III Międzynarodowa Konferencja Naukowo-Techniczna „Nowoczesne technologie w budownictwie drogowym” Poznań, 8–9 września 2005 3rd International Conference „Modern Technologies in Highway Engineering” Poznań, 8–9 September, 2005 Lysandros Pantelidis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece DETERMINATION OF SOIL STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS PERFORMING THE PLATE BEARING TEST Summary: In the international literature there is often confusion between the terms Modulus of Elasticity EYoung and Modulus
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Illustrative Exam 1[1] Solutions BUAD311 – Operations Management Section A: Multiple Choices (circle only one) 1. Which of the following statement is correct? a. Make-to-order systems are better than make-to-stock systems. b. Make-to-stock systems are better than make-to-order systems. c. Hybrid systems are perfect and better than both MTO and MTS systems. d. Hybrid systems are worse than both MTO and MTS systems. e. None of the above e): It is hard to tell which
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SPICE GRINDING & PACKAGING INTRODUCTION Spices are essential ingredients adding taste and flavouring in food preparations. India is the largest producer and consumer of spices with a production of around 36.68 lakh tones. India is also the largest producer of chilli in world contributing 25% of the total world production. Indian spices are of the finest quality. Today the demand for it has considerably increased from all the countries. The project aims at production of ground spices especially chilli
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strength? 2. How effective are shredded plastic cups as additives in making decorative garden tiles in terms of durability? 3. How effective are shredded plastic cups as additives in making decorative garden tiles in terms of load bearing capacity? C. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE General Objective: The primary concern of this study is to determine the effectiveness of compressed plastic bottles as fillers for pathways. Specific Objectives: 1. To determine the effectiveness of shredded plastic
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thereby allowing more time to utilize existing capacity. Since the business strategy should emphasize Dependability more than Cost, lead-times can be reduced using some or all of the following methods: Choose suppliers of raw materials more on the basis of D than C. Expedite orders through information sharing with suppliers. Expedite shipments using faster (but more expensive) shippers. Establish some local (but more expensive) production capacity for “last minute” production. Other ways to reduce
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is pressurizing Wald Press to drop outside contracts, which it has obtained during the depression of 1930’s, when Campbell brothers was unable to supply Wald Press with sufficient work. Wald Press does not want to drop outside contracts, and also capacity expansion and overtime are not feasible. Several options have been considered in order to deal with this intricate issue, and after analyzing each option, the option which suits the best is considered. Action plan for implementation of the selected
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Q1 Ten users empoly ALOHA to transmit 1000 bit packets of data. The data rate is 100 Mb/s. The data to be transmitted a distance d=10,000 Km. Assume NAK messages contain 100 bits and that is the event of a collision the average waiting time pair to retransmission is 50 µs. a) Calculate delay as a function of ρ. b) Plot D vs ρ. Q2 500 users employ TDMA to transmit 1000 bit packets of data. The channel bandwidth is 100 MHz and QPSK is employed. a) What is the max is the maximum allowable bit
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service is deteriorating and threatens the very competitive advantage of the EMFF. Problem Description Laura Jones, supervisor of the call centre, seeks to remedy operational deficiencies. Laura suspects the call centre suffers from insufficient capacity and/or scheduling problems. The call centre faces high employee turnover, which is consistent with the industry norm. As a result most customer care representatives (CCRs) have limited experience. Only two CCRs have over two years experience while
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Technology & Operation Management, GSM 430 Case Analysis Content: Manzana Insurance is a property insurance company that operates through a network of branch offices. It does not deal directly with the public but with independent agents who in return deal with the customers. Agents require Low turnaround time and fast renewal rates. Initial analysis of the second quarter performance figures of Fruitvale branch at Manzana Insurance indicates declining profits, poor operating performance and
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concentration is the bottleneck. It can be concluded that hourly capacity of the system is 13,500 pounds. Then, 13,500 x 8 = 108,000 pounds/day 108,000 x 6 = 648,000 pounds/week (weekly production capacity) 6 x 8 = 48, 48 x 60 = 2880 minutes (weekly time capacity) * Hence, the total capacity of contracts should be less than or equal to the weekly capacity and also should satisfy the time limit capacity. * It is known that blending capacity is 22,000 pounds/ hour and needs 40 minutes set-up time
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