Having recognized the need for an advanced condition monitoring system which could perform intelligent process monitoring and root-cause analysis, BHP Billiton (Base Metals) in association with Barrick Gold and SGS Advanced Systems formed a consortium in 2004 in order to develop a system known as AHEAD (Asset Health Effectiveness and Diagnostics).
Seemingly innocuous differences in the governance of policies and assets influence their effectiveness a great deal.
Directors said that the "hostile environment" in which Bond had operated in the last six months meant that it had incurred losses on the sale of its assets, reducing their effectiveness.
But we know that real preparation comes in the form of foresight, planning, and preserving our assets, including the effectiveness of our doctors and medicines.
Next, we examine the cost effectiveness and asset efficiency, both Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) performance attributes, of the plant by introducing setup costs and asset-related opportunity costs.
Instead of merely "drowning in data", Big Data can be used as an advantage to improve risk analysis and combined with ROI analysis can more effectively prioritize information assets in terms of effectiveness, scalability, and protection.
But Syrian forces might disperse their most important assets, decreasing the potential effectiveness of such a strike.
Ultimately, the success or failure of an organisation is not determined by capital or assets but by the effectiveness of the governance.
Findings indicate that livestock transfers are of limited effectiveness in addressing asset risk and avoiding poverty.
Finally, a demonstrative case is provided to verify the effectiveness of cloud asset.
In terms of two classic measurements of management effectiveness, employee and asset productivity, Citigroup is well ahead of HSBC.
