Executive Summary The following is a thermal‚ mechanical and hydraulic design response report to a heat exchanger problem where ethylene glycol and a poor quality feed of water are put through a shell and tube exchanger with the objective of cooling the ethylene glycol feed. A shell and tube exchanger was chosen over several other exchangers due to its high efficient performance and its relative ease of maintenance in processing these fluids. From the data given and specific heat capacity researched
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What is the value of research produced in the social science? Knowledge‚ produced through research investigation‚ is generally valued more highly than common sense or an opinion based understanding of the world. Humans are naturally inquisitive‚ with an instinctive urge to obtain new information and motivated by a need to discover more about society and the world they live in. However without a systematic methodology‚ these ideas and ways of thinking‚ tend to be based on a persons own experiences
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and measure 22 ½ cm. Next they add latex adhesive to a spinning drum then put the centers into it to evenly coat them. The center’s absorb the adhesive and the yarn sticks together. The center’s air dry for 48 hours but remain sticky. Using a hydraulic press they punch out figure eight shapes in leather and holes around the perimeter for stitching later. But before they go to stitching they stamp the date and lot number on each of them. Next they wrap the figure eights and wet towels for the
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INTRODUCTION The operation plays key role in firms because it affects operation managers understand their customers and translate their customers’ needs into performance objectives. "In turn‚ the performance objectives (and especially the relative importance of each one) influence the overall operations strategy of the business". (Slack et al.‚ 2010‚) The reason is that managers can based on performance objectives to do decision because it is reflection of corporation strengths and weaknesses. This
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Describe why CRM is so important in managing supply chains. Use an example in your discussion Knowing your customers means knowing who your customers are‚ what their needs are‚ and the means by which you communicate with them. CRM plays a very vital role in supply chain management because it tells the organization what kind or customer they are dealing with in the market and what their expectations are from the product. CRM system does feed the supply chain planning. For example‚ Apple know what
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3. Demand and Price Elasticity It is important to understand how price changes affect the demand of fast food especially for firm like McDonald that operates in a Monopolistic Market. When McDonalds offers its discounted Value Meal during lunch and dinner hours‚ the demand for McDonald’s products will increase. According to the law of demand‚ other things equal‚ the quantity demanded of a goods increases when the price of the good falls. (N.Geogory Mankiw et al.‚2013). A change in price will affect
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What is ‘recruitment’? Recruitment is the process of screening‚ and selecting qualified people for a job at organisation or firm. Selection then consists of the processes involved in choosing from applicants a suitable candidate to fill a post. By saying to choose a right people for a job means making sure that job holders have the right skills‚ knowledge and attitudes required by organisation to help them achieve firms objectives. In simple words recruitment is simply taking on employees to get
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It is nicely realize that cone crusher is really a full associated with mashing gear along with big energy‚ large decrease percentage as well as higher effectiveness‚ that is primarily used within good mashing associated with supplies. Portable Copper Ore Crusher Using the improvement associated with household national infrastructure building‚ cone crusher along with large mashing pressure‚ higher effectiveness‚ higher capability‚ reduced procedure price as well as simple realignment is becoming
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Initial idea: Offer affordable sports equipment for children Products: − Used (second-hand) products − Surplus equipment from manufacturers and retailers Current situation (December 2007): − Demand has been growing steadily over the last years − The products are distributed to the U.S. customers through a single (and small) warehouse in St. Louis − The warehouse is leased on a year-to-year basis − The current network design‚ in particular the distribution network and warehouse
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time to failure is as long as 1 year but they are very expensive. Each part can cost at least $100‚000. Hence the parts are very costly to hold as inventory. The firm is looking for a supply chain solution that can meet its needs. (a) What is the competitive strategy if you want to service this firm? (b) What supply chain infrastructure and flows do you think would be appropriate to service this customer? You will need to justify your recommendation. (You can surf the internet to get some ideas
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