1 )Manufacturing is the act of making or producing goods by utilizing labor and machineries especially in a large -scale‚ which includes large division of labor. Finished goods produced after manufacturing are further divided into two groups’ producer goods and consumer goods. Producer goods are those supplied to another company for manufacturing other complex products and consumer goods are the finished products which are purchased by the customers directly for the general usage. Casting is a widely
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Effects of working capital management on the profitability of Portuguese manufacturing firms Sónia Silva* sonia@eeg.uminho.pt Florinda Silva** fsilva@eeg.uminho.pt July 2012 Abstract This study provides empirical evidence about the effects of working capital management on the profitability of Portuguese manufacturing firms. A database covering the period 1996-2006‚ collected from Portuguese Statistical Office‚ is analyzed under panel data methodology. In line with previous research
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( SKUAD ) The Firm 1993 film The Firm is a 1993 American legal thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Tom Cruise‚ Jeanne Tripplehorn‚ Gene Hackman‚ Ed Harris‚ Holly Hunter‚ Hal Holbrook‚ and David Strathairn Release date : june 30‚ 1993 Director : Sydeny Pollack. Story by : John Grisham Screen play : john Grisham‚ Robert towne‚ David Rabe‚ David Ravfiel. Awards: people choice award for favorite drama movie The Firm follows the main character‚ Mitch
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delivery). Ten years ago‚ the OTD problem was not an issue‚ because there weren’t too many competitions. But in the last few years‚ due to stiffer competitions‚ OTD has become a big issue and been hurting the company’s sales. And lots of loyal customers slowly turned to its competitors. Causes: Several problems contributed to OTD have been identified by the management of the company. The first one they identified was the failure to recognize the lead times of the raw materials. The purchasing
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CRM enables organizations to know their customers better and to build sustainable relationships with them. However‚ CRM is considered as buzzword and it is not understood well. The main components of CRM are people‚ technology‚ and processes. This paper provides an extensive review of the literature regarding the CRM processes. This review aims to increase the understanding of the different perspectives and the various types and levels of CRM processes. This paper reve als that there are four
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governments are cracking down on disguised employment‚ often described as the pretense of a contractual intra-business relationship to hide what is otherwise a simple employer-employee relationship. 1.1 CHARACTERISTICS Following are the characteristics of self-employment: Self-employment involves doing something on one’s own to earn one’s livelihood. It involves ownership and management of activities by a person although he/she may take the help of one or two persons to assist him/her. Thus‚ self-employment
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of Airline companies because worth-of-month is importantly affecting Airline companies and safety is the first thing customers will consider. Since the ticket of Airline are usually expensive‚ customers would not give their money to the firms they do not trust. Secondly‚ this industry needs planes and experience of flying which also lowers the threat of new entrants. If a new firm plan to enter this industry‚ they need to firstly become licensed which may take more than one year‚ and after that they
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Thinking Model and its’ Positive Effects on Manufacturing Processes June 11‚ 2009 Table of Contents Introduction 4 Steps of the Lean Manufacturing Process 5 Step 1: Identify the Value to Customers in Specific Products and Services 5 Step 2: Identify the Business Processes the Delivers this Value to Customers 8 Step 3: Organize Work Arrangements around the Flow of the Business Process 8 Step 4: Create a Pull System that Responds to Customer Demands 9 Step 5: Continuously Pursue Perfection
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Glasses or Contacts Many people have visual aids. This usually means their vision is not twenty-twenty. They wear contacts or glasses; you can choose one or both and get the same clear vision. The cost of glasses or contacts can be expensive especially when you get both‚ and depending on your prescription it can cost even more. However‚ contacts and glasses are quite different from each other. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the differences between contacts and glasses. The
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Louise Pratt wrote A Contact Zone‚ a short story about how many different cultures interact through Transculturation and contact zones. A contact zone is defined as “is the gap in which transculturation takes place- where two different cultures meet and inform each other‚ in uneven ways” (mariexotoni). In my owns words‚ a contact zone can be where two different people from different backgrounds‚ teachings‚ and traditions come together and share their experiences. Contact zones can be seen in every
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