Oct 5, 2003 18:12
21 yrs ago
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Italian term

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the text deals with training programmes for textile factory:

fase 5: Catene del Valore:
La scopo di questa fase è di fornire agli operatori di produzione conoscenza e consapevolezza dei problemi (and from here the text is not clear for me) che eventuali difettosità a monte determinano nei cicli produttivi dei clienti a valle.

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that any defects at this stage will cause problems in the customers' production cycles later on.

I am afraid I do not like up and downstream very much. We do not use it very frequently in English and very seldom in a technical context.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Grace Anderson : really? "upstream" "downstream" gets over a million hits on Google.
30 mins
Thanks for the comment. Mine might be just a personal preference. However looking at the initial pages of Google UK hits upstream/downstream seem to be used in specific circumstances where a flow is indicated. I still feel it is inappropriate here.
agree Russell Jones : I share your sentiments; "subsequent problems"?
50 mins
thanks
agree snatalieg
1 hr
thanks
neutral giogi : if we dont' like "upstream"or "downstream" it's our peoblem, it is correct and very usual.
15 hrs
Correct it certainly is. Very usual... well, as I said above...
agree gmel117608
1 day 2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks a lot! MA"
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that any upstream defects cause in customers' production cycles downstream

Data Quality Requirements Analysis and Modeling
Formato file: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versione HTML
... in manufacturing that the earlier quality is considered in the production cycle,
the less costly in the long run because upstream defects cause downstream ...
https://www.crg2.com/iqconference/documents/ publications/TDQMpub/IEEEDEApr93.pdf
Peer comment(s):

agree giogi
15 hrs
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