This paper uses panel cointegration and error correction models to unveil the direction of long-run causality between the real product wage and labor productivity at the industry level. I use two datasets of manufacturing industries: the EU-Klems dataset covering 11 industries in 19 developed economies, and the Unido Industrial Statistics Database covering 22 industries in 30 developed and deve...

The Cubic Cell Formation Problem (CCFP) in cellular manufacturing systems consists decomposing a production system into set of cells, and assigning workers to cells besides parts machines. major objective is obtain manageable cells. Manageable mean with minimum value inter-cell moves heterogeneity within In this paper, solution methodology based on modified simulated annealing heuristic propose...

This paper analyses the kind of coordination that is necessary in firms that use cellular manufacturing in producing parts. We distinguish two levels of coordination: internal and external. The coordination at these levels is further divided into primary and secondary coordination. In this study we concentrate on coordination requirements between cells with respect to the primary transformation...

The research in virtual cellular manufacturing (VCM) systems area gains momentum as markets have become more globalised. This is due to turbulent customer demands, characterised by frequent changes in product mix and volume. Therefore, if companies are interested in implementing manufacturing systems that can be quickly restructured with minimal cost and time, the approach of virtual cellular m...

This paper addresses a stochastic model in order to design the cellular manufacturing systems (CMSs) under uncertain environment. In real-world cases, any parameters such as demand, processing time, inter arrival time and etc may change over the planning horizon. In this research, it’s assumed that processing time for parts on machines and arrival time for parts to cells are stochastic and desc...

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies are attracting attentions not only as a fabrication process of complicated three-dimensional parts but also microstructure controlling processes. In powder bed fusion (PBF)-type AM, crystallographic texture can be controlled by scanning strategies energy beam. To optimize microstructures, computer simulations for predicting microstructures play ver...

Currently, cellular networks are one of the essential communication methods for people. Providing proper coverage for the users and also offering high-quality services to them are two of the most important issues of concern in cellular networks. The fifth-generation cellular communication networks can provide higher data transmission rates, which lead to a higher quality of service but this hig...