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Showing 1 to 20 of 557 for “"cost savings"”.
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Potential cost savings and cost avoidances associated with security cooperation training programs
… Code § 2282. Specifically, I analyze whether the cost of such training programs is cheaper using contracted personnel versus uniformed military personnel. The costs of contractor-provided training come from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. Using the Department of Defense’s Financial …
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Cost Savings Realized Through Proper Sizing of an Excessive Instrument Air System.
The purpose of this research was to determine if installing a smaller air compressor could reduce the electrical usage of a large semiconductor manufacturing plant. A 200 horsepower Atlas Copco compressor was installed with the existing 500 horsepower Ingersoll-Rand compressors. Testing was …
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Evaluation of airline cost structures and cost savings at low-cost carrier WOW air.
… was carried out to identify whether the low-cost airline WOW air is operating their aircraft at the optimum cost index or not. The purpose was to calculate the indexes specifically for WOW air’s operation and estimate possible savings. Therefore the cost indexes for the aircraft fleet were …
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Advanced Design Optimization for Composite Structure: Stress Reduction, Weight Decrease and Manufacturing Cost Savings
… and a quote for injection molding tooling cost for production was obtained and the first prototype was built in addition of six months. The risks are identified and material characterization tests are proposed.</em></p> <p><em>The objective of this project was redesigning an aluminum made …
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Cost-Savings of Implementing Site-Specific Ground Motion Response Analysis in Design of Mississippi Embayment Bridges
… updated seismic demands estimated from SSGMRA. A cost-savings analysis was then conducted to determine the potential savings associated with conducting the SSGMRA. By designing based on the results of the SSGMRA, a potential savings of $205,000 or 7% of the original bridge construction cost could …
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Potential energy cost savings by use of building roofs as thermal storage of a multi-storied building
… the peak load hours to the nighttime when energy costs are cheaper and electric demands are lower. This thesis deals with the transient finite element heat transfer analysis of a concrete slab embedded with pipes circulating heated or chilled water of a multi-storied office building. A …
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Shared-space housing: Theoretical background for the potential cost savings associated with the shared consumption of housing
… focus on determining whether or not there are savings to be realized by moving toward the shared end of the continuum. This research will be accomplished by developing (on paper) a parcel as a single-family subdivision and as a shared-space development and comparing the cost per housing unit. …
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Relationship between timing of multiple retention bonuses and the quality of officers retained on the cost savings for the Navy
… to the community in a way that might provide cost savings to the military when provided in conjunction with an auction bonus system. Using the standard bonus system compared to the uniform price auction, the Quality Adjusted Discount (QUAD) auction, and Combinatorial Retention Auction …
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Analysis of Energy Recommendations in the U.S. Wood Products Industry
… those recommendations by criteria such as cost, savings, and payback period; 3) identifying recommendations that incorporate lean manufacturing principles; and 4) investigating the practices and perceptions of manufacturers at the facility level, this project provides information for …
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Instrumentation Acquisition: Do the Numbers Justify the Purchase?
… is made in terms of instrumentation price, cost of reagents, and labor cost savings, while looking at affected population data to weigh whether a purchase of the more expensive of the two instruments could be justified. This project identifies Dignity Health, Kaiser Permanente, and Sutter …
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A class of high-efficiency air-core power transformers with flux-guiding resonators
… is under development at MIT which targets the cost-sensitive application of grid-tied renewable energy farms. The topology is composed of a primary coil, a secondary coil, and one or more nested resonant tanks that facilitate efficient multi-path energy transfer. This class of transformers …
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Quantifying the Energetic Costs of Photovoltaic Pumping Systems (PVPS) for Sub-Saharan African Smallholder Farms
… like Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet the high upfront cost of PVPSs remains a financial burden for many low-income farming communities. Although numerous efforts have been made to further increase the affordability of PVPSs, there is still a lack of investigation into potential energetic cost savings …
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Heat recovery and thermal storage : a study of the Massachusetts State Transportation Building
… of this type of system include both energy savings and operating and equipment cost savings when compared to more conventional building heating and cooling systems. The study involved monitoring of equipment performance, computer simulation of the building energy system dynamics, and …
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Quantitative Framework to Evaluate Alternative Dispute Resolution Investments in Architecture Engineering and Construction Projects Using Option and Real Option Theory
… correlates the effect of CCO's on the expected cost savings in a project from a given DRL implementation with exogenous competitive entry and its effect on the gross value of a capital project being evaluated using real option theory. In this case, the occurrence of a CCO during the construction …
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The effect of various types of building roof materials on the cooling load
… consumption in the building which lead to cost savings and reduce the emission of gases that pollute the environment directly. Therefore, Building information modelling took great interest in recent years in the world in terms of the design simulation of the buildings and choose the best …
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Cloud computing : implications for enterprise software vendors (ESV)
… improving utilization, cloud computing brings cost savings to end users. The higher the abstraction level, greater are the benefits resulting from better resource utilization and thus more cost savings, both for providers and end users. As computing resources become cheaper, network …
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Virtual long baseline (VLBL) autonomous underwater vehicle navigation using a single transponder
… transponder would provide dramatic time and cost savings for underwater vehicle operations. This thesis presents a simulation of autonomous underwater vehicle navigation using a single transponder to create a virtual long baseline (VLBL). Similarly to LBL systems, ranges in a VLBL are …
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An evaluation of the benefits of intelligent speed adaptation for South Africa
… was made to provide an initial estimate of the cost savings that ISA could offer the country if it is implemented in full.
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A conceptual framework of cost/benefit justification for ergonomic projects to reduce musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace
… for justifying ergonomic projects to the overall cost savings is developed which estimates the extent of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) exposures to a specific industry. A cost structure is developed to estimate the investment needed for an ergonomics program and the costs related to MSDs …
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