1. There are many examples of successful companies. To what extent is 3M justifiably highlighted as the ‘innovating machine’? Answer: This case study has highlighted some of the key activities and principles that contribute to 3M’s performance. Many of these are not new and are indeed used by other companies. However‚ in 3M’s case they may be summarized as an effective company culture that nurtures innovation and a range of management techniques and strategies that together have delivered long-term
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The Development of Machine Translation Abstract The information age has promoted the development of machine translation‚ but also for its higher requirements. Machine translation in experienced "Loyalty" is not ideal. The article attempts to machine translation researchers mention that recommended that Context and culture.The Context consider contribute little strength of the study‚ with a view to the development of machine translation. Key words machine translation; comprehensibility; loyalty;
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There are many exercise machines in today’s world there but one of the most popular seems to be the stair climber machine. If a stair climber machine is going to be designed the information needed to be collected would vary widely. One would need to compute its angle of incline. Other things needed are the maximum and minimum velocities‚ the distance‚ vertical height of the machine‚ and a stopwatch to count the amount of time a person uses it. To calculate the weight of a person in Newtons a scale
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Elasticity is the ability of an object or substance to return quickly to its original shape and size after being bent‚ stretched‚ or squashed. When an elastic material is deformed due to an external force‚ it experiences internal forces that oppose the deformation and restore it to its original state if the external force is no longer applied. There are various elastic moduli‚ such as Young’s modulus‚ the shear modulus‚ and the bulk modulus‚ all of which are measures of the inherent stiffness of
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relying on it for essential needs. The Machine Stops is a short story by E.M. Forster that warns us of a possibility of a world that is dominated by a machine. The story is set in the distant future when humans are forced out of the surface of the Earth and depend on a machine housed underneath the surface for their every need; food‚ communication‚ housing etc. In return‚ this dependence has allowed mankind to be controlled by the machine. Finally‚ the machine becomes the law or the religion for most
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questioning led Alan to ideas of a Machine‚ a machine that could think‚ respond and do anything‚ but that was the most impractical machine and never was meant to be built‚ but the idea was very simple‚ it only needed three steps. Number one: Piece of tape that is infinite long‚ therefore it already does not exist. Number two: Need to be able to read and write ones and zeros. Number three: A set of instructions. Simple‚ right: with this he proved that the machine could do many things‚ that all could
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The Airplane game‚ an exercise in lean thinking. After reviewing the article The Lean Service Machine (Swank‚ 2003) and watching a video series on making toast using the concepts of Kaizen‚ the class settled into the simulation. This simulation utilized the uniquely simple task of making a paper airplane and transformed it into an overly complicated multi-step batch process simulating the complex production processes that control the manufacturing of military aircraft. There was a job initiator that
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1 Alexander Tsigkas The factory in the post-industrial era Variety instead of Flexibility Mass Customisation: the production system of the future Alexander Tsigkas Democritean University of Thrace Department of Production Engineering and Management Vas. Sofias 12‚ 67 100 Xanthi‚ Greece tsigas@vivodinet.gr‚ WWW home page: http://www.duth.gr Abstract. The world has become and it continues to become more complex as we move well into the 21th century. In this paper sociological-historical
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thereof‚ is a consistent motif found within both utopian and dystopian novels and movies. These stories provide a wide array of opinions about the role of machines in life. Certain authors‚ such as Bellamy‚ would argue advancements and use of machinery is necessary to push society to a better‚ brighter future. However‚ reading Forster’s The Machine Stops makes one question the influence of machinery in our lives. Technology‚ like most things in life‚ can be considered both enslaving and liberating
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Hampton Machine Tool Company 1. Hampton Machine Tool Company was founded in 1915 and was based out of the St. Louis area. It was a manufacturing firm serving the automobile and aircraft industries. Due to the strong automobile market and defense spending for the Vietnam war‚ the company was seeing record production and profits through the 60’s and early 70’s. After that‚ the Arab oil embargo‚ the increase in the price of Gasoline and the then recession was taking its toll on the Company’s financials
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