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Bértola, Luis. "The manufacturing industry of Uruguay, 1913-1961 : a sectoral approach to growth, fluctuations and crisis /." Göteborg : University of Göteborg, 1990. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb354647288.

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Senor, Steven D. "An analysis of strategies and interventions for preventing exposure to hazards in young, entry level workers." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009senors.pdf.

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Cebryk, Nancy. "Industrial price formation and industry concentration in Canadian manufacturing industries." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq22067.pdf.

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Cebryk, Nancy (Nancy Deborah) Carleton University Dissertation Economics. "Industrial price formation and industry concentration in Canadian manufacturing industries." Ottawa, 1997.

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Yu, Wai-keung. "Competitive analysis of Hong Kong's manufacturing industry /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14038602.

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Nafar, Nosratollah. "Efficiency and productivity in Iranian manufacturing industries /." Göteborg : Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögsk, 1997. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=008008001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Kebede, Selamawit. "Utilisation of MIS in manufacturing industries." Thesis, Cape Technikon, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2294.

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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Technikon, 2001.
Management information systems can be defined as information systems using formalised procedures to provide managers at all levels, in all functions, with appropriate information from all relevant sources, to enable them to make timely and effective decisions for which they are responsible. There is, and continues to be, an awareness in society that accurate and timely information is a vital resource of any organisation, and that an effective management information system is a means of providing the needed information. Many top management people are finding that information is a source of competitive power. It gives them the ability to out-manoeuvre their rivals at critical times, especially when introducing new products. Effective management information systems allow the decisionmaker (i.e .. the ll;)Ul:lger) to combine his or her subjective experience with computerised objective output to produce meaningful information for decision making (Thierauf, 1984:22). Managers must also learn how to state their wishes with precision. Management information systems (MIS) produce only what is asked, which may not be at all what is required. For effective use of information technology, managers must be able to define their information requirements as well as understand computer capabilities and limitations (Hussain and Hussain, 1995:8). The primary objective of this research was to establish the impact of utilising management information systcn»: (MIS) and applying information technology on the success of manufacturing industries. The other aim of the study was to investigate the extent of utilising management information systems and applying information technology in these industries. The study focused on medium- and large-scale chemical manufacturing companies in the Cape Metropole area that have operated for at least the past five years.

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Turanli, Selcen. "Agglomeration patterns in Turkish manufacturing industries." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2012. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2060/.

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The main purpose of this thesis is to examine the agglomeration phenomenon in Turkish manufacturing industries in depth. Chapter 1 presents an overall discussion of the thesis. Chapter 2; examines the theoretical background of the agglomeration phenomenon, while the structure of Turkish manufacturing sector is examined in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 investigates the degree of agglomeration in Turkish manufacturing industries. For this purpose, several specialization and concentration indexes are examined and also calculated, however the Ellison and Glaeser index of agglomeration is used throughout this thesis, for reasons described in chapter 4. The results from the Ellison and Glaeser index indicate a declining trend in agglomeration for Turkish manufacturing industries. After investigating the degree of agglomeration, the main theory that describes agglomeration in Turkish manufacturing industries is also investigated in Chapter 5. For this purpose several econometric methods are employed and the results indicate that the Ricardian model of technological differences is the main theory that explains agglomeration patterns in Turkish manufacturing industries. Chapter 6 investigates the relationship between agglomeration and entry-exit. For such investigation a dynamic model, count data models and seemingly unrelated regression techniques are employed. The results from chapter 6 indicate that firms in Turkish manufacturing industries do not want to locate in agglomerated regions. Chapter 7 investigates the relationship between Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and agglomeration. For such analysis, fixed effect method and dynamic estimation methodologies are employed. The results indicate that firms that are located in agglomerated regions in Turkish manufacturing industries face decreasing productivity levels. Finally chapter 8 presents an overall conclusion for the thesis.

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Oldenski, Lindsay. "Nonroutine tasks in international trade." Diss., [La Jolla] : University of California, San Diego, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3356339.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009.
Title from first page of PDF file (viewed July 9, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Wehrle, Caroline. "The clean upgrading of China's manufacturing industries." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/04605820001/$FILE/04605820001.pdf.

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Yam, Richard Ching Man. "Strategic development of HK/China manufacturing industries." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1996. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/36190/.

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Since China adopted its Open Door policy, many of the Hong Kong low cost manufacturing activities have been relocated to China. This project analyses the strategic development of HK/China manufacturing industries in order to identify the measures necessary to preserve the role of HK for sustaining growth in HK/China manufacturing industries. The historical development of HK manufacturing industries, the economic reformation in China and the inseparable relationship of the two places have been analyzed. Previous studies in this field have concentrated on Hong Kong investments in China in aggregate. The purpose of this thesis is to take a specific look at the industrial sector in which Hong Kong has historically held international competitive advantages, i.e. its low cost light engineering manufacturing. This thesis investigates the reasons why it has been strategically beneficial for establishing Hong Kong industries with the emerging Chinese industries in the Pearl River Delta(PRD) by relocating HK production on a large scale. The benefits to each region are discussed and a future development model is derived for this sector. Strategic/operational attributes, i.e. quality, product, technology and logistics aspects, which are important to contribute to the complementary development of the industries in the two places have been studied in details through series of extensive questionnaire surveys and structured interviews. The heavy reliance on low cost approach with poor technology development so far adopted by HK manufacturers has been critically reviewed. The project concludes that the success of the current HK/China manufacturing industries is the results of the proper economic reformation policy adopted by China at the right time and in the right place. China reoriented its economic policy to "Growth through complete transfer of technology and management know how via foreign direct investment(FDI) with focus on light export-oriented manufacturing industries developed in PRD Special Economic Zone(SEZ) adjacent to HK." HK low cost manufacturing industries relocated to PRD at about the same time to resolve its ever escalating landllabour costs problems. To sustain growth and competitiveness, the quality experiences, i.e. 15O9000-CQITQM, gained in HK through the 1S09000 movement can form a good foundation for China to build up its quality capabilities. To cut costs, HK manufacturers can expand their operations beyond the major cities in PRD to other areas within PRD where logistic support has been improved. HK manufacturers need to migrate from the sole focus in low cost approach to emphasizing more new product and high technology development. Through the better utilization of the China's R&D talents and the commitment from HK manufacturers to gradually upgrade their new product and technology development, HK would be able to preserve its leading role to contribute to the development of HK/China manufacturing industries rather than being overtaken by the Chinese.

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Mitrogogos, Konstantinos, and Huq Kazi Mohammed Saidul. "Impact of Lean Manufacturing on Process Industries." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för industriell ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-16558.

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This thesis seeks to find out the impact of Lean manufacturing (LM) on different sectors of process industries. The theory of this thesis was established mainly on published high-impact scholarly literature, such as books, journals, conferences and theses, as well as several online websites on the subject matters of LM. Afterwards, several hypotheses were formulated in order to check the findings of the present research regarding the impact om LM implementation on process industry. The research method for testing these hypotheses used in the thesis is to investigate several published case studies on LM in different sectors of the process industry. The findings from the results of these case studies have been substantiated by a case study which was conducted via questionnaire- based interviews in one alcoholic beverage industry. The thesis reveals the importance of the inherent production process characteristics of each facility that sets out to implement lean as well as the range of expectations and benefits that can be witnessedupon successful employment of the most suitableLM practices. Additionally, attention is drawntowards the necessity of a continuous organization commitmentto the adoption of LM. Future research prospects that stem from the present thesis consist of an analysis of many different lean practices and tools separately, their implementation as well as the impact they would effectuate on differentsectors of the process industry contrary to the combined analysis of the LM tools studied in this thesis. Moreover, while the scope in this thesis was the implementation and the outcome of LM, it would be of interest to investigate the factors that inhibit successful implementation on process industries.

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Tam, Sze-wan. "Managerial control in a Japanese electronic manufacturing company in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42575047.

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Ha, Dong Soo. "Total factor productivity growth in Korean manufacturing from 1983 to 1998." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3060101.

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Selvaraju, Sathishkumar. "Simulation based scheduling using interactive data and lean concepts in a manufacturing industry." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2009.

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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, 2009.
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Granér, Mats. "Essays on trade and productivity : case studies of manufacturing in Chile and Kenya /." Göteborg : Dept. of Economics, School of Economics and Commercial Law (Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögsk.), 2002. http://www.handels.gu.se/epc/data/html/html/PDF/GranerdissNE.pdf.

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Scholtz, Reginald. "The manufacturing performance measurement matrix model." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/969.

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Thesis (MBA (Graduate School of Business))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globalisation, constant innovations and well-informed customers have made modern business environments dynamic and complex. Organisations, with their ever-changing business models, are striving to improve the quality of their products and services. Congruently, several management theories have evolved. Total Quality Management (TQM),Just in Time (JIT), Benchmarking, Lean Management, Balanced Scorecard and Six Sigma are some of the more well known. Each movement with its own life span, its share of popularity and level of acceptance has the same basic goal – improvement in quality by measuring performance. Recent years have seen an upsurge in the approaches and contributions to the field of performance measurement. Are these management theories just a flavour of the month or do they add value. The object of this study is to provide industry specific manufacturing business with a Manufacturing Performance Measurement Matrix Model, which can be used over time to measure improvement and serve as a basis for Knowledge Management.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Globalisering, konstante inbring van veranderinge en goed ingeligte kliënte het die moderne besigheidsomgewing dinamies en kompleks gemaak. Organisasies, met hulle ewig veranderende besigheidsmodelle, streef daarna om die kwaliteit van hulle produkte en dienslewering te verbeter. Verskeie bestuursteorieë het as gevolg hiervan ontwikkel. Die mees bekende bestuursteorieë is onder andere: Total Quality Management (TQM), Just in Time (JIT), Benchmarking, Lean Management, Balanced Scorecard en Six Sigma. Elkeen van hierdie planne, met sy eie leeftyd, porsie van die gewildheid en vlak van aanvaarding, het dieselfde basiese doel – verbetering van kwaliteit deur die meet van prestasie. Onlangse jare het ‘n opvlam gesien in die benaderings en bydraes tot die veld van prestasiemeting. Is hierdie bestuursteorieë net ‘n nuutjie of is hulle waardevol vir die besigheidswêreld? Die doel van hierdie studie is om industrie spesifieke vervaardigingsbesighede met ‘n Vervaardigings Prestasiemetings Matriks Model te voorsien wat deur die verloop van tyd verbeterings kan meet en kan dien as ‘n basis vir die bestuur van kundigheid.

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Safarzynska, Karolina. "Modeling the rebound effect in two manufacturing industries." Elsevier, 2012. http://epub.wu.ac.at/3610/1/Safarzynska_Modelling_rebound_effect_final.pdf.

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The rebound effect refers to the phenomenon that energy savings from improvements in energy efficiency are lower than expected due to unintended second-order effects. Grasping specific mechanisms related to the rebound effect requires a good understanding of interactions between heterogonous agents on multiple markets. Otherwise, policies aimed at reducing energy use may render counter-expected and unforeseen consequences. In this paper, we propose a formal model, where technological change results from interactions on two markets: between consumers and producers in the market for final goods, and heterogeneous power plants in the electricity market. The analysis provides insights to the role of technological change, supply-demand coevolution, and status-driven consumption in explaining the rebound effect. The model is employed to compare effectiveness of economic policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions associated with production of consumer goods, namely: a tax on electricity and "nuclear obligations" to produce ten percent of electricity from nuclear energy. (author's abstract)

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Dul, Paul W. (Paul Walter). "Application of cellular manufacturing to low-volume industries." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29076.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1994, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 59).
by Paul W. Dul.
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Yilmaz, Tuba. "Dynamic resource allocation in manufacturing and service industries." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51729.

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In this thesis, we study three applications of dynamic resource allocation: the first two consider dynamic lead-time quotation in make-to-order (MTO) systems with substitutable products and order cancellations, respectively; and the third application is a manpower allocation problem with job-teaming constraints. Matching supply and demand for manufacturing and service industries has been a fundamental focus of operations management literature, which concentrated on optimizing or improving supply-side decisions since demand has generally been assumed to be exogenously determined. However, recent business trends and advances in consumer behavior modeling have shown that demand for goods and services can clearly be shaped by various decisions that a firm makes, such as price and lead-time. In fact, competition between companies is no longer mainly based on price or product features; lead-time is one of the strategic measures to evaluate suppliers. In MTO manufacturing or service environments that aim to satisfy the customers' unique needs, lead-time quotation impacts the actual demand of the products and the overall profitability of the firm. In the first two parts of the thesis, we study the dynamic lead-time quotation problem in pure MTO (or service) systems characterized by lead-time sensitive Poisson demand and exponentially distributed service times. We formulate the problem as an infinite horizon Markov decision process (MDP) with the objective of maximizing the long-run expected average profit per unit time, where profits are defined to specifically account for delays in delivery of the customer orders. We study dynamic lead-time quotation problem in two particular settings; one setting with the possibility of demand substitution and another setting with order cancellations. The fundamental trade-off in lead-time quotation is between quoting short lead-times and attaining them. In case of demand substitution, i.e., in presence of substitutable products and multiple customer classes with different requirements and margins, this trade-off also includes capacity allocation and order acceptance decisions. In particular, one needs to decide whether to allocate capacity to a low-margin order now, or whether to reserve capacity for potential future arrivals of high-margin orders by considering customer preferences, the current workload in the system, and the future arrivals. In the case of order cancellations, one needs to take into account the probability of cancellation of orders currently in the system and quote lead-times accordingly; otherwise quotation of a longer lead-time may result in the loss of customer order, lower utilization of resources, and, in turn, reduced in profits. In Chapter 2, we study a dynamic lead-time quotation problem in a MTO system with two (partially) substitutable products and two classes of customers. Customers decide to place an order on one of the products or not to place an order, based on the quoted lead-times. We analyze the optimal profit and the structure of the optimal lead-time policy. We also compare the lead-time quotes and profits for different quotation strategies (static vs. dynamic) with or without substitution. Numerical results show that substitution and dynamic quotation have synergetic effects, and higher benefits can be obtained by dynamic quotation and/or substitution when difference in product revenues or arrival rates, or total traffic intensity are higher. In Chapter 3, we study a dynamic lead-time quotation problem in a MTO system with single product considering the order cancellations. The order cancellations can take place during the period that the order is being processed (either waiting or undergoing processing), or after the processing is completed, at the delivery to the customer. We analyze the behavior of optimal profit in terms of cancellation parameters. We show that the optimal profit does not necessarily decrease as cancellation rate increases through a numerical study. When the profit from a cancelled order, arrival rate of customers, or lead-time sensitivity of customers are high, there is a higher probability that optimal profit increases as cancellation rate increases. We also compare the cancellation scenarios with the corresponding no-cancellation scenarios, and show that there exists a cancellation scenario that is at least as good in terms of profit than a no-cancellation scenario for most of the parameter settings. In Chapter 4, we study the Manpower Allocation Problem with Job-Teaming Constraints with the objective of minimizing the total completion time of all tasks. The problem arises in various contexts where tasks require cooperation between workers: a team of individuals with varied expertise required in different locations in a business environment, surgeries requiring different composition of doctors and nurses in a hospital, a combination of technicians with individual skills needed in a service company. A set of tasks at random locations require a set of capabilities to be accomplished, and workers have unique capabilities that are required by several tasks. Tasks require synchronization of workers to be accomplished, hence workers arriving early at a task have to wait for other required workers to arrive in order to start processing. We present a mixed integer programming formulation, strengthen it by adding cuts and propose heuristic approaches. Experimental results are reported for low and high coordination levels, i.e., number of workers that are required to work simultaneously on a given task.

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Bourlakis, Constantine A. "Profits and market power in Greek manufacturing industries." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306117.

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The traditional approach to antitrust, associated with the Harvard school, regards monopoly as a mechanism that reduces consumers' surplus, while the view held by the Chicago school suggests that a large firm market share reflects superior competitive performance and, if it is not the result of collusion, its effect on allocative efficiency is a rather non - malignant one. We attempt to evaluate the two antitrust approaches within the context of Greek manufacturing industries, and the novelties in the present thesis lie in bringing into the examination of the Harvard - Chicago debate a number of issues that have been treated as separate attempts to unveil the competitive process in the U.S. and the U.K., but never included together within a single comprehensive study. This is achieved by analyzing the profits - concentration relationship over a number of years, the influence of firm and industry characteristics on the determination of profit rates, growth and survival patterns of firms taking into consideration sample selection bias problems, the persistence of manufacturing profitability oyer time, the structural firm and industry determinants of leading firms' profitability and the importance of multinational corporations. Our main empirical findings reveal that large firms and more concentrated markets in Greece are no more profitable than smaller firms and less concentrated markets respectively, and although they refute the extreme forms of the market power and efficiency hypotheses, market power did hold sway in a number of circumstances and its role plays a greater part in the behaviour of manufacturing industries and firms in Greece. Greek antitrust authorities should be concerned with firms' strategic behaviour related to the restriction of competition in more concentrated markets, ane on the above grounds, we do not recommend a deconcentration policy per se, bu' intervention when the competitive functioning of markets is unfairly hindered

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Bhattacharya, A. K. "The new manufacturing." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1999. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/111078/.

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The world of manufacturing organisations has changed considerably in the past few years which give rise to three research areas which constitute the context of what i have called The New Manufacturing 1. What is the current state of affairs in the trading relationships between partners in the supply chains and what would be a best practice model for such relationships? 2. What is the impact on the strategy process of the changes in the trading relationships and focus on cross-functional and cross-organisational business processes? 3. How do you integrate the new competitive factors of speed and flexibility with the need for agility and re-invention and implementation of world class lean manufacturing practices? The portfolio is divided into three distinct parts. The first part develops the ‘external context’ of manufacturing organisations by analysing the trends in trading relationships between supply chain partners through a EU funded research project on European automotive industry. The second part explores the link between the ‘internal’ and the ‘external’ context by developing the concept of ‘repositioning’ as a new dimension to existing strategy development approaches. The third part explores the ‘internal context’ and seeks new solutions to issues in strategy formulation and manufacturing systems design, using ‘time’ and ‘turbulence’ as key change drivers along with the traditional ‘focus’ approach. The analysis of the ‘external context’ uses a cohesive ‘best practice’ model incorporating 11 characteristics as the fixed point comparator for analysing 24 supply chains in 6 car assemblers. The findings show significant changes in both the ‘structural’ and ‘relationship management’ characteristics such as greater outsourcing and systems purchase, single sourcing at part number level, greater design and development delegation by the vehicle manufacturers, open book costing, leaner manufacturing pipeline and long term contracts. A key finding is the emergence of ‘multi-customer’ suppliers - suppliers with close, non-adversarial relationships with a number of key customers. This multi-customer structural feature was investigated using four theoretical trading structures in a detailed case study of an automotive supplier and was found to reflect characteristics of all four. The changes in the supply chains underlined the need for a ‘re-positioning’ methodology for suppliers hoping to change their ‘value boundary’, in addition to existing strategy formulation methods, which did not address this specific requirement. Thus the second part of the portfolio proposes a new ‘repositioning’ methodology, which represents the link between the external and the internal context, which was then validated through a study of a supplier who had ‘re-positioned’ and through application in two SMEs. The ‘internal context’ analysis represents the major part of the portfolio, and was carried out at two companies using approaches and techniques new to the companies. In one of them, a new process focused strategy formulation was used to develop strategic goals for the two key processes. In the same company, a complete manufacturing analysis was carried out using ‘time’ as the strategic driver, as part of an overall ‘systems’ approach, which was a major change for the company. As a result, a number of changes were proposed of which some have been implemented and a key success has been the reduction of manufacturing lead time from over 6 weeks to 3 weeks or less with corresponding reduction in inventory. At the other company, the project scope was limited to improving performance of machining cells. Again using ‘time’ as a key driver of change as part of a ‘systems’ approach, a number of new practices were introduced which led to improvement in lead times, inventory and service levels for pilot components. A key innovation in both companies was the development of the concept of ‘turbulence' to analyse manufacturing issues which was then integrated with the well known ‘focus’ approach and the more recent ‘time compression’ into a generic multi-dimensional approach to the design of manufacturing systems.

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Stoviak, Julie M. "Development of customer service work instructions centered on obtaining ISO 90001 [sic] certification." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998stoviakj.pdf.

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Roth, Benlloyd Koekemoer. "Enablers for lean process sustainability within South African manufacturing industries." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/6591.

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James Womack and his colleagues Daniel Jones and Daniel Roos changed the way western civilization approached manufacturing. In 1990, they published a book called ‘The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production’. It was a concept that had slowly filtered from the east but had not made its mark on the manufacturing sector. The concept of lean, born out of the Japanese Toyota Manufacturing System, was first thought to be impossible to duplicate outside of Japan. Since Womack and company popularised this “new” way of producing goods and delivering services it spread across industries finding popularity in the medical, engineering, accounting and especially the manufacturing industries. Over the last few decades lean practices has been synonymous with efficiency, cost reduction, supply chain optimisation and innovative problem solving (Anvari Norzima, Rosnah, Hojjati and Ismail, 2010; Pieterse et al., 2010; Womack et al., 1990). Lean process implementation has been researched in abundance, as has failed attempts at lean implementation. The purpose of this study was to identify and assess enablers of lean sustainability in organisations where lean processes are already being implemented. The literature study found Organisational Culture, Leadership, Employee Engagement and Trade Unions participation as factors that contributed to successful lean implementations. The author developed a model to test Organisational Culture, Leadership, Employee Engagement and Trade Unions as enablers to sustain lean practices in organisations in South Africa’s manufacturing industries. The results proved that Organisational Culture, Leadership and Employee Engagement were considered enablers for lean sustainability. These three enablers have an interlinked relationship and together help sustainability. Lacking just one factor would surely result in unsustainable lean practices. The study was conducted in the quantitative paradigm, as the hypothesised relationship was statistically tested. The data was collected from a homogenous group via an email sent with a link to the questionnaire. The data was statistically analysed with Statistica software and Microsoft Excel.

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Ho, Chun-Yu. "Growth and labor composition in the U.S. manufacturing : the role of equipment quality /." View Abstract or Full-Text, 2003. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?ECON%202003%20HO.

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Thesis (M. Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 28-30). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.

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Ranganathan, Nandakumar. "Analyses of the Production System Development Process in Manufacturing Industries - A Comparative Analysis study on Manufacturing Industries in Sweden and India." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-16148.

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In the competitive world of manufacturing, the companies would like to produce their products at reduced price and superior quality. In the production system, the company faces many problems during the production of their products. Over the past years the manufacturing industry follows suitable techniques in their production system for the improvements in production. Still, companies are in search for new technology or techniques to improve their production in radical ways during a short period of time. Many researchers have discussed the development of production system through continuous improvements. Techniques like lean, kaizen etc are implemented in the production system but the effect of these techniques is realized in production unit only after many years. Kaikaku is another technique in lean production which occurs in a radical way to eliminate waste to provide a greater value. It is a radical process improvement which takes place in short period of time. Kaikaku is normally used when Kaizen techniques are not providing enough positive results to keep an organization effective. Still, radical improvements often need capital investment. It is often focused on introducing new technology, new strategies, or completely new production system. This main objective of this thesis is to understand and analyze the production system development process in manufacturing industries and suggest how it is effective to keep an organization competitive. The basic conception and research aid of various authors are explained in the theoretical framework, and is done for the enhanced understanding of the reader and also a new conceptual theory structure framework is done to introduce the new concept of process innovation for radical improvements in the company. The proposed structure framework can help companies to practice the process innovation in the production system for development in short period of time. Based on the conceptual structure and relevant theoretical understandings, the interview questions are framed and case companies are analyzed for the process improvements and process innovation performance in the production system. The empirical data is collected from case companies through interviews. With the help of empirical results and the related theoretical results, an analysis and discussion is made which clearly explains about the problems faced in the production system and how they can be solved through in a radical way.

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Adhikari, R. B. "Economic efficiency of manufacturing industries in Nepal : An ex post economic efficiency analysis of major import substitute and export manufacturing industries." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.375088.

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Pang, Kwok-cheong Eric. "An investigation of the effects of the relocation of manufacturing firms on future industrial property development in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25940612.

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Bordoloi, Sanjeev K. "Flexibility, adaptability and efficiency in dynamic manufacturing systems /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Fung, K. K. "Job creation and destruction in Hong Kong manufacturing industries some empirical evidence /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31954650.

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Smith, Scott G. "Quick response tool and die manufacturing." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2005. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2005/2005smiths.pdf.

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Uzel, Esra Örnek M. Arslan. "A mathematical modeling approach to energy cost saving in manufacturing plant/." [s.l.]: [s.n.], 2004. http://library.iyte.edu.tr/tezler/master/enerjimuh/t000265.pdf.

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Söderbom, Måns. "Investment in African manufacturing : a microeconomic analysis /." [Göteborg : Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet], 2000. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=009002322&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Owusu, Dompreh Francis. "Application of Rapid Manufacturing Technologies to Integrated Product Development inClinics and Medical Manufacturing Industries." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1389697786.

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Hein, Beth A. "Recommendations for a train-the-trainer program at Clopay Building Products Company, Baldwin, WI." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998heinb.pdf.

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Ipe, Jaison John. "Data mining OIPEA database for waste and productivity enhancements in manufacturing units." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1999. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1150.

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Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 115 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-99).

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Shiu, Wing-kei. "An investigation of collaborative buyer-supplier relationships in Hong Kong manufacturing firms." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22401192.

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Mat, Shafizal. "Employee motivation and learning behaviours in selected manufacturing industries." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2016. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/23158.

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The topics of motivation and job satisfaction have been of interest to researchers over the past decades. Many researchers and practitioners have studied the driving factors to motivate staff in the workplace, but no specific findings have shown correlation between motivation and job satisfaction. Problems of motivation and job satisfaction have continued to plague many developing countries like Malaysia. This study is an attempt to improve the understanding of the human contribution to variability in manufacturing industries and the focus areas are work motivation, satisfaction and performance as well as relationships with learning behaviours of employees in the workplace. The research work can be categorized into three parts. The first part consists of pilot study which was conducted to determine the practicality and validity of method/instruments used in the research. The pilot study also helped to correct the flaws/weaknesses of the method before employing it in the full-scale research study. Secondly, an experimental study was carried out to identify the motivation, satisfaction, performance and learning behaviour of unskilled and skilled employees doing simple or complex tasks individually or in group. The final part was an industrial study conducted with 356 employees from various positions and backgrounds in selected manufacturing industries in Malaysia. Based on the findings, it has been shown that unskilled employees preferred doing complex tasks in a group rather than doing simple tasks and skilled employees preferred doing complex tasks individually rather than in a group. It increased their work motivation, satisfaction and performance. It was found that task identity (simple tasks) and learning behaviours (individual learning of unskilled employees) can be the reason for employees to leave in the future. The task identity (task complexity) can be an important factor in job design in organisations and it is significant in the learning process of unskilled and skilled employees in manufacturing industries, particularly in Malaysia. It was also found that learning in a team (group) appears to be a very significant factor in workplace learning for both unskilled and skilled employees. The study has shown that there are relationships between motivational and learning behaviours of skilled and unskilled employees and this knowledge is expected to be useful for employers and policy makers in organisations especially in manufacturing industries in Malaysia.

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Al-Miman, Mansour A. "Productivity performance in the Saudi non-oil manufacturing industries." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488136.

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Dimberio, Amy M. "Status of worksite smoking policies in Indiana manufacturing industries." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/774760.

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The purpose of this study was to assess the status of worksite smoking policies in Indiana's manufacturing industries and to describe the relationship between policy, workforce size, and manufacturing type. Of the 493 questionnaires distributed, 181 (36.7%) were returned. Approximately 67% percent of the industries reported having some type of restrictive policy with the majority of those policies not allowing smoking at the worksite except in designated areas. Most policies were developed within the last five years and were implemented due to a concern for employee health. Workforce size was directly related to the prevalence of significant restrictions. Those companies employing greater then 100 employees were the most likely to have a policy whereas the employing less than 11 were the least likely to have a policy. Standard industrial classifications 34 (fabricated metal products) and 35 (machinery, except electrical) had less restrictive policies as compared to other S.I.C. classifications. A follow up on 10% (n=30) of the nonrespondents yielded similar results to those who did respond.
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Hölzl, Werner, and Leopold Soegner. "Entry and exit dynamics in the Austrian manufacturing industries." Inst. für Volkswirtschaftstheorie und -politik, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2004. http://epub.wu.ac.at/406/1/document.pdf.

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This article investigates the determinants of entry and exit in the Austrian manufacturing sector based on 1981 to 1994 data. We study the response of entry, exit and other indicators of firm dynamics to changes in average plant size, size heterogeneity, concentration, incentives and vertical integration. By applying Bayesian simulation methods we estimate random coefficient models and study the symmetry of the determinants of entry and exit. Our empirical analysis shows that entry and exit rates are driven by the same determinants. The impacts of these determinants are nearly homogeneous for both, entry rates and exits rates, respectively. Moreover, we find (i) that changes in average plant size, size heterogeneity and concentration are not symmetric with respect to entry and exit, (ii) that changes in the growth of sales is weakly symmetric and (iii) that the growth rate of employment is strongly asymmetric across industries in Austrian manufacturing. Furthermore, we infer from the data that the turnover of firms influences the changes in the number of competitors. Low entry rates go hand in hand with low net entry rates and a low turnover. (author's abstract)
Series: Working Papers Series "Growth and Employment in Europe: Sustainability and Competitiveness"

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Ramsell, Philip G. "An alternative climate change levy scheme for manufacturing industries." Thesis, Open University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270013.

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Haupt, Anita, and André Lerch. "Forward Osmosis Application in Manufacturing Industries: A Short Review." Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), 2018. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A32479.

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Forward osmosis (FO) is a membrane technology that uses the osmotic pressure difference to treat two fluids at a time giving the opportunity for an energy-efficient water and wastewater treatment. Various applications are possible; one of them is the application in industrial water management. In this review paper, the basic principle of FO is explained and the state-of-the-art regarding FO application in manufacturing industries is described. Examples of FO application were found for food and beverage industry, chemical industry, pharmaceutical industry, coal processing, micro algae cultivation, textile industry, pulp and paper industry, electronic industry, and car manufacturing. FO publications were also found about heavy metal elimination and cooling water treatment. However, so far FO was applied in lab-scale experiments only. The up-scaling on pilot- or full-scale will be the essential next step. Long-term fouling behavior, membrane cleaning methods, and operation procedures are essential points that need to be further investigated. Moreover, energetic and economic evaluations need to be performed before full-scale FO can be implemented in industries.

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Nei, Clayton C. "Designing technology education curriculum based upon manufacturing/industries requirements." Online version, 2008. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2008/2008neic.pdf.

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Gomez, Alvita Maria. "Manufacturing equipment changeover impacts on component quality." Online version, 2008. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2008/2008gomeza.pdf.

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Bandara, Yapa M. W. Yaparatne. "Trade liberalisation and the productivity imperative in manufacturing industries of Sri Lanka /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17617.pdf.

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Srikantaiah, Sanjay. "A model of lean-sigma to enhance a manufacturing system through integrating lean manufacturing and Six sigma approaches." To access this resource online via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses @ UTEP, 2008. http://0-proquest.umi.com.lib.utep.edu/login?COPT=REJTPTU0YmImSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=2515.

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Yeung, Ho-wah Alice. "Supply quality management of leading manufacturing related companies in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25139447.

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Moi, Havard. "Rule-based control of manufacturing systems." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22190168.

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Hongsmatip, Chukiat. "Returns to scale and external economies the case of Thai manufacturing industries /." Bangkok : Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, 2001. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/49194145.html.

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"A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Economics (English Language Program), Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand, May 2001." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-77).

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