...Dalhousie university | Usemore Soap Company | Supply Chain 5-Year Plan | | Eric Noel | 12/5/2010 | Abstract The Usemore soap company currently has 4 plants and 10 warehouses in its distribution network. In response to forecasted demands in 5 years, Usemore is considering building 2 new plants and 6 new warehouses. The problem is modeled as a linear program with objective to minimize cost. However, the model must be formulated as piecewise linear in order to account for the non-linear warehousing costs. The recommended course of action for Usemore is to build 1 new plant, shut down 5 of the existing public warehouses, and open 5 of the new warehouses. Table of Contents Abstract ii 1. Introduction 1 2. Current Situation 2 2.1 Problem Statement 2 2.2 Problem Data 2 3. Proposed Model 2 3.1 Explanation 2 3.2 Formulation 2 4. Solution 4 4.1 Plants 4 4.2 Warehouses 4 4.3 Average Inbound and Outbound Distances 5 5. Discussion 5 6. Conclusion 5 7. Bibliography 5 1. Introduction The Usemore soap company currently has 4 plants and 10 warehouses within its distribution network. In response to forecasted demands in 5 years, Usemore is considering building 2 new plants and 6 new warehouses. The problem was solved using a linear programming approach utilizing a GLPK (GNU MathProg) formulation. In addition to this report, the following files were required to solve the problem: * Usemore.mod : GLPK model * Plants.csv : Model plants...
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...DTI8-GF-RGDD.01 Rev. No. 2 Date: 9 Sept. 2011 Sheet No: 1 of 1 REGION 8 Regional Office / Province of Southern Leyte (Please check appropriate box) PROJECT PROPOSAL I. BRIEF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION A. TITLE Consumer in Vernacular Form B. PROPONENT DTI-SLPO C. INDUSTRY/SECTOR Consumers D. TARGET BENEFICIARIES Youth/Students/Employees/General Public E. FUND SOURCE DTI Regular F. TOTAL PROJECT COST Php 14,000.00 G. IMPLEMENTING PERIOD Within 2013 II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION A. Rationale/Background It is the policy of any government agency to provide the public with timely, accurate, clear and complete information about its policies, programs and services in a visible, accessible and understandable manner. Information dissemination is essential in the effective execution or delivery of citizen-centered and client-focused public service. It is a strategy for serving the public best. By providing government information to the public, government agencies, in turn, obtain public information. This includes the needs, views and concerns of the public which should be taken into account in the formulation and revision of its programs and services. It goes without saying that the underlying concept of information dissemination is to reach out and communicate with the people so as to learn and acknowledge their needs and to respond to them effectively. By receiving government information...
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...Hand Hygiene Practices in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Multimodal Intervention and Impact on Nosocomial Infection Barbara C.C. Lam, Josephine Lee and Y.L. Lau Pediatrics 2004;114;e565; originally published online October 18, 2004; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1107 The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is located on the World Wide Web at: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/114/5/e565.full.html PEDIATRICS is the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. A monthly publication, it has been published continuously since 1948. PEDIATRICS is owned, published, and trademarked by the American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest Point Boulevard, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, 60007. Copyright © 2004 by the American Academy of Pediatrics. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0031-4005. Online ISSN: 1098-4275. Downloaded from pediatrics.aappublications.org at University of Southern Queensland Library on August 5, 2014 Hand Hygiene Practices in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Multimodal Intervention and Impact on Nosocomial Infection Barbara C.C. Lam, MBBS, FRCP(Edin, Lond.), FRCPCH(UK), FHKCPaed; Josephine Lee, RN, MSN; and Y.L. Lau, MD (Hons), FRCP(Edin, Glasg. Lond.) FRCPCH(UK) ABSTRACT. Objective. Health care–associated infections persist as a major problem in most neonatal intensive care units. Hand hygiene has been singled out as the most important measure in preventing hospital-acquired infection. However...
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...WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care: a Summary First Global Patient Safety Challenge Clean Care is Safer Care a WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care: a Summary © World Health Organization 2009 WHO/IER/PSP/2009.07 All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from WHO Press, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (tel.: +41 22 791 3264; fax: +41 22 791 4857; e-mail: bookorders@who.int). Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications – whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution – should be addressed to WHO Press, at the above address (fax: +41 22 791 4806; e-mail: permissions@who.int). The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers’ products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted, the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters. All reasonable...
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...Technical Supplement 1 Linear Programming with Transportation in Operations Management LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this technical supplement, you should be able to: 1. Explain the importance of optimization to operations management 2. Demonstrate how to develop linear programming models 3. Show how linear programming models can be solved using EXCEL 4. Demonstrate 0-1, transportation, and assignment models LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Linear programming (LP) is one of the most powerful analytic tools available to improve operations management. LP provides the optimal, or best possible, solution to problems that can be formulated by a linear function subject to a set of linear constraints. This has proven extremely useful in many operations management applications, some of which are described in Table 1. TABLE 1 Linear Programming Models |Type of Model |Variables |Function to Optimize |Typical Constraints | |Product Mix |Number of products to produce |Maximize contribution to |Resource limits, such as time, | | | |profit |labor, material; Maximum or | | | | |minimum quantities | |Blending |Amount of materials to combine |Minimize cost |Resource limits; Demand...
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...Course Title : Microeconomics Call Number : Econ 101 Credit Hours : 3 Text books 1. Economics Samuelson, P. A., Nordhaws, W. D. 17th ed. McGraw-Hill 2. Economics McConnell, C.R., Brue, S.L., 16th ed. McGraw-Hill 3. Economics Anderton, A., Causeway Press Ltd. Grading Individual Assignment 10 Group Assignment 20 Mid Semester Exam 30 Final Examination 40 For every day that an assignment is late 10 % will be deducted up to a maximum of 3 days. After that assignments will not be accepted. Aim of the subject The aim of this subject is to expose students to some of the key principles of economics theory and their applicability to economic and social problems. At the end of the course, candidates should have attained an understanding of microeconomics and in particular the problems of resource allocation. 1. Introduction Definition of Economics Microeconomics vs. Macroeconomics Positive vs. normative economics Economics as a science Scarcity and wants Opportunity cost. Production Possibility Frontiers Factors of Production 2. Demand, Utility and Supply Demand - price and income Distinction between a movement along and a shift of the demand curve Elasticity of demand Inferior and griffen goods Supply price and cost of production Elasticity of supply Determinants of supply 3. Price Mechanism and Allocation of Resources. Interrelationship...
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...Learner’s Resource Identify marketing opportunities Certificate IV in Business (Marketing) TF/310/BSB/057/LP Learner’s Resource D]Yjf]j¾k J]kgmj[] Certificate IV in Business (Marketing) Identify market opportunities BSBMKG302A TF/310/BSB/057/LP © Australian Training Products on behalf of the State of Victoria This work is copyrighted. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from Australian Training Products. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to: Published by: Australian Training Products Ltd Level 25, 150 Lonsdale St Melbourne 3000 Phone: +61 3 96550600 Fax: +61 3 9639 4684 www.atpl.net.au e-mail: sales@atpl.net.au Reprinted: 1 July 2005 Stock Code Number: TF/310/BSB/057/LP Printed by: Snap Printing, Melbourne, Australia AESharenet Code: & Important disclaimer No person should rely on the contents of this publication without first obtaining advice from a qualified professional person. This publication is distributed on the terms and understanding that: 1. the authors, consultants and editors are not responsible for the results of any actions taken on the basis of information in this publication, nor for any error in or omission from this publication 2. the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, professional or other advice or services. The publisher, and the authors, consultants and editors, expressly disclaim all and...
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...Acknowledgments ix Acknowledgments This book owes a great deal to the mental energy of several generations of scholars. As an undergraduate at the University of Cape Town, Francis Wilson made me aware of the importance of migrant labour and Robin Hallett inspired me, and a generation of students, to study the African past. At the School of Oriental and African Studies in London I was fortunate enough to have David Birmingham as a thesis supervisor. I hope that some of his knowledge and understanding of Lusophone Africa has found its way into this book. I owe an equal debt to Shula Marks who, over the years, has provided me with criticism and inspiration. In the United States I learnt a great deal from ]eanne Penvenne, Marcia Wright and, especially, Leroy Vail. In Switzerland I benefitted from the friendship and assistance of Laurent Monier of the IUED in Geneva, Francois Iecquier of the University of Lausanne and Mariette Ouwerhand of the dépurtement évangélrlyue (the former Swiss Mission). In South Africa, Patricia Davison of the South African Museum introduced me to material culture and made me aware of the richness of difference; the late Monica Wilson taught me the fundamentals of anthropology and Andrew Spiegel and Robert Thornton struggled to keep me abreast of changes in the discipline; Sue Newton-King and Nigel Penn brought shafts of light from the eighteenthcentury to bear on early industrialism. Charles van Onselen laid a major part of the intellectual foundations on...
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...Strategic Management Environment of any organization can be considered as “the aggregate of all conditions, events and influences that surround and affect it”. Environment is complex as it consists of a lot of factors arising from different sources. The nature of environment is one of dynamic as it keeps changing continuously. The impact of environment on organization is deep and far reaching. Environmental Factors Environmental factors can be classified as: i) Macro environmental factors and ii) Factors, which are specific to the given business i.e., task environment. Concept of Environment The external environment provides opportunities and threats to organization whereas the internal environment holds the key to strengths and weaknesses. 1) An opportunity is a favorable situation, which enables an organization to strengthen its present position. For example, access to new markets is an opportunity arising from WTO. 2) A threat is an unfavorable situation which results in risk and damage to an organization, For example, the entry of MNCs into domestic market due to WTO, poses stiff competition to existing players 3) Strength is an inherent capacity, which can be used for developing strategic advantage. Fro example, superior R & D facilities used for developing new enzymes and molecules is a strength for companies like Ranbaxy and Biocon. 4) A weakness is an inherent constraint, which creates disadvantage for firms. For...
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...1 6 CHAPTER Advertising, Publicity, and Sales Promotion In the summer of 1965, 17-year-old Fred DeLuca was trying to figure out how to pay for college. A family friend suggested that Fred open a sandwich shop—and then the friend invested $1,000 to help get it started. Within a month, they opened their first sandwich shop. From that humble start grew the Subway franchise chain with more than 33,000 outlets in 91 countries. Targeted advertising, timely publicity, and sales promotion have been important to Subway’s growth. For more than 10 years, memorable Subway ads featured Jared Fogle, a college student who was overweight but lost 245 pounds by only eating Subway’s low-fat sandwiches like the “Veggie Delite.” Jared says it was a fluke that he ended up in Subway’s ads. After all, he was recruited to do the ads because of good publicity that Subway got after national media picked up a story that Jared’s friend wrote about him in a college newspaper. Subway’s strategy at that time focused on its line of seven different sandwiches with under 6 grams of fat. The objective was to set Subway fare apart from other fast food, position it to appeal to health-conscious eaters, and spark new sales growth. Jared already knew he liked Subway sandwiches, but the “7 under 6” promotion inspired him to incorporate them into his diet. As soon as Jared’s ads began to run, word of his inspiring story spread and consumer awareness of Subway and its healthy fare increased. It’s always hard to...
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...g Easier! Making Everythin ™ mputing Cloud Co Learn to: • Recognize the benefits and risks of cloud services • Understand the business impact and the economics of the cloud • Govern and manage your cloud environment • Develop your cloud services strategy Judith Hurwitz Robin Bloor Marcia Kaufman Fern Halper Get More and Do More at Dummies.com ® Start with FREE Cheat Sheets Cheat Sheets include • Checklists • Charts • Common Instructions • And Other Good Stuff! To access the Cheat Sheet created specifically for this book, go to www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/cloudcomputing Get Smart at Dummies.com Dummies.com makes your life easier with 1,000s of answers on everything from removing wallpaper to using the latest version of Windows. Check out our • Videos • Illustrated Articles • Step-by-Step Instructions Plus, each month you can win valuable prizes by entering our Dummies.com sweepstakes. * Want a weekly dose of Dummies? Sign up for Newsletters on • Digital Photography • Microsoft Windows & Office • Personal Finance & Investing • Health & Wellness • Computing, iPods & Cell Phones • eBay • Internet • Food, Home & Garden Find out “HOW” at Dummies.com *Sweepstakes not currently available in all countries; visit Dummies.com for official rules. Cloud Computing FOR DUMmIES ‰ Cloud Computing FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Judith Hurwitz, Robin Bloor, Marcia Kaufman, and Dr. Fern Halper Cloud Computing For Dummies® Published by Wiley Publishing...
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...A Framework for assessing solutions to green cloud computing Thi Hong Nhung Huynh MSc Computing and Management 2010/2011 The candidate confirms that the work submitted is their own and the appropriate credit has been given where reference has been made to the work of others. I understand that failure to attribute material which is obtained from another source may be considered as plagiarism. (Signature of student) Abstract Cloud computing is a breakthrough innovation in information technology industry. It brings new efficiencies and advantages to business. There is much hype about environmental impacts of cloud computing on green issues. Some favour of cloud computing as solution to green issues while others blame cloud computing as burden to environmental problems. Cloud computing, nevertheless, like other technology, is neutral. It can be either cause or solution to environmental issues. There is growing pressure on cloud computing industry to reduce the environmental impacts of their data centres. The current trend focuses on developing green cloud computing. However, the evaluation of solutions to green cloud computing bases on certain standards, metrics and benchmarks, which assess only parts of the environmental issues with cloud computing. This report will concentrate on green issues with cloud computing. Significant positive and negative impacts of cloud computing on the environment issues will be investigated. Next, a classification of green issues...
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...Does Beauty Have a Cost? The Ecological Footprint of the Cosmetics Industry Alexandra Noelle Penny Brown University 2008 Environmental Studies Senior Thesis May 8, 2008 1 Acknowledgements To Caroline Karp, my thesis advisor and primary reader, for her boundless suggestions, ideas, encouragement, and support as I attempted to creatively apply a structured environmental policy analysis to a new problem. To Catherine Goodall, Amit Sheth, and ShaSha at Environmental Packaging International for introducing me to the subject of packaging, guiding me carefully through various analytical techniques, and sparking my interest in redesigning consumerism. To Dave Murray and Joe Orchardo for their assistance running the spectrometer analyses in the Environmental Chemistry Lab as well as their vast patience and willingness to answer my many questions. To Daniela Quilliam and Bill Dundulis at the Rhode Island Department of Health for their honesty in answering my pointed questions and insights into government regulations when funding is a challenge. To my sister, Elena, for her endless patience and support, and especially for her late-night company in the Science Library Friedman Study Center. To my father, Luther, for advising me to work on my thesis early in the year, advice I listened to carefully, agreed with, but never quite followed through. To my mother, Joanne, for never doubting my ability to achieve goals that are seemingly out of reach...
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...Table of Contents General IP Policy/theory 1 Trademarks 2 Foreign Treaties 4 Types of Marks 4 Infringement (Polaroid Test) 9 Defenses 10 Internet/UDRP 12 Dilution 13 Remedies 14 Copyrights 16 Derivative Works 19 Moral Rights 21 Renewal/Termination 23 Infringement (tests) 24 Fair Use/Defenses 15 DMCA 27 Remedies 29 Publicity/Misappropriation 32 Patents 34 Patent Prosecution 36 Utlity/Novelty /Non-Obvious 38 Priority 39 Statutory Bars 40 Infringement 41 Defenses 43 Remedies 44 Trade Secrets 46 IP In General I. Origins a. Patents began in Venice b. Copyright began in England - Publisher competition c. Trademarks - Guild System would mark the bottom of product so that people would know from whom they were purchasing II. Federal Authority a. Copyright/Patent Authority Article I Sec.1 cl. 8 i. “Progress of science and useful arts” 1. Science is copyright, and useful arts is patents 2. In the days of the Constitution means “knowledge.” ii. Utilitarian clause – not based on the moral rights iii. Most protection is pretty much on federal level. iv. Certain States with particular businesses adopted their own laws, which Congress eventually incorporated...
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...Nuclear War Survival Skills Updated and Expanded 1987 Edition Cresson H. Kearny With Foreword by Dr. Edward Teller Original Edition Published September, 1979, by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a Facility of the u.s. Department of Energy Published by the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine Cave Junction, Oregon Copyright © 1986 by Cresson H. Kearny Cresson H. Kearny's additions to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory original 1979 edition are the only parts covered by this copyright, and are printed in this type print to distinguish these additions from the original upcopyrighted parts. The uncopyrighted parts are printed in a different type of print (like this). No part of the added, copyrighted parts (except brief passages that a reviewer may quote in a review) may be reproduced in any form unless the reproduced material includes the following two sentences: "Copyright © 1986 by Cresson H. Kearny. The copyrighted material may be reproduced without obtaining permission from anyone, provided: (1) all copyrighted material is reproduced full-scale (except for microfiche reproductions), and (2) the part of this copyright notice within quotation marks is printed along with the copyrighted material." First printing May 1987 Second printing November 1988 Third printing September 1990 ISBN 0-942487-01-X Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 87-60790 CRESSON H. KEARNY Civil Defense Consultant, Retired A LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE...
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