Department of Industrial Management and Logistics Division of Engineering Logistics Planning for Supplier Base Reduction - understanding Supplier Base Reduction’s role in purchasing A case study at Alfa Laval AB Authors Fabian Karlsson Sebastian Eriksson-Ritzén Supervisors Ala Pazirandeh Markus Ekendahl ii Acknowledgements This thesis completed our Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the Faculty of Engineering
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paper explaining what continuous improvement means in the context of organisational success. Explain how the concept can and should be applied. Explain how it is possible to lead continuous improvement systems and processes and how opportunities for improvement can be managed to provide benefits for an organisation. Outline how you‚ as an organisation leader‚ would contribute to and implement continuous improvement initiatives. What is Continuous Improvement? Continuous improvement in a management
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The relationship between a banker and a customer is as follows: 1. Contractual Relationship: The contract takes place the moment an account is opened by a customer with a bank and this contract remains valid till the customer operates his account as per the terms and conditions agreed between them. 2. Debtor and Creditor Relationship: When a customer opens an account with a bank and maintains a credit balance‚ the banker assumes the position of a debtor and the customers assumes the role of a
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Harm Reduction Harm reduction practices are based on various policies that are aimed to reduce harm for abusers and risk takers. Harm reduction means to lower the sentence for drug abusers and give them some sort of rehab and effectively help them and get rid of their addiction. Harm reduction should be active in Canada due to the fact that it has previously been used on other countries and have been successful. The War on drugs is pointless and it wastes billions of tax dollars with no positive
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VI. Results and Discussion In this exercise‚ the goal was to produce acetylsalicylic acid through the organic synthesis from the reaction of salicylic acid to acetic anhydride‚ the starting materials. Instead of using acetic acid‚ acetic anhydride was used as solvent since the anhydride reacting with water to form acetic acid tends to drive the reaction to the right. It results from the elimination of a molecule of water from two molecules of acetic acid (see Fig. 11.2). Figure 11.3 below
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Different social systems are built on different sets of values and perceptions of the world. Political science offers some means of comparison between capitalism and socialism and the various ways‚ in which the two ideologies are applied around the world (for some practical implementations of the two systems of government deviate substantially from their theoretical foundations). History offers insight into societies that have adhered to both ideologies with various degree of success and allows one
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What are the Proper Objectives of Competition Policy? Competition policy promotes market competition by regulating anti-competitive behaviour undertaken by firms. The fundamental reason for competition policy is to allow the smooth functioning of the free market and the price mechanism‚ thus maximising economic welfare. As we have seen illustrated by the first theorem of welfare economics‚ competitive equilibrium in markets leads to Pareto efficient outcomes‚ at which the sum of producer surplus
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL NETWORKS‚ VOL. 15‚ NO. 5‚ SEPTEMBER 2004 1063 Which Model to Use for Cortical Spiking Neurons? Eugene M. Izhikevich Abstract—We discuss the biological plausibility and computational efficiency of some of the most useful models of spiking and bursting neurons. We compare their applicability to large-scale simulations of cortical neural networks. Index Terms—Chaos‚ Hodgkin–Huxley‚ pulse-coupled neural network (PCNN)‚ quadratic integrate-and-fire (I&F)‚ spike-timing
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Diversity and Variation 18.1 The Species Concept TAXONOMY- classifying organisms in ways that reflect relationships and help distinguish one type of organism from another. SPECIES- group of organisms that is capable of breeding offspring‚ or mating‚ with another in nature to produce fertile offspring. Individual members of a species may look very different from eachother. Such differences among members of a species are known as variations Natural selection acts on variation‚ resulting
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Quality Improvement Implementation In today’s business world‚ competition is high and most organizations search for ways to gain an advantage in their respectable markets. One of the obvious‚ but unfortunately overlooked‚ ways to be at the forefront is establishing‚ maintaining‚ and constantly improving quality processes within an organization. Riordan Manufacturing has an established quality culture and strives to maintain the quality processes that are currently in place. Through its quality
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