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Knowledge-Based System For Casting Process Selection, Ahmet Er, Edward Sweeney, Voya Kondic

Articles

Design of casting entails the knowledge of various interacting factors that are unique to casting process, and, quite often, product designers do not have the required foundry-specific knowledge. Casting designers normally have to liaise with casting experts in order to ensure the product designed is castable and the optimum casting method is selected. This two-way communication results in long design lead times, and lack of it can easily lead to incorrect casting design. A computer-based system at the discretion of a design engineer can, however, alleviate this problem and enhance the prospect of casting design for manufacture. This paper proposes …

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 …

Book Review, Suzanne B. Watson

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of the book: HELENA SZEJNWALD BROWN, ET AL., CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTALISM IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY: SOCIETAL VALUES IN INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. (Quorum Books 1993) [264 pp.] Acknowledgments, bibliography, figures, index, tables. LC 92- 19851; ISBN: 0-89930-802-3. [$49.95. P.O. Box 5007, Westport CT 06881.]

Evolution And Impact Of Changes Of Technological Development In Some Of The French Manufacturing Organizations, T S Nagabhushana

IIMB Management Review

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Equipment Acquisition Lcc Approach, B S Chetty, K N Krishnaswamy

IIMB Management Review

The Life Cycle Costing (LCC) approach focuses attention on all funds to be expended during the useful life of a productive asset including associated activities directly linked to its use. LCC improves upon the procedure/evaluation criterion which is today totally biased towards short-term approach such as considering only first cost or price alone. The obvious benefits of the approach are discussed in detail in this paper for adaptation by organisations. However, the need for approriate data for applying this approach is also emphasised.

The Relative Importance Of Competencies Needed By Industrial Energy Managers From The Larger Manufacturers In Iowa, Timothy J. Eibes

Graduate Research Papers

The importance of identifying the competencies needed by energy managers is reflected in the seriousness of the energy problem and the impact it has on the industrial setting. The newness and ambiguity of EM, coupled with the increasing importance of the concept, add to the need for identifying the necessary competencies required in managing energy.

Ideally, once these competencies are identified, they should be the focus of those educational curriculums designed to produce energy managers. Currently there are only 25 post-high school institutions in the U.S. that have energy management curriculums (The College Blue Book, 1981). Less than half of …

Motivation And The First Line Supervisor: A Survey Of Techniques And Applications, Raymond H. Rannfeldt

Graduate Research Papers

Do first line supervisors differ in their beliefs concerning motivation or in the techniques they employ to motivate their personnel as a function of age, time in service with a company and/or time as a supervisor?

A Computerized Manpower Reporting System For Staff Departments Of A Manufacturing Organization, Laurence C. Oliver

Graduate Research Papers

The purposes of this study were to develop and implement a computerized reporting system that would meet the following criteria:

1. Be capable of handling the reporting needs of the entire industrial engineering department.

2. Produce accurate reports.

3. Be simple to use and maintain.

4. Be flexible, so that new reports could be included.

5. Be adaptable to any industrial engineering or staff department.