Rozprawy doktorskie: „Industrial capacity”

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Melton, Ryan Heath. "Methodology for Furniture Finishing System Capacity Planning". NCSU, 2000. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-20001108-141441.

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This research developed a methodology for the capacity planning of a furniture finishing system using both deterministic analysis and stochastic simulation. The thesis includes the development of an interface through which users can interactively build a simulation model of a finishing system. The Excel-based interface de-couples data input from the simulation model construction and execution. This provides a user-friendly tool for analyzing a finishing system. A manufacturing manager unfamiliar with simulation techniques can use the interface to conduct simulations and experiment with various input parameters such as line loading techniques and line speeds. Through the interface, results from the simulation can be used in an iterative process to analyze and refine design parameters of the finishing system. Adjustments to input parameters are made, and the model is re-simulated until the user discovers and eliminates any problem areas within an existing finishing system or accurately determines the required workstation capacities for a proposed system.

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Haugland, Anders. "Industrial thawing of fish : to improve quality, yield and capacity". Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-955.

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Melting of frozen water in food products is denoted thawing. The phase change requires energy, and takes place at a constant temperature for pure water. For mixtures of water, fat, protein and ashes (i.e. foodstuffs) this phase change will take place at a gliding temperature. Thawing is physically the opposite process to that of freezing. The heat flow is reversed and instead of extracting heat from the product, heat is directed into it. Although opposite processes, thawing is more difficult to carry out with respect to predictability and controllability. This is due mainly to three aspects:

1. Increased heat flow resistance as the thawing proceeds.

2. Reduced temperature difference (ΔT) between product and media.

3. More difficult to monitor the process and product end temperature accurat

The food processing industry depends on a continuously and safe supply of raw material, in order to utilise process equipment better, improve production planning and to create stable and secure working environment for the employees. The fish industry is very important for Norway, and its export value (NOK 30,6 billion in 2001¹) is the second highest after oil and higher than gas. The fact that supply of fresh raw material (i.e. fish) often is dependent on seasonal variations, weather conditions, quotes and regulations (governmental and international), has been a great intensive to use frozen raw material in the fish process industry.

A survey amongst 155 fish processing plants throughout Norway showed that 75 % of them used thawing in their production and further 23% claimed that they would do so in the future. 93 % of the companies that thawed did so in an uncontrolled manner. The challenges in industrial thawing are many:

• Block frozen products changes size during thawing and are generally more difficult to handle

• The product texture are temperature dependent

• Size variations – both single fish and batches

• Use of both fresh and frozen raw material

• Company culture

Thawing by heat transfer through the surface has been studied for three different products; Salmon, Cod and Mackerel. A slightly different approach has been used for these products depending on the raw material availability, industrial needs and relevance.

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Amri, Ahmad. "Technology transfer through industrial capacity expansion projects : developing countries case". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45971.

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Sonneborn, C. L. "Industry capacity building with respect to market-based approaches to greenhouse gas reduction : U.S. and Australian perspectives /". Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 2005. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20060615.132356.

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Lee, Yong Woo. "Data aggregation for capacity management". Thesis, [College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/90.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Texas A&M University, 2003.
"Major Subject: Industrial Engineering" Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created on Jul. 18, 2005.) Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

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Harper, Tiffany Jill. "Implementation of Simulation for Network Service Delivery Point Capacity Analysis". Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1229635122.

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Dasalla, Kathryn Anne. "Capacity requirements planning of multichip modules through simulation". Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2007.

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Thesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references.

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Huang, Chih-yüan. "AN ANALYSIS OF CAPICITY EXPANSION PROBLEMS WITH BACKORDERS AND STOCHASTIC DEMAND". Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/292045.

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We show that, under certain conditions, instead of solving stochastic capacity expansion problems, we will obtain the same optimal solution by solving deterministic equivalent problems. Since only the first decision must be implemented immediately, knowing the optimal first decision is nearly as good as knowing the entire optimal sequences. Hence if we can solve the problem with 'big enough' finite horizon such that the first decision remains optimal for longer than this finite horizon, then we identify the 'big enough' finite horizon as forecast horizon. The forward dynamic programming recursion can be used to solve a finite horizon problem. An efficient forward algorithm has been developed to obtain the first optimal decision and forecast horizon. A heuristic algorithm also has been derived to prove an initial decision is within known error bound of the optimal first decision. Several examples are examined to investigate how a decision will be affected by randomness. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.)

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Guvener, L. Z. "Computer aided estimation of machining parameters for capacity planning". Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.355427.

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Rashman, Lyndsay Jane. "Organizational knowledge and capacity for service improvement in UK public organizations". Thesis, University of Warwick, 2008. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/1062/.

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This is a study on organizational knowledge and capacity, with a particular focus on how learning takes place and how capacity can be developed to improve public service organizations. It has wider implications for how we think about learning in all types of organization. The study adds theoretically and empirically to the limited literature that addresses organizational capacity in public organizations. It examines explanations of capacity that may be associated with better performing local authorities and organizational sharing of knowledge and service improvement. The research design and methodology incorporate a conceptual framework and an empirical measurement instrument designed to investigate factors that explain organizational capacity. A longitudinal, quantitative survey of the population level of all 388 English local authorities examined comparisons of organizational capacity between better performing and lower performing councils. The findings provide empirical evidence of the relationship between better performing organizations and greater organizational capacity. Those organizations with greater capacity for learning can draw on prior knowledge to increase their current capacity. Capacity contributes to explanations of the relationship between an organization’s particular environment, and utilization of its internal potential, including organizational knowledge, for future performance. The study concludes with a reformulated definition of organizational capacity. It also finds that capacity building derives from different perspectives and is conceptually different from organizational capacity. It draws attention to the importance of context for organizational studies, and calls for definitions and operational measures that are suitable for all sectors.

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Sloan, Wendy Ann. "A Study on the Effect of Protective Capacity on Cycle Time in Serial Production Lines". MSSTATE, 2001. http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-11082001-113319/.

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This thesis investigates the interactions of several characteristics of serial production lines that contribute to production line performance. A full factorial experimental design of computerized simulations is conducted with three levels of downtime, four levels of variability, three levels of line length, three levels of constraint location, three levels of work-in-process, and six levels of protective capacity. This study enlarges upon recent four-workstation investigations and extends the knowledge to longer production lines. Some generalizations for the amount and location of protective capacity are drawn from the results, as a guide for process improvements and new production line design. An approximating regression model is constructed for prediction of cycle time outcomes with various values of contributing factors.

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Yehudai, Joseph. "A Study of the Relationship between the Intensity of Short-Range and Medium-Range Capacity Management and the Effectivenesss of Manufacturing Operations". Thesis, North Texas State University, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331834/.

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The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between intensity of short-range and medium-range capacity management and effectiveness of manufacturing operations. Data were collected to test the null hypothesis which stated that intensity of short-range and medium-range capacity management does not influence manufacturing effectiveness. Intensity of short-range and medium-range capacity management was indicated by the following variables: (1) production standards; (2) priority determination; (3) delivery dates determination; (4) material requirements planning; (5) routing information; (6) capacity utilization; and (7) backlog measurement. Manufacturing effectiveness was indicated by the following variables: (1) delivery dates performance; (2) lead times; (3) subcontract work; (4) direct labor overtime; (5) direct labor efficiency; (6) plant and equipment utilization; and (7) work in process inventory. The population selected to provide data for this study is the manufacturing firms in the State of Texas with five hundred or more employees. Over 42 percent of the eligible firms responded to a six-page questionnaire. Several multivariate techniques were utilized for data analysis: (1) factor analysis; (2) canonical correlation analysis; (3) bivariate correlation; (4) multiple linear regression; (5) cross-tabulation; and (6) analysis of variance. The results of this research did not adequately support the rejection of the null hypothesis. However, they did definitely identify a distinct group of capacity management intensity variables that influence manufacturing effectiveness in specific cases. Intensity variables were placed in three groups that identified how influential they were over the effectiveness measures. The most influential group included the variables: production standards and material requirements planning. The indication for the manufacturing manager is to concentrate on improvements in these areas. Effectiveness variables were also placed in three groups that identified the level at which the variables were influenced by the intensity variables. The highly influenced group included plant and equipment utilization and delivery dates performance.

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LeBel, Luc. "Production capacity utilization in the southern logging industry". Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07292009-090336/.

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Pradhan, Salil. "Capacity planning and allocation for a complex manufacturing system with product failures". Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2005.

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Huang, Xi. "Improve the innovation resources agglomeration capacity of Shanghai". Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-31723.

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Since the 21st century, with the further development of globalization, innovation resources came into an open innovation era. Innovation resources can flow freely in a global scale. In the process of flow, innovation resources agglomeration in some cities, makes these cities become the global science and technology innovation center. Innovation has become the most important source of competitive advantage, and building innovative capacity can provide a strong impetus for the comprehensive competitiveness and economic prosperity (Porter & Stern, 2001). Innovation resources agglomeration makes innovation happen continuously, thus makes the global science and technology innovation center becomes the new engine and important support of national comprehensive strength. After two major industrial structure shift, the traditional development advantages are vanishing. The current economic growth of Shanghai is below the national average; the traditional development advantage is gradually weakening. At the same time, China's economy is faced with an L-shaped recession (Lei, 2016). Therefore, to become the global science and technology innovation center is not only necessary for Shanghai’s own transformation and development, but also accordance with the national development strategy. The aim of the Chinese government is to preliminarily finishes the work of develop Shanghai into the global science and technology innovation center during the period of 13th Five-Year Development Plan1 (from 2016 to 2020). Improve the innovation resources agglomeration capacity of Shanghai, and maximum accumulate innovation resources is the key to success. The existing studies have shown that innovation resources agglomeration has the characteristic of self-organizing, and there is the Matthew effect in this process: the better the innovation foundation, the more obvious the agglomeration effect, and vice versa. This research will from the perspective of the innovation system theory, using DEA method to study the R&D resources utilization efficiency of Shanghai’s industrial enterprises above designated size, demonstrates the deficiencies of Shanghai’s innovation resources agglomeration foundation, and put forward suggestions for improvement.

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Nair, Lakshmi Ravindran. "Industrial and office wideband MIMO channel performance". Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11262009-181005/.

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Malik, Shadan A. "Optimization model for product mix and capacity management with activity-based information". Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02022010-020435/.

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Cay, Gillian Elizabeth. "Resolving the growth challenges of high technology new ventures : an absorptive capacity perspective". Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2011. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3383/.

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This thesis examines how high technology new ventures (HTNVs) in the life science industry in Scotland leverage external knowledge to resolve challenges that they face at critical events to enable the firm to grow. The theoretical approach is holistic, drawing on the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and internationalisation, which are all key drivers of the growth of HTNVs. Reviews of this diverse literature point to the key role of knowledge for the growth of these firms, however, little is known about the processes and routines that enable them to leverage knowledge. Therefore, the construct of absorptive capacity (ACAP) is an appropriate lens to investigate how HTNVs resolve growth challenges by leveraging external knowledge. As this is a complex issue, this exploratory study takes a holistic view, drawing on the interpretivist paradigm, and utilises in-depth case studies to examine key challenges that firms face at critical events, and the knowledge leverage processes associated with these events. A key finding is that HTNVs experiencing rapid growth have to address a number of growth challenges simultaneously in relation to the three key drivers of growth. Therefore, the knowledge processes that support this activity transcend functional boundaries and are interlinked with and interdependent on these simultaneous business processes. With limited internal resources, the demand of these firms for external knowledge to resolve these challenges is acute. The six types of knowledge that firms were found to require are: market, technical, managerial, regulatory, internationalisation and relational knowledge. The firm’s ability to combine different types of knowledge from outwith the firm and from within the firm’s knowledge stocks to find solutions for the challenges they face is important for their growth. The major contribution of this thesis is that the pace of the leverage of knowledge at critical events is maximised when HTNVs have multiple enablers of ACAP in place. This has emerged from combining other findings on key enablers and temporality of ACAP. A new process model of ACAP is proposed, which highlights the connection between the individual- and firm-level ACAP, and emphasises the importance of effective communication within the firm and the effective management of the firm’s knowledge stocks to maximise the firm’s ability to exploit the knowledge it acquires. The model also highlights the importance of social capital to the ACAP process, in particular to the timely acquisition and assimilation of knowledge. This process model significantly enhances the understanding of how knowledge is leveraged through the ACAP process. There are important implications in these findings, amongst which there is evidence that social capital provides the firm with timely access to the knowledge, in particular the links of board members. In dynamic industry environments where there are constant technological advances and market opportunities are short-lived, the ability to assimilate and respond to opportunities and threats quickly is crucial to the firm’s competitive advantage. For the management of HTNVs, understanding how to optimise the use of their Boards of Directors, including venture capital representatives, in order to leverage their experience and connections, can significantly enhance the firm’s competitive advantage. Furthermore, exploiting the firm’s social capital in order to access and assimilate knowledge more effectively could have a significant impact on the growth of the firm. At policy level, it is imperative that small firms are encouraged to invest in the enablers of ACAP, to develop appropriate connections across the value chain that can assist their growth and, in particular, to ensure that they appoint to their Board Non-Executive Directors who are appropriate to the key challenges they are facing.

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Rodríguez, Betancourt Ana Olga. "Redes de innovación y capacidad de absorción relativa en un cluster industrial". Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/399519.

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La innovación en las empresas continúa siendo de interés en el mundo académico y de los negocios. Constituye una clave en la competitividad de las organizaciones sobre todo en entornos de rápido cambio tecnológico como el que se vive en la actualidad. A partir de enfoques como el de Clusters de Innovación, la Teoría Evolucionista, la Teoría de Recursos y Capacidades (RBV) y la Perspectiva de Capacidades Dinámicas, se han hecho aportaciones relevantes al tema, en especial lo relacionado con el papel que juegan en el proceso innovador, constructos centrales como el de Capacidad de Absorción y el de Capacidad de Absorción Relativa. Por lo anterior, el objetivo principal de la investigación consiste en evaluar el impacto que tienen los intercambios de conocimientos y experiencias de las empresas que integran redes al interior de un cluster industrial, sobre su nivel de innovación. Los resultados se presentan en tres capítulos, cada uno de ellos aporta una mayor comprensión sobre procesos poco visibles dentro de las organizaciones, los cuales dependen del desarrollo de capacidades dinámicas que se despliegan a través de esas complejas redes de intercambio. El primer capítulo contribuye, a través de un profundo estudio cualitativo, a la identificación de los mecanismos de intercambio de conocimientos en una red de proveedores especializados de un cluster automotriz. Estos resultados permitieron que en los capítulos 2 y 3, se realizaran dos estudios empíricos con información obtenida de una amplia muestra de empresas, donde se utilizaron modelos estadísticos robustos (MEE y test de mediación de Sobelt). Los tres capítulos se enlazaron para confirmar el papel de mediación parcial que tiene un constructo aún poco estudiado - la Capacidad de Absorción Relativa- sobre el nivel de innovación de las empresas que integran el cluster señalado. Todo esto, en medio de entornos económicos globales fuertemente competitivos que requieren del aprovechamiento de este tipo de capacidades, como se ha demostrado ampliamente en la literatura revisada. Con todo, la investigación también cuenta con limitaciones que derivaron de la dificultad para obtener información de más de un informante clave, así como de los clientes, información que permitiría completar el círculo de intercambios. También es probable que la metodología no ofrezca los mismos resultados con redes de menor grado de especialización o cuando el estudio se realice desde una perspectiva longitudinal. Por estas razones, quedan abiertas importantes líneas de investigación como lo son la posibilidad de cruzar las variables utilizadas con otras que se relacionen con el proceso estudiado, por ejemplo, con el nivel de instrucción del personal y la existencia de gatekeepers que faciliten la adquisición y difusión de los nuevos conocimientos. Otra posibilidad sería realizar un estudio longitudinal que permitiera una mejor evaluación de las capacidades dinámicas a lo largo de un periodo de tiempo. También sería viable la realización de un análisis multigrupo que tomara en cuenta variables como: el lugar de origen de las empresas encuestadas, su nivel de proveeduría y la posible existencia de diferentes estrategias de transferencia de conocimientos por parte de las grandes empresas que fungen como clientes en la red. Los resultados de la investigación contribuyen, por tanto, al diseño de estrategias orientadas a aprovechar las capacidades dinámicas con las que cuentan las empresas, para conseguir resultados innovadores que fortalezcan sus niveles de competitividad.
Innovation in enterprises continues to be of interest in both academia and business. It is a key to the competitiveness of organizations, especially in environments of rapid technological change such as the one we live in today. From approaches such as Clusters of Innovation, Evolutionary Theory, the Theory of Resource-Based View (RBV), and the Perspective of Dynamic Capabilities, contributions relevant to the topic have been made as central constructs, particularly those related to the role that they play in the innovation process, such as those of Absorptive Capacity and Relative Absorptive Capacity. In accordance with the above, therefore, the main objective of this research is to assess the impact of exchanges of knowledge and experience of the companies that integrate networks within an industrial cluster, on their level of innovation. The results are presented in three chapters, each of which provides a greater understanding of inconspicuous processes within organizations, which depend on the development of dynamic capabilities that unfold through these complex networks of exchange. The first chapter contributes, through a thorough qualitative study, to identify the mechanisms of knowledge sharing in a network of specialized suppliers of the automotive cluster. These results allowed two empirical studies to be carried out in Chapters 2 and 3, with information obtained from a large sample of companies in which robust statistical models, MEE and the Sobelt mediation testing tool, were used. The three chapters were linked to confirm the role of partial mediation with a construct still studied very little, the Relative Absorptive Capacity, on the level of innovation of the companies that make up the cluster indicated. All of this, in the midst of strong global competitive economic environments that require the use of such capabilities, as has been amply demonstrated in the literature review. However, the research also has limitations that arose from the difficulty in obtaining information from more than one key informant and customers, which would complete the circle of exchanges. It is also likely that the methodology would not provide the same results with networks of a lesser degree of specialization, or when the study is conducted from a longitudinal perspective. For these reasons, important lines of research remain open. Those include the possibility of crossing the variables used with others that are related to the process studied, for example, with the level of staff training and the existence of “gatekeepers” to facilitate the acquisition and dissemination of new knowledge. Another possibility of future research would be to integrate information from several years to complete a longitudinal study that would allow a better assessment of the dynamic capabilities over a period of time. It might also be feasible to undertake a multi-group analysis to take into account variables, such as the place of origin of the companies surveyed, their level of supplier bases, and the possible existence of different strategies for knowledge transfer from large companies that act as clients in the network. The results of the research contribute, therefore, to the design of strategies oriented towards leverage of the dynamic capabilities that companies possess to achieve innovative results that strengthen their levels of competitiveness.

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Jacka, Karen-Louise. "The effect of work-hardening on the physical work capacity of manual labourers within South African industry". Thesis, Rhodes University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016237.

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South Africa is a labour-intensive industrially developing country. As a result, in excess of 200 000 workers suffer from musculoskeletal injuries in a year. Research is thus essential to develop more effective strategies in the reduction and rehabilitation of occupational musculoskeletal disorders within industry. It was the hypothesis of this study that by improving the physical work capacity of manual labourers, through participation in an occupation specific work-hardening programme, that the ergonomic stress index and therefore the occurrence of musculoskeletal injuries within industry, may be reduced. Twenty-five male Black and Coloured manual labourers volunteered to participate in this study. In addition to in situ task analyses, the subjects participated in cardiovascular and strength assessments in the laboratory, both pre- and post-participation in the ten-week work-hardening programme. The data were statistically analyzed in order to identify any significant • improvements in the workers' physical work capacity, as measured by cardiovascular, strength and perceptual responses, following the period of work-hardening. Two significant reductions were noted in measures of working heart rate together with significant improvements in grip strength and trunk strength tested at a velocity of 60°.sec·1 at the post-conditioning assessments. In conclusion, the ten-week work-hardening programme resulted in nominal improvements in all the cardiovascular measures and significant improvements in the subjects' strength performance. However, industrialists must recognise that this study dealt with only one aspect of reducing the ergonomic stress index at the workplace and realise that, in addition to this focus, it remains essential to design the task to fit the human operator.

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Pieck, Carlos Ariel. "Development of tools for the implementation of an industrial-scale supercritical fractionation process". Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015AIXM4317/document.

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Le fractionnement supercritique est un procédé prometteur avec un potentiel d’application encore peu exploité à grande échelle. Les travaux expérimentaux et la discussion théorique qui font l’objet de cette thèse ont pour objectif d’apporter des outils fiables permettant d’effectuer la mise en œuvre d’un procédé de fractionnement supercritique à l’échelle industrielle, en abordant le changement d’échelle et la modélisation du procédé. La première partie du travail porte sur le fractionnement de mélanges éthanol-eau en utilisant du dioxyde de carbone supercritique à 333 K et 10 MPa, sur des unités de fractionnement à échelle du laboratoire, pilote et industrielle, avec des diamètres de colonne respectivement de 19, 58 et 126 mm. Les compositions des produits obtenues, ainsi que les prédictions d’un modèle d’étages d’équilibres, montrent une bonne concordance. Le phénomène d’engorgement est discuté suite à son observation. Une corrélation permettant d’estimer la capacité d’engorgement d’une colonne garnie à contre-courant sous pression est proposée, après avoir exprimé l’ensemble des données répertoriées dans la littérature sous forme adimensionnelle. Les possibles sources de déviations observées sont également discutées afin de proposer des perspectives à ce travail. Enfin, le traitement de mélanges complexes est abordé par la mise en œuvre et la modélisation du fractionnement supercritique d’éthyl esters issus d’huiles de poisson, sous des conditions de 14.5 MPa et 333 K, en variant le rapport solvant sur charge entre 21,8 et 143. Un modèle simplifié est développé afin de représenter l’influence du taux d’extraction sur la composition de l’extrait et du raffinat
Supercritical fractionation is a promising process with a great potential but with little current large-scale applications. The experimental work and theoretical discussion in this dissertation aim providing tools for the implementation of an industrial-scale supercritical fractionation process by covering aspects such as scale-up and process modeling. In order to do so, three principal axes are discussed. Firstly, the fractionation of ethanol-water mixtures by supercritical carbon dioxide at 333 K and 10 MPa was studied using fractionation units at laboratory, pilot and industrial scale with column diameters of 19, 58 and 126 mm, respectively. The extract and raffinate compositions obtained show good agreement between different scales and with the predictions of an equilibrium-stage model. The flooding phenomenon is also discussed after being detected under certain conditions. A correlation to estimate the flooding capacity of a countercurrent column at high pressure conditions is proposed following a dimensionless representation of the available experimental results presented in the literature. The possible sources for deviations found are also discussed in order to propose future works. Then, the treatment of complex mixtures is tackled by modeling and supercritical fractionation of fatty acid ethyl esters derived from fish oil under 14.5 MPa and 333 K, varying the solvent-to-feed ratio between 21.8 and 143. A simplified model derived from the group method is developed to represent the influence of the extract yield on the composition of the extract and raffinate

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de, Gooijer Thijmen. "Performance Modeling of ASP.Net Web Service Applications: an industrial case study". Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-12804.

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During the last decade the gap between software modeling and performancemodeling has been closing. For example, UML annotations have been developed to enable the transformation of UML software models to performance models, thereby making performance modeling more accessible. However, as of yet few of these tools are ready for industrial application. In this thesis we explorer the current state of performance modeling tooling, the selection of a performance modeling tool for industrial application is described and a performance modeling case study on one of ABB's remote diagnostics systems (RDS) is presented. The case study shows the search for the best architectural alternative during a multi-million dollar redesign project of the ASP.Net web services based RDS back-end. The performance model is integrated with a cost model to provide valuable decision support for the construction of an architectural roadmap. Despite our success we suggest that the stability of software performance modeling tooling and the semantic gap between performance modeling and software architecture concepts are major hurdles to widespread industrial adaptation. Future work may use the experiences recorded in this thesis to continue improvement of performance modeling processes and tools for industrial use.

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Van, Baalen Sarel Migael. "Investigating capacity self-assessment as a catalyst for improved municipal service delivery". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86569.

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Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The enactment of the new Constitution of South Africa, 1996, gave prominence to the trans-formation of local government in South Africa. Rooted in the Constitution, the Municipal Systems Act, 2000, and the Municipal Structures Act, 1998, guide municipalities towards establishing structured performance management practices. As part of a comprehensive legislative framework for local government, these acts moreover state the functions of mu-nicipalities that include the delivery of basic municipal services. These services include amongst other, water provision, refuse removal, sanitation, electricity provision, municipal roads as well as stormwater management. Despite a range of statutory provisions, policy instruments and capacity improvement initiatives with a view to provide a democratic, participative, responsive, effective and efficient local sphere of government, South African municipalities, in general, continue to fail in eradicating service delivery backlogs. This is, at least partially, the result of the policies and practices of the apartheid era. Apart from eradicating backlogs, non-sustaining service delivery to communities has become a noticeable phenomenon. As a result, in 2012 the highest number of service delivery protests over the past decade occurred. The underperformance of municipalities can be linked to insufficient organisational capacity. This multidimensional concept consists of individual, institutional and environmental capacity. This study views capacity building as a key enabler for municipal performance improvement. Relating to this, capacity assessment is the first and foremost component of capacity building. Hence, it can be assumed that a correlation exists between municipalities’ service delivery performance and the degree to which municipalities are aware of its capacity to fulfil its service delivery mandate. Municipalities are mandated by the Municipal Systems Act, 2000 to perform internal capacity assessments when a new or reviewed Integrated Development Plan (IDP) is considered, and also when outsourcing of municipal services is considered. Besides this the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) is mandated by the Municipal Structures Act, 1998, to perform annual municipal capacity assessments. Though criticised for its untimeliness, narrow approach and inconsistency, the MDB municipal capacity assessment generates valuable insight. This is widely used by provincial governments, municipalities and private parties for policy formulation, strategic decision-making and capacity building initiatives. This exemplifies that if accurate municipal capacity data can frequently be attained, the effects on service delivery improvement initiatives can be profound. This research study aims to make a contribution in formulating solutions for needs that currently exist in this regard in South Africa. The focus of this study is the development of both a municipal capacity assessment frame-work and a subjective municipal capacity self-assessment model (SMCSAM), a software tool built in Microsoft’s Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for engineering services at municipalities. The framework for municipal capacity assessment comprises of fifteen elements of capacity and eighteen service delivery phases. A third dimension of the framework exists in recognition of the six basic municipal services. This framework accordingly implements the matrix-method. SMCSAM implements the consolidated framework based on statements to be rated by the municipality according to their reality. SMCSAM allows the municipality to allocate weights to each of the fifteen elements of overall organisational capacity through the use of a Fuzzy Logic Hierarchical Analytical Process. Consequently, ratings of the statements are weighed and illustrated through two interactive user-interfaces which allow the municipality to instantly identify capacity strengths and weaknesses. To achieve this, assessment results are illustrated using colour-coding and related spider-diagrams. SMCSAM was implemented at Drakenstein Municipality and demonstrated to academics as well as experts in the public and private sector for validation purposes. Its results proved to be accurate and applicably related to the performance of this municipality. Through its implementation and validation, SMCSAM proved to be a valuable, understandable and practical solution to a noteworthy problem at municipalities in South Africa. In doing so, SMCSAM significantly contribute to research in the field of engineering management.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die aanvaarding van die nuwe Grondwet van Suid-Afrika, 1996 het grootliks aanleiding gegee tot die transformasie van plaaslike regering in Suid-Afrika. Munisipaliteite word deur die Wet op Munisipale Stelsels, 2000, en die Wet op Munisipale Strukture, 1998, begelei in die implementering van gestruktureerde prestasiebestuur praktyke. As deel van 'n omvattende wetgewende raamwerk, definieer hierdie twee wette ook die funksies van munisipaliteite, wat die lewering van basiese dienste insluit. Basiese dienste sluit onder andere watervoorsiening, vullisverwydering, sanitasie, elektrisiteitsvoorsiening, munisipale paaie en stormwaterbestuur in. Ten spyte van dié statutêre voorsienings, gepaardgaande beleidmaatreëls en inisiatiewe vir kapasiteitsverbetering met die doel om ŉ demokratiese, deelnemende, responsiewe, effektiewe en doeltreffende plaaslike sfeer van regering daar te stel, misluk baie munisipaliteite in Suid-Afrika in hul pogings om jarelange diensleweringsagterstande uit te wis. Hierdie agterstande is gedeeltelike die gevolg van die beleide en praktyke van die apartheidsera. Afgesien van die vertraagde uitwissing van agterstande, word munisipaliteite se onvermoë om effektiewe dienslewering aan gemeenskappe vol te hou, ook geïdentifiseer as ŉ probleemarea. As ŉ gevolg hiervan, het die jaarlikse hoeveelheid diensleweringproteste in 2012 ŉ nuwe hoogtepunt bereik. Die onvermoë van munisipaliteite om hul diensleweringsmandaat uit te voer kan grootliks toegeskryf word aan onvoldoende organisatoriese kapasiteit. Dié multidimensionele konsep bestaan uit individuele-, institusionele- en omgewingskapasiteit. Hierdie studie beskou kapasiteitsontwikkeling as ŉ fundamentele dryfkrag vir beter munisipale dienslewering, terwyl die assessering van munisipale kapasiteit die eerste en belangrikste fase van kapasiteitsontwikkeling is. Dit kan dus aanvaar word dat daar ŉ korrelasie bestaan tussen ŉ munisipaliteit se diensleweringsprestasie en die mate waartoe die munisipaliteit bewus is van sy kapasiteit om sy diensleweringsmandate na te kom. Munisipaliteite word deur die Wet op Munisipale Stelsels, 2000, verplig om ŉ interne kapasiteits-assessering te doen wanneer ŉ nuwe of hersiende Geïntegreerde Ontwikkelingsplan (GOP) oorweeg word of wanneer daar besluit moet word oor die uitkontraktering van munisipale dienslewering. Terselfdertyd word die Munisipale Afbakeningsraad (MAR) deur die Wet op Munisipale Strukture, 1998, verplig om jaarlikse munisipale kapasiteits-assesserings uit te voer. Alhoewel die MAR se munisipale kapasiteits-assessering gekritiseer word vir die ontydigheid, inkonsekwentheid en beperkte aanslag daarvan, word die resultate van hierdie assessering aangewend deur provinsiale regerings, munisipaliteite asook ander rolspelers in die publieke- en privaatsektor vir die doel om beleid te formuleer, strategiese besluite te neem en kapasiteit te bou. Dit dui daarop dat wanneer akkurate data van munisipale kapasiteit gereeld versamel word, dit grootliks dienslewering verbeteringsinisiatiewe kan aanhelp. Die studie ondersoek ŉ innoverende metode vir die selfassessering van munisipale kapasiteit. Die fokus van die studie is die ontwikkeling van ŉ gekonsolideerde munisipale kapasiteits-assesseringsraamwerk en ŉ geassosieerde subjektiewe munisipale kapasiteit selfassesseringsmodel (SMCSAM), ŉ sagtewarepakket wat geprogrammeer is in Microsoft se Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Die raamwerk bestaan uit vyftien elemente van kapasiteit en agtien diensleweringsfases. ŉ Derde dimensie van die raamwerk bestaan in die erkenning van die voorgenoemde ses basiese dienste. Hierdie raamwerk implementeer die matriksmetode dienooreenkomstig. SMCSAM implementeer die gekonsolideerde raamwerk gebaseer op stellings wat gegradeer moet word deur munisipaliteite binne die konteks van hul eie realiteit. SMCSAM laat munisipaliteite toe om gewigte te koppel aan elkeen van die vyftien elemente van kapasiteit deur middel van ŉ Fuzzy Logic Hiërargiese Ontledingsproses. Dit gebruik twee interaktiewe gebruikerskoppelvlakke wat munisipaliteite toelaat om vinnig die sterk- en swakpunte van hul organisatoriese kapasiteit te identifiseer. Hierdie resultate word aangedui deur middel van grafieke en kleur-kodering. SMCSAM is getoets by die Drakenstein Munisipaliteit en gedemonstreer aan akademici en deskundiges in die privaat en publieke sektor. Die resultate van die assessering dui op ŉ realistiese verwantskap tussen die munisipaliteit se organisatoriese kapasiteit en diensleweringsprestasie. Deur die implementering en validasie van SMCSAM, is dit bewys dat dié model ŉ waardevolle, verstaanbare en ŉ praktiese oplossing bied vir ŉ werklike probleem by munisipaliteite in Suid-Afrika. Sodoende, maak die model ŉ betekenisvolle bydra tot die navorsingsveld van ingenieursbestuur.

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Bashee, Firas. "Effecting supply chain performance through cost management : the role of ambidextrous governance, information system integration and absorptive capacity". Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2017. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/32606/.

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This thesis is based on an empirical study of company practice and considers cost management as an imperative to comprehend the dynamics and complexities of supply chains using a multi-theoretical framework. This framework combines theories of what enables firms in a supply chain to safeguard their exchanged cost management resources from a transaction cost economics perspective and sustainably develop these resources using the resource-based view of management. This present study examines the effect of information system integration and knowledge absorption on cost management efforts between supply chain firms. Coupled with this, the study also deals with the effect of both formal and informal transaction governance mechanisms on cost management resources and how such resources, in turn, impact on management and improving performance in supply chains taking into accounts the potential supplier-buyer differentiating factors in the upstream and downstream segments of the supply chain. Informed by a thorough review of developments in the cost management and supply chain literature, a multi-theoretical model is developed and primary data are collected by means of a questionnaire survey from automotive firms in the UK. Usable replies received from 63 senior supply chain managers are analysed using latest developments in partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) and relevant software (SmartPLS). The findings of the current study can be summarised as follows. Information system integration plays a significant role in facilitating cost management resource exchange between supply chain firms. Associated with this is the vital role that absorptive capacity is found to have in developing such resources within trilateral relationships including suppliers, manufacturers and customers in a supply chain. Moreover, the study reveals that contractual governance and partner commitment are pivotal in collaborative cost management efforts in the upstream with suppliers. In contrast, trust and commitment are the most important mechanisms in managing costs jointly with customers. Interestingly, cost management is found to directly impact on the management of the whole supply chain irrespective of which governance mechanism underlies relationships with suppliers or customers, thus indicating how crucial inter-organisational cost management has become the modern manufacturing company. The present study contributes to the supply chain field by showing which governance mechanisms can be utilised in sustainably protecting and managing cost management resources in supply chains. In addition, the study successfully demonstrates how competitive resources (e.g. information and knowledge) can facilitate and develop cost management resources in trilateral relationships involving suppliers in the upstream part of supply chains, manufacturers in the midstream part and customers in the downstream.

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Gildenblatt, Robbie B. "A Methodology Incorporating Manufacturing System Capacity in Manufacturing Cost Estimation". Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1357314439.

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Guimar??es, Alexandre Queiroz. "Institutions, state capacity and economic development: the political economy of import substitution industrialisation in Brazil". reponame:Repositório Institucional da FJP, 2003. http://www.repositorio.fjp.mg.gov.br/handle/123456789/455.

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This thesis deals with the determinants and limits of the process of import substitution industrialisation which took place in Brazil from 1930 to 1980. A first important objective is to understand the direction given to the process of industrialisation and the consequent pattern of policy making. Secondly, the thesis asks why the Brazilian state, a key agent in the process of industrialisation, was notable to adopt certain measures and to go in certain directions which could have produced a more solid and sustainable process of economic development. Key attention is given to the concepts of state capacity and the developmental state. The concern with state capacity justifies a careful analysis of industrial policy, undertaken for the capital goods sector in the 1970s. In addition, the thesis is also centred on a comparative analysis. Through the experience of other countries, I intend to highlight the contribution of certain institutional factors to the path of economic development in Brazil. As a conclusion, the thesis shows how institutional factors, e.g. the result of peripheral international insertion and the organisation of social forces and of the state apparatus, constrained the capacity of the Brazilian state to replicate the results achieved by the developmental states in Japan and Korea. The study of the capital goods sector shows this in detail, emphasising the negative effects of divisions inside the state and the resistance of social groups on the coherence and the achievements of Brazilian industrial policy. An important conclusion is that the success of a substantial process of industrial transformation, which affects the interests of several economic groups, demands the construction of a strong coalition able to increase the government???s basis of support. This was an important deficiency of the military government, whose form of domination disregarded the relevance of such political mechanisms.

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Zahrn, Frederick Craig. "Studies of inventory control and capacity planning with multiple sources". Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29736.

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Thesis (Ph.D)--Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010.
Committee Co-Chair: John H. Vande Vate; Committee Co-Chair: Shi-Jie Deng; Committee Member: Anton J. Kleywegt; Committee Member: Hayriye Ayhan; Committee Member: Mark E. Ferguson. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

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Башлак, Ірина Анатоліївна, Ирина Анатольевна Башлак, Iryna Anatoliivna Bashlak i Y. O. Nasemtseva. "Estimation of environmental capacity for industrial impact based on life cycle assessment (lca) and process chain analysis". Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2011. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/13313.

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A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) enables organisations to analyse the entire life cycle of their products or services with regard to their environmental impacts and to display these anaylses in a transparent way. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/13313

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Gami, Dhruv N. "Effective Load Carrying Capacity of Solar PV Plants: A case study across USA". The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1461281022.

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Huynh, Thi Thu Thuy. "Capacity Constraints in Multi-Stage Production-Inventory Systems : Applying Material Requirments Planning Theory". Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-7355.

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In this thesis, capacity-constrained aspects of multi-level, multi-stage productionplanning are investigated. The aim has been to extend Material Requirements Planning Theory (MRP Theory) to cover more general problems dealing with capacity constraints, in particular when non-zero lead times are present and the processes take place in continuous time. MRP Theory deals with multi-level production systems with multiple items taking place either within a discrete or continuous time framework. External demand is considered either deterministic or stochastic. Lead times are assumed to be given constants, and the Net Present Value Principle has been applied as the objective function. The Bill-of-Materials, capturing component as well as capacity requirements, in volume as well as in advanced timing due to lead times, has been described using a generalised input matrix involving Laplace transforms or z transforms. In order to be able to apply Dynamic Programming as a solution method, the system state has been defined and designed in terms of a matrix, in which historical values of cumulative production and cumulative demand are given state variables. A high power computer has been used to calculate solutions to numerical examples. Moreover, this thesis examines the fundamental equations of MRP Theory in order to analyse the possibility to obtain closed-form expressions for the time development of the system, when standard ordering rules of MRP are applied. In addition, capacity-constrained production planning problems and procedures in a paper mill have been surveyed and are presented in the form of a case study.

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au, 19770984@student murdoch edu, i Carrie Sonneborn. "Industry capacity building with respect to market-based approaches to greenhouse gas reduction : U.S. and Australian perspectives". Murdoch University, 2005. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20060615.132356.

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Fossil fuelintensive companies are coming under increasing pressure to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). The political environment surrounding climate change and the evolution of the carbon market are complex and in a fluid state of play. Uncertainty exists with respect to government policy, greenhouse (GH) accounting standards, interaction with stakeholders and the capacity to commoditise carbon emissions, making it difficult for companies to determine exactly how to build their internal capacity to deal with a shifting external situation. In Australia and the United States in particular, companies are receiving mixed messages from government about the necessity of reducing GHGs and the role of emissions trading. While market-based approaches to GHG reduction are being promoted, the governments of both countries have refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and failed to establish domestic emissions trading schemes. Finally, few companies have substantial experience in managing GHGs or in market-based approaches to GHG abatement, such as emissions trading. This research aims to provide guidance for industry capacity building with respect to market-based approaches to GHG reduction, recognising that generally this would require significant organisational learning and change to corporate systems. The proposed Framework facilitates organisational learning that goes beyond the detection and correction of errors to questioning and modifying existing norms and procedures and, further, to reflecting on past experience and creating new strategies. The research included participants as integral to the study, giving their emic (insider) viewpoints centrality while allowing etic (outsider / researcher) interpretation. Within the organisational learning literature, the approach that best describes this research is that of Action Research and Appreciative Inquiry. The principles of environmental management, cleaner production, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development inform the research. Surveys, focus groups and a literature review are employed as the data collection methods, which are compared and contrasted. The data suggest that a one size fits all approach to industry capacity building with respect to market-based approaches to GHG reduction is not optimal or possible. This is due to the differing strategic objectives, varying assessment of risk and disparate circumstances and starting points of the companies involved. Thus, rather than a prescriptive model, this research has identified and prioritised the key themes and issues that currently influence corporate capacity building. Precursors to action have been specified and a menu of choices provided. Lastly, a step-by-step Framework has been proposed to build companies capacity to participate in GHG emissions trading. It was also observed that the majority of the key themes and issues that influence companies and the preparatory actions they need to take are the same, whether a market-based system or a command-and-control system of GHG reduction is introduced. The thesis includes some suggestions for further research in the application and evaluation of this approach with companies in the field.

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Kuchiki, Akifumi. "Effectiveness of the Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy in Asia". 名古屋大学大学院経済学研究科附属国際経済政策研究センター, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/11950.

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Louw, Louis. "Protective capacity and time buffer design in theory of constraints controlled discrete flow production systems". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49782.

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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: To maximise the throughput of a production system the capacity constrained resource needs to be protected from variation and uncertainty. In the Theory of Constraints philosophy such protection is provided by means of time buffers and protective capacity. Time buffers are protective time that is allowed in the production schedule to buffer against disruptions, whereas protective capacity is defined as a given amount of extra capacity at non-constraints above the system constraint's capacity. In this research an analytical procedure was developed to more accurately determine the required time buffer lengths. This procedure uses an open queuing network modelling approach where workstations are modelled as GIIG/m queues. A simulation experiment was performed to evaluate the time buffer estimation procedure on the operations of an actual fifteen station flow shop. The results from the study suggest that the analytical procedure is sufficiently accurate to provide an initial quick estimate of the needed time buffer lengths at the design stage of the line. This dissertation also investigated the effect of protective capacity levels at a secondary constraint resource as well as at the other non-constraint resources on the mean flow time, the bottleneck probability of the primary constraint resource, as well as the output of flow production systems using simulation models and ANOV A. Two different types of flow production systems were investigated: (1) a flow shop with a fixed number of stations and unlimited queue or buffer space between stations, and (2) an assembly line where a total work content is distributed among stations in a certain fashion and the number of stations are not fixed. The experimental studies show that flow shop performance in the form of flow time and line output is not that much influenced by low protective capacity levels at the secondary constraint resource. Low protective capacity levels at a single station however can significantly reduce the bottleneck probability for the primary constraint resource when it is located before and relatively close or near to the primary constraint in the process flow, or after but relatively far from the primary constraint. An after-far secondary constraint location also causes slightly longer job flow times, and should therefore be avoided if possible. The research further shows that quite high protective capacity levels at the nonconstraint resources are needed to ensure a more stable and therefore manageable primary constraint. However low average levels of protective capacity at non-constraint resources are sufficient to ensure that the maximum designed output level as determined by the utilisation of the primary constraint resource is obtained. The results for the assembly line experiment showed that an unbalanced line configuration where less work is assigned to the non-constraint stations than to the primary constraint station (but nonconstraint stations have an equal work content) can lead to significant reductions in the mean flow time while maintaining the same line output, without resulting in too many additional stations. Low protective capacity levels in the range of 2% to 5% are sufficient to cause substantial improvements in flow time without resulting in too many additional stations in the line.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Om die finale uitset van 'n produksiestelsel te maksimeer is dit noodsaaklik dat die bottelnek beskerm word teen fluktuasies en onderbrekings. In die "Theory of Constraints" filosofie word van twee soorte beskermingsmeganismes gebruik gemaak: tydbuffers en beskermende kapasiteit. Tydbuffers is beskermende tyd wat in die produksieskedule gevoeg word om sodoende die bottelnek teen onderbrekings te beskerm, terwyl beskermende kapasiteit ekstra produksiekapasiteit relatief tot die bottelnek se kapasiteit is wat by nie-bottelnekke gevoeg word. In hierdie navorsing IS 'n analitiese prosedure ontwikkel om meer akkurate berekenings van tydbuffergroottes te verkry in produksiestelsels wat volgens 'n "Theory of Constraints" filosofie bestuur word. Die prosedure maak gebruik van oop toustaan netwerk modellering waar werkstasies gemodelleer word as GIIG/m toue. Die analitiese prosedure is ge-evalueer met 'n simulasie eksperiment op 'n werklike vyftien stasie vloeiwinkel. Die resultate dui aan dat die analitiese prosedure akkuraat genoeg is om vinnig aanvanklike beramings vir die benodigde tydbuffergroottes tydens die ontwerpsfase van die produksiestelsel te verskaf. Verder is ook ondersoek ingestel na die effek van beskermende kapasiteitsvlakke by die sekondêre bottelnek asook die ander nie-bottelnekke op die gemiddelde deurvloeityd, die totale uitset, asook die bottelnek waarskynlikheid vir die primêre bottelnek in vloei produksiestelsels deur gebruik te maak van simulasie modelle en ANOVA. Twee verskillende tipes vloei produksiestelsels is ondersoek: (1) 'n vloeiwinkel met 'n vaste aantal stasies en 'n onbeperkte buffer spasie tussen stasies, en (2) 'n monteerlyn waar 'n totale werksinhoud op 'n bepaalde wyse onder stasies verdeel moet word en die aantal stasies nie vas is nie. Die eksperimentele studies dui aan dat die deurvloeitye en totale uitset van 'n vloeiwinkel me noemenswaardig beïnvloed word deur lae beskermende kapasiteitsvlakke by die sekondêre bottelnek nie. Hierdie maatstawwe word meer beïnvloed word deur die gemiddelde beskermende kapasiteitsvlakke by al die nie-bottelnekke. Lae beskermende kapasiteit by 'n enkele werkstasie kan egter die bottelnek waarskynlikheid vir die primêre bottelnek aansienlik verlaag indien dit voor en relatief na aan die primêre bottelnek in die prosesvloei geleë is, of na, maar relatief ver, vanaf die primêre bottelnek. 'n Sekondêre bottelnek ligging na maar relatief ver vanaf die primêre bottelnek in die prosesvloei veroorsaak ook langer deurvloeitye, en moet dus vermy word. Verder dui die navorsing aan dat redelike hoë gemiddelde beskermende kapasiteit by nie-bottelnekke benodig word om 'n meer stabiele primêre bottelnek te verseker. In vloeiwinkels met lae vlakke van variasie en onderbrekings is egter lae gemiddelde vlakke van beskermende kapasiteit by nie-bottelnekke voldoende om te verseker dat die maksimum ontwerpte uitset soos bepaal deur die benutting van die primêre bottelnek behaal word. Die resultate vir die monteerlyn eksperiment dui aan dat 'n ongebalanseerde lynkonfigurasie waar minder werk aan die nie-bottelnek stasies as aan die primêre bottelnek stasie toegeken word (maar niebottelnek stasies het 'n gelyke werksinhoud), aansienlike verlagings in deurvloeityd teweeg kan bring terwyl dieselfde lyn uitset behou word. Dit is moontlik sonder te veel addisionele stasies in die lyn. Die eksperimentele resultate dui aan dat lae beskermende kapasiteitsvlakke van tussen 2% tot 5% voldoende is om beduidende verlagings in deurvloeityd teweeg te bring sonder te veel addisionele stasies.

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Rodriguez, Javier A. "Capacity expansion and capital investment decisions using the Economic Investment Time Model : a case oriented approach /". Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07292009-090518/.

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Gherardi, Sandra Regina Marcolino. "Avaliação de ovos brancos e marrons em função do ambiente de estocagem para utilização industrial". Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2014. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/5471.

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In this work we aimed to evaluate the effect of time and temperature of storage on the quality, chemical composition and functional properties of white and brown eggs from commercial hens aged 50 and 30 weeks, respectively. We conducted two experiments, and in each experiment 240 eggs, white (exp. 1) and brown (Exp. 2) eggs were randomly selected, with an average weight between 55 and 65g stored in natural environment and refrigerated for a period of 28 days. A completely randomized design was adopted in a factorial arrangement with two temperatures (ambient and refrigerated)and five storage periods (1, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days) totaling 10 treatments with six replications and four eggs per experimental unit. The quality parameters evaluated were weight of egg, yolk, albumen and shell, yolk index, Haugh Unit, percentage of eggshell, albumen and yolk and pH of albumen and yolk. In the chemical composition analysis of albumen and yolk, we determined moisture, total lipids, protein, total solids and ash contents. The functional properties studied were foaming, foam stability, emulsion formation, time necessary to destabilize the emulsion and yolk color index. The storage time influenced negatively the parameters for both white and brown eggs with more marked influence on eggs stored under ambient condition. In case of changes, they were more intense in the first seven days of storage regardless of storage condition. The refrigerated conditions improved the stability of foams, decreased the amount of oil required to form emulsion and intensified the yolk color index. Storage under refrigeration guarantees the quality, chemical composition and functional properties of white and brown eggs, during 28-day study, extending the shelf life and hence the use by food industries.
Objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar a influência do tempo e temperatura de estocagem sobre a qualidade, composição química e propriedades funcionais de ovos brancos e marrons oriundos de aves comerciais com 50 e 30 semanas de idade respectivamente. Foram conduzidos dois experimentos e em cada avaliação, foram selecionados 240 ovos, brancos (Exp. 1) e marrons (Exp. 2), ao acaso, com peso médio entre 55 e 65g sendo armazenados em ambiente natural e sob refrigeração por um período de 28 dias. Foi adotado delineamento inteiramente casualizado, em esquema fatorial, composto de duas temperaturas (ambiente e refrigeração) e cinco períodos de estocagem (1, 7, 14, 21 e 28 dias) totalizando 10 tratamentos com seis repetições e quatro ovos por unidade experimental. Os parâmetros de qualidade avaliados foram peso do ovo, gema, albúmen e casca, índice de gema, Unidade Haugh, porcentagem de casca, albúmen e gema e pH de gema e albúmen. Para determinação da composição química foram determinados os teores de umidade, lipídios totais, proteína bruta, sólidos totais e cinzas tanto de albúmen quanto da gema. As propriedades funcionais estudadas foram capacidade de formação de espuma, estabilidade da espuma formada, capacidade de formação de emulsão, determinação do início da desestabilização da emulsão e índice de coloração da gema. O tempo de armazenamento influenciou negativamente sobre os parâmetros avaliados, tanto para ovos brancos quanto marrons, apresentando influência mais marcante sobre ovos mantidos sob condição ambiente. As modificações quando ocorreram, foram mais intensas nos primeiros dias de estocagem independentemente da condição de armazenagem. A refrigeração melhorou a estabilidade das espumas, diminuiu o volume de óleo necessário para formar emulsão e intensificou o índice de coloração das gemas. O armazenamento sob refrigeração garantiu a manutenção da qualidade, composição química e propriedades funcionais durante os 28 dias do estudo para ovos brancos e marrons, ampliando a vida de prateleira e consequentemente o uso pelas indústrias alimentícias.

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Engelbrecht, Louise. "A decision support tool for capacity designing of BRT stations using discrete-event simulation". Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5226.

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Thesis (MScEng (Industrial Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to investigate the capacity of a proposed bus rapid transit (BRT) station in Cape Town. A bus rapid transit system is a high-capacity public transportation system that carries passengers from one point to another, providing a service that is faster and more efficient than an ordinary bus line. The implementation of these systems is increasing rapidly worldwide, serving as a solution to decrease traffic congestion. The capacity of the proposed bus station, known as the Thibault Station, is investigated in the study by developing a simulation model. The aim is to develop a stochastic simulation model, which represents the flow of passengers throughout the station so that the station capacity can be investigated. By developing a stochastic model as opposed to a deterministic model, elements of uncertainty can be included into the model, thereby representing a system that is closer to the real-life situation under investigation. The majority of BRT systems, as well as past studies undertaken on the Thibault Station, are designed using deterministic calculations. The study commences by researching literature on BRT systems and focuses on the current methods used to calculate station capacity requirements. Thereafter, the concept of simulation is introduced. Simulation is the method chosen to model and evaluate the passenger and bus operations at the Thibault Station. The study presents the methods used to build and verify the simulation model. This is done to familiarise the user with a number of aspects of the model. The model can then be used as a tool to investigate capacity parameters and alternative designs or scenarios. Using the results of these investigations, decisions can ultimately be made regarding the planning and design components of any bus rapid transit station given that the model is adapted. Scenario results, as well as interpretations of performance measurements, are presented at the end of the study. The results can be used for more realistic design of BRT stations using stochastic modelling.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van die studie is om ondersoek in te stel na die kapasiteit van „n hoëspoed bus vervoer stelsel (BRT). Die ondersoek is gebaseer op „n voorgestelde bus stelsel vir Kaapstad. „n BRT-stelsel is „n hoë-kapasiteit publieke vervoerstelsel wat passasiers van een punt na „n ander vervoer, deur „n diens te verskaf wat vinniger en meer doeltreffend is as „n gewone bus stelsel. Die implementering van hierdie tipe stelsels neem wêreldwyd toe en dien as „n oplossing om verkeersopeenhopings te verminder. Die spesifieke busstasie wat ondersoek word staan bekend as die Thibault Stasie van Kaapstad se BRT-stelsel. Die kapasiteit van die stasie word ondersoek deur middel van simulasiemodellering. Die doel is om „n stogastiese simulasiemodel wat die vloei van passasiers modelleer te ontwikkel ten einde die kapasiteit van die stasie te ondersoek. Deur „n stogastiese model in plaas van „n deterministiese model te gebruik, kan elemente van onsekerheid ingesluit word. Dit verteenwoordig dus „n stelsel wat nader aan die werklikheid is. Tans word meeste BRT-stelsels ontwerpe gebaseer op deterministiese berekeninge, asook historiese studies wat onderneem is oor die Thibault Stasie. Die studie begin deur literatuur oor BRT-stelsels te bestudeer en fokus daarna op die huidige metodes wat gebruik word om die vereiste kapasiteit van „n busstasie te bepaal. Die konsep van simulasie word daarna voorgestel. Simulasie is die metode wat in die studie gebruik word om die passasier- en busaktiwiteite van die Thibault Stasie te modelleer en te evalueer. Die studie verskaf die metodes wat gebruik word vir die ontwikkeling en geldigmaak van die simulasiemodel. Gebruikers word op dié manier blootgestel aan die verskillende aspekte van die model. Nadat die gebruikers vertroud is met sekere aspekte van die model, word die model verder uiteengesit en word daar verduidelik hoe dit as „n instrument om kapasiteit parameters en alternatiewe ontwerpe van busstasies te ondersoek kan dien. Die resultate van die model kan gebruik word om beplannings- en ontwerpbesluite van enige busstasie te neem. Aan die einde van die studie word scenarioresultate bekendgestel, asook die interpretasie daarvan. Die resultate kan gebruik word vir meer realistiese ontwerp van BRT-stasies met behulp van stogastiese simulasie modellering.

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Silva, Gecirlei Francisco da. "Aplicações estatísticas na área industrial". Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/55/55134/tde-30112011-142703/.

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Apresentamos algumas aplicações de ferramentas estatísticas que são comumente utilizadas na melhoria da qualidade de processos industriais. Inicialmente, desenvolveu-se procedimentos para testar a competência de laboratórios que participam de programas de ensaios de proficiência. Em situações onde os laboratórios medem várias vezes no mesmo ponto, utilizou-se o modelo de erros de medição, proposto por Jaech [39](1985). Além disso, a inferência sobre os parâmetros de tendência aditiva foi generalizada para a classe de distribuições elípticas. A competência dos laboratórios é avaliada pelo teste da razão de verossimilhança generalizada, do qual, obtemos a distribuição exata para a estatística proposta. Em situações onde os laboratórios medem várias vezes em vários pontos e a variável em análise apresenta variações naturais, utilizou-se o modelo com erro nas variáveis. Diante disso, vamos estender o modelo estrutural definido em Barnett [13] (1969) para o modelo ultra-estrutural com réplicas. Neste caso, vamos avaliar não somente a tendência aditiva, mas também, a tendência multiplicativa, ou seja, avaliar a linearidade das medições. As estimativas dos parâmetros foram obtidas via procedimento do algorítmo EM, com isso, desenvolvemos os teste de Wald, razão de verossimilhança e escore para avaliar a competência dos laboratórios. Nos dois modelos propostos, generalizamos o erro normalizado (En) sugerido pelo Guia 43 [37] para testar a competência dos laboratórios participantes de programas de ensaio de proficiência. Apresentamos também, um procedimento para calcular índices de performance para processos univariados e multivariados. Nestes casos, consideramos que a distribuição dos dados segue uma distribuição Normal assimétrica. Além disso, apresentamos uma análise de simulação onde concluímos que a presença de assimetria nos dados pode causar interpretações erradas sobre o processo, quando a distribuição assumida para os dados é a Normal
We present some applications of statistical tools that are used in the improvement of the quality of industrial processes. Initially, we develop procedures to test the ability of laboratories that participate of programs of proficiency test. In situations where the laboratories measure several times in the same point, we use the model of errors of measurement, considered for Jaech [39](1985). Moreover, the inference on the parameters additive bias was generalized for the class of elliptical distributions. The ability of the laboratories is evaluated by the generalized likelihood ratio test, of which, we get the accurate distribution for the statistics proposal. In situations where the laboratories measure some times in some points and the variable in analysis presents natural variations, uses the model with error in the variable. With this, we go to extend the model structural defined in Barnett [13] (1969) for the ultrastructural model with replicate. In this case, we go to not only evaluate the bias additive, but also, the bias multiplicative, that is, to evaluate the linearity of the measurements. The estimates of the parameters had been gotten by the procedure of the EM algorithm, with this, develop of Wald, likelihood ratio and score test to evaluate the ability of the laboratories. In the two considered models, we generalize the normalized error (En) suggested for Guide 43 [37] to test the ability of the participant laboratories of programs of proficiency test. We also present, a procedure to calculate index of performance for univariate and multivariate processes. In these cases, we consider that the distribution of the data follows a skew Normal distribution. Moreover, we present a simulation analysis where we conclude that the presence of asymmetry in the data can cause interpretations missed on the process, when the distribution assumed for the data is the Normal

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Liu, Huan. "Economic Analysis of Resilience to Natural Hazards in Industrial Sectors". Doctoral thesis, Kyoto University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/263777.

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Wickström, David. "Logistical timber yard optimization and customization : A case study of beneficial changes to industrial flow, capacity and volume". Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-75319.

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The progression of wood processing in Swedish saw mills is growing in a rapid pace which pushes internal resources to the limit. This calls for new and innovative ideas to further the capacity of the production to satisfy both requirements as well as demands. Logistics is a key factor in these processes which can both hide problems as well as solutions that could benefit production. The objective of the study is to research the current timber yard model as it doesn’t suffice the demand, and instead present alternative ideas that will. The methods to do so are a collection of interviews, literary researches and a case study. Alternative models are generally presented in regards to volume capacity but also machine capacity, time and economic factors. The results show the inefficiency of the current model with insufficient volume capacity of logs, and where unnecessary hauling between two yards have costly outcomes. Suggested model increases the total yard volume from 15 000 m³ to about 25 176 m³, but where hauling and transporting costs still are imminent due to the geographical position of the industry. The model is designed to decrease hauling distances along with lower fuel usage and ultimately effects on the environment. Increasing the volume of the timber yard is carried out by taking advantage of unutilized areas as well as by a compromise of areas that are today used for other processes. Lastly, the recommendations presented to the company are to analyze the results and research questions of the study and from there see to what actions are to be made. Developing the concepts of presented model along with the other suggestions and conclusions that follow.
Framfarten av vidareförädling av trä i svenska sågverk är mycket stor vilket sätter stor press på interna resurser. Detta efterfrågar nya och innovativa idéer for att utveckla produktionens kapacitet för att ha möjligheterna att både tillfredsställa krav och efterfråga. Logistik är en nyckelfaktor i dessa processer, vilket både kan gömma problem men även lösningar för produktionens fördel. Målet för studien är att utforska den nuvarande timmerplanen då den inte räcker till för den efterfrågan som eftersträvas och istället presentera alternativa idéer som gör det. Metoderna som används för det är en samling av intervjuer, litterära undersökningar och fallstudier. Alternativa modeller presenteras framför allt sätt till volymkapacitet men även maskinkapacitet, tid och ekonomiska faktorer. Resultaten visar en ineffektivitet i den nuvarande modellen vilket har en otillräcklig volymkapacitet för stock, där onödigt fraktande bidrar med dyra resultat. Modellen som föreslås ökar den nuvarande totala kapaciteten från cirka 15 000 m³ till 25 176 m³, men där fraktning och transporter fortfarande är ofrånkomligt på grund av den geografiska positionen industrin har. Modellen är utformad för att minska transportavstånd samt bränsleförbrukning och därmed även negativa effekter på miljön. Ökningen av volym på timmer planen görs genom att använda oanvända områden samt genom kompromisser med områden som idag har ett annat användningsområde för andra delprocesser. De presenterade modeller ser till de förhållande av studien i relation till de satta ambitioner och begränsningar. Slutligen, de rekommendationer som framförts till företaget är att analysera de tankar och idéer från studien och därifrån se vilka handlingar som ska tas. Vidareutveckla de koncept av presenterade modeller i samband med de förslag och slutsatser som följer.

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Egilmez, Gokhan. "Consumption-Driven Finite Capacity Inventory Planning and Production Control". Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1251985130.

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Mukhithi, Stanford Livhuhani. "The role of state-owned enterprises in capacity building in South Africa from 1970 to 2012: a comparative case study". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/8813.

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The building of a democratic developmental state has dominated discourse in South Africa recently, resulting in the establishment of the National Planning Commission that has adopted the National Development Plan 2030 as a blueprint for the country’s development plans. Acknowledging the strategic role that the state is set to play in building and enhancing the institutional and technical human capacity, this expectation has been compounded by challenges such as a lack of appropriate institutional capital, a human capital that lacks capacity, and relevant technical skills. These challenges have brought the discourse on the developmental role of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to primacy. During Apartheid, the SOEs were utilised as tools that drove the country’s industrialization efforts. In South Africa, SOEs also stimulated economic activity in strategic sectors such as energy generation, synthetic fuel development, rail and road development and management. Fortunately, the political economy that guided the SOEs during Apartheid was developmental. The 21st Century developmental states such as South Africa have to contend with the reality that this century has ushered in a new frontier of opportunities and challenges. In this context, the SOEs should be viewed as fundamental pillars for the achievement of the national development agenda. A developmental state without the active participation of SOEs in innovation, research and development, building of institutional and technical capacity, building of economic infrastructure, it is bound not to succeed in its plans for national development. The 21st Century has ushered in a world anchored around information and communication and technological innovations, the SOEs should be at the cutting edge of technological innovation benefitting the country through its capacity building efforts. Consistent with the National Development Plan, a highly competent human capital ought to be developed over time. At the centre of National Development Plan 2030, should be the collaboration between educational institutions from the basic level to tertiary institutions with SOEs – this will sustain the country’s development plans in the long run.

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Zhou, Yun, i Yuhan Ye. "Measuring and analyzing the continued innovation capability in Guizhou Huagong Tools Company". Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Technology and Built Environment, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-5429.

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Just as the innovation is one of the key elements in organization, therefore the continued innovation capacity will derive organization successful. Whilst, measuring and analyzing CI capacity in organization is an important activity. The primary goal of this paper is to audit and analyze the continued innovation (CI) capacity in Guizhou Huagong Tools Company with the innovation model developed by Bessant&Tidd (2005).This research includes literature study and case company investigation, both quality and quantity research is used in this thesis in order to obey the deductive logic. The finding of this thesis showed that Huagong Tools Company relying on a series of innovation mechanism has been an advance innovation but not the best one, this is due to a paucity of radical innovation and capture ability from innovation, furthermore, an ill-defined innovation strategy has been incriminated as one of this circumstances, depending on that, authors briefly summarize suggestions for the problems. At last but not least the discussion about innovation theory expounded in the end.

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Meenar, Md Mahbubur R. "FOOD JUSTICE IN POST-INDUSTRIAL US CITIES: THE ROLE OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS". Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2014. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/247409.

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The primary purposes of this dissertation were to (i) assess and identify post-industrial urban neighborhoods with food-insecure and vulnerable populations, and (ii) explore and analyze the role of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in addressing place-based food insecurity. The study used mixed-methods, including qualitative GIS, statistical tests, surveys, interviews, and field observations. A food justice theoretical framework was used to develop a Place-Based Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Index (PFIVI), which factored together 33 variables to measure six indicators. The study applied this index in the City of Philadelphia and then examined three types of interventions that NPOs embark on - providing hunger relief, providing healthy and affordable food through the alternative food movement, and offering food-based programs and events tied with community capacity building efforts. Statistical relationships between PFIVI scores and NPO-driven programs showed spatial mismatch issues between the programs and community needs in some neighborhoods. This research also highlighted other limitations of these programs and the challenges that NPOs face both on- and above-the-ground. While the NPOs are trying hard to promote food justice through their mission statements, advocacy, outreach, and on-the-ground programs, the city may have only partially achieved this goal. A lot more needs to be done by strengthening organizational networks, strengthening social networks with community residents, and offering healthy but affordable food in disadvantaged neighborhoods, and NPOs alone should not bear these responsibilities.
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Niranjan, Suman. "A STUDY OF MULTI-ECHELON INVENTORY SYSTEMS WITH STOCHASTIC CAPACITY AND INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT DEMAND". Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1217523912.

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Carrasco, Vivian. "Building collaborative capacity across institutional fields a theoretical dissertation based on a meta-analysis of existing empirical research /". To access this resource online via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses @ UTEP, 2009. http://0-proquest.umi.com.lib.utep.edu/login?COPT=REJTPTU0YmImSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=2515.

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Chen, Ran. "Linking foreign parent-transferred knowledge with performance superiority: the effects of distribution capability, absorptive capacity, and market turbulence in emerging economy IJVs". HKBU Institutional Repository, 2014. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/78.

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Drawing on the dynamic capabilities perspective, this study provides some important insights into the paradox of the knowledge transfer-firm performance relationship in international joint ventures (IJVs) in an emerging market, China. It examines the IJV’s distribution capability as the underlying mediating mechanism through which the potential benefits of foreign parent-IJV knowledge transfer can be channeled and transformed into superior IJV performance. In this mediation process, the IJV’s absorptive capacity and market turbulence work as two boundary conditions that reinforce the role of foreign parent-IJV knowledge transfer on the IJV’s distribution capability. Specifically, this study delineates how the IJV’s distribution capability mediates 1) the complementary effects of knowledge transfer and absorptive capacity, and 2) the interactive effects of knowledge transfer and market turbulence, on IJV performance, respectively. Five hypotheses are proposed and empirically tested based on a random sample of 136 equity-based manufacturing IJVs in China. Overall, the results support the proposed hypotheses except hypothesis 1 which posits the IJV’s distribution capability mediates the effect of foreign parent-IJV knowledge transfer to the IJV’s ultimate performance. The findings reveal that 1) the IJV’s absorptive capacity and market turbulence strengthen the link of foreign parent-IJV knowledge transfer and the establishment of the IJV’s distribution capability; and 2) distribution capability mediates two complementary effects (knowledge transfer and absorptive capacity, and knowledge transfer and market turbulence) on superior IJV performance in emerging markets. The plausible explanation for the unsupported hypothesis 1 is the majority of the knowledge transferred by foreign parent is related to product development, organizational management and operational processes, rather than market knowledge. Hence, because distribution capability is an ability closely related to market, the true impact of the knowledge transferred on distribution capability may be blurred and even concealed if IJVs lack sufficient absorptive capacity or are currently operating in stable markets. In summary, this study makes an original contribution to extant IJV literature by unpacking the black box of the knowledge transfer-IJV performance relationship and reveals that the IJV’s distribution capability plays as an underlying mediation mechanism. It also identifies the moderating roles of the IJV’s absorptive capacity and market turbulence on the knowledge transfer-distribution capability relationship, and makes important empirical contribution to extant dynamic capabilities literature by substantiating the theoretical claim that dynamic capabilities have an indirect effect on firm performance, and that the existence and use of dynamic capabilities are more effective under rapidly changing environments. Keywords: Knowledge Transfer; Distribution Capability; Absorptive Capacity; International Joint Ventures; China

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Bailey-Kruger, Anne. "The psychological wellbeing of women operating mining machinery in a fly-in fly-out capacity". Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2012. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1682.

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The present study aimed to address the gap in the current mining research by investigating women’s experiences of working in the mining industry in a “bluecollar” work role and the impact of fly-in fly-out (FIFO) mining on their wellbeing. An Interpretative Phenomenological Approach (IPA) was used as a framework to explore the experiences of 19 female machine operators through in-depth interviewing at one mineral mine site in Queensland, Australia. IPA analysis revealed three themes as identified by the participants. The first theme described how workplace barriers to job progression were salient issues for the women, particularly in respect to discrimination from male supervisors and hematite restrictions unique to this mine. The second theme titled, suspension of short term living for long term gain resulted in women putting their home responsibilities and relationships on hold. However, women with children in the study were able to describe how they could manage their family and work responsibilities with the aid of a significant other. Adaptation to the lifestyle was the third theme and women were also able to utilise adaptation and coping mechanisms to manage the discrimination and obtain a sense of belonging. As a part of adapting to the FIFO lifestyle, the women spoke of the need for time out for solitude as a response to living and working in close proximity to colleagues and partners. Further research exploring women’s capacity to juggle child and family needs with FIFO is suggested.

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Pathirana, Chaamila Dinusha Kumari. "Influence of physico-chemical properties of biosorbents on heavy metal removal from industrial wastewater". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/200866/1/Chaamila%20Dinusha%20Kumari_Pathirana_Thesis.pdf.

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This project was a step forward in developing effective usage of agricultural waste for heavy metal removal from industrial wastewater. The study created predictive mathematical models for estimating sorption efficiency of agricultural waste, based on physico-chemical properties. This enables the quantification of the sorption performance of the sorbent used. The study outcomes provide the means for selecting sorbents with high sorption efficiency in relation to specific heavy metal species via the analysis of sorbent physico-chemical properties.

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Martello, Charles P. "NATO burden-sharing redefinition for a changing European threat /". Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA242560.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 1990.
Thesis Advisor(s): Gates, William. Second Reader: Doyle, Richard. "December 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 2, 2010. DTIC Identifier(s): NATO, Defense Planning, Industrial Production, Economics, Burden Sharing, Defense Industries, Sharing, Costs, Military Forces (Foreign), Military Forces (United States), Military Equipment, Mathematical Models, Military Reserves, Industrial Capacity. Author(s) subject terms: Burden-sharing, NATO. Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-80). Also available in print.

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Di, John Jonathan. "Mineral resource rents, rent-seeking and state capacity in a late developer : the political economy of industrial policy in Venezuela 1920-1998". Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.614700.

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