Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1996. / Chair: Frederic Wakeman, Jr. Includes bibliographical references.

Inaug.-Diss.--Bern. / "Benutzte und zitierte Materialien": p. v-vii.

Thesis (B.A.)--Bryn Mawr College, Growth and Structure of Cities Program, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The majority of small and medium - and to a much lesser extent the large - commercial lithographic printing firms situated in the Western Cape do not employ a fulltime financial director or an accountant. The result is that many managers - very often without much financial training - have to steer their firm through very turbulent economic times. Apart from being in this state of siege, managers of these commercial printing firms have their problem compounded by the fact that they do not have any industry-specific financial benchmarks against which to evaluate their firms' financial performance. Against this background, the writer has set out to determine certain industry financial benchmarks - presented in the form of ratios - for the commercial lithographic printing firms situated in the Western Cape to enable participating firms to measure their performance relative to their sector peers. As such, this study is aimed at the non-financial manager, firstly, and thereafter the financial manager. To this end an attempt has been made to keep the vocabulary as user-friendly as possible without sacrificing brevity and clarity. Lastly, this study is presented as a working document rather than a theoretical exercise. The essence of this study - to create a tool for financial evaluation - could be embodied as follows: Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity, cash flow is reality. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die meerderheid klein en medium - en tot 'n mindere mate groot - kommersiële litografiese drukkery firmas wat in die Wes Kaap geleë is, het nie 'n voltydse finansiële direkteur of rekenmeester in diens nie. Dit gee daartoe aanleiding dat verskeie bestuurders - dikwels sonder noemenswaardige finansiële opleiding - hul firma deur 'n baie onstuimige ekonomiese omgewing moet stuur. Buiten hierdie uitdaging is daar ook die verdere probleem dat daar tans geen industrie-spesifieke finansiële maatstawwe bestaan waarteen hul firmas se finansiële prestasie gemeet kan word nie. Teen hierdie agtergrond het hierdie studie dus ten doel gehad om sekere industrie spesifieke finansiële maatstawwe - aangebied as verhoudings - vir die kommersiële litografiese drukkery firmas wat in die Wes Kaap geleë is, te genereer sodat deelnemende firmas hul finansiële prestasie kan meet relatief tot hul sektor eweknieë. Met hierdie doel voor oë is hierdie studie dus eerstens gerig op die nie-finansiële bestuurder en daarna die finansiële bestuurder. Dienooreenkomstig is die woordeskat dus so gebruikervriendelik moontlik gehou sonder om akkuraatheid en trefkrag in te boet. Laastens is hierdie studie gemik om 'n werksdokument eerder as 'n teoretiese skrywe te wees. Die kern van hierdie studie - om naamlik 'n instrument te wees vir finansiële evaluasie - kan as volg saamgevat word: Omset is ydelheid, wins is redelikheid, kontantvloei is werklikheid.

This thesis is designed to emphasize and illustrate that marginal costing is a tool of management that can make clear the how, when, why, and wherefor of the price determining affect and its results.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1996. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 31).

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2007. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-65).

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Nosso objetivo neste trabalho é investigar como o design gráfico se relaciona com os meios de produção da indústria gráfica brasileira. Não é comum encontrar referências abordando temas que relacionam design e tecnologia em livros sobre a história do Brasil, o que demonstra a urgência do resgate histórico de indústrias que implementaram novas tecnologias para atender a demandas projetuais e mercadológicas. Sediada na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, a clicheria Latt-Mayer como era comumente chamada, era sinônimo de qualidade e tecnologia. Entre seus clientes podemos apontar agências de publicidade, editoras, escritórios de designers e gráficas de todo país. Esta pesquisa se baseia em um corpus composto por imagens, documentos, manuais técnicos, reportagens, matrizes e depoimentos com pessoas que estiveram diretamente envolvidas com essa empresa. Catalogamos maquinaria e técnicas utilizadas, além de projetos gráficos relevantes que tiveram matrizes e provas produzidas na empresa. Por meio deste trabalho, é possível visualizar um abrangente painel histórico, que contempla um período em que ocorreram significativas transformações na relação entre designers e tecnologia na indústria gráfica brasileira. / Our purpose in this research is to investigate how the graphic design relates to the means of production in the Brazilian printing industry. It is unusual to find references on topics that relate design & technology in books on Brazilian history, which demonstrates the need to recapture the history of industries that have implemented new technology to answer design and market demands. Located in Rio de Janeiro, the photoengraving shop Latt-Mayer as it was commonly called, was synonymous with high quality and technological advance. Among its clients we can point to advertising agencies, publishers, design offices and the printing industry across the country. This research is based on a corpus consisting of images, documents, technical manuals, reports, and interviews with people who were directly involved with the company. We have cataloged machinery and techniques used and graphic design relevant to their patterns and had printing proofs produced by the engraving shop. With this work, we can observe a comprehensive historical panel, which includes a period in which there were significant overall changes in the relation between technology & design in the Brazilian printing industry.

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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Technikon, 2003. / This research report is based on a case study. It follows up on the research of a previous study by Muregerera (1996). His thesis was compiled in order to develop a model for a world-class manufacturing organization. For his case study, he chose Omnigraphics. Although his focus was on world class manufacturing principles, he did address Omnigraphics prior to the organization receiving ISO 9000 certification through the SASS. This research report therefore looks at the transformation that Omnigraphics went through, from an organization without a formal quality management system, to one with a functional quality management system. Chapter one defines quality management systems and the benefits of a formal quality management system. Current research is discussed in chapter two together with the benefits and requirements of the ISO system. Chapter three addresses the challenges, which Omnigraphics faced prior to ISO 9000 implementation and the changes that occurred once this organization was certified to ISO 9001. A comprehensive survey was done to identify the actual benefits that suppliers and customers see in dealing with an ISO 9000 listed organization. Chapter four looks at the participants of the survey as well as the questions posed. Chapter five gives the results of the survey in a graphical format as well as an interpretation of the results. The research report also focuses on the new revision of the ISO 9000 series and this is addressed in chapter six. The report closes by reviewing the research and looking at the future of the ISO 9000 series.