Author: Sarah Stefaniak
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1622953029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Looking around at the people beside me, I felt envious. No doubt, none of these people ever had to fight for their life. None of these people had been tortured for something they didn't even do. None of these people were stressed out over the fact that the whole government wanted them dead and that if kidnapped, Bruttons would have no way of escaping. None of these people had a life remotely close to mine, or the ugly scars and bruises to prove it. Ceremonies are generally a day marked for celebration. But for Daisy it is a day when the rest of her life will be decided. The friends she has and the people she's known for her entire life will be split up and shipped off to one of two different cities. Bellezas are provided with a beautiful life in paradise, while Bruttons are imprisoned in the slums of Vulcan City and forced to be personal organ donors for Bellezas. What would you do if the world you knew, the people you loved, and your way of life was ripped away from you in a matter of moments? Would you fight for what you believe in, for what you know is right? Apollian is on the brink of a revolution. Does Daisy have what it takes to lead her people to freedom?
My Supplier
Author: Sarah Stefaniak
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1622953029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Looking around at the people beside me, I felt envious. No doubt, none of these people ever had to fight for their life. None of these people had been tortured for something they didn't even do. None of these people were stressed out over the fact that the whole government wanted them dead and that if kidnapped, Bruttons would have no way of escaping. None of these people had a life remotely close to mine, or the ugly scars and bruises to prove it. Ceremonies are generally a day marked for celebration. But for Daisy it is a day when the rest of her life will be decided. The friends she has and the people she's known for her entire life will be split up and shipped off to one of two different cities. Bellezas are provided with a beautiful life in paradise, while Bruttons are imprisoned in the slums of Vulcan City and forced to be personal organ donors for Bellezas. What would you do if the world you knew, the people you loved, and your way of life was ripped away from you in a matter of moments? Would you fight for what you believe in, for what you know is right? Apollian is on the brink of a revolution. Does Daisy have what it takes to lead her people to freedom?
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1622953029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Looking around at the people beside me, I felt envious. No doubt, none of these people ever had to fight for their life. None of these people had been tortured for something they didn't even do. None of these people were stressed out over the fact that the whole government wanted them dead and that if kidnapped, Bruttons would have no way of escaping. None of these people had a life remotely close to mine, or the ugly scars and bruises to prove it. Ceremonies are generally a day marked for celebration. But for Daisy it is a day when the rest of her life will be decided. The friends she has and the people she's known for her entire life will be split up and shipped off to one of two different cities. Bellezas are provided with a beautiful life in paradise, while Bruttons are imprisoned in the slums of Vulcan City and forced to be personal organ donors for Bellezas. What would you do if the world you knew, the people you loved, and your way of life was ripped away from you in a matter of moments? Would you fight for what you believe in, for what you know is right? Apollian is on the brink of a revolution. Does Daisy have what it takes to lead her people to freedom?
Managing Organizational Risk Using the Supplier Audit Program
Author: Lance B. Coleman, Sr
Publisher: Quality Press
ISBN: 0873899687
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Risk elimination. Risk management. Risk mitigation. These terms are an increasingly important part of the lexicon of executive-level management as they strive to succeed in a business environment having global competition, geographically diverse suppliers, and new technologies. In this new, globally expansive marketplace, more than 50 percent of value creation is achieved outside of an organizations walls, or, in other words, through their suppliers. This, too, is where the majority of product realization risk lies. This book defines what risk-based thinking is and how to apply it from the perspective of helping manage organizational risk through the supplier audit process. It provides a detailed and useful discussion of the practical application of risk-based supplier auditing principles. It can be a primer for those new to the profession of supplier auditing, and it also shares tips and best practices that would benefit experienced auditors as well. The first section explores supplier management, supplier auditing, and the supplier audit process. The second section discusses the skills, both traditional and nontraditional, needed to ensure a successful supplier audit. Relevant aspects of ASQs Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) and Certified Supplier Quality Professional (CSQP) Bodies of Knowledge are discussed in detail. The authors friends and colleagues from around the globe shared their own stories in Case in Point vignettes interspersed throughout the book, providing first-hand case studies from, among others, the medical device, logistics, automotive, and aerospace industries.
Publisher: Quality Press
ISBN: 0873899687
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Risk elimination. Risk management. Risk mitigation. These terms are an increasingly important part of the lexicon of executive-level management as they strive to succeed in a business environment having global competition, geographically diverse suppliers, and new technologies. In this new, globally expansive marketplace, more than 50 percent of value creation is achieved outside of an organizations walls, or, in other words, through their suppliers. This, too, is where the majority of product realization risk lies. This book defines what risk-based thinking is and how to apply it from the perspective of helping manage organizational risk through the supplier audit process. It provides a detailed and useful discussion of the practical application of risk-based supplier auditing principles. It can be a primer for those new to the profession of supplier auditing, and it also shares tips and best practices that would benefit experienced auditors as well. The first section explores supplier management, supplier auditing, and the supplier audit process. The second section discusses the skills, both traditional and nontraditional, needed to ensure a successful supplier audit. Relevant aspects of ASQs Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) and Certified Supplier Quality Professional (CSQP) Bodies of Knowledge are discussed in detail. The authors friends and colleagues from around the globe shared their own stories in Case in Point vignettes interspersed throughout the book, providing first-hand case studies from, among others, the medical device, logistics, automotive, and aerospace industries.
Supplier Evaluation and Performance Excellence
Author: Sherry R. Gordon
Publisher: J. Ross Publishing
ISBN: 1932159800
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Understanding supplier performance is vital to ensuring a well-functioning supply network. This unique how-to book helps readers develop and implement a supplier evaluation process that can result in reduced costs, lower risk, and improved performance of both the user's company and its suppliers.
Publisher: J. Ross Publishing
ISBN: 1932159800
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Understanding supplier performance is vital to ensuring a well-functioning supply network. This unique how-to book helps readers develop and implement a supplier evaluation process that can result in reduced costs, lower risk, and improved performance of both the user's company and its suppliers.
Customer-Anchored Supply Chains
Author: Gary Flaharty
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480818771
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Customer-Anchored Supply Chains introduces oilfield service executives to the twin concepts of customer-anchored supply chains and customer-applications as important concepts for setting supply-chain strategy to build sustainable competitive advantage. Written for the executive responsible for leading the supply chain organization, Customer-Anchored Supply Chains presents leading practices for supply chain, proven in many other industries, in straightforward terms, showing the applicability to the oilfield service industry. The Customer-Anchored Supply Chain: Takes ownership for the broad supply chain from its suppliers suppliers to its customers customers. Segments its business by customer-application to focus its efforts on providing the products and services its customers value as captured in critical success factors. Sets its strategic goals to simultaneously achieve supply-chain imperatives (HS&E and quality), shareholder-driven goals, and customer-anchoring goals. Drives customer requirements deep into the sales and operations planning, manufacturing, and procurement processes. Implements supply-chain initiatives to tighten the links in the supply chain value stream to deliver the products and services the customer wants in short lead times, at the lowest cost and with less inventory. Delivers on the promise of building sustainable competitive advantage.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480818771
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Customer-Anchored Supply Chains introduces oilfield service executives to the twin concepts of customer-anchored supply chains and customer-applications as important concepts for setting supply-chain strategy to build sustainable competitive advantage. Written for the executive responsible for leading the supply chain organization, Customer-Anchored Supply Chains presents leading practices for supply chain, proven in many other industries, in straightforward terms, showing the applicability to the oilfield service industry. The Customer-Anchored Supply Chain: Takes ownership for the broad supply chain from its suppliers suppliers to its customers customers. Segments its business by customer-application to focus its efforts on providing the products and services its customers value as captured in critical success factors. Sets its strategic goals to simultaneously achieve supply-chain imperatives (HS&E and quality), shareholder-driven goals, and customer-anchoring goals. Drives customer requirements deep into the sales and operations planning, manufacturing, and procurement processes. Implements supply-chain initiatives to tighten the links in the supply chain value stream to deliver the products and services the customer wants in short lead times, at the lowest cost and with less inventory. Delivers on the promise of building sustainable competitive advantage.
Global Purchasing and Supply Management
Author: Victor H. Pooler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 140207817X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Achieving the promise of e-business Two divergent approaches exist in purchasing and supply management organizations today, which give at least the perception of conflicting direction: 1. Some organizations, counseled by consultants and e-procurement software suppliers, but without a clear understanding of current actual procurement processes, have implemented expensive systems with the expectations of tremendous savings and spectacular supply chain improvements. The results often haven’t lived up to the claims. 2. Many buyers and purchasing managers, failing to grasp the potential benefits from e-procurement, have resisted change, and not given their full support to system improvements. Those who have delayed have missed the opportunities of vastly improved processes and supplier contributions. Both have valid viewpoints, but neither has delivered on the true promise of supply chain improvements, so the lessons of this book should benefit both. Active supporters of e-procurement can benefit from understanding the “nuts and bolts” approach to the fundamental supply management processes in a global context. Moreover, buyers and their managers with a better vision of the future will be better prepared to adapt to and support the needed changes.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 140207817X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Achieving the promise of e-business Two divergent approaches exist in purchasing and supply management organizations today, which give at least the perception of conflicting direction: 1. Some organizations, counseled by consultants and e-procurement software suppliers, but without a clear understanding of current actual procurement processes, have implemented expensive systems with the expectations of tremendous savings and spectacular supply chain improvements. The results often haven’t lived up to the claims. 2. Many buyers and purchasing managers, failing to grasp the potential benefits from e-procurement, have resisted change, and not given their full support to system improvements. Those who have delayed have missed the opportunities of vastly improved processes and supplier contributions. Both have valid viewpoints, but neither has delivered on the true promise of supply chain improvements, so the lessons of this book should benefit both. Active supporters of e-procurement can benefit from understanding the “nuts and bolts” approach to the fundamental supply management processes in a global context. Moreover, buyers and their managers with a better vision of the future will be better prepared to adapt to and support the needed changes.
Distribution Practices in the Petroleum Industry
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Purchasing and Supply Management
Author: David J. Pooler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461560276
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Purchasing and Supply Management includes the latest management, procurement, and negotiation techniques and the authors have taken great care to integrate the impact of global commerce on the buyers job. Historically, purchasing evolved as a weak part of manufacturing, gained its independence, and expanded to a financial contributer to a company's success. A major challenge of the buying job is to manage supply management. To do this, the buyer must know and use the full range of techniques and procedures available to the true professional. This book is dedicated to these functions of supply and all they entail.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461560276
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Purchasing and Supply Management includes the latest management, procurement, and negotiation techniques and the authors have taken great care to integrate the impact of global commerce on the buyers job. Historically, purchasing evolved as a weak part of manufacturing, gained its independence, and expanded to a financial contributer to a company's success. A major challenge of the buying job is to manage supply management. To do this, the buyer must know and use the full range of techniques and procedures available to the true professional. This book is dedicated to these functions of supply and all they entail.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1976
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1976
Book Description
Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery
Author: A Min Tjoa
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540377379
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery, DaWaK 2006, held in conjunction with DEXA 2006. The book presents 53 revised full papers, organized in topical sections on ETL processing, materialized view, multidimensional design, OLAP and multidimensional model, cubes processing, data warehouse applications, mining techniques, frequent itemsets, mining data streams, ontology-based mining, clustering, advanced mining techniques, association rules, miscellaneous applications, and classification.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540377379
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery, DaWaK 2006, held in conjunction with DEXA 2006. The book presents 53 revised full papers, organized in topical sections on ETL processing, materialized view, multidimensional design, OLAP and multidimensional model, cubes processing, data warehouse applications, mining techniques, frequent itemsets, mining data streams, ontology-based mining, clustering, advanced mining techniques, association rules, miscellaneous applications, and classification.
Indigenous African Enterprise
Author: Ogechi Adeola
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1839090332
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This book examines an indigenous Africa-centric business model practised by the Igbos of south-eastern Nigeria for decades. The unique framework and rules of operation, collectively referred to as the Igbo-Traditional Business School (I-TBS) in this book, is underpinned by the ‘Igba-boi’ apprenticeship.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1839090332
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This book examines an indigenous Africa-centric business model practised by the Igbos of south-eastern Nigeria for decades. The unique framework and rules of operation, collectively referred to as the Igbo-Traditional Business School (I-TBS) in this book, is underpinned by the ‘Igba-boi’ apprenticeship.