...Raed El-Khalil Purpose – The current economic crisis increased the demand on management to improve process efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to identify and resolve inefficiencies within the car assembly system utilizing discrete simulation modeling and analysis in order to improve...

... and concluded that the ideal approach for RFID applications was the item‐tagging mechanism. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Materials management Tracking Process efficiency Modelling Systems analysis This paper uses the NDP Extension case to illustrate how EPC technology...

..., but also on the efficiency of the logistic process used to connect equipment and to manage material flow. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Manufacturing systems Process efficiency Plant efficiency Productive capacity Similarly, Brandt and Taninecz (2005) , arguing...

... in a “compatibility” situation near or at the highest levels of performance in industry (“asset frontier” as in Schmenner and Swink, 1998). Delivery Operations management Process efficiency Plant efficiency It is widely acknowledged that the manufacturing function in any business can help...

... was implemented in a company from the cosmetics industry. Originality/value The paper presents a successful application of cellular manufacturing techniques together with the evaluation of alternative production scenarios. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Process efficiency Data analysis...

... represented by the position of gene g_i in the sequence of chromosome. 2. The machine cell denoted by the value of g_i. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Programming and algorithm theory Parts Process efficiency...

... be accomplished only by making processes insensitive to various sources of noise and the method is called robust parameter design (Phadke, 1989). © MCB UP Limited 1999 Design of experiments Optimization Process efficiency Taguchi methods Based on the above two steps, it was decided...