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  • The sinking fund problem : optimal timing of bond purchases

    Creator:
    McVicar, Robert William
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    A sinking fund payment must be made each year to retire a bond issue. Instead of paying cash, the corporation will typically surrender bonds that it has purchased on the open market. The sinking fund problem is to determine an optimal strategy in the form of a stopping rule to...
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    Dissertation
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    ) minimize expected unit cost, and (2) minimize maximum regret. Price move- ments are assumed to follow a

  • The productivity performance of a paper mill operating during a labor strike

    Creator:
    Tauscher, Valerie Faye
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    The purpose of this study was to determine whether knowledge beneficial to an organization operating under normal conditions could be gained by studying a manufacturing plant operating with salaried personnel during a labor strike. It was hypothesized that no difference in productivity would exist between the strike work force study...
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    Masters Thesis
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    MILL OPERATING DURING A LABOR STRIKE I. INTRODUCTION Introductory Statement Paper mills throughout

  • The managerial productivity diagnostic : an audit of managerial practices

    Creator:
    Rubio, Eduardo A.
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    The slow productivity growth of American organizations in comparison to that of other industrialized nations is, nowadays, causing great national concern. The time has come when traditional industrial practices must give way to innovative procedures more compatible with current business-world conditions. Among others, current managerial practices seem to need urgent...
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    Masters Thesis
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    managerial practices AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Eduardo A. Rubio for the degree of Master of Science in

  • The impact of technology on the mental content of work in industrial operations

    Creator:
    Van Gigch, John P.
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    Industrial operations are becoming more mechanized and automated. The increasing complexity of work affects the proportion of physical to mental effort which workers spend in the performance of their jobs. Traditional work measurement techniques which are primarily designed to measure the individual's physical load have to be complemented with other...
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    Dissertation
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    lumber sorting in three mills. 96 8. Lumber grading rates in mill 4. 114 9. Information processing

  • The estimation of transition probabilities in a student flow model

    Creator:
    Chiu, Wu-yan
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    This study was concerned with the estimation of transition probabilities in a finite state Markov-type student flow model. Goals setting for this study were three in number: (1) Study of the methods which will provide conclusions that (a) the transition probabilities are stationary or nonstationary and (b) the process is...
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    Dissertation
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    The estimation of transition probabilities in a student

  • The development and implementation of team productivity training

    Creator:
    Hanlen, Deborah G.
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    A unique team productivity raining program was developed and implemented for Electro-Scientific Industries, Inc. (ESI). This program was designed to train shop floor workers in teamwork skills and traditional industrial engineering techniques. In this way, problem-solving tools are available to the hourly manufacturing worker for use in improving communications, quality,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    PRODUCTIVITY TRAINING Abstract Approved: Redacted for Privacy Dr. James L. Riggs A unique team productivity

  • The development and application of a "self-help" industrial training concept for the fashion apparel industry

    Creator:
    Bladholm, John Roger
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    Industrial training in the Fashion Apparel Industry is confronted with difficult objectives. In this industry, continual style and fabric change challenge the effectiveness of conventional industrial training techniques and concepts. To meet this challenge, the "Self-Help" training concept was developed. "Self-Help" centers around the philosophy of training sewing machine operators...
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    Masters Thesis
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    The Development and Application of a "Self-Help

  • Systems tableau : an integrated approach to systems theory

    Creator:
    Inoue, Michael Shigeru
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    Systems Tableau is suggested as a convenient tool for the integration of the three phases of systems theory: the synthesis of a model from the analysis of a system; the evaluation of the model; and the decision-making process for the design and control of the resulting system. From a basic...
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    Dissertation
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    SYSTEMS THEQRY by MICHAEL SHIGERU INOUE A THESIS submitted to OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY in

  • Supplier opportunity cost of lost sales in the aluminum industry

    Creator:
    Hudson, John William
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    A market survey of aluminum users' purchasing policies and the concept of opportunity costs are combined in a quantitative decision model designed to assist aluminum suppliers' efforts in directing products and services improvements. The opportunity cost, as the percentage of business forgone, is determined for seven criteria representing the products...
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    Masters Thesis
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    No.: 33-96-4816 Date: 7/23/68 Date Last Purchase: Illustration 1: Price Quotation co 9 A

  • Service assessment matrix

    Creator:
    Long, Linda C.
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    The United States is becoming a service oriented nation. As increasing amounts of the gross national product are spent on services, it becomes vitally important to ensure the productivity of these services. The purpose of this thesis is to identify which elements are needed in a service department productivity measurement...
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    a base HPU unit from the initial evaluation period, like the Consumer Price Index uses 1967 figures