Lean and flexible manufacturing is a matter of necessity for the automotive industries today. Rising consumer expectations, higher raw material processing costs, dynamic market conditions are driving auto sector to become smarter agile. This paper presents machine learning-based soft sensor approach identification prediction lean (LM) levels based on their performances over multifarious flexibi...

Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) is one of the recent innovations for the enhancement of capabilities of Supply Chain Management. In this research, we aim to study the various activities of the Supply Chain processes of the various Indian Manufacturing Industries i.e. both SME’s {Small Manufacturing Enterprises} & Large Scale Industries & finds how much ecofriendly they are (i.e. how much %...

institutions of higher education, both public and private, are among the most important institutions of a country. several economic factors have forced them to act for improving the cost-effectiveness of their activities and the quality of their products (outputs) is strongly expected. such issues have led universities to focus on profit-making activities and commercialization like manufacturin...

This paper aims to comprehend the intrinsic limitations of the market players in the financial system and how these create a situation of `missing middle` for small and medium industries (SME) financing in Bangladesh. A clear dualism prevails in the manufacturing industry of this country. While the SMEs maintains the biggest share in establishments and employment creation, large enterprises (LE...