Case study: Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive Introduction Hybrid Synergy Drive‚ (HSD) is a set of hybrid car technologies developed by Toyota. HSD technology is used in the Prius‚ Highlander Hybrid sport-utility vehicle (SUV)‚ Camry Hybrid‚ Lexus RX 400h‚ Lexus GS 450h‚ and Lexus LS 600h/LS 600hL automobiles. It combines an electric drive and a continuously variable transmission. Toyota describes HSD-equipped vehicles as having E-CVT (Electronically-controlled Continuously Variable Transmission). We
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Synergy Synergy is also called synergism; it could be defined as a combined effect that is produced by two or more elements or individuals. In other words‚ it could be said that synergy tends to occur when the total or whole is greater than combining the parts. It could be defined well by an example‚ two people can move a load easily by working together‚ but if they work individually then it would be much difficult. It is not compulsory that the outcome of synergy has to be positive it could be
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Electrical Machines and Drives for Electric‚ Hybrid‚ and Fuel Cell Vehicles Induction and switched-reluctance machines can provide the needed characteristics‚ but permanent magnet brushless machines offer a higher efficiency and torque density. By Z. Q. Zhu‚ Senior Member IEEE‚ and David Howe ABSTRACT | This paper reviews the relative merits of induction‚ switched reluctance‚ and permanent-magnet (PM) brushless machines and drives for application in electric‚ hybrid‚ and fuel cell vehicles‚
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Value of Synergy Aswath Damodaran Stern School of Business October 2005 2 The Value of Synergy Many acquisitions and some large strategic investments are often justified with the argument that they will create synergy. In this paper‚ we consider the various sources of synergy and categorize them into operating and financial synergies. We then examine how best to value synergy in any investment and how sensitive this value is to different assumptions. We also look at how this synergy value should
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Synergetic Solutions Inc. Amy R. Simmons COM - 530 Communications for Accountants November 26‚ 2012 Dr. Ed Wirth Synergetic Solutions Synergetic Solutions Inc. is a system integration company that has secured a network design order worth $1.2 million with the possibility of $5 million more in the works (University of Phoenix‚ 2012). Synergetic has five locations on the East coast and employees 300 people‚ most of them being in sales and service departments (University of Phoenix‚ 2012)
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In organization Synergy becomes very important. Take an organization of your choice and bring out the importance of Synergy in making the organization more productive. Synergy means that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In organizational terms‚ synergy means that as separate departments within an organization cooperate and interact‚ they become more productive than if each were to act in segregation. The concept of synergy is resulting from the systems approach in which the management
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International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Monterey‚ California‚ USA‚ 24-28 July‚ 2005 Modeling and Analysis of the Toyota Hybrid System Jinming Liu‚ Huei Peng and Zoran Filipi Abstract—Toyota Hybrid System is the innovative powertrain used in the current best-selling hybrid vehicle on the market—the Prius. It uses a split-type hybrid configuration which contains both a parallel and a serial power path to achieve the benefits of both. The main purpose of this paper is to
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of its products. Because of such high growth and rapid change‚ Apple must adopt the optimal corporate structure moving forward to maintain its competitive advantage. Due to the variety of features of the iPhone and other products‚ Apple can find synergy in similar features between different products and thus a matrix structure should be optimal. First‚ it is easy to see that a functional structure would not be efficient for Apple. The functional structure is designed for a firm with one or closely
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STUDY: CONAGRA SEARCHES FOR SYNERGY What do Hunt’s ketchup‚ Orville Redenbacher’s popcorn‚ Healthy Choice frozen meals‚ and Slim Jim jerky have in common? All are part of ConAgra’s empire of food brands. With $25 billion in annual sales‚ ConAgra is the number-two U.S. food products company behind Kraft Foods. Aggressive acquisitions during the 1980s brought ninety different operating companies into the ConAgra family. Now CEO Bruce Rohde is working to lower system wide costs and boost overall
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this paper possibility of wind-solar hybrid system has been studied. There is a possibility of a total of 100 MW hybrid power generation in coastal areas. After a preliminary survey supported by measured field data of wind velocities and solar radiation all over the country‚ two specific sites Patenga and Thakurgaon have been primarily identified where more than 100 kW wind-solar hybrid power generations is possible. Keywords: Wind energy‚ hybrid system 1. INTRODUCTION Bangladesh is a developing
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