Relationship focus

Supply networks. Supply relationships focus on improving the effective sourcing of materials and services. In this type of network, the cycles and relationships of supply are designed to improve value. The most mature supply networks are found in discrete value networks of A D, HT E, and retail value chains. Leaders include Boeing, Food Lion, Herman Miller, Toyota, Walmart, and Walgreens. 

Christensen L. 1996. Diet-Behavior Relationships Focus on Depression. Washington, DC American Psychological Association. 

The focus of this study on horizontal networks makes it important to further discuss the contribution of Bengtsson and Kock (1999). The authors subdivide horizontal networks according to the type of prevalent relationship - focusing on the degree of competition/cooperation existent within the network. In each relationship, it becomes possible to identify differences in exchanges, power and dependence relationships among partners, trust, norms, objectives and proximity or distance between them. 

Vendor/Customer Relationships Focus on improving customer satislaction... 

Supplier relationships, focus on value-added activities, best value analysis, early identification of issues... 

Vendor/customer relationships Focus on improving customer satisfaction... 

In ergonomics, there are three general classes of relationships with overlaps among them. One kind of relationship focuses on performance and productivity. Safety and health forms the second. The third is satisfaction and involves such concepts as comfort, convenience, and being attractive and pleasant. 

From transactions to relationships Focus on service and responsiveness as the basis for customer retention Ability to define, measure and manage service requirements by market segment... 

Walls, J. (1993). Global networking for local development Task focus and relationship focus in cross-cultural communication. In L. M. Harasim (Ed.), Global networks Computers and international communication. Cambridge The MIT Press. 

The preceding material of this section has focused on the most important phenomenological equation that thermodynamics gives us for multicomponent systems—the Gibbs equation. Many other, formal thermodynamic relationships have been developed, of course. Many of these are summarized in Ref. 107. The topic is treated further in Section XVII-13, but is worthwhile to give here a few additional relationships especially applicable to solutions. 

However, a body of thermodynamic treatment has been developed on the basis that the adsorbent is inert and with attention focused entirely on the adsorbate. The abbreviated presentation given here is based on that of Hill (see Refs. 65 and 113) and of Everett [114]. First, we have the defining relationships ... 

Before we look more closely at specific gravimetric methods and their applications, let s take a moment to develop a broad survey of gravimetry. Later, as you read through the sections of this chapter discussing different gravimetric methods, this survey will help you focus on their similarities. It is usually easier to understand a new method of analysis when you can see its relationship to other similar methods. 

Quantitative Calculations In acid-base titrimetry the quantitative relationship between the analyte and the titrant is determined by the stoichiometry of the relevant reactions. As outlined in Section 2C, stoichiometric calculations may be simplified by focusing on appropriate conservation principles. In an acid-base reaction the number of protons transferred between the acid and base is conserved thus... 

In the modem scanning mass spectrometer, it is more convenient that ions arrive at a single point for monitoring (collection), so r (or r ) is kept constant. Therefore, B or V must be varied to bring all ions to the same focus viz., one of the relationships in Equation 24.5 must apply ... 

Our strategy in proceeding, therefore, is to write separate expressions for the forces cited in items (1) and (2), and then set them equal to each other as required by item (3). Since we have discussed osmotic effects in Chap. 8 and elastic forces in Chap. 3, we shall invoke certain concepts and relationships from these chapters in this discussion. In this derivation we continue to omit numerical coefficients and some of the less pertinent parameters (although we retain Vj for the sake of Problem 5 at the end of the chapter), and focus attention on the relationship between a, M, and the interaction parameter x-... 

Quantitative Structure—Activity Relationships. Many quantitative stmcture—activity relationship (QSAR) studies of progestins have appeared in the Hterature and an extensive review of this work is available (174). QSAR studies attempt to correlate electronic, steric, and/or hydrophobic properties to progestational activity or receptor binding affinity. A review focusing on the problems associated with QSAR of steroids has been pubUshed (175). 

Databases differ in their strengths and weaknesses, as well as in their focus. As a result, dupHcate searches carried out on different databases generally produce different results. This has been demonstrated in comparative studies of retrieval results for a group of patent databases (31,32). Participants in one study (31) made an effort to develop optimal search strategies in each database tested, yet in no instance did one file produce perfect retrieval. Both investigations (31,32) found that results from the various databases complemented each other. As a result, searchers are counseled to use multiple databases whenever possible. There is no pat answer to the question of how many files to use or which files to use however, more files mean more expenditure, and searchers must develop their own cost—benefit relationship. 

Besides freeze protection, antifreezes provide many other performance properties that enhance the operation of a heat-transfer system. Because the internal combustion engine is by far the largest antifreeze appHcation, and ethylene glycol is the predorninant antifreeze in use, the following focus on the performance properties of an ethylene glycol-based antifreeze and their relationship to engine cooling. 

This guideline describes methods to help the chemical processing industry apply the CCPS chemical process safety concepts to outsourced manufacturing operations, specifically the tolling vendor-client relationship. In addition to the focus on process safety, information and examples provided in this text foster good practices relative to community and worker health, and environmental responsibility. 

This section briefly reviews prediction of the native structure of a protein from its sequence of amino acid residues alone. These methods can be contrasted to the threading methods for fold assignment [Section II.A] [39-47,147], which detect remote relationships between sequences and folds of known structure, and to comparative modeling methods discussed in this review, which build a complete all-atom 3D model based on a related known structure. The methods for ab initio prediction include those that focus on the broad physical principles of the folding process [148-152] and the methods that focus on predicting the actual native structures of specific proteins [44,153,154,240]. The former frequently rely on extremely simplified generic models of proteins, generally do not aim to predict native structures of specific proteins, and are not reviewed here. 

Figure 2 Relationship of SIMS, separate bombardment SNMSs and direct bombardment SNMSd. (a) Materials for SIMS analysis are those ions formed In the sputtering with a focused primary ion beam. The largest fraction of the particles sputtered from the surface are neutral atoms, (b) Ions for SNMS analysis are formed by ionization of the sputtered neutrals, (c) When the plasma is used as an ionizer, plasma ions can also be used to sputter the sample surface at low energies.

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