Keyword: manufacturing industries

Found 1205 papers in total
Testing the Porter hypothesis: the effects of environmental investments on efficiency in Swedish industry
Testing the Porter hypothesis: the effects of environmental investments on efficiency in Swedish industry
2013,
The main objective of this paper is to test the Porter hypothesis by assessing static...
The impact of trust and contract on innovation performance: The moderating role of environmental uncertainty
The impact of trust and contract on innovation performance: The moderating role of environmental uncertainty
2011,
Research into two important control mechanisms for managing the supply chain...
Differences between Six Sigma applications in manufacturing and the service industry
Differences between Six Sigma applications in manufacturing and the service industry
2013,
The purpose of the research presented in this paper is to investigate the differences...
Delphi Study on evaluating information in simulation studies for manufacturing and logistics planning
Delphi Study on evaluating information in simulation studies for manufacturing and logistics planning
2013,
Information is the key resource for performing simulation studies in manufacturing and...
Exploring how inter‐organizational relational benefits affect information sharing in supply chains
Exploring how inter‐organizational relational benefits affect information sharing in supply chains
2013,
This research explores how inter‐organizational relationship interacts with...
Unique TQM practices and logistics performance
Unique TQM practices and logistics performance
2013,
This research investigates the impact of the unique TQM practices of customer focus,...
Proposing and analysing a model for the influence of outsourcing on organisational agility with a case study in a manufacturing company
Proposing and analysing a model for the influence of outsourcing on organisational agility with a case study in a manufacturing company
2013,
In this paper an attempt has been made to find how outsourcing of activities...
Efficiency measurement of Indian steel industry using data envelopment analysis
Efficiency measurement of Indian steel industry using data envelopment analysis
2013,
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been used to calculate the technical and...
Effect of manufacturing system on business objectives of the organisations
Effect of manufacturing system on business objectives of the organisations
2012,
The research reported in this article has been carried out to identify the constructs...
Advance Selling in a Supply Chain Under Uncertain Supply and Demand
Advance Selling in a Supply Chain Under Uncertain Supply and Demand
2013,
We examine three selling strategies of a manufacturer who produces and sells a...
Managing Strategic Inventories via Manufacturer‐to‐Consumer Rebates
Managing Strategic Inventories via Manufacturer‐to‐Consumer Rebates
2013,
Manufacturer‐to‐consumer rebates are a staple of modern supply chains....
Explaining firms efficiency in the Ivorian manufacturing sector: a robust nonparametric approach
Explaining firms efficiency in the Ivorian manufacturing sector: a robust nonparametric approach
2012,
In this paper, we provide an analysis of Côte d’Ivoire firms performances...
Are innovation and R&D the only sources of firms’ knowledge that increase productivity? An empirical investigation of French manufacturing firms
Are innovation and R&D the only sources of firms’ knowledge that increase productivity? An empirical investigation of French manufacturing firms
2012,
The economic literature presents knowledge accumulation as one of the most important...
Effect of autocorrelation on the performance of EWMA chart
Effect of autocorrelation on the performance of EWMA chart
2012,
The outputs from the manufacturing processes are often assumed to be independent but...
Principal component analysis (PCA)‐based approaches for the multi‐response optimisation: an issue and the recommendation
Principal component analysis (PCA)‐based approaches for the multi‐response optimisation: an issue and the recommendation
2012,
One weakness in Taguchi method is that it focuses on optimisation of single response...
Combination of theory of constraints, root cause analysis and Six Sigma for quality improvement framework
Combination of theory of constraints, root cause analysis and Six Sigma for quality improvement framework
2012,
Root cause analysis (RCA) could help understand better problems in...
Factors influencing the technology upgrading and catch‐up of Chinese wind turbine manufacturers: Technology acquisition mechanisms and government policies
Factors influencing the technology upgrading and catch‐up of Chinese wind turbine manufacturers: Technology acquisition mechanisms and government policies
2013,
This paper uses firm level data for the Chinese wind turbine manufacturing industry...
Neuro‐industrial engineering: the new stage of modern IE ‐ from the human‐oriented perspective
Neuro‐industrial engineering: the new stage of modern IE ‐ from the human‐oriented perspective
2012,
This paper reviewed the three stages of the evolvement of Industrial Engineering from...
Scheduling unrelated parallel machines with set‐up consideration applying GA and response surface method
Scheduling unrelated parallel machines with set‐up consideration applying GA and response surface method
2012,
This paper presents a Genetic Algorithm (GA) combining with response surface...
Six sigma in manufacturing for micro, small and medium enterprises in India
Six sigma in manufacturing for micro, small and medium enterprises in India
2012,
The importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to the economy and the...
Exergy analysis: An efficient tool for understanding and improving hydrogen production via the steam methane reforming process
Exergy analysis: An efficient tool for understanding and improving hydrogen production via the steam methane reforming process
2012,
Exergy analysis has been shown to be an efficient tool for understanding and...
On the formation of energy policies towards 2020: Challenges in the Swedish industrial and building sectors
On the formation of energy policies towards 2020: Challenges in the Swedish industrial and building sectors
2012,
The impact of global climate change due to increased emissions of greenhouse gases...
Trend breaks in Finnish inventory intensities: a small open economy perspective
Trend breaks in Finnish inventory intensities: a small open economy perspective
2012,
In this paper, we analyse econometrically the Finnish inventory to value added ratios...
Simulation of tyre retreading process ‐ an Indian case study
Simulation of tyre retreading process ‐ an Indian case study
2012,
Tyre retreading is a process where used tyres are subjected to a sequence of value...
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