STEEL ASIA MANUFACTURING CORPORATION: Company Case Study STEEL ASIA MANUFACTURING CORPORATION COMPANY DESCRIPTION Steel Asia Manufacturing Corporation (SAMC)‚ a joint venture with TATA Steel from India‚ is located in Bulacan in the Philippines and produces reinforcing steel bars (also referred to as rebar) for use in construction. The plant was commissioned in 1996 and currently has 400 employees. Annual production is 360‚000 tons of steel bars compared to its 400‚000 tons annual designed capacity
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Drug Addiction for Dummies Your Name Here School Name COM 150 Expository Essay Allison Howry February 3‚ 2008 Thesis Addiction is defined as an overuse of any substance that changes the natural chemical balance of the brain. It is generally agreed upon that addiction includes biological‚ psychological‚ and behavioral factors. Introduction Addictions are very dangerous emotionally‚ psychologically‚ and physically. There are three main points to an addiction - the actual addiction and
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From the beginning‚ Asia has always had a huge impact on the history of the world. Without contributions from caliphs like Ibn Fadlan‚ traders like Abraham bin Yuji‚ and nobles such as Ibn Battuta‚ our world would be very different today. Xuanzang‚ a Buddhist monk‚ fled his Chinese monastery illegally to travel to India‚ and retuned after 17 years‚ around the same time the Tang dynasty began‚ where he later reunited with his brother‚ and remained a buddhist monk. Ibn Fadlan‚ a noble who traveled
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the plan due to following reasons: The central warehouse in Enschede‚ Netherlands: its capacity and service quality may not meet requirements from subsidiaries. In the past‚ some subsidiaires experienced poor services from this warehouse. Subsidiaries would lose flexibility to respond to local market changes. The financial benefits from the move (e.g. costs savings) were uncertain and unreliable. EU managers got used to having their own warehouses to control inventory outflows. Diminution in EU
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The impact of central bank independence on the performance of inflation targeting regimes* Sami Alpandaa‚ Adam Honiga** a Amherst College‚ Amherst‚ MA 01002 May‚ 2011 ______________________________________________________________________________ Abstract This paper examines the benefits of inflation targeting in both advanced and emerging economies. We do not detect significant effects in advanced economies and only find small benefits in emerging economies‚ in line with previous studies
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Illegal drugs Illegal drugs are drugs which have controls on them by a government and are illegal in certain situations (a person is not allowed to have them). A drug is any chemical designed to affect the human body. A psychoactive drug is a drug that affects the brain. Some controlled drugs are allowed if you have permission (called a "prescription") from a doctor. Other drugs are illegal - meaning you are never allowed to have them. Individual countries and places have different laws about different
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and white cells‚ drug bound to proteins passes through pores in capillaries into the nephron Distal Reabsorption Non-ionized drug molecules (lipid soluble) are reabsorbed into capillaries Ionized molecules required by body (glucose) actively transported back into capillaries Ionized drug molecules (non-lipid soluble) pass into the bladder pH influences reabsorption pH of urine: around 6 ‚ ranges 4.4 to 8 pH manipulated more acidic or basic to facilitate excretion of drugs Kidney makes urine
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COMPANY PROFILE Asia Brewery is a breweryfounded in 1982 in Makati City‚ thePhilippines. [1] It is one of only two breweries in the Philippines‚ [2] and is the smaller of the two‚ with only 10%market share. It is owned byLucio Tan‚ listed byForbes Magazineas the second richestFilipino in the Philippines‚ with assets worth $1.5 billion. [3] It produces malt beverages like beer ‚shandy‚ iced tea‚ bottled water and carbonated softdrinks. Its sister company Tanduay Distillers‚ Inc. produces
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Drug Addiction Drug abuse is an increasing epidemic in today’s society. There are so many types of drugs being abused today‚ both legal and illegal. These drugs affect the human body in many different ways. Drug abuse can lead to addiction. “Drug addiction involves the repeated and excessive use of a drug to produce pleasure or escape reality despite its destructive effects” (“Environmental Health Perspectives‚” 2005). Drug addicts believe that drugs are necessary for them to have a feeling
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Drug Abuse & Dependency Some of the causes of drug abuse and dependency too show why some persons become drug abusers are the following: 1. Socio-cultural deprivation. The influence of socio-cultural factors includes rejection‚ inadequate stimulation and communication and other related deficiencies in the family. It is observed that a young drug dependent feels deprived of some social relationships with other persons to satisfy his needs. Early deprivation includes lack of maternal and paternal
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