Managers of hardwood processing facilities need timely information on which to base important decisions such as when to add costly equipment or how to improve profitability subject to time-varying demands. The overall purpose of this paper is to introduce a tool that can effectively provide such timely information. A simulation/animation modeling procedure is described for hardwood products man...

The recent World Health Organisation re-classification of formaldehyde’s carcinogenic status is reviewed and discussed together with the carcinogenesis mechanism. Information on health effects associated with exposure levels is presented and placed in the context of sampled concentrations in different types of buildings. The treatment of human health within LCA is described with the example of ...

Purpose – This study aims to examine the relationship between top-performing US furniture manufacturers and industry’s best manufacturing practices. Design/methodology/approach – In the past studies, best manufacturing practices were mostly determined using qualitative methods. In this paper, a quantitative evaluating method to determine best manufacturing practices was designed by taking into ...

anthropometric data are used for proper design of workstation, equipment, furniture. mismatch between anthropometric dimensions and consumer products may cause health problems in human body. in this study we measured anthropometric dimensions of iranian university students in order to create a data bank for furniture design. the purpose was to measure some anthropometric dimensions of universit...

A case study is used in order to analyse information technology's function in managing the complex network of resources that interact behind a specific product and that contribute to a final product ready for use (see, for instance Wedin, 2001). This "product-centred resource network" is analysed by means of a resource categorisation introduced by Håkansson & Waluszewski (forthcoming). Informat...