University of Science and Technology Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management Final Year Project Waiting Line Managementin Supermarket Check-Out Process Group Member | : | Chan WaiNok | | | Chow Yuen Ching | | | Wong Wai Ki | Project Advisor | : | Prof. Rachel Zhang | Content 1. Introduction 3 1.1 Waiting Line System 3 1.2 Reasons for Managing the Waiting Line in the Check-out Process 6 1.3 Making Decisions 14 1.4 Our Main Focus 19 2. Backgrounds
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Summary of “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie The story Superman and me was written by Sherman Alexie. This short story is about the Sherman Alexie’s life as an Indian boy living on the Spokane Indian Reserve in eastern Washington State and how reading and writing greatly affected his life. This shorts story describes the young Indian boy’s fascination with literature‚ his intelligence as an Indian‚ and how he becomes a teacher of creative writing for Indian children. Sherman Alexie’s first
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SORANA PANDREA Waiting in Purgatory As the last five words float out of my mouth‚ the roaring applause begins. Dizziness takes over my frame of mind. I hold on to the podium tightly and try to disguise my discomfort. My hand grips the hand rail to my left I try to balance myself‚ everything around me starts to spin and inside I begin to panic. The unsteady metal steps wobble as I place my feet onto them and feel the ground shake under me. I maintain my porcelain like smile and gaze up at the
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Reading Leads to Prosperity Sherman Alexie recalls his childhood memory of learning to read‚ and his teaching experience in “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me”. He devotes his interest to reading. By this way‚ he breaks the stereotype that Indian boys are expected to be stupid and dumb‚ and later on he becomes a successful writer because of his endeavor to read. Alexie vividly narrates his younger life by using metaphor and repetition with a confident tone‚ in order to strengthen
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The main factors of this article called “Methanol--the fuel in Waiting” explains how Methanol could both have positive and negative effects in the environment and the economy. The article discusses how methanol could be another alternative to gasoline and it is a made from natural gas‚ which makes it easier to make and use. Methanol (see Figure 1) is that it is the simplest alcohol with a chain of one carbon atom with three hydrogen atoms attached. The characteristics of this simple alcohol are
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reads books at a very young age while other couldn’t. The author conveys that Sherman picked up a book before he could even read‚ So I thought that this was going to be about a guy who prefers books over social life. However‚ as I continued to read Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie it gives me imagination. Within that scenery‚ I saw Sherman’s thoughts and emotions. He begins to discuss how he was an Indian and that he was ridicule for it. Not being able to get along with his classmate‚ Sherman seeks
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Waiting for Godot: Existentialism and Christianity In modern day society‚ individuals usually experience the same routine over and over again‚ but rarely become aware of the drudgery of daily life. These people are unable to achieve a higher level of existence by being uniform. Waiting for Godot‚ by Samuel Beckett‚ is an existential play where two men are stuck in the same routine day after day. They sit around all day waiting for the inevitable arrival of a man named Godot‚ who seems like he will
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crisis in Waiting for Godot The absurd plays deal with the themes of existentialism‚ especially the existentialist theme of absurdity. The absurd playwrights tried to translate the contemporary existentialism philosophy into the drama. The absurd playwrights also tried to portray the distressful condition of the humans. In Waiting for Godot the human condition is shown as a dismal and distressful state. The derelict man struggles to live or rather exist‚ in a hostile and uncaring world. Waiting for Godot
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Waiting time There are some main problems that causes unnecessary waiting time. First of all the casting machine often breaks down and this kind of stop results in a lot of waiting time for the process and the workers. To repair a broken down machine takes at least 3 hours up to 12 hours. When the machine breaks down the production in the melting work centre is stopped which for example makes the level of inventory increase. Since the company only have one machine there are a lot of unnecessary
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JMJ Thomas Murphy – 10/27/12 English 7/8 Mr. Hoey What’s Waiting for me at Chaminade? As I arrive at Chaminade High School every morning‚ I know that there is a wide variety of exciting activities‚ fantastic people including teachers and my classmates‚ and a great education waiting for me. Every day I go to Chaminade there are wonderful‚ intriguing activities that are waiting for me. For example‚ every Tuesday there are freshman intramurals‚ in which freshman homerooms compete
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