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- Alternative Natural Beef Production System: A Differentiation Strategy for California Producers and Packers
- This article demonstrates that a natural beef production system that emphasizes grazing on rangeland and irrigated pastures can be more profitable, given current prices, than the conventional production system that emphasizes grain-fed beef. The article recognizes several impediments to widespread adoption of natural production systems but suggests that such systems...
- White papers 2004-10-21
- On Using Capacity Options in Lean Retailing
- This paper investigates the strategy of increasing the production capacity temporarily through contingent contractual agreements with short-cycle manufacturers to manage the risks associated with demand uncertainty. The paper views all these agreements as capacity options. More specifically, it considers a simple model of a production system that supplies products to...
- White papers 2001-02-01
- The Value Of Setup Cost Reduction And Process Improvement For The Economic Production Quantity Model With Defects
- This paper investigates the effect of imperfect yield on economic production quantity decisions. The production system is assumed to produce some time-varying proportion of defective parts which can be repaired at some unit cost. For a general defect rate function, the authors develop results that characterize the optimal run length...
- White papers 2004-11-29
- Pull Production Cycle-Time Under Varying Product Mixes
- To satisfy customer requirements and simultaneously fully utilize the production machines, there is a need to determine appropriate cycle time. Especially in pull systems with varying product mixes, accurate cycle time is even more crucial. Accurate cycle time also reduces the need for buffers. When the product mix varies, especially...
- White papers 2006-11-08
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- Toyota Production System
- Toyota Production System Taiichi Ohno, Productivity Press, 541 NE Mh Ave,, Suite 108, Portland, OR 97232, 2002,$23 CD. The three-CD set of the audio book Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production is arranged in 60-minute increments and comes packaged in an album style case. The audio voice is pleasant and...
- Research articles 2003-01-01
- ESPN goes with ENPS. (Associated Press's next-generation Electronic News Production System)(Brief Article)
- Becomes first U.S. network to use AP news system Cable sports giant ESPN has tapped The Associated Press's next-generation Electronic News Production System ENPS as its newsroom computer system. Bristol, Conn._based ESPN is the first U.S. br Becomes first...
- Research articles 1998-04-06
- Sony picks Oracle for digital support: equipment manufacturer will use third-party software for news production system.
- Equipment manufacturer will use third-party software for news production system With its developers preparing a new series of disk-based broadcast production tools, Sony Corp. is tapping Oracle Corp. for software support. The company is teami Equipment manufacturer will...
- Research articles 1995-02-27
- Thunderstone text retrieval DBMS chosen by Neville & Co. and the Associated Press for new BBC news production system
- CLEVELAND--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 21, 1996--Associated Press and Neville & Co. have chosen Thunderstone's Texis information management and retrieval DBMS to serve as the foundation for the next-generation BBC Electronic News Production System pilot program.The prototype, ready this spring, is intended to replace a decade-old BASYS system.According to the BBC, the Electronic...
- Research articles 1996-02-21
- Aker Kvaerner ASA receives subsea production system contract in India
- NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-12 January 2007-Aker Kvaerner ASA receives subsea production system contract in IndiaC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Norwegian engineering, construction and technology group Aker Kvaerner ASA said on Thursday (11 January) that it has received a letter of intent for a contract for a complete subsea production system...
- Research articles 2007-01-12
- Honda to Strengthen Production System in Japan
- Tokyo, Japan, Sept 20, 2006 - JCN Newswire - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that it will consolidate all motorcycle production in Japan at its Kumamoto Factory to strengthen the plant's global leader function for motorcycle production. The move is being made in response to the evolution of...
- Research articles 2006-09-20
- PET Isotope Production System with Linac
- Hitachi, Ltd., and its subsiduary AccSys Technology, Inc., announced on January 22 the delivery of the first dedicated radioisotope production system for PET incorporating a linear accelerator linac. Hitachi General Hospital (Ibaraki, Japan) will begin Hitachi, Ltd., and its subsiduary AccSys Technology, Inc., announced on January 22 the delivery of...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- KGO-TV taps Tek for news conversion; station spending almost $5 million on server-based facility. (Tektronix disk-based, digital production system)
- Station spending almost $5 million on server-based facility KGO-TV, the ABC O&O in San Francisco, has chosen Tektronix to replace its entire news production system with a disk-based architecture. Under a deal worth almost $5 million, Tektr Station spending...
- Research articles 1997-06-30
- Toyota's real secret: manufacturers sometime assume Toyota's success begins and ends with the Toyota Production System. In truth, though, implementing the TPS is just the first step toward optimizing all the functional processes of an enterprise. The next
- MANY MANUFACTURERS FIND THEMSELVES trying to solve the Toyota Production System conundrum: More and more, adopters of the lean manufacturing practices of TPS find they aren't guaranteed a competitive edge. TPS merely brings their manufacturing prowes MANY MANUFACTURERS FIND THEMSELVES trying to solve the Toyota ...
- Research articles 2007-02-01
- Tektronix deals to acquire Lightworks: companies plan end-to-end digital production system.(Brief Article)
- Companies plan end-to-end digital production system Tektronix last week said it plans to acquire nonlinear editing machine maker Lightworks. The companies expect to complete the stock-swap agreement by early June and voiced hopes that the acqu Companies plan end-to-end...
- Research articles 1995-04-17
- Scitex announces Xerox DocuColor 70. (color digital production system)
- Scitex Corporation (Nasdaq: SCIXF) has marked the extension of its cooperation program with Xerox Corporation with the announcement of the SX3000 Digital Front End DFE for the DocuColor 70 color digital production system. The SX3000 DFE second gen Scitex Corporation (Nasdaq: SCIXF) has marked the...
- Research articles 1997-05-31
- Ergonomics: the first step to lean; Within the Toyota Production System, safety has always been the first measure of project success. Here's why.(Safety Spotlight: an F & M Magazine Special Section)
- The Toyota Production System shows project success by measuring four areas: safety and ergonomics, quality, delivery and cost. These may be familiar for those undergoing lean transformations. What's not so familiar is the rationale behind their order The Toyota Production System shows project success by measuring...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Mitsubishi Developing Portable Production System.(Brief Article)
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (5-1, Marunouchi, 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8315, Japan; Tel: +81-3-3212-3111; Fax: +81- 3-3212-9800) is developing a mobile hydrogen production system that could be used to supply hydrogen to filling stations fo Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (5-1, Marunouchi, 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8315, Japan;...
- Research articles 2003-12-01
- Applying the Toyota Production System to a Healthcare Organization: A Case Study on a Rural Community Healthcare Provider
- Over the last five decades the Toyota Production System TPS has evolved from an advanced sociotechnical concept in manufacturing to a participative design for large-scale change management, Toyota has been able to sustain a strategic competitive advantaOver the last five decades the Toyota Production System TPS has evolved from an...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Computing Reviews automated production system completed as reviewers begin self-assigning items, writing reviews online; 1000-plus reviewers online for immediate, real-time editing.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-18 September 2002-Reviews.com: Computing Reviews automated production system completed as reviewers begin self-assigning items, writing reviews online; 1000-plus reviewers online for immediate, real-time editing C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09172002 New York, NY -- Today, with the addition...
- Research articles 2002-09-18
- Aker Kvaerner ASA receives USD68m subsea production system contract from Sonangol
- NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-31 August 2006-Aker Kvaerner ASA receives USD68m subsea production system contract from SonangolC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The Norwegian engineering, construction and technology group Aker Kvaerner ASA said on Thursday (31 August) that its unit Aker Kvaerner Subsea has received a letter of intent for a subsea...
- Research articles 2006-08-31
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