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    • User phase information based inventory policy for supply chain systems with remanufacturing 

      Dong, Ming, Ph. D.; Zhu, Feng; Zhang, Dali (Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)
      Most of the literatures for inventory management policies of supply chain systems with remanufacturing had focused solely on warehouse operation. The existence of its optimal policy has yet been confirmed. In addition, the ...

    • Using GRAIMOD for improving performance of multi-product companies 

      Dossou, Paul-Eric; Mitchell, Philip (Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)
      European economies have been deeply affected by different crises. The impact of the economic crisis on enterprises is now recognized by everybody. Enterprises are fighting to pull through the present situation and are ...

    • Using innovative transportation technologies and automation concepts to improve key criteria of lean logistics 

      Kamaryt, Tomáš; Kostelný, Vladimí­r; Hurzig, André; Müller, Egon (Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)
      Decreasing or entire eliminating all kinds of waste in production systems is one of the main goals of today's companies implementing lean management. Wastes can be found in material warehouses or facilities, all production ...

    • Using simulation to determine the batch size for I/O drawer test process in a high-end server manufacturing environment 

      Al-Fandi, Lawrence; Aqlan, Faisal (Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)
      In this research, discrete-event simulation is used to study the I/O drawer test process in a high-end server manufacturing environment in order to identify the optimal batch size of the I/O drawers to be tested per driver. ...

    • Value stream mapping along the product development process 

      Dombrowski, Uwe; Ebentreich, David; Schmidt, Stefan (Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)
      Today's business conditions are characterized by increased competition. Therefore enterprises have to cope with shorter product life cycles, higher product complexity and more product variants. The reaction of many enterprises ...

    • Value stream mapping and discrete event simulation applied to reduce waste in a company that manufactures a family of automotive parts 

      Silva, Tatiany M. da; Ferreira, Joao C. E. (Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)
      Lean manufacturing seeks consistent and complete elimination of waste in order to optimize resources. However, the elimination of such waste in most cases is done through of trial and error, which usually entails more costs ...

    • Waste minimization at abattoir and processor end in beef supply chain 

      Singh, Akshit; Mishra, Nishikant; McGuire, Steve (Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)
      The UK beef industry holds around 12% value of total agriculture in UK. However, it is currently suffering because of some series of events in the past like outbreak of BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), Foot and Mouth ...