The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0960-4529.htm The impact of ISO 9001 effectiveness on the performance of service companies Evangelos L. Psomas Department of Business Administration of Food and Agricultural Enterprises‚ University of Western Greece‚ Agrinio‚ Greece The impact of ISO 9001 effectiveness 149 Received 7 May 2012 Revised 17 October 2012 Accepted 29 November 2012 Angelos Pantouvakis Department of Maritime Studies
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Re-Positioning exercise for a leading product development services player “When a leading product development services company needed a partner to assess its brand positioning strategy and plans‚ Prayag was its choice. Read about how we leveraged our research capabilities‚ branding and industry expertise to equip the client with a comprehensive and well-chalked out branding programme.” E mail: info@prayag.com The client is a leading global product development services company that works in the
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coffee beans‚ salads‚ hot and cold sandwiches and panini‚ pastries‚ snacks‚ and items such as mugs and tumblers. Through the Starbucks Entertainment division and Hear Music brand‚ the company also markets books‚ music‚ and film. Many of the company’s products are seasonal or specific to the locality of the store. Starbucks-brand ice cream and coffee are also offered at grocery stores. From Starbucks’ founding in later forms in Seattle as a local coffee bean roaster and retailer‚ the company has
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The impacts of new technology of rice production in China Rice is one of the main stable food in China which has the largest population in the world. Because of the large amount of population‚ food stabilization and food security play significant roles in China‚ so in recent decades‚ many new technologies have been used in agricultural production. This paper will mainly discuses the economic impact of new technology in rice production‚ for example‚ how does new technology like Green Revolution
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Technology’s Impact on the Voyage of Christopher Columbus Columbus’s voyage is a subject that has been taught to every student since kindergarten and earlier. Technology is one of the basis of modern society that we cannot even dream of living without. We rely completely on our smartphones‚ laptops‚ and global positioning system‚ GPS. However‚ the idea of combining our technology‚ that we find common and essential‚ and the first voyage of Christopher Columbus‚ an event that occurred hundreds of years
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Now‚ I would like to talk about the IVS impact on medical services in Hong Kong. According to our research‚ only four interviewees concerned about the medical services‚ because there was an age bias in our questionnaire. However‚ referring to various news articles‚ medical services is a big concern in Hong Kong. IVS was originally designated for the sake of boosting Hong Kong’s economy. However‚ a recent trend shows that a lot of mainlanders are in fact‚ trying to give birth to their babies in Hong
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consisted of desks‚ paper‚ pencil‚ and other traditional school supplies. In recent years‚ however‚ technology‚ such as tablets and computers‚ have penetrated the conventional school room. While technology teaching aids indicate success in schools‚ especially economically‚ there are also negative impacts‚ such as communication barriers and hindrance of the brain’s thought process development. Though technology allows teachers and students to interact with one another in entirely new ways‚ such as online
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The impact of communications technology over the last one hundred years on The World. In the beginning came the telegraph. This form of communication was invented in the 1830’s in the U.K. The first proper telegraph was not sent until 1845 in the U.K. This led to significant news being able to be sent to a recipient in a short space of time rather than by the old lengthy means of post. During the Second World War the service had to be suspended though. By this time new forms of communications
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DSC 101 DESIGN AWARENESS Prof. Jacques Giard‚ PhD ©Jacques Giard 2010 DSC 101 Design Awareness 1 What are the goals for today? • Gaining a basic understanding of the designing process… • The Velcro story • Design-in-the-News… • What we already know… ©Jacques Giard 2010 DSC 101 Design Awareness 2 Design in the News McDonald’s plans to spend more than 600 million euros (US$828 million) to remodel 1‚280 of its European restaurants. NY Times Saturday August 25‚ 2007 "Re-imaging
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Lesson Two DESIGN Process design Process design Supply network design Layout and flow Process technology Job design Operations strategy Operations management Design Improvement Product/service design Planning and control Nature and purpose of the design activity Products‚ services and the processes which produce them all have to be designed Decisions taken during the design of a product or service will have an impact on the decisions taken during the design of the process
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