Advanced Maintenance in Manufacturing

Present Status and Future Growth of Advanced Maintenance Technology and Strategy in US Manufacturing

The goals of this paper are to 1) examine the current practices of diagnostics, prognostics, and maintenance employed by United States (U.S.) manufacturers to achieve productivity and quality targets and 2) to understand the present level of maintenance technologies and strategies that are being incorporated into these practices. A study is performed to contrast the impact of various industry-s...

Advanced Engineering & Manufacturing

Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Within the last decade, the importance of flexibility and efficiency has increased in the manufacturing sector. The rising level of uncertainty in consumer preferences has caused many organizations to aggressively search for cost reductions and other sources of competitive advantage. The small and medium scale industries (SMIs) are the backbone of the industrialization process in developing and...

Advanced Manufacturing Processes

Welcome to this second lecture on advanced manufacturing processes. In this session, we will discuss the concepts of advanced manufacturing, hybrid manufacturing and their examples. The trends in manufacturing and the newer manufacturing philosophies adopted by the manufacturers to remain competitive in the market have also been presented.

Extended Value Added Intellectual Coefficient in Advanced and Low Technology Manufacturing Companies in Malaysia

The main purpose of this study is to empirically compare of intellectual capital (IC) and its efficiency between advanced and low technology manufacturing companies using a sample of 135 Malaysian listed manufacturing companies during the 2006-2012 period. The manufacturing companies are classified into different sectors based on their products and services (Standard Industrial Classification (...