1. Blade Design: The design of the blade does not just depend on the stress analysis; several other factors play significant roles as well. The leading edge is thicker than the trailing edge for a streamlined Flow. Furthermore, the blade should be as thin as possible to improve cavitation Characteristics; it is thicker near the flange becoming thinner and thinner towards the tip. In Addition, the blade has to be distorted on the basis of the tangential velocity. Blade design is the most complex
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years during system upgrade. This made the businesses to close down during upgrade which resulted to loss of revenue and reputation. The company solved the problem by developing a product, DigiPoS Retail Blade, based on embedded Intel architecture processor and was the first EPoS system to use blade technology which allowed retailers to replace only parts that needed replacement and not the entire system. It could also have identified the most critical components of the EPoS system such as processors
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1 INTRODUCTION TO WIND ENERGY........................................................................................................1 1.1 What is wind energy..................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Why use wind energy ................................................................................................................................1 Why choose wind over conventional fuel sources ......
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long with no new competitors in the industry. It wasn’t until later on that Gillette started working on product innovation when a competitor entered the market. In 1962 an English firm named Wilkinson Sword entered the market with stain-less steel blades. Luckily for Gillette, they were able to buy out this competitor and remain dominate in the market. Even though they were able to buy Wilkinson Sword out this still had a negative impact on Gillette because it made their market share drop to $1.33
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1. How could a higher level of inflation in Thailand affect Blades (assume U.S inflation remains constant)? Although the Blades have already a decreasing demand for “Speedos” and the rate of inflation is high relative to U.S inflation rate. It will affect the current account of Thailand which would be expected to decrease and due to this scenario the exports of demand for other countries will also decline. 2. How would Blades be affected relative to competition both from firms in Thailand
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Science Report Aim: To investigate whether the amount of blades on a pinwheel affects the amount of times the pinwheel will spin Hypothesis: More blades on a pinwheel will make it spin more than a pinwheel with fewer blades. Equipment: * 5 pins * 5 pencils * Scissors * 5 sheets of paper * Ruler * Pen * Utility knife * Electric fan Variables Independent Variables: The amount of blades on the pinwheel Dependant Variables: The amount of times the pinwheel spins Controlled
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Marketing Plan By: Karen Akers, Alicia Collison, and Jordan Capps Marketing 101 Section-30D Nick Varkonyi 12/7/2014 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary------------------------------------------ pgs. 3-5 2. Description of Company------------------------------------- pg. 6 3. Strategic Plan/Focus----------------------------------------- pgs. 6-7 4. Situation Analysis--------------------------------------------- pgs. 7-11 5. Market Product Focus---------------------------------------
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Introduction 1901 – The Gillette Company founded in Boston. 1905 – Opening of London office, 1906 – Established a blade factory in Paris 1971 - Gillette entered the Indonesian market forming a joint venture with a local company 1972 – Established razor blade plant . 1995 – Manufacturing capacity of 150 million blades (46 million exported) 1996 – increase production to 168 million blades (50 million exports) 1996-2001 – Achieve production capacity of 230 million per year. Marketing Mix Products
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and influence Advertising and promotion of System products Gillette product lines are mainly into three different categories namely double edge blades, Disposables, System Blades. Unit sales data show that Double edge blades have the highest sales followed by System blades. Gillette double blades have a decent awareness unlike the Systems blades. Advertising and promotion for the system products must be designed showing its benefits to increase the market share. Increase awareness on various
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plan for Gillette Indonesia sets an objective of 31% increase in units of blades sold. A review of the surrounding conditions of the market and the actual situation will be presented, followed by a brief description of the overall market potential analysis, to then present the plan for next year. Company Background: Gillette was founded in Boston in 1901 and is the world leader in ten product categories: Razors and Blades, Writing Instruments, Correction Products, Men’s Electric Razors, Toothbrushes
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