Green Manufacturing & ISO14000 -Abhishek.V -Ankit Puri -Venkatesh Kumar Green Manufacturing Disturbing? Disturbing? Disturbing? Introduction • Manufacturing plays a very strategic role in an organization‚ especially to build competitive advantage and improve performance. • With rapid changes in technology‚ customer needs and globalization‚ manufacturing itself is constantly transforming and evolving. Goals.. “To prevent pollution and save energy through the discovery and development of
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Agile Manufacturing In 1991‚ an industry-led study‚ sponsored by the United States Navy Mantech Program‚ and supported by the Iacocca Institute at Lehigh University in the United States‚ was conducted in order to originate a new paradigm for successful manufacturing enterprises. The report of that study‚ entitled “21st Century Manufacturing Enterprise Strategy”‚ coined the term “agile manufacturing” History of Agile Manufacturing The report which is entitled “21st Century Manufacturing Enterprise
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Business Process Reengineering has gained a considerable attention in the world of change management during the past years. While more and more organizations embark on the BPR trend it can be concluded‚ that the theoretical bedrock for BPR falls rather short of the concepts ambition of being a solution for a multiplicity of problems that many companies suffer from. This thesis is intended to provide a theoretical framework for BPR by linking the concept to existing theories within marketing
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Davidson‚ Paul. "Lean Manufacturing Helps Companies Survive." USA Today 02 Nov. 2009‚ Money sec.: 1b. Print. Sealy was the world’s top mattress maker in 2009. Before implementing a newer method of manufacturing they were inefficient‚ wasting resources‚ and often times so sloppy they were damaging this products minutes after they were produced. Sealy was able to remain profitable during the recession by switching to a lean manufacturing system. They were able to improve their inefficiencies
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Ethics is a system of moral principles ‚ that help people make the right decisions ‚ and distinguish between what is right and what is wrong. Different approaches Virtue Ethics Deontological Ethics (duty ‚ role ) Teleological Ethics (consequentialism) The difference between these three approaches to morality tends to lie more in the way moral dilemmas are approached than in the moral conclusions reached. For example‚ a consequentialist may argue that lying is wrong because of the negative consequences
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HCA/220 When studying the human body there are seven approaches and different but yet specific points of view. The seven approaches are: Body planes and body directions Body cavities Quadrants and regions Anatomy and physiology Microscopic to macroscopic Body systems Medical specialties Body planes and body directions is when the body is divided with a n imaginary flat surface in which it divides the body into two parts. The three main plans are
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Winsome Manufacturing Company I am the manager of a firm that produces plastic storage containers for sale at home events. We will be introducing a new multiple container system to which will require minimal storage space in ones home. This product thus opens a sales channel market‚ allowing for additional add on products and to generate new revenues. The product is scheduled to be introduced in nine months during the first quarter of the new fiscal year. The new project requires participation from
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Unilever is a complex global organization that has a portfolio of 400 brands‚ spanning 14 categories in home and personal care and food products. The company has 163‚000 employees in the 170 countries within which it operates (Unilever‚ 2010). Organizations such as Unilever face the challenge of configuring a global structure that “works well in diverse locations but also brings units together in a coordinated fashion” (Shenkar & Luo‚ 2007‚ p. 312). Given its wide range of products and the diversity
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Table of Contents Management: 2 Classical Approaches: 3 Scientific Management: 3 Human Relations: 3 Maslow Pyramid of Needs: 3 Bureaucracy: 3 Administrative Management: 4 Fayol’s Business Activities: 4 Contemporary Approaches 5 Quantitative Management: 5 Organisational Behaviour: 5 Systems Theory: 5 Contingency Theory: 6 Total Quality Management: 6 Organisational Culture: 7 B. 8 A. Management: “Management” (from Old French ménagement “the art of conducting‚ directing”‚ from
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total assets. The formula is: Total liabilities Total assets A ratio greater than 1 indicates that a considerable proportion of assets are being funded with debt‚ while a low ratio indicates that the bulk of asset funding is coming from equity. Riordan Industries |
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