.... The significance of the factors are ascertained and validated through an empirical research that has been conducted across five countries of the region employing the structural equation‐modeling framework. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 South East Asia Production methods Suppliers Employees...

... are very short, and the manufacturing is carried out in some form of line layout. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Manufacturing resource planning Control User satisfaction Production methods The suitability of various manufacturing planning and control methods depends on the demand...

... will be made, sold and used. The following is an example of two product characteristics, together with their consequences for product design and logistics: © MCB UP Limited 1994 Logistics Materials handling Modelling Production methods Simultaneous engineering There is growing concern...

..., station wagon) together, instead of in the traditional stepped fashion. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Corporate strategy Flexibility Flexible manufacturing systems Flexifactories Honda Motor industry Production methods What do we mean by “flexifactory”? A flexifactory is a factory...

... applies to service facility location only when a global utility criterion can be used. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Facilities management Heuristics Production methods Service industries IJOPM 13,6 A Note on "A Comparison of Heuristic Methods for Service Facility Locations" 86 J.-M. Thizy...

... Manufacturing strategy Production methods A Conceptual Model of Manufacturing Focus Manufacturing Focus Cecil C. Bozarth North Carolina State University, Chapel Hill, USA 81 Introduction Received December 1991 Revised May 1992 The past 20 years have seen a great deal of work in the manufacturing strategy...

... technology within an industry. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Manufacturing Organizational policy Production methods Strategy Theory IJOPM 13,1 Production Processes and Organizational Policies Samuel Wathen 56 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA Received February 1992 Revised June 1992...

... consistent results, is easy to use,and gives the decision maker better insights into how various process variables can be chosen to ensure that the best available robot for the money is acquired. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Manufacturing industry Production methods Robotics Selection Comprehensive...

... as alternatives to serial flow on a conventional line assembly. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Assembly Motor industry Production methods Sweden Production flow analysis Reflective Production in the Final Assembly of Motor Vehicles An Emerging Swedish Challenge Reflective Production 117 Kajsa Ellegärd...

... UP Limited 1992 Chemical industry Production methods Sweden Flexible manufacturing systems Flexible Production in the Chemical Industry A Question of Competence Maria Thilander Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden Production in the Chemical Industry 147 Introduction...

... Production methods Europe Reasons for the Renewed Popularity of Autonomous Work Groups Roel Schuring University of Twente, The Netherlands Autonomous Work Groups 61 Introduction Autonomous work groups are teams of, in most cases, seven to 15 employees who have shared authority and responsibility...

... Decision making Industrial purchasing Multivariate analysis Production methods Robotics Statistics A Robust Multivariate Statistical Procedure for Evaluation and Selection of Industrial Robots David E. Booth Kent State University, Ohio, USA Moutaz Khouja The University of North Carolina, Charlotte...

... the strategic, technical and social structures that are developed to match this complexity, examples of which are niche marketing, flexible manufacturing and employee harmonization. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Electronics industry Just‐in‐time Production methods Quality Technological change Flexible...