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Showing 1 to 20 of 160 for “"Cost Saving"”.
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Three Essays on the Impact of Cost-saving Strategies on Student Outcomes
… have taken or are considering taking a series of cost-saving strategies. Some of the most prominent trends seen in the past decades include sharp expansions in distance education offerings through online coursework, an increasing reliance on part-time adjunct faculty, and a heated discussion about …
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Cost-saving in Continuous Integration: Development, Improvement, and Evaluation of Build Selection Approaches
… selection approaches that are able to save the cost of CI. I also propose the first exhaustive comparison of techniques to improve CI including build and test granularity approaches. I firstly design a build selection approach (SMARTBUILDSKIP) for CI cost reduction in a balanceable way. The …
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Development of a Broad Spectrum, Sporicidal, Cost Saving Disinfectant Incorporating a Novel Antimicrobial Catalyst
… and H2O2 system may also potentially reduce costs compared to H2O2 alone, therefore allowing shorter contact times and lower concentrations of H2O2 to be used.
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Using lead time data to identify cost saving opportunities in an automotive supply chain : inventory safety stock and trucking carrier pool
… about $10MM of one-time and continuing savings opportunities. In both cases, we similarly are looking at creating a strategic buffer, either in terms of inventory or trailers, to account for variability in lead time. Much of the academic literature around lead time focuses on complex …
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Degradable airline scheduling : an approach to improve operational robustness and differentiate service quality
… during the bad weather. In terms of recovery cost, which includes revenue lost, operational cost saving and crew delay cost, degradable airline schedules can save up to $30,000 per day. Degradable airline schedules have cost saving effect, especially when an airport with a high capacity …
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The Reuse of Circular External Fixator Components: An Assessment of Safety and Potential Savings
Purpose: Cost saving strategies are important especially in a resource constrained environment. One such strategy well supported in literature is the reuse of temporary monolateral external fixator components, a strategy we utilize at our institution. The aim of the study was to determine the …
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Application of Phase Change Materials for Peak Load Shifting Through Price-Based Control Method
… solution of ammonium chloride. An electricity cost saving of up to 16.5% was achieved for the freezer experiment. Later, two identical test huts located at the Tamaki Campus, University of Auckland were used for the experimental studies. The experimental huts were constructed using standard …
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ΤΟ ΒΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΟ ΚΑΙ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΟ ΚΟΣΤΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΣΥΧΝΟΤΕΡΩΝ ΑΚΤΙΝΟΔΙΑΓΝΩΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΕΞΕΤΑΣΕΩΝ ΣΕ ΣΧΕΣΗ ΜΕ ΤΗ ΔΙΑΓΝΩΣΤΙΚΗ ΤΟΥΣ ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΙΚΟΤΗΤΑ
THE BIOLOGIC, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COST OF THE MOST COMMON RADIODIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS (CHEST-SCULL-LUMBAR SPINE-U.G.I.) WAS ANALYZED AND FOUND TO BE VERY HIGH IN RELATION TO THEIR DIAGNOSTIC EFFECTIVENESS. THIS IS BECAUSE A GREAT NUMBEROF X-RAY EXAMINATIONS ARE NOT USUAL AND EFFECTIVE BUT, FOR …
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A Study Of The Effects Of High School Scheduling Systems On Achievement Rates, Attendance Rates, And Dropout Rates
… causing school district administrators to review cost-saving options for the 2003 - 2004 fiscal year. There is discussion in many districts regarding the fact that traditional scheduling is more economical than A/B block or accelerated block scheduling. The results of this study indicate that the …
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Assessment of the effectiveness of electronic gatekeeping as a utilization management tool at Groote Schuur Hospital
… hospitals to determine the potential for cost saving. RESULTS: At the medical wards of Groote Schuur Hospital there was an overall decrease in number and cost of tests of 24% per inpatient day for 2011. The most dramatic difference in cost is seen for chloride (91%) followed by HbA1c …
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Feasibility Study of Using Nuclear Batteries in Decentralized Hydrogen Production
… platform. However, they have a high levelized cost of electricity (LCOE), so more insights are needed into how to leverage their unique features to make attractive projects. To that goal, this work investigates using NBs in decentralized hydrogen production to better understand their true value …
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Improving shade consistency in vinyl floor tile production
… and effects of shade variation and propose cost saving improvements. The main effects of tile colour variation were customer complaints, 6% production rejects, excessive waste material (reclaim), an intricate tile shade inspection system, a complex inventory system and difficulty in …
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Head & base production optimization : inventory management strategy
… reduced by 53%. The improvement has led to a cost saving of US$ 422,148.
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Head & base production optimization : setup time reduction
… reduced by up to 40 percent and the expected cost saving is about 50,000 USD.
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A theoretical and empirical investigation of prime and score: An application of two-state option pricing model
… of value additivity theorem. Transaction cost saving hypothesis cannot explain the behaviors of premiums in primes and scores. As an alternative explanation, market incompleteness hypothesis is derived and tested. The empirical results support the market incompleteness hypothesis.
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Mathematical modelling and risk management in deregulated electricity markets
… equilibrium techniques of the old monopolistic, cost-saving industry and; the new dynamic profit-maximising and risk-mitigating competitive industry. Financial engineering in a new and poorly understood market for electrical power must now take place in conjunction with - yet also constrained by …
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Understanding the shift from permanent employment to contract work among retail workers who accepted voluntary retrenchment packages in 2017
Cost saving strategies gained prominence in South Africa's retail sector when the Multinational Corporation (MNC) Walmart entered South African retail industry through the Walmart/Massmart Merger in 2011. Retail companies such as Pick n Pay (PnP) adopted workplace-restructuring strategies to …
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Synthesis and inclusion studies of stable allicin mimics as novel antimicrobial agents
… offers attractive environmentally friendly and cost-saving aspects. The methodology proved to be versatile, producing all types of unsymmetrical disulfides; aromatic-aliphatic disulfides, aromatic-aromatic disulfides as well as aliphatic-aliphatic disulfides including unsymmetrical cysteine …
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A Combined Energy–Exergy Approach for Improving Refrigeration Systems in Deep-Level Gold Mines: Method Development and Case Study Validation
… economic pressure and rising electricity costs are driving energy efficiency initiatives on deep-level mines. One of the major energy consumers on deep-level mines is the refrigeration system, which supplies chilled water for cooling the underground working environment. Due to the outdated …
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Minimizing Total Delivered Cost of Stamped Assemblies Through Sourcing Optimization
… optimization model for identifying alternate and cost-competitive assembly sourcing strategies in the automotive industry, focusing on the "Make vs. Buy" decision-making process for a multinational automotive OEM. A “Make vs. Buy” process evaluates the strategic benefits and cost advantages …
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