its Xbox gaming console executives had to make a strategic decision whether to manufacture the Xbox or outsource the manufacturing. After some studies‚ it was decided that they did not have manufacturing and logistics capabilities and decided to outsource the assembly and significant logistics functions to Flextronics‚ a Singapore-based contract manufacture. Microsoft already knew Flextronics because they had already contracted out the manufacture of computer mice to them. Since Microsoft had worked
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CHAPTER I ORGANIZATION Section 1-1 Introduction Logistics Doctrine is a set of teachings or instructions‚ taught concept‚ principles and procedures established through the impacts of decisions made in the past that are relevant and made valid on the planning and carrying out military operations that deals with‚ but not limited to‚ the procurement‚ distribution‚ maintenance‚ and replacement of materiel and personnel. A “healthy” logistics system is critical to a military organization’s success
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RFID BASED PREPAID ENERGY METER BASIC IDEA: A scheme of Electricity billing system called "PREPAID ENERGY METER WITH TARIFF INDICATOR" can facilitate in improved cash flow management in energy utilities and can reduces problem associated with billing consumer living in isolated area and reduces deployment of manpower for taking meter readings. Every consumer can recharge RFID tag assigned and recharge its meter at various ranges (ie. Rs 50‚ Rs 100‚ Rs 200 etc).In our project we have given
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Transportation Decision for Families Transportation today is much different from the way that it was 50 years ago. At that time‚ people who wanted to buy an automobile had a small variety to choose from. Nowadays‚ there are so many choices that it could take months to look at all the cars on the market. For those buyers who are looking for a vehicle for their families‚ one of the first questions is‚ “should I buy a sports utility vehicle (SUV) or a four-door sedan?” To reach a decision‚ a
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SUMMARY 3 Disadvantages of RFID 3 Advantages of RFID 4 REFERENCES 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY RFID is Radio Frequency Identification consisting of a tiny silicon computer chip and an antenna‚ which the remote reader can scan and send to a database. It can be consider as a backbone of “internet of things”. There are many companies that already start using it to follow their inventory and other belongings of the institute. For example now Wall Mart required all suppliers to use RFID to track the products‚
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CHAPTER 3. ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION IN SOCIETY NPTEL May 7‚ 2007 Chapter 3 Role of transportation in society 3.1 Overview Transportation is a non separable part of any society. It exhibits a very close relation to the style of life‚ the range and location of activities and the goods and services which will be available for consumption. Advances in transportation has made possible changes in the way of living and the way in which societies are organized and therefore have a great in uence in
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Executive Summary Wal-mart is one of the biggest companies in the world‚ seen as a model company with many others following in their footsteps in respect to E-commerce‚ electronic delivery systems‚ coding and scanning technologies‚ third party logistics and warehouse design and management. With one of the most efficient supply chains‚ Wal-Mart is on pace to become the largest Internet retailer in the world. It is currently the sixth largest internet retailer in the world and is focused on
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Development in Emerging Economies Business Development in Emerging Economies Coursework Coursework Contents A. In your opinion‚ what is the future of emerging economies? Support your answer with relevant evidence. (2000 words) 3 Introduction 4 What are emerging economies 4 Future of emerging economies 5 Microeconomic approach 6 Long-term economic perspectives 7 The “Euro” perspective 8 Facts about the future 9 Forecast 11 Opinion 12 Risks for emerging markets 12 B
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ANALYSE THE IMPACT(S) OF THE RISE OF EMERGING MARKETS ON THE WORLD ECONOMY. In the 70s and 80s the terms such as ‘Third World‚ Lesser Developed Countries (LDC) or under-developed countries’ was used to what has now become the Emerging Markets which are the boosters in the world economy recovery (http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/bookshop/article.asp?item=361). In 1981 the World Bank redefined countries like such as the emerging markets. These economies would have a low to middle per capita and by
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Public Transportation to Reduce Traffic Jam Traffic jam. I’m sure that all of us have gotten tired already with this classic problem of our country. How many time in our life have we wasted already only for traffic jam? This may seem trivial‚ but truly‚ this has been severe enough to cost us a lot. Not only is that it physically damage us‚ but also mentally and materially. What can be done over this problem? What actually went wrong? A lot of factors cause traffic jam actually‚ but the one thing
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