Define the terms “motivating operation”‚ “establishing operation”‚ and “abolishing operation”. Motivating operation (MO) is what is used to either increase or decrease the value of a certain reinforcer or determine the frequency of a behavior. An establishing operation (EO) is defined as anything that is withheld for a certain period‚ which will increase the value of the reinforcer or punisher. On the other hand‚ an abolishing operation (AO) is something that is used to decrease the value of a
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Assignment 1: 1. Please set up a matrix over national legislation & industry standard (Guidelines) that applies as of today regarding Shuttle tanker operations / Transfer of Crude Oil at sea. Discuss similarities & differences in legislations & industry standards between the four countries. (Norway‚ Great Britain‚ Denmark‚ the Netherlands) Region Issuing Body Type North West Europe Area -UK Chamber of Shipping -Danish Ship Owners Association -Netherlands Oil & Gas Exploration and Production
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(individual work only and remember to always answer all parts of the question; in some cases you have up to 3 parts in 1 questions). Keep your answers short‚ max one paragraph per question. 1. What is Operation‚ what is Supply Chain; relate this to a product or service and provide some examples? Operations is the manufacturing and service processes that are used to transform the resources employed by a firm into products/services desired by the customer. Manufacturing takes raw resources and produces
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Assignment 2: Operations Decision Managerial Economics and Globalization‚ ECO550 Operations Decision At certain times a company that produces a tangible product may have to decide if that company can continue operations and profit or if it has reached the shutdown point. Shutting down is different than going out of business; the company is simply temporarily stopping production because it would cost more to continue with production. As a management consultant hired to
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In Pakistan fast food industry is growing year on year at a very fast rate due to innovation and the presence of multinational chains like (McDonald’s‚ KFC‚ and Domino). These multinational chains have set high levels of revenue generation by using market Led approach and by modifying their menus. In Pakistan‚ multinational chains are considerably more expensive‚ they usually are frequented because they are considered chic and somewhat glamorous and because they usually are much cleaner than local
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business and operations management? Provide specific examples. “We define two hypotheses: (1) The null hypothesis is that which represents the status quo to the party performing the sampling experiment-the hypothesis that will be accepted unless the data provide convincing evidence that it is false. (2) The alternative‚ or research‚ hypothesis is that which will be accepted only if the data provide convincing evidence of its truth. Hypotheses test are extremely helpful to businesses and operations because
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he thinks Lean and Just-in-Time principles and techniques might help SPC increase its profitability as well as improve the performance of the whole organisation. However‚ although this philosophy has been applied successfully to manufacturing and operations environment (Chowdary and George 2012)‚ Mr. Hammond unknowns if the application of Lean principles in a company that produces a high variety and low volume of products would make sense. The Lean management approach‚ developed by Taiichi Ohno (1912-1990)
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maintenance as follows: “the work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep.” This would imply that maintenance should be actions taken to prevent a device or component from failing or to repair normal equipment degradation experienced with the operation of the device to keep it in proper working order. Unfortunately‚ data obtained in many studies over the past decade indicates that most private and government facilities do not expend the necessary resources to maintain equipment in proper
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1977 EN60 "Determination of Loss on Ignition" and BS 5734-1:1990 "Polyester Moulding Compounds for Electrical and Other Purposes" at some selected locations. A typical specimen for fibre fraction measurements and the fibre obtained after burn-off process are shown on the figures in Appendix 4. 3 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Department of Mechanical Engineering (B) Unixial Tensile Test and Fibre Mass Fraction Measurement • All the specimens for uniaxial tensile test were supplied
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BOILER OPERATION. Description of boiler operation SOFTENER: Function of softener is softening the hard water. This is because water supplied is hard water since it contains a lot of calcium‚ magnesium or other minerals. Water hardness Mg/L Soft water ≤ 17.1 mg/L Grey zone between soft and slightly hard water 17.1-60 mg/L Moderately hard 60-120 mg/L hard water 120 - 180 mg/L Very hard water ≥180 mg/L Hard water causes two problems such as 1. Dissolved calcium and magnesium
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