Country: Brazil

Found 369 papers in total
Optimization models of the cutting stock problem in futniture and corrugated paper industries
1994,
This work examines some well-known optimization models for the cutting stock problem...
Cutting stock: Position of free cut
1994,
The position of the free cut problem is the particular assortment problem where the...
Exact solution of one-dimensional cutting stock problems using branch-and-bound and column generation
1996,
If an integer solution to the one-dimensional cutting stock problem is required, after...
Distance education in engineering: An outline and perspectives
1994,
Post-graduate Engineering programmes in Brazil have produced quite a number of new...
Boundaries of the right to refuse to work under serious dangerous conditions
1994,
The right to refuse to work under serious dangerous conditions was introduced in the...
Implementation of manufacturing cells in a company producing capital goods
1994,
This paper deals with the design and implementation of manufacturing cells in a...
Manufacture productivity I-Quick improvement method of the manufacture productivity
1994,
The quick improvement method of manufacturing productivity is based on the reduction...
Simulation in evaluation of scheduling policies in composites manufacturing
1994,
An assesment was made of the technology of manufacturing simulation of discrete part...
Empirically assessing the impact of business process reengineering on manufacturing firms
1996,
While the BPR (Business Process Reengineering) concept is conceptually appealing, in...
Product development in companies of the São Carlos Science Park
1996,
This article presents the process of product development in ten pioneer companies of...
Vertical decoupling/outsourcing and the subcontracting relationship in the Brazilian automobile industry
1994,
The aim of this study is to investigate, based on the context of the global industry...
A guide to implementing tabu search
1994,
In recent years the number of tabu search (TS) users has dramatically increased, as...
2nd generation expert system for technical diagnosis; A model and a procedure
1994,
This paper deals with the diagnosis of malfunction of industrial equipment through the...
The PROMETHEE-GAIA decision support system for multicriteria investigations
1994,
In this paper the interest to treat economical problems by multicriteria tools is...
The location-covering problem: A bicriterion interactive approach
1994,
The Location-Covering Problem (LCP) is a well-known combinatorial optimization problem...
Game Theory: Concepts, mathematical formalization and application to the assignment of joint cost
1994,
This paper presents the basic concepts of Game Theory and the mathematical...
Profile and wavefront reduction of large sparse matrices based on spectral properties of a graph
1994,
This paper investigates profile and wavefront reduction of large sparse matrices of...
The design of products to be manufactured in series
1994,
This paper characterizes product design for manufacturing in series. The premises and...
The ‘kaizen’ management principle
1994,
What is quality? A product or service of high quality should satisfy the actual and...
Inventory management for non-perishable retail goods
1994,
This study compares inventory system management methods for non-perishable retail...
Maintenance management of vehicle fleets: A review
1994,
This paper describes problems and challenges concerning the maintenance area of...
Equipment replacement and inflation
1994,
Mass production has been found to be an economical instrument for satisfying human...
The search for opportunities: The way to competitiveness
1994,
The growth of dynamic world competition has encouraged organizations to take more...
Analytical models to evaluation of flexible manufacturing systems
1994,
In the last few decades, manufacturing industry has experienced a deep transformation...
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