Configure-to-order

Discussion of the effect of the polymer backbone in Sec. 3.4 of this chapter already provided examples of highly isotactic po-ly(f )-endo,exo-5,6-di [n-[4 -(4"-methox-yphenyl)phenoxy]alkyl]carbonyl bicy-clo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene s [190] and syndiotactic poly n-[4 -(4"-methoxyphenyl)phen-oxyjalkoxy methacrylate s [42, 44] which crystallize and form more ordered meso-phases than those of the corresponding atactic polymers (Fig. 15). Although more flexible backbones are more able to achieve the conformation necessary to order, the side chains are evidently already attached to the polymer backbone of these tactic polymers with the proper configuration to order, which obviates the need to distort their conformation for such purposes. 

Executing, or execution, processes recognize three supply chain business models Make-to-Stock (MTS), Make-to-Order (MTO), and Engineer-to-Order (ETO). In the MTS company, forecasts drive production requirements. Customer shipments are made from a finished goods inventory. An MTO company has an order in hand before it produces. Boeing s commercial aircraft business and Dell computers are examples. An ETO company must design parts of the product for customer requirements. Each delivered product to a customer is unique. A Configure-to-Order company, not specifically addressed in SCOR, is a hybrid of the MTO and the ETO models. 

Strong brarxf value Diversified customer base Customization of products Close relationship with supply chain partriers Configure-to-order strategy Just-ln-time inventory High cash-to-cash conversion cycle... 

To make this comparison, we compare Dell s supply chain for servers and laptops. Prior to 2007, both servers and laptops were configured to order in Dell factories. By 2014, servers were configured to order, but laptops, whether sold through retail stores or online, were typically assembled well in advance of the final sale. We use our framework to understand why servers and laptops are better handled through different channels. 

The task of relating carbohydrate configurations to names requires either a world class memory or an easily recalled mnemonic A mnemonic that serves us well here was pop ularized by the husband-wife team of Lours F Fieser and Mary Fieser of Harvard Uni versity m their 1956 textbook Organic Chemistry As with many mnemonics it s not clear who actually invented it and references to this particular one appeared m the chem ical education literature before publication of the Fiesers text The mnemonic has two features (1) a system for setting down all the stereoisomeric d aldohexoses m a logical order and (2) a way to assign the correct name to each one... 

From a practical standpoint, the fiber or polymer must interact or process freely with the dynamics of web formation, and the resulting fiber network must be in register with the interlocking arrangement or media, in order for the fabric stmcture to transmit the maximum potential inherent in the properties of individual fibers. Ultimately, if a nonwoven fabric is to be totally effective and its properties fuUy utilized, it must be appropriately configured to meet its end use apptication or appropriately placed in the end use item in such a way that the performance of the product reflects the position and characteristics of individual fibers. 

Most iron-ore-concentrating drums are applied ia a multidmm configuration in order to obtain maximum rejection of nonmagnetic particles. In cobbing service, two dmms are typical but as many as four have been used. These dmm concentrators incorporate a repulping box ahead of each dmm in order to provide the next dmm with a feed that can accomplish nonmagnetic rejection. 

Graphitization. Graphitization is an electrical heat treatment of the product to ca 3000°C. The purpose of this step is to cause the carbon atoms in the petroleum coke filler and pitch coke binder to orient into the graphite lattice configuration. This ordering process produces graphite with intermetaHic properties that make it useful in many appHcations. 

It is evident from their definitions that /, and hence d and w depend on the instantaneous rate of deformation of the current configuration. On the other hand, F and hence U and R relate the current configuration to the reference configuration. In order to find relations for d and w in terms of material derivatives of U and R, the material derivative of (A. 13) may be inserted into (A. 10)... 

As the next examples show, the provisional stmcture may contain one or more inner atoms with less than octets of valence electrons. These provisional stmctures must be optimized in order to reach the most stable molecular configuration. To optimize the electron distribution about an inner atom, move electrons from adjacent outer atoms to make double or triple bonds until the octet is complete. Examples and illustrate this procedure. 

With a thermionic electron source, and a foil thickness of 100 nm, the volume of specimen excited is of the order 10-5 pm3. With a FEG source in a dedicated STEM, however, with a foil of 1 nm thickness this specimen-beam interaction volume can be as small as 10 8pm3. Very small signal levels are thus to be expected in AEM, hence the importance of employing higher brightness sources and the need to modify the specimen-detector configuration to maximize the collection angle. 

Equations (8.32) and (8.33) describe what we call the normal or no failure operation of the system of interest. The problem of failure detection is concerned with the detection of abrupt changes in a system, as modeled in Eqs. (8.32) and (8.33). Changes in (8.33) will be referred to as sensor failures. The main task of failure detection and compensation design is to modify the normal mode configuration to add the capability of detecting abrupt changes and compensating for them. In order to do that, we need to formulate what is called the failure model system ... 

Figure 5.1 shows that the pressure ceases to monotonically increase. The break point in the curve corresponds to a transition in the structural order. Instead of all the particles being distributed in a relatively disordered configuration, regions of the box begin to order in an fee structure. The lower bound occurs when 49.4% of the volume is particles. This coexistence region extends along the plateau until at a critical volume the system is entirely composed of particles with an fee order where the particles occupy 54.5% of the box volume. This is the... 

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