Journal of Structural Engineering Vol.53A (March 2007) JSCE Friction Based Semi-Active Control of Cable-Stayed Bridges Shehata E. ABDEL RAHEEM *‚ Uwe E. DORKA ** and Toshiro HAYASHIKAWA *** * ** *** Dr.-Eng.‚ JSPS fellow‚ Hokkaido University‚ Assist. Professor‚ Assiut University‚ Assiut 71516‚ Egypt. Dr.-Eng.‚ Professor‚ Steel & Composite Structures‚ Kassel University‚ Kurt-Wolters-Strasse 3‚ Kassel 34125‚ Germany. Dr.-Eng.‚ Professor‚ Graduate School of Engineering.‚ Hokkaido
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standards and to provide a basis of measurement for achievement of those standards. In addition‚ the act provided funding and incentives to reach these goals‚ as well as penalties for those teachers and school systems that failed to reach these benchmarks. Now‚ for the first time‚ our schools and teachers could be held accountable for making sure that our nations ’ youth received a proper education. One of the first goals of the program was to provide standardized testing for reading‚ math‚ and
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After reading the IKEA case‚ I find following problems‚ * Reluctance to change furniture: mind set of Americans Americans typically have the mind-set that furniture should last a lifetime‚ which is not in-line with IKEA’s value that does not include durability in its products. Thus to increase market share in America‚ IKEA must change the American’s attitude towards furniture as something fun and disposable‚ furniture is something that add value to lifestyle without incurring too much cost
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INTRODUCTION “Benchmarking is a way to go backstage and watch another company’s performance From the wings‚ where all the stage tricks and hurried realignments are visible” Method of improving business performance by learning from others. 2 BENCHMARKING: WHAT IS IT? Main emphasis is not on “best performance” but on improving a given business operation or a process by exploiting “best practices” “Benchmarking is a process of identifying‚ understanding and adapting outstanding practices and processes
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consideration of injustices. But still‚ being smart sucks. The thing about being smart is that‚ often‚ everyone knows you’re smart. And when everyone knows you’re smart‚ you’re expected to continue to be smart. You are suddenly everyone else’s benchmark so when you have any sort of off day‚ people happily point out to you how well they did in comparison. Getting tests back is hell. The amount of times I’ve had other students snatch my test off my desk to compare grades is insane. When it’s better
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Types of benchmarking 1) Process benchmarking The initiating firm focuses its observation and investigation of business processes with a goal of identifying and observing the best practices from one or more benchmark firms. Activity analysis will be required where the objective is to benchmark cost and efficiency; increasingly applied to back-office processes where outsourcing may be a consideration. 2) Financial benchmarking Performing a financial analysis and comparing the results in an effort
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Walmart is known for having poor customer service. Some of the bad customer service areas at Walmart are in the electronic department where there is only one cashier‚ their customer service department only has one cashier‚ the self-checkout lines does not always accept cash‚ debit‚ and credit‚ and they never have enough cashiers staffed leading to extremely long lines. Walmart will benefit from benchmarking because they can earn the customers trust and help build morale‚ bringing their customers
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Contents Introduction to the Assignment Pages 2-3 Café Fusion questionnaire and diagrams Page 4 Policies and improvements Pages 4-7 My personal experience in Café Fusion Page 7 Benchmark (what the café will strive to be like) Pages 8-9 Changes and developments Pages 10-11 Conclusion Page 12 Bibliography Page 13 I have been hired as the front of house supervisor in the
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Aviva: Let’s Change Insurance Institute of Communication Agencies Bronze‚ Canadian Advertising Success Stories‚ 2010 Title: Source: Issue: Aviva: Let’s Change Insurance Institute of Communication Agencies Bronze‚ Canadian Advertising Success Stories‚ 2010 Aviva: Let’s Change Insurance EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Business Results Period (Consecutive Months): April-September 2008 Start of Advertising/Communication Effort: April 2008 Base Period for Comparison: April-September
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attempted to quantify and measure quality. They studied a total of 19 processes that included room service delivery‚ guest reservation and registration‚ breakfast service‚ and message delivery. The results from this study were used to establish benchmarks for future ratings. Another key implementation was organizing the employees into “self-directed” work teams. These teams were responsible for making their work
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