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The dramatic changes in integrated-circuit technology over the last two decades have been of great benefit to countries such as Zimbabwe. High volume production of VLSI chips has produced a supply of intelligent, versatile electronic processing devices at very low cost. In particular the facilities of the microcontroller have steadily developed to the accompaniment of a reduction in price. Sinc...

The benefit of integrating product design decisions and supply chain design decisions has been recognized by researchers. Such integration can facilitate better communication between design teams and operations groups. Consequently, potential supply chain risks can be highlighted and addressed before the launch of a new product. Modularization is one of the most critical elements for both produ...

We compare two inventory systems, one in which excess demand is lost and the other in which excess demand is backordered. Both systems are reviewed periodically. They experience the same sequence of identically and independently distributed random demands. Holding and shortage costs are considered. The holding cost parameter is identical, however the cost of a lost sale could be different from ...

System dynamics modelling of product carbon footprint life cycles for collaborative green supply chains Amy J.C. Trappey a b , Charles V. Trappey c , Chih-Tung Hsiao d , Jerry J.R. Ou e f & ChinTsung Chang b a Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management , National Tsing Hua University , Taiwan b Department of Industrial Engineering and Management , National Taipei University...

The field research was carried out at the Látókép AGTC KIT research area of the University of Debrecen in EasternHungary, on the area of the aeolain loess of the Hajdúság. We examined the effects of the sowing time on the phytopathogenic characteristics and yield production by applying various fertilizer treatments on two different sunflower genotypes (NK Ferti, PR64H42) in 2012 and 2013. We ap...

Scaling graphene down to nanoribbons is a promising route for the implementation of this material into devices. Quantum confinement of charge carriers in such nanostructures, combined with the electric field-induced break of symmetry in AB-stacked bilayer graphene, leads to a band gap wider than that obtained solely by this symmetry breaking. Consequently, the possibility of fabricating AB-stac...

61 * Corresponding author. Ph.D. Candidate of Department of Industrial Engineering and Operation Research, U.C. Berkeley, CA, 94720; (510)-708-9909; E-mail: [email protected]. ** Chair of the Economic Analysis and Policy Group, Chair of the Advisory Board of the Center on Evaluation for Global Action and Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Walter A. Haas School of Business, U...

David Hurlbut, Keith Rogas, and Shmuel Oren David Hurlbut is Senior Economist at the Market Oversight Division of the Public Utility Commission of Texas in Austin. His duties involve monitoring activity in Texas’ deregulated wholesale power market, investigating anticompetitive practices and market abuses, and reviewing rules governing the wholesale power market. He holds a doctorate from the L...