I adopt the distribution dynamics framework to study labor productivity convergence, in the period 1980-1995, among 28 developed and developing countries, in different manufacturing sub-sectors, identified, as according their technological content into Resource Based, Low Technology, Medium Technology and High Technology. I find that, exception made for High Technology and Manufacturing as a wh...

Technological advancement in the manufacturing system in current scenario is inevitable due to today’s customer-driven and volatile nature of the market. Implementation of agent technology in a manufacturing system increases flexibility which handles uncertainty generated due to advance technology. Therefore, in this paper, the critical drivers affecting implementation of agent technology are i...

Within the last decade, the importance of flexibility and efficiency has increased in the manufacturing sector. The rising level of uncertainty in consumer preferences has caused many organizations to aggressively search for cost reductions and other sources of competitive advantage. The small and medium scale industries (SMIs) are the backbone of the industrialization process in developing and...

In the new millennium, technology and technological knowledge will continue to experience sustained rates of growth in no small part because of greatly enhanced information and communication technology. As our understanding of technology becomes greater, developments come faster, leading to near exponential growth of ideas, inventions and products. This in turn drives an increasing complexity a...

ZAČAL JAROSLAV, DOSTÁL PETR, ŠUSTR MICHAL, BARBOUTIS IOANNIS A. 2016. Design and Testing of Low Cost Chair with Round Mortise and Tenon Joints. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 64(2): 567–572. The present paper focuses on construction of school seats for developing countries from locally available resources using the local industry and low-end technology. ...

These first ATO instruments were largely based upon through-hole manufacturing technology. They used some surface mount technology for the high-speed interface connections to customer equipment. The technologies did not present a difficult manufacturing problem and the testing approach was largely of a functional nature, with some external fault diagnostic tools being developed by ATO manufactu...