enhancing agility of make-to-order manufacturing systems A. Subash Babu Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ Indian Institute of Technology Bombay‚ Powai‚ India Keywords Agile production‚ Make-to-order manufacturing‚ Systems development Introduction Manufacturing firms which deal with products that are made-to-order‚ fall under the Abstract category of intermittent production systems. This paper relates to make-toIntermittent production systems are geared order (MTO) manufacturing envirto produce
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dynamic response of a first order and a second order linear system with the help of LabVIEW. One of our first objectives of this experiment was to observe the response of the first order system to the input step signal and then relate it to the time constant of that specific first order system. The second objective of this experiment included observing the second order system to the input step signal and then relating it to the damping ratio of the specific second order system. The third and most
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Laws and Executive Orders that affect three major areas of personnel policy Walsh-Healy Act (1936): The Walsh-Healy Act of 1936 is an act that is tied to government contracts exceeding 10‚000 dollars for the manufacturing of goods. The act covers all employees that produce‚ ship‚ or assemble goods under this type of contract. This act does not include executives‚ administrative‚ and professional employees. The act creates overtime pay for hours worked outside
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The importance of accountability In the army accountability is everything. The definition of accountability is an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for ones actions. You have to have accountability for everything you do formation ceremonies to the items that you carry on you every day I’m going to give you 5 examples of when and why accountability would be very important example one having accountability of your soldiers if you are a NCO you always need to know
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GUJARAT ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION Ahmedabad Order No. 1 of 2012 In the matter of: Determination of tariff for Procurement by the Distribution Licensees and others from Solar Energy Projects. In exercise of the powers conferred under Sections 61 (h)‚ 62 (1) (a)‚ and 86 (1) (e) of the Electricity Act‚ 2003 (36 of 2003)‚ guidelines of the National Electricity Policy‚ 2005‚ Tariff Policy‚ 2006 and all other powers enabling it on this behalf‚ the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (hereinafter
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Now Jeffery‚ before you go out to study the Bible and smoke marijuana with your friends‚ let me give you something that you and your friends can talk about. Words of wisdom for young men and women that will benefit them in their walk with Christ and in life. Take my instruction instead of silver‚ and knowledge rather than choice gold‚ for wisdom is better than jewels‚ and all that you may desire cannot compare with her…. “And now‚ O sons‚ listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways. Hear instruction
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Birth Order Effect: Busted Winston Churchill once said “History will be kind to me‚ for I intend to write it.” Churchill was the oldest child in his family and eventually went on to become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; the question remains; does birth order determine who people will become? Cultural norms say that the oldest child is responsible and driven‚ while the baby of the family is spoiled and irresponsible; an evaluation of this idea needs to be taken. Children are not directly
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Economic Order Quantity EOQ‚ or Economic Order Quantity‚ is defined as the optimal quantity of orders that minimizes total variable costs required to order and hold inventory. Every company worries about two things when deciding how to manage their inventory. How much should we order? And how often should we order? These represent variables that come with their own changing costs. The Economic Order Quantity‚ or EOQ‚ is that magic number that represents the optimal quantity of orders that minimizes
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Sociology Discuss how sociologists explain the existence of social order today. Sociologists define social order as a set of linked social structures‚ social institutions and social practices which conserve‚ maintain and enforce ways of relating and behaving. A society which has social order is one where the persons within it accepts the norms and values and replicate them in their behaviour. In studying the theories of social order‚ there are three main perspectives‚ the functionalist‚ the Marxist
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2 EOQ Model The first model we will present is called the economic order quantity (EOQ) model. This model is studied first owing to its simplicity. Simplicity and restrictive modeling assumptions usually go together‚ and the EOQ model is not an exception. However‚ the presence of these modeling assumptions does not mean that the model cannot be used in practice. There are many situations in which this model will produce good results. For example‚ these models have been effectively employed
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