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  2. Inventory - Wikipedia

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    The concept of inventory, stock or work in process (or work in progress) has been extended from manufacturing systems to service businesses [1] [2] [3] and projects, [4] by generalizing the definition to be "all work within the process of production—all work that is or has occurred prior to the completion of production". In the context of a ...

  3. Hyperinflation - Wikipedia

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    It can be read from the table that if the (annual) inflation is for example 100%, it takes about 3.32 years for prices to increase by an order of magnitude (e.g., to produce one more zero on the price tags), or 9.97 years to produce three zeros. Thus can one expect a redenomination to take place about ten years after the currency was introduced.

  4. Indifference curve - Wikipedia

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    In Figure 1, the consumer would rather be on I 3 than I 2, and would rather be on I 2 than I 1, but does not care where he/she is on a given indifference curve. The slope of an indifference curve (in absolute value), known by economists as the marginal rate of substitution , shows the rate at which consumers are willing to give up one good in ...

  5. Market research - Wikipedia

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    Market research is an organized effort to gather information about target markets and customers. It involves understanding who they are and what they need. [1] It is an important component of business strategy [2] and a major factor in maintaining competitiveness.

  6. Data - Wikipedia

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    Data (/ ˈ d eɪ t ə / DAY-tə, US also / ˈ d æ t ə / DAT-ə) are a collection of discrete or continuous values that convey information, describing the quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpreted formally.

  7. Overall equipment effectiveness - Wikipedia

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    Overall equipment effectiveness [1] (OEE) is a measure of how well a manufacturing operation is utilized (facilities, time and material) compared to its full potential, during the periods when it is scheduled to run.

  8. Freight forwarder - Wikipedia

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    A freight forwarder is an entity who co-ordinates and organizes the movement of shipments on behalf of a shipper (party that arranges an item for shipment) by liaising with carriers. [3] A carrier is an entity that actually transports goods and may use a variety of shipping modes, including ships , airplanes , trucks , and railroads , including ...

  9. Dan (rank) - Wikipedia

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    Shōreikai 3-dan players who either win or finish runner-up in one of the two 3-dan league tournaments held each year are awarded the rank of 4-dan and granted professional status. Although there is no difference in the systems used for men and women amateurs, the JSA and the Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan, or LPSA, do ...