On-boarding

From the employer s perspective, on-boarding can reduce new-hire time-to-productivity, increase satisfaction levels of internal customers and external clients, and improve overall retention rates. 

Orientation to company culture and performance values Rather than leaving new hires to figure out the company s culture on their own, the on-boarding process actually 

Diversity by Design Guide to Fostering Diversity in the Civil Engineering Workforce 

Support for the de velopment of personal relationships and social activities Many new employees leave behind their established social networks when they take on a new position. This social upheaval can be unsettling and can impact overall employee satisfaction. Through the on-boarding process, companies can make an effort to understand the interests and activities of employees and their families. They can take proactive steps to introduce new hires to appropriate organizations within the enterprise or the larger community. 

Administrative components lh s is typically where most employee-orientation programs begin and end. It entails enrolling employees in the company s benefits programs, obtaining security and ID cards, setting up the new hire s office, and other administrative matters. 

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Panels for siding might be cut to resemble rough-cut lumber and grooved at intervals to show the appearance of board-on-board siding. Other treatments might include pressure-treatment with preservatives or fire-retardant chemicals for special appHcations requiring these characteristics. 

On-board engine computer - w/revised strategy and calibration... 

BaUard Power Systems, the leader in the manufacture of PEEC stacks, has sold at least fifty 3- to 5-kW units worldwide. BaUard is involved in a program in Canada to demonstrate a 120-kW PEEC stack to power a transit 20-passenger, 9752-kg bus. Eor this demonstration, on-board compressed hydrogen, sufficient for 150-km range, is the fuel. 

Ballard Power Systems, in conjunction with the province of British Columbia and the government of Canada, have converted a diesel bus for Vancouver, B.C. Transit (43). This 9.1-m vehicle is powered by a 105-kW fuel cell. Gaseous hydrogen, stored on board the bus in DOT-approved glass-wound composite cylinders operating at 20.7 MPa (3000 psi), provides the necessary fuel requited for the 150-km projected vehicle range. 

Maintenance managers should be on board during the design state to ensure the maintainabiUty of a faciUty. A maintenance manager s case is simple the original cost of new constmction is soon forgotten, but faciUty maintenance and operational costs continue for the life of a faciUty. 

Average price, freight on board (fob) mine, based on sales. Excluding soluble and chemical muriates. 

Marine transportation is done by ship or barge in permanent containers on board or by ISO containers. Propylene oxide can be shipped by air freight, but specific regulations for domestic and international transport must be foHowed. No shipment of propylene oxide can be made on passenger ships or airlines (3,233). 

Silicon—Ca.rbon Thermoset. The Sycar resins of Hercules are sihcon—carbon thermosets cured through the hydrosilation of sihcon hydride and sihcon vinyl groups with a trace amount of platinum catalyst. The material is a fast-cure system (<15 min at 180°C) and shows low moisture absorption that outperforms conventional thermosets such as polyimides and epoxies. Furthermore, the Sycar material provides excellent mechanical and physical properties used in printed wiring board (PWB) laminates and encapsulants such as flow coatable or glob-top coating of chip-on-board type apphcations. 

Electrical Properties. Electrical properties are important for the corrosion protection of chip-on-board (COB) encapsulated devices. Accelerated temperature, humidity, and bias (THB) are usually used to test the embedding materials. Conventional accelerating testing is done at 85°C, 85% relative humidity, and d-c bias voltage. Triple-track test devices with tantalum nitride (Ta2N), titanium—palladium—gold (Ti—Pd—Au) metallizations with 76... 

In 1989, over 500,000 t/yr of ethylene were traded internationally. The principal exporting countries were in the Middle East, and the principal importing countries were in Western Europe and Asia/Pacific. The tanker fleet that transported the ethylene numbered approximately 30 vessels with capacities ranging from 2000—6500 t (110). These tankers are of the semi-refrigerated type, and transport Hquid ethylene at atmospheric pressure and —104°C. The tankers include rehquefaction plants on board since it is too expensive to vent ethylene. To accommodate the increase in international trade of ethylene, ethylene terminals have been built in the United States, Ear East, Western Europe, and the Middle East with capacities of 35,000 t, 300,000 t, and 70,000 t, respectively (110). 

On-Board Diagnostics. State of California regulations require that vehicle engines and exhaust emission control systems be monitored by an on-board system to assure continued functional performance. The program is called OBD-II, and requires that engine misfire, the catalytic converter, and the evaporative emission control system be monitored (101). The U.S. EPA is expected to adopt a similar regulation. 

W. Clemmens, M. Sabourin, and T. Rao, Detection of Catalyst Failure Using On-Board Diagnostics, SAE 900062, Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, Pa., 1992. 

Exponential cost correlations have been developed for individual items of equipment. Care must be taken in determining whether the cost of the eqmpment has been expressed as free on Board (FOB), delivered (DEL), or installed (INST), as this is not always clearly stated. In many cases the cost must be correlated in terms of parameters related to capacity such as surface area for heat exchangers or power for grinding equipment. There are four main sources of error in such cost correlations ... 

Equipment or Base Cost The total cost of the main-plant items is generally used as the base cost. Again, care must be taken with equipment costs which may be quoted as installed (INST), delivered to site (DEL), or free on board the delivery vehicle at the place of manufacture or other specified location (FOB). 

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