A number of organizations are placing increased attention on the retention of high quality employees. In this paper, we examine the relationship between intention to quit and human resource management, employee voice, and organizational cost cutting. The results suggest that a high commitment human resource strategy, a positive workplace climate, the presence of a grievance procedure to address...

We present a cutting plane algorithm for solving the following telecommunications network design problem: given point-to-point traffic demands in a network, specified survivability requirements and a discrete cost/capacity function for each link, findminimum cost capacity expansions satisfying the given demands. This algorithm is based on the polyhedral study described in [19]. In this paper we...

Cutting tool wear is found to be the major cause affecting the finished product in term of surface finish quality, dimensional precision and the cost of the defect. This paper proposes the development of a reliable machine condition monitoring system by using a low-cost piezoelectric sensor to monitor the flank wear progression on the cutting tool. The wear of the cutting insert was measured an...

In today's industrial world, demand nature is changing where the customers are looking for a high variety of products. In order to meet varying customer demands, the firms should be flexible enough to produce parts in an efficient way. The flexible manufacturing systems have emerged with the progress in manufacturing technology. A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is a computer-controlled pro...

* Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (T.E. Gr http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.201 1537-5110/© 2015 IAgrE. Published by Elsevie Energycane is a promising bioenergy crop for warm south-eastern US regions and existing sugarcane machinery is being adapted for energycane cultivation. Because of energycane's comparatively higher fibre content and smaller stem diameters...

in this paper we develop a new approach for land leveling in order to improve the topology of a large area for irrigation or civil projects. the objective in proposed model is to minimize the total volume of cutting so that technical requirements of land leveling such as suitable slope and standard ratio of cutting to filling and maximum penstock point’s height are considered. we develop a warp...

Management of solid wastes is considered as an economic and environmental issue in the building stone industry. The current study uses raw and calcined calcareous sludge, generated in the stone cutting factories, in order to remove sulfur dioxide. Sludge characterization has been performed, using X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-d...

Leafcutter ants cut trimmings from plants, carry them to their underground nests and cut them into smaller pieces before inoculating them with a fungus that serves as a primary food source for the colony. Cutting is energetically costly, so the amount of cutting is important in understanding foraging energetics. Estimates of the cutting density, metres of cutting per square metre of leaf, were ...