Vaccination is the administration of antigenic material (a vaccine) to stimulate an individual's immune system to develop adaptive immunity to a pathogen. Vaccines can prevent or ameliorate morbidity from infection. When a sufficiently large percentage of a population has been vaccinated, this results in herd immunity. The effectiveness of vaccination has been widely studied and verified; for example, the influenza vaccine, the HPV vaccine, and the chicken pox vaccine.
Business-level strategy is an ideal that promotes providing excellent and proactive customer service in order to generate better financial returns. This method of operation focuses on monetary needs and creating superior returns on investment.
Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Material requirements planning (MRP) is a type of planning focused on the management of processes in manufacturing industries. MRP looks at the availability of materials for production and other related metrics. One aspect of material requirements planning is inventory control.