Investment timing

Keep in mind that we are not reeommending that your drivers should not be trained. On the eontrary, if it is reasonable to train the drivers, it is an exeellent idea. However, the truek driver population often is transient by nature. After you have invested time and money to train a driver it ean be diflfieult to ensure that you will be able to reap the benefits from this training. Drivers ean be dispatehed to a variety of plaees for a variety of reasons. Keeping this in mind, it makes sense to manage so that the drivers would not be required to be HAZWOPER trained. 

Try to select Quality Management tools that the integration team and other staff in your organization are familiar with otherwise invest time in training. 

Other discounting conventions can be used for selecting capital investments. Time-adjusted cash flows can be expressed not only in terms of present value, but also as future, and equivalent annual values. 

After investing time and talent into a program for the computer, it is usually only a matter of m.inutes or hours before a complete series of results can be calculated. 

During mentor and mentee selection, a person s willingness and ability to invest time should feature as an important criterion. The vitality of this can be further emphasized during the participant preparation when the issue of commitment is being discussed. 

For an example of the kinds of decisions that involve the time value of money, examine the advertisement in Figure 3.1. For which option do you receive the most value Answers to this and similar questions sometimes may be quickly resolved using a calculator or computer without much thought. To understand the underlying assumptions and concepts behind file calculations, however, you need to account for cash flows in and out using the investment time line diagram for a project. Look at Figure 3.2. 

Furthermore, AI methods show a tolerance of user uncertainty or lack of data, and they are often capable of providing results of value even when not used in an optimum fashion. They can also tackle some types of problem with which conventional methods struggle. Consequently, many scientists are now coming to the view that it is worth investing time and effort to learn about AI. 

For comparison of time necessary to quantify the compounds examined by FIA—MS and MS—MS, LC was also examined. API— LC—MS studies with RP-Cis (AE, betaine, FADA) or PLRP (quat) column applied for separation were performed. Quantitative results could be obtained with SDs < 5%, while the invested time in parallel increased by a factor > 12 compared with FIA-MS. 

Rapid (near real time) Multicomponent capability High precision Can be on-line (no sampling) Can be remote (with fiber optics) Can multiplex multiple sample points Little or no sample preparation Nondestructive Indirect (secondary method) Multicomponent capability (interferences) Large investment (time, money) Steep learning curve Typically not a trace level technology... 

The task was to develop a facility-operating plan that provided optimal producing capability with no facility constraints in meeting specific reservoir withdrawal targets. Facility modifications and major investment timing were to be optimized while observing reservoir performance under unit operations. 

High precision Large investment (time, mone y)... 

In particular, in conjunction with fast and simple sample preparation methods such as MSPD it is now possible to perform an LC-NMR-MS screening of a fraction of interest (e.g. one that shows biological activity or contains a desired class of compounds) before investing time and effort in the preparative isolation and detailed structural elucidation. 

The place to start with any new business idea is to conduct a preliminary evaluation. This is called exploring the business concept. The purpose of this preliminary exploration is to determine if the idea merits the development of a complete business plan. As with other planning processes, business planning is a not a trivial undertaking. For this reason, it is advisable to be sure that the concept is one that is reasonable prior to investing time and energy into developing the business plan. 

Economic barriers refer to the high costs or limited revenues associated with various waste tire utilization methods which make them unprofitable. No tire processor will invest time or capital unless there is a sufficient rate of return to justify the efforts. 

The first difficulty is that decisions have to be taken before you have the products. At this point you do not know enough to make a proper decision A second difficulty is that one often has to compare ideas that are incomparable ideas of a very different level. A third difficulty occurs when team members invest time in a certain concept, and become attached to it. If their baby is killed this can lead to bad feelings. A fourth problem is not getting lost in the almost infinite number of ideas, variants and combinations that one might consider. 

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