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Looks at the improvement initiatives which companies implement in operations, in the areas of design, supply and … production. A number of initiatives are considered, including design computerization, flexible automation, linkages with …
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The Japanese practice of Kanban (Just‐in‐time – JIT), has won a lot of converts in recent times in the US and elsewhere. Literature is rife with success stories, though, mostly from the users′ side. The strategic implications of this emerging management philosophy on the large number of...
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The methods traditionally employed to assess the capability of suppliers to deliver what is wanted at the right time are described. More recently quality appraisal has been developed and preventive quality has grown out of this. The experience of Black and Decker with quality appraisal is...
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The development of co‐makership in the UK raises important legal considerations as to the nature of the relationship between the parties concerned. These problems are discussed in detail and include competition law problems, contractual problems, confidentiality, industrial property ownership...
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The paper contributes to market research in the agri-food sector, by analyzing the structure of domestic meat supply …. Also, for each species presented, the study deepens the age or production categories that are the subject of the meat offer …. Thus, at the country level, pigs and poultry provide the largest share of the meat supply, each representing 39% of total …
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The modern tourism market is characterized by an increased struggle of tour operators for consumers and meeting their … needs. Today a condition for the successful functioning of travel companies is the increasing differentiation of supply and … operators to differentiate their offer in the market and thereby increase their competitiveness and increase profits. …
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. Demand by the auctioneer is uncertain as in the supply function equilibrium model. A closed form expression is derived …. Existence of an equilibrium is ensured if the hazard rate of the perfectly inelastic demand is monotonically decreasing and …’s demand exceeds suppliers’ capacity with a positive probability. The derived equilibrium can be used to model strategic …
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