Costs decision

The cost of each line of action depends on the cost of sampling, reworking and of shipping unsatisfactory material. If the prior distribution were not known, decision would have to be based on the sample and a minimum cost decision procedure might not be reached. 

Objective Function Minimum Total Cost Decision Variable Cycle Time... 

In the event that the evidence warrants it, the imposition of joint liability on the trade association and its members should in no way be interpreted as punishment for the establishment of industry-wide institutions. Such liability would represent rather the laws s traditional function of reviewing the risk and cost decisions inherent in industry-wide safety practices, whether organized or unorganized. 

Raw material costs decisively influence the total manufacturing costs of many chemical products a contribution of 70 % by the raw materials is not unusual. Thus the use of less highly refined raw materials is desirable. Therefore, efforts are being made worldwide to produce valuable chemicals from lower alkanes such as methane, ethane, propane, and butane instead of the olefins that are currently used. 

There is no doubt that the use of precompounded products increases dependence on somebody else, reduces/eliminates branding, shifts the weight of cost decisions to the raw materials supplier, and decreases ability of response to changing market needs. 

Thus, the resulting decision may not generate the lowest-cost decision for the supply chain. The key takeaway from this example is that myopic, single-stage optimal decisions may not generate the best result throughout the entire supply chain. But how much can the solution be improved ... 

The Convention will certainly have an effect. It will buttress opposition to chemical weaponry, create new policy norms, and add further costs to the already costly decision to preserve a chemical weapons capability. States, whether participating in the Convention or initially recalcitrant, will have to consider its implications for their foreign policies. Any state possessing a chemical weapons capability or feeling threatened by a neighbour s capability will certainly take account of how the Convention is implemented and of how the United States and its allies act in cases of non-compliance. Ratification of the treaty may not prove adherence to the terms of the Convention, but it is certainly possible that some states may abandon the quest for a chemical weapons capability. They may consider that their security interests, in the broadest sense of the term, may be better served by honouring the spirit and the terms of the Convention. 

Life cycle cost decision at phases of project. 

Good records are better than a good memory in establishing the onset of the corrosion problem, the frequency of its occurrence, and the immediate past cost Decisions should be reached using all information available and recorded, using the best estimates of cost, life, and other germane factors that can be obtained at the time. 

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Last, but by no means least, in this series of decisions, comes the matter of cost, which takes effect at a number of levels. First, there is the capital cost of the equipment, which may be the deciding factor if a tight capital spending budget exists. However, much to be preferred is a cost decision based on lifecycle costs - the sum of the basic machine, plus a lifetime supply of spare parts and a lifetime cost of maintenance. A cheap filter that needs a small fortune spent on it for replacement filter elements should obviously not be chosen over a more expensive machine with long lasting media. 

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