Definitions and Concept

A supply chain as a whole ranges from basic commodities (what is in the ground, sea or air) to selling the final product to the end-customer to recycling the used product. Material flows from a basic commodity (such as a bauxite mine as a source of aluminium ore) to the finished product (such as a can of cola). The can is recycled after use. The analogy to the flow of water in a river is often used to describe organisations near the source as upstream, and those near the end-customer as downstream. We refer to each firm in a supply chain as a partner, because that is what they are. There is a collective as well as an individual role to play in 

A supply chain is a network of partners who collectively convert a basic commodity (upstream) into a finished product (downstream) that is valued by end-customers, and who manage returns at each stage. 

Each partner in a supply chain is responsible directly for a process that adds value to a product. A process  

Transforms inputs in the form of materials and information into outputs in the form of goods and services. 

In the case of the cola can, partners carry out processes such as mining, transportation, refining and hot rolling. The cola can has greater value than the bauxite (per kilogram of aluminium). 

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In the previous Chapter it was shown that most accidents are preceded by deviations in the operational process, e.g. Heinrich (Heinrich, 1959), Turner (Turner, 1978), Leplat (Leplat, 1987), Reason (Reason, 1997), etc. Additionally, it was shown that a specific class of deviations is present which is not covered by current pro-active safety indicators. These deviations are characterised by a high likelihood and low perceived safety related consequences and were defined as precursors and re-occur in the operational process of the organization prior to an accident. In order to find these deviations in a real life operation and to eventually find their underlying causes, the concepts of re-occurring deviation and operational process have to be explained in more detail. The various definitions and concepts derived in this Chapter are necessary to understand the next Chapters, which shows how they are applied in practice. 

In crystals containing more than one type of dye, the definitions, and concepts must be adapted correspondingly. 

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In order to have a self-contained chapter, the well-known definitions and concepts that are used in the rest of the chapter are recalled in this section. Other matters, not so widely known but also basic for later developments, are also described here. 

This Section presents basic definitions and concepts necessary to undertake a detailed discussion of waste classification (more detailed technical background is provided in Section 3). It also describes the scope of this Report to indicate why further discussion of a number of issues that are important to waste classification is not required because they are outside the scope of this study. 

This chapter builds on the leadership theories related to organizational behavior discussed in Chapter 8. Specifically, this chapter will help you to gain a greater understanding of the definitions and concepts of leadership, qualities of an effective leader, leadership theories and styles, how to use your personal strengths to enhance your leadership abilities, developing leadership in others, evaluative tools to identify your personal leadership style, and leadership roles within the profession and community for students and pharmacists. 

This Chapter begins with a comprehensive review of the quantum-mechanical properties of organic molecules and how this affects their photon excitation. A series of detailed definitions and concepts are presented that are not normally found in biological treatises. These concepts are vital to an understanding of the mechanisms involved in the photochemistry of vision. 

This chapter gives an introduction to the subject of chemical reaction engineering. The first part introduces basic definitions and concepts of chemical reaction engineering and chemical kinetics and the importance of mass and heat transfer to the overall chemical reaction rate. In the second part, the basic concepts of chemical reactor design are covered, including steady-state models and their use in the development... 

Hartley, G. S., and J. Crank Some fundamental definitions and concepts in diffusion processes. Trans. Faraday Soc. 45, 801 (1949). 

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