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The applicability of learning and experience curves for predicting future costs of solar technologies is assessed, and the major test case is the production economics of heliostats. Alternative methods for estimating cost reductions in systems manufacture are discussed, and procedures for using...
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The Allied-Signal, Inc., Kansas City Division, has operated a manufacturing facility in Kansas City for over 40 years … years. The Coopers Lybrand CIMPLAN methodology was applied which focuses on manufacturing business practices. Several key …
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performs in accordance with all customer requirements, and the availability and allocation of resources (money, equipment …
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Given that the economic rebound recorded in 2004 did not carry on in 2005, the performance of industrial firms levelled off; nevertheless, cash flows were under control and balance sheets remained healthy.
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This paper presents both the macro and micro picture of the manufacturing industries in Indonesia during the recent … economic crisis. It begins with a comprehensive review of the policy environment surrounding Indonesia's manufacturing industry …
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coordinated by the major automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). As manufacturing activities tended to be shifted to … raising possibilities to reshore some manufacturing activities to ?home? countries. A combination of a more competitive … ?fundamentals?. The potential for some supply chain relocalisation also links in with the ?servitisation? of manufacturing including …
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of manufacturing organizations. It finds that performance measurement of engineering design activities is poorly … as quality and buildability. In manufacturing industries, firms rely on measures of new product development, but these … design activities, and to look to the experiences of leading manufacturing firms to find new ways of measuring and …
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systems in seven small and medium sized manufacturing companies. The paper outlines and develops the criteria used for …
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This paper deals with the market for SO{sub 2} emission allowances over time and electric utility compliance choices. For currently high emitting plants ( 2.5 lb SO{sub 2}/MMBtu), the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) provide for about twice as many SO{sub 2} allowances to be issued per year...
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