Purchasing and supplies assignment The relevant details NAME LEAH JERUTO REGISTRATION NUMBER NATURE OF ASSIGNMENT Individual work DATE PRESENTED 21/03/ 2015 TASK HANDLING INVENTORY MANAGEMENT TOOLS LECTURER NAME William mwangi ABC analysis In materials management‚ the ABC analysis (or Selective Inventory Control) is an inventory categorization technique. ABC analysis divides an inventory into three categories- "A items" with very
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16 C H A P T E R JIT and Lean Operations D ISC USSI ON Q U ESTI O NS 1. JIT is a philosophy of continuous and forced problem solving. It is a continuous program that replaces a series of “fad” programs. 2. A lean producer is a company that adopts a philosophy of minimizing waste‚ striving for perfection through continuous learning‚ creativity‚ and teamwork. 3. The Toyota Production System (TPS) has three core components: continuous improvement‚ respect for people‚ and standard work
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IIM LUCNOW MANFEST 2004 OPERA Paper On JIT IN SERVICE SECTOR By Deepti Mishra MBA(IB) 2004-2006 Phone no. 09868015479 Email Id. Deepti_d06@iift.ac.in Pooja Aggarwal MBA (IB) 2004-2006 Phone no. 09810673298 Email Id Pooja_d06@iift.ac.in INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE NEW DELHI Executive summary JIT is one of the quality management techniques widely employed in manufacturing sector. It aims at eliminating anything that is unwanted in the organisation‚ thereby increasing
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How Hybrid Cars Work A hybrid car is a passenger vehicle that is driven by a hybrid engine‚ which is any engine that combines two or more sources of power‚ generally gasoline and electricity. There are two types of gasoline-electric hybrid cars; the parallel hybrid‚ and the series hybrid. Both use gasoline-electric hybrid technology‚ but in radically different ways. In a parallel hybrid car‚ a gasoline engine and an electric motor work together to move the car forward‚ while in a series hybrid
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Speech Assignment: Informative #2 Speech Goal: To inform the audience on hybrid cars. Opening: Hybrid cars are much more environmentally friendly than gas only vehicles. There are several different sorts of transportation that one would have never thought of as being hybrid. There are plenty of advantages of having a hybrid over gas only and electric only cars also. Body: 1. What is a hybrid? * 2 or more sources of power that can directly or indirectly provide power.
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HONDA HYBRID (NATURALLY DRIVEN) Honda was so inspired by how magically easy mother nature does it that a range of Honda Hybrid cars were created to make it just as effortlessly to give back to nature. Customer value and satisfaction of this car is because Honda Hybrid family of cars designed to be spacious‚ exciting and versatile. It is used Intelligent Power Unit (IPU) . This is engineered to create natural balance between fun driving and eco-friendliness with the highly acclaimed petrol engine
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The Taliban is arguably one of the biggest hybrid threats that US forces face today. Every soldier knows them as our enemy. But what is their history? How have they been able to sustain themselves for so long? These are some of the questions I will try to answer while highlighting the threat they pose internally in Afghanistan and abroad. The first thought that comes to mind when thinking about the Taliban is terrorist organization. One cannot forget‚ however‚ that the Taliban was the recognized
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The perceived impact of JIT implementation on operations performance Evidence from Chinese firms Zhi-Xiang Chen Sun Yat-Sen University‚ Guangzhou‚ China‚ and Perceived impact of JIT implementation 213 Kim Hua Tan Nottingham University Business School‚ Nottingham‚ UK Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perceived impact of just-in-time ( JIT) implementation on operations performance‚ identify the relationship between elements of JIT (integrated and individual)
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Case Study – JIT Failure at Sony Ericsson Once one of the world’s leading cell-phone manufacturers‚ Ericsson knows only too well how painful a disruption in the supply chain can be. It is a story that has become something of a legend in supplychain circles. In March 2000‚ a lightning bolt struck a Philips Electronics semiconductor plant in Albuquerque‚ N.M.‚ triggering a small fire in a chip-processing machine that took the plant offline for months. Although the plant was Ericsson’s sole supplier
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“Hybrid theory” What is colonialism? Slavery & subordination The roman concept of “Colonia” The colonial Rationale The “Other” as uncivilized Colonial power as superior Subaltern consciousness/ culture is misguided/inferior Colonial power as a civilizing force Subaltern: the “OTHER” Colonial and imperial rule was legitimized by anthropological theories which increasingly portrayed the peoples of the colonized world as inferior‚ feminine‚ childlike‚ incapable of looking after themselves
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