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Running With The Pack: Jit & Automation For Small Manufacturers, Thomas E. Phillips, John R. Ledgerwood

Publications

While both just in time (JIT) concepts and automation programs have been widely implemented and highly successful in large manufacturing companies, many smaller manufacturing companies have wondered whether it would be economically feasible to utilize these same techniques and derive these same benefits. When JIT is adopted by small manufacturers, it provides them with advantages over traditional manufacturing systems, such as lower cost, quality improvements, higher productivity, and less working capital tied up in inventory. Small US manufacturers must understand the basic principles and philosophy of JIT and update their production equipment if they are to be competitive in today's …

Toward A Sustainable Maine : The Politics, Economics, And Ethics Of Sustainability, Richard Barringer (Ed.)

Maine Collection

Toward A Sustainable Maine : The Politics, Economics, and Ethics of Sustainability

Richard Barringer, editor, Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern Maine

Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, 1993.

The proceedings of a conference presented at Bowdoin College on March 19 and 20, 1993, by the Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Southern Maine, and by the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Ellen Baum, conference organizer.

Contents; Foreword by Richard Barringer / Welcome by Everett Carson / Global, Canadian, and Maine Perspectives / Sustaining Our Natural and …

The Manufacturing Contribution To Innovation, Arnoud De Meyer

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The description of the contribution of manufacturing to the innovation process is often limited to the task of providing the necessary information to enable the development function to create a design which is easy to manufacture, and to be instrumental in the fast ramp-up of the production process. Though these are important tasks, it is argued in this paper that there is a third aspect of manufacturing’s contribution to innovation, namely the creation of a manufacturing system which is favorable to product innovation. This goes far beyond the design of an appropriate production process, but requires the creation of a …

An Integrated Approach To The Appraisal Of Investment Opportunities In Advanced Manufacturing Technology Using Expert System Techniques, Edward Sweeney

Conference papers

No abstract provided.

How To Arrive At Computer Integrated Manufacturing: A 3-Year Survey, Arnoud De Meyer

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The large majority of modern production companies have at their disposal a multitude of computer systems. The immediate challenge for these companies consists of integrating these computer systems and databases. How will one arrive at this integration? On the basis of a questionnaire administered in 1985, 1986 and 1987 among a group of large European manufacturers, one comes to the conclusion that this integration is one of the immediate priorities for this group of companies. They do not intend to implement turnkey systems. but instead will integrate the different databases and computer systems gradually. One can see emerging islands of …

A Computer Integrated Manufacturing Major For Georgia Southern College School Of Technology, Robert James Christensen

Legacy ETDs

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Expert Systems In Demand Forecasting, Edward Sweeney

Conference papers

No abstract provided.

Performance Of The Manufacturing Sub-Sector During The First Quarter Of 1987, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

This report presents the results obtained from an impressionistic survey conducted by the Central Bank of Nigeria to assess the performance of the manufacturing sub-sector during the first quarter of 1987. During the survey, 135 firms, covering 20 industrial sub-groups, were contacted and 48.8 per cent response rate was achieved.

Computer Graphics, Matthew I. Ogunsile

Legacy ETDs

No abstract provided.

Review Of Business Activities During The First Half Of 1983, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

This report contains an analysis of data compiled from the returns to the Central Bank of Nigeria survey of business activities covering the first half of 1983. The survey was confined to Lagos metropolis.

Do Foreign Companies Pay Higher Wages Than Their Local Counterparts In Malaysian Manufacturing?, David Lim

Support & Other Units (THEi)

This paper shows that foreign companies pay higher wages than their local counterparts in Malaysian manufacturing. Step-wise regression analysis shows that this is due to two factors. The first, and perhaps the more important, is the greater capital intensity of the production processes used by foreign companies. The second is their tendency to pay wages that they consider, or that are considered to be, commensurate with the wages that they pay in their home countries. This may be called the demonstration effect of wage remuneration in less developed countries.

A History Of Band Instrument Manufacturing In Elkhart, Indiana, Charles Vandeveer Reed

Graduate Thesis Collection

In the United States, in 1953, the manufacture of band instruments in well established with a large part of the industry centered in Elkhart, Indiana. Three major problems will be considered in this thesis: Why the band instrument industry was started in Elkhart, what factors led to the growth and expansion of the industry, and why, after almost eighty years, Elkhart has retained its prominence as the nation's band instrument center.