background: many workers suffer from low-back pain. type and severity of spinal complaints have relationship with work load. lack of adherence to ergonomics recommendations among the important causes of low-back pain. objective: to assess the effect of 3 ergonomics training programs on the prevalence of lowback pain among workers of an iranian automobile factory. methods: in a parallel-design 4...

The purpose of suspension system in automobiles is to improve the ride comfort and road handling. In this research the ride and handling performance of a specific automobile with passive suspension system is compared to a proposed fuzzy logic semi active suspension system designed for that automobile. The bodysuspension-wheel system is modeled as a two degree of freedom quarter car model. MATLA...

The development of automobile industry shows that the growth sales in a country will inevitably lead to used car market transactions. "With further China's market, number new cars is increasing, and consumers' demand for replacement increasing significantly. In future, gap between transaction be narrowed." Although, since outbreak COVID-19 early 2020, rate domestic consumption has slowed down, ...

BACKGROUND Considering the increasing prevalence of depression in contemporary societies, general tendency for safer treatments with fewer side effects has recently been a subject of interest. OBJECTIVES Food-based strategies, which are one of the outstanding medical solutions in Complementary and Alternative Medicine including Iranian Traditional Medicine have been investigated. MATERIALS ...

Innovation is the key to the economic development in today’s knowledge driven economy. World markets increasingly demand knowledge-intensive production and innovation-based competition. Iran still remains largely a natural-resource-based economy. To become competitive in today’s market it needs urgent shift towards a more knowledge-based economy which requires strong innovation system. This stu...

We investigate an automobile supply chain where a manufacturer and a retailer serve a market with a fuel-effi cient automobile under a scrappage program by the government. The program awards a subsidy to each consumer who trades in his or her used automobile with a new fuel-effi cient automobile, if the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) for the new one does not exceed a cutoff level....

Abstract With increasing market competition and the arrival of technological innovation, automobile-manufacturing industry faces great changes. In this situation, quality internal control becomes an important part that affects growth development enterprises. According to theories enterprise growth, paper selects data Chinese listed-companies in automobile manufacturing analyse relationship betw...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a clustering approach to segment supply chain partners in the automobile industry and prioritize services offered by third party logistics service (3PL) providers. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 98 automobile and auto-parts manufacturers are surveyed to identify service needs, preferences, and outsourcing commitments. By applying a two-...