Encyclopedia of Operations Management Terms by Professor Arthur V. Hill Curtis L. Carlson School of Management 321-19th Avenue South University of Minnesota Minneapolis‚ MN 55455-0413 USA ahill@umn.edu Revised July 20‚ 2003 P O M S Production Operations Management Society The electronic version of this encyclopedia is distributed free of charge by the Production Operations Management Society (POMS) under the conditions that (1) you send corrections and additions to ahill@umn.edu and (2) it not
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iii | Contents OGC’s foreword viii Access Management 68 Operational activities of processes covered in other lifecycle phases 72 Common Service Operation activities 79 Monitoring and control 82 5.2 IT Operations 92 vii Chief Architect’s foreword 58 5.1 vi Problem Management 4.5 v List of tables 4.4 4.6 List of figures 5 Preface ix Acknowledgements x 5.3 Mainframe Management 95 1 Introduction
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students were to determine the identity of an assigned unknown organism. Observations were made and recorded each week to narrow down the scope of identification. Data has been presented in the tables‚ charts and drawings herein and reflect the results of microscopic observations as well as the differential tests results on various agars and broth cultures. Although all tests were not conclusive‚ the unknown organism labeled Unknown #11 was found to be a member of the family Enterobacteriacea and
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know what hazard means and how it can be defined. The most common definition of the word Hazard is‚ “A potential source of harm or adverse health effect on a person or persons”. The word hazard has many definitions but most common when talking about workplace health and safety is; “A hazard is any source of potential damage‚ harm or adverse health effects on something or someone under certain conditions at work”. In concise hazard is any condition‚ event or circumstances that could be the source of
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Contents Introduction 1 1. Key challenges that have become very significant to IKEA managers with regard to operations management 1.1 Changing Technologies 1.2 Continued Globalization of Markets 1.3 Changing Customer Expectations 1.4 Changing Job Designs 1.5 Quality Management 1.6 Global Manufacturing 3 3 4 5 6 6 7 2. Areas of operations management likely to to have the most impact on the success of IKEA
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achievement of primary objectives of some other departments‚ they can vary widely from industry to industry. 1. Reciprocal relations: when a company deliberately buys as much as possible from its own customers it is said to practice reciprocity. 2. New materials and products: engineering and manufacturing managers are always interested in new products and materials that will help them more efficiently and there by achieve one of their objectives. 3. Economic make or buy: make or buy decisions
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plasma remains liquid. The negative result may be S. epidermidis but only a more detailed identification test can confirm this‚ using biochemical tests as in API tests and BBL CRYSTAL methods. MATERIALS Sterile swab‚ oxidase strap‚ microorganisms (Pseudomonas aeruginosa‚ E. coli) METHODS A. Catalase 1. A drop of 3% H2O2 was placed on a glass slide. 2. A sterile loop was touched to the culture of the tested organisms. Visible mass of cell was picked. 3. The cell organism was
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3-2-3-1-Conventional Culture Method (Marks 1972): The infected lesions of the tuberculin positive reactors were collected and placed in to a sterile mortar containing sterile sand. The fat was removed and the suspected parts were cut into minute pieces. Then 2 ml of distilled water added to the mixture‚ homogenized and crushed well until the suspension was obtained. Then 2 ml of H2So4 acid 4% added to the mixture then incubated the mixture at 37 0C for 1/2 h. The mixture was diluted with
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I’m not as glamorous as I might seem. I’m just an ordinary student in 10th grade‚ who likes to learn things. Others may be more charismatic or handsome‚ but I have something that they do not. I posses an essential life skill; initiative. You (as the readers from the National Honors Society) may think that what I am saying is absurd‚ but I am here to prove my worth one paragraph at a time. I am a well educated individual who has repeatedly demonstrated initiative and high standards of reliability
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grades‚ it is used for attendance‚ contribution to class discussion‚ and more. It has implications for educational opportunities offered‚ scholarships‚ job opportunities. One test grade can have effects more than 25 years later‚ long after life‚ career‚ and family have tested the person in far more meaningful ways. All grading systems have limitations. Chief among them is the possibility of incorrect assignment of grade. In many cases‚ a slight error is not significant‚ but it some cases (grading food
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