Browsing by Author "Ball, Peter"

Browsing by Author "Ball, Peter"

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  • Barriers to energy reduction in manufacturing 
    Lunt, Peter A. V. (Cranfield University, 2012-11)
    Sustainability has become an important part of the culture of most organisations, with shareholders and customers demanding that companies operate in an environmentally responsible way. This research focuses specifically ...
  • Capturing the Industrial Requirements of Set-Based Design for the CONGA Framework 
    Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Golob, Matic; Noriega, Paula; Torriani, Filippo; Alvarez, Pedro; Beltran, Ana; Busachi, Alessandro; Ex-Ignotis, Lambert; Rigatti, Carlotta; Sharma, Sanjiv (2013-09-19)
    The Configuration Optimisation of Next-Generation Aircraft (CONGA) is a proposed framework in a response to industrial need to enhance the aerospace capability in the UK. In order to successfully address this challenge, a ...
  • Designing a research tool for sustainable aquaculture project 
    Yang, Miying; Luis, Martino; Hermawan, Dodi; Herlina, Lely; Nayak, Rakesh; Jensen, Jens; Choudhary, Sonal; Ball, Peter; Evans, Steve (Springer, 2021-09-18)
    Many research projects require strong interactions between academics and practitioners. Academics often face the challenges of collecting sufficient, high-quality research data, while achieving the project aim and producing ...
  • Diffusion of environmental and social sustainability practices across the supplier base 
    Pimenta, Handson Claudio Dias (Cranfield University, 2016-11)
    Significant literature on sustainable supply chain management exists but there is a lack of theory explaining diffusion of sustainability practices within the supplier base led by manufacturing firms. In particular ...
  • Energy efficiency status-quo at UK foundries: the “small-is-beautiful” project 
    Jolly, Mark R.; Salonitis, Konstantinos; Charnley, Fiona; Ball, Peter; Mehrabi, Hamid; Pagone, Emanuele (Springer, 2017-02-12)
    Energy efficiency is a critical issue for all manufacturing sectors. In the present paper the energy efficiency of UK foundries was assessed. In the context of this research 80 foundries were studied, 60 were contacted and ...
  • Exploring the project management community paradigm and the role of performance prediction 
    Halliburton, Richard (Cranfield University, 2014-12)
    ‘Project performance’ is the metric of delivering project objectives. This research is motivated by levels of project failure and the purpose of the research is to investigate improved project performance. The scientific ...
  • Factory eco-efficiency modelling: data granularity and performance indicators 
    Davé, Aanand; Ball, Peter; Salonitis, Konstantinos (Elaevier, 2017-03-20)
    Eco-efficiency is becoming an increasingly important performance measure. Currently manufacturers rely on reactive methods such as auditing for assessment. There are still significant theoretical and practical barriers ...
  • Integrating product lifecycle management systems with maintenance information across the supply chain for root cause analysis 
    Madenas, Nikolaos (Cranfield University, 2014-08)
    Purpose: The purpose of this research is to develop a system architecture for integrating PLM systems with maintenance information to support root cause analysis by allowing engineers to visualise cross supply chain data ...
  • Lean Product Development Performance Measurement Tool 
    Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Petritsch, Christoph; Gourdin, Mathilde; Aliende, Usue Aliende; Andino, Alberto; Varro, Brigitta; Rigatti, Carlotta; Golob, Matic; Summers, Mark; El-Nounu, Abdulrahman; Kayani, Amir (2013-09-19)
    The need of applying lean thinking to product development is becoming a must for the organisations to success in the current industry. This paper presents a tool that helps to define the actual status of the organisations ...
  • The Regenerative Lens: a conceptual framework for regenerative social-ecological systems 
    Buckton, Sam J.; Fazey, Ioan; Sharpe, Bill; Om, Eugyen Suzanne; Doherty, Bob; Ball, Peter; Denby, Katherine; Bryant, Maria; Lait, Rebecca; Bridle, Sarah; Cain, Michelle; Carmen, Esther; Collins, Lisa; Nixon, Nicola; Yap, Christopher; Connolly, Annie; Fletcher, Ben; Frankowska, Angelina; Gardner, Grace; James, Anthonia; Kendrick, Ian; Kluczkovski, Alana; Mair, Simon; Morris, Belinda; Sinclair, Maddie (Elsevier, 2023-07-21)
    Societies must transform their dynamics to support the flourishing of life. There is increasing interest in regeneration and regenerative practice as a solution, but also limited cohered understanding of what constitutes ...
  • Supply chain environmental and social sustainability practice diffusion: Bibliometrics, content analysis and conceptual framework 
    Pimenta, Handson Claudio Dias; Ball, Peter; Salonitis, Konstantinos (Wiley, 2021-07-28)
    The purpose of this paper is to uncover how environmental and social sustainability practices are diffused across the supply chain tiers through supplier development initiatives. In particular, the work seeks to uncover ...
  • Sustainable manufacturing tactics and improvement methodology : a structured and systematic approach to identify improvement opportunities 
    Despeisse, Melanie (Cranfield University, 2013-04)
    Growing environmental concerns caused by increasing consumption of natural resources and pollution need to be addressed. Manufacturing dictates the efficiency with which resource inputs are transformed into economically ...
  • Transformations to regenerative food systems - an outline of the FixOurFood project 
    Doherty, Bob; Bryant, Maria; Denby, Katherine; Fazey, Ioan; Bridle, Sarah; Hawkes, Corinna; Cain, Michelle; Banwart, Steven; Collins, Lisa; Pickett, Kate; Allen, Myles R.; Ball, Peter; Gardner, Grace; Carmen, Esther; Sinclair, Maddie; Kluczkovski, Alana; Ehgartner, Ulrike; Morris, Belinda; James, Anthonia; Yap, Christopher; Om, Eugyen Suzanne; Connolly, Annie (Wiley, 2021-12-12)
    This paper provides an outline of a new interdisciplinary project called FixOurFood, funded through UKRI’s ‘Transforming UK food systems’ programme. FixOurFood aims to transform the Yorkshire food system to a regenerative ...
  • Understanding the effects of different levels of product monitoring on maintenance operations: A simulation approach 
    Alabdulkarim, Abdullah A. (Cranfield University, 2013-10)
    The move towards integrating products and services has increased significantly. As a result, some business models, such as Product Service Systems (PSS) have been developed. PSS emphasises the sale of use of the product ...
  • Zero carbon manufacturing through process flow modelling 
    Despeisse, Melanie; Ball, Peter; Evans, Steve; Levers, Andy (2012-10-16)
    The pressure on natural resources and emerging environmental legislation are leading manufacturers to adopt solutions to reduce their environmental impact, thereby becoming more sustainable, while enhancing competitiveness. ...