Many private enterprises and public agencies have faced the problem of locating facilities over spatial dimensions to provide certain service functions. In the supply chain context, we often need to locate a variety of private or public facilities e.g., manufacturing, assembly plants, schools and hospitals) to serve distributed customers. In the traffic engineering context, various …
Tag Archive: Industrial
Mar
13
Mar
13
Development of a task assignment tool to customize job descriptions and close person-job fit gaps
Does the knowledge worker fit the job or should the job fit the knowledge worker? This research developed a methodology and a tool to customize a knowledge workers job design to better fit their knowledge, skills, abilities and characteristics. The research outcomes support the customization of the job design to improve person-job fit, the documentation …
Mar
12
Alarm limits, deadbands and chattering
Receiving false and nuisance alarms is a well known problem in industrial alarm systems. The main cause of this problem is poor alarm design which is the result of huge number of configured alarms and lack of automatic and analytical design methods. This study targets deriving analytical methods for designing alarm parameters such as alarm …
Mar
12
What makes a transformational leader: An investigation into the antecedent experiences of transformational leaders
The headlines of any major newspaper give evidence that American culture is fascinated with the results of its leaders, whether they are political or sports leaders. The scholarly work on leaders is also vast. While recent history may show an increasing level of study, human interest in leadership is not a recent phenomenon. Discussion of …
Mar
11
A structured project-risk management and life cycle framework for complex systems: Ship repair and maintenance (SR&M) projects
This dissertation contributes to insights regarding the implications of using Project Risk Management PRM) and Life Cycle Assessment LCA) in managing projects for a complex system. The PRM approach apprehends many forms of risk both internal and external within a given project and assists the manager in determining the level of importance of each individual …
Mar
10
Drayage optimization in truck/rail networks
Daily drayage operations involve moving loaded or empty equipment between customer locations and rail ramps. Drayage orders are generally pickup and delivery requests with time windows. The repositioning of empty equipment may also be required in order to facilitate loaded movements. The drayage orders are satisfied by a heterogeneous fleet of drivers. Driver routes must …
Mar
09
Adaptive magnetorheological sliding seat system for ground vehicles
Magnetorheological MR) fluids MRFs) are smart fluids that have reversible field dependent rheological properties that can change rapidly typically 5–10 ms time constant). Such an MRF can be changed from a free flowing fluid into a semi-solid when exposed to a magnetic field. The rapid, reversible, and continuous field dependent variation in rheological properties can …
Mar
08
Optimal supplier selection in a resilient pharmaceutical supply chain: A decision-based model
The pharmaceutical supply chain is an area in which one shall dedicate more time and effort. An effective supply chain is resilient and adaptive, especially during crises. The supply chain network shall be integrated such that any problems that due arise on an unpredictable basis shall be mitigated as quickly as possible. The supplier-pharmacy relationship …
Mar
08
Competitive Positioning of Ports based on Total Landed Costs of Supply Chains
Nowadays ports play a critic role in the supply chains of contemporary companies and global commerce. Since the ports operational effectiveness is critical on the development of competitive supply chains, their contribution to regional economies is essential. With the globalization of markets, the traffic of containers flowing through the different ports has increased significantly in …
Mar
08
Antecedents entrepreneuriaux de l’orientation strategique des PME manufacturieres (French text)
Les caracteristiques de lentrepreneur constituent un element dominant dans la strategie adoptee par la PME. Etant donne les profils differents des entrepreneurs, la valeur strategique percue au niveau de la PME ne peut que varier en fonction des caracteristiques du dirigeant. Cela dit, la question des liens entre les caracteristiques de lentrepreneur et la strategie …