In this paper we focus on the integration of strategic objectives and process knowledge that a manufacturing factory collects from its external interfaces. Using data from a variety of manufacturing industries, this study examines four different types of strategic integration at the manufacturing plant level. We use a path analytic approach to simultaneously assess the contributions of the vari...

BACKGROUND Wood furniture manufacturing factory workers are at high risk of exposure to wood dust in wood working processes. Wood dust exposure could cause respiratory symptoms, such as reduce lung function, chronic bronchitis, and asthma. The Northeast region of Thailand has many wood furniture manufacturing factories. However, limited studies were carried out to explore the effect of wood dus...

Cement dust deposition on soil has been implicated in the heavy metal (HM) contamination of soil, leading to adverse effects on plants and humans. This study assessed the impact of cement dust deposition on the HM content of the soil samples in the vicinity of a cement factory and its implication on the public health of the host community. Topsoil samples were collected at varying distances and...

With the advent of information systems and the recent developments in computing technology, traditional manufacturing systems are fast becoming obsolete. A new generation of factories is being designed with cellular or linked-cell manufacturing systems. This recent shift from traditional to cellular manufacturing system has necessitated the redesign of the factory and its layout. Traditional pr...

The paper highlights events of manufacturing’s evolution and metamorphosis over a period of 60 years (as noted by the first author) and offers some observations on key developments and activities. It includes, principally, the reflections of professional activities of the first author and discussions of how manufacturing is evolving to accommodate the current and expected trends in manufacturin...

Virtual engineering technologies become an emerging field in industry and research. Nowadays, industrials are using Virtual and Augmented Reality in different phases of their manufacturing process (advanced manufacturing process visualization, assembly tasks, training, etc.). The purpose of this paper is to introduce the advantage of linking augmented reality application, to help employees on t...

The aim of this paper was to present a detail analysis of manufacturing processes using Case study of Croatian manufacturing industry. Therefore, conducted analysis showed that Croatian manufacturing enterprises are far away from fourth industrial generation. Moreover, the importance for personnel’s education, i.e. lifelong learning, has been identified. For that purpose, Learning Factory on FE...

In Nature, the embryogenesis process proceeds from a single fertilized cell through division, migration, specialization and apoptosis. Although a lot is known about development, we still have a long way to go from theories of pattern formation towards understanding the intelligence within an unsupervised manufacturing process which robustly assembles complex biological forms. Our approach has b...

Ovex the past decade, artificial intelligence conceptsand techniques have been applied to many aspects of manufacturing, ranging from product and process development, to production management, o process diagnosis and quality control. Planning technology will play an important role in the future of intelligent manufacturing, especially in factory automation systems. Drawn from our experiences on...