With production quality playing a more and more important role in keeping the competitive power of company, Cost of Quality (CoQ) are paid more and more attention in manufacturing industries. Especially in aircraft ...

This research investigates and establishes a system for monitoring the guiderail wear on medium size CNC machines. The system possesses the function of measuring the wear state on guiderails in an in-process way, which is ...

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 ...

The aim of this research is to develop a framework to implement lean thinking in healthcare supply chain management (HSCM). The framework comprises four implementation phases namely; preparation state, assessment of the ...

Lead sheet is widely used in the construction industry for roofing and flashing applications. The roots of this process can be tracked back to the Roman times when sandcast lead sheets were used for a wide variety of ...

In the current worldwide scenario, manufacturers are urged to improve their sustainability performance, in terms of keeping the balance among economic, environmental and social performances. Nevertheless, top managers ...

Lean management focuses in reducing waste and improve the efficiency of companies. Although in many instances, what is proposed by lean philosophy sounds like common sense, companies do struggle with implementing ...