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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"capacity utilization"”.
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Production capacity utilization in the southern logging industry
… estimates of their maximum production capacity and the actual production achieved. Explanations were requested to explain any difference between actual and achieved production. Most frequent causes of lost production were: 1) adverse weather, 2) quotas,3) moving. Other reasons for …
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Capacity Utilization as a Determinant of Business Investment in Plant and Equipment
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Capacity utilization and lean manufacturing at a plastic medical device components manufacturer
An understanding of capacity utilization within any manufacturing system is critical in setting operational strategy. Production lines and machines must have their performance accurately tracked and available for reporting if a business is to continually improve their performance. With capacity …
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A data-driven approach to improving capacity utilization of semiconductor test equipment
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996.
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RDT&E laboratory Capacity Utilization and Productivity Measurement Methods for Financial Decision-Making within DON
This thesis identifies capacity utilization and productivity measures applicable to Department of the Navy (DON) Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) laboratories. The recent emphasis on efficiency and sound business practices from a financial management perspective mandates that the …
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A state-level capacity utilization analysis of the U.S. natural gas transmission pipeline system and risk management for a gas-fueled nation
… of natural gas may be constrained by pipeline capacity limitations.
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Strategic capacity planning using data science, optimization, and machine learning
… the ability to continuously analyze factory capacity and strategically plan for future operations much needed. This study seeks to develop a sustainable strategic capacity optimization model and capacity visualization tool that integrates demand data with historical manufacturing data. …
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Integrated allocation and utilization of airport capacity to mitigate air traffic congestion
The combination of air traffic growth and airport capacity limitations has resulted in significant congestion throughout the US National Airspace System, which imposes large costs on the airlines, passengers and society. Absent opportunities for capacity expansion, the mitigation of air traffic …
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Passenger-to-train assignment model based on automated data
… (PTAM) can provide a better understanding of capacity utilization and help assess the service quality in underground rail systems. PTAM is a probabilistic model that links each fare transaction to one (or multiple) feasible train itineraries. Key inputs to the model include the passenger …
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Performance and efficiency evaluation of logging contractors using data envelopment analysis
… agreement. There was strong evidence that low capacity utilization had a negative impact on technical efficiency, quarters when capacity utilization was high were more likely to have a high technical efficiency ratio than quarters with a low capacity utilization. Operating scale also influenced …
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Dynamic Investment Models, Employment Generation and Productivity – Evidence from Swedish Data
… and labor in a real options model with variable capacity utilization This study analyzes the effects of uncertainty on investment, capital use and labor demand, in both the short run and the long run, in dynamic capital models where firms have incentives not to operate at full capacity. We have …
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Alternative Modes of Federal Deficit Financing, Money Growth, Inflation, Interest Rates and the Crowding-Out Effect
… the economy when it is operating short of capacity utilization; (ii) generate inflationary pressures; (iii) crowd out private investment thus decreasing economic growth; and (iv) increase the public debt.
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Estimating elasticities of demand and supply for South African manufactured exports using a vector error correction model
… an important determinant of demand, but domestic capacity utilization is not an important determinant of export supply.
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DSGE Models for the South African Economy
… facts from the data. A model with variable capacity utilization and investment specific shocks is also used to reproduce facts about the manufacturing sector in South Africa. The models fair reasonably well in replicating volatilities of certain variables, but investment remains …
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DSGE models for the South African economy
… facts from the data. A model with variable capacity utilization and investment specific shocks is also used to reproduce facts about the manufacturing sector in South Africa. The models fair reasonably well in replicating volatilities of certain variables, but investment remains …
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Differential impact of monetary policy: a sectoral approach
… The conditions tested relate to the level of capacity utilization and the phase of the business cycle. Secondly, I test for differential sector to aggregate manufacturing output response. Non-neutrality does not imply differentiality since money growth can be significantly related to …
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ΠΡΟΣΔΙΟΡΙΣΤΙΚΟΙ ΠΑΡΑΓΟΝΤΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΒΙΟΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΗΣ ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΙΚΟΤΗΤΑΣ. (ΜΕΘΟΔΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΑΝΑΛΥΣΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΙΚΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ-ΕΦΑΡΜΟΓΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΗ...
… RELIABLE MEASURES OF FACTORS, SUCH AS THE CAPACITY UTILIZATION, THE VERTICAL INTEGRATION OF PRODUCTION AND THE PRODUCT QUALITY CHANGE. AND D) TO APPLY THE STATISTICAL MODEL TO SECTORS OF THE GREEK CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, FOR THE PERIOD 1970.81.
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Sterilization resource forecasting in the medical devices industry
… up, and the need for additional sterilization capacity increases. The time required to build more sterilization capacity can be between six to nine months, and therefore companies are looking into their future production to estimate when will be the right time to start building more capacity. …
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Determining the value of volume and process flexibility in market driven manufacturing operations
… to respond to customer demands while improving capacity utilization. Network flow modeling illustrates that significant benefits can be achieved with limited flexibility. The full benefits of this flexibility are detailed and the organizational barriers to change are explored.
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The relationship between money and prices revisited
… It is found that when the effects of output, capacity utilization, and unit labor costs are taken into account, the growth rate of money has a significant positive impact on the growth rate of the wholesale price index.
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