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- Aviva Scraps Norwich Union Name
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Insurer Aviva (AV) has scrapped Norwich Union, the brand under which it operates in its home market, as it moves to a single identity it hopes will lift overseas sales, attract staff and lure new business partners. Norwich Union, Britain's largest general...
- News items 2008-04-29
- Aviva First Quarter Up But Outlook Gloomy
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (Reuters UK) - Insurer Aviva beat forecasts with a 5 percent rise in first-quarter sales, helped by growth in U.S. and Asia, but gave one of the gloomiest outlooks yet for a UK market it says will shrink over the coming months....
- News items 2008-04-25
- Aviva Rules Itself Out of RBS Insurance Bidding
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - The largest general insurer Aviva (AV) has ruled itself out of the running for the insurance arm of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), as speculation intensifies over the list of possible suitors for the unit. RBS Insurance, which includes Churchill and Direct...
- News items 2008-04-25
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- Developing a Project Life Cycle for Technical Publications
- Having a technical publications project Life Cycle (pLC) that parallels an organization's Product Life Cycle (PLC) greatly facilitates its adoption by engineering or development organizations. A technical publications project life cycle relates major documentation project management strategies, tasks, and deliverables to the same model used by technical organizations to control...
- White papers 2003-05-02
- Growing, Growing, Gone: Cascades, Diffusion, and Turning Points in the Product Life Cycle
- The product life cycle (PLC) is the result of multiple supply and demand forces. However, past research has focused primarily on the role of diffusion in driving the PLC. This study takes a step toward a broader theoretical perspective on the PLC by incorporating informational cascades and developing and testing...
- White papers 2003-09-30
- Reservation MAC Protocols for Powerline Communications
- In this paper suitable MAC protocols for the implementation in PLC access networks are studied. It proposes a logical model for the investigation of the MAC layer according to the applied transmission methods in the PLC systems and to the used telecommunication services. It also highlights the reservation MAC protocols...
- White papers 2001-02-21
- BMS or PLC? Controlling the Regulated Environment
- In the ever-changing world of pharmaceutical facilities delivery, there appears to be a growing interest in the utilization of programmable logic controller (PLC) technology and process systems to control HVAC applications. Until recently, HVAC equipment and building management systems (BMS) were thought of primarily as non-impact or indirect impact systems...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- On the Starting Line
- Biotechnology has fast become the hottest sector around for venture capital investment, particularly in the US and parts of Europe. In this article, Aviva Mishmari of Globes discusses the measures that Israel has taken to promote its biotechnology sector. Israel's biotechnology incubators were born in an item in the report...
- White papers 2003-01-15
- Challenges In Creating Brand Equity For Products With Short PLC
- In this paper, we provide a concise description of short life cycle products. The industries analyzed range from entertainment to health foods. The challenges faced by each industry in building Brand Equity are analyzed in depth. A study of common challenges across categories, gives a generic idea of the challenges...
- White papers 2007-04-08
- En-Tronic FT-55 Specifications: Rugged, High Performance, Purpose-Built PLC
- The FT-55 system is an open architecture, programmable logic controller (PLC) designed specifically to control rotating/reciprocating machinery and associated process functions. The system is designed with open industry standards for hardware, software and data communications. The control is programmed in a Windows environment utilizing IEC 61131-3 structured text programming language...
- White papers 2003-09-22
- National Grid Group plc Acquisition Of New England Electric System
- This article discusses merger between the National Grid Group plc and wholly owned subsidiaries that have been formed for purposes of the transactions of National Grid (US) Holdings Limited. The Order authorizes the proposed acquisition of NEES by National Grid and certain related transactions. The acquisition will take the form...
- White papers 2000-03-15
- ICW Power Case Study: Colt Telecom Group Plc - Internet Solution Centre, Madrid
- COLT Telecom Group plc are one of the newer competitive telecommunications companies. ICW Power were requested by Colt Telecom to look at the suitability of various sites with a view to maximizing the useable internal floor space for node areas for a new internet Solution Centre in Madrid. The ICW...
- Case studies
- 2005 Fuel Cell Industry Survey: A Survey of 2004 Financial Results of Public Fuel Cell Companies
- Aggregate revenues for public companies in the fuel cell sector decreased slightly in 2004 to US$234 million, down 4% from US$244 million in 2003. The survey focuses on the 2004 year-on-year financial results of the world's 20 publicly traded companies whose primary business is in the areas of fuel cell...
- White papers 2005-10-05
- Driving Successful Shopping Occasions Through Deeper Insights
- IBM, in collaboration with The Store/Kantar (subsidiaries of WPP Group PLC), conducted an online survey of more than 5,000 grocery, clothing and consumer electronics shoppers to identify what motivates them: why they are shopping, what they want to accomplish, how they prefer to shop, what services they require and what...
- White papers 2005-12-01
- The Product Life Cycle1
- This article defines about product's life cycle (PLC) can be divided into several stages characterized by the revenue generated by the product. If a curve is drawn showing product revenue over time, it may take one of many different shapes, It include different stage in the life...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Control Schema Yields a Better Textile Machine
- A manufacturer of highly automated textile machines, THEN Maschinen-und Apparatebau GmbH (Schwabisch Hall, Germany) is renowned for its technological leadership in the textile industry. This company recently converted its machines' control architecture from PLC to Lonworks, gaining many substantial benefits in the process. Lonworks networking technology is a complete, open,...
- White papers
- Prudential Beats First Quarter Forecasts
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (Reuters UK) - Life insurer Prudential (PRU) reported a 14 percent rise in first-quarter sales on Thursday, above analysts' forecasts, as stronger than expected growth in Asia more than offset a dip in U.S. new business. Prudential, which competes with Aviva Plc...
- News items 2008-04-17
- Development of a Dual-Extraction Industrial Turbine Simulator Using General Purpose Simulation Tools
- This paper describes the methodology with which a detailed simulation of an industrial turbine was developed for use in training and analysis. The turbine-generator system that was simulated is a vintage dual-extraction condensing steam turbine. It is controlled by a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), which is interfaced to a Digital...
- White papers 2003-01-10
- Sainsbury's Develops Edible Packaging
- The case study describes about packaging. Sainsbury's is always looking at new ways of packaging foods to provide better, more environmentally friendly alternatives for its customers. A recent example is our work with technology specialist Stanelco Plc and the development of an edible starch packaging, made solely from natural and...
- Case studies
- Prudential Plc: Transforming Customer Service
- Prudential had numerous call centers spread across diverse locations in UK, with each call center dedicated to handle customer enquiries related to a single product line. This meant that customers had separate numbers for each of their products and the call centre consultant had to sometimes transfer them to a...
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