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  • 1Fixed Repeating Schedule — is a key element of the Toyota Production System and Lean Manufacturing. As its name suggests it is a production schedule which is unchanging and repeated perhaps daily or over a longer period such as a fortnight or month. If it can be… …

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  • 2Staff (music) — In standard Western musical notation, the staff, or stave,[1] is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch or, in the case of a percussion staff, different percussion instruments. Appropriate… …

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  • 3staff gage —    A fixed graduated scale [16] …

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  • 4Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) — Chief of General Staff Flag of the Chief of the General Staff …

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  • 5Jack staff — Jack Jack (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?, Heb. Ya aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a supplanter. Cf. {Jacobite}, {Jockey}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. [1913 Webster] You… …

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  • 6Paddle staff — Paddle Pad dle, n. [See {Paddle}, v. i.] 1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats. [1913 Webster] 2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence,… …

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  • 7plow staff — Paddle Pad dle, n. [See {Paddle}, v. i.] 1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats. [1913 Webster] 2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence,… …

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  • 8Object staff — Object Ob ject ([o^]b j[e^]kt), n. [L. objectus. See {Object}, v. t.] 1. That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible and persists for an appreciable time; as, he observed an… …

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  • 9Telecommunications Employees and Staff Association (TESA) — The Telecommunications Employees and Staff Association (TESA), commonly known as TESA, is a registered trade union in Mauritius under the Industrial Relations Act 1973. The main object of the trade union is to represent the employees of the… …

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  • 10tide staff — a fixed gage comprised of a vertical, graduated staff from which the tide height can be read …

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