Offering flexibility

CollabOTative Strategic benefits gained over advantage competitors in the marketplace 

Quality The extent to which a firm with supply 

Innovation The extent to which a firm works jointly with its supply chain partners in introducing new processes, jnoducts, or services 

Bagchi and Skjoett-Larsen (2005), Fisher (1997), Lee et al. (1997) and Simatupang and Sridharan (2005a) Beamon (1998), Gosain et al. (2004), Holweg et al. (2005), Kiefer and Novack (1999) and Narasimham and Jayaram (1998) 

Qark and Fujimoto (1991), Dyer and Singh (1998), Handfield and Pannesi (1995), Kessler and Chakrobarti (19%), Malhotra et al. (2001), Mowery and Rosenberg (1998), Nishiguchi and Anderson (1995), Rosenblum and Spencer (19%), Sapolsky et al. (1999) and Vesey (1991) 

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Three configurations of the ring dryer have been developed to offer flexibility in design and optimal performance ... 

A eompressor fully equipped with 80% blading reaetion turns at a slower speed than one with 50% reaetion having the same rotor diameter. This offers flexibility in matehing the various turbomaehines in nitrie aeid trains, whieh often have different optimum speeds. This flexibility often allows eliminating an intermediate gear without saerifieing effieieney. 

High efficiencies. It is a blade that offers flexibility by inherendy providing high efficiencies over a wide range. It has its highest efficiency near its maximum horsepower. This gives flexibility above and below the design point. 

There is currently great commercial interest in plastic alternatives to conventional silicon-based components in electronic devices. Polymeric architectures offer flexible, low-cost, processable materials for this lucrative global market, and can be designed with more emphasis on device performance. The principal goals of improved band filling, dimensionality and new conductance mechanisms remain the same, and provide a subtly different challenge to the materials chemist. 

Hydrogen could compete economically. Utilization concepts range from fuel cells to internal combustion with hydrogenated fuels. These offer flexibility without source dependency. As an energy carrier, hydrogen has some key characteristics manufactured and stored locally, economic control over energy and environmental quality. 

The Extraksol process is a batch, solvent extraction technology that extracts organic contaminants from unconsolidated solids. The Extraksol system is mobile, offering flexibility in treating soils and sludges to different decontamination levels. 

Offers flexibility in the size and shape of the final product. 

BrdU/DNA flow cytometry offers flexibility and diversity in the study of cell kinetics from cells in culture to human tumors in vivo. The essence of the procedure is to pulse label with BrdU by a short-term incubation in vitro or by a single injection in vivo samples are then taken at time intervals thereafter and stained after fixation in ethanol. The cells are then stained with a monoclonal antibody against BrdU that can be either directly conjugated to a fluoro-chrome (usually fluorescein isothiocyanate [FITC]) or, alternatively, bound to a second antibody conjugated with FITC. The cells are then counterstained with propidium iodide (PI) to measure the DNA content and analyzed on the flow cytometer. The results are displayed as linear-red fluorescence on the x-axis vs linear or log-green fluorescence on they-axis. 

The control systems for CNG refueling systems have evolved from being only mechanically controlled to some that are completely computer controlled today. Computer control offers flexibility not possible with mechanical systems and the ability to change the control strategy of the refueling system. Computer-controlled systems can also provide functions such as accounting of the amount of fuel dispensed into vehicles and billing functions. It is also possible to incorporate safety shut-down of the system if certain conditions are present. 

At the bulk level, molecular and polymeric materials also offer flexibility of fabrication in various forms such as crystals, films, fibers, as well as monolayer and multilayer Langmuir-Blodgett films. In addition, one can make composite structures to introduce multifunctionality at the bulk level. 

Transition metal acetylides combine the properties of acetylenes with those of the transition metals, offering flexibility in the tuning of structural and electronic properties of both the organic and inorganic constituents. Optimization of the molecular and bulk crystalline properties is envisaged to lead to a new class of useful nonlinear optical materials. 

Another approach is to offer flexible tools for QSAR modeling, such as the OECD toolbox [25]. 

Many cell phone companies offer flexible programs like rollover minutes, family plans, and music a... 

IFP Olefins, linear alpha Ethylene AlphaSelect process offers flexible product slate, low investment, ... 

With this example we also address the issue that quasi-chemical approaches sometimes offer flexibility in designing an inner shell, and differently designed approaches permit us to learn different features from the molecular statistical thermodynamic calculations. 

BUdR/DNA flow cytometry offers flexibility and diversity in the study of cell kinedcs from cells in culture up to human tumors in vivo. Developments in monoclonals, staining techniques, and analysis of data are condnually improving the sensidvity of the technique that is now replacing the outdated HTdR/autoradiography procedure in many laboratories. 

Glass became the most widely accepted pharmaceutical packaging material because of its relative abundance and economic feasibility as well as its desirable isolation properties. However, plastics have more recently become popular substitutes. Since their discovery in the 19th century, plastics have found a variety of packaging uses offering flexibility, versatility, and durability to complement properties facilitating environmental isolation. " ... 

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