Cloud technology

Cloud technology provides a common platform where companies can be interconnected on-demand through information exchange, as shown in Fig. 6.8. 

A supply chain partner can connect effortlessly, using a web browser, to new product and service offerings, customer preferences, distribution channels, and other business capabilities (Aivazidou et al. 2012). Customers and suppliers can be on the same page while accessing cloud-based applications software and data can be stored at a remote location or in-house. The cloud environment, therefore, is very conducive to supply chain coordination. 

The cloud-based platforms provide databases, which may be used for procurement and order fulfillment. For example, it may contain information about suppliers supplier s product list, prices, and availability. Companies can use this information to select suppliers that match the buyer s needs, according to specifications and time schedules. It may also provide databases of integrated product catalogs, discussed in Chap. 5. Moreover, cloud-based tools can help companies in developing supply contracts. 

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Health and Safety Aspects. The U.S. EPA has significantly reduced the aHowed levels of antimony compounds in drinking water causing a toxicity cloud over the viabHity of this class of stabilizers. Presently, antimony products are no longer aHowed for use as potable water pipe stabilizers pending completion of NSE International s review (28). Eor these reasons, the future of this stabilizer technology appears limited. 

Bradley, D. "Unconfined Vapor Cloud Explosions." Fire Prevention Science and Technology 21. Leeds University. 

Fig. 3.13 151 GHz Spectrum (excerpt) from the nucleus of the molecular cloud G 327.3-0.6 in the southern sky. The molecular species identified are shown. Peaks which are not labelled are not yet clearly identified. (The numbers used to label the molecular cloud, G 327.3-0.6, are galactic coordinates). With personal permission of Prof. Hjalmarsson, Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden, from the Proceedings of the First European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology, Frascati, 21-23 May 2001, ESA SP-496...

As a reaction to the pressure imposed on refiners operating HF processes, licensors developed safety systems to reduce the inherent risks. Among the mitigation systems are high-volume water sprays to knock down an acid cloud, a low acid inventory, and a rapid acid de-inventory system. HF modifiers, which reduce the volatility and the aerosol-forming tendency of HF, are also offered. ConocoPhillips together with Mobil developed an HF modifier technology named ReVap to reduce the volatility of the acid. It is claimed that a 60-90% reduction in airborne acid release relative to that of the unmodified acid is... 

Daniel A. Crowl, Ph.D. Professor of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Section Editor, Process Safety Introduction, Combustion and Flammability Hazards, Gas Explosions, Vapor Cloud Explosions, Boiling-Liquid Expanding-Vapor Explosions)... 

The effect of using mixtures of surfactants on micelle formation, monolayer formation, solubilization, adsorption, precipitation, and cloud point phenomena is discussed. Mechanisms of surfactant interaction and some models useful in describing these phenomena are outlined. The use of surfactant mixtures to solve technological problems is also considered. 

Aerosols, fog and smog, foams, water purification and sewage treatment cloud seeding and clean room technology (see also Vignettes 1.1 and VIII)... 

The state-of-the-art of FAE technology has been advanced, but major technological restrictions remain for FAE weapons. They must be parachute-retarded and are 2-event systems. Repeatable impact velocities are required to allow time for FAE cloud formation and to insure proper detonator positioning. Blast effects, however, are sufficient to detonate or neutralize antitank and antipersonnel mines and expl booby traps... 

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