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PACTOLE [2 records]

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Record 1 1992-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Quality Control (Management)
CONT

Juran regarded failure costs as "gold in the mine" because they could be reduced sharply by investing in quality improvement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de la qualité (Gestion)
DEF

Source de richesse, de profit.

CONT

Il a trouvé le pactole. C'est un vrai pactole.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
CONT

"... they may continue on the basis as long as their funding pipeline remains open ...".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
CONT

"(...) ils peuvent continuer ainsi tant que le pactole continue de couler (...)".

Spanish

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