Department of Mechanical Engineering MENG 263 TUTORIAL 1 Q1. The motion of a particle is defined by the relation x 2t3 6t2 10‚ where x is expressed in m and t in seconds. Determine the time‚ position‚ and acceleration when v 0. ( Ans. x 2m‚ a 12 m/s2 ) Q2. The motion of a particle is defined by the relation x 2t3 -15t2 24t 4‚ where x is expressed in meters and t in seconds. Determine (a) when the velocity is zero‚ (b) the position and the total distance traveled when the
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time inventor‚ a big business man‚ and a motion picture movie author are three words that people think of in connection with Thomas Edison. Many people know that Thomas Edison made the electric light bulb‚ but he was so much more. Thomas Edison changed the world with his inventions that made people’s life way easier‚ and left a legacy as a great inventor. The early life of Thomas Edison was very rough and but got better. Family had an impact too. His father built his own business and had become very
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Book Lee D. Hoffer’s “Junkie Business: The Evolution and Operation of a Heroin Dealing Network” is an ethnography that details the buying and dealing of the highly addictive drug‚ heroin‚ in the particularly homeless area of Denver‚ Colorado called “Larimer” from 1995 to the year 2000. The majority of the book focuses on the partnership of two heroin dealers‚ Kurt and Danny‚ and examines their daily lifestyles and the transitional periods they faced during their operations. On a much broader level‚
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Day 19 (Nov 28‚ 2012) Improving Service Quality and Productivity Integrating Service Quality and Productivity Strategies “Not everything that counts can be counted‚ and not everything that can be counted‚ counts”- Albert Einstein “Our mission remains inviolable. Offer the customer the best service we can provide‚ cut our costs to the bones; and generate a surplus to continue the unending process of renewal.” – Joseph Pillay‚ Former Chairman‚ Singapore Airlines During the 1980s and early
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difficulties in our lives‚ which we may find them discouraging‚ disheartening and dejecting. After all‚ success and failure are both inevitable that everyone experiences numerous ups and downs as time goes by. Failure is something that makes you disappointed‚ but at the same time it can gives you motivation for improvements. The point is that whether failure lifts you up or set you back eventually‚ all depends on how you treat and look at failure. First of all‚ on the plus side‚ failure allows you to identify
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Assignment 1: Operation Decision Assume you have been hired as a managing consultant by a company to offer some advice that will help it make a decision as to whether it should shut down completely or continue its operations. It currently uses 100 workers to produce 6‚000 units of output per month (working 20 days / month). The daily wage (per worker) is $70‚ and the price of the firm’s output is $32. The cost of other variable inputs is $2‚000 per day. It also tells us that the firm’s fixed cost
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Scientific Revolution: The scientific revolution refers to the period of historical changes in thought & belief‚ as well as proposed universal laws. This period brought ideas not only on the motion of the spheres‚ but on the influence of God on daily life and nature theorized by philosophers such as Nicholas Copernicus and Isaac Newton. The Author‚ Its Work: Nicolaus Copernicus‚ On the Revolutions; the Heliocentric Model. Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the idea that the sun was stationary object centered
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stores. Operations Strategy “In many companies‚ the key to success is often an operations-based advantage. Superior operations effectiveness not only serves to buttress a company’s existing competitive position‚ but‚ when based on capabilities that are embedded in the company’s people and operating processes‚ is inherently difficult to imitate.” --R. H. Hayes and D. M. Upton‚ “Opeations-based Strategy.” California Management Review‚ Summer‚ 1998. McDonald’s utilizes an excellent operations strategy
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Module: Operations management Title: -Operations management and Ethics! - Student: Katerina Zafirovska Lecture: Prof. D-r Aleksandra Shumar Contents: Introduction……………………………………………………………………..….3 1. Operations management…………………………………………..5 2. History of operations management……………………………….6 3. Ethics ……………………………………………………………15 4. Operations management
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time would almost be doubled. Several people have an opposing point of views on the issues some agree that it is beneficial while other believe it is harmful. One of the big issues in society today is the discussion over‚ does watching too much TV decrease cognitive development or does it help them learn and develop new ideas. In the articles found in They Say/I Say‚ “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by Steven Johnson and “Thinking Outside the Idiot Box” by Dana Stevens‚ these two authors express‚ their
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