Focus on Auto Service Aftermarket biz up in slow economy WASHINGTON -- The International Franchise Association (IFA) anticipates a continued slowdown in economic recovery‚ with minimal growth in the franchising market. "As the economic recovery continues at a slow pace‚ business conditions for small businesses are not improving. The availability of credit remains an issue‚" according to the revised "Franchise Business Economic Outlook: May 2012" produced by IHS Global Insight for the IFA Educational
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Management‚ 17 (4)‚ 460–471. Alptekinoglu‚ A. and Tang‚ C.S.‚ 2005. A model for analyzing multi-channel distribution systems. Amini‚ M.‚ Retzlaff-Roberts‚ D.‚ and Bienstock‚ C.‚ 2005. Designing a reverse logistics operation for short cycle time repair services Asiedu‚ Y. and Gu‚ P.‚ 1998. Product life cycle cost analysis of the art review. International Journal of Production Research‚ 36 (4)‚ 883–908. Autry‚ C.W.‚ Daugherty‚ P.J.‚ and Richey‚ R.G.‚ 2001. The challenge of reverse logistics in catalog retailing
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Mareva acts in personam‚ therefore would act against Mrs Tinkler - not the trust. * Bushan Steel [96] UCPR 25.14 (which was introduced in the court on 5 June 2006) is similar in terms to Federal Court Rule‚ Order 25A‚ r 5‚ (which came into operation on 1 August 1979). [97] I have not been referred to any cases that have directly considered the questions raised in this case in respect of UCPR 25.14. [98] The approach adopted by judges in the Federal Court to identical or substantially identical
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1 SURFACE EQUIPMENT FOR WIRELINE: To enable downhole wireline operations to be performed‚ equipment must be provided at surface to allow the following:- (a) The lowering and retrieval of the tool string to the work location. (b) Monitoring of tool position and cable tension. (c) Handling and alignment pulleys so that the tool string can be positioned vertically above the well for lowering through the Xmas tree and into the tubing string. (d) The ability to insert the tool string
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My community service experience was a very interesting experience because I had to work with elderly people at Brookdale Hospital: The Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation. The Schulman and Schachne Institute are located at Brookdale Plaza. The Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation is a voluntary‚ non-profit‚ residential healthcare facility dedicated to providing the highest quality of medical care in a homelike environment
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………………………………………………………………………………………6 CUSTOMER SERVICE PLAN INTRODUCTION Innovative Widgets is a large firm of about four hundred staff‚ and is the largest producer of widgets in Australia. Established in 1952‚ its widgets are used as components in a broad range of televisions. At Innovative Widgets we are dedicated to providing all internal and external customers with the best possible level of customer service. To ensure this‚ we have created our own customer service plan as followed: Vision Innovative
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Transport & Service costing Service Costing Unit costing is the method of costing used when the cost units are identical. Identical cost units should have identical costs and this concept of equality of costs is the basic feature of unit costing. It may be noted that process costs‚ output costing and service costing are the sub-divisions of unit costing method. Service Costing – Nature and Problem: Service or operating cost is the cost of providing services. Service costing is
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as energy‚ telecommunications‚ financial services‚ manufacturing‚ chemicals‚ engineering‚ materials‚ government and healthcare. History It began as the "Tata Computer Centre"‚ for the company Tata Group whose main business was to provide computer services to other group companies. F C Kohli was the first general manager. JRD Tata was the first chairman‚ followed by Nani Palkhivala. One of TCS’ first assignments was to provide punched card services to a sister concern‚ Tata Steel (then TISCO)
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Introduction We are dedicated to customer satisfaction. At Superior Printers‚ our team of professionals is constantly looking for ways to increase the level of services we provide. Even when we close our doors and go home at night‚ we’re still just a point and click away. We want to make the process of doing business with us as easy as possible. Our Customer Service Center provides you with 24-hour access to many of our services. From here you can request an estimate‚ place an order‚ transfer a
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CONFLICTS AND MULTICULTURAL TEAM Developing competencies for managers LAHTI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES Degree Programme in International Business Bachelor’s Thesis Spring 2013 Nguyen‚ Thanh Tung Lahti University of Applied Sciences Degree Programme in International Business NGUYEN‚ THANH TUNG: Multicultural team and conflicts Developing competencies for managers Bachelor’s Thesis in International Business‚ 54 pages‚ 4 pages of appendices Spring 2013 ABSTRACT This
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