HKU820 BENJAMIN YEN AVIATION SPARE PARTS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OPTIMISATION AT CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED We have 2½ billion Hong Kong dollars worth of spare parts on our shelves. Managing these spare parts effectively is instrumental in ensuring the efficient operations of our airline. This presents a significant challenge to the engineering department. - Robert Taylor‚ manager of inventory operations‚ Cathay Pacific1 A profitable and financially sound commercial airline‚ Cathay
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Lightning Rods “The electrical fire would‚ I think‚ be drawn out of a cloud silently‚ before it could come near enough to strike…” said Benjamin Franklin.3 Contrary to popular belief‚ a lightning rod does not attract lightning. The lightning rod provides a path towards the ground to conduct massive electrical currents when lightning does occur. The pointed metal rod‚ usually attached to the roof of a building‚ could be an inch in diameter and connected to a large piece of copper or an aluminum
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The "spoils system"‚ a system for appointing government officials‚ was first used by Andrew Jackson. This system allowed newly-elected presidents to replace officeholders with people who supported them. For example‚ Jackson replaced some of his cabinet members‚ so his cabinet would be more in favor of the decisions he made before those policies went into effect. Most of his cabinet members resigned and were replaced‚ however‚ because the wife of Secretary of War John Eaton was judged for her moral
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the seventh President of the United States. Jackson was one of the candidates for the election of 1825‚ but lost due to the lack of majority votes. He was President from 1829 to 1837‚ during that time; he used Pocket Veto‚ then he came up with the Spoils System‚ another thing he did was create two different political parties‚ the Republican Party‚ and the Democratic Republicans. Andrew Jackson used Pocket Veto a total of twelve times. One of the few he used it on was for the Second Bank of the United
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Asset bubbles are some of the worst types of recessions because they take the longest to unwind. The next couple of years will go much like this…. - US Dollar will give a short-term rally in the next 6 months only to continue its long term devaluation. It will include an approximate 50% decline (currently at 37%) by the end of the decade in relation to its 2001 levels. - All commodities (including gas) will continue to rise at around 5% to 7% on average as inflation continues to accelerate
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I would like to thank God‚ my Mom‚ my Dad‚ little Sister and Step Mom‚ Benjy‚ Artie‚ and both of their families‚ Will‚ Rostrum Records‚ my entire family both sides‚ the whole city of Pittsburgh‚ all my family from Hazelwood‚ Schack‚ Bill‚ Fatima‚ Bonics‚ Sarah‚ Peter/Zach/Doug‚ E. Dan and his family‚ Big Jerm‚ and everyone at ID labs‚ and of course The Taylor gang! Also‚ a huge thank you to our entire Atlantic Records‚ Warner Chappell‚ and Warner Music Group family! GRATITUDES WHEN I’M GONE ROLL
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ROB VANSTONE Rob Vanstone‚ is a lifelong Reginan and a football follower ‚ he was selected as an Assistant Sports Editor in 1995 and was named as a sports writer one year later. He is now the Leader Post’s Sports Editor and daily columnist . Vanstone has spent most of his time in the Leader Post writing about the Saskatchewan Rougriders. Rob is one of the top sports editor in Saskatchewan. Rob Vanstone’s goal was to be a sports writer in Regina. He studied at Campbell Collegiate in his High
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Don’t Spoil The Sport As I sit and watch the baseball games of the New York Yankees‚ my favorite baseball team‚ I notice that Alex Rodriguez is hitting homeruns left and right‚ which is unusual for a guy of his age. Not only did this bring suspicion to me‚ but also the MLB‚ which is why he was suspended 211 games for violations of its Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. The reason professional leagues were created were for entertainment purposes‚ and to measure elite player’s talents‚
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Southwest Sports Group Contract for Alex Rodriguez: The 10 year contract which Tom Hicks and his team proposed for Alex Rodriguez was one of the biggest ever in the history of Baseball. It was a major Investment decision for the group. The Group had taken over the Dallas Stars few years earlier and spent on buying quality players. This worked wonders for the team and Dallas Stars went on to lead the group. Tom Hicks had a policy of spending 50-55% of team revenue on team payrolls. If that is maintained
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SPARE PARTS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT WITH DELIVERY LEAD TIMES AND RATIONING a thesis submitted to the department of industrial engineering and the institute of engineering and science of bilkent university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science By Ya¸ar Levent Ko¸a˘a s c g May‚ 2004 I certify that I have read this thesis and that in my opinion it is fully adequate‚ in scope and in quality‚ as a thesis for the degree of Master of Science. Assist. Prof
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