Keyword: manufacturing industries

Found 1205 papers in total
Eco-efficiency analysis of paper mills along the Huai River: An extended data envelopment analysis approach
Eco-efficiency analysis of paper mills along the Huai River: An extended data envelopment analysis approach
2007,
The objective of this paper is to estimate the ecological efficiency of paper mills...
Exploring the use of the qualitative politicized influence diagram (QPID): A collaborative study of B2B in the automotive industry
Exploring the use of the qualitative politicized influence diagram (QPID): A collaborative study of B2B in the automotive industry
2007,
Deep and grounded understanding of complex socio-technical phenomena, such as...
Revenue management for remanufactured products
Revenue management for remanufactured products
2007,
Revenue management for remanufactured products has not been addressed in literature so...
Joint inventory and technology selection decisions
Joint inventory and technology selection decisions
2005,
In some manufacturing systems, the type of production technology selected dictates the...
Evaluation of enterprise-level benefits of manufacturing flexibility
Evaluation of enterprise-level benefits of manufacturing flexibility
2005,
An enterprise-level flexible manufacturing approach for a multi-product manufacturer...
Soft total quality management, hard TQM, and organisational performance relationships: an empirical investigation
Soft total quality management, hard TQM, and organisational performance relationships: an empirical investigation
2005,
TQM literature suggests that hard TQM has a profound impact on organisational...
An efficient optimal solution to the two-hoist no-wait cyclic scheduling problem
An efficient optimal solution to the two-hoist no-wait cyclic scheduling problem
2005,
Hoist scheduling is a typical problem in the operation of electroplating systems. The...
An empirical analysis of forecast sharing in the semiconductor equipment supply chain
An empirical analysis of forecast sharing in the semiconductor equipment supply chain
2005,
We study the demand forecast-sharing process between a buyer of customized production...
Labor productivity growth in Greek manufacturing firms
Labor productivity growth in Greek manufacturing firms
2005,
This paper investigates the determinants of labor productivity growth at the firm...
Converting technology to mitigate environmental damage
Converting technology to mitigate environmental damage
2004,
There are many situations where policy makers would like to induce firms to make a...
Process scheduling of laser drilling systems with collaborative positioning devices
Process scheduling of laser drilling systems with collaborative positioning devices
2006,
We describe an approach for scheduling processes of laser drilling systems which can...
Cost-effective and reliable grinding schedules for inland cement
Cost-effective and reliable grinding schedules for inland cement
2006,
The final phase of cement production at Inland Cement Edmonton is the grinding of an...
Caterpillar's Building Construction Products Division improves and stabilizes product availability
Caterpillar's Building Construction Products Division improves and stabilizes product availability
2006,
In 2001, Caterpillar's Building Construction Products Division (BCPD) began a project...
Exploring the relationship between collaboration, trust and knowledge sharing: A case study from the air-conditioning industry
Exploring the relationship between collaboration, trust and knowledge sharing: A case study from the air-conditioning industry
2006,
The notion of ‘trust’ has fast become a ‘hot topic’ in the...
Lot sizing problem on a paper machine under a cyclic production approach
Lot sizing problem on a paper machine under a cyclic production approach
2007,
In this paper, we address the problem of defining the production campaigns on a paper...
Scheduling a hot rolling mill
Scheduling a hot rolling mill
2007,
This paper presents a heuristic algorithm to schedule a hot rolling mill in the...
An ant algorithm for optimization of hole-making operations
An ant algorithm for optimization of hole-making operations
2007,
This paper deals with the optimization of hole-making operations in conditions where a...
Optimal manufacturer's pricing and lot-sizing policies under trade credit financing
Optimal manufacturer's pricing and lot-sizing policies under trade credit financing
2006,
In this paper, we extend Goyal's economic order quantity (EOQ) model to allow for the...
Aerospace applications of optimization under uncertainty
Aerospace applications of optimization under uncertainty
2006,
The Multidisciplinary Optimization (MDO) Branch at NASA Langley Research Center...
Maximum diversity/similarity models with extension to part grouping
Maximum diversity/similarity models with extension to part grouping
2005,
Maximum diversity/similarity models involve selecting a subset of desired size from a...
A heuristic for multiple-feeder printed circuit board manufacturing
A heuristic for multiple-feeder printed circuit board manufacturing
2006,
In the considered printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing problem, the objective is...
Competing on capabilities – an analysis of supply chain flexibility in Australian manufacturing industry
Competing on capabilities – an analysis of supply chain flexibility in Australian manufacturing industry
2007,
In Australia, there has been an increasing need to improve the company's...
A heuristic scheduling algorithm for steel making process with crane handling
A heuristic scheduling algorithm for steel making process with crane handling
2006,
There are a large number of multi-stage job-shop processes in production plants. Steel...
Analysis and optimization for automated vehicle routing on a single loop
Analysis and optimization for automated vehicle routing on a single loop
2006,
This paper treats with an automated material handling system called a permutation...
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