The present paper aims at examining the role of variety in the ski manufacturing industry and its relevance in firms’ price setting strategies. In particular, it intends to investigate and empirically test two hypotheses concerning the relation between variety and prices. The first concerns the relationship between product quality/complexity and prices. The second refers to the existence of two...

A survey of size-fractionated dust exposure was carried out in 10 wood processing plants across the United States as part of a 5-year longitudinal respiratory health study. The facilities included a sawmill, plywood assembly plants, secondary wood milling operations, and factories producing finished wood products such as wood furniture and cabinets. Size-fractionated dust exposures were determi...

Simulation software has reached a technological level that provides high flexibility and integration capabilities necessary for product design, development and manufacturing efficiency. Within the manufacturing industry, this simulation potential has not been fully recognized, although it is now becoming a matter of interest through the documented benefits it has provided. This paper discusses ...

Changes in consumer demand for meat are part of changing life-styles caused by technical and economic developments. The increasing application of technology to procurement, manufacture and distribution has provided a range of meat products of unprecedented variety and quality. The species acceptable as meat are limited by tradition, but they are becoming increasingly interchanged as sources of ...

Welding is an important technology especially for joining between two metals, fabricated and repairing metals products in manufacturing industries such as in automotive industries. To increase the productivity and lower cost, today the welding operation in industries introduces the welding robot. The main challenges to using welding robot is time taken to program robot path for a new job in low...

Recently, production demand in manufacturing industries has changed drastically from demand for high-mix, low-volume production to that for high-mix, variable-volume production. At Fujitsu, we are promoting innovative engineering through the effective use of existing equipment without the need for additional investments and by implementing the Toyota Production System. Two major themes of manuf...

Under the modern of division of labor, the relations between the service and manufacturing industry have become more and more close and interactive. This paper analyzes the relationship and the mechanism of the service and manufacturing industry and put forward the four modes. And from the viewpoint of increasing industry relevance, service outsourcing, enhancing the core innovations ability as...

The aim of an ergonomics intervention conducted in the tire manufacturing industry was to improve working conditions. Before the start, a senior manager supported the intervention. Participants were divided into teams and trained. After observing the overall performance of the teams, over 100 improvements were successfully implemented. After the improvements, there were statistically significan...

though diet can influence the fluorescent signal obtained, instruments have been designed with adequate sensitivity for the detection of feces from animals consuming a variety of commercial feedlot rations. This imaging technology has been developed through intellectual property protection and technology transfer into commercially produced instruments, which are currently being manufactured and...

In this work is presenting an automatic machine used in the wood processing industry. These machines have the advantage of flexibility in achieving of some diverse finished products, by using the same processing tools, the single modification being made on the machine’s program. As accurate drive elements are also used stepping motors that can be supplied and controlled in different modes. Here...