Postponement, Not Exemption

Manufacturing and Form Postponement

Postponement is a growing trend in manufacturing. It can lead to superior supply chains. Form postponement (FP) involves the delay of final manufacturing until a customer order is received and is commonly regarded as an approach to mass customisation. Mass customisation is a trend towards the production and distribution of individually customised goods and services for a mass market. It is prov...

“They Are After Quantity, Not Quality”: Health Providers’ Perceptions of Fee Exemption Policies in Morocco

Background A free obstetric care policy (FOCP) has been implemented in Morocco in 2008 in order to further decrease maternal mortality.   Methods Through in-depth interviews we explored the perceptions of health professionals in public Moroccan h...

Design for Postponement

The Nonprofit Hospital Exemption

In Duke University' the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) faced squarely for the first time the proper application of the nonprofit hospital exemption of section 2(2) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)2 in the context of a nonprofit, nonhospital employer operating a medical center and hospital as part of a large university. The Board easily found a basis for jurisdiction over Duke U...

Cancer Postponement with Radon

Access to Energy has published articles about radiation hormesis for many years. Petr Beckmann even wore a vest filled with low-level radioactive material in order to illustrate this effect and to take advantage of its health benefits. Although there is a large and rapidly grow-research literature demonstrating radiation hormesis under many different conditions, the work by Bernard L. Cohen at ...