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  2. Operational efficiency - Wikipedia

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    Data Overload: Organizations must sift through vast amounts of data, requiring robust data management systems. Change Management: Implementing new processes and technologies can meet with resistance from employees. Cost of Implementation: Initial investments in technology and training can be high, though they usually pay off in the long run.

  3. List of business terms - Wikipedia

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    Reduce the number of employees through a lay-off End-user perspective Point of view of a customer about a product or service Evergreen Content that is always relevant [1] Flavour of the month The current popular or trending activity Golden handshake: Contract clause which richly rewards a key employee in the case of termination Golden parachute

  4. Glossary of economics - Wikipedia

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    Also called resource cost advantage. The ability of a party (whether an individual, firm, or country) to produce a greater quantity of a good, product, or service than competitors using the same amount of resources. absorption The total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves ...

  5. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The current international standard for the metric system is the International System of Units (Système international d'unités or SI). It is a system in which all units can be expressed in terms of seven units. The units that serve as the SI base units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and candela.

  6. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The systems formalised the concept of a collection of related units called a coherent system of units. In a coherent system, base units combine to define derived units without extra factors. [4]: 2 For example, using metre per second is coherent in a system that uses metre for length and second for time, but kilometre per hour is not coherent.

  7. Unit of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The systematic effort to develop a universally acceptable system of units dates back to 1790 when the French National Assembly charged the French Academy of Sciences to come up such a unit system. This system was the precursor to the metric system which was quickly developed in France but did not take on universal acceptance until 1875 when The ...

  8. Sales and operations planning - Wikipedia

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    APICS defines S&OP as the "function of setting the overall level of manufacturing output (production plan) and other activities to best satisfy the current planned levels of sales (sales plan and/or forecasts), while meeting general business objectives of profitability, productivity, competitive customer lead times, etc., as expressed in the ...

  9. Piece work - Wikipedia

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    When paying a worker, employers can use various methods and combinations of methods. [2] Some of the most prevalent methods are: wage by the hour (known as "time work"); annual salary; salary plus commission (common in sales jobs); base salary or hourly wages plus gratuities (common in service industries); salary plus a possible bonus (used for some managerial or executive positions); salary ...