int. j. prod. res.‚ 2001‚ vol. 39‚ no. 16‚ 3561±3600 A review of agile manufacturing systems LUIS M. SANCHEZy and RAKESH NAGIy* About a decade ago‚ the agile manufacturing paradigm was formulated in response to the constantly changing `new economy’ and as a basis for returning to global competitiveness. While agility means di erent things to di erent enterprises under di erent contexts‚ the following elements capture its essential concept: agility is characterized by cooperativeness and synergism
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number crunching is an end unto itself. However‚ basic financial analysis will always be an important part of our toolkit for making pricing decisions. The document which follows contains the “answers” to these two case study assignments: Ace Manufacturing and Healthy Spring Water. Despite the financial emphasis‚ they are similar to the previous cases insofar as they’re intentionally open-ended and somewhat vague to encourage you to draw out all of the contingencies and factors that need to be considered
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Balance Lab of a Copper Slug and Sodium Chloride (NaCl) on a Centigram and Electronic Scale PURPOSE/INTRODUCTION The purpose of this experiment is to learn how to weigh a substance on a centigram scale and an electronic scale through direct weight or by weight difference. The hypothesis is that all scales used should show the same weight for a given sample. The experiment should show precision and accuracy of the equipment being used. This will allow a better understanding on how to properly
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Balance of payment Most of exports and imports involve finance i.e. receipts and payments in money. An account of all receipts and payments is termed as Balance of Payments (BOP). According to Kindle berger‚ "The balance of payments of a country is a systematic record of all economic transactions between the residents of the reporting country and residents of foreign countries during a given yeriod of time". The balance of payment record is maintained in a standard double-entry book-keeping
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Additive Manufacturing; Rapidly Develops to a Mainstream Technology Additive Manufacturing (AM) also known as 3D printing in its infancy is one of the most progressive technologies in the manufacturing industry and medical fields. Soon this technology will be mainstream in these fields but will also be found in many households around the globe. AM DEFINITION Some of you may not know what AM is‚ the following is the standard definition by ASTM F2792-10‚ “The process of joining materials
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ACCOUNT BALANCES For many purposes‚ it is necessary to determine the balance in an account. This is accomplished by adding the debits‚ credits‚ and determining the difference between the two sums. An account is said to have a debit balance if the sum of the debit entries to that account exceeds the sum of the credit entries. Conversely‚ an account has a credit balance if the sum of the credit entries exceeds the sum of the debit entries. Asset accounts normally have debit balances inasmuch as
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The Manufacturing Consent – Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky born on the 7th of December 1928 in the midst of the American “The Great Depression” singlehandedly is known to have transformed the face of linguistics. His most noted contribution to generative grammar is the book “Syntactic Structures” elaborating on things like "the initial state of the language learner" etc. Born in a Jewish family‚ his father was a translator of the Hebrew text‚ this in a way invoked the love of language in his and he
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BALANCE OF PAYMENT (BOP) Introduction: Balance of payments (BOP) is a record of economic transitions between the residents of one country and the rest of the world during one year. The balance of payment like all balance sheets must balance. The items‚ which lead to‚ an inflow of foreign earnings are placed on the credit side of the balance sheet‚ whereas the items‚ which give‚ rise to an outflow of foreign currency are placed on the debit side. Definition: “Balance of payment is a systematic
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Balance of Payment Balance of Payment is the recording system of economic and financial flows that take place over a specified time period between residents and non-residents of a given country. The residents of a country compromise of the general government‚ individual‚ private and non- profitable bodies serving individuals and enterprises. The Balance of Payment will consist mainly with three sections. 1. Current Account- This shows all the inflows and outflows of a country. 2. Capital Account-
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Littleton Manufacturing facilitates poor upward and downward communication throughout all levels of the organization. As a result of the ineffective communication system‚ Littleton faces a number of issues which ultimately has affected the bottom line of the company. Key challenges to note are low employee morale‚ low level of unity within the organization‚ poorly designed organizational structure and confusion in interpreting procedures and rules. Improving the accuracy and speed of the flow
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