research strategies on product-service systems P.P. Wang*‚ X.G. Ming‚ D. Li‚ F.B. Kong‚ L. Wang and Z.Y. Wu School of Mechanical Engineering‚ Shanghai Jiao Tong University‚ Shanghai‚ PR China (Received 17 May 2010; final version received 12 October 2010) As present trends in economic and population growth continue‚ the natural environment is increasingly being stressed. More and more researchers‚ institutes and programmes have paid attention to product-service systems (PSSes) in the last decade
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Linux‚ the Operating System of Choice Name Institution Abstract This paper argues that Linux has not only emerged as a competitor to both Microsoft Windows and Macintosh operating systems‚ but is a better choice. The popularity of Linux has grown noticeably‚ with a recent surge in the use and adoption of Linux operating system by individuals and organizations across the world. I have examined various factors‚ including code accessibility‚ cost concerns‚ security issues‚ distrust of monopolies
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT IN SERVICE AND MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS In defining an organization we usually come across two major categories of organizations. First Manufacturing organization and the other Service organization. Both‚ above-mentioned organizations are completely different from one another and hence the role of operations management is different in both. Operations management is mainly concerned with making the proper use of available resources of the organization. Resources available
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Five Types of IT Operations Systems BSA/310 September 14‚ 2012 Mr. Joseph XXXXX Five Types of IT systems for Company Operations The Information Technology (IT) is everywhere‚ is the driving force how we access information‚ how business are conduct and how we live our life. This technology give companies the each of how remain competitive in the 21th century. Information Technology is a continuous growing field‚ the most important tool for business to growth‚ creating at the same time
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purchasing services Services account for about 71 percent of the gross national product (GNP) and 75 percent of the employment in the United States (West 1997). A study sponsored by GAPS Research (formerly the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies) found that in a cross-section of 116 large organizations‚ over half of the purchase dollars (54 percent) were spent on services (Fearon and Bales 1995). Consequently‚ purchasing departments are becoming more involved with the purchase of services. According
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defend a suitable Environmental Management System (EMS) for implementation at our chosen hotel‚ which would be the Shangri La Hotel in Sydney. Over this report‚ we will discuss what an EMS System is‚ and its benefits to the company‚ the current strategies Shangri La has Implemented towards the Environmental movement‚ what makes and effective design and the relationship of it with Sales Profitability and as well as an evaluation of the changing nature of operations. Along this report‚ we will also discuss
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Please read the article: Zara: Fast fashion from savvy systems available for free at http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/pub/gallaugher/41128#pdf-7 This article makes up Chapter 1 of the free‚ open access book titled‚ Information Systems: A Manager’s Guide to Harnessing Technology‚ by John Gallaugher. Please ensure that you read the entire Chapter 1 of the book consisting of 3 parts (Part 1 Introduction; Part 2 Don’t Guess‚ Gather Data; and Part 3 Moving Forward). Now answer the questions below:
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civil service system? A civil service system can be defined as the administrative part of a government or the employees of a government excluding military personnel. They are merit based jobs and prospective employees are required to take exams to be considered for employment. According to their website‚ “The Federal civil service includes all appointive positions in the executive‚ judicial‚ and legislative branches of the Federal Government‚ except positions in the uniformed services” (Personnel
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Roel R. Garcia Plain View / Open Fields Case Study Axia College University of Phoenix Scott Smith September 14‚ 2008 Today a high percentage of the arrests done by law enforcement are from seized evidence that was in plain view and does not come under the Fourth Amendment. The plain view doctrine states that items that are within the sight of a police officer who is legally in a place from which the view is made may properly be seized without a warrant as long as such items
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ISSUE : 2 * Currency issue in foreign operations. Currency issue in foreign operations was arise since 1891 when it faces by an accountant in UK when they had realise that the issue underlying the identification of a foreign currency in accounting treatment problem and so many criticism about the development of a solution towards this problem. A development of the solution towards this problem has developed on 19th century‚ at the first regulators show that the foreign currency translation method
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