One of the most important tasks of managing the construction process is to achieve the highest possible productivity. The productivity that can be achieved on a construction site depends on a number of influencing factors and on the type of work that...
Sustainability is one of the fastest-growing research areas globally. Irrespective of industry and economic activity, it is the need of the day. This study examines the impact of green process innovation and green production on sustainability in Paki...
Measuring productivity is the systematic process for both inter- and intra-organizational comparisons. The productivity measurement can be used to control and facilitate decision-making in manufacturing as well as service organizations. This study&rs...
This study provides a practical and replicable improvement model for productivity and inspection reliability improvement in resource-constrained food logistics environments. This study presents an engineering-based optimization of productivity and pr...
The CO2-assisted polymer compression method is used herein to prepare porous polymer materials by bonding laminated polymer fiber sheets using a piston in the presence of CO2. In this work, the CO2 flow line connections were moved from the pressure v...
Construction companies are increasingly utilizing sensing technologies to automatically record different steps of the construction process in detail for effective monitoring and control. This generates a significant amount of event data that can be u...
The high customer requirements for appropriate product quality pose a challenge for manufacturers and suppliers and also cause them many problems related to ensuring a sufficiently high product quality throughout the entire production cycle. For the...
The article addresses the problem of optimising a selected production process in a company from the refractory products industry. As part of the research, individual activities were divided, identifying key wastes occurring in the production process....
Ship block assembly planning is very complex due to the various activities and characteristics of ship production. Therefore, competitiveness in the shipbuilding industry depends on how well a company operates its ship block assembly plan. Many shipb...
The visualization of workshop information can affect production management and efficiency. Information can be presented both graphically and non-graphically (for example, in the form of data lists or tables). Graphical representations are intuitive a...
The goal of any lean implementation in production process is achieving better production performances and one of them is productivity. Among many lean principles, pull principle is the most complex to achieve. There are different production control m...
The bio-functional properties of olive oil products and by-products rely greatly on the proportions and types of the endogenous phenolics that may favorably/unfavorably change during various processing conditions. The olive oil industrial activities...
Currently, the concept of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) is reaching most companies by changing the characteristics of their production systems. The aim of this study was to determine the possibilities of applying I4.0 concepts and tools to the product developm...
This paper is aimed at understanding the possibility of applying ergonomics in the reorganisation of the work environment with the aim to improve working conditions and to increase the productivity of the examined workplace in an industrial company....
Carbon fiber is becoming a key material for engineering applications due to its excellent comprehensive properties. The process parameter optimization is an important step in the polymerization process of carbon fiber production. At present, most of...
For a long time, a company’s Product Development Process (PDP) was seen as supporting the operations department, although PDP decisions and mistakes have a considerable impact on market performance. This is critical even in agriculture where ba...
The efficient production of microbial oils from agricultural residues and acetic acid has recently been shown with Cutaneotrichosporon oleaginosus. However, around 50% of the carbon is released as CO2 during aerobic yeast oil production. Anaerobic fe...
How to design a production process with low carbon emissions and low environmental impact as well as high manufacturing performance is a key factor in the success of low-carbon production. It is important to address concerns about climate change for...
This paper deals with an assessment of the effectiveness of resource management in production processes. A comprehensive and standardized approach to the issue of effectiveness contributes to the maximization of the potential of production resources....
Based on Cognitive Load Theory (CLT), learning by studying worked examples, that is, step-by-step solutions, has been shown to reduce cognitive load and enhance learning outcomes more than learning by solving conventional problems. Two types of worke...
Sustainable manufacturing is connected with the effectiveness of production processes. There are several solutions to improve manufacturing sustainability. This paper deals with the possibilities of the utilization of mathematical methods to solve op...
Companies accumulate a large amount of production process data during product manufacturing. Sequence data from the mining production process can enable a company to evaluate the manufacturing process, to find the key factors affecting product qualit...
In this case study, the medium-sized enterprise is looking for ways to achieve sustainable development. Following the Industry 4.0 trend could get the enterprise closer. The rate of information technology usage is very low in the enterprise. The ente...
In the scientific discourse on consumption, increasingly more attention is being paid to sustainable development. Regarding the fact that not only various types of enterprises, but also consumers contribute to the excessive consumption of natural res...
We study a multi-product production and inventory planning problem with uncertain demand in the cold rolling stage of steel production processes. The problem is to determine the production amount of each product in each planning period so that the su...
The global potato industry has changed dramatically over the past half century—the potato-planting area in Poland decreased from 2,819,200 hectares in 1961 to 188,580 hectares in 2023, representing a 1394.96% relative decrease; South Africa&rsq...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has found applications in enterprises′ production planning processes. However, a critical question remains: could AI replace human planners? We conducted a comparative analysis to evaluate the main task of planners...
Because of the complexity of procedure interface and working conditions, the further improvement of steel strip quality and production efficiency is limited. Realizing the optimization of product quality and production process in multi-process, syste...
As an important food crop, corn has an important impact on people’s lives. The processing of corn produces many by-products, such as corn gluten meal, corn husk, and corn steep liquor, which are rich in protein, oil, carbohydrates, and other nu...
This research seeks to improve the production process in the Korean furniture industry by reducing the amount of medium-density fibreboard, that is commonly used to produce furniture, in order to reduce production costs and formaldehyde emissions. Th...
In the context of the growing demand for alternative protein sources with the growth of the human population and increasing ecological awareness, the rearing of yellow mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor) is a promising option for the production of sus...
The three-dimensional (3D) product model has become a tool that has transitioned from a legacy instrument, used in design, to an emerging technology applied to production and assembly processes. As this evolution has occurred, the need has developed...
The stochastic and undetermined nature of longwall coal mining results from the complex interaction between geological-mining and technical-organizational factors. This interaction causes variability in key parameters of the production process. This...
The biodiesel production process is extensively studied in the literature, focusing on mechanisms, modeling, and economic aspects, yet plant design and fluid flow losses remain underexplored areas. The study addressed this gap by designing a biodiese...
Iso-butene is an important material for the production of chemicals and polymers. It can take part in various chemical reactions, such as hydrogenation, oxidation and other additions owing to the presence of a reactive double bond. It is usually obta...
Even though sheep and goat processed meat products are not as popular as pork, beef or poultry and are generally considered not as important, they have a very important role in meat consumption around the world. A concise review of the origin and typ...
Due to climate change and resource scarcity, there is an urgent need to innovate in coffee production and improve productivity, sustainability, and food security. The research aims to identify the critical factors in the classification of the level o...
Waste streams from cereal-based food production processes, rich in organic matter and carbohydrates, have untapped potential for biogas production. This study uniquely investigated the extrusion-cooking process conditions, physical properties and bio...
For the scheduling problem of complex products in multi-workshop production, this paper studied the BOM (Bill of Materials) structure of complex products and the characteristics of the process route and developed the construction method of a multi-le...
What are the benefits of simulation-driven design and optimization of stacking processes in battery cell production? This question is addressed within the scope of the paper. This work proposes a method to reduce the effort for model-based design and...
Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is the first tree species in China, with a long history and abundant yield. However, fresh jujubes have a short shelf-life and are not resistant to storage. Therefore, more and more processed jujube products are being s...
To promote the sustainability of mechanical production process, this study proposes an emergy-based sustainability evaluation method to evaluate the resource utilization and environmental pollution of the mechanical production process. Firstly, this...
Battery disassembly forms a central jumping-off point for recycling in the context of a sustainable closure of the battery loop. The main objective for economic realization in line with European recycling regulations is therefore a transformation of...
As a staple food for people worldwide, processed grain products, including rice, wheat flour, etc., have been the major source of the toxic element cadmium for human exposure. Indeed, cadmium contamination in processed grain products directly affects...
Modern product manufacturing is not only becoming more advanced but also requires increasingly precise and technologically advanced solutions, especially in the production process. One example is the automotive industry, where customization is becomi...
Complex mechanical products are a priority area of advanced manufacturing strategy in the USA and Europe. Excellent models for design processes of complex mechanical products are essential for managers or designers to manage design processes and furt...
Corporate managers often face the need to choose the optimal configurations of production processes to reduce waste. Research has shown that simulation is an effective tool among those conceived to support the manager’s decisions. Nevertheless,...
The mismatch between supply and demand for fresh products and those that can potentially lead to the risk of spoilage has posed huge losses for industrial companies. To reduce the risk of spoilage of fresh products, some firms have attempted to adopt...
The negative global warming impact and global environmental pollution due to fossil fuels mean that the main challenge of modern society is finding alternatives to conventional fuels. In this scenario, biofuels derived from renewable biomass represen...
The methods utilized to construct and identify the mathematical equation that characterizes the cutting of items with varied textures are presented in this work. Using laboratory equipment, the cutting process was carried out experimentally. The cutt...
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