Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2010, 49, 8657–8669 8657 Single-Stage Scheduling of Multiproduct Batch Plants: An Edible-Oil Deodorizer Case Study Songsong Liu,† Jose M. Pinto,‡ and Lazaros G. Papageorgiou*,† Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, UniVersity College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, U.K., and Process Systems R&D, Praxair Inc., 39 Old Ridgebury Rad, Danbury, Connecticut 06810 This article considers the short-term scheduling of a single-stage
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Intel Corporation is the biggest semiconductor manufacturer in the world and has changed the global marketplace radically since it was founded in 1968. The first handheld calculators and PC’s were developed through the innovation of Intel’s microprocessors. The company is currently valued at more than $54 billion and employs more than 100,000 people. Intel’s product line of Pentium processors have become a household name. Today, at least 80% Intel processors are used in PC’s globally. Suppliers:
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My father, like most parents perhaps, had always been of the opinion that I should choose to study Medicine. Nevertheless, despite his relentless efforts and persuasion, he had to concede defeat in the end and embrace the choices I've made regarding my future career when he realised how passionate I do feel about the field of pharmaceutical studies. My desire to achieve a pharmaceutical studies based degree at university level has been simmering since I started studying A-level sciences. I enjoy
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that Barrett and Intel faced included declining markets, the entire industry had been adversely affected by September 11, the declining economy and threat of war. Intel was also faced with hyper- competition as many of their rivals; particularly Advanced Micro Devices were producing a faster, cheaper and better quality chip. Intel’s reputation was also floundering due to product delays, recalls and shortages and worse of all, bugs in their software. Analysts were predicting that by the end of the
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Comparison and Contrast of Two Innovative Business Professionals and Their Models: Customer Epicenter versus Paranoia Survival Jules Prendergast North Central University BTM7101-8 Activity 3 Author Note This developmental paper is being submitted on May 26, 2013 for Professor Cozine’s BTM7101-8 class. The contents of this paper reflect the author’s perspective on relevant information provided through articles Abstract The main emphasis of this paper is two fold
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Advanced Nursing Leadership South University November 17, 2012 Advanced Nursing Leadership Leadership in the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) role is of great importance. APN leadership can impact something as basic as everyday patient care, to implementing new nursing policies and advocating for change within the nursing spectrum (Hamric, Spross, & Hanson, 2009). The role of a leader and APN go hand and hand; with a common goal to influence others, create change, and advocate for patients
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Introduction iCloud is the service operated by apple for cloud storage and cloud computing which was launched on October 12, 2011. As of July it has 320 million users. The service allows users to store data such as iOS applications and music on remote servers for download on any device you like. This application also replaced apple’s Mobileme service, acting as a data syncing centre for calendars, contacts, emails, photos, notes, reminders etc. users can connect to iCloud wirelessly unlike previously
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DIVERSIFICATION AND GLOBAL POSITION 3 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is ranked as the as the world’s second largest PC chipmaker with a market share of just 17%, far behind Intel Corp. with 81% of the market (Buckman and Williams 2001, 1). However, in 2000 AMD’s sales jumped 63% to $4.6 billion, producing $983 million in net income and its first profitable year since 1995 (Streetwalker 2001, 1). AMD owns engineering, manufacturing, warehousing and administrative facilities where it produces
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Overview 1. Background Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) operates as a semiconductor company worldwide. It operates in two segments, Computing Solutions and Graphics. The company designs, develops, and sells microprocessor products, such as central processing units (CPU) and accelerated processing units (APU) for servers, desktop PCs, and mobile devices. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. also offers embedded processor products for vendors in industrial
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Understanding BTEC IT L3 Using the resources below try & answer the following questions: Resources: * CRL\ICT\Sixth Form\BTEC * http://www.edexcel.com/BTEC/Pages/default.aspx * Internet Questions: 1. What is a BTEC? BTECs are work-related qualifications 2. Where can a BTEC take you? it can take u many places and it is recognised by schools, colleges, universities, employers and professional bodies 3. What does BTEC stand for? 4. What is full name of the
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