Dissertations / Theses: 'Material Industry'

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Cheung, Madeline. "Material considerations in the hot stamping industry." Thesis, Brunel University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.479298.

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Cooper-Searle, Simone. "Industry and policy implementation of material efficiency." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/273169.

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The UK has committed to deep, long-term reductions in national greenhouse gas emissions as part of a global effort to address climate change. Material efficiency, reducing the material inputs per service output, has long been identified as a globally underexplored mitigation strategy. Previous studies show unrealised technical potential to improve the efficiency of steel use, a large contributor of industry emissions, in the UK. This thesis explores why these opportunities may be unrealised along the steel supply chain.

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Bergeling, Gustav, and Zulkiflee Binadam. "Material Supply Chain in the Construction Industry." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43972.

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand the reason behind why it occurs a large number of pickups each year in the construction industry. In the case company alone, it occurs 160 000 pickups per year and an estimated loss of 50 MSEK. This thesis will try to investigate and explain why the pickups occur, and also what the underlying factors are that could influence the number of pickups. Methodology The data in the thesis was collected from semi-structured interviews with eight employees within the case company. We chose to interview four employees from the construction department and four employees from the construction service department. The reason to that was that different departments works differently to each other, and we wanted to know what the differences were. The employees all had management or supervisor positions and were based in different geographical areas. In the thesis, we applied a mix of content analysis and grounded analysis method. Findings The findings made during the thesis, were that the different departments work with pickups very differently when comparing to each other, one department had almost all their supplier contact at the beginning of the projects and didn’t require more supplier contact during the production. While the other department, due to their nature required regular supplier interaction which created an increase number of pickups. The main reasons behind the pickups were to inadequate planning and the organizational culture. Conclusion The conclusion provides areas where the company can improve on regarding the pickups and recommendation of how the case company can reduce the number of pickups, based on the gathered data and the theoretical frame of references. The recommendations were: enhance the supplier relationship, re-evaluate the contracts with the suppliers, education regarding planning and work-method.

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Mick, Tracy A. "Recycling baler material properties for safer baler operation." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2005. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4150.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2005.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 74 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 62).

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Nurse, O. A. "Material logistics and process simulation." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.382604.

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Ozalp, Nesrin. "Energy, material and emissions flow models of the U.S. chemical industry /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7123.

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Middleton, Joanne F. "Integrated material management for metallic melting shops." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.385809.

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Bailey, Robert Reid. "Input-output modeling of material flows in industry." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19104.

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Christoforo, John Carmen. "Wood-based material use in the United States pallet and container industry." Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11102009-020207/.

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Cheung, Wing Sze. "A study of material handling system for apparel industry /." View abstract or full-text, 2005. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?IEEM%202005%20CHEUNG.

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Abbatelli, Daniele. "Material flows in the waterjet industry : an environmental perspective." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell miljöteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-111003.

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Abrasive Waterjet cutting (AWJ) presents many advantages over competing machining techniques, but several issues are related to the high volume of materials (and in particular of abrasive) used in the process. In this study, the environmental impact of the material flows in the abrasive waterjet industry has been analyzed adopting a life cycle perspective in order to individuate which phases place the largest burden on the environment. Moreover, three alternative abrasives (crushed rock, recycled glass and synthetic abrasive) and three disposal practices (in-site recycling, off-site recycling and recycling as construction material) have been also evaluated to estimate the benefits that can be achieved if these could be used in place of garnet abrasives and landfilling. The transportation of the abrasive resulted to be the phase that has the largest influence in every case and thus should be reduced as much as possible. For what concerns the alternative options, the usage of recycled glass and the in-site recycling of the abrasive were the two alternatives with the best environmental performances. However, crushed rock could be the best option for what concerns the global warming potential if carbon sequestration due to carbonation of silicate rocks is taken into account. Off-site recycling and recycling as construction material are good options only if the transportation to the recycling site can be reduced. Synthetic abrasive are instead found to have a much larger impact compared to every other alternative examined.

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Chan, See Yan. "Review on construction and demolition material management in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B2342493x.

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Eack, Kevin D. "Securing nuclear and radiological material in the homeland." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion.exe/07Mar%5FEack.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2007.
Thesis Advisor(s): David Brannan. "March 2007." Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-81). Also available in print.

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Saidu, Ibrahim. "Management of material waste and cost overrun in the Nigerian construction industry." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/3792.

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While wastage of materials has become a serious problem requiring urgent attention in the Nigerian Construction Industry, cost overrun is a problem, which affects 90 percent of the completed projects in the world; the argument on how to reduce/eliminate cost overrun has been on-going for the past 70 years; as the on-site wastage of materials leads to increases in the final project cost. Studies from different parts of the world have shown that construction-material waste represents a relatively large percentage of the production costs. Consequently, as a result of low levels of awareness, the Nigerian construction industry pays little attention to the effects of generated material waste on cost overruns. Thus, this research aimed to investigate the relationship between material waste and cost overrun in the Nigerian construction industry. A comprehensive review of the related literature revealed that all material waste causes are related to cost overrun causes at both pre-contract and post-contract stages of a project; but not vice versa. The mixed method (quantitative and qualitative) approach that is rooted in the positivist paradigm was adopted for this study. Abuja, the federal capital territory of Nigeria was the selected geographical scope of this research, out of which thirty-one (31) construction projects were purposeful selected (projects to the value of 100 million Rand/1.6 billion Naira and above).The research instrument was an interview guide used in conjunction with a tick box. Other sources of data included field investigation (measurement of onsite material waste) and the collection of archival records from bills of quantities, project records, and specifications. Analyses of the findings lead to the conclusion that a relationship exists between material waste and cost overrun; at the pre-contract and at the post-contract stages of a project. The implication is that an increase in material wastage on-site leads to a corresponding increase in the amount of cost overrun, regardless of the percentage allowance for material waste in the process of bill preparation. The study also concluded that the average percentage contribution of material waste to project-cost overruns is four (4) percent. Material-waste sources, causes, and control measures were found to have significant effects (very high, high, medium, low, and very low), in causing or minimising cost overruns at both pre-contract and post-contract stages of projects. The research has developed a conceptual model for the management of material waste and cost overruns in the construction industry based on the results and informed by the theoretical framework. The research has also developed a mathematical model for quantifying the amount of material waste to be generated by a project; as well as a mathematical equation for the effective management of material waste and cost overrun for projects. The study has achieved its aim of establishing an understanding of the issues leading to the relationship between material waste and cost overruns, as well as their management in the Nigerian construction industry. The study recommends that the management of material waste and cost overrun should be revised, based on the findings of this research and included as part of the procurement process. The mathematical models for quantification of onsite material waste, and the mathematical equation for managing material waste and cost overruns developed in the study, could be usefully adopted to improve management of material waste and cost overrun in the Nigerian construction industry.

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Junkers, Louise, and Anna Backman. "Materialspill i byggnadsproduktionen : Waste of Material in the Construction Industry." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, JTH, Byggnadsteknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-20950.

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This report deals with issues related to construction waste. Building material that has not been built into the project is defined as construction waste. Cost of construction waste amounts to 4-12 % of the total cost of the project. Moreover, cost of construction waste is 1-3 % of the production cost. The aim of this study is to increase knowledge about the main causes of waste within the construction industry. Measures in order to reduce material waste are analyzed. Contractors of building projects and construction workers should be able to apply methods and measures in order to reduce waste. Commissioners of building projects (the client) should be aware of amounts of waste and how this is affecting the price. Three research questions are investigated in this report: 1. What are the causes of material waste during production? 2. What material is generating the largest amounts of waste, and which type of construction waste is most costly? 3. What are the measures of minimizing material waste? Methods used to investigate research questions include analysis of literature, interviews and four case studies. Three out of four case studies are performed on construction sites, where site managers are interviewed. The fourth case study is executed on a factory at Myresjöhus AB. Manufacturing of prefabricated modules is investigated. A prefabricated wall section with a circular window during line production is analyzed in-depth. The time taken to produce a single prefabricated wall unit is measured. In addition, amounts of material waste are collected and measured. Results showed that cost of waste amounts to 2, 4 % of production cost. Moreover, profit was 40 % of the selling price. Construction companies lack economic incentive to reduce waste costs because it is added to the selling price. Thus time becomes more important than reducing waste during production. The main cause of construction waste is lack of economic incentives to reduce levels of waste among construction companies. Secondary causes of waste are related to the efficiency of the production process. Common material waste during site-built construction is gypsum boards, façade panels, studs, joists, insulation, and concrete molds. Waste of studs and joists amounts to 5-6 %, and concrete waste is about 2 % for each truckload of concrete. During manufacturing of prefabricated housing, the largest amounts of waste are from paneling, lining board, insulation and gypsum. Changes have to be made to increase construction companies’ motivation to reduce construction waste within their production. The cost of waste must be visible. The client needs to be aware of costs of waste and waste management. Moreover conflicts concerning orders and material handling between contractors and subcontractors need to be solved. Moreover, construction companies need to increase the use of custom made and prefabricated modules. In conclusion the main reason why waste levels are not decreasing is because clients are not pressuring contractors to reduce levels of waste. The most common types of waste derive from materials that have low waste fees i.e. wood. Clients need to demand information about waste charges in order to motivate contractors to reduce their construction waste.

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Olah, David F. "Wood Material Use in the U.S. Cabinet Industry: 1999 - 2001." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35037.

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A combination of fax and mail questionnaires were used to estimate consumption of wood based products by the U.S. cabinet industry and evaluate current management issues affecting the cabinet industry. Group 1 companies (>$20 million in sales) were contacted and sent a fax questionnaire. A random sample of 1034 Group 2 companies (<$20 million in sales and >10 emloyees) were sent a mail questionnaire. A total of 19 usable questionnaires were received from Group 1 companies and 217 usable questionnaires were received from Group 2 companies. Group 1 respondents averaged 1,108 employees and $125.81 million in sales. Group 2 respondents averaged 27 employees and $2.31 million in sales. A shortened questionnaire (questionnaire 2, one page) was sent to half of the Group 2 sample frame resulting in twice the response rate as that of the long questionnaire (questionnaire 1, three pages).

Results indicated that the cabinet industry used an estimated 484 million board feet of hardwood lumber. Nearly 95% of the hardwood lumber purchases were grade 1 common or better. The most common used species were red oak (44%) and hard maple (24%). An estimated 58 million board feet of components and 68,344 doors were also purchased by cabinet manufacturers in 1999. Softwood lumber use was estimated at 25 million board feet, consisting primarily of white (49%) and southern yellow (36%) pine. The most commonly used panel products were particleboard and hardwood plywood, at an estimated 1,044 million square feet (1/2 inch basis) and 279 (3/8 inch basis) million square feet respectively. Other panel products used by the industry were medium density fiberboard, hardboard, and softwood plywood. Approximately 156 (any thickness) million square feet of veneer was used. Lumber purchases were primarily direct from sawmills (66%) for Group 1 companies and from wholesalers/distributors (53%) for Group 2 companies. Panel product purchases followed the same trend with Group 1 companies buying primarily direct from manufacturers (44%) and the majority of Group 2 purchases coming from wholesalers/distributors (84%).

Group 1 companies sold their products through factory sales people (54%) and to home improvement/building supply centers (37%). Group 2 companies sold their products through factory sales people (77%) and to builders and remodelers (62%). The largest proportion of cabinet types sold by both Groups 1 and 2 were face frame kitchen cabinets (74% and 38% respectively).

Companies from both groups reported producing certified (green) products. The majority of companies indicated they purchased some parts from outside sources. Companies from both groups reported considering alternative materials to substitute for wood. Products that were mentioned include strawboard, urban waste MDF, and plastic mouldings. Concerns rated highest by cabinet companies were finding qualified employees, increasing raw material prices, keeping qualified employees, and wood quality.
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Prins, William Santiago. "Computer simulation with sensitivity analysis of an advanced composite material manufacturing operation." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02022010-020123/.

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Fung, Koon-yau, and 馮冠游. "A study of material planning in cigarette production." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1990. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31264633.

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Engle, Catherine Anna. "Factors influencing pallet material substitution by the U.S. grocery distribution industry." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42631.

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Persons involved in pallet decisions at U.S. grocery distribution centers were surveyed to investigate the degree of material substitution, assess factors influencing pallet material substitution, and quantify consumer perceptions of wood pallets compared to substitutes. A total of 444 questionnaires were mailed nationwide. Underlying reasons for material substitution were investigated through in-depth interviews with 20 respondents.

Cost per use was considered by grocery distributors to be the Persons involved in pallet decisions at U.S. grocery distribution centers were surveyed to investigate the degree of material substitution, assess factors influencing pallet material substitution, and quantify consumer perceptions of wood pallets compared to substitutes. A total of 444 questionnaires were mailed nationwide. Underlying reasons for material substitution were investigated throug h in-depth interviews with 20 respondents.

Cost per use was considered by grocery distributors to be the most important factor when choosing a pallet to be sent downstream to their customers. Common advantages of solid wood pallets reported by respondents included: availability, low initial cost, durability/stability (the ability of the pallet to be racked and hold the necessary weight with little deflection), industry standard, ability to exchange, ease of repair. Common disadvantages of solid wood pallets reported by respondents included: easily damaged, short life, high repair and replacement costs, heavy, inconsistent construction, and damages product

. Advantages of plastic pallets reported by respondents included: light weight, durability, longer life, true four-way entry, and ability to nest. Plastic pallets were perceived to be superior to wood pallets in terms of overall performance, durability, and recyclability. Although 100 percent of the responding companies use solid wood pallets to ship goods to customers, approximately 20 percent of the companies also use plastic pallets (the dominant substitute pallet material) for this purpose. The common plastic pallet used by respondents was of the twin sheet thermoform type. The primary reason for switching to plastic pallets was perceived overall cost savings resulting from long pallet life.

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Fan, Xiaolin. "Material flow in a wood-chip refiner." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63977.

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Sinclair, Jillian L. "A comparison of material preferences by chocolatiers and consumers /." Online version of thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/3932.

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Lina, Wahrer. "Material science and garment technology towards circular economies within the fashion industry." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-696.

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There has been an increase of the consumption rate and consumers are buying garments that they dispose in too early of a stage of the product lifecycle. This has caused an increase regarding landfill of waste. The aspect of implementing environmental oriented material science and garment technology has not been taken into consideration in the design process, something that quickly became an issue when the consumption rate increased. Therefore it is essential to rethink and restructure the business models applied today. The implementation of a circular economy, which focuses on giving textiles and garments a second life and basing production on used fibres whilst not harming the natural resources in the process, is a good start of the long journey to recovery which lies ahead. Both fast fashion companies and premium lifestyle brands are nowadays applying and integrating new business models into their daily operations, Tommy Hilfiger is an example of such a company. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore the relationship between material science, garment technology and the concept of circular economies from a premium lifestyle brand perspective The researcher will explore how material science and garment technology can prevent faulty items and short product lifecycles. Furthermore, the researcher will investigate how a company develops underwear collections with regards to material science, garment technology, and the concept of circular economies. The company Tommy Hilfiger will be implemented as an exponent throughout this report. Research questions: • What is the relationship between material science, garment technology, and the concept of circular economies? • What does a premium lifestyle brand take into consideration regarding the concept of circular economies when developing a collection of underwear? Methodology: This thesis was conducted by applying a qualitative method and by implementing a deductive approach. The gathering of secondary data was done through assembling suitable concepts and theories. The researcher collected the primary data through a participating observation and four qualitative interviews. The participating observation corresponded of an internship at the European headquarters of Tommy Hilfiger in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The researcher executed the interviews via email with key people within the departments of Design, Production, Central Sourcing and Production, and Corporate Responsibility. Conclusion: Material science and garment technology are correlated given that the choice of material and manufacturing technique utilized in production determines the durability and sustainability level of the fabric output. Therefore the two concepts are further correlated to the product aspect, which can enable a closed textile value chain loop, of a circular economy based business model. A premium lifestyle brand takes the aspects of design out waste, build resilience through diversity, work towards using energy from renewable sources, and think in consecutive processes into consideration regarding the concept of circular economies when developing a collection of underwear.

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Devlukia, J. N. "Fatigue studies related to the automotive industry." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.296815.

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Alghalayini, Rami. "Improving an internal material handling system. A case study of a Swedish company in food industry." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Jönköping University, JTH, Produktionsutveckling, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-50242.

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Currently, customers are exerting a lot of pressure on companies by demanding for best product quality, customized products, reduced product lead time and reliable product delivery. Therefore, for companies to be highly competitive, there is need to improve productivity and delivery performance by having an efficient material flow. Nevertheless, the task of making the material to flow efficiently throughout the manufacturing process up to when the customer receives the product is not easy. To solve this, companies are focusing on the material handling system as it has an impact on efficient material flow and productivity. Hence, the aim of this project was to explore how an internal material handling system can be improved to guarantee a better delivery performance. To fulfil the aim, a single case study was undertaken at a dairy food producing company in Jonkoping. The information on the subject area was obtained through interviews, observation at the company and an extensive literature review. The information that was obtained was assessed in accordance with the framework of the project that includes; principles and physical elements used for designing a material handling system, software and information, and human and management. Combined analysis of the findings from the empirical study and the extensive literature review helped to identify the problems faced in an internal material handling system of the company. This was followed by identifying ways of improving material handling system and thereafter, improvement suggestions were made targeting enhancement of the delivery performance of the system. In conclusion, the findings indicate that improvement of an internal material handling system does not only depend on improving the physical attributes of the system, far from it, it is more dependent on having an efficient and effective information system. Another factors that came out is that there should be a proper integration of the material handling system and the workers operating the system. From a systems perspective this research has added information sharing and human and management to the one dimensional physical elements improvement of a material handling system.

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Fendrich, Murilo Alexandre. "Solar concentration for the environment industry: photocatalytic materials and application technologies." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11572/285695.

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This thesis presents the achievements pursued during the doctoral course. The work was carried out in the context of the project ERiCSol (Energia RInnovabile e Combustili SOLari), as part of the University of Trento strategic plan for the years 2017-2021. The project was conceived to establish an interdepartmental area to promote the challenge of developing scientific research and technological innovation to increase the competitiveness of Trento at national and international level in the areas of energy and environment. Among all the goals of the project, this work dedicates special attention to 1) development of novel materials for solar photocatalytic reactions and 2) use of renewable energy to push forward applications in water remediation. To accomplish these goals, the research brings a full collection of experimental activities regarding the employment of solar concentration for the environment industry and therefore this document is organized in 9 chapters. In chapter 1, it is presented the introduction outlining the overview of the environment industry, the employment of solar light as energy source and the general and specific objectives. Chapter 2 presents a literature review regarding the last 30 years of applications correlating the use of solar light towards wastewater purification. The chapter reviews the engineering features of solar collectors, photocatalyst materials employed and the panorama of the pollutants investigated up to the present date in solar photocatalysis, presenting comparisons between models and real wastewater approaches. Chapter 3 details the experimental techniques and characterizations employed to sustain the investigation proposed in the thesis. The first part of the chapter explains the features of parabolic dish solar concentrator designed and manufactured by the IdEA group at the physics department of the university of Trento. After, it is presented the pulsed laser deposition, a thin films fabrication technique employed to produce the photocatalysts used on water purification experiments. The second part of the chapter presents the description of the characterization techniques used to reveal the fabricated photocatalyst materials properties. Based on the review on the fundamentals of solar photocatalysis and the experimental techniques, chapters 4 and 5 present a discussion in the field of novel photocatalytic materials capable to operate under concentrated sunlight irradiation. Chapter 4 in special presents the investigation regarding the fabrication of tungsten trioxide (WO3) thin film coatings, bringing the novelty of using pulsed laser deposition as the fabrication method and the evaluation of this material in photocatalysis for the degradation of methylene blue dye model pollutant. Chapter 5 instead, presents the development on Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles, bringing an innovative point of view on a “green-synthesis” approach and the material immobilization in film for heterogeneous photocatalysis routes. Chapters 6 and 7 discuss solar photocatalysis aiming to shift applications from model pollutants to real wastewater remediation conditions. Important comparisons are performed and discussed regarding the advantages and existing drawbacks. To fulfill this purpose, chapter 6 presents an application case of solar photocatalysis to the degradation of a surfactant-rich industrial wastewater whereas chapter 7 presents the approach focused on the remediation of organic lead contaminants present on a local water well site in the city of Trento. The last experimental approach of concentrated solar light is presented on chapter 8, dedicated to the application of concentrated sunlight towards waste biomass valorization. Conversely to the application on water previously described, this chapter presents the activity on designing, fabricating and coupling a hydrothermal reactor with concentrated sunlight using it as the driving force to promote degradation of grape seeds evolving into hydrochars with possible valorization of the carbonized material. Lastly, chapter 9 presents the conclusions and suggestions, this item expresses the final considerations on the results of the experimental investigations, advantages and limitations observed, and suggests possible actions for future works.

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Silva, Flávio de Andrade, Barzin Mobasher, and Romildo Dias de Toledo Filho. "Advances in Natural Fiber Cement Composites: A Material for the Sustainable Construction Industry." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2009. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-ds-1244048177249-62278.

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The need for economical, sustainable, safe, and secure shelter is an inherent global problem and numerous challenges remain in order to produce environmentally friendly construction products which are structurally safe and durable. The use of sisal, a natural fiber with enhanced mechanical performance, as reinforcement in a cement based matrix has shown to be a promising opportunity. This work addresses the development and advances of strain hardening cement composites using sisal fiber as reinforcement. Sisal fibers were used as a fabric to reinforce a multi-layer cementitious composite with a low content of Portland cement. Monotonic direct tensile tests were performed in the composites. The crack spacing during tension was measured by image analysis and correlated to strain. Local and global deformation was addressed. To demonstrate the high performance of the developed composite in long term applications, its resistance to tensile fatigue cycles was investigated. The composites were subjected to tensile fatigue load with maximum stresses ranging from 4 to 9.6 MPa at a frequency of 2 Hz. The composites did not fatigue below a maximum fatigue level of 6 MPa up to 106 cycles. Monotonic tensile testing was performed for composites that survived 106 cycles to determine its residual strength.

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Kristoffersson, Sara. "Development of training material for a process analysis tool in the paper industry." Thesis, KTH, Lärande, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279059.

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Paperboard is accessible for everyone, such as packaging for provisions or beauty products. Paperboard consists of several layers of pulp and has different types of qualities depending on the material’s area of use. Within the paperboard production, the process behavior is analyzed to find solutions to decrease the product variations in order to reach the desired product results. Process analyses are continuously made to improve paperboard production and avoid defects in the paperboard product. The company Holmen has recently implemented a new process analysis tool on trial, named Wedge, at the paperboard mill in Workington, UK, which is a software tool that can be used for analyzing the paperboard process. Holmen’s vision was to develop training material for the software tool that could be used by the employees for educational purposes.The purpose of this project degree was to develop training material of the process analysis tool, i.e. the software Wedge, for novice learners. Initially, the purpose was to examine and identify the employees’ learning within the software tool at the mill in Workington. Based on that, training material was developed that could be used for self-directed learning material.The study was conducted through qualitative methods, which included a group interview with development engineers and a one-to-one interview with the training manager at the Workington mill. Additionally, observations of training opportunities and an evaluation questionnaire of the training material were used in this study. Based on these results, a thematic analysis was conducted where identified themes have been interpreted from aspects of cognitive learning and adult learning.The result is based on the qualitative survey and the analysis of the interviews and questionnaire responses indicates that the training material is suitable and pedagogical for novice learners. The development engineers mean, among other things, that computer-based training should contain ‘step-by-step’ examples of work-related situations and the training must be organized such that new information will not be overwhelming and unintelligible. It is also important that new knowledge or information can be acquired both visually and by text-based instructions, to be able to provide the learners with various kinds of teaching aids since there are different approaches to learn new knowledge. Therefore, the training material based on e-learning has been designed as a first lesson of how to use and navigate in the process analysis tool. The developed training material entails four interactive videos with incremental learning of how the process analysis tool can be used in the paper industry.
Materialet kartong är något alla har till hands, som exempelvis förpackningar för proviant eller skönhetsprodukter. Kartong består av flera lager av pappersmassa och har olika typer av kvalitéer beroende på materialets användningsområde. Inom produktionen görs analyser av kartongprocessens beteende för att hitta lösningar som minskar produktvariationerna och på så sätt uppnå önskade slutresultat. Processanalyser görs kontinuerligt för att förbättra kartongproduktion och därmed undvika produktdefekter. Företaget Holmen har implementerat ett nytt processanalysverktyg, så kallat Wedge, på deras kartongbruk i Workington, UK, vilket är en programvara som kan användas för att kunna göra analyser av kartongprocess. Holmen önskade att ett utbildningsmaterial för programvaran skulle utvecklas och kunna användas i utbildningssyfte för produktionsarbetarna.Syftet med detta examensarbete var att utveckla ett utbildningsmaterial för nybörjare av processanalysverktyget Wedge. Grunden till detta låg i att undersöka och identifiera de anställdas lärande utifrån programvarans utbildning på kartongbruket i Workington. Baserat på detta utvecklades ett utbildningsmaterial som kan användas som ett självstuderande lärandemedel.Undersökningen har utförts av kvalitativa metodval som innefattar en gruppintervju med utvecklingsingenjörer och en intervju med utbildningsansvarig på kartongbruket i Workington, samt observationer av utbildningstillfällen och enkäter för utvärdering av utbildningsmaterialet. Baserat på detta har en tematisk analys genomförts där identifierade teman har tolkats utifrån ett kognitivt lärandeperspektiv och vuxnas lärande.Resultatet baseras på den kvalitativa undersökningen och analys av intervjuerna och enkäterna visar på att utbildningsmaterialet är passande och ligger på en bra pedagogisk nivå för nybörjare. Utvecklingsingenjörerna önskar bland annat att en datorbaserad utbildning ska innehålla förberedda ’steg-för-steg’-exempel utifrån verklighetsbaserade problem samt att utbildning måste organiseras sådan att ny information inte blir överväldigande och svårförståelig. Det är även viktigt att ny kunskap och information kan fås både visuellt och textbaserat, och att en blandning mellan olika läromedel finns eftersom personer har olika strategier för att lära sig ny kunskap. Utifrån detta har ett utbildningsmaterial, baserat på e-lärande, utvecklats och skapats med ändamålet att fungera som en första lektion av hur en kan använda och navigera i processanalysverktyget. Det utbildningsmaterial som har utvecklats innefattar fyra interaktiva videos som är uppbyggda för stegvis inlärning om hur processanalysverktyget kan användas i pappersindustrin.

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Laradi, M. F. "Evaluation of supply chain risk management for material procurement in Libyan oil industry." Thesis, Coventry University, 2017. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/cdd991eb-6b80-473a-9ce6-64b835d31885/1.

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The oil industry is considered to be a major industry as it provides energy to all other industries. This industry is exposed to various risks due to extreme circumstances, such as remote area locations, harsh environment, equipment, and functional engineering materials that are exclusively manufactured for this industry. All of these circumstances can disrupt and threaten the existences of the industry. This is where risk management and supply chain risk management is vitally needed by researchers and practitioners. Therefore, the assessment and prediction of the impact of risks on the procurement operation performance of projects is a very challenging task. As a result of this, many projects in the Libyan oil industry and worldwide are still suffering from the impact of these risks. The aspect of risk in supply chain management is underdeveloped on the body of literature, and very few studies have addressed this issue due to its confidentiality. The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of supply-chain risk management in the Libyan oil industry and to understand how procurement practitioners assess supply chain risk management to achieve smooth procurement operations. The author derives a set of propositions and preliminary results which contribute to developing strategies to identify and mitigate those risks. Hence, the contribution to knowledge is to investigate these issues within the Libyan oil industry and also to develop a framework that can be used as a risk management supporting tool. Qualitative and quantitative (triangulation) were adopted for this research. This comprised of the investigation of 65 out of 93 Libyan procurement practitioners, as well as interviews of which 9 Libyan procurement practitioners participated. This research finds that service providers and contractor companies are the highest percentage within stakeholders, who are practising supply risk management techniques. However, this percentage is still low within its group. This research also identifies types of risks that majorly affect the performance of procurement operations, such as purchasing clone parts. Thus, providing valuable information for particular stages of response planning. It also explores how the consideration of risk management can reshape supply chain management. Moreover, a Procurement Risk Management Framework (PRMF) that has been developed and empirically validated.

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Luna, Eric Amor Tatarchuk Bruce J. "Improvement of indoor air quality through the development of polymeric microfibrous material." Auburn, Ala., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1997.

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Mastio, Michael Joseph Becker Bryan R. "Material wear and failure mode analysis of breakfast cereal extruder and screw elements." Diss., UMK access, 2005.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Computing and Engineering and Dept. of Mathematics. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2005.
"A dissertation in engineering and mathematics." Advisor: Bryan R. Becker. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed June 26, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-134). Online version of the print edition.

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Johansson, Erik. "Finding and reducing obstacles for implementing new logistics systems in the construction industry." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Avdelningen för företagsekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-28371.

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The inefficient logistics in the construction industry is wasting vast amounts of time and resources. The major contracting firms are aware of the problem and have developed new logistics systems to reduce the waste, but all in vain. The developments are not accepted in practice. This thesis seeks to find and then reduce the factors that make implementation difficult. A literature review provides a theoretical framework. Both a quantitative and a qualitative study are addressed to site managers in larger contracting firms, as well as their suppliers. Results reveal that the three major obstacles are organisational inertia, communication difficulties and poor knowledge management. To overcome these problems, both current theories and empirical results suggest that problems and solution should be shared between production managers on seminars or similar. Know-how must be retained and shared between projects by developing standards for knowledge management on central level in the organisation.

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Chan, See Yan, and 陳詩恩. "Review on construction and demolition material management in HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31254822.

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Puntel, Luis. "Sampling Plan for Incoming Material Inspection at Sanden." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278774/.

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Sanden international, an automobile air conditioning compressor manufacturer, was facing a problem in its incoming material inspection procedures. Although the company had designed and was using its own sampling plan, some managers and supervisors where not confident of its reliability. Sanden recently established a goal for its total number of defects per supplier as one part per million. Achievement of this target required reviews of the existing sampling plan. The purpose of this project was to help Sandra identify the best alternatives for its incoming material inspection procedures. To do that considerations were made about the usefulness of sampling inspections, theoretical aspects of inspection sampling plans were examined, current sampling plans were analyzed and recommendations were made.

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Osuagwu, Stanley. "Analyzing Fact Based Preventive Approach to Address Foreign Material Contamination in the Food Industry." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10636623.

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Analyzing fact based preventive approach to address foreign material contamination in the food industry is a necessary analysis, focused on using statistical evaluations to analyze the disturbing trend of foreign material food recall in the meat and poultry industry today. Even though recalls due to microbiological contaminations and allergens seem to get more media attention, foreign material meat and poultry food contaminations are also on the rise and the market is starting to show disturbing trends of increasing volumes of products that are recalled due to potential adulteration.

Unfortunately, tighter regulatory oversight and new food safety modernization acts have not demonstrated significant success towards reducing the occurrence of these foreign material food recalls. It appears that the incident rates have remained somewhat flat year over year, but the volume of product that are being destroyed due to extraneous material contaminations continues to show exponential increase.

Food producers cannot continue to conduct business as usual in a world that is constantly changing. They must begin to adapt and invest in technology and in fact based foreign material prevention initiatives, in order to close the disparity in technology between the production equipment and the foreign material detection equipment.

The outcome of my research has suggested that maintaining a status quo to foreign material prevention has not proven successful in limiting recall occurrences in the food industry. The research supports that a switch to fact based prevention approach can yield superior outcomes that are beneficial to both the food manufacturers and food consumers.

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Nazir, Salman, and Rizwan Yousaf. "Validation of NORM (Needs Oriented Framework for Producing Requirements Decision Material) Framework in Industry." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2174.

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Context: Pre-project Requirements Engineering (RE) decisions are considered as very complex in Market Driven Requirements Engineering (MDRE). The complexity and economical impact of RE decisions motivates the need to support and understand RE decisions in MDRE. The purpose of Pre-project activities is to gather, analyze, select, and plan requirements for future releases of the software product in MDRE environment. Correct and timely pre-project decisions (for example initial requirements selection) are dependent on the quality and the availability of the provided decision material (for example requirements, business cases etc) for RE decisions. A Requirements Engineering framework called NORM (Needs Oriented Framework for Producing Requirements Decision Material) in collaboration with Ericsson AB is previously created with the intention of facilitating and speeding up the RE processes by ensuring that the right and sufficient decision material is available at the right time for pre-project RE decisions. NORM needs to be validated in software companies practicing MDRE in order to make it generally applicable in industry. Objectives: NORM framework was partially validated with informal interviews at one business unit within Ericsson AB but needed to be tested or validated in different environments (Telecom, e-commerce etc) in software industry to make sure that it becomes generally applicable in industry. The scope of this master's thesis is to investigate how to tailor NORM to improve a company's requirements engineering processes with the help of value stream mapping (VSM), and to evaluate the effort required and impact of this tailored process. Two MDRE based companies are chosen in this thesis work in order to validate NORM framework in software industry. Methods: There are two main research methods in this research work; Interviews and Document Analysis. In two MDRE based companies, we conducted interviews of employees involved in pre-project RE decision activities in a product, and accessed the requirements documents for the same product in order to initiate the NORM framework. Finally, an email was sent to the interviewees in both companies involved in RE with less than 10 questions in order to confirm our findings for validation of NORM framework. Results: With the information of initiation of NORM framework and using VSM we are able to chart the current decision points (DP) or decisions in the company’s RE process and the decision material that is used for each DP. We then have investigated what decision material is just enough, and when do a company need to produce it so that it is ready when the decision should be taken. We have looked at things such as waiting times, utilization and usefulness of produced decision material, and finally it is suggested to companies how their RE decision process in MDRE environment can be improved. Conclusions: Interviewees provided us the positive feedback on NORM, and they liked our novel research work in the form of NORM framework. Interviewees felt that the provided NORM structure of presenting pre-project decisions and its steps of identifying Appropriate Decision Material (ADM) is useful and usable, scalable and is according to industry relevance. It is concluded that the validation of NORM framework achieved positive feedback and results.
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Afzal, Muhammed Raheel. "Material flow analysis & life cycle assessment of critical alloys in the steel industry." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2017. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/18912/.

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Trischler, Johann. "Strategic raw material supply for the particleboard-producing industry in Europe : Problems and challenges." Doctoral thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-53700.

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Particleboard was invented to increase the utilization of wood and it soon became an important core material for furniture production. Nowadays, other industries such as the pulp and papermaking industry and the thermal energy recovery industry claim the same type of raw material. This leads to increasing competition and higher prices than in the past when that kind of wood raw material was widely available and of low price. The particleboard-producing industry is therefore seeking opportunities to reduce the competition and ensure the future supply of lignocellulosic raw material for their products. The purpose of the work summarised in this thesis was to investigate the strategic supply of lignocellulosic raw materials for particleboard production and to evaluate alternatives for the supply of lignocellulosic raw material for particleboard production. To encompass the complex field of strategic raw material supply, several publications have considered different stages along the supply chain. These papers range from empirical studies to practical tests on a laboratory scale. In this thesis, some of the papers are linked together, building the base for the overall results. The results show that the task of increasing the supply of lignocellulosic raw material as primary raw material source is limited by several factors, but that improved product design coupled with a suitable recycling concept can greatly increase the availability of lignocellulosic raw material as a secondary source. Alternatively, the use of non-wood plants might be an opportunity to substitute wood as raw material but there are still some problems relating to the particle properties which must be overcome first.

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Meyer, Christopher John. "Material use, product profile and channels of distribution in the U.S. wood furniture industry." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41695.

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U.S. manufacturers of wood household (SIC 2511), upholstered household (SIC 2512) and wood office furniture (SIC 2521) were surveyed to assess wood materials use within these three industry segments. The final sample frame contained 5,016 manufacturing locations. This investigation also provides a profile of the types of products produced and the channels of distribution used to move these products to the final consumer from a second sample of 347 manufacturers of wood household furniture. In 1989 the three industry segments surveyed consumed an estimated 2.3 billion board feet of hardwood lumber, 865 million board feet of softwood lumber, 1.3 billion square feet of particleboard (3/4" basis), and 370 million square feet of medium density fiberboard (3/4" basis). Further, an estimated 268 million square feet of softwood plywood (3/8" basis), 1025 million square feet of veneer and 310 million board feet of dimension stock were used in 1989 to produce wood furniture within the three industry segments examined. Within the second sample containing solely manufacturers of wood household furniture, solid hardwood furniture was most commonly produced. Over 50% of the responding companies manufactured bedroom, dining room and occasional furniture. Responses regarding the volumes of furniture shipped through channel intermediaries revealed over 60% of sales were through manufacturer’s representatives to retailers and wholesalers. Weighted by company sales, the largest volumes of wood household furniture were sold through free-standing furniture stores (28.9% of respondent’s sales) and manufacturer’s own stores (23.4%).
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Das, Abhisek. "Strength Characterisation Fly Ash Composite Material." Thesis, 2009. http://ethesis.nitrkl.ac.in/232/1/FINAL_PROJECT_10505005.PDF.

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From the results obtained it was found that the fly ash can be compacted over a large moisture content range thus it has a potential to be used in fills and embankments. Also since fly ash is having low permeability thus it further benefits the use in fills and embankments by reducing the chances of damage to the ground water resources. The low specific gravity of fly and the pozzolanic activity of fly ash aids for its use along-with cements for construction purposes and also in manufacturing of bricks.

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Sahoo, Manas Kumar. "Strength characteristic study of fly ash composite material." Thesis, 2011. http://ethesis.nitrkl.ac.in/2460/1/B.tech_thesis_by_manas_Kumar_Sahoo%2C107MN017.pdf.

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Nearly about 67% of the total energy consumption in the country is fulfilled by coal as it is one of the primary sources of energy. India has one of the largest reserves of coal in the world. Indian coal has high ash content and low calorific value. The reserves are likely to last over another 100 years as the rate of coal extraction is increasing. The energy derived from coal in India is about twice that of energy derived from oil, as against the world, where energy derived from coal is about 30% lower than energy derived from oil. Most of the country’s total installed power generation capacity is thermal. Coal-based generation is 90%. Thermal power stations, besides several captive power plants use coal and produce large quantities of fly ash. High ash content (30% - 50%) coal contributes to these large volumes of fly ash. The country’s dependence on coal for power generation is increasing and so the production of fly ash will be more. Fly ash causes air, water and soil pollution when it is exposed to environment. This project report is an attempt to find a suitable utilization for a particular fly ash sample depending upon its geotechnical properties. The area required for disposing fly ash will be minimised and so damage to the environment will be minimum. In this project various geotechnical experiments were carried out on fly ash samples. Some of them are Tensile strength study, Unconfined compressive strength study etc. Based on the results obtained from these experiments, a suitable use for the fly ash is ascertained. Fly ash composite material (FCMs) was developed from captive power plant of NALCO, Angul, Odisha, India. The main constituents of the composite are: 1. Fly ash 2. Lime Compressive and tensile strength were determined from the FCMs after 7, 14, 21 days of curing time. Different samples were taken with different percentages of lime (i.e. 5, 10, and 15 %) with fly ash and their properties were studied. The results from these above experiments helped in determining the potential of the fly ash for use, in manufacture of bricks, in highway embankments, as an aggregate material in Portland cement, filling of low lying and mine void areas etc. Composite material made of fly ash is subject to a variety of different loading conditions, and so different types of stresses develop. Based on the different strength of composites it can be used in various geotechnical applications like construction of roads, Embankment, dams and reservoirs and mine filling.

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LAN, WU SHANG, and 吳尚倫. "Scheduling of jobs in Taiwan chemical material industry." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/76970559302936491169.

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中國科技大學
運籌管理研究所
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The problem we consider here is one faced by a chemical material company, which is famous in north Taiwan. In the studied company, we collect a set of real data during May 2007. To solve the problems of total flow time and tardiness and number of tardy jobs, we use the SPT (shortest processing time), EDD (earliest due date) and Moore algorithms as the solution methods. To improve the performance of the company, effective scheduling procedures are introduced in our research. Form the practical viewpoint, there are two reasons that three algorithms can be adopted in the company. First, reducing the production cost can be achieved by using the algorithms. Second, the manager can easily derive a feasible schedule in a short time by running a computer program. Currently, we are trying to implement three algorithms in the studied company.

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Lee, Chien-Hui, and 李健暉. "Material Flow Analysis of Petrochemical Industry in Taiwan." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37379166627906614365.

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中原大學
國際貿易研究所
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Petrochemical industry is an important basic industry for nations which is also capital and energy intensive industry. It has a deep and wide industrial connections from petroleum and gas refinery, chemical materials, man-made fiber, clothing, plastic, synthetic rubber, fertilizer, cleaner, and other industries. The important relationships cover almost consumer products including clothing, food, living transportation, exercise, and leisure that in turn have a greater impact on macroeconomics. Comparing to other industries, petrochemical industry uses more energy and creates more pollution. As a result, how to use resources more effective, to reduce the resource consumption, and to increase resource recycling, and to reduce waste pollution become an important topic. This research is based on the production and energy consumption of Taiwan’s petrochemical materials to understand the current usage of petrochemical resources and energy through material flow analysis. This research use the industrial eco model built by Graedel and Allenby in 1995 and modify the model into five stages of petrochemical eco model and refer to the graphics, symbols, and calculate formula in “The Taiwan Petrochemical Industry Eco Research”done by Chang Tze Hui in 2002. That research included upstream material management stage, midstream material management stage, downstream material management stage, consumption stage, and resource recycling stage. Finally, this research conduct three contexts of material flow analysis to compare the differences in regression result under different contexts and to explore the reasons. Besides, this research conduct life cycle assessment of petrochemical industry an compare it with material flow analysis. This research found that the analysis use an ethylene equivalent yield is better than others. Due to the common units of measurement reduce the duplication of opportunity. The material flow analysis and life cycle assessment resource are similar and their trends in graph are the same too.

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Yeh, Szu-Chun, and 葉思均. "A Study of Technology Strategy in Chemical Material Industry." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/m74bhp.

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The industrial environment changed over time. In the process of internationalization, the developed countries must actively research and develop advanced technology to maintain a competitive edge and to meet the demand on the operational level. As the life cycle of the industry change, opportunities and threats follow. Companies must readjust their business models and strategies to meet the changes in the environment. In order to increase competitiveness, companies need to raise the technical hurdles in order to take the lead in product development in the global market. To develop the unique ability, the company must implement a set of strategies, which constitute its core value. This unique quality will help form the exclusive advantage in achieving superior efficiency and generate positive customer response. Based on a well-constructed business model, the company may distinguish its products from the competitors or reduce cost. Consequently, sustainable competitive advantage and high profitability may be gained. Through the analysis of technical strategies, the present study reviews the business operations in the chemical material industry and their relationship with the demands of the market. The result shows that become the standard of the industry, companies must build their proprietary products in the niche market and create a unique and superior technology or service. Moreover, they must exploit the specificity of their products as well as patent licensing Entitle to create a supreme market value and excellent profitability.

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Huang, Sheng-Kai, and 黃聖凱. "Material Management of Vehicle Maintenance Parts in Transportation Industry." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/rxrcq2.

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亞洲大學
經營管理學系碩士在職專班
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This study aims to review inventory for the impact of cost control, coupled with the increase in personal costs, making the major companies for the awareness of the cost control. Therefore, the process of material management is quite important, and this study through the process of recycling to reduce the case of the company's material error rate and the effective use of the company's warehouse material placement planning, and provide recycling results as a case for the company for material management. Reference and warehouse of the material placed planning reference.

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Wu, Chih-hung, and 吳志宏. "The Material Cost Management Model of Electronic Assembly Industry." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81411453701066579445.

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國立臺灣大學
商學研究所
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The electronic industry has played an important role in Taiwan growing economy. The electronic assembly firms make the major proportion of the industry. Therefore, the electronic assembly firms really contribute the economic growth of Taiwan significantly. But the electronic assembly industry faces a difficult situation. Because of the rising bargaining power of both suppliers and customers, the electronic assembly industry can hardly determine by itself in both the price of purchased materials and finish goods. Thus, the electronic assembly firms should find ways to control the costs tightly. The key to control the costs better is to make the cost information visible. Among the costs in the electronic assembly industry, the direct material cost is the most important one. Therefore, the electronic assembly industry company must enhance the visibility and correctness of the direct material cost to build a basis of better cost control. Based on the practices of electronic assembly industry, this thesis proposes a FIFO-based cost model. This model, which we proposed can predict the cost of an order. Finally, several conclusions are made and summarized as followed： 1. This cost model based on the FIFO principle is more close to the current operation reality of the electronic assembly industry. Besides, this principle complies with the GAAP and ERP System. 2. This cost model including the substitutable parts can handle the materials better, and this could make our results much closer to the real cost.

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Ruei-JyunHong and 洪瑞均. "Life Cycle Assessment for Petrochemical Raw Material Industry Taiwan." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65142238786841259022.

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Santos, João Nuno Alvim de Castro Ferreira dos. "MRP Model Conception for an Automated Material Handling and Storage Systems Industry." Master's thesis, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/130276.

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Santos, João Nuno Alvim de Castro Ferreira dos. "MRP Model Conception for an Automated Material Handling and Storage Systems Industry." Dissertação, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/130276.

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Lin, Fen-Ting, and 林峯廷. "The Applications of RFID on Material Management in Industry 4.0 ─ Examples from TFT/LCD Industry." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49768366271439660686.

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國立中興大學
資訊管理學系所
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The term “intelligent manufacturing” is not only the developing trend of industry but also the critical factor to the fourth industrial revolution. The study hereini nvestigates the synergy of applying RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology for intelligent material management based on TFT-LCD(thin film transistor liquid crystal display) factory’s material management system and on production control with Cyber Physical System(CPS) and Internet of Things(IoT) as core technology under the s tructure of industry 4.0. Facing the industry 4.0 intelligence tendency, the parallel communication and cooperation among machines, equipment, people, materials and products is enabled and smart manufacturing monitor of production flow is enhanced with the assistance of well control over production status collected by the employment of RFID devices that receive necessary data of the whole process from the input of materials to the end of manufacturing, while production and material management information is operated and recorded individually, relying on massive manual operations in neither time-saving nor efficient ways in an industry-3.0-based factory. Moreover, the applications of cloud calculation and big data analysis generated from the real time data of production help to study data-mining strategy for integration and analysis of process flow. Thus intelligent manufacturing on production and material management will be more productive by the promotion of production application and workshop management flow. The implicit cost of process flow can be lowered, production capability can be enhanced and operators’ function can be upgraded as well.

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Dangers, Allin R. "Factors influencing a building-material company brand." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4820.

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The following study is concerned with the factors influencing brand loyalty in the facebrick industry. It focuses on what has made other brands successful and what Corobrik has to do to develop the same level of brand loyalty. This study is a journey which incorporates a literature review of branding and what branding means to a company, as well as interviews which showcase areas where Corobrik need to improve to reach the same level of brand loyalty that exceptionally successful brands, such as Coca Cola, Mercedes Benz and BMW enjoy.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Material Industry'

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