Policy Review‚ 2006‚ 24 (1): 31-49 Traditional vs. Modern Food Systems? Insights from Vegetable Supply Chains to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) Jean-Joseph Cadilhon‚ Paule Moustier‚ Nigel D. Poole‚ Phan Thi Giac Tam and Andrew P. Fearne∗ This article describes the development of vegetable marketing in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)‚ where modern distribution outlets are competing fiercely with traditional traders for wholesale and retail customers. Data from interviews with supply chain stakeholders
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ORIGINS OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH comparison of the origins of operations management and operations research reveals that both are an innovation of the 20th century. The origin of operations research was in England‚ circa 1937‚ and has its roots in scientific management‚ with its first significant applications to military operations in both World War I and World War II. Operations management had its origins in the early factory system‚ and was more associated with physical
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Managing lean manufacturing in material handling operations James C. Green‚ Jim Lee* and Theodore A. Kozman Engineering Management Program‚ Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ University of Louisiana at Lafayette‚ P.O. Box 44170‚ Room 244 CLR Hall‚ Lafayette‚ LA 70504-2250‚ USA (Received 17 July 2007; final version received 8 January 2009) The problem addressed by this research is to implement lean manufacturing in a material handling system of a petroleum drill bit manufacturing company. Lean manufacturing
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Assignment 1: Operation Decision Assume you have been hired as a managing consultant by a company to offer some advice that will help it make a decision as to whether it should shut down completely or continue its operations. It currently uses 100 workers to produce 6‚000 units of output per month (working 20 days / month). The daily wage (per worker) is $70‚ and the price of the firm’s output is $32. The cost of other variable inputs is $2‚000 per day. It also tells us that the firm’s fixed cost
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Major Systems used in an Organization Organizations utilize different types of information systems to take their business decisions for their operations. The hierarchy levels of the organizations in general are operational‚ knowledge‚ management‚ and strategic. Accordingly‚ three main categories of information systems serve at different organizational levels on hierarchy are: I. Operational-level systems II. Management-level systems III. Strategic-level systems 1. Operational-level
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Policy Shift In Education System Could Yield Productivity in the Economy Though still in its infancy stages‚ one of the greatest policy shifts during our times is transformation from rote to competency based learning in the school system. This will eventually affect not only the way we do business but also the kind of business that we can each pursue. The shift brings to mind‚ the early influences during our formative years. More particularly‚ during my first week upon joining secondary school
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troughs‚ tubes or foam‚ with the leafy part of the plants separate from the roots. Moreover‚ the roots are usually fully exposed and constantly sprayed with micro bursts of atomized water. Why aeroponics are used? Since plants have access to oxygen 24/7 they generally will experience faster growth than conventional means Water and nutrient used efficiently Less need for nutrients and water than traditional hydroponics systems no need to worry about weeding takes up very little space Can be
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Business operations have become; and are going to become; more and more complex and competitive. The increased Business Complexities could be attributed to:- 1. Technological Revolution. 2. Research and Development. 3. Changes in Product / Product life Cycle. 4. Explosion of Information. The increased Management Complexities could be attributed to:- 1. Management Science Technologies. 2. Decision – Making. 3. Onset of Computers. 4. Information Feedback System. These
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Abstract Clinical decision-support systems (CDSS) apply best-known medical knowledge to patient data for the purpose of generating case-specific decision-support advice. CDSS forms the cornerstone of health informatics research and practice. It is an embedded concept in almost all major clinical information systems and plays an instrumental role in helping health care achieve its ultimate goal: providing high quality patient care while‚ at the same time‚ assuring patient safety and reducing
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Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (1990). He can be said to be responsible for the popularity of the concept of a ‘learning organization’ today. Peter Senge argues that not only we humans learn‚ but organizations also. However‚ learning itself may not be enough for the organization to survive in this ever-challenging era. In his book‚ The Fifth Discipline‚ Senge introduced five ‘disciplines’‚ namely systems thinking‚ personal mastery‚ mental models‚ building shared
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