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  • 1economic order quantity — EOQ A decision model, based on differential calculus, that determines the optimum order size for purchasing (sometimes called the economic purchase quantity) or manufacturing (economic manufacturing quantity) an item of stock. The optimum order… …

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  • 2economic order quantity — EOQ A decision model, based on differential calculus, that determines the optimum order size for purchasing (sometimes called the economic purchase quantity) or manufacturing (economic manufacturing quantity) an item of stock. The optimum order… …

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  • 3Nonlinear programming — In mathematics, nonlinear programming (NLP) is the process of solving a system of equalities and inequalities, collectively termed constraints, over a set of unknown real variables, along with an objective function to be maximized or minimized,… …

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  • 4Single Minute Exchange of Die — (SMED) is one of the many lean production methods for reducing waste in a manufacturing process. It provides a rapid and efficient way of converting a manufacturing process from running the current product to running the next product. This rapid… …

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  • 5Single-Minute Exchange of Die — (SMED) is one of the many lean production methods for reducing waste in a manufacturing process. It provides a rapid and efficient way of converting a manufacturing process from running the current product to running the next product. This rapid… …

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  • 6Chemical plant — BASF Chemical Plant Portsmouth Site in the West Norfolk area of Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. The plant is served by the Commonwealth Railway …

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  • 7List of production topics — Production Contents 1 Overview 2 History 3 General concepts 3.1 Manufacturing and manufacturing systems …

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  • 8Evaporating Cloud — The Evaporating Cloud is one of the six Thinking Processes in the Theory of Constraints initially developed by Eliyahu M. Goldratt to enable the focused improvement of any system (especially business system). The Evaporating Cloud is also… …

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  • 9IIT Schools of Management — The IIT Schools of Management (IIT SoMs) are the management schools/departments of the Indian Institutes of Technology, located in the cities of Kharagpur, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kanpur and Roorkee. They award post graduate degrees in Management …

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  • 10technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …

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