Principles of Systems and Cybernetics : an evolutionary perspective
Principles of Systems and Cybernetics : an evolutionary perspective ~ ABSTRACT: A set of fundamental principles for thecybernetics domain is sketched, based on thespontaneous emergence of systems through variation andselection. The (mostly self-evident) principles are:selective retention, autocatalytic growth, asymmetrictransitions, blind variation, recursive systemsconstruction, selective variety, requisite knowledge andincomplete knowledge. Existing systems principles, suchas self-organization, “the [...]
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Six Sigma process improvements in automotive parts production
Six Sigma process improvements in automotive parts production ~ If Sigma quality level equals six, chances for defectiveproducts are 3,4 ppm. Achieving Six Sigma quality level involvesleadership, infrastructure, appropriate tools and methods, whilequality have to become a part of corporate business plan [4,5].The main objective of Six Sigma initiative is to aggressivelyattack costs of a [...]
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The Coming Age of Collaboration in the Automotive Industry
The Coming Age of Collaboration in the Automotive Industry ~ The global automotive industry is evolving in ways that will result insuppliers, not the automakers themselves, conducting most of R&D andproduction by 2015. Automakers will restrict their production to thosecomponents that are crucial to the success of their brands… The brand image of the car, [...]
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A Life Cycle Cost Framework for Automotive Production Lines
A Life Cycle Cost Framework for Automotive Production Lines ~ In recent times the growing global competition inside the manufacturing industry is forcing the productionsystems suppliers to estimate and optimize the overall system Life Cycle Cost, with reference toperformance, safety, reliability, maintainability. The production system supplier must dominate the whole process from concept to dismission [...]
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Production Experience With Compacted Graphite Iron Automotive Components
Production Experience With Compacted Graphite Iron Automotive Components ~ In response to OEM demands for more durable cylinder block and head materials, Tupy has developed process capability forseries production of compacted graphite iron (CGI). Prototype CGI block and head castings have provided 90% increase intensile strength and 40% increase in elastic modulus relative to the [...]
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Automotive Production of Liquid Hydrogen Storage Systems
Automotive Production of Liquid Hydrogen Storage Systems ~ What motivates the development and propagation of hydrogen as an energy carrier is the imminentexhaustion of oil reserves as well as the alarming increase of air pollution and global warming effects.Hydrogen powered vehicles, no matter if they are powered by electrical engines via fuel cells or byinternal [...]
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Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food and the Environment
Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food and the Environment ~ Hungry for Profit is an expose of the agroindustrialapparatus and the myriad ways in which our food supply hasfallen prey to capitalism and corporate hegemony. This bookis a compilation of articles, each dealing with the social, scientific and environmental aspects of agribusiness, [...]
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An introduction to theories of family business
An introduction to theories of family business ~ t is generally recognized that family firms have received scant attention in the mainstreammanagement literature, particularly with respect to the development of theories of the firm.This neglect is unfortunate because in terms of contributions, and especially numbers, familybusinesses represent a dominant form of economic organization throughout the [...]
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The Performance Measurement Manifesto
The Performance Measurement Manifesto ~ Revolutions begin long before they are officially declared. For several years, senior executives in abroad range of industries have been rethinking how to measure the performance of their businesses.They have recognized that new strategies and competitive realities demand new measurementsystems. Now they are deeply engaged in defining and developing those [...]
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The Influence of Genetic Factors and Life Stress on Depression Among Adolescent Girls
The Influence of Genetic Factors and Life Stress on Depression Among Adolescent Girls ~ The Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development is a population based, 4-wave, prospective studyof more than 1400 male and female juvenile twin pairs.Founded on a longitudinal, cohort-sequential follow-up ofa sample of 8- through 16-year-old twins and their parents, the study [...]
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Encounters in the Global Fashion Business
Encounters in the Global Fashion Business ~ This issue of Current Sociology explores the relationship between fashionas a cultural form and fashion as business through five articles by scholarswho have done extensive research on the fashion business. The questionthat underlies the articles concerns the connection between productionand consumption of fashion. What is the relationship between [...]
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The aesthetics of luxury fashion, body and identify formation
The aesthetics of luxury fashion, body and identify formation ~ In this paper, we theorize and empirically investigate howconsumers’ attitudes and preferences relating to bodilyappearance are linked to their perceptions of the aesthetics offashion. We address the link between embodiment andconsumer experiences and identity formation in order toelucidate the contours of aesthetic experience.As some fashion [...]
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