Establishment of semiconductor equipment purchasing evaluation model based on a knowledge management database
DOI: 10.1504/EJIE.2008.016326 | Ching-Chow Yang, Bai-Sheng Chen, Shu-Yun Peng, Tsu-Ming Yeh, Lung-Chia Wang | The conventional method for selecting a suitable equipment supplier may have disadvantages such as failing to consider the supplier|s technical experience and knowledge and inability of supplier management to make further forecast analysis ... | 1 - 16 |
A study on human-task-related performances in converting conveyor assembly line to cellular manufacturing
DOI: 10.1504/EJIE.2008.016326 | Ikou Kaku, Yasuhiko Murase, Yong Yin | In this paper, we propose a study to analyse the human-task-related performances in converting a Conveyor Assembly Line (CAL) to cellular manufacturing, which include the possible added operational tasks (which is considered a negative fact... | 17 - 34 |
Forming relationships with stakeholders in engineering projects
DOI: 10.1504/EJIE.2008.016326 | Jan Terje Karlsen | For a project manager, it is vital to build good relations with the stakeholders who are identified as being most crucial in the project process and in using the final results of the project. The purpose of this paper is to study relationsh... | 35 - 49 |
A survey of the literature on the multiple or parallel assembly line balancing problem
DOI: 10.1504/EJIE.2008.016326 | Amaia Lusa | This paper focuses on production systems that consist of multiple parallel assembly lines. The main literature contributions are briefly described and used to present a summary of the state of the art. The advantages and disadvantages of ad... | 50 - 72 |
The reference installation approach for the estimation of industrial assets at risk
DOI: 10.1504/EJIE.2008.016326 | Jutta Geldermann, Mirjam Merz, Valentin Bertsch, Michael Hiete, Otto Rentz, Isabel Seifert, Annegret H. Thieken, Dietmar Borst, Ute Werner | When natural disasters and extreme events such as storms, floods and earthquakes occur, it is not only people, residential buildings and infrastructure that are seriously affected, but also industry. Direct losses to installations as well a... | 73 - 93 |
Spare parts criticality for unplanned maintenance of industrial systems
DOI: 10.1504/EJIE.2008.016326 | D. Tsakatikas, S. Diplaris, M. Sfantsikopoulos | The paper presents a methodology and Decision Support System (DSS) for the establishment of spare parts criticality with a focus on industrial unplanned maintenance needs. The obtained criticality is used to rationalise the efficiency of th... | 94 - 107 |
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