Traditional concepts for manufacturing process optimization, e.g., Lean Production and Total Quality Management, represent management-driven and experience-based approaches. The increasing use of cyber-physical systems as well as the digitalization of manufacturing operations management by manufacturing execution systems (MES) lead to enormous amounts of structured and unstructured manufacturin...

T his paper investigates the gain of bilateral trade between China and U.S. in manufacturing sectors when both countries play a role in asymmetric (biased) growth of  international trade. Our model includes a special case of Biased Growth Theory in international trade. We collected labor productivity, export and import data by using classification of manufacturing industries, for U.S...

Under an uncertain environment, two manufacturing strategies emerged: manufacturing system automation and manufacturing system integration. Existing case studies indicate that firms should adopt manufacturing integration first and then automate the manufacturing system to improve manufacturing performance. This study empirically supports this proposition using 303 responses from manufacturing m...

Abstract The aim of this paper is to describe characteristics agile manufacturing and analyse the needs benefits under conditions uncertainty market turbulence. It also describes four main changes in production environment which were implemented thanks methods, compares lean manufacturing, while describing their intersections differences achieving set goals. conclusion summarises advantages ide...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of technological opportunities on the innovation activities of firms, depending on their absorptive capacities. The importance and impacts of the ability of firms to use external knowledge sources were inquired especially for external knowledge stemming from scientific research. Using a simple theoretic model, different innovation effects were emp...

Wood processing is usually performed in environments with large amounts of endotoxin-rich bioaerosols that are associated with a variety of health effects. The aim of this preliminary study was to assess the relation between endotoxin levels in settled and airborne dust in wood-processing industry. Ten pairs of airborne and settled dust samples were collected in a sawmill and parquet manufactur...

We prove the existence of a Čech cohomology theory in arbitrary o-minimal structures with definable Skolem functions satisfying the Eilenberg-Steenrod axioms. ∗With partial support from the FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia), program POCTI (Portugal/FEDER-EU). †Supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from CMAF, Universidade de Lisboa. MSC: 03C64; 55N05.

This paper is a qualitative study of graduate students' experiences as e-learners as reflected in papers based on their journals. The study examined what students experience as they take an online course, and how students express their buy-in or lack of buy-in to an online course. Students' initial concerns about their transition to this new environment were related to learning strategies and i...

Customer satisfaction and client orientation concepts are needed in all service providing organisations, including those engaged in construction and infrastructure provision within the public sector where the public perception about their services is at its lowest. This study measures the expectations and perceptions of various service elements among clients of Military Engineer Services (MES) ...