Inventory is one of the major concerns of a small business. Having what your customers need when they need it matters. Maintaining control of your inventory can be a challenge, however, as even in the ...

Organizational culture is a term that defines specific patterns of behavior, including rituals, rules and identity within a professional environment. Culture specifically is a means of controlling ...

PRICES, ACCORDING to economists, are determined by supply and demand, acting like the twin blades of a pair of scissors. But that is not the whole story. In many times and places, prices have instead ...

Power plants–especially coal-fired boilers–pose a set of process control problems unparalleled in other industries. Rapid load ramps, continuous unit demand changes, variable fuel quality and process ...

MAINSTREAM economists have had to rethink a lot as a result of the financial crisis. The cross-border flow of capital is one such area. Gyrations in money movements over the past five years (see ...