOLS Executive summary This study examines the impact of three factors‚ namely Sales‚ Fixed assets and Interest paid on the profitability of a logistics company. Econometric tool of multiple linear regression model was used for analyzing the impact of above factors on profitability of a major logistics company GATI Limited. Based on the financial data of last 10 years 2000-2009 the regression analysis has revealed that profitability
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Amazon.com—Not Your Average Bookstore Jeffrey Bezos‚ CEO and founder of Amazon.com‚ is running what some people refer to as the “world’s biggest bookstore.” The story of Bezos’s virtual bookstore teaches many lessons about online business. Out of nowhere‚ this digital bookstore turned an industry upside down. What happened here was more than just creating a Web site. Bezos conceived and implemented an intelligent‚ global digital business. Its business is its technology; its technology is its business
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The Importance of Analyzing Customer Profitability BADM 603 July 30‚ 2007 Every for-profit business has one main goal: to maximize profits by selling as much of its products or services to as many customers as possible. It seems logical to think that the more customers that a business has‚ the more profitable the company will be. However‚ business managers should also be aware that some customers are more profitable to the company than others. Managers should analyze their customers to determine
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Think Your Smartphone is Secure? 1. What types of threats do smartphones face? Based from the article I read‚ one of the threats being faced by smartphones is being hacked without the knowledge of users. Also‚ all of the personal and corporate data stored on the device could be sent through different remote servers‚ which are threats for smartphones. Additionally‚ another threat of smartphones is the user’s information may be taken without one’s permission especially the banking information
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Power: How To Buy A Computer Buying a personal computer can be as difficult as buying a car. No matter how much one investigates‚ how many dealers a person visits‚ and how much bargaining a person has done on the price‚ he still may not be really certain that he has gotten a good deal. There are good reasons for this uncertainty. Computers change at much faster rate than any other kind of product. A two-year-old car will always get a person where he wants to go‚ but a two-year-old computer may be
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How did Lenin consolidate power after 1917? There is little doubt that in the immediate aftermath of the October Revolution‚ the Bolshevik hold on power was by no means secure. Although there were 300‚000 Bolshevik Party members‚ a large part of the population were apathetic towards the Bolshevik Party. The Bolsheviks controlled many major cities‚ but its presence in the countryside was limited. The Bolsheviks succeeded in gaining power in Petrograd not due to their own popularity‚ but largely due
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