Volume-variety and design In Chapter 1 the four V’s of operations were described. These were volume‚ variety‚ variation and visibility. The first two of these – volume and variety – are particularly important when considering design issues in operations management. Not only do they usually go together (high variety usually means low volume‚ high volume normally means low variety) but together they also impact on the nature of products and services and processes which produce them. The volume and
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engineering D. benchmarking E. disassembly 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true of deductions from the product-process matrix: A. For a high volume-low variety system‚ it is better to have a dedicated process technology B. For a high volume-low variety system‚ it is better to have a standardised product design C. A high volume-low variety system‚ it is better suited by an intermittent D. benchmarking E. disassembly 4. The substitution of machinery that has sensing and control devices
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SWATI SINGH‚ MIB 31‚ GRENOBLE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS A Critical Review of Brendan McSweeney‚ 2009‚ “Dynamic diversity: variety and variation within countries” Introduction Hofstede developed National cultures model (hereafter ‘the model’) to unable one to understand the National culture of any country‚ which he assumed enduring‚ pervasive and constitutive. Using the Hofstede’s
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Variations in Humans Aim: To find the differences in human size from measurement Apparatus: Seven to five friends‚ measuring tape Method: 1. Choose five/seven friends 2. Take height of each person 3. Record data in appropriate manner 4. Process data collected 5. Make evaluation Observation: The males in most case were taller than the females and had a general height of 5 feet 8 inches‚ while the females remained in the area of 5 feet and 1 inch to 5 feet and 2 inches. Theory:
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Though he promised to work with Congress‚ the President also made clear that he would search for ways to go around them "whenever and wherever I can" if they do not cooperate. The President mentioned the College Opportunity Summit‚ which DSpar attended‚ to work on making college education a reality for all students. The President then received a thumbs up from Speaker Boehner after a reference to his humble beginnings as a barkeep’s son. Boehner sat stone-faced the rest of the night. Obama went
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A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF PRICE VARIATION ON SALES VOLUME IN FOOD BAZAAR Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of All India Management Association for the Award of the Degree of POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT By LAKSHMISIDDHARTHA GORREPATI REG NO: 420920713 (Under the Guidance of Dr. Brahm Sharma) Acharya Institute of Management & Sciences 1st Cross‚ 1st Stage‚ Peenya Industrial Area Bangalore – 560058 DECLARATION
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Within any speech community ‚ there are degrees of language variation. The geographical location of an individual; their socio-economic background; their education and even their gender are all significant factors in language variation. Individuals differ in the manner in which they speak their native tongue‚ although usually not markedly within a small area. These variations in language constitutes its dialects. All languages are continuously
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Sociolinguistics Language Variation What is Sociolinguistics? What Factors Enter into Language Variation? • Language does not exist in a vacuum. • Since language is a social phenomenon it is natural to assume that the structure of a society has some impact on the language of the speakers of that society. • The study of this relationship and of other extralinguistic factors is the subfield of sociolinguistics. • We will look in this section at the ways in which languages vary internally
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Causes of Variation. Variation is a result that leads to a difference or deviation (for example‚ structure‚ form‚ function) from the recognised norm or standard. It is a modification in structure‚ form or function in an organism‚ deviating from other organisms of the same species or group. There are two types of variation: interspecific variation and intraspecific variation. Interspecific variation is when one species differs from another like mammals differ from fish. These differences are explained
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Friends of Variety Friendship is very important to many people. A friend is a person one knows well‚ and is also someone who will listen to a persons problems and give advice. Being a friend is just as important as having a friend. There are different kinds of friends: the best friend‚ the associate‚ and the friend of convenience. A person can have more than one best friend. Many people think of their best friends as part of their own family. A best friend is someone who will
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