organizations during their change. Based on these problems‚ the research questions formulated. • How to manage cultural change in OPTERRA for implementing SAP? • Which factors influence the success of change management while implementing SAP in OPTERRA GmbH? ERP implementation is more than just a new software system; it is an organizational culture change. A cultural change during ERP implementation involves many interrelated factors that impact users of the system‚ employees and potential outcomes of
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Research News Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Improved lubrication without oil Research News - Special Issue May 08‚ 2012 Running nicely – this applies even more to aqueous biopolymer solutions than to oil. These solutions are used as a cooling lubricant for machining hard metals and for tool-making machinery on which tools are manufactured. Metalworking plays a key role in industry. Drilling‚ milling‚ turning and grinding operations all use lubricants to prevent work pieces and tools from overheating
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magnetoelectric laminate based passive micro-displacement sensor 1 2 pss www.pss-rapid.com Schematic diagram of the suggested micro-displacement sensor based on magnetostrictive/piezoelectric magnetoelectric laminate. © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA‚ Weinheim Zheng Wu1‚ 2‚ Jun Zhang1‚ Ke Ma1‚ Yi Cao1‚ Yanmin Jia*‚ 1‚ Haosu Luo3‚ and Yihe Zhang4 Department of Physics‚ Zhejiang Normal University‚ Jinhua 321004‚ P.R. China College of Geography and Environmental Sciences‚ Zhejiang Normal
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NUK (2012) is one of the brand lines of MAPA GmbH. It sells baby care products‚ like feeding bottles‚ teats‚ soothers‚ nursing products‚ safety items etc. NUK adopts the line extension‚ which is a kind of brand extension strategy. Brand extension is that a firm (i.e. MAPA GmbH) uses an established brand (i.e. NUK) to introduce a new product (i.e. Silicone PREMIUM CHOICE Teat size 1‚ Small hole) (Kotler‚ & Keller‚ 2012‚ p.282). In addition‚ it selects the line extension that the parent brand
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-1- Beyond Porter – A Critique of the Critique of Porter The writings of the American managementguru and Harvard-Professor Michael E-Porter are considered to be among the most influential of their subject – and among the most critiqued ones. Porter had a lasting influence on strategic management with his books about competitive advantages on industry level and on global level‚ which were written in the eighties. Porter’s models like the Five Competitive Forces‚ the Value Chain or Porters Diamond
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Preprint from Symposium on Improving Building Systems in Hot and Humid Climates Dallas 2004 Innovative Design Concept for the New Bangkok International Airport‚ NBIA Wolfgang KESSLING‚ Stefan HOLST‚ Matthias SCHULER Transsolar Energietechnik‚ Munich‚ Germany ABSTRACT Thermal and visual comfort for the occupants of a room are not defined by air temperature only‚ but also radiation with its three components solar radiation‚ daylight and heat radiation has to be taken into account (among other
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Amee Kelley Sparace Biology 102 5 October 2011 The Commercial Uses of Lignin and Suberin Plants have a way of teaching humans how to better the world around them. They create and use “green” products and chemicals everyday that we as a society are just starting to learn how to use to make our lives greener. We can also use these chemicals to help keep our crops healthy and reduce our dependence on other countries. Lignin and Suberin are becoming more popular in the manufacturing world
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KG v OHIM‚ Simba Toys GmbH & Co. KG v OHIM T-450/09 case as an example‚ in this case‚ a German toy manufacturer‚ Simba Toys put up a legal challenge against STL and questioning STL on validity for registering of the three dimensional trade mark that is portrayed the shape of
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Global Waste-To-Energy Market By Geography‚ Technology‚ Applications Market Trends And Forecasts On 7th April 2014 Introduction: The global energy market is witnessing a shift toward waste to energy technologies due to growing energy demands worldwide‚ the rapid depletion of conventional sources of energy‚ and concerns over environmental pollution from conventional energy sources. Governments across the globe are offering initiatives and financial schemes to encourage production of energy
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Snack Pellets Market by Type (Potato‚ Corn‚ Rice‚ Tapioca‚ Mixed Grain and Others) & by Geography - Global Trends and Forecasts to 2019 Report by Markets And Markets Snack pellets are semi-finished expandable snack that are manufactured using extrusion process. These are available in multiple forms‚ shapes‚ flavors‚ and textures. Hot air expansion and hot oil frying are two of the most commonly used methods for the conversion of snack pellets into finished ready-to-eat form. Conversion of
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