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This is a qualitative case study which encompasses a thick description of an organization's workplace training programme and how it relates to the National Qualifications Framework and Skills Development. The organization in question is Imana Foods (Pty) Ltd. The purpose of conducting this particular study is to take a close look at the workplace training programme of a particular organization and to see how it has embraced the implementation of new legislative acts such as the South African Qualifications Authority Act, the Skills Development Act, the Skills Development Levies Act, and the Employment Equity Act into its education and training policy . These legislative acts are interrelated in the sense that they have one very significant common goal, and that is to improve the South African economy. By implementing these acts, the government hopes to increase the amount of skilled labour, which in turn should lead to better job opportunities for those employees who already have jobs, and also to promote education and training to those people who are unemployed. The government hopes to keep a watchful eye on the labour market with the intention of providing training in the areas where there is a shortage of skills. My intention for wanting to examine the workplace training programme of a single organization is to determine whether or not the training programme under study is serving its purpose which is to provide equal opportunity for all the employees within the organization. / Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2002.

為尼加拉瓜馬拉瓜市El Carretón by El Morralito餐廳開發義大利三明治和義大利麵餐車服務 / The mobile food industry in Nicaragua is as of the writing of this document, in a growth stage. The competition is low and the conditions are proper to quickly expand and settle as one of the leaders in the industry. Based on this, the owners of El Morralito, an Italian Panini & Pasta small eatery have decided to plan their expansion into the mobile food market by launching a Food Truck: El Carretón by El Morralito. Trained personnel, mobile sales point, customer relationships, focus on quality and profitability, and expertise in logistics are the key success factors that will ensure El Carretón successful in its initially target market, which comprehends mostly students and office employees around the center of Managua in a 2 Km radius that includes the biggest universities and the largest office compound in the capital. Launching the mobile brand as part of an existing company will allow the startup to initiate its operations with several sunk costs, that will reduce the initial investment required to launch the service. Synergies between the existing eatery and the mobile truck will allow each individual business to reduce its costs by sharing a central kitchen, storage space and to have additional procurement bargaining power by bulk purchasing, which will eventually reduce costs and increase profits. Based on these synergies, the expansion plan includes additional trucks of the same and new cuisines that could eventually be franchised. The financial analysis, which includes the expansion plan, proves the project to be profitable and desirable under its assumptions, based on the initial investment scheme.

Cocoa has been useful in several ways, especially to countries that produce it and consumers all over the world. Its benefits range from improving economies to satisfying millions all over the world who desire one cocoa product or the other. The production of cocoa however is not without its own attendant problems. Aging tree stock, spread of diseases, and production capacity problems are, but a few of many challenges that seed gardens that produce cocoa face. This study investigated the pollination process on selected seed gardens in Ghana, the second largest world producer of cocoa. The purpose of this study was to investigate the artificial pollination process of cocoa on seed gardens in Ghana, and explore ways by which the Lean principle of Value Stream Mapping could be applied in improving the process. The process of pollination was observed on eighteen seed gardens, and a current value stream map depicting the existing process developed to give an indication of the current state of affairs. Subsequently, a future value stream map based on the current map was developed to show aspects of the process that could be improved to enhance the operations of the seed gardens. The future value stream map revealed that operational procedures relating to cleaning and preparation of trees, choosing male and female trees for pollination, harvesting of pollen, and manually pollinating practices presented various avenues for improving the pollination process and hence seed production output.

Der Statusbericht 2013 bietet einen Überblick zur wirtschaftlichen Bedeutung sowie volkswirtschaftlichen Einordnung der Land- und Ernährungswirtschaft in Sachsen. Die Bruttowertschöpfung der Land- und Forstwirtschaft stieg 2012 auf 1.103 Mio. €. Zusammen mit dem Ernährungsgewerbe wurde eine Bruttowertschöpfung von rd. 2,1 Mrd. € erzielt. Das ist ein Anteil von 2,4 % an der gesamten Wertschöpfung Sachsens. Darüber hinaus bestehen zahlreiche Verflechtungen zwischen der Landwirtschaft und deren vor- und nachgelagerten Bereichen. Zusammengefasst unter der Bezeichnung Agrarbusiness konnten mind. 78.500 Beschäftigte (d. h. jeder 25. sächsische Arbeitsplatz) diesem Bereich zugeordnet werden und damit mehr als doppelt so viel wie den Wirtschaftszweigen Maschinenbau (38.440 Erwerbstätige) und Fahrzeugbau (27.583 Erwerbstätige).

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-115).

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-115). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Technische Universität, Berlin. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-240).

Com a busca pela praticidade e rapidez na obtenção dos resultados, torna-se cada vez mais importante a implementação de métodos que possam ponderar se os resultados quantitativos são realmente necessários. Os métodos qualitativos são utilizados como uma triagem que antecedem a quantificação e que permite uma redução tanto de tempo como de custos. Estes métodos têm cada vez mais ganhado importância e o uso instrumental proporcionou novas perspectivas e garantia de uma maior confiabilidade e aplicabilidade. O desenvolvimento de metodologias qualitativas aliando métodos instrumentais e quimiometria podem ser apropriados para autenticação de amostras. Desta forma, associado à espectroscopia na região do ultravioleta e visível (UV-Vis) o método quimiométrico de reconhecimento de padrões supervisionado de mínimos quadrados parciais com análise discriminante (PLS-DA), mostrou ser uma ferramenta capaz de autenticar amostras de óleo de soja transgênica e não transgênica, bem como, a autenticação de azeite de oliva extra virgem de acordo com os percentuais de acidez. Além disso, o método proposto permite uma análise rápida e não destrutiva da amostra. Nos estudos, a autenticação de óleos de sojas transgênicos e não transgênicos pode ser atribuída ao deslocamento batocrômico, provavelmente devido às diferenças no grupo cromóforo presente nas amostras transgênicas e não transgênicas, enquanto que nos azeites extra virgem de diferentes percentuais de acidez a autenticação pode ser atribuída a ocorrência de efeitos hipercrômico e hipocrômico. A espectroscopia na região do UV-Vis permitiu a autenticação geográfica de azeites de oliva da região do Mediterrâneo através do método quimiométrico de análise de componentes independentes (ICA). Por ser um método baseado na independência estatística, diferenças entre as amostras provenientes de diferentes países banhados pelo mar Mediterrâneo puderam ser discriminadas, bem como amostras provenientes de um mesmo país. / The search for practical and quickly results increase the importance of methodologies that can ponder if the quantitative results are really needed. The qualitative methods are used as a prior screening to quantification and allows a reduction of time and costs. These methods have increasingly its importance and the instrumental employ provided new perspectives and ensuring greater reliability and applicability. The development of qualitative methods combining instrumental and chemometric can be appropriate for authentication samples. Thus, coupled with spectroscopy in the ultraviolet and visible region (UV-Vis) the supervised pattern recognition method of partial least squares with discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), showed be a tool to authenticate transgenic and non-transgenic soybean oil samples, as well, extra virgin olive oil according to the acidity percentage. Furthermore, the proposed method promote a rapid and non-destructive analysis of the samples. Authentication studies of transgenic and non transgenic soybeans oils can be attributed to the bathochromic shift, due to differences in the chromophore group present in the transgenic and non transgenic samples, while in the extra virgin olive oils with different acidity percentages the authentication can be attributed to the occurrence of hyperchromic and hypochromic effects. UV-Vis spectroscopy allowed the geographic authentication of extra virgin olive oils from the Mediterranean region through the chemometric method of independent component analysis (ICA). Due the ICA be a method based on statistical independence, differences between samples from different countries around the Mediterranean Sea were authenticated, as well the samples from the same country.

[pt] Em decorrência do acirrado ambiente concorrencial, as empresas alimentícias de cárneos embutidos vêem-se obrigadas a melhorar seus sistemas produtivos de forma contínua, o que implica em definir de modo coordenado seu processo de busca e escolha de tecnologia dentro dos imperativos de higiene que devem vigorar nesse ramo industrial. Para que isso possa ser efetivamente implementado, faz-se necessário que a organização identifique as oportunidades mercadológicas reconhecendo, quando não os benefícios das novas tecnologias, ao menos a sua necessidade. Este trabalho apresenta a configuração da indústria de alimentos brasileira para então atingir o complexo carne, em especial o setor de cárneos embutidos. Em seguida, apresenta uma classificação da tecnologia e sua análise sob o ponto de vista estratégico. Adiante as formulações teóricas das etapas de absorção da tecnologia são avaliadas de acordo com a postura de empresas fornecedoras e compradoras de equipamentos do setor. Por fim, propõe uma estrutura de análise do funcionamento do processo de escolha de equipamentos, propiciando informações importantes à boa gestão das empresas e ao meio acadêmico. / [en] As a result of a strident competitive environment, food manufacturers of stuffed meat are required to improve their production processes continuouslly. The fact implies in defining, in a coordinated way, their procedures for technology search and selection, following higienic standards which must rule this industrial segment. For this purpose, food organizations need to identify market opportunities, recognizing the benefits of new technologies, or at least their usefulness. This study presents the actual configuration of the Brazilian food industry and sequentially the meat segment, more specifically the stuffed meat sector. It then discusses the concept of technology and overviews a methodology to technology strategic analysis. Moreover, the theorical formulations on the phases of technology use are evaluated in accordance with the attitude of equipment producers and their clients. Conclusivelly, it proposes an structured analysis of the process of equipment search, providing an important set of informations to a better industry management and also to academics. / [es] Debido a la alta competitividad, las empresas alimenticias de cárnicos embutidos se han visto obligadas a mejorar sus sistemas productivos de forma continua, lo que implica definir de modo coordinado el proceso de búsqueda y selección de tecnología dentro de las normas de higiene de esta rama industrial. Para poder implemetar efectivamente este preoceso, es necesario que la organización identifique las oportunidades mercadológicas reconociendo, cuando no los benefícios de las nuevas tecnologías, al menos su necesidad. Este trabajo presenta primeramente la configuración de la industria de alimentos brasilera, para después alcanzar el complejo carne, en especial el sector de cárnicos embutidos. Mas adelante, se presenta una clasificación de la tecnología y su análisis desde el punto de vista estratégico. Se evalúan las formulaciones teóricas de las etapas de absorción de la tecnología de acuerdo con la postura de empresas suministradoras y compradoras de equipos del sector. Finalmente, se propone una extructura de análisis de la funcionadad del proceso de selección de equipos, propiciando informaciones importantes a una buena gestión de las empresas y al medio académico.