INTRODUCTION Cement is a binder‚ a substance that sets and hardens independently‚ and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans‚ who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made from crushed rock with burnt lime as binder. The volcanic ash and pulverized brick additives that were added to the burnt lime to obtain a hydraulic binder were later referred to as cementum‚ cimentum‚ cäment‚ and cement. Cement is made by grinding
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CP-206: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Production & Operations Management: Production is the process by which raw materials and other inputs are converted into finished products. The essential feature of production is to bring together people‚ machines and materials to provide goods and services and thereby to satisfy the wants of people. Since both manufacturing and service organizations involve the above-mentioned features‚ the term production management is gradually replaced by the
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Antibiotic Production from the plant Lantana camara Project Summary The purpose of this experimental procedure is targeted to find a novel bacterium from the soil of Lantana camara that can be used in the dental field to kill or stop the growth of the Streptococcus mutans bacteria. The experimental procedure is to take place over a time frame of ten weeks conducted by a student team of four. The proposed methodology to take place is to cultivate and purify isolates from the soil‚ find antibiotic
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of HR Department for the kind behavior‚ constant inspiration and valuable knowledge imparted to me during the training period from 13th July to 27th August’2012. I am very thankful to Mr. Ashok Bansal (Senior Manager-Production of ammonia plant)‚ Mr. P.D. BATRA(Manager-Production of ammonia plant) and all officers of ammonia plant who helped me directly and indirectly in training at NFL‚ Panipat Thanking you all. Yours Faithfully Ajay Kumar Gulati 1210502 Chemical Engg. Department JMIT
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A cross-industry review of B2B critical success factors Riyad Eid Myfanwy Trueman and Abdel Moneim Ahmed Introduction In recent years business-to-business international Internet marketing (B2B IIM) has received widespread attention. Avlonitis and Karayanni (2000)‚ Hamill and Gregory (1997)‚ Hoffman et al. (1999)‚ Porter (2001) and Quelch and Klein (1996) conducted in-depth studies to understand those factors that are needed to enhance B2B IIM implementation. Various articles‚ empirical research
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any business organisation‚ achievement of efficiency in production or cost minimisation for a given production activity appear to be one of the prime concern of the managers In the manager’s effort to minimise production costs‚ the fundamental questions he or she faces are: (f) How can production be optimized or costs minimised? (g) What will be the beaviour of output as inputs increase? (h) How does technology help in reducing production costs? (i) How can the least-cost combination of inputs
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Production Cycle The production cycle is a set of business activities and data processing operations associated with the manufacturing of products. Louwers (2007) points out that “the production cycle is closely linked to the acquisition cycle in which goods and services are purchased and to the revenue cycle in which the inventory is sold (p. 328). As products cycle through the stages from raw goods all the way through finished goods‚ the production cycle is concerned with how to account for
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Demand Elasticity of Luxury Automobiles In the luxury automobile market‚ there are many vehicles that boast high quality workmanship‚ luxurious appointments and powerful drivetrains. For this research paper‚ the midsize luxury sedan segment was chosen because most of the vehicles from the brands in this segment have similar features‚ power‚ and most importantly‚ price tags. The flagship models of the brands were not chosen since the features and amenities are very different from car to car to such
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Production Budget: Learning Objective of the article: 1. Define and explain production budget. 2. Prepare a production budget. Definition and Explanation of Production Budget: Theproduction budgetis prepared after thesales budget. Theproduction budgetlists the number of units that must be produced during each budget period to meet sales needs and to provide for the desired ending inventory. Production needs can be determined as follows. | Budgeted sales in units-------------------
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Cellular Respiration: ATP Production What is ATP? -stands for Adenosine Triphosphate. -often called the “molecular unit of currency” -a chemical compound which cells use to store energy or to release energy. -consists of the adenine‚ ribose sugar‚ and 3 other phosphate groups. ATP’s main purpose is to transport chemical energy within cells for metabolism. In this production‚ the Mitochondrion is the production centers of ATP. NADH and FADH2 • Are electron carriers that
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