enough to provide them mobility yet strong enough to stop European blades‚ and used weapons made of a steel so well-forged that it bent under pressure without breaking‚ yet held an edge so sharp it could cleave a man in half with only the force behind one arm. What was the secret steel of the Near East; it’s forging guarded so well by the sword smiths of Syria? That steel was called Damascus steel‚ a term used by the Crusaders to describe the
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Carnegie Drove Steel Home Andrew Carnegie grew up as a son of a weaver craftsman and a mother who went to work to help support the family when the stream weaving loom came to Scotland. Andrew later wrote‚ after seeing my dad begging for work I knew I would be the one to fix it. I determined that Andrew Carnegie was a captain of industry. He was a captain of industry because he‚ helped build the formidable American steel industry‚ supplied jobs to many people who were out of jobs because of the
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TATA –KISAN SANSAR The journey of Tata Kisan Sansar can well be described in three phases: Phase 1: Tata Kisan Kendra as a retailer of Agri-inputs Phase 2: Repositioning of Tata Kisan Kendra to Tata Kisan Sansar thereby considering TKS as a ‘seed to produce’ business. Phase 3: TKS as a solutions provider that helps farmer enhance his productivity and an agent that changes the face of Indian farming. Tata Chemicals Limited had first started with the objective of providing agri inputs to the
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possible market share‚ and to increase it further‚ it would have required additional price cut. So‚ the option with the firm was to expand its operation in the segment of specialty steel segment‚ which is typical mini mill product line. The alternative was to increase beam size capacity and directly challenge large integrated steel companies. Due to constraint of the rating of available rolling mill‚ it could make only small section beam. Manufacturing of medium and large section beams needed higher capacity
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PEST Analysis of Virgin Media •Political Factor Demand for fixed line telephony is in decline‚ with the rate of decline in lines used by business nearly twice as high as that in the residential fixed telephony market. There is a trend for businesses to replace fixed line telephony with voice-over-internet-protocol‚ or VoIP‚ telephony‚ while residential customers are tending to migrate from fixed line to mobile telephony. However‚ Virgin Media’s fixed line customers may not migrate to the company’s
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above complex approach actually worked‚ over these four years? What was the outlook (as of the case date) for further progress in this matter? In 1975 Chaparral Steel commissioned minimill and started production. Minimills are different from traditional integrated steel plants. In minimill an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) is used for steel making purpose and in downstream long product is made using rolling mill. The advantage of minimill is it requires less capital investment and a good solution when
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POLITICAL: #1 issue - dairy production dairy production is directly proportional to yogurt production There is a nearing "Yogurt Summit" to be held at Albany‚ Greece on the 15th of August. At the summit‚ there will be the key players in the industry and they are will be focusing on how they would increase the amount of dairy production for the yogurt producers. ECONOMIC: #2 issue - How to support dairy farms and farmers Farmers (in America) are requesting for the fixing of milk
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QUESTIONNAIRE Dear Respondent. I am PRABHU M TURAMARI a Student of MBA-4th Semester of SURANA COLLEGE PG DEPARTMENT‚ K S TOWN‚ BANGALORE-60 doing a project titled “A study on CREATING AWARENESS TOWARDS EDU-ERP” I would be grateful if you could spare a few minute to fill this questionnaire by putting a tick with the favourable answer. Hope for your kind co-operation. Name of the Institution: Address/Phone no: 1. Type of Educational Organization: School Training Centre
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computer was launched in 2003 by Quasar. The Neutron is the result of revolutionary efforts by the company. The product processor and memory uses high-speed optical conductors that are five times the speed of existing microchip based companies. The Tata simulator exercise is an aid to decide which industry structure Quasar should use to increase profits‚ create competitive advantage and explores implications of each on business ventures. Market Scenario According to Grant (1991)‚ a corporation’s
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and Steel structure? And for what purposes is it better to use concrete or steel structures? Concrete is the second most used material for construction after water in the world. Concrete is widely used in today construction industry because of its durability and compatibility. It can be mounded in any shape which makes it a very useful. In addition to the unique aesthetics achieved with concrete construction. Steel has the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any construction material. steel used
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