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P. Toyong, Natrina Mariane, Shahriman Zainal Abidin, S’harin Mokhtar, and Rusmadiah Anwar. "Design Focus Group as a Controlled-Experiment Setting." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 5, SI3 (December 28, 2020): 79–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5isi3.2536.
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This paper argues the flexibility of focus group in Design research as a controlled-experiment setting to study Designerly Intuition at concept-stage decision making. This paper outlines the focus group design in terms of the types and structure considerations and the moderator factor. Finally, the focus-group result gathers dual-mode input from novice Industrial Designers (1) 'as a group' and the intuitive attributes as (2) ‘individual participants’. Therefore, the focus group design for the data collection setting is established through the research layout and space design that accommodates both modes of inquiry. Keywords: Focus Group Study, Design Intuition, Design Research, Controlled Experiment eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bsby e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5iSI3.2536
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Faulds,, David J., W. Glynn Mangold, and P. S. Raju. "Big Red, Ltd." Journal of Business Case Studies (JBCS) 5, no. 5 (June 24, 2011): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jbcs.v5i5.4720.
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This case addresses two frequently heard questions in real-world business settings: Why are sales going down? and What decisions must we make to reverse the sales decline? These questions were directed to Dr. Felix Wilder, a professor of Marketing, by the senior management of Big Red, Ltd., headquartered in Waco, Texas, after sales reports indicated a significant decline in year-over-year sales in the Louisville, Kentucky, market region. This region represented one of Big Reds most important market areas for soft drinks outside of its home base in Texas. Members of Big Reds senior management team were unable to identify the specific factors that had contributed to the sales decline. As a result, they commissioned Dr. Wilder to conduct an extensive marketing research project to determine the factors contributing to the erosion in sales. Dr. Wilder proposed a multifaceted exploratory research project that involved an extensive review of industry and trade literature, in-depth interviews with grocery store and super center store managers, an in-store consumer survey of Big Red customers, and a consumer focus group. The research design focused on the marketing mix variables, environmental factors, the target market, and changing consumer purchase behavior and lifestyle issues as possible sources contributing to the sales erosion. The results of Dr. Wilders investigation conflicted with Big Red managements preliminary hypotheses and revealed unexpected factors that may have contributed to the downward drift in sales. Based on the research, Dr. Wilder presented management with various alternative courses of action to correct the sales decline.
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C. D., Amitha,, Savitha B., Sudha Rani. V., and Laxminarayana, P. "Factors Contributing to the Performance of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) – a Study in Medak District of Telangana State." International Journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management 12, no. 3 (June 30, 2021): 192–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.23910/1.2021.2226.
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A study was conducted on the performance of FPOs and the factors contributing to performance of FPOs in Medak district of Telangana State, India. Three FPOs were selected randomly from 3 different promoting institutes viz., Suraksha Farmers Producer Company Ltd (SFPCL) promoted by independent research organization Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA), Marpalli Kisan Kranthi Producer Company Ltd (MKKPCL) promoted by Vrutti NGO and Siddipet Kisan Agro Farmers Producer Company Ltd (SKAFPCL) promoted by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT). The Ex-post facto research design was adopted for the study with a sample of 90 producer members, covering three FPOs in erstwhile Medak district of Telangana State. From the analysis, it was found that overall performance of FPOs in Medak district was average to poor. The factors viz., education, group leadership, group communication, adherence to rules, group participation, and team spirit had showed positive and significant relationship with performance. The results of regression analysis inferred that all the selected twelve factors put together explained the variation to the extent of 72.47% in the performance of the FPO with leadership of officials and participation of members contributing significantly to the performance of FPOs.
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Cerri, Alessandro, and Ben Mark. "EU General Court dismisses Piaggio’s appeal against Vespa decision." Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 15, no. 2 (December 30, 2019): 85–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz169.
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Abstract General Court, T–219/18, Piaggio & C SpA v EUIPO and Zhejiang Zhongneng Industry Group Co. Ltd [2019] EU:T:2019:681 (24 September 2019) The EU General Court has dismissed Piaggio's appeal against EUIPO's refusal of its application for a declaration of invalidity in respect of Zhejiang's registered Community design for its scooter.
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Matsuda, Kensuke, Taisuke Jo, Masashi Miyauchi, Kazuhiro Toyama, Kumi Nakazaki, Hideo Yasunaga, and Mineo Kurokawa. "Primary Prophylaxis with Pegfilgrastim in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: A Nation-Wide, Propensity Score Based Analysis." Blood 134, Supplement_1 (November 13, 2019): 1605. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2019-123611.
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Background: In the daily practice, clinical effectiveness of pegfilgrastim compared to that of daily filgrastim in patients with malignant lymphoma is still unclear. This study aimed to clarify the effectiveness of pegfilgrastim versus daily filgrastim, using a national inpatient database in Japan. Study Design and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 18095 patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) who received the first R-CHOP treatment between July 2007 and March 2017. Patients who received primary G-CSF prophylaxis were divided into pegfilgrastim group and filgrastim group. Outcomes included incidence of febrile neutropenia, all-cause in-hospital death, length of hospital stay, and total costs. To account for measured confounding, patients' characteristics were adjusted using two different propensity score utilizing methods: propensity score matching (PSM) and stabilized inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW). Instrumental variable (IV) analysis was also performed to account for unmeasured confounding. Results: We identified 1299 patients in the pegfilgrastim group and 2203 patients in the filgrastim group. FN occurred in 380 of the 3502 (11%) total patients with a median of 9 days (interquartile range [IQR] 7-10) after the initiation of the chemotherapy. All-cause in-hospital death occurred in 94 (2.7%) of 3502 patients. Median of hospital stay was 17 days (IQR 13-22), and total medical costs during hospitalization were 7300 (IQR 5700-9500) in USD. By one-to-one PSM, 1294 patients for both the pegfilgrastim and filgrastim groups were selected. Pegfilgrastim was administered 2 days (median, IQR 1-3) after the chemotherapy. Daily filgrastim administration was initiated 5 days (median, IQR 3-6) after the chemotherapy, and continued for 6 days (median, IQR 2-7). Compared with the filgrastim group, the pegfilgrastim group showed significant lower risk of the FN incidence (risk difference 6.1%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 4.1-8.1) and all-cause in-hospital mortality (risk difference 0.9%, 95% CI 0.05-1.8). In similar, stabilized IPTW showed that pegfilgrastim group was significantly associated with the lower risk of FN (risk difference 7.0%, 95% CI 5.1-8.9) and in-hospital mortality (risk difference 1.8%, 95% CI 0.9-2.7). In PSM, the length of hospital stay and total costs during hospitalization were also significantly decreased in the pegfilgrastim group compared to the filgrastim group (percent reduction 34% [95% CI 31-37], percent reduction 12% [95% CI 9-15], respectively). Stabilized IPTW also showed the significant percent reduction of the pegfilgrastim group to the filgrastim group for length of hospital stay and total costs (31% [95% CI 25-35], 19% [95% CI 13-24], respectively). In the sensitivity analyses, IV methods showed significantly lower FN susceptibility (odds ratio 0.14, 95% CI 0.07-0.26). However, pegfilgrastim was not associated with the reduction in susceptibility of in-hospital mortality (odds ratio 0.93, 95% CI 0.23-3.70). The ratio of the pegfilgrastim group to the filgrastim group for length of hospital stay and total costs were 55% (95% CI 51-60) and 78% (95% CI 73-84), respectively. Conclusion: Pegfilgrastim contributed to lower susceptibility of FN. Total length of hospital stay and medical costs were also decreased in the pegfilgrastim group. Disclosures Jo: Tsumura: Other: Laboratory of joint program, Research Funding. Miyauchi:kyowa Kirin: Research Funding. Toyama:Bristol-Myers Squibb: Speakers Bureau; Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.: Speakers Bureau; Eisai Co., Ltd.: Speakers Bureau; Celgene K.K.: Speakers Bureau; Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.: Speakers Bureau; Chugai Pharmaceutical Company: Speakers Bureau; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited.: Speakers Bureau; Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.: Speakers Bureau; Daiichi Sankyo Conpany: Speakers Bureau; ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.: Speakers Bureau. Kurokawa:Bristol-Myers Squibb: Speakers Bureau; Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.: Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K.: Speakers Bureau; Novartis Pharma K.K.: Research Funding; Yakult Honsha Company: Speakers Bureau; Daiichi Sankyo Conpany: Speakers Bureau; Eisai Co., Ltd.: Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Celgene K.K.: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.: Research Funding; Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Shire Japan K.K.: Speakers Bureau; Pfizer Japan Inc.: Research Funding; Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co.,Ltd.: Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Shionogi & Co., Ltd: Consultancy, Honoraria; MSD K.K.: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Chugai Pharmaceutical Company: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Astellas Pharma Inc.: Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited.: Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Teijin Limited: Research Funding; ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.: Speakers Bureau; Boehringer Ingelheim: Speakers Bureau; Bioverativ Japan ltd.: Consultancy.
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Jain, Teerthesh, Amit Porwal, Sumanth Babu, Zahid A. Khan, Chandeep Kaur, and Ranu B. Jain. "Effect of Different Surface Treatments on Biaxial Flexural Strength of Yttria-stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystal." Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice 19, no. 3 (2018): 318–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10024-2260.
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ABSTRACT Introduction Ceramics are widely applied in dentistry owing to their excellent mechanical and physical attributes. The most popular ceramics are Lava™, KaVo Everest, and Cercon. However, it is unclear whether or not a different surface treatment along with low-temperature aging and mechanical loading (ML) affects the physical properties of computer-aided design (CAD)/computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)-machined yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (Y-TZP) ceramic. Aim The objective of this research was to assess the impact of various surface treatments as air-particle abrasion, ML, low-temperature degradation (LTD), and their cumulative effects on biaxial flexural properties of Y-TZP. Materials and methods Totally, 50 specimens were fabricated by CAD–CAM machining from Cercon® and divided into five groups following different surface treatments as control (C), air-particle abrasion (Si), ML, LTD, and cumulative treatment (CT) group. Results were investigated by two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey honest significant difference (HSD) test. Results The highest biaxial flexural strength was observed in the Si group (950.2 ± 126.7 MPa), followed by the LTD group (861.3 ± 166.8 MPa), CT group (851.2 ± 126.5 MPa), and the least with ML (820 ± 110 MPa). A significant difference was observed in the two-way ANOVA test. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis showed that the control group consists of 100% tetragonal zirconia and the maximum amount of monoclinic phase was obtained after LTD. Conclusion No negative effect on biaxial flexural strength was observed; indeed, it increases the biaxial strength. Hence, these surface treatments can be done in routine clinical practice to improve the performance of ceramic restoration. How to cite this article Jain T, Porwal A, Babu S, Khan ZA, Kaur C, Jain RB. Effect of Different Surface Treatments on Biaxial Flexural Strength of Yttria-stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystal. J Contemp Dent Pract 2018;19(3):318-323.
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Rodrigues, Daniela Maria, Jéssica Ferreira Rodrigues, Vanessa Rios de Souza, João de Deus Souza Carneiro, and Soraia Vilela Borges. "Consumer preferences for Cerrado fruit preserves: a study using conjoint analysis." British Food Journal 120, no. 4 (April 3, 2018): 827–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-03-2017-0187.
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Purpose One way to increase the availability and to add more value to exotic Brazilian fruits is to develop new products. However, prior to product development, there is a need to know consumer’s preferences and target audience. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of different characteristics of Cerrado fruit preserves on the intention to purchase using conjoint analysis. Design/methodology/approach Conjoint analysis evaluated three factors with three levels each, defined by focus group technique. The attributes and levels evaluated were: flavor (marolo, marolo and soursoup, marolo, soursoup and sweet passion fruit), nutritional information (light, diet and absent) and health claims (aids reduction of cardiovascular disease risk; aids reduction of blood cholesterol; aids activation and regulation of the gastrointestinal system). Findings The results of conjoint analysis led to three consumers’ groups. Group 1 (majority) were more influenced by flavor (IR=26.5 percent) and nutritional information (IR=59.3 percent). Groups 2 and 3 were greatly influenced by flavor and nutritional information, respectively. Health claims influenced weakly on the intention to purchase regardless the groups. Thus, the concept of Cerrado fruit preserves for each group was different. Originality/value This research contributes to future studies, supporting the development of products based on Cerrado fruits and the variety of products on the market. There are few research works using conjoint analysis to evaluate consumer preferences in the early stages of new product development, which makes this paper even more relevant.
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Izquierdo-Yusta, Alicia, Carmen M. Gómez-Cantó, Jorge Pelegrin-Borondo, and María Pilar Martínez-Ruiz. "Consumers’ behaviour in fast-food restaurants: a food value perspective from Spain." British Food Journal 121, no. 2 (February 4, 2019): 386–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-01-2018-0059.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand consumers’ behaviour in fast-food restaurants in Spain. To this end, the authors conducted a survey that combined a classification of food values, as proposed in the relevant literature, with a related model that links personal values to behaviour. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 400 consumers was gathered from two different, leading fast-food chains operating in Spain. With these data, respondents were grouped through hierarchical cluster analysis and K-measures, and in accordance with Lusk and Briggeman’s (2009) food values and the food-related lifestyle model. The authors validated these clusters by means of ANOVA and discriminant analysis, which led to useful observations about inter-group differences in consumers’ habits, as well as their satisfaction, trust and loyalty. Findings The results indicate that consumers can be clustered into three groups based their food values assessments: the “mainly utilitarian” group, the “mainly hedonic” group and the “ethical values” group. These groups not only demonstrate diverse habits, but also differ on key variables such as satisfaction, trust and loyalty. Practical implications The authors offer several managerial recommendations for designing and developing segmentation strategies in the fast-food industry. Any such strategies should acknowledge that all consumer groups appear to value restaurants’ efforts to provide them with both hedonic and utilitarian benefits, although the extent varies across groups. Originality/value Among the relevant literature, this research is the only one that examines the existence of distinct consumer groups based on their food values assessments. In addition, this paper analyses inter-group differences in terms of both diverse consumptions habits (frequency of visits, expenditure, etc.) and key marketing variables (satisfaction, trust and loyalty).
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Bunnarong, Somluk, and Prapatpong Upala. "Participatory Design for Improving Pedestrian and Traffic Sign System at Anuban Ranong School." Asian Journal of Quality of Life 3, no. 12 (July 20, 2018): 115. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajqol.v3i12.148.
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The objective of this study is to design and improve the pedestrian environment and traffic signs with the participatory design at Ranong Kindergarten School. The result of this study was brought to identify the promotion of pedestrian safety zone. In the participatory process, the four groups were started up for collaboration including teacher and student group, local community group, academics group, and private organization group. The important finding was the “Brave Walk Unit,” the volunteer students who are the driven mechanism to promote other students who live near the school to walk or ride the bicycle to school on their own.Keywords: Pedestrian Environment; Traffic Signs System; School zoneeISSN 2398-4279 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Zainol, Amer Shakir, Wan Zaiyana Mohd Yusof, Khairul Anwar Mastor, and Zuraidah Mohd Sanusi. "Ideation in Industrial Design Context: The importance of group process in brainstorming." Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies 1, no. 1 (December 1, 2016): 19–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v1i1.165.
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Brainstorming is a series of procedures (rules) designed to maximize the productivity of groups engaged in idea generation by reducing production loss, popularized by Osborn, an advertising executive. The main concern in this tool is increasing creativity in an organization. This study examines two main factors, production loss and ownership of the topic that influence the performance in group brainstorming. Production loss includes activities in production blocking, social loafing and evaluation apprehension among individuals, while ownership of the topic relates to the interest of individuals in engaging the brainstorming activities especially in industrial design. Using a quasi-experimental research design, this study reports on the participation of115 groups of university students from 6 different universities. The data is analyzed at group-level. The hypotheses of this study are tested using Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression. Results reveal that out of the three dimensions of production loss, production blocking, social loafing, and evaluation apprehension, production blocking is negatively related to the group brainstorming performance whereas evaluation apprehension is positively related to the performance or group brainstorming. As expected, ownership or the topic is related to the performance too. However, social loafing is not related to the performance or group brainstorming. The results are of potential interest to educators, and researchers. This study responds 10 a call for further brainstorming research.
© 2016 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK.. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Malaysia.
Keywords: Industrial Design, Brainstorming, Production loss, Ownership of the Topic, Group-level Analysis.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "BFK Design Group Ltd"
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Gruber, Thomas Christian. "Product development in app business: A corporate project of the moovel Group GmbH (Ltd)." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/19167.
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The aim of this master thesis is to describe the development of an in-app survey feature with the goal to widen the service range of the mobility app provider moovel Group GmbH. The theory of product development, according to Harry Igor Ansoff, is combined with the modern and structured process of Design Thinking. This leads to new ways to design and develop products or services. The thesis is structured in the Design Thinking steps itself to guarantee a precise workflow. First, the topics app business, digital marketing, growth strategies and Design Thinking are explained in detail. Secondly, by means of interviews the requirements on the survey feature are defined. In the analysis part, different suppliers of the technical base of the feature are examined. In the next phase the content of the survey is evaluated and a clickable prototype is designed. In the last phase the prototype is tested by real users. According to their feedback the survey feature was finalised.
In order to not exceed the framework of this thesis, the technical side of the project, regarding development and engineering processes, is not considered.O objetivo desta tese de mestrado é descrever o desenvolvimento de um recurso de pesquisa In-app, que tem como foco ampliar a gama de serviços do provedor de aplicações para mobilidade Moovel Group GmbH. A teoria do desenvolvimento de produtos, de acordo com Harry Igor Ansoff, é combinada com o processo moderno e estruturado de Design Thinking, o que leva a novas formas de projetar e desenvolver produtos ou serviços. A tese, por si mesma, também está estruturada nas etapas do Design Thinking, de forma a garantir um fluxo de trabalho preciso. Na primeira fase, os tópicos app business, Marketing digital, Estratégias de crescimento e Design Thinking são explicados em detalhe. Em seguida, são definidos os requisitos relativos à característica do inquérito, através de entrevistas. Uma análise é então realizada para os diferentes fornecedores da base técnica da característica. Na fase seguinte, o conteúdo da pesquisa é avaliado e um protótipo clicável é projetado. Na última fase, o protótipo é testado por usuários reais. De acordo com o seu feedback, a funcionalidade do inquérito é então finalizada. A fim de não exceder o âmbito desta tese, o lado técnico do projeto, em relação aos processos de desenvolvimento e engenharia, não é considerado.
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Chen, Yi-hsun, and 陳怡勳. "The design and realization of agile supply chain management- A case study on Daphne International Group Ltd." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8rzbws.
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Shoes and apparel retail industry is a fashion industry. The rapidly changing retail market is an opportunity and also a challenge. How to cope with the fierce market competition, improve fine retail management capabilities, and improve customer satisfaction, build agile supply chain is the key. The agile supply chain is the core competitiveness of shoes and apparel retail industry, and how to implement the agile supply chain is the common goal of all shoes and apparel retail industry. Firstly, I discuss the demand for agile supply chain from three perspectives, namely competition in the industry, enterprise development strategy, and customer oriented strategy. Then, I apply the proposed agile supply chain for practice on the case company “Daphne Group”. After discussing the outstanding problems in the process of agile supply chain for existing shoes and apparel retail industry, I propose an innovative research and which is novel in the following aspects: (1) Model innovation (2) Tool innovation (3) Method innovation By introducing the modeling approach, PMI project management, and change management, the comprehensive implementation methodology proposed is to ensure that the agile supply chain management mode curing on the information management system. Daphne takes the lead in the domestic shoes and apparel retail market to implement the agile supply chain management. The agile supply chain is able to cope with the information management system and to improve the management of commodity procurement planning, merchandise sales plans, product development portfolio structure, merchandise life cycle management, core single product refinement, fast, efficient customer-centric picking complement goods, and other capabilities. The methods and systems can be a good reference for the peers.
Books on the topic "BFK Design Group Ltd"
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Gaffney, Glenda. Looking at 'Change' in BFK Design Group Ltd. Dublin: University College Dublin, 1997.
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"Aurora Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Renzo Piano Building Workshop Architects in collaboration with Lend Lease Design Group Ltd and Group GSA Pty Ltd (Sydney)." In International Architecture Yearbook: No. 8, 16–19. Taylor & Francis, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315012629-4.
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Yu, Hong, Ping Zhao, and Jingjing Xia. "DESIGN STRATEGIES IN A TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY: THE CASE OF CHINESE UNDERWEAR ENTERPRISE AIMER GROUP, LTD." In Bridging Asia and the World: Globalization of Marketing & Management Theory and Practice. Global Alliance of Marketing & Management Associations, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.15444/gmc2014.08.09.02.
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Yan, Jun-yin, Yi Song, and Bo Liang. "A Research on the Iron and Steel Enterprise's Competitiveness Based on Principal Component Analysis -- Using Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd as an Example." In 2012 Second International Conference on Intelligent System Design and Engineering Application (ISDEA). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/isdea.2012.619.
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Bressloff, Neil W., and Ahsan T. Hameed. "CFD Challenge: Solutions Using the Mesher, Harpoon, and the Finite Volume Solver, Fluent." In ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/sbc2012-80007.
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The Bressloff group has focused on cardiovascular disease and its treatment for the last ten years. Possessing close ties with Southampton General Hospital, much of the work has sought understanding and/or solutions to clinically relevant problems, including the design of vascular stents. For the CFD Challenge, preliminary verification studies were performed by Masters student Ahsan Hameed using a fast hex-dominant mesher, Harpoon (Sharc Ltd) and V12.1.4 of the ANSYS Fluent solver (ANSYS, Inc.).
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Lin, Hong-song, Xue-yi Liu, Hua Yan, and Juan-Juan Ren. "Long-Term Behavior and Performance of Ballastless Track Superstructure on China’s Suining-Chongqing Railway Line." In 2010 Joint Rail Conference. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2010-36179.
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This paper briefly shows the experimental ballastless track section of Suining-Chongqing railway line in southwest China, which was designed by China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co. Ltd (CREEC) and was put into operation in 2007. The design speed of the experimental section amounts to 200 km/h for passenger trains and 120 km/h for freight trains, which is the first railway line built with such speed in southwest of China. The long-term observations of the performance of the ballastless track superstructures were implemented in the past three years, which are introduced in details in this paper, such as the performance of reinforced concrete slab with lattice two-block sleepers, coupled or uncoupled prefabricated slab-superstructure etc. Ballastless track superstructures’ damages are summarized and classified. In addition, causes of damaged cracks on track superstructure are discussed.
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Thomson, Allan, and David A. Anderton. "Development in Gas Turbine Repairs." In ASME Turbo Expo 2010: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2010-22239.
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The need for repair rather than replace of gas turbine components is becoming increasingly important to operators in today’s economic climate. The use of commercially available numerical analysis software, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element (FE) have become well established within Wood Group Light Industrial Turbines Ltd. They have allowed the business to be extremely competitive by being able to rapidly respond to a customers request for a repair which may involve a fluid structure interaction and/or conjugate heat transfer analysis. The software has also been used to study critical design limitations and to rapidly enhance reverse engineered parts. Two such cases are presented here: the repair of a compressor rotor blade airfoil and the changes made to an existing design of a cooling passage in a high pressure turbine rotor blade. Each analysis was completed in a very competitive time span.
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Bucknall, R., S. Suárez de la Fuente, S. Szymko, W. Bowers, and A. Sim. "Evaluation of Electric-Turbo-Charging applied to Marine Diesel-Engines." In 14th International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition. IMarEST, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.24868/issn.2515-818x.2018.012.
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Electro-Turbo-Compounding (ETC) is a system whereby energy contained in the hot gas of a diesel-engine exhaust is partially recovered through its conversion via a high-speed gas turbine driven alternator into electrical energy. ETC makes a diesel-engine system work more cleanly and effectively thereby improving power density and fuel efficiency. The technology is equally suited to new-build and retrofit applications. Applications to date have been extensive in the 150 kW – 2 MW range and the 10 MW – 20 MW but almost exclusive to shore-based power stations across the world. This paper reports on the progress of an Innovate UK funded project (2015-18) to develop ‘marinised’ units with partners UCL, Bowman Power Group Ltd., Lloyd’s Register and Rolls Royce PLC. With an expectation on the shipping industry (including naval ships) to reduce their carbon footprint the ETC is suitable for marine engineering application in those ships not easily able to use the conventional Rankine Cycle exhaust gas waste heat recovery system. The paper discussions include the design, modelling and practical testing approaches, results on performance for various arrangements for propulsion and electrical power, and importantly the integration challenge to ensure NOx Compliance and Certification. Within the paper discussion is also made about the financial aspects for propulsion and electric generation applications. The operating profile of different vessels gives different paybacks which are particularly favourable at times of rising fuel prices.
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Jandu, Chas, Bob Francini, Mike Taylor, and Andrew Francis. "Towards a New Limit State Function for Determining the Failure Pressure of a Pipeline Containing Mechanical Damage." In 2008 7th International Pipeline Conference. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2008-64304.
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Mechanical damage is generally considered to be damage that occurs to a pipeline when mechanical excavation, drilling, or boring equipment impinges on a buried pipeline creating scrapes, abrasions, gouges, punctures, and/or dents in the pipeline. Above ground pipelines may also be damaged in a similar manner from impacts by vehicles or projectiles or by willful acts of vandalism. In some cases, immediate failure will occur resulting in potentially catastrophic consequences. It is thus important to understand the conditions that would lead to such a failure in order to ensure that design parameters are selected such that immediate failures occur very rarely. In cases where the damage does not create an immediate failure or the release of gas, the concern generally is that a delayed failure will occur because the integrity of the pipeline has been significantly compromised. In such cases, the possibility is that repeated pressure fluctuations, small increases in pressure, or time-dependent creep will erode whatever margin of safety remains and a failure will ensue. Particularly unsettling are the cases in which damage of this nature is encountered through some form of inspection where the source of the damage and its time of creation are unknown. In such cases, the operator of the pipeline will generally not know what margin of safety remains. There are a number of models in existence that may be used to predict both instantaneous and delayed failures due to mechanical damage and indeed these have been used quite extensively as the basis of repair criteria and for determining safe pipeline operating conditions. Nonetheless, there are significant elements of uncertainty associated with these models and for this reason an adequate reserve factor needs to be incorporated or recourse must be made to probabilistic approaches that address such uncertainty. However, since pipelines are getting older and in some cases are being operated at higher pressures than they were previously, there is a requirement to obtain a better understanding of the significance of mechanical damage. In view of this Pipelines Research Council International (PRCI) and other research bodies, such as European Pipelines Research Group (EPRG), are taking a keen interest in this topic. To this end, PRCI have commissioned an extensive research program to investigate all key aspects of both instantaneous and delayed failures. Kiefner and Associates Incorporated (KAI) and Andrew Francis and Associated Ltd (AFAA) were commissioned to investigate the conditions that cause instantaneous failures. The purpose of this paper is to describe the approach that was adopted and the formulation of the new model that emerged from study. This model is being validated through testing which is currently ongoing.
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Zhang, Guodong, Xuejun Bai, Douglas Stalheim, Shaopo Li, and Wenhua Ding. "Development and Production of Heavy Gauge X80 and High Strength X90 Pipeline Steels Utilizing TMCP/Optimized Cooling Process." In 2014 10th International Pipeline Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2014-33265.
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Along with the increasing demand of oil and natural gas by various world economies, the operating pressure of the pipeline is also increasing. Large diameter heavy wall X80 pipeline steel is widely used in the long distance high pressure oil and gas transportation in China today. In addition, development of X90/X100 has begun in earnest to support the growing energy needs of China. With the wide use of X80 steels, the production technology of this grade has become technically mature in the industry. Shougang Group Qinhuangdao Shouqin Metal Materials Co., Ltd. (SQS) since 2008 has been steadily developing heavier thicknesses and wider plate widths over the years. This development has resulted in stable mass production of X80 pipeline steel plate in heavy wall thicknesses for larger pipe OD applications. The technical specifications of X80 heavy wall thickness and X90/X100 14.8–19.6 mm wall thicknesses, large OD (48″) requiring wide steel plates for the 3rd West-to-East Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline Project and the third line of Kazakhstan-China Main Gas Pipeline (The Middle Asia C Line) and the demonstration X90/X100 line (part of the 3rd West-East Project) in China required changes to the SQS plate mill process design. Considering the technology capability of steelmaking and the plate mill in SQS, a TMCP+OCP (Optimized Cooling Process) was developed to achieve stable X80 and X90/X100 mechanical properties in the steel plates while reducing alloy content. This paper will describe the chemistry, rolling process, microstructure and mechanical properties of X80 pipeline steel plates produced by SQS for 52,000 mT of for the 3rd West-to-East Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline Project and 5,000 mT for the Middle Asia C Line Project along with 1000 tons of 16.3 mm X90/X100 for the 3rd West-East demonstration pipeline. The importance of the slab reheating process and rolling schedule will be discussed in the paper. In addition, the per pass reductions logic used during recrystallized rough rolling, and special emphasis on the reduction of the final roughing pass prior to the intermediate holding (transfer bar) resulting in a fine uniform prior austenite microstructure will be discussed. The optimized cooling (two phase cooling) application after finish rolling guarantees the steady control of the final bainitic microstructure with optimum MA phase for both grades. The plates produced by this process achieved good surface quality, had excellent flatness and mechanical properties. The pipes were produced via the JCOE pipe production process and had favorable forming properties and good weldability. Plate mechanical properties successfully transferred into the required final pipe mechanical properties. The paper will show that the TMCP+OCP produced X80 heavy wall and 16.3 mm X90 wide plates completely meet the technical requirements of the three pipeline projects.
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Eshraghi, Shaun, Kristine Severson, David Hynd, and A. Benjamin Perlman. "Finite Element Model Validation of the Hybrid-III Rail Safety (H3-RS) Anthropomorphic Test Device (ATD)." In ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2018-87736.
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The Hybrid-III Rail Safety (H3-RS) anthropomorphic test device (ATD), also known as a crash test dummy, was developed by the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), DeltaRail (now Resonate Group Ltd.), and the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) in the United Kingdom between 2002 and 2005 for passenger rail safety applications [1]. The H3-RS is a modification of the standard Hybrid-III 50th percentile male (H3-50M) ATD with additional features in the chest and abdomen to increase its biofidelity and eight sensors to measure deflection. The H3-RS features bilateral (left and right) deflection sensors in the upper and lower chest and in the upper and lower abdomen; whereas, the standard H3-50M only features a single unilateral (center) deflection sensor in the chest with no deflection sensors located in the abdomen. Additional H3-RS research was performed by the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) under the direction of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research, Development, and Technology. The Volpe Center contracted with TRL to conduct a series of dynamic pendulum impact tests [2]. The goal of testing the abdomen response of the H3-RS ATD was to develop data to refine an abdomen design that produces biofidelic and repeatable results under various impact conditions with respect to impactor geometry, vertical impact height, and velocity. In this study, the abdominal response of the H3-RS finite element (FE) model that TRL developed is validated using the results from pendulum impact tests [2]. Results from the pendulum impact tests and corresponding H3-RS FE simulations are compared using the longitudinal relative deflection measurements from the internal sensors in the chest and abdomen as well as the longitudinal accelerometer readings from the impactor. The abdominal response of the H3-RS FE model correlated well with the physical ATD as the impactor geometry, vertical impact height, and velocity were changed. There were limitations with lumbar positioning of the H3-RS FE model as well as the material definition for the relaxation rate of the foam in the abdomen that can be improved in future work. The main goal of validating the abdominal response of the dummy model is to enable its use in assessing injury potential in dynamic sled testing of crashworthy workstation tables, the results of which are presented in a companion paper [3]. The authors used the model of the H3-RS ATD to study the 8G sled test specified in the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) workstation table safety standard [4]. The 8G sled test is intended to simulate the longitudinal crash accleration in a severe train-to-train collision involving U.S. passenger equipment. Analyses of the dynamic sled test are useful for studying the sensitivity of the sled test to factors such as table height, table force-crush behavior, seat pitch, etc., which help to inform discussions on revisions to the test requirements eventually leading to safer seating environments for passengers.