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WP 2 - Substitution or segregation: explaining the gender composition in Dutch manufacturing industry 1899-1998
No full textThis paper focuses on the role of substitution or segregation in the demand for female labour. Based on an extensive overview of detailed studies, fluctuations in the gender composition of the labour force in four major sectors of Dutch manufacturing industry have been examined over the past hundred years. Women’s share in employment has been stable in clothing industry, fluctuated in textiles, increased in food production and decreased in Philips Electronics. Changes in the share of women were primarily explained by segregation that is by fluctuations in employment in the male respectively female domains. Only few examples of substitution were traced, primarily driven by labour market shortages, but the numbers of workers involved were small. Overwhelmingly, employers preferred to act within gender boundaries.
An evolutionary stage model of outsourcing and competence destruction : a Triad comparison of the consumer electronics industry
No full textOutsourcing has gained much prominence in managerial practice and academic discussions in the last two decades or so. Yet, we still do not understand the full implications of outsourcing strategy for corporate performance. Traditionally outsourcing across borders is explained as a cost-cutting exercise, but more recently the core competency argument states that outsourcing also leads to an increased focus, thereby improving effectiveness. However, no general explanation has so far been provided for how outsourcing could lead to deterioration in a firm‟s competence base. We longitudinally analyze three cases of major consumer electronics manufacturers, Emerson Radio from the U.S., Japan‟s Sony and Philips from the Netherlands to understand the dynamic process related to their sourcing strategies. We develop an evolutionary stage model that relates outsourcing to competence development inside the firm and shows that a vicious cycle may emerge. Thus it is appropriate to look not only at how outsourcing is influenced by an organization‟s current set of competences, but also how it alters that set over time. The four stages of the model are offshore sourcing, phasing out, increasing dependence on foreign suppliers, and finally industry exit or outsourcing reduction. The evolutionary stage model helps managers understand for which activities and under which conditions outsourcing across borders is not a viable option.
Results suggest that each of these firms had faced a loss of manufacturing competitiveness in its home country, to which it responded by offshoring and then outsourcing production. When a loss of competences occurred, some outsourcing decisions were reversed
Y.M. Lau Tools for Compilation, Testing and Verification of LOTOS Specifications
No full textAll nghis are reserved. Reprodueiton an whole or in pari is prohibiied withou1 ihe wntien consenf of the copynghl owner This report contains the results of an evaluation of a number of tools from the LOTOS toolset lite. The selected tools cover functionalities in the areas of compilation, testing, and verification of LOTOS specifications. @ Philips Electronics N. V. 1993 UR 020/93 Management Summary The evaluation presented here was initiated after we had obtained a copy of the MiniLile software at the Third Lotosphere Seminar. It turned out that t,Iiis software contains a number of interesting tools not found in a c,ornmercial version of the related lit?, which was the subject of an earlier evaluation ([SI). Here we have tried to assess the extra functionalities offered by these tools. Any department, working with LOTOS for the specification or design of its prodiicts can hardly do without a comprehensive toolset, and lite would be
Philips Restricted c ○ Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. 2006 TN- 2006/00686 Philips Restricted Concerns: This is a MSc thesis of J. Smid prepared under the supervision of A.C. den
No full textAll rights reserved. Reproduction or dissemination in whole or in part is prohibited without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. ii c ○ Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. 2006 Philips Restricted TN- 2006/0068
Power electronics design : a practitioner's guide /
No full textThis book serves as an invaluable reference to Power Electronics Design, covering the application of high-power semiconductor technology to large motor drives, power supplies, power conversion equipment, electric utility auxiliaries and numerous other applications. Design engineers, design drafters and technicians in the power electronics industry, as well as students studying power electronics in various contexts, will benefit from Keith Sueker's decades of experience in the industry. With this experience, the author has put the overall power electronics design process in the context of primary electronic components and the many associated components required for a system. The seeming complexity of power electronics design is made transparent with Keith Sueker's simple, direct language and a minimum reliance on mathematics. Readers will come away with a wealth of practical design information that has hundreds of explanatory diagrams to support it, having also seen many examples of potential pitfalls in the design process.1. Electric Power -- 2. Power Apparatus -- 3. Analytical Tools -- 4. Feedback Control Systems -- 5. Transients -- 6. Traveling Waves -- 7. Transformers and Reactors -- 8. Rotating Machines -- 9. Rectifiers and Converters -- 10. Phase Control -- 11. Series and Parallel Operation -- 12. Pulsed Converters -- 13. Switchmode Systems -- 14. Power Factor and Harmonics -- 15. Thermal Considerations -- 16. Power Electronics Applications.This book serves as an invaluable reference to Power Electronics Design, covering the application of high-power semiconductor technology to large motor drives, power supplies, power conversion equipment, electric utility auxiliaries and numerous other applications. Design engineers, design drafters and technicians in the power electronics industry, as well as students studying power electronics in various contexts, will benefit from Keith Sueker's decades of experience in the industry. With this experience, the author has put the overall power electronics design process in the context of primary electronic components and the many associated components required for a system. The seeming complexity of power electronics design is made transparent with Keith Sueker's simple, direct language and a minimum reliance on mathematics. Readers will come away with a wealth of practical design information that has hundreds of explanatory diagrams to support it, having also seen many examples of potential pitfalls in the design process.Elsevie
Polymer multimode waveguide optical and electronic PCB manufacturing
No full textThe paper describes the research in the £1.3 million IeMRC Integrated Optical and Electronic Interconnect PCB Manufacturing (OPCB) Flagship Project in which 8 companies and 3 universities carry out collaborative research and which was formed and is technically led by the author. The consortium’s research is aimed at investigating a range of fabrication techniques, some established and some novel, for fabricating polymer multimode waveguides from several polymers, some formulations of which are being developed within the project. The challenge is to develop low cost waveguide manufacturing techniques compatible with commercial PCB manufacturing and to reduce their alignment cost. The project aims to take the first steps in making this hybrid optical waveguide and electrical copper track printed circuit board disruptive technology widely available by establishing and incorporating waveguide design rules into commercial PCB layout software and transferring the technology for fabricating such boards to a commercial PCB manufacturer. To focus the research the project is designing an optical waveguide backplane to tight realistic constraints, using commercial layout software with the new optical design rules, for a demonstrator into which 4 daughter cards are plugged, each carrying an aggregate of 80 Gb/s data so that each waveguide carries 10 Gb/s
Do structured methods help eco-innovation: An evaluation of the product ideas tree diagram
No full textThis paper reports on the first test of the Product Ideas Tree diagram (PIT): a structured method aimed to help Eco-innovation. The PIT diagram structures ideas output from chaotic idea generating sessions. This study compared four ways of conducting an Eco-innovation workshop. The results show that structured methods help Eco-innovation by improving the constructive communication between the participants. Further development of the PIT diagram promises to contribute several new approaches to sustainable product and process design
The Korean consumer electronics industry : reaction to antidumping actions
No full textAntidumping actions by importing countries do not protect their consumers. What protects domestic consumers is competition. It is Korean consumers who are paying for the development of the Korean electronics industry, not consumers in the countries that import Korean goods. A key element of Korea's industrial development strategy has been to maintain stringent import restrictions while promoting the development of a few large domestic firms. The author strongly stresses the need to implement progressive import liberalization policies that will allow foreign competition in the Korean market. Import policy regimes in exporting countries have played a critical role in creating an environment that makes it possible for profit-maximizing firms to follow a price-discriminating marketing strategy. Progressive liberalization will eliminate the incentive for following such a marketing strategy as monopoly profits are slowly eroded.Environmental Economics&Policies,TF054105-DONOR FUNDED OPERATION ADMINISTRATION FEE INCOME AND EXPENSE ACCOUNT,Economic Theory&Research,Markets and Market Access,Access to Markets
Supply chain planning at Philips Lighting Lumileds: A design and implementation of a stock control model to balance customer service and stock levels in an end to end environment to improve product availability.
No full textImproving service level at the lowest possible costs is and will always be one of the key objectives of Philips Electronics. This research illustrates how a part of the Philips supply chain control is setup /designed to support this objective. Within Philips, the business unit called Lumileds supplies LED’s to its customers. One of the components used to manufacture LED’s is made at the component manufacturer that is subject to this thesis. The objective of improving service levels at the lowest possible cost can be enabled by supply chain control. Of course superior service levels can be realized with excessive inventory levels. However that ignores the objective of lowest costs, because inventory cost money. Therefore an optimal balance between service level and inventory must be achieved. This balance depends on a number of different drivers like lead-time, lead-time variability, manufacturing quality and demand pattern. This research will define a model that generates advice to achieve the desired balance, taking into account all relevant drivers.Transport and logisticsInfrastructure Systems & ServicesTechnology, Policy and Managemen
Corrections to “The Quantum Theory of Optical Communications” [Nov/Dec 09 1547-1569]
No full textThe author corrects errors made in the above titled paper (ibid., vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1547-1569, Nov./Dec. 09), and withdraws the Note Added in Proof
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