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The choice and importance of different attributes varies in relation to the buying situation. Delivery reliability, price, and supplier reputation are important for routine-order products, but for procedural-problem prod-... 

A failure to provide safe working conditions for personnel may result in public concern and local and national inquiries that may harm the reputation of the supplier. 

Note There are many different tests and different versions of the same test for water analysis. If there is any doubt as to method or interpretation consult a reputable water-treatment supplier. The letters ND in the table indicate not detectable. Parts per million (ppm) are also commonly used to express concentration and are essentially identical to mg/l. 

For the periodic or once-off buyer it is essential to obtain advice from a reputable supplier or a consultant with experience of cooling towers usage (Figure 34.4). 

In the majority of cases common sense, combined with basic engineering principles, should be sufficient to ensure good service from the tower on a continuous basis. The reputable supplier will always be ready to help and advise. If the advice is sought in time, many of the problems associated with the changes mentioned need never arise. 

Pressure groups in the environmentally aware political parties can make excessive demands. Often good public relations meetings can meet these, but the more reputable cooling tower suppliers can be invaluable in dealing with such matters. 

For all materials other than basic constructional steels and cast irons, reputable suppliers have information bases and applications laboratories from which information can be obtained. Trade organizations representing categories of materials suppliers are excellent sources of information some are listed at the end of this chapter. The materials suppliers should be consulted in conjunction with equipment suppliers in order to ensure that the information generated is fully applicable to the end use to which the material is to be put. Fabrication techniques should be agreed between the two types of suppliers, since some materials cannot be cast or welded and forging cannot make some items. 

Suppose that a company has been using a certain supplier of raw materials in one of its chemical processes. A new supplier approaches the company and states that its material, at the same cost, will increase the process yield. If the new supplier has a good reputation, the company might be willing to run a limited test. On the basis of the test results it would then make a decision to change suppliers or not. Good management would dictate that an improvement must be demonstrated... 

The quantitation of antigen will ultimately rely on comparison of test antigen responses with those of a series of standard solutions, and the type of standard solution will depend upon the nature of the assay. The matrix of the standard solution should resemble the sample matrix (blood, urine, saliva, etc.) as closely as possible and should of course be antigen free. This may be difficult to achieve in practice and only reputable suppliers should be used. 

Raspberries are usually sold as bareroot plants for winter planting. It is essential to buy certified virus-free stock from a reputable supplier. Well-managed, good-quality stock will crop for up to 14 years if grown in acidic soil. 

Wbat to do Buy seed and sets from reputable suppliers. Space widely to allow air movement Avoid damage before or during harvest and allow tops to fall over naturally. Dry well in an airy, warm, dry atmosphere until the skins rustle. Do not store damaged bulbs. Store in cool, dry, airy conditions and remove bulbs that develop symptoms as soon as they are seen. 

Note The above two steps are somewhat difficult and can be omitted by purchasing 1-methyl-4-carboxypiperidine hydrochloride from a reputable chemical supplier. 

In-house mating is recommended in the Redbook. There are no valid reasons for this. Time-mated animals are available from many reputable laboratory animal breeders and their use has been validated over several decades. The use of time-mated animals allows a predefined number of pregnant females to be ordered and allocated to the study each day so that all procedures can be planned in advance according to the resources available. Also, the supplier has a large colony of breeding males and females available, providing a wide gene pool. 

System Evaluation and Supplier Assessment Usually there are many choices and suppliers for common COTS laboratory instruments. The user requirements and the operational requirements will provide the basic criteria for the selection. Obviously the chosen instrument must be able to fulfill the key requirements for its intended use. Other factors concerning the instrument such as its ease of use, maintenance, and reputation of the suppliers in terms of quality, reliability, and support should be considered. From a practical point of view, a supplier audit may not be viable or necessary for commonly used COTS instruments. A supplier assessment is sometimes used to evaluate whether the supplier has a good-quality system in place to support the development and manufacturing of the instrument of interest. The need for a supplier assessment depends on the criticality and complexity of the system to be obtained. 

The system is also liable to audit by EU auditors at any time. Should the auditors find systematic deficiencies in the procedures or in the enforcement of the procedures, Australian trade with the European Union could be jeopardized. Adhering to the requirements of the control system, maintaining good records, and accounting for every dose of hormonal growtli promoters will ensure that suppliers do not jeopardize Australias trading reputation with the European Union. 

The methods used to detect adulteration of juices have been reviewed by a number of authors and two examples are given here (Fry el al., 1995 Hammond, 1996). With the changing methods of unscrupulous suppliers it is now common to use a battery of tests to ensure that a product is authentic. Although this is costly, it is the only way to ensure the authenticity of a product and protect company reputations. The array of tests will often include a number of the procedures described above, such as sugar and acid profiles, along with other methods such as stable isotopic and fingerprinting procedures. 

Calibration using simple solutions of well-characterised pure substance standards or matrix matched standard solutions. Calibration solutions are prepared from materials whose identity and purity have been established to an appropriate level of uncertainty and where the effects of any impurities have been evaluated. Where appropriate and where available, standards provided by metrology institutes with demonstrated capability are used. In other cases, materials from other reputable suppliers or prepared in-house are used after appropriate characterisation. Where necessary, professional judgement is used to estimate the uncertainty associated with chemical standards. The target uncertainty of the identity is for practical purposes zero and for purity less than one-fifth of the desired overall uncertainty. 

A pure quartz standard is best obtained by grinding a clear quartz crystal. The quartz crystal can be identified by its characteristic form and interfacial angles according to Stenos law (21). Quartz crystals can be obtained from Ward Scientific (22), or other reputable supplier of mineral specimens. Data on siTTca minerals is given by Fronde 1 (23). 

All reputable suppliers will be able to provide you with a GC chromatogram, to give you an indication of the major components of an essential oil. 

If you are concerned about the quality and authenticity of your essential oils, your best guarantee is to buy from a reputable supplier whose integrity you can trust. The only way to differentiate between a conventional oil and an organic one is by the paper trail generated by inspection and validation from farmer to end product with certification by relevant bodies. 

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