Country: Brazil

Found 369 papers in total
Factors and procedures to determine quality in product design for competivity
1996,
The influence of the design quality on product competivity takes place throughout the...
Management of change in product quality
1994,
The dynamic of the competitive environment, rapid changes in consumer necessities and...
A comparative study of downside risk and volatility in asset allocation
1994,
Risk management plays a central role in portfolio theory. In order to capture the...
Optimal aggregate production planning with minimum inventory limit affected by demand uncertainties
1995,
This paper deals with the determination of an optimal decision policy for a production...
Manufacture productivity II-Quick improvement method of manufacture productivity: Waiting reduction in the operation cycle
1995,
The quick improvement method of manufacture productivity is exclusively based on the...
Manufacture productivity III-quick improvement method of the manufacture productivity Reduction of the inative time and of the process material waiting time
1995,
The quick improvement method of the manufacture productivity is based on the reduction...
A procedure for evaluating productivity in materials management
1995,
The authors propose a procedure for controlling the consumption of small items. The...
Kanban system implantation as a helping technique of the Production Planning and Control: A case study at a medium-size factory
1995,
The present article reports the experience of the Kanban system implantation on a...
The use of the National Quality Award Criteria for self-assessment in Brazil
1995,
The Brazilian National Quality Prize was awarded for the first time in 1992. The Award...
Participative programs and quality management
1995,
This article discusses the relationship between participative programs and the...
Assessment of Quality Programs by the implementation of ISO 9000
1995,
The Grupo Nacional de Organização da Produção-GNOP-has...
Total Quality: Proposal of a model for implementation
1995,
The effective implementation of Total Quality Management Programs has been presenting...
A practical approach to lot and setup scheduling at a textile firm
1995,
This is a study of scheduling of setups and production activities of a textile firm,...
Metaheuristic for scheduling with dependent setup times
1995,
This article focuses on the one machine scheduling problem where jobs can be grouped...
Planning for quality in the service area and critical factors for success in new enterprises
1995,
The authors suggest some tools to contribute to the development of small and medium...
Economic Model for a Sugarcane Company
1995,
This work describes an Economic Model for a Sugarcane Company. The model was adapted...
Agri-food management: Developing human resources for the Brazilian agribusiness
1995,
The article provides a general overview of Brazilian agribusiness and the new...
A production scheduling problem in an automated cast
1995,
This paper presents a mathematical model of a particular Planning and Control...
On Manufacturing Competitive Priorities: Trade-offs and implementation sequences
1995,
Literature on Manufacturing Competitive Priorities has evolved considerably in the...
A survey on open queueing network models applied to discrete manufacturing systems: Part I
1995,
In this paper the authors present the first part of the present survey on open...
A survey on open queueing network models applied to discrete manufacturing systems: Part II
1995,
This paper presents the second (and last) part of the present survey on open queueing...
Impacts of information technology on ‘white collar’ work
1995,
Huge investments in information technology (IT) have been directed to business process...
Policy Deployment and Management by Objectives: A comparative analysis
1995,
Brazilian reality and the velocity of the diffusion process of the Total Quality...
Measurement system analysis using latin squares method
1995,
Traditional methods used for the evaluation of measurement systems are presented....
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