Browsing by Author "Evans, Stephen"

Browsing by Author "Evans, Stephen"

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  • Environmental management practices within the supply chain: a case study of textile industry 
    Pimenta, H. C. D.; Ball, Peter D.; Aguiar, J. A.; Evans, Stephen (TU Berlin, 2013)
    This study analysed the environmental management practices of a textile supply chain responsible for yarn manufacturing, located in Brazil. Using literature as the start point, a questionnaire was developed and applied ...
  • Environmentally conscious design : an economic life cycle approach 
    Rose, Elliot P. (Cranfield University, 1997-04)
    Companies are under increasing pressure to deal with environmental concerns during product design, for it is the design process which primarily decides the environmental impact of a manufactured product over its life. ...
  • An exploration of co-development within the Malaysian automotive industry 
    Bin Yahaya, Nordin (Cranfield University, 2010-06)
    This is a study of Malaysian vehicle manufacturer-supplier relationships in the product development process. The collaboration, referred to as co- development, is highly important in order for vehicle manufacturers to ...
  • Exploration of the integration of Lean and environmental improvement 
    Biggs, Claire (Cranfield University, 2009-09)
    With increasing awareness of the environmental damage that is occurring as a result of human activities, there are also increasing pressures on manufacturing companies to reduce environmental impacts. Many environmental ...
  • Exploring Whole System Design 
    Coley, F. J. S. (Cranfield University, 2008-12)
    The emergence of increasingly complex problems, combined with growing concerns for the environment, is fuelling the demand for more innovative and sustainable products, services and systems. Whole system design is ...
  • Factors in the implementation of a sustainable knowledge management programme 
    Dayan, Rony (Cranfield UniversitySchool of Applied Sciences, 2006-02)
    Purpose Knowledge Management (KM) is by now a recognized term, increasingly accepted in the corporate community. This research contributes a better understanding of its implementation by providing a list a factors, which ...
  • Factory modelling: combining energy modelling for buildings and production systems 
    Ball, Peter D.; Despeisse, Melanie; Evans, Stephen; Greenough, Richard M.; Hope, Steve B.; Kerrigan, Ruth; Levers, A.; Lunt, Peter A. V.; Murray, Vincent; Oates, Michael R.; Shao, Li; Waltniel, Timothy; Wright, A. (Springer, 2013-12-31)
    Traditionally, manufacturing facilities and building services are analysed separately to manufacturing operations. This is despite manufacturing operations using and discarding energy with the support of facilities. Therefore ...
  • Industrial ecology at factory level: a conceptual model 
    Despeisse, Melanie; Ball, Peter D.; Evans, Stephen; Levers, A. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2012-08-31)
    Growing environmental concerns caused by natural resource depletion and pollution need to be addressed. One approach to these problems is Sustainable Development, a key concept for our society to meet present as well as ...
  • Industrial ecology at factory level: a prototype methodology 
    Despeisse, Melanie; Ball, Peter D.; Evans, Stephen; Levers, A. (Professional Engineering Publishing, 2012-10-31)
    The concept of sustainable manufacturing is a form of pollution prevention that integrates environmental considerations in the production of goods while focusing on efficient resource use. Taking the industrial ecology ...
  • Industry experiences of environmentally conscious design integration : an exploratory study 
    McAloone, Timothy Charles (Cranfield University, 1998)
    This research has explored environmentally conscious design in the electrical/electronics industry sector. In this new and rapidly evolving field, existing research has not yet sought to understand the causes of success ...
  • The introduction of sustainability into competitive design network (CDN) 
    Lambert, Joanna Louise (2002-09)
    Competitive Design Network International (CDN) a design consultancy based in Barcelona, Spain is considering the move towards making their business processes more sustainable. This concept was initiated with the encouragement ...
  • An investigation into the material efficiency practices of UK manufacturers 
    Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim (Cranfield University, 2009-10)
    This thesis examines the Material Efficiency practices of manufacturing companies in the UK. The study was motivated by the increasing attention given by literature to sustainable strategies in general, with less attention ...
  • KM your way to CMMI 
    Dayan, Rony; Evans, Stephen (Emerald, 2006)
    The purpose of this paper is to describe two related fields – knowledge management (KM) and capability maturity model integrated (CMMISM) – and highlight their similarities.
  • Manufacturers response to climate change 
    Rattanakit, Rattanachai (Cranfield University, 2007-09)
    There is now clear scientific proof which indicates that emissions from economic activity, particularly the industrial sector, are the main cause of the change in global climatic conditions. The Stern Review describes ...
  • Network master planning for a global manufacturing company 
    Heinz, Michael Pierre (Cranfield UniversitySchool of Industrial and Manufacturing Science, 2006-02)
    Production in global, intra-organisational networks is becoming more common. In this context, the allocation of production quantities to constrained manufacturing capacity is a challenging process. Due to a volatile ...
  • An Ontology for Product-Service Systems 
    Annamalai Vasantha, Gokula Vijaykumar; Hussain, Romana; Cakkol, Mehmet; Roy, Rajkumar; Evans, Stephen; Tiwari, Ashutosh (Cranfield University, 2010)
    Industries are transforming their business strategy from a product-centric to a more service-centric nature by bundling products and services into integrated solutions to enhance the relationship between their customers. ...
  • Operationalising luxury in the premium automotive industry 
    Bridle, Bernadette (Cranfield University, 2010)
    This thesis presents an Action Research project investigating the use of customers’ perceptions of premium and luxury cars within the premium automotive industry. The research was sponsored by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), ...
  • Performance measurement to improve knowledge reuse and invention in new product development 
    Roth, Norman G. (Cranfield University, 2002-02)
    Abstract The aim of this research is to identify novel functions and design principles for performance measurement which assist the user in better managing knowledge reuse and invention in New Product Development (NPD) ...
  • The phenomenology of customer delight: a case study of product evaluation 
    Burns, Andrew Douglas (Cranfield University, 2003)
    This thesis presents a phenomenological case study of customer delight during product evaluation. The literature presents two existing 'theories' of customer delight. The first, from the field of Consumer Research, ...
  • Potential for leverage between the quality management and knowledge management professional communities : an intellectual capital mapping 
    Dvir, Ron (Cranfield University, 2002)
    This research describes the problems facing two important professional communities, Quality Management (QM) and Knowledge Management (KM), which face multiple challenges in their efforts to impact the organisations in ...