Project Planning: Optimal Plant Size, Location, and Layout

1. What is Macro Location and What are its Essential Features?

Macro location study aims to determine the region or territory in which the project will have influence with the media.

Factors to consider:

  • Proximity and availability of raw materials
  • Transport: inputs and outputs
    • Maritime
    • Railway
    • Road
    • Air
  • Availability of public services
    • Water
    • Electricity
    • Natural gas
    • Telecommunications

2. Micro Location: What is it and What Factors Influence it?

Micro location is the study done for the purpose of selecting the community

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Production Planning and Control: From Strategy to Scheduling

**Item 14: Planning and Production Control**

Operations Planning: Medium and Short Term

The process of planning and controlling production should follow a hierarchical approach in which vertical integration is achieved between the strategic and tactical objectives of the production system. It should also establish its horizontal relationship with other functional areas of the company. There are different hierarchical levels when making operations planning, depending on the horizon, but it is conditioned

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Optical Fiber Testing with OTDR and WDM Technology

Working Principle of OTDR

Light Pulse Injection:

The Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) uses a laser or LED to generate short, intense pulses of light, which are injected into the optical fiber under test.

Travel Through the Fiber:

The light pulse propagates through the fiber, encountering natural phenomena such as Rayleigh scattering and Fresnel reflection:

  • Rayleigh Scattering: A small portion of the light is scattered in all directions due to microscopic variations in the fiber material.
  • Fresnel
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Educational Technology and Economics: Impact on Learning

Educational Technology: Definitions, Meaning, and Scope

The word “technology” is derived from the two Greek words, technic and logia. “Technic” means “art” or “skill,” and “Logia” means “science” or “study.” Therefore, the simplest meaning of technology is the “science of study of an art or skill.”

Definitions of Technology

  • “Technology is knowledge organized for production.” – Sachs. I
  • “Technology is the application of scientific knowledge to a practical purpose.” – Page T
  • “Technology is the set of instruments
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Strategic Marketing: Objectives, Strategies, and Action Plans

Topic 4: Basic Principles for Setting Marketing Objectives

Basic principles for setting objectives (SMART):

  • Align with corporate goals and available resources.
  • Focus on “what” and “when,” not “how” or “why.”
  • Be realistic but ambitious.
  • Clearly documented and shared with everyone involved.
  • Allow for measurable results to justify the budget.

Three main areas on which we base our marketing objectives are:

  • Attraction: Increase new customers, sales, or social media followers.
  • Loyalty: Encourage repeat purchases
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Environmental Management Systems: Key Elements & Sustainability

Legal Requirements of an Environmental Management System (EMS)

You must establish, deploy, and maintain an Environmental Management System (EMS) containing procedures that address legal and other requirements related to its environmental aspects. This includes:

  • Laws
  • Statutes and regulations
  • Decrees
  • Directives
  • Permits and licenses
  • Orders and opinions issued by regulatory bodies
  • Treaties, conventions, and protocols

Environmental Goals

An organization, or a part of it, must develop the application of environmental

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