Trade groups

The guidance notes can be produced either as a composite handbook containing task instmctions for all types of plant and equipment for each trade group, or as specific task/advice notes for each asset of the service requirements of the plant equipment. When used, the handbook method provides the necessary work instructions for all similar types of plant and equipment throughout the location. This method of operation reduces the number of task/advice notes issued and therefore the system s workload, as well as the demands placed on the administration of the system. Either method eliminates the requirement of entering work instmctions, etc. on the work docket/advice notes before they are issued. 

Experience indicates that when preparing the planning schedule this should be carried out for each trade group. 

Plant and equipment that require a service on completion of a certain specified period of hours may, through experience, be catered for on a fixed frequency basis. If employed, this method avoids the need to record running hours (or, in the case of transport, mileage) on a daily or weekly basis to schedule the relevant planned maintenance. If it is essential that the maintenance of the plant and equipment be carried out on the completion of a certain number of operating hours or mileage, then this must be allowed for in the allocated work hours of the relevant trade group. 

Peaks and troughs in the man-hours allocated weekly for planned maintenance can be avoided if hours entered are added up for each week after a number of assets have been scheduled. Treating each plant room or department in this way provides the number of man-hours required for the respective plant room and/or department. All assets to be covered by the planned maintenance system are scheduled in the same format, thereby providing the engineer responsible for allocating the work tasks with total manhours for each trade group. 

What reports can be produced (e.g. labor in trade groups and/or for specific assets, departmental, premises) ... 

The Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA), a trade group, established a Water Resources Committee to study the effect of their industry on water bodies. 

In February 1996, the Chemical Manufacturers Association (now ACC) and API submitted a letter to OSHA responding to issues raised by the labor unions. The letter indicated ACC support of PSM as an effective standard. It also reflected the opinion that expanding PSM in the ways proposed would greatly increase compliance costs without substantial benefits and that a large amount of the additional cost would fall on small businesses. ACC and API identified several alternatives for regulating reactives, but concluded that each presented technical difficulties, significant cost, and minimal benefit. For these reasons, both trade groups opposed any revisions to the PSM Standard. 

The pharmaceutical industry has no official EHS trade group that develops codes of practice equivalent to Responsible Care. 

There is no formal pharmaceutical industry trade group that dicusses safety issues. 

A trade group for firearms dealers. The association has been engaged in trying to counteract liability suits being filed against gun makers by cities. 

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), a trade group representing companies that make more than 75 percent of brand-name drugs in the United States, sued the state of Maine over the validity of the Maine Rx Program. It moved for a preliminary injunction to stop implementation of the law until the court could hear its suit. The district court approved the preliminary injunction and later ruled in favor of... 

Worldwide demand for nutritional supplements is projected to reach 162 billion by 2004. Sports supplements in particular are a rapidly-growing market in the United States. According to Nutrition Business Journal, a dietary supplement trade group publication, Americans spent 1.6 billion on creatine and other performanceenhancing dietary products in 2000. 

Theft of nitrous oxide tanks from medical and other facilities is not uncommon. Some industry trade groups are working with state legislatures to pass stricter regulations on nitrous sales and theft-prevention guidelines in an effort to deter abuse. 

Among the cultivated types, Malabar and Mysore are the major international trade groups. A third intermediate, termed Vazhukka , is also treated as international and is cultivated mainly in Kerala, India. 

Professional, Reference and Trade Group -605 Third Aver ue, New York, MX 1015810012... 

Chapter 3 Important Chemicals, Coatings and Plastics Industry Contacts - Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites. This chapter covers contacts for important government agencies, industry organizations and trade groups. Included are numerous important Internet sites. 

Marcia Lawson americanchemistry.com Web Address www.americansolventscouncil.org The American Solvents Council (Council), a part of the American Chemistry Council, is a trade group that represents the leading companies engaged in the production and distribution of solvents. 

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