Steelwedge Software

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Candy Dish S&OP

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 10:44 AM PST

There are certain stock images associated with Valentine's Day: flowers, hand holding, heart-shaped everything, especially candies. Every sweet manufacturer seems to have its own Valentine twist on its product. Candy: it's such an unassuming piece of sugary happiness, and one thing we've added to our headquarters office front desk is a whole dish full of it. There's a pretty big selection of candies in the dish, from mini chocolate bars to hard fruit-flavored candies, soft chews, mints, et al. The office has consumers in the form of employees and visitors to the office who enjoy all the different types of candy available, with the chocolate being, perhaps not surprisingly, the favorite among them. It occurs to me that there's a mini S&OP process arising that keeps the candy dish bringing joy to the office. First there's the tracking of which candies and candy types disappear the fastest, how much of which type to order so as not to take up too much valuable stocking space or to hold onto any type of candy too long. There's the process of changing out the candy types every few days to keep the dish interesting to our consumers while ensuring the new and untried types are going to actually be eaten and not lie ignored in the bowl.… Read the rest

Dolphin Concept Car wins Michellin competition

Dolphin Concept Car wins Michellin competition


Dolphin Concept Car wins Michellin competition

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 01:38 PM PST

Designers Liu Shun, Gao Zhiqiang, and Chen Zhilei have created the third winner of the Michellin design challenge of 2013 and have created a concept car design with a sleek streamlined form for a family car.

Dolphin Concept Car

Dolphin Concept Car

The shape is just part of the many facets of the design that contribute to the overall concept of a low energy family car. The concept tag line is ‘Half! Lightweight with passion”. Other features of the vehicle include:

  • Entire body of glass,
  • Carbon fibre frame,
  • Lightweight design to reduce energy consumption

The drive-chain includes a maglev DC motor with dual stators which apparently brings power at a lighter weight cost than conventional engines.

This family car of the future, as its name suggests, takes its inspiration from aquatic mammals, which is so very evident from its streamlined and sculpted shape.  Moreover, the lightweight construction would be sure to make it agile with taught handling.

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Dolphin Concept Car

Dolphin Concept Car

Dolphin Concept Car

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