Alliston Instruments-Case Study Executive Summary In 2011 two Asian firms entered the Canadian market in 2011. An Asian competitor made a major sales push by slashing prices in late 2011‚ cutting dramatically into Alliston’s sales in 2012. This move caused Alliston to lay-off 50 employees their largest layoff in company history. Alliston introduces new products to its line to counter the Asian firm but employees had no interest in working on the new products and preferred the old products to work
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is a brass instrument? Before getting into the history of how brass instruments originated and developed it is necessary to be clear on what a brass instrument actually is. A brass instrument is defined as an “aerophone‚” which means it is an instrument where the musician must blow air into the instrument. The musician produces the tone by buzzing the lips into what is generally a cup-shaped mouthpiece. It doesn’t mean that the instrument is necessarily made of brass‚ since instruments that are made
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has evolved into a musical instrument by the permanent addition of small brass jingles. This instrument is especially popular in Punjabi folk music and the Sikh religious music known as shabad. GHUNGHARU Traditional ghungaru (left) / padded ghungharu (right) Ghungharu are the "tinkle bells" or "jingle bells" which are used to adorn the feet of dancers. When tied to the feet‚ they are played by the act of dancing. They may also be played by hand. This instrument evolved from the payal which
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ENGINE INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS I. Introduction A. Purpose – measure and indicate the operation of the engine B. Measuring (or sensing) and Indicating 1. Measuring – sending unit or sensor detect temperature‚ pressure‚ speed‚ etc. 2. Indicating – indicating unit or gauge displays data for the operator to use 3. Examples – engine instrument systems include: a. Tachometer – indication of engine crankshaft speed in Rpm b. Manifold absolute pressure (MAP) – indication of pressure in the induction system (intake
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Rondalia The rondalia is an ensemble of stringed instruments played with the plectrum or pick and generally known as plectrum instruments. It originated in Medieval Spain‚ especially in Catalunya. Aragon‚ Murcia‚ and Valencia. The tradition was later taken to Spanish America and elsewhere. The word rondaila is from the Spanish ronda‚ meaning "serenade." The rondalia has its origins in the playing bands from Spain (as well as ’New Spain’‚ namely Mexico) that were forerunners of the present-day
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CLASSIFICATION All musical instruments can be divided into four major classes: aerophones‚ chordophones‚ electrophones and percussion. The biggest and the most versatile class is aerophones which can be further subdivided into free aerophones and pipe aerophones. On the next level free aerophones fall into those with free reed and with beating reed. Beating reed aerophones are represented by single reed (organ pipes) and double reed (human voice) instruments. Free reed instruments
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The Music Instrument of ‘Angklung’ In general‚ traditional performing arts have three main genres. First are the music or songs or melodies and its musical instruments. Second is dancing or a variety of body movements or gestures and the third is theatre; a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place and the performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations
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Instrument Landing System Operational Notes Contents Disclaimer These notes are a reproduction of a booklet originally published by the Department of Aviation. Although these notes are no longer in print‚ they continue to provide a valuable resource and are made available as reference material for students‚ pilots and instructors. The notes have not been edited‚ and as they were written 20 or more years ago‚ may contain information relating to systems that are no longer in production or have been
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RAISA AYU LESTARI 1091002047 Case 13.4: Texas Instruments 1. Summarize the major features of Texas Instruments’ management systems. 2. How does Texas Instruments ensure that its operating managers appropriately allocate their time between short term and long term? 3. Why do you believe the OST System worked so effectively for TI in the 70s? why was not working effectively for company in the mid-to-late 80s? 4. Would systems like these be appropriate in other organizations‚ such
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called derivatives instruments‚ which refers to the risk and management tools developed from basic financial instruments. In other words‚ it represents the financial instruments which derivate from the original ones such as shares ‚ bonds and currency and other basic financial instruments. Derivatives include foreign currency futures and currency options and forward as well as the Swap. Currently‚ at world’s main Mercantile Exchange derivatives have been the major instruments for financial dealing
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