factor that differentiates products from services is tangibility. Although these industries have different operations‚ as we are moving towards a world that is more and more service based it is observed that operations management theories‚ approaches and other methodologies used in manufacturing can mostly be modelled to work in the service industry. In this essay we will be contrasting some principles of operations management between Ford Motor Company and McDonald ’s‚ two succesful multinational companies
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The Government of India (GOI) dropped a bombshell on tobacco Industry on Feb 6‚ 2001 to ban tobacco companies from advertising their products and sponsoring sports and culture events. The idea of this ban was to minimize or prevent adults‚ teens and young children from consuming tobacco products. Suhel Seth‚ CEO‚ Equus Advertising was very unhappy about the implementation of the ban‚ he quote ‘’the ban does not have teeth. It is a typical knee-jerk reaction by any Government to create some kind of
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.............................9 Performance measuring of indicators SCM .Considerations .............................13 Solutions to improve effectiveness in various processes of the SCM ................13 Pharmaceutical warehouse .Warehouse management ......................................15 Continue improvement in SCM .Collaborative Planning System.......................16 Conclusions .......................................................................................................
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Is Fast Food the New Tobacco? When you have a dollar in your pocket for lunch‚ do you chose the tiny side salad consisting of lettuce and a few vegetables‚ or a warm‚ juicy double cheeseburger. The burger will hold you off until dinner and is much more convenient for an employee or student on the go while the salad has the tendency to leave you feeling unsatisfied. The answer seems obvious. We are on the go all the time welcome to 2012‚ with no time to stop and peel an orange or slice an apple
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Abstract The deaf culture is one that I am not familiar with. No one in my immediate family or none of my close friends are deaf so I have not been exposed to it during my lifetime. I decided to take an American Sign Language course in high school to not only learn the language‚ but to learn about the deaf culture as well. I would like to someday be fluent in sign language so that I can cater to the deaf community while conducting business. Conducting research‚ I learned a lot about to deaf
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My first day at University is an important event of my life. To me it is an unforgettable day. During my school or college days. I had a glimpse of university life from my elder brothers and sisters. I was most curiously awaiting the day when I would start my college life. I thought that the university life would offer me a free life; here restrictions would be few and threat of teachers would be little. At last the longed for day came in. I was admitted to North South University
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As Nelson and Mr. Head venture off in to the ghetto‚ the first detail that is described is how all the houses are unpainted‚ and the lumber used to build the homes are rotting (119). That the part of the city they wander in to is perceived to be ignored by society. Yet it is Nelson whom detects that they’re in the colored section of town‚ instead of Mr. Head. Which is a significant because Nelson becomes fascinated with the city and states his excitement “I was born here” (117). In effect‚ Mr. Head’s
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A Streetcar Named Desire – Our First Impressions In the opening two scenes of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams‚ the audience has its first and generally most important impressions formulated on characters‚ the plot and the mood and tone of the play overall. The first scene opens overlooking the setting of the play‚ post WW2 New Orleans. New Orleans as a city was the biggest city in ‘the South’ at the time‚ a place where the industry of the Second World War had boomed‚ creating
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SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN INDUSTRY – EXPERIENCES AND CONCLUSIONS P. Mandl-Striegnitz1‚ H. Lichter2 1 Software Engineering Group‚ University of Stuttgart 2 Department of Computer Science‚ Aachen University of Technology Abstract In this paper we present and discuss the findings of two case studies on software project management in industrial software development projects and the conclusions drawn from it. These studies were motivated to improve software project management capabilities. First
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Lennie and George are like chalk and cheese in appearance. George is ‘small and quick’ ‘every part of him was defined’ while Lennie‚ Georges faithful friend‚ is a ‘huge man’ ‘sloping shoulders and walked heavily’. This match of appearance can be very helpful as Lennie is big and can look after George physically. They both still had things in common though ‘both were dressed in denim trousers and denim coats’ ‘both wore black shapeless hats’. They were both dressed like this because they on their
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