Core product

Core technical competencies may be composed of a number of core or key technologies. The competencies in turn can support product families, platforms, or core products, which then support individual products. These products may ultimately be found in a number of forms or shapes. For example, a key technology such as polymer characterization may support a competency in polymer synthesis and architecture, which in turn supports the platform of fluoropolymers and the product family of Teflon (DuPont) fluoropolymer resins that can be found as films, fibers, or in other forms. 

AAF International, Inc., internet web page www. aafint/com/equipmentl, Core Products Information, last updated December, AWMA, 1992. 

Provide for easy repair, refurbishment or upgrading of the product. Click on casings allow users to change the style of their mobile phone without changing the core product. 

Almost all authors see innovations in products and services as a central mechanism for growth. The case chapters all discussed the need for innovative products as central to market share and revenue growth, and several identified the opportunity to extend their customer offerings from core products to new product categories as well as to services. At Siemens Medical Solutions, this included the development of... 

A typical feature of configurable software packages is that they permit users to develop their own applications by configuring/amending/scripting predefined software modules and by developing new application software modules using the standard (core) product. Each application (of the standard product) is therefore specific to the user s process and maintenance becomes a key issue, particularly when new versions of the standard product are released. 

To set the industry benchmark, however, focusing on core production tasks is not enough. It is equally important to analyze the product-level value chain systematically and continuously and act on the results of the analyses. Substitution of raw materials by cheaper sources achieving the same quality standards is one example standardized products from which different products can be manufactured via specific unit operations and/or with dedicated technologies is another. A... 

When thicker wall thickness can be used low density foam core products are produced such as in pipe and paneling. This multilayer sandwich structure provides reduced material costs without sacrificing performance, in fact properties can be improved by using the sandwich design advantages.1... 

In the early 1980s, a multitude of patents and patent applications were registered in the field of coextrusion of multi-layer pipes. Meanwhile, a number of pipe products representing a composite of several layers are established products on the market. The technology of the coextruded foam core pipe builds on these developments. The foam core type of PVC plastic pipe today takes the largest volume share of all coextruded foam core products. This product has developed into an important and very competitive alternative for non-pressure applications such as drain pipes, sewer pipes and cable ducts. France has played the role of a pacesetter in this development. Today, over 80% of all pipes for non-pressure applications are produced in the form of foam core pipes in that country. Since the common market realised within the EU is connected with a strong market equalisation tendency, other European countries are following. 

The Supplier Audit shall establish whether the controls applied to the development of the core product and application confignration are consistent with GxP requirements and whether the organization is technically, organizationally, and commercially capable of supporting the application for its anticipated life. The Snpplier Audit will collate information for review and, where reqnired, corrective action, and determine whether a follow-np andit is reqnired. An example postal andit questionnaire is presented in Table 31.6. The qnestionnaire is not exhaustive. However, it clearly demonstrates the objective and scope of the postal andit. 

The supplier should be able to demonstrate that an FDS is produced in response to the pharmaceutical organization s URS. Typically, the FDS will be a standard document for the core product application with deviations from the standard offering documented in an addendum or separate project-based document. Deviations usually warrant some degree of tailored software development and should, therefore, be of prime consideration during the validation exercise. Table 31.8 provides typical content of the FDS. 

The Application Contiguration Specification (ACS) documents the application contiguration required to meet the URS. The ACS shall record system set-up parameters, process contiguration, database contiguration, tile structures, etc. required to implement the specific business implementation of the system. Where a standard implementation of the core product is adopted, this will be... 

A core growth strategy means that more value is built into core products, services, and solutions over time by fulfilling unmet customer outcome expectations. 

Unmodified urea-formaldehyde resins are unsuitable for use in surface coatings formulations, due to their lack of solubility in common solvents and incompatibility with other resins. This limitation can be substantially overcome when the resins are modified by alcohols, such as n-butanol. Very commonly, butylated urea-formaldehyde resins are blended with alkyd resins to provide good flexibility and adhesion in coatings. Furfuryl alcohol-modified urea resins are used to bind foundry cores formed in preheated pattern boxes, due to their capability of rapid core production. 

Dioxygen reduction with dicopper(I) complexes that affords dicopper(III) bis- i-oxo species (Equation 4.30) can be considered formally as a four-electron process. The four-electron dioxygen reduction with bimetallic systems affording high-valent diamond core products or intermediates is also known for transition metals other... 

Figure 12.13. The biosynthetic pathway for L-tyrosine derived tetrahydrobenzylisoquinoline alkaloids. The core production of (5)-reticuline and the branch points for berberine, macarpine, and morphine production. Reprinted with permission from Chou and Kutchan (I998)" .

Hot-BoxI Core Oven, and Microwave Radiation equipment have been used to dehydrate sand The differences in these processes are in their rate of core production, the efficiency of energy utilization and the availability of process equipment in the plant No matter what process is used to dehydrate the sand formulation so long as the entire sand body is heated above 105 C, the bound sand properties, ie strength, storage life and post-casting sand shake-out remain the same ... 

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