SMART MATERIALS 1. Introduction The primary characteristic of a ‘‘smart material’’ is that it has the ability to respond to external stimuli in a technically useful and technically controlled way. The words ‘‘technically useful’’ and ‘‘technically controlled’’ are emphasized since all materials respond to external stimuli of some sort or other (as a simple example‚ all materials respond to temperature by changing their volume)‚ however‚ to be considered a ‘‘smart material’’ the response must
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CASE STUDY Zara The case describes how Zara‚ operating out of the Galician port of La Coruña in north-west Spain has managed to become a benchmark for speed and flexibility in the garment industry. The case offers an illustration of a fast-response global supply‚ production and retail network. In 2003 Zara was the only retailer that could deliver garments to its stores worldwide (507 in 33 countries) in just fifteen days after they were designed. It could do that because of its unique systems
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Abstract Zara has been operating in Europe since the year 1975. This paper includes a study of the strengths and weaknesses of Zara Company supply chain management system. It divides the supply chain process into three distinct phases. It shows how the company has managed to embrace technology to deliver its products to customers in real time. The paper also contains a comparison between Zara and its main global competitor in the market. The paper concludes by outlining some of the challenges the
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Contents 1. Introduction Before understanding the concept of Smart Meter‚ we should know that how many types of meter available in market. In modern days‚ the types of electric meter continuously operate to measure the instantaneous voltage and current and calculating the product of these to give out the instantaneous electrical power. The electric power is then integrated against time to give energy used. 1.1 Types of electric meters
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OPER 1027 Term 1 Assessment Case study 1-Capacity Planning in Zara Zara is one of the famous brands of the Spanish retail group. It sells up-to-the-minute ’fashionability’ at low prices‚ in stores that are clearly focused on one particular market. (Slack‚ Chambers‚ Betts‚ & Johnson‚ 2006) The first store opened almost by accident in 1975 due to a large pyjamas order cancellation. But now‚ the holdings group included Zara and the other branded chains Pull and Bear and Massimo Dutti‚ which have over
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PsychSim 5: GET SMART Name: _David Dai____ Period: ___2____ Date: _3/23/2012________ This activity will explore the concept of intelligence and some of the methods of measuring intelligence. Intelligence and Adaptability ? What does it mean to say that intelligence is a social construct? A concept that humans invented in order to explain individual differences ? What do two children from dramatically different cultures (a boy working on an arrow and a girl working on a computer) have in
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Executive Su Zara is a Spanish clothing and accessories retailer based in Arteixo‚ Galicia‚ and founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera. Zara is a chain of stores Belonging to the Spanish fashion group INDITEX founded by Amancio Ortega Gaona. It is the company’s flagship chain and is represented in Europe‚ America‚ Africa and Asia with 1412 stores in 69 countries‚ 324 of them in Spain with the headquarters in La Coru;a. During 2007 it opened 560 stores across the group. Zara is committed
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Content 1. Abstract……………………………………………………….. 1 2. Introduction…………………………………….…………….. 2 3. Design & Analysis…..……………………………………….. 3 4. Result ………………………………………………………… 10 5. Conclusion…………………………………………………..... 10 Smart Dust Shilpa Nagod Page 1 of 10 SMART DUST 1.Abstract ’Smart’ dust’ is a minute grain of silicon that spontaneously assembles‚ orients and senses its local environment‚ a first step toward fan development of rebels the size of sand grains that could be used in medicine‚ bioterrorism
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SMART CARS While the reading shows out smart cars’ god points‚ the lecture refutes all of this. Firstly‚ smart cars are the safest one so that car’ accidents can be decrease‚ as the reading states. They have airbags around and anti-lock brake to protect the drivers. Despite what the reading claims‚ the professor says that smart cars are not effective on some special surface such as snowed or iced streets. Drivers may not control properly on slipery surface‚ or the ABS feature doesnt work correctly
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spur ubiquitous computing researches. Smart dust is a tiny dust size device with extra-ordinary capabilities. Smart dust combines sensing‚ computing‚ wireless communication capabilities and autonomous power supply within volume of only few millimeters and that too at low cost. These devices are proposed to be so small and light in weight that they can remain suspended in the environment like an ordinary dust particle. These properties of Smart Dust will render it useful in monitoring real
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