Basic elements of Just In Time The basic elements of Just In Time (JIT) were developed by Toyota in the 1950 ’s‚ known as the Toyota Production System (TPS). JIT was well-established in many Japanese factories by the early 1970 ’s. JIT began to be adopted in the U.S. in the 1980 ’s (General Electric was an early adopter)‚ and the JIT/lean concepts are now widely accepted and used. There have ten basic elements in Just In time which are flexible resource‚ efficient facility layout‚ pull production
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Transuranic Elements and their Production Transuranic elements are elements that have an atomic number greater than 92. Transuranic elements have been synthesised in nuclear reactors or in high-energy particle accelerators. Neptunium and plutonium were the first transuranic elements to be synthesised in 1940 by Glenn Seaborg’s research team in the USA. Uranium 238 is bombarded with neutrons produced by the nuclear fission of U-235. Initially an isotope of uranium (U-239) forms which decays
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Each work of art has elements of unity and elements of variety. Variety balances out unity and keeps things interesting. The center of interest or focal point is the place the artist draws your eyes first. Artists use balance in order to construct paintings. These elements of art such as unity‚ variety‚ focal point or area of interest and balance will be used to give you a better understanding. Examples from "Giorgio de Chirico" (The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street‚ 1914)‚ "Pablo Picasso" (Seated
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Elements of Literature Style is the spoken characteristics of a writer‚ as unique as his or her face or voice. Their styles express their individual ways of seeing humanity. Style is an insignia of independence and distinguishes a good writer from a meager or average writer. This is just one of the elements of literature. There are many elements of literature. When we read or hear poetry‚ we hear a speaker’s voice. It is this tone of voice that conveys the poem’s tone‚ its indirect mind-set
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The Eight Elements Of TQM By Nayantara Padhi Total Quality Management is a management approach that originated in the 1950’s and has steadily become more popular since the early 1980’s. Total Quality is a description of the culture‚ attitude and organization of a company that strives to provide customers with products and services that satisfy their needs. The culture requires quality in all aspects of the company’s operations‚ with processes being done right the first time and defects and waste
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ELEMENTS OF RELIGION James Fieser CONTENTS 1. Methodology. 2. Indigenous Beliefs and Practices. 3. The Great Religions. 4. Religious Rituals. 5. Religious Myth. 6. Religious Experiences. 7. Religion and Social Conflict. 8. Religious Pluralism. CHAPTER 1 METHODOLOGY: LOOKING AT OTHER PEOPLE’S BELIEFS Consider the following exchange from an advice column‚ and pay special notice to its account of "the most religious people on earth": Dear Mr. Angst: I watched
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CRITICAL THINKING Critical thinking is a rational and intentional cognitive skill oriented to take adecision or solve a problem. We use critical thinking skills in any area of our lives – professional‚ as citizen‚ love or friendship. Its key characteristics are rationality‚ reflection and evaluation (Tenreiro‐Vieira and Vieira‚ 2000‚ p. 29). Critical thinking is clear and rational‚ involves precise and systematic skills and follows the rules of logical and scientific reasoning (Lau‚ 2011‚ p
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DANCE ELEMENTS RELATED WITH MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES INTRODUCTION OF KATHAK The word ‘Kathak’ comes from the root katha‚ which means story- telling. Literal meaning of the word kathak is related to katha‚ the art of story-telling‚ “Katha Kahe So Kathaka Kahave”‚ which means “one who tells a story is a story-teller”. According to M. Monier Williams‚ Katha denotes conversation‚ story‚ speech‚ tale or fable. Katha also means to ‘ sing in praise’‚ ‘to say or inform something’. Thus‚ kathakars were originally
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distinct objects‚ considered as an object in its own right. For example‚ the numbers 2‚ 4‚ and 6 are distinct objects when considered separately‚ but when they are considered collectively they form a single set of size three‚ written {2‚4‚6}. an element‚ or member‚ of a set is any one of the distinct objects that make up that set A number‚ letter‚ point‚ line‚ or any other object contained in a set. There are two ways of describing‚ or specifying the members of‚ a set. One way is by intensional
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Short stories came into the literature world as brief‚ single sitting stories‚ yet containing an exclusively developed subject. A short story is packed with descriptive details that form together to grab the reader’s attention in a short amount of time. The authors indulge in rich details to create the narrative into a jaw dropping meaning story from the beginning to the ending. The author begins with constructing the story with the building blocks of literary devices. Short story authors apply the
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