53 research outputs found
Guidelines for benchmarking and manufacturing level agreement for outsourcing
The outsourcing of manufacturing functions is increasingly adopted by most of the
manufacturers. However, due to differences between outsourcer (company) and outsourcee (supplier)
regarding their locations, management methods, legal and taxation system, there are difficulties in
practicing outsourcing effectively. The motive of the outsourcing is to exploit the potential benefits.
The outsourcing will not guarantee success without benchmarking and explicitly well defined
Manufacturing Level Agreement (MLA) among outsourcing participants. This paper addresses the
concern in assisting outsourcing companies and practitioners setting up benchmarking and
Manufacturing Level Agreement (MLA)
Developing an outsourcing questionnaire: validation study
Most developed countries have witnessed a sharp increase in outsourcing operations.
These operations range from the service sector to manufacturing of various components such as
automotive components. However, many organisations practicing outsourcing are failing to achieve
their objectives for a number of reasons. In depth literature search has revealed that weaknesses in
outsourcing operations are due to a large number of defects in aspects ranging from ‘order request’ to
‘invoice payment confirmation’. Analysis has shown that lack of quality in the outsourcing system is
the predominant reason for weaknesses in the outsourcing operations. During the literature review, it
was established that most of the data available on outsourcing was related to non-UK companies. In
view of this information, it is crucial to develop a questionnaire to acquire information related to
outsourcing from UK based companies. The Questionnaire is used to find out if any other newly
generated problems are contributing to the poor quality of the outsourcing system resulting in failure.
This paper presents an overview of outsourcing weaknesses/defects acquired through the literature
search and a step by step process preparing a questionnaire to investigate the weaknesses in the
outsourcing system and operations. The questionnaire is designed with a rational to measure the
frequency of the quality defects in the outsourcing system. As such they are best aimed at collecting
data to improve the framework
Nuclear Charge Radii of Be-7,9,10 and the one-neutron halo nucleus Be-11
Nuclear charge radii of Be have been determined by
high-precision laser spectroscopy. On-line measurements were performed with
collinear laser spectroscopy in the transition on a
beam of Be ions. Collinear and anticollinear laser beams were used
simultaneously and the absolute frequency determination using a frequency comb
yielded an accuracy in the isotope-shift measurements of about
1 MHz. Combination with accurate calculations of the mass-dependent isotope
shifts yield nuclear charge radii. The charge radius decreases from Be to
Be and then increases for the halo nucleus Be. When comparing our
results with predictions of {\it ab initio} nuclear structure calculations we
find good agreement. Additionally, the nuclear magnetic moment of Be was
determined to be and that of Be from a previous
-NMR measurement was confirmed.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures calculated mass shift values have been
re-evaluated with the latest mass values for the beryllium isotopes and the
nuclear polarization contribution for Be-11, published by K. Pachucki et al.
ater submission of our manuscript, is also included no
Monophyly of Heterandriini (Teleostei: Poeciliidae) revisited: a critical review of the data
The quest for canine leishmaniasis in Romania: the presence of an autochthonous focus with subclinical infections in an area where disease occurred
The development of moral judgement during childhood and pre-adolescent in the Romanian setting
The moral development is a classical topic, but still insufficiently investigated in the recent studies in Romania. Our study aimed to compare the results obtained by Piaget regarding the child’s moral development with the child’s moral development corresponding to the recent cultural Romanian setting. The research method is mixed, qualitative and quantitative. The clinical interview and the short stories were designed after Piaget’s model. Our findings suggest the existence of the same clasical stages of moral development, but identify numerous mixed profiles that highlight the oscillations of the moral judgments for amoral children and submissive pre-adolescences
Academic dishonesty, personality traits and academic adjustment
Many recent studies has been indicating that academic
dishonesty is more frequent in higher education, under the form plagiarism,
cheating on exams, and copying assignments from other students. The present research aims to explore the relationship of personality traits, academic dishonesty and academic adjustment. The results showed that conscientiousness, honesty and openness were significantly negatively related to reports of academic dishonesty. Academic neuroticism was the most powerful predictor of cheating behaviours, while an overall high level of maladjustment predicted the positive attitudes towards academic cheating. The significant associations between academic adjustment and academic dishonesty confirmed previous research in the field
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