Major Decision Required

The situation posed problems related to the supply chain for managers of the company. 

Management had to decide if they believed that their manufacturers could plan raw materials properly to ensure on-time deliveries. They decided that a transition period of 1 to 2 years was appropriate for them to assist in the planning of three critical raw materials used in the shoes. 

Management also had to decide if quality had improved sufficiently to send product from the manufacturers directly to Canada instead of to the U.S. for inspection, then to Canada. They decided it was improved from mosf manufacfurers, which could send product directly to Canada. 

Management had to decide if fhey should select and implement a bar code based warehouse management system immediately or wait for 1 year. They decided to wait for 1 year and use the savings accrued from the other improvements help pay for it. 

After inventory accuracy measures had been taken, internal and outside auditors had to decide if inventory accuracy was improved adequately to discontinue quarterly physical inventories. They decided that an annual physical inventory was sufficient. 

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Qualified majority decision requires 25 votes out of 345 (73%). Member State s votes are weighted on the basis of their population and corrected in favour of the less-populated... 

Side studies are often required for major decisions, and a good example is a study of gas versus steam turbines for LNG plants (Reference 5). Indications are that higher capital investment is associated with gas turbine drivers than with steam turbines for liquefaction train service, but that the added capital investment for gas turbines shows... 

In this thesis an Inherent Safety Index for conceptual chemical process design is presented. This is required, since inherent safety should be considered in the early phases of design when the major decisions on the chemical process are made. The presented methodology allows such a consideration since the index is based on the knowledge available in the preliminary process design stage. 

A major decision is how many study subjects to recruit because this affects planning throughout the study The sample size refers to the number of subjects who finish a trial, not to the number who enter it. The number required should be the minimum that will fulfil the objectives and test the h)rpothesis. For all trials, the required number of subjects is chosen on the basis of ... 

The problems at the end of Chapters 8 and 9 were short and simple mechanism- and product-prediction problems. Chapter 8 problems had only one source and sink and no major decisions to be made, and those in Chapter 9 were the same except that one major decision was required. We are now going to cover problems of gradually increasing complexity more than one source and sink, longer problems, more decisions, and more alternate routes. For each example, cover each step and try to provide the expected information compare yours with what is given, then move on to the next portion. 

At the end of the demo, the requirements are changed with respect to the properties of the chemical product (PA6). An integrator tool is used to assist in propagating these changes. However, user interaction is required to determine the consequences of the changes and the activities to be performed. This interactive process results in an updated task net determining which new activities have to be executed and which old activities have to be restarted. Major decisions still rest (intentionally ) with the manager. For example, the affected parts of the flowsheet cannot be determined automatically. Rather, they have to be marked manually. 

There is still room for art in this style of catalyst development. It will usually come up in the first flush of the discovery of a new catalyst, when major effects are visible from sample to sample. Moreover art or intuition will normally guide the creativity of the researcher in making decisions requiring judgment. However, the refinement and rational design of previously optimized catalyst formulations, those well established in industry, will surely best be done on the basis of good science. 

The major decision in the design of a suitable adsorption chromatographic system is the selection of the correct solvent. Most samples can be separated on any of several, general purpose adsorbents (most often silica). Similarly, little thought is generally required in the adjustment of the remaining separation variables bed dimensions, sample size, solvent flow rate, or temperature. In many laboratories more or less standard separation schemes are used, and only the solvent is varied to meet the specific requirement of individual samples. This is especially true of thin-layer separations, where standard silica plates and fixed sample sizes are the rule. Only when such standardized procedures fail is serious attention paid to separation variables other than the solvent. 

A situation where something happens that requires major decisions to be undertaken quickly. 

Table 5.1 shows fatigue index, abrasion resistance and coefficient of friction for a range of polymers. This information is useful when combined with the major mechanical requirements of the polymer in reaching a decision on any compromises that need to be made when choosing a polymer that is suitable for a particular application. Polymers, which for example, have a combination of a very good category for all three characteristics include high-density polyethylene (HOPE), polypropylene (PP), various PA, PTFE and polyvinylidine fluoride, polyurethane (PU) and perfluoroalkoxyethylene. 

The delay of major decisions on final disposal area did not, however, mean passivenessin research and development With a positive attitude one might say that carefulness has prevented unfortunate decisions which might require very expensive corrective actions. Examples like this exist. 

The creation of a plastic part requires a series of conscious decisions regarding type of plastic, method of production, design of mold or tooling, and selection of machine or process. Reaching these decisions requires information as to the intended usage of the part and the conditions of environment (temperature, moisture, exposure to harsh atmospheres, physical and electrical requirements). Furthermore, in most cases, the cost to manufacture the part is a major consideration and is dependent on the choice of materials, the manufacturing process, and, of course, the quantities to be produced per shift, month, or year. 

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