Logistics October 28‚ 2008 The articled uploaded are very good and should be read. The lecture does not follow the format of the book but the book is easy to read and forms a background to the course. Preferred definition: (what is logistics? why are we studying logistics) Slide Logistics/concept 3 In the definition‚ every word counts. Key words underlined. Logistics is a process – continually doing it‚ not just once. You plan‚ implement and control. It includes a planning function‚ something
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On top of the off the field work that the NFL and other organizations do to protect the players‚ they also implement controls on the field to help prevent concussions. These controls are in the form of penalties. Penalties are determined by the refs and impact the offending team negatively‚ and if a penalty is bad enough a player can be ejected from the game. This is done in order to change the way the players play. An example of one of these penalties is a flag for helmet-to-helmet contact. Players
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Do You Believe In Aliens Are we alone or do you believe in aliens? Most people would say no in public‚ but in truth most do believe. A survey was taken of 29 people; they were asked one to three questions depending on their answer. Question # 1‚ “Do you believe aliens exist?” out of 29 people asked 24 said yes‚ they do believe aliens exist. Those 24 went on to the next question‚ Question # 2‚ “Do you believe aliens have visited Earth (even if just to fly past)?” of the 24 that
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The Phrase ’Value Based Education’‚ in wide use in present times comes closest in meaning to the Sanskrit word ’Vidya’ as it was used by the Gurus or preceptors of ancient India. ’Vid - ya’ means that which illumines. As such‚ it was identified with knowledge that illumines the mind and soul. Since the imparting of knowledge was the aim of education‚ over a period of time‚ education also came to be known as ’Vidya’. But‚ the highest goal of Vidya as visualized by the seers and seekers was to understand
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Recreational drugs affect the players‚ not the game‚ while performance enhancing drugs affect the players and the game. This means that when an athlete is taking drugs that do not have any enhancing effects to it‚ it may affect the rest of the players‚ but mostly the person taking the drugs. (Travis 1) Colleges and universities’ drug testing only extends to athletes‚ while many of them have athletic scholarships. There is
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touch with customers - Didn’t understand market need (fewer purchase IBM mainframes) - Marketing effort missed the mark - Turf battles between autonomous divisions - Spending too much on fixed cost (building‚ data processing cost‚ ..) - Management IT problems such as poor internal IT problems - Products complexity and the organization to develop them - Executives were isolated to growing problems (deep level of hierarchy) 2) What did Gerstner do when he assumed the role of CEO in April 1993
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1.0 Introduction International Business Machines‚ abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" (for its official corporate color) was incorporated in the State of New York on June 16‚ 1911‚ is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk‚ New York‚ United States. Now‚ the chairman and CEO of IBM Company is Samuel J Palmisano. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software‚ and offers infrastructure services‚ hosting services‚ and consulting services
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non-work-conserving semi-open queue with stochastic inputs. For exponential and deterministic service time distributions‚ we identify the optimal threshold quantity for stationary customer arrivals using closed-form expressions for the expected waiting times of both customer classes. For non-stationary customer arrivals‚ we develop different threshold policies and analyze their performance using a detailed simulation model. Through numerical testing‚ we provide insights into recommended threshold policies that
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What is logistics? "Logistics means having the right thing‚ at the right place‚ at the right time." [pic] Logistics - (business definition) Logistics is defined as a business planning framework for the management of material‚ service‚ information and capital flows. It includes the increasingly complex information‚ communication and control systems required in today ’s business environment. -- (Logistix Partners Oy‚ Helsinki‚ FI‚ 1996) Logistics - (military definition) The science of planning
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“Who Do You Think is Most Responsible for the Death of Eva Smith?” In the play “An Inspector Calls” in Act Three‚ the Inspector tells the Birling family‚ “The girl killed herself and died a horrible death. But each of you helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it.” The idea of the play‚ and particularly the role of the inspector are to try to bring the Birling family to understand that they have a moral responsibility for the death of Eva Smith‚ not a legal one. The story begins
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