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Rangel, Oscar O. "A profile of the construction equipment industry in Mexico a perspective for manufacturers of construction equipment /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2245.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2001.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 121 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-86).
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Goodrum, Paul McGinley. "The impact of equipment technology on productivity in the U.S. construction industry." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3032971.
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Djebarni, Ramdane. "Leadership patterns in the construction industry in Algeria." Thesis, University of Reading, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.284819.
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Cho, Yong-kwon. "Human-assisted rapid workspace modeling for construction equipment operations /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3004234.
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Ruvald, Ryan. "Prototyping for Product-Service Systems innovation : Insights from the construction equipment industry." Licentiate thesis, Karlskrona, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18964.
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To radically increase the value delivered to the customers in the construction industry a concerted effort is needed to develop solutions beyond incremental adjustments. Simply providing add-on services to existing products does not effectively create solutions with enough gains in core customer values. Designing and developing a product service system (PSS) through the adjustment or reconfiguration of existing elements is a challenge on its own, and adding the design of new elements serves to confound the process even further. By realigning all components of a PSS from inception to a function provides an opportunity to escape current product limitations and explore new solutions with potentially higher value. Designing a new PSS solution from scratch comes with added ambiguity in an expanded solution space. The aim of this thesis is to investigate early conceptual phases of PSS innovation within the domain of construction equipment manufacturing. The research included the development and testing of a prototyping method to foster customer co-creation and transdisciplinary design which are considered primary impact factors increasing the value of final PSS solutions. The work was performed in collaboration with a construction equipment manufacturer, conducting a demonstrator project on an electric and autonomous production site. The thesis first depicts how the prototyping method can be implemented to enable stakeholder insights that were previously not accessible through current practices. This leads to the testing of the method in a broader perspective to represent tangible and intangible elements in a way that facilitates concept design decisions in multi-disciplinary settings. The thesis concludes by exploring the limitations on current practices in relation to the adoption and potential use of the method.
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Brocklesby, Martin. "The environmental impact of frame materials : an assessment of the embodied impacts for building frames in the UK construction industry." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1999. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15041/.
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There are many important environmental issues involved in the construction and use of buildings which are either undergoing or require further research. The lack of detailed embodied energy assessments models has been identified and limits possible environmental analysis. This study examines the current state of research into the environmental impact of frame materials, assesses the quality and range of data available, sets up a new framework for evaluation of materials and uses several example structures to assess the environmental impact This has been achieved by, firstly, studying the environment related literature available concerning the frame of the building, separate from other considerations, to provide a clear understanding of the processes involved. Second, data is extracted from the literature and processed to provide a homogenous approach and level field from which frame analysis can take place. Gaps in the available data are identified. Third, the identified gaps are filled using data derived from sources ranging from manufacturers' literature to direct analysis of on site activities. Fourth, a model has been created to assess the environmental impact of the building frame. The factors assessed within the remit of environmental impact are: embodied energy, embodied CO2 and transportation hours. The embodied energy includes the primary energy for all raw materials, transportation, office overheads and contractor operations. These are calculated from the winning of raw materials, through manufacture, to demolition and recycling. Embodied CO2 encompasses the same range of data, but with respect to the CO2 transportation hours estimate the time spend on the road by vehicles involved in the embodied energy and CO2 calculations. Finally data from several buildings has been used, to evaluated the environmental merits of each with respect to each other and to other buildings for which calculations have been performed. Conclusions have been draw and. further work suggested.
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Ray, Soumitry J. "Intelligent hazard identification: Dynamic visibility measurement of construction equipment operators." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51968.
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Struck-by fatalities involving heavy equipment such as trucks and cranes accounted for 24.6% of the fatalities between 1997-2007 in the construction industry. Limited visibility due to blind spots and travel in reverse direction are the primary causes of these fatalities. Blind spots are spaces surrounding an equipment that are invisible to the equipment operator. Thus, a hazard is posed to the ground personnel working in the blind spaces of an equipment operator. This research presents a novel approach to intelligently identify potential hazards posed to workers operating near an equipment by determining the visible and blind space regions of an equipment operator in real-time. A depth camera is used to estimate the head posture of the equipment operator and continuously track the head location and orientation using Random Forests algorithm. The head posture information is then integrated with point cloud data of the construction equipment to determine both the visible and the blindspots region of the equipment operator using Ray-Casting algorithm. Simulation and field experiments were carried out to validate this approach in controlled and uncontrolled environment respectively. Research findings demonstrate the potential of this approach to enhance safety performance by detecting hazardous proximity situations.
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Pizzagalli, Jon (Jon Francis) 1970. "Using bar codes to improve labor and equipment tracking in the construction industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32218.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2001."September 2001."
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This thesis outlines the costs, advantages, and industry impacts of implementing a system to track resource allocations, procurement and deliveries of materials on construction job sites. By using bar code scanners and hand held data collection devices, the construction industry stands to reduce costs to owners by some $16 billion annually. The system will provide daily reporting of budget allocations across sets of phases, and automatically create various reports defined by the project team prior to beginning work. The result is improved quality, reduced project costs, and increased accountability of resources. The paper presents a dynamic system that has the capability to track a high level of labor and equipment cost detail, as well as an improved means of tracking submittals, approvals, fabrication, delivery, and installation of materials. The need for the system stems from the demands placed on supervisory personnel in the construction industry. Supervisory personnel include foremen on job sites and in fabrication shops, vendors shipping materials to job sites, project managers, and management in supply houses. With improved data collection capabilities, these individuals will provide their supervisors with improved cost information with greater frequency. This data will result in lower costs per reports, such as project schedules and inventory reports, and bolster the companies' historical cost data for all operations performed. Additionally, the system will allow contractors to recover a greater portion of extra work expense than they do presently, as well as shorten payment durations from general contractors and owners. The thesis examines the effect of implementation on a single subcontractor in a single trade. The potential ramifications of industry wide use of such a system are similar in scope to what the grocery industry experienced in the late 1970's and early 1980's as a result of implementing bar code technology to track and order inventory through the checkout process. At a minimum, the system promises to help individual contractors realize savings and increases productivity on construction projects. At most, it could change the way the world buys $4 trillion in construction services globally every year.
by Jon Pizzagalli.
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Seo, Jongwon. "Graphical interface design for equipment control in unstructured environments /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Al-Nakeeb, Ahmed A. R. "An assessment of the effectiveness of Quality Assurance Systems in the construction industry." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2000. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/an-assessment-of-the-effectiveness-of-quality-assurance-systems-in-the-construction-industry(bb4ec2f0-37e6-46dc-85e6-3945cfc1da57).html.
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More than two decades have passed since the introduction of Quality Assurance Systems in the form of BS 5750/ISO 9000 yet the effectiveness of these systems are still a matter of controversy and debate. Although the implementation of Quality Assurance Systems in the construction industry has been slow to emerge, most large construction organisations are currently implementing such systems. Much has been written about the advantages and disadvantages of Quality Assurance Systems but unfortunately without any direct reference to any hard data. Most of the reported advantages and disadvantages are based purely on perceptions and views of individuals involved. The British Standards Institution (BSI) acts as a collaborating establishment for this research. This is the first research that attempts to assess the effectiveness of Quality Assurance Systems, in the construction industry. Based on data collected from literature, construction companies and experts in the field of Quality Management, the research provides a better understanding of the objectivity of available data regarding the effectiveness of QA Systems and examines the possibility of fording reliable measures. This thesis shows that no construction company has managed to assess the effectiveness of its Quality Assurance Systems in an objective manner. Regarding measures of the effectiveness of QA Systems, most experts believed that such measures are very important because an organisation must justify the existence of such systems, which are considered as overheads. However, all experts declared 1 that they are not aware of any construction company that has managed to assess the effectiveness of its ISO 9000 in any reliable manner. This research is of a particular value to construction companies who are considering implementing an ISO 9000 as well as those companies that are already implementing such systems.
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Bennink, Dirk. "Design of solids separation equipment : a thesis." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1989. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36450/1/36450_Bennink_1989.pdf.
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This work covers a reassessment of the 'Hot Break'
separation problem by a mechanical engineer from outside the
brewing industry. The solid-liquid separation problem was
therefore investigated without prior knowledge of
constraints or current practices.
During the brewing of beer an unwanted, insoluble
precipitate, 'trub' is formed, reported to have undesirable
effects on the finished beer quality.
The existing equipment, 'whirlpool' separators, designed to
eliminate this 'trub' performed poorly, allowing much of the
precipitate to be carried over to subsequent processes.
To remedy the problem, a program to either:
1. design suitable replacement separators or;
2 • modify existing separators to enhance their
performance,
was pursued.
To evaluate possible alternative separators determination of
the relevant physical (solid, liquid) properties,
measurement of the process parameters at peak production,
and review of the chemical constraints was necessary.
Performance of the current whirlpool separators was
ascertained to establish the extent of the ~xisting problem.
Existing efficiencies set a benchmark for comparison against
proposed alternatives.
Through exhaustiv~ literature review, consultive advice, a
series of experiments and rig testing, an extensive range of
separation techniques was evaluated, A review of over
forty-five reports on whirlpool performance and design
practices, the majority of which being the basis of doctoral dissertations, combined with the evaluation of a third
whirlpool at Milton Brewery revealed whirlpools to be the
most suitable and logical choice.
It seemed that the inherent problems in whirlpool design
stem from the haphazard approach adopted by the brewing
industry. To redress this problem an exp~rimental program
to optimize whirlpool tank geometry and operation was
initiated. Both experimental and hardware design were
fundamentally different to all previous endeavors to
establish whirlpool design guidelines. A pilot plant was
designed and commissioned such that direct measurement of
the 'whirlpool' response independent of other secondary
effects was possible.
The experimental program produced · over two hundred
comparative whirlpool indices over a range of geometric and
operational configurations. These suggested that whirlpool
performance could be optimised in shallow vessels using low
inlet velocities.
Finally, the need for secondary separators to be used in
conjunction with whirlpool tanks would diminish with
improved primary separation.
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Marks, Eric. "Active Safety Leading Indicators for Human-Equipment Interaction on Construction Sites." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51841.
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The U.S. construction industry continues to rank as one of the most dangerous work environments when compared to other industrial sectors. Construction companies are required to record and report lagging safety leading indicators including fatalities, injuries, and illnesses. Safety leading indicators provide an opportunity to identify construction site hazards and hazardous worker behavior before a fatality, injury, or illness occurs. Further improvements are also necessary for construction safety through the use of technology. The application of advanced or emerging technologies can have a significant role in enhancing construction worker safety performance. This research seeks to report and analyze safety leading indicators, specifically near misses. Furthermore, technologies capable of providing alerts in real-time to construction equipment operators and ground workers during hazardous proximity situations are reviewed. A testing method for proximity detection and alert devices for the construction environment is presented. Operator visibility, including impacts of design components, is also measured and analyzed. One major contribution of this research is the creation of a near miss reporting program ready for implementation for construction companies. Other research contributions include understanding of impacts of design on operator visibility, scientific evaluation data of proximity sensing technology, and a test method for proximity detection and alert system deployed in the construction environment. Research findings can be disseminated for improved construction worker safety education and training.
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Atzmüller, Albin, Sylvia Kamande, and Michael Sundblad. "Factors for maintaining successful business partnerships : A case study of the construction equipment industry." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-12816.
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As organisations try to emerge from the recent economic downturn, they attempt to enter different markets to decrease their dependency on their core market. Due to high costs in R&D and the risk of failure, organisations try to sell the core components of their products to business partners who can incorporate these components into their own offering. Using a qualitative research method, we studied the case of TACHI as a player in the construction equipment industry. The purpose of the research was to find factors for maintaining successful business partnerships within this industry and also the role of co- branding in these business partnerships. After analysing the results of our study and reflecting on the theoretical framework, we concluded that operational compatibility, and commitment and trust were considered as the key factors that were most important in making business partnerships work successfully. Interestingly, players in the construction equipment industry do not consider co-branding as a strategy for entering new markets. However, we discovered a new phenomenon, which is informal branding, and we recommend this as a topic for future research.
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Gustafsson, Rikard, and Andreas Blomqvist. "PRODUCT SERVICE SYSTEMS AND MODULAR DEVELOPMENT : Implications and Opportunities in the Construction Equipment Industry." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-5364.
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Volvo Construction Equipment is considering applying modular design to their organisation in order to constrain the growing intangible information and parts assortment within the company, and as well to enable a rearrangement of production, sales and logistics in the near future of organisational growth and industrial footprint. Hence the purpose of this thesis is to investigate the opportunities and threats of implementing modular design to Volvo Construction Equipment. The analysis is scoped on the generic aspects of modularity and the organisational weaknesses within Volvo CE towards implementing a new organisational structure, product design and production with modular design. Modularity enables the company to move towards decupling the constraints of tangible sales and provides an opportunity to offer Product Service Systems as a Total Solution for each individual customer. By implementing the authors common knowledge and education within engineering revolving tangible and intangible products and services alongside with innovation, together with informal interviews of stakeholders, the results of the thesis was reached. The analysis of the results was reached by implementing Design Research Methodology to the structure of the thesis, research method and interviews made. There is a distinct opportunity for Volvo CE to implement modular design since the informational flows, innovation, research and development is enhanced by a correct modular design. Although there is a distinct risk in changing a well-established product design, development process and organisational structure, the opportunities to create a product service system strategy and to re harvest and recycle value within the company with modularity outweigh the risk. Incomprehension of how to optimize a modular design may amplify the reasons why Volvo CE is considering revising their products and organisation with modularity, thus the authors recommend implementing a generic and specific education in modularity within Volvo CE to ensure a shared language of modularity and enhance traceability of the development within the company. In order to enhance the organisational velocity around development, the authors also recommend a new computer environment which enables the different disciplines of engineering and marketing to modularise the product, services and processes while keeping the comprehension of the subject close to hand. This enables the organisational structure to change and improve towards modular deployment and to further accelerate Volvo CE’s growth, market share and revenue.Volvo Construction Equipment överväger att tillämpa en modulär design till sin organisation i syfte att begränsa den växande immateriella information och det växande sortiment av delar inom företaget som finns idag. Volvo ser även till möjligheterna med modulär design för att möjliggöra en omflyttning av produktion, försäljning och logistik inom den närmaste framtiden för organisatorisk tillväxt och för att minska det industriella fotavtrycket. Därav syftet med denna uppsats; att undersöka möjligheter och hot för att genomföra modulär design i Volvo Construction Equipment. Analysen är fokuserad på generiska aspekter på modularitet och organisatoriska svagheter inom Volvo CE mot att genomföra en ny organisationsstruktur, produktdesign och produktion med modulär design. Modularitet möjliggör för företaget att gå mot att minska begränsningen av materiell försäljning och ger en möjlighet att erbjuda system med Product och Service lösningar som en helhetslösning för varje enskild kund. Genom att implementera författarnas gemensamma kunskap och utbildning inom teknik roterande kring materiella och immateriella produkter samt tjänster tillsammans med innovation, och med informella intervjuer av intressenter, har resultaten i denna avhandling uppnåtts. Analysen av resultaten uppnåddes genom att implementera metodiken Design Research Methodology till strukturen, forskningsmetod och gjorda intervjuer i avhandlingen. Det finns en tydlig möjlighet för Volvo CE att genomföra modulär design eftersom de informativa flöden, innovation, forskning och utveckling förstärks av en korrekt modulär design. Även om det finns en klar risk i att ändra en väletablerad produkts design, utveckling process och organisations struktur, är möjligheterna i att skapa en produkt strategi med servicesystem och att återvinna återvinna värde i företaget med modularitet väl värt risken. Oförståelse för hur man optimerar en modulär design kan innebära ytterligare risker och förklarar varför Volvo CE överväger revidera sina produkter och organisation med en ny design, och då kanske en modulär struktur. Detta har lett till att författarna rekommenderar att genomföra en allmän och specifik utbildning i modularitet inom Volvo CE för att säkerställa ett gemensamt språk för modularitet och öka spårbarheten av utvecklingen inom företaget. För att öka den organisatoriska hastigheten kring utveckling, rekommenderar författarna också en ny datormiljö som gör att de olika disciplinerna i teknik och marknadsföring ligger närmre till hands för att modularisera produkter, tjänster och processer samtidigt som förståelsen av ämnet blir enklare att uppnå. Detta maximerar effektiviteten i den organisatoriska strukturen för att förändra och förbättra mot en modulär utbyggnad och att ytterligare påskynda Volvo CE : s tillväxt , marknadsandelar och intäkter
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Mobtaker, Sare. "Transition towards digital servitization in fossil-free society : An explorative study in the construction equipment industry." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-55243.
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Sustainability is one of the mega trends that is emerging nowadays. It is built on protecting our planet and its resources. Agenda 2030 is a universal call to action, which demonstrates the significance of moving towards sustainability in three different areas of environmental, social, and economic at the international level. One of the focal points of environmental sustainability deals with climate change due to using fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions. Sweden aims to be one of the world’s first fossil-free nations, and its initiative Fossil Free Sweden offers roadmaps in different sectors to accomplish this goal. Growing the service business through using digital technologies is a strategy many companies tend to in the fast-changing world. Although it potentially leads to competitive advantage and enhancing revenues, it is a challenging situation, particularly for industrial firms. This study seeks to consider a more holistic view regarding the transition that companies need to take by 2030 in pursuing digital servitization and at the same time becoming fossil fuel free. Surviving the transition can not happen without revising business models and exploring new business opportunities. To address this issue, an explorative case study is performed in a manufacturing company in the construction equipment industry to collect, analyze and frame the existing knowledge in digital servitization and business model, moreover, to identify the factors that industrial firms should consider in improving their service business in the transition towards fossil-free society. To do so, 1) a set of coproduction sessions are held in the case company with advanced engineering and researchers, 2) as well an online survey is distributed inside the case company, to collect valuable knowledge and practical insight. The outcome of the research is a framework that can be used as a practical guide to support firms in the transition towards digital servitization and help them to figure out their current position in case of offerings and business models and plan for the next steps and new opportunities. In addition, six important factors with their sub-factors are offered accompanied by six general guidelines that firms should consider in their journey towards the transition.
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Bibby, Lee. "Improving design management techniques in construction." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2003. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/793.
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Recent years has seen a significant drive away from traditional procurement routes with contractors finding themselves with an increasing responsibility for control of design - a process they have had little experience in managing. They now have to adapt accordingly. The learning curve is steep, not least because many projects must now be delivered fast track while co-ordinating increasingly complex fabric and content of buildings without a platform of accepted good practice to manage the design process. This is a major factor preventing the UK construction industry from delivering projects on time, to budget and to the specified quality. There is a need to educate an increasing number of people in design management techniques to equip them to manage today's fast moving and demanding projects. However, many current design management tools are insufficiently developed for industry application. Therefore, to improve design management in the industry, current techniques must be modified to align them with the needs of the modern design manager. This research has developed and tested a training initiative aimed at improving design management practice within a major UK Design and Construct Contractor. It comprises a Design Management Handbook, Design Management Training, Team Support and Project Monitoring. The Design Management Handbook is the core of the training initiative. It addresses critical aspects of design management practice and provides design management tools. Training provides guidance to project teams on the tools and practices. In Team Support project teams are supported in the implementation of the new practices and tools to help embed new ways of working in company practice. Project Monitoring establishes the impact of the new practices on project performance to demonstrate that they are working and thus reinforce change. To establish the training initiative's effectiveness and key findings, the impact of the initiative on design management performance has been explored. The research has established which practices and tools were used, which were not, as well as an understanding the applicability and performance of each Handbook practice and tool. From this, barriers to implementing new design management tools in industry were identified and strategies developed in order to overcome such barriers.
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Le, Roux Anleri Martha. "The validation of two burnout measures in the South African earthmoving equipment industry / A.M. le Roux." Thesis, North-West University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/674.
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The objectives of this study were to validate the Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey
(MBI-GS) and the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI), to determine the construct equivalence
and item bias of these instruments for employees in an earthmoving equipment industry in South
&ca of different language groups, to determine the correlation between the MBI-GS and the
OLBI, and to investigate the relationship between burnout and various demographic
characteristics. A random sample of 326 employees in an earthmoving equipment industry of
eight provinces in South Africa was taken. The MBI-GS, the OLBI and a biographical
questionnaire were used as measuring instruments. Cronbach alpha coefficients, inter-item
correlation coefficients, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients and exploratory factor
analysis were used to analyse the data
The results showed that three factors of the MBI-GS and two factors of the OLBI exist for
different language groups. Exploratory factor analysis with target rotations confirmed the
construct equivalence of the three factors of the MBI-GS and the two factors for the OLBI for
different language groups. No evidence was found for uniform or non-uniform bias of the items
of the MBI-GS or the OLBI for different language groups. Results indicated that no differences
with respect to levels of burnout exist between various demographic characteristics.
Recommendations were made for further research.Thesis (M.Com. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.
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Bowden, Sarah L. "Application of mobile IT in construction." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2005. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/794.
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In recent years, the construction industry has been compelled to explore all possible options for improving the delivery of their products and services. Clients are now expecting a better service and projects that meet their requirements more closely. This has challenged the industry to become more efficient, integrated and more attractive, with benefits for its potential workforce and for society as a whole. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are an enabler to facilitate the improvements required for modernisation. However, due to the geographically dispersed and nomadic nature of the construction industry's workforce, many people are prevented from efficiently and effectively using the ICT tools adopted to date. Mobile technologies providing the 'last mile' connection to the point-of activity could be the missing link to help address the ongoing drive for process improvement. Although this has been a well-researched area, several barriers to mainstream adoption still exist: including a perceived lack of suitable devices; a perceived lack of computer literacy; and the perceived high cost. Through extensive industry involvement, this research has taken the theoretical idea that mobile IT use in the construction industry would be beneficial, a step further; demonstrating by means of a state of the art assessment, usability trials, case studies and demonstration projects that the barriers to mainstream adoption can be overcome. The findings of this work have been presented in four peer-reviewed papers. An ongoing dissemination programme is expected to encourage further adoption.
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Bester, Johannes Coen. "Kosteberekening en tariefvasstelling van konstruksiemasjiene en voertuie." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51811.
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Study project (MComm)--University of Stellenbosch, 2000.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this assignment is to develop a method for rate making of construction machines and vehicles. An analysis of the fixed and variable cost of machines and vehicles are made together with the allocation of overhead costs. After anal ising the various cost components a model is developed for the determination of depreciation and finance charges by using the utilization of the relevant plant item. The figures obtained from this model are then used in an asset register. The information needed by the Receiver of Revenue is also included in this register for calculating the depreciation value at the end of the financial year. The maintenance and replacement of plant equipment are also discussed. Before the conclusion the necessity of keeping accurate records and the use of budgets for managing are looked at.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van die werkstuk is om 'n raamwerk daar te stel wat gebruik kan word vir tariefvasstelling van konstruksiemasjiene en - voertuie. In Ontleding van die vaste en veranderlike koste van masjinerie en voertuie word gemaak, asook die hantering van oorhoofse koste in die onderneming. Nil die bespreking van die verskillende kostekomponente waaruit 'n tarief bestaan, word die klem geplaas op die berekening van waardevermindering. 'n Model vir waardeverminderingen finansieringskostebepaling aan die hand van die benutting van toerusting word ontwikkel. Die inligting sodoende verkry word saamgevat in 'n bateregister tesame met die inligting noodsaaklik vir die Ontvanger van Inkomste om waardeverminderingafskrywings te maak aan die einde van elke finansiele jaar. Die onderhoud en vervanging van toerusting word ook bespreek. Ter afsluiting word rekordhouding en die opstel van begrotings bespreek en die nut daarvan vir bestuur uitgewys.
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Halak, Michael, and Charlene Reinke. "Internationalization of Chinese Construction Equipment Firms : “Take-off Drivers & Entry Strategies”." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-13147.
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This master thesis investigates how Chinese construction equipment firms internationalize (i.e. how they enter new markets and how they are driven to exit their own). For this, the institutions of China and Brazil are comparatively analyzed, Porter’s five forces model is used to analyze the Chinese construction equipment industry, while distinct resources, capabilities and key success factors are defined and analyzed for Sany and Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG). After careful analysis, the authors bring to light various take-off drivers, patterns and strategies of Chinese construction equipment firms when internationalizing or venturing abroad. Chinese construction equipment firms are beginning to follow their Western counterparts, focusing their efforts on product quality and extensive customer service. Warranties, parts centers, aftermarket service and strategically placed research and development facilities are becoming more greatly utilized, expanding the quality and offerings of Chinese firms, while adding to the customers perception of overall value. These key insights expand the knowledge base associated with Chinese construction equipment firms in developing markets, while unlocking new theoretical perspectives for supplementary research.
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Balestrucci, Federica. "Transition towards circular economy through a multi-readiness level model : An explorative study in the construction equipment industry." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-49306.
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Circular economy is considered one of the most viable approaches to sustainability and it has gained a lot of traction in recent years. It challenges the linear approach to production and consumption that generates waste and is unsustainable for the planet and future generations. It is crucial to counteract the negative impacts of production on the environment by implementing new and effective business strategies that are compatible with circular economy. Nowadays, manufacturing industries are struggling to make the transition towards circularity because of the intrinsic complexity of adapting new business models, product development, production processes and supply chain management to a non-linear approach. The literature on the transition towards circular economy extensively covers the aspects connected to either one of the above-mentioned domain-specific areas, developing different tools such as roadmaps and frameworks to support companies in the transition for a specific area. Yet, there is a lack of a systematic tool that can give support in each stage of the process based on the different business areas that need to be adapted to circularity. The purpose of this study is to explore the existing state-of-the-art knowledge with a systematic and holistic approach to factors that are connected to circular economy, so to create a practical tool for facilitating the process of transitioning towards circularity in a step- by-step manner, in connection to activities and strategies that can be implemented in different business domains. An explorative case study in a manufacturing company in the construction equipment industry was carried out, with a twofold purpose: firstly, to gather, analyse and frame the existing state-of-the-art knowledge on the implementation of circular economy. Secondly, to explore the suggested multi readiness level model with the case study company in order to validate it. In order to do so, a set of ten semi-structured interviews with senior managers and experts in the field was carried out to gather valuable insights and practical knowledge. The outcome of this study is a multi-readiness level model for transitioning towards circular economy that explores the most important strategies and activities that should be implemented by a manufacturing company in four different areas of intervention, namely Ecosystem of External Partners, Customer and Business model, Company’s Culture and Internal Capabilities and Design and Product Development. Each area of intervention will be presented in connection to identified strategies and activities that must be implemented to reach circularity.
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Wu, Kin-kwong, and 吳健光. "A study of the cost management process and estimation techniques for estimating building services installations in the buildingconstruction industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31251523.
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Allread, Benjamin Scott. "Real-time pro-active safety in construction." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/34815.
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Collisions between personnel on foot and heavy equipment or materials on a construction site can be characterized as a contact collision. These types of incidents are a common occurrence on a work site. Technology is needed to improve work zone safety by alerting workers that are in danger of collisions pro-actively and in real-time. Developing this technology may assist in collecting previously un-recorded data on "near-misses" (close-calls). An approach is presented in this paper that is based on wireless radio frequency technology to alert workers in real-time when they are in danger. Various experiments are described that have been conducted in order to gain better understanding of the technology's potential, including measuring equipment blind spots and alert (or safety) zones.
Blind spots areas are measured for six common construction vehicles to help determine the required (or minimum) alert distance (safety zone) for the equipment. A computer program was developed in-house to automatically calculate the percentage of blind spots on 2-dimensional planes and in the overall 3-dimensional volume. The blind spots results directly indicate the necessary safety zones for the equipment.
The proximity device results show that technology demonstrated the capability of collecting important safety data while pro-actively detecting hazardous situations and warning workers and equipment operators during imminent potential hazardous events. Furthermore, the presented research can lead to improve the overall safety performance in construction and elsewhere through improved learning and education by providing relevant information to decision makers at all levels.
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Carlson, Patrik, and Glenn Karjalainen. "Sustainability in the heavy construction equipment industry : A study comparing the tensions between economic and environmental criteria during the acquisition process." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-70907.
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Fakhrai, Rad Fakhreddin, Benoit Lebel, and Bingzhou Wu. "Limited upstream dyadic integration of the Supplier Relationship Management process within the construction equipment industry in Sweden : An analysis of the sub-process integration from the manufacturer’s perspective." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-43994.
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The supplier relationship manager is one of the eight business processes of Supply chain management. There have been many researches carried out about the supply chain processes integration. However, a lack of theory has been noticed on the integration of the supplier relationship management process and no research has coped with a case study of the integration of this process between the manufacturer and its first upstream tier. The lack is also consequent when studying the obstacles to the supplier relationship management integration in Swedish construction equipment companies.
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Andersson, Tommy. "Redesign av reduktionsutrustning i asselvalsverk inom stålindustri : Ett examensarbete utfört på konstruktionsbyrån BEKAB mot stålindustriföretaget Ovako." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Maskinkonstruktion, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-108786.
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Intresset för sömlösa stålrör med stora ytterdiametrar i förhållande till tunna väggtjocklekar har ökat tillsammans med att högre hållfasthet i olika stålsorter tillkommit. Detta gör det möjligt att tillverka lättare, billigare och mer materialeffektiva stålprodukter med samma eller högre hållfasthet som tidigare. Denna nya utvecklingsriktning medför förändringar och utmaningar i en av företaget Ovakos produktionslinor i Rörverk 5 Hofors, vilket de har behov av att samarbeta med maskinkonstruktionsföretaget BEKAB för att utvärdera och utveckla. I Ovakos produktionslina i Rörverk 5 finns en del av ett asselvalsverk som kallas för "förreducerare". Denna del av asselvalsverket ser Ovako ett stort intresse i att utvärdera och utveckla för att bättre anpassas till den nya utvecklingsriktningen. En känd utmaning hos förreduceraren sen tidigare är att den från början är framtagen för att reducera ner ett kvalitetsproblem hos rörprodukterna som kallas för trattbildning. Projektet fördjupar sig därför inom trattbildning för att bättre förstå grunden till förreducerarens nuvarande design för att därefter genomföra en redesign av förreduceraren. I en nulägesanalys av nuvarande förreducerare framkommer ett flertal olika produktionsutrustningsproblem med tillhörande kvalitetsproblem hos rörprodukterna. Projektet väljer därmed att fokusera på de produktionsutrustningsproblem som ger störst effekt för förreduceraren om de löstes. Detta resulterar i ett nytt produktkoncept av förreduceraren i form av en visuell 3D-CAD-modell med tillhörande hållfasthetsberäkningar och materialoptimering. Studien behandlar ämnen som design, konstruktion, produktutveckling, hållfasthet samt materialoptimering.The interest in seamless steel tubes with large outside diameters in relation to thin wall thickness has increased along with the strength improvements in various steel grades. This makes it possible to produce lighter, cheaper and more material-efficient steel products with the same or greater strength as before. These new development directions bring changes and challenges in one of the company Ovako's production lines in Tube Mill 5 Hofors, which they need to cooperate with the design agency BEKAB to evaluate and develop. In Ovako's production line in Tube Mill 5 there is a part of an assel mill called "förreducerare". Ovako sees a lot of interest in evaluating and developing this part of the assel mill in order to better adapt to the new development directions. A well-known challenge of the existing reduction equipment is that it was initially developed to reduce a quality issue with the tube products called funnel formation. The project therefore immerses itself into the funnel formation in order to better understand the foundations of the current design of the reduction equipment and to then implement a redesign of the reduction equipment. A situation analysis of the current reduction equipment reveals a number of different production issues with their accompanying quality issues in the tube products. The project thus chooses to focus on the production issues that would have the greatest impact on the reduction equipment if they were resolved. This results in a new product concept of the reduction equipment in the form of a visual 3D-CAD-model with associated strength calculations and material optimization. The study covers topics such as design, engineering, product development, material strength calculations and material optimization.
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Andersson, Ingo, and Joel Garbers. "Developing Primary Controls for Multiple CE-Machines in a Teleoperation's Environment." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-49372.
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Background: An intermediate step towards fully autonomous construction equipment is “assisted tele-remote operation”. These sorts of operations imply that an operator remotely supports machines that has encountered a situation that autonomous systems onboard the construction machines (CM) cannot solve. Considering teleoperators are not required to continuously monitor the CM in an assisted tele-remote environment, multiple construction machines can be teleoperated simultaneously. For simplification, “assisted tele-remote operation” will now be referred to as “teleoperations”. Volvo Construction Equipment is currently exploring the possibility to teleoperate wheel loaders, articulated haulers, and excavators from a single platform. To do this, primary controls adapted for operating these machines are needed. The primary controls should be designed with the needs of a teleoperator in mind while taking functionality into account, which is needed when CM are both operated conventionally and in tele-remote applications. This procedure will be referred to as relevant primary controls. As the primary controls from three different CM-types are destined to be combined into one platform, the teleoperations platform will be referred to as “3-1 CM teleoperations platform”. The purpose of this thesis project was to propose a relevant solution to primary controls for a 3-1 CM teleoperations platform. To fulfil this purpose, the following two research questions (RQ) where formulated: • RQ1: What are the challenges for teleoperating construction equipment? • RQ2: What defines primary controls in a 3-1 CM teleoperations platform and how can the layout be improved? Method: Using interviews, observations, and literature as qualitative data collection methods, several insights where gained. A scenario for the CM was defined to define the situation in which the quantitative data collection method would be performed. Needs of current CM operators combined with teleoperators have been analysed and listed. Quantitative data has been collected and analysed to design the layout of the primary controls using the objective data as a basis. Result: The research questions were answered with the following results: • RQ1: Insights that resulted in several themes describing how teleoperations can be developed by looking at different challenges it can face. • RQ2: Specifications of the functions included in the new ‘primary controls’ based on CM functions from the company and from teleoperating experiences from several industries. An analysis on how often the functions for the new ‘primary controls’ were used, was carried out. The answers to the research questions were used as a basis to fulfil the purpose of this thesis project by proposing a conceptual solution for primary controls to a teleoperation’s platform for operating multiple CM. Conclusions: It was established that a 3-1 CM teleoperations platform can be developed towards certain CE-machine types. Moreover, additional analysis with experienced operators of each machine type are needed to improve and verify the most optimal layout of the primary controls and platform. Further research is still required to validate the answers to RQ1 and RQ2.
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Hetteš, Adrián. "Průmyslová hala Moravany - vybrané části stavebně technologického projektu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-392090.
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The aim of this diploma thesis is the preparation of a constructional-technology study into the realization of carcass industry hall in the village Moravany u Brna. An itemized budget has been created for the framework alongside a proposal for the main building mechanisms, time management, health and safety plan and environmental management. The thesis is focused on detailed realization of the precast concrete frame which outlines technological regulation and inspection and a trial plan. The thesis further deals with site equipment, possible public transport routes into specific areas and how the main technological stages are developed. In creation of this thesis were used constructional-technological softwares BuildPowerS, CONTEC, ArchiCAD, AutoTurn, Vehicle Tracking and Hluk+9.
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Fenollosa, Artés Felip. "Contribució a l'estudi de la impressió 3D per a la fabricació de models per facilitar l'assaig d'operacions quirúrgiques de tumors." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667421.
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La present tesi doctoral s’ha centrat en el repte d’aconseguir, mitjançant Fabricació Additiva (FA), models per a assaig quirúrgic, sota la premissa que els equips per fer-los haurien de ser accessibles a l’àmbit hospitalari. L’objectiu és facilitar l’extensió de l’ús dels prototips com a eina de preparació d’operacions quirúrgiques, transformant la pràctica mèdica actual de la mateixa manera que en el seu moment ho van fer tecnologies com les que van facilitar l’ús de radiografies. El motiu d’utilitzar FA, en lloc de tecnologies més tradicionals, és la seva capacitat de materialitzar de forma directa les dades digitals obtingudes de l’anatomia del pacient mitjançant sistemes d’escanejat tridimensional, fent possible l’obtenció de models personalitzats. Els resultats es centren en la generació de nou coneixement sobre com aconseguir equipaments d’impressió 3D multimaterials accessibles que permetin l’obtenció de models mimètics respecte als teixits vius. Per facilitar aquesta buscada extensió de la tecnologia, s’ha focalitzat en les tecnologies de codi obert com la Fabricació per Filament Fos (FFF) i similars basades en líquids catalitzables. La recerca s’alinea dins l’activitat de desenvolupament de la FA al CIM UPC, i en aquest àmbit concret amb la col·laboració amb l’Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Barcelona (HSJD). El primer bloc de la tesi inclou la descripció de l’estat de l’art, detallant les tecnologies existents i la seva aplicació a l’entorn mèdic. S’han establert per primer cop unes bases de caracterització dels teixits vius -sobretot tous- per donar suport a la selecció de materials que els puguin mimetitzar en un procés de FA, a efectes de millorar l’experiència d’assaig dels cirurgians. El caràcter rígid dels materials majoritàriament usats en impressió 3D els fa poc útils per simular tumors i altres referències anatòmiques. De forma successiva, es tracten paràmetres com la densitat, la viscoelasticitat, la caracterització dels materials tous a la indústria, l’estudi del mòdul elàstic de teixits tous i vasos, la duresa d’aquests, i requeriments com l’esterilització dels models. El segon bloc comença explorant la impressió 3D mitjançant FFF. Es classifiquen les variants del procés des del punt de vista de la multimaterialitat, essencial per fer models d’assaig quirúrgic, diferenciant entre solucions multibroquet i de barreja al capçal. S’ha inclòs l’estudi de materials (filaments i líquids) que serien més útils per mimetitzar teixits tous. Es constata com en els líquids, en comparació amb els filaments, la complexitat del treball en processos de FA és més elevada, i es determinen formes d’imprimir materials molt tous. Per acabar, s’exposen sis casos reals de col·laboració amb l’HJSD, una selecció d’aquells en els que el doctorand ha intervingut en els darrers anys. L’origen es troba en la dificultat de l’abordatge d’operacions de resecció de tumors infantils com el neuroblastoma, i a la iniciativa del Dr. Lucas Krauel. Finalment, el Bloc 3 té per objecte explorar nombrosos conceptes (fins a 8), activitat completada al llarg dels darrers cinc anys amb el suport dels mitjans del CIM UPC i de l’activitat associada a treballs finals d’estudis d’estudiants de la UPC, arribant-se a materialitzar equipaments experimentals per validar-los. La recerca ampla i sistemàtica al respecte fa que s’estigui més a prop de disposar d’una solució d’impressió 3D multimaterial de sobretaula. Es determina que la millor via de progrés és la de disposar d’una pluralitat de capçals independents a fi de capacitar la impressora 3D per integrar diversos conceptes estudiats, materialitzant-se una possible solució. Cloent la tesi, es planteja com seria un equipament d’impressió 3D per a models d’assaig quirúrgic, a fi de servir de base per a futurs desenvolupaments.La presente tesis doctoral se ha centrado en el reto de conseguir, mediante Fabricación Aditiva (FA), modelos para ensayo quirúrgico, bajo la premisa que los equipos para obtenerlos tendrían que ser accesibles al ámbito hospitalario. El objetivo es facilitar la extensión del uso de modelos como herramienta de preparación de operaciones quirúrgicas, transformando la práctica médica actual de la misma manera que, en su momento, lo hicieron tecnologías como las que facilitaron el uso de radiografías. El motivo de utilizar FA, en lugar de tecnologías más tradicionales, es su capacidad de materializar de forma directa los datos digitales obtenidos de la anatomía del paciente mediante sistemas de escaneado tridimensional, haciendo posible la obtención de modelos personalizados. Los resultados se centran en la generación de nuevo conocimiento para conseguir equipamientos de impresión 3D multimateriales accesibles que permitan la obtención de modelos miméticos respecto a los tejidos vivos. Para facilitar la buscada extensión de la tecnología, se ha focalizado en las tecnologías de código abierto como la Fabricación por Hilo Fundido (FFF) y similares basadas en líquidos catalizables. Esta investigación se alinea dentro de la actividad de desarrollo de la FA en el CIM UPC, y en este ámbito concreto con la colaboración con el Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Barcelona (HSJD). El primer bloque de la tesis incluye la descripción del estado del arte, detallando las tecnologías existentes y su aplicación al entorno médico. Se han establecido por primera vez unas bases de caracterización de los tejidos vivos – principalmente blandos – para dar apoyo a la selección de materiales que los puedan mimetizar en un proceso de FA, a efectos de mejorar la experiencia de ensayo de los cirujanos. El carácter rígido de los materiales mayoritariamente usados en impresión 3D los hace poco útiles para simular tumores y otras referencias anatómicas. De forma sucesiva, se tratan parámetros como la densidad, la viscoelasticidad, la caracterización de materiales blandos en la industria, el estudio del módulo elástico de tejidos blandos y vasos, la dureza de los mismos, y requerimientos como la esterilización de los modelos. El segundo bloque empieza explorando la impresión 3D mediante FFF. Se clasifican las variantes del proceso desde el punto de vista de la multimaterialidad, esencial para hacer modelos de ensayo quirúrgico, diferenciando entre soluciones multiboquilla y de mezcla en el cabezal. Se ha incluido el estudio de materiales (filamentos y líquidos) que serían más útiles para mimetizar tejidos blandos. Se constata como en los líquidos, en comparación con los filamentos, la complejidad del trabajo en procesos de FA es más elevada, y se determinan formas de imprimir materiales muy blandos. Para acabar, se exponen seis casos reales de colaboración con el HJSD, una selección de aquellos en los que el doctorando ha intervenido en los últimos años. El origen se encuentra en la dificultad del abordaje de operaciones de resección de tumores infantiles como el neuroblastoma, y en la iniciativa del Dr. Lucas Krauel. Finalmente, el Bloque 3 desarrolla numerosos conceptos (hasta 8), actividad completada a lo largo de los últimos cinco años con el apoyo de los medios del CIM UPC y de la actividad asociada a trabajos finales de estudios de estudiantes de la UPC, llegándose a materializar equipamientos experimentales para validarlos. La investigación amplia y sistemática al respecto hace que se esté más cerca de disponer de una solución de impresión 3D multimaterial de sobremesa. Se determina que la mejor vía de progreso es la de disponer de una pluralidad de cabezales independientes, a fin de capacitar la impresora 3D para integrar diversos conceptos estudiados, materializándose una posible solución. Para cerrar la tesis, se plantea cómo sería un equipamiento de impresión 3D para modelos de ensayo quirúrgico, a fin de servir de base para futuros desarrollos.
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Kim, Changwan Haas Carl T. "Spatial information acquisition and its use for infrastructure operation and maintenance." 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3143877.
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Goodrum, Paul McGinley 1970. "The impact of equipment technology on productivity in the U.S. construction industry." 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/10491.
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Kwon, Soon-wook 1968. "Human-assisted fitting and matching of objects to sparse point clouds for rapid workspace modeling in construction automation." 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/12192.
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Ho, Jen-Hwang, and 何震寰. "Time. Spread, Equipment-----FRP industry construction in the plastic time." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/03389011615263920222.
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碩士東海大學
建築學系
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This thesis design starts with an idea to discuss a special architecture and land relationship followed by the unique political and economical development of Taiwan under a “tectonic” point of view. We hereby assume that “architecture” is a kind of man-made equipment and will spread itself in a space concept along with the technical developed in the history. With abovementioned points, we further examine “Chun-loao li”, an area with stone build up houses constructed by traditional Taiwanese-house builders and modern factories, and derive the clue of a relationship between building types and land formed by the interaction of human activities and the time context. At the end of this thesis design, we performed a topic regarding a manufacturing process from an existing factory to a business official center in FRP industry. Start with the “FRP manufacturing method” and “the concern to mechanics and architecture”, we could develop a way to fit the time and environment changed.
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Kim, Changwan 1972. "Spatial information acquisition and its use for infrastructure operation and maintenance." 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/12780.
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Chong, Kum Whye. "Role of pricing in relationship marketing a study of the Singapore heavy equipment spare parts industry." 2003. http://arrow.unisa.edu.au:8081/1959.8/24937.
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UUProblem Members of the Singapore Heavy Equipment Spare Parts Industry face a multitude of challenges in developing their pricing strategy and practice, and in establishing, developing, and maintaining successful relational exchanges. They are unable to obtain any guidance from the pricing or relationship marketing literature. These works are either too complex or too general to be of any use to industry members. Consequently, much of industry strategy and practice occurs without the benefit of theory. UUThe Method An extensive review of existing literature was conducted in the major subject areas of pricing and relationship marketing. Literature on other subjects of channels, marketing mix, strategy, value, commitment, trust, cooperation, and satisfaction were also reviewed. A survey instrument was developed and field research was administered to 35 channel members of the industry. The results were analysed using SPSS 11. The results were used to construct a model of the role of pricing in relationship marketing. The model was constructed using Factor Analysis, Correlation Analysis and Regression Analysis. UUThe Findings The findings are all based on the perception of the channel members. Nine factors were extracted. These non-trivial factors to the Singapore Heavy Equipment Spare Parts Industry are: - Downstream supply considerations; - Product/Stock allocations; - Price gap resolution; - Perception of value/profitability; - Business volume; - Intermediate business relationships; - Leads and referrals; - Favourable pricing; and - Long-run relationships. At 5% significance (2-tailed), 4 construct paths were supported. These are: - Support gap correlates with actual price; - Support gap correlates with value; - Support gap correlates with price gap; and - Price gap correlates with value. At 5% significance (2-tailed), 8 hypotheses were supported. These are: - Price gap resolution correlates with commitment; - Price gap resolution correlates with cooperation; - Price gap resolution correlates with satisfaction; - Importance of constructive acts correlates with improved business volume; - Expression of intention to increase business correlates with increased business; - Importance of value correlates with increased business; - Value (through profitability) correlates with increased business; and - Importance of value correlates with improvements in: - Trust; - Commitment; - Cooperation; - Satisfaction; and - Increased business. UUConclusion Pricing has a profound and multi-faceted role in relationship marketing. It is a powerful tool. It has a role as a market tool with new relationships, as a development tool in the growth phase of relationships, and as a control tool in the mature phase of bilateral relationships between first and second echelon distributors. The study recommended that channel members utilise this tool concept and the management of value, price, and support gap in relational exchanges.thesis (PhDBusinessandManagement)--University of South Australia, 2003.
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Huang, Jen-Che, and 黃仁哲. "The Study of New Plant Construction Facility Equipment Evaluation and Decision Criteria Weights in Semiconductor Industry." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81342691348006751704.
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In the supplier selection process, the manufacturer must consider a variety of factors to determine the selection criteria to meet its needs with the company's overall interests. Since the previous experience of the semiconductor manufacturers for selecting suppliers seldom went about the process with the factor of the factory equipment, the thesis expects by studying the described literatures on the semiconductor manufacturer selecting factory equipment factors and using the analytic hierarchy process of the multi-criteria decision analysis method to identify the key factors, assessment criteria between the relative weights to build semiconductor plant's equipment supplier selection model. After revising the model, the thesis develops a complete set of the factory equipment procurement decision-making model, which will help to improve the market competitiveness for the semiconductor manufacturers by considering the factors of the most economic investment, the technological development, and the procurement for the optimum equipment. This study develops a semiconductor factory equipment supplier evaluation index system, including six dimensions: "price", "quality", "delivery and flexibility", "production, technology and innovation", "finance & performance", and "commercial relationship and service." The indicator portions of the six dimensions are sequentially arranged: the price weights 0.449, ranking first; the quality weights 0.242, ranking 2; the financial and performance perspective weights 0.138, ranking 3; the delivery and flexibility dimension weights 0.09, ranking 4; the production, technology and innovation dimension weights 0.058, ranking 5; the business relationships with service weights 0.044, ranking 6.
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Lin, Tsai-Ying, and 林采瑩. "The Construction of the Evaluation Model for Technology Transfer of Equipment Supplier in High-Tech Industry." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73570891276818985753.
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With the rapid transition of industrial structure, the product life cycle is shortening continuously. In order to survire in the fierce market, a firm has to keep developing new technology and product to differentiate itself from others. The installation and operation of new equipment is an outcome of new technology development, and the manufacturing capacity and competitive edge can be increased as a result. For the capital investment in production, the acquisition of new core-technology equipment is the most important. In addition, the technology know-how of the equipment must be transferred completely from the equipment supplier to the engineers and operators of the firm, so that machinery can be utilized effectively and the company profit can increase substantially. Therefore, a proper evaluation and selection of new equipment and its critical technology transfer is essential for the firm to gain its competitive edge. The objective of this paper is to explore the technology transfer of equipment and to establish a comprehensive evaluation model by considering critical influence factors. Influence factors for technology transfer of new equipment are first collected by literature review and interview with related experts in the industries. Fuzzy Delphi method is applied next to select the most critical factors. Then, based on analytic network process (ANP), the feedback and interdependency among the critical factors are analyzed by the experts through group decision making, and interpretive structural modeling (ISM) is employed to find out the relationship between the critical factors. Then, an evaluation model is constructed. Because human decision making process involves ambiguity and uncertainty, fuzzy theory is incorporated into the model. A case study is presented to examine the practicality of the proposed model. The results of this study should provide a base for firms to evaluate the purchase of new equipment and a reference to equipment suppliers to strengthen their technology transfer process to their buyers.
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"A business strategy for Svedala International (Hong Kong) Limited in China." 1994. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5889448.
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by Yim Fu Cheong, Terence.Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-67).
abstract --- p.ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv
LIST OF EXHIBITS --- p.vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.vii
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Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1
Chapter 1.1 --- Svedala Industri AB --- p.1
Chapter 1.2 --- Svedala Products --- p.1
Chapter 1.2.1 --- Civil Engineering Sector --- p.2
Chapter 1.2.2 --- Mineral Processing Sector --- p.3
Chapter 1.2.3 --- Bulk Material Handling Sector --- p.4
Chapter 1.3 --- Svedala Customers --- p.5
Chapter 1.4 --- Svedala's Mission in China --- p.5
Chapter 1.5 --- Methodology --- p.7
Chapter II. --- FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA --- p.10
Chapter 2.1 --- Economic Situation --- p.10
Chapter 2.2 --- Major Technology Introducing Projects --- p.12
Chapter 2.3 --- What are the Bottlenecks? --- p.12
Chapter 2 .4 --- Energy Projects --- p.19
Chapter 2.5 --- Coal Mining Projects --- p.20
Chapter 2.6 --- Transport Projects --- p.21
Chapter 2.7 --- Other Construction Projects of Interest to Svedala --- p.24
Chapter III. --- OPPORTUNITIES FOR SVEDALA --- p.25
Chapter 3.1 --- Crushing & Screening Division --- p.25
Chapter 3.2 --- Compaction Division --- p.26
Chapter 3.3 --- Grinding Division --- p.27
Chapter 3.4 --- Bulk Material Handling Division --- p.28
Chapter IV. --- SUMMARIES OF INTERVIEWS AND IMPLICATIONS --- p.31
Chapter 4.1 --- Crushing & Screening Division --- p.31
Chapter 4.2 --- Compaction and Bulk Material Handling Division --- p.32
Chapter V. --- STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF SVEDALA --- p.35
Chapter 5.1 --- Crushing & Screening Division --- p.35
Chapter 5.2 --- Compaction Division --- p.36
Chapter 5.3 --- Grinding Division --- p.37
Chapter 5.4 --- Bulk Material Handling Division --- p.38
Chapter VI. --- THREATS TO SVEDALA --- p.40
Chapter 6.1 --- Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) Trade Status --- p.40
Chapter 6.2 --- Drastic Policy Changes --- p.41
Chapter 6.3 --- Land Appreciation Tax --- p.42
Chapter 6.4 --- Skyrocketing Costs of Operations --- p.43
Chapter 6.5 --- Upward Trend of Interest Rates --- p.44
Chapter 6.6 --- Government Regulations --- p.45
Chapter VII. --- RECOMMENDED STRATEGY FOR SVEDALA --- p.46
Chapter 7.1 --- Business Strategy for China --- p.46
Chapter 7.2 --- Product Strategy --- p.46
Chapter 7.3 --- Pricing Strategy --- p.49
Chapter 7.4 --- Distribution Strategy --- p.49
Chapter 7.5 --- Promotion Strategy --- p.51
Chapter 7.6 --- Research & Development Strategy --- p.51
Chapter 7.7 --- Human Resources Strategy --- p.52
Chapter 7.8 --- Finance Strategy --- p.53
Chapter VIII. --- CONCLUSION --- p.54
APPENDICES --- p.57
BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.63
REFERENCES --- p.66
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Wen, De-Gang, and 文德剛. "The Study and Practice of Lean Production in Construction Equipment Industry—Taking LG’s Lean Production as An Example." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2a49ag.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
臺大-復旦EMBA境外專班
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Currently, Chinese economy comes to the transition phase, the construction equipment industry which is closely related to macro-economy and GDP growth is facing a huge challenge. In the circumstances of globalization, the industry over-capacity due to economic slowdown, the low & middle manufacturing level in the international division of labor and the big gap on manufacturing management with developed countries, like European countries, USA, Japan and Korea, etc., all of which require our enterprises to be transformed and upgraded from the extensive type to a lean one, therefore lean production is the first priority for construction equipment manufacturers to build their core competitiveness. As one of the leading enterprises in Chinese construction equipment industry, LG has introduced and implemented LPS (LG Production System) based on its own actual situation and by means of JV cooperation with one of Top 500 in the world. So far, LG has achieved great progress on QDC (Refer to Quality, Delivery, and Cost). Consequently, LG acquires a leading position in the industry, and takes the lean way aligned with its own development. The systematic and quantized implementation of lean production is focused by LG. Through building LPS- Lean production platform, LPS implementation organization and systematic knowledge structure, the lean production culture has been gradually formed in LG. Through many sessions of discussion and research, benchmarking advanced global enterprises in the same industry, the clear strategic planning and objectives have been formed. Each one of the 22 modules in the LPS is quantized and measurable, and they are closely related to each other. Meanwhile, the internal audit within LG and external audit by experts make the implementation go deeper and further.
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Al-Majali, Khaled. "Social media in B2B Marketing : The case of Söderberg & Haak AB in Agriculture and construction equipment industry." Thesis, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36568.
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Qhogwana, Xola. "The use of innovative strategies by automotive component manufacturers in Gauteng." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/2560.
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Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Technology in Business Administration: Entrepreneurial Studies & Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2017.The automotive industry is the third largest sector in the South African economy and it plays such an important role in the economy, that it is often viewed used as a barometer of the health of the economy. Despite the relatively large number of automotive component manufacturers (ACMs) in South Africa, manufacturing a wide range of automotive components, and the incentives offered by the government to increase the local content of vehicles manufactured in the country, the majority of vehicle manufacturers as well as after-market wholesalers and retailers in South Africa source a greater proportion of their automotive components from foreign suppliers. This may be due to a number of reasons, and in this regard, this study investigated the nature and extent to which ACMs in Gauteng, South Africa, used innovative strategies to remain competitive. A quantitative research design was used, and a self-administered questionnaire was sent to all of the ACMs located in Gauteng. Some of the main findings from the study was that only 48.9% of the respondents had a Research and Development (R&D) department; ACMs ranked their clients, who include motor vehicle manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers, as the most important source of innovation, with existing employees being ranked second, suppliers ranked third, and competitors ranked fourth. The importance of a highly skilled workforce was highlighted by the finding that almost three quarters of the respondents agreed with the statement that new ideas and suggestions from employees had been implemented. Although the local motor vehicle manufacturers purchase most of the automotive components from ACMs located outside South Africa, the finding that 82% of the ACMs surveyed have been in operation for more than 10 years, with 72% of these organisations in operation for more than 15 years, indicates that most local ACMs are financially profitable and have adapted to global competition.
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Chung-Szu, Kao, and 高仲思. "On Constructing Assessing Mode for Equipment Risk Management: The Petrochemical Industry Cases." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99355889409208511032.
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管理學研究所
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The petroleum has been the largest trade goods in the world since the 20th century, also the most extensive, most far-reaching natural resource, greatly influence economic activities. Currently, over 95% of organic chemicals come from the petrochemical industry. because the price of international oil repeatly hits new peak, the political turbulence of petroleum exporting countries and frequent equipment breakdowns in the global petrochemical plants, which results in serious global imbalance in terms of supply and demand; As far as petrochemical industry is concerned, it is vital to keep equipment high reliability turn round and free from malfunctions to safe for personnel. In addition, it is also critically essential to grasp the high-added value and high-risk equipment operation, and set up risk management assessment Mechanism.
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Chen, Liang-Yu, and 陳亮宇. "Constructing the Indicators of Green Manufacturing Performance for the Fitness Equipment Industry." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7zm9yt.
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碩士國立勤益科技大學
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In these years, people's living standards improve, technological progress, industry development is rapid, and the impact on the environment is also more and more intense. The whole world set off a national movement of the atmosphere. People pay more attention to health care; street running, indoor gymnasium, sports center and other sports industry have been sprung up like mushrooms also led to the rise of fitness equipment manufacturing upstream. Industrial pollution in the manufacturing process has become the focus of international attention; it will be the future trend to develop green products and green manufacturing. The fitness equipment manufacturing industry in Taiwan, was limited by market, there will be much room for improvement if fitness equipment manufacturer in Taiwan can involve more green policies. It will also reduce waste and reduce environmental pollution, therefore enhance the competitiveness of enterprises. This article focuses on the analysis of the green manufacturing indicators of the fitness equipment industry. To look for relevant indicators by collecting domestic and foreign lean production, clean production, green manufacturing, green indicators and other literatures. In-depth interviewing was used to access the fitness equipment industry experts. We asked expert advice and screened out the green manufacturing indicators. Finally, the weight of the indicators was calculated by the voting analytic hierarchy process, and the order of the indicators and their objectivity was confirmed. The purpose of this study is as below: 1. to organize and summarize the green manufacture principle of fitness equipment industry. 2. to establish the suitable green manufacturing indicators for fitness equipment industry. 3. to analyze the importance of green manufacturing indicators. The results of this article found that in the fitness equipment industry, green manufacturing indicators were material application properly, green process management, green factory management, green product design, green policy, corporate social responsibility; and the factors are divided into six categories. Through the hierarchical structure breakdown, indicators were summarized and their weights were computed.
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Kao, Chin-Yu, and 高金裕. "Constructing Management Opportunities Grid of Green Equipment Industry - A case Studyof A Company." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50069592369220888376.
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Abstract This research focus on constructing green equipment industry’s management opportunities grid by using important and satisfied factors of company A’s core competence. This research analyze past literatures and practical cases to develop the questionnaire which concluded seven core competences from company A’s customers: project time, project cost, product features, staff performance, after sales service, market expansion and overall understanding the difference among local, foreign and company A. This research examined company A’s top 10 valued services. They are ‘maintain existing customers and develop new customers’, ‘provide high quality products’, ‘product price-performance ratio’, ‘company’s reputation’, ‘free trial’, ‘speed of service after the device’s failure’, ‘staff training’, ‘product stability’, ‘product accuracy’ and ‘contract validity.’ According to the management opportunities grid result of the study, company A should improve eight service problems. They are ‘4. Customized production’, ‘9. Product price-performance ratio’, ’11. Extend warranty period’, ’12. Product functionality’, ’13. Product stability’, ’31. Salesman can solve the problem instantly’, ’37. Response speed and attitude when occurred the devices delivering loss’ and ’46. Company reputation.’ In conclusion, company A should focus on and invest more resources and be aware the competitive strategies of local and foreign firms, in order to establish more advantages and core competences in the future.
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Chin-PaoChen and 陳金保. "Toward Constructing the Channel Integration Model for Mechanical Electrical Engineering Material / Equipment Industry." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85908292588759872746.
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Matangira, Peace Aaron. "Investigating climate change intervention strategies in opencast mining contracting and plant hire companies: a case of mutual construction company group of companies, South Africa." Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23270.
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Climate change has come to be understood as a deleterious phenomenon, which threatens business, society and ecological systems, thus making it imperative to understand its impact on human, social and economic activities as well as the impact of these activities on climate change. Against this background, this research sought to determine climate change intervention strategies in the mining supply chain in general, specifically focussing on opencast mining contracting and plant hire companies’ practices. This focus on the mining industry was driven by its importance in South Africa and globally, despite its significant direct and indirect contribution to climatic changes.
The mixed-methods multiple case study focused on the climate change management of the Mutual Construction Company Group of Companies (MCCGC), an open cast toll mining firm and equipment supplier. Limited to two sites, Pilanesberg Platinum Mines (PPM) and Tharisa Minerals (Tharisa) Mines, the researcher gathered data through interviews, questionnaires, observations and document review. Data was analysed through deductive content analysis. The research made three major findings: (i) the MCCGC, like its principals PPM and Tharisa, does not have an explicit climate change management strategy. Instead, climate change is managed indirectly through implicit strategies seeking to manage environment, health and safety concerns of the mines, (ii) as a contractor, the MCCGC has had to adopt PPM and Tharisa’s implicit approach to climate change management strategies to meet contractual obligations, instead of an explicit approach and, (iii) the MCCGC and its principals’ commitment to environment, health and safety management, and implicitly climate change management, is not mere rhetoric but is being put into practice.
The research concluded that MCCGC’s lack of expressed climate change management intentions and practices exposed the firm to climate change risks, most notably financial risks and reputation risks. Financial risks arise from possible ex post climate change liability. In addition, MCCGC is risking its contract tenures, particularly if the two mines change ownership and the new owners insist on an explicit rather than implied climate change strategy with all its suppliers. Reputational risks arise from the possible failure to attract new clientele and investors who may perceive MCCGC as a risky partner, due to an inept climate change intervention strategyCollege of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
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