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IMPROVEMENT FACTOR [7 records]

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Record 1 2017-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

A second channel [through which exchange rates are believed to affect productivity] is the factor price hypothesis... When the exchange rate appreciates, this should make the use of capital more attractive than labour in the production process since the exchange rate affects the cost of labour. Over time this would lead to an increase in the use of capital, a decrease in labour intensity, and an improvement in productivity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
CONT

La seconde façon [dont les taux de change modifient la productivité] est l'hypothèse des prix comme facteur [...] Lorsque le taux de change s'apprécie, l'utilisation des immobilisations devrait être plus attrayante que le recours à la main-d'œuvre dans la production, car le taux de change modifie le coût de l'équipement et des logiciels importés plus que le coût de la main-d'œuvre. Après quelques temps, cela devrait mener à une augmentation de l'utilisation des immobilisations, à une baisse des activités ayant un fort coefficient de main-d'œuvre et à une amélioration de la productivité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
  • Bombs and Grenades
CONT

The second factor that promoted the improvement of tactical and technical elements of the first postwar submarines was further development of active and passive sonars of surface ships and their arming with depth-charge launchers, which made submarine hunters more effective and deadly, enabling them to attack at a great distance.

Key term(s)
  • depth charge launcher
  • depth charge thrower
  • depth charge projector
  • depth charge gun

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
  • Bombes et grenades

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de combate (Fuerzas navales)
  • Bombas y granadas
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Record 3 2003-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Radiotelephony
CONT

The signal is filtered after the correlator so that the interfering signals are reduced by the ratio of the bandwidth before and after the correlator. This signal improvement is called the processing gain and is a major factor in determining the CDMA [code division multiple access] digital cellular system capacity. Other important parameters are the... efficiency of frequency reuse, number of cell sectors, and voice duty cycle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Radiotéléphonie

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
DEF

An annual increase in real pay ... designed to enable workers to share the benefits arising from increased productivity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
DEF

Augmentation des salaires automatiquement accordée aux salariés selon une indexation rattachée à l'accroissement de la productivité.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering
  • Industrial Design
CONT

A formal design review is an important factor in enhancing product performance. It should take place at critical stages in the initial design process or after a design has been in service for a reasonable period. A redesign, based on feedback from the field and customer engineers, can lead to substantial improvement in cost or function.

OBS

The term "redesign" may be used to refer to design modifications that take place during the initial design process but also to those that occur after the product has been in service for a certain length of time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ingénierie
  • Dessin industriel
CONT

La reformulation du produit, qui affecte ses caractéristiques physiques, modifie éventuellement son domaine d'emploi, abaisse les coûts de production, ou augmente la sécurité ou la fiabilité, correspond à une opération déjà plus lourde (...)

OBS

L'AFITEP, dans son volume "Le management de projet" utilise le verbe "reconcevoir".

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering
  • Industrial Design
CONT

Before building prototypes and prior to any necessary redesign ... the shortcomings of design performance must be checked out and the redesign work to correct these deficiencies started, with concern for producibility as well as performance.

CONT

A formal design review is an important factor in enhancing product performance. It should take place at critical stages in the initial design process or after a design has been in service for a reasonable period. A redesign, based on feedback from the field and customer engineers, can lead to substantial improvement in cost or function.

OBS

The term "redesign" may be used to refer to design modifications that take place during the initial design process but also to those that occur after the product has been in service for a certain length of time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ingénierie
  • Dessin industriel
DEF

Étape [...] au cours de laquelle on corrige les défauts de conception détectés par les tests.

Spanish

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Record 7 1981-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Management and Maintenance
OBS

Motors and many firms build into their wage agreements a steady upward trend-the so-called "improvement factor". This may mean an average 3 to 4 per cent wage boost each year in addition to any cost-of-living escalator wage clauses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion et entretien des immeubles

Spanish

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