Transportation is an important part of the Canadian furniture industry supply chain. Even though there are often several manufacturers shipping in the same market region, coordination between two or more manufacturers is rare. Recently, important potential cost savings and delivery time reduction have been identified through transportation collaboration. In this paper we propose and test on a c...

This paper presents the use of a conceptual framework designed for the management of organizational competences to contribute to the evolution of the business model of an enterprise. The framework, developed based on a detailed review of the history of the car manufacturer Toyota, was used for a Delphi study and an action-research applied in the furniture industry. The results suggest that it i...

Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD, C12H18Br6) is the most widely used of the cycloaliphatic BFRs. In 1999, the global demand for HBCD (~16 kilotons) was more than double that of the penta-bromodiphenyl ether (~8.5 kilotons) mixture [1]. HBCD is used as thermal insulation in the building industry, and is the principal flame retardant in extruded (XEPS) and expanded (EPS) polystyrene foams [2]. Second...

The textile industry is one of the most important consumer goods industries worldwide. Its mostly small and medium-sized enterprises produce textiles for various uses such as clothing, home textiles (such as bed and table linen, kitchen towels and cleaning rags), household textiles (such as curtains, furniture fabrics, textile floor coverings) and technical textiles (such as protective clothing...

This paper aims to study the marketing strategies adopted by global brand IKEA. takes Swedish furniture IKEA as research object and China market for discussion. first introduces of furniture, then summarizes strategy industry, studies macro-environment finally influence Sweden, comprehensively analyzes IKEA's its adaptability in new fields. After determining effect market, it gives a summary su...

background: design of school furniture is one of the contributing factors to back pain among pupils. research has implicated that mismatch between school furniture and body size may be regarded as a causative factor for muculoskeletal disorders amongst pupils. to investigate the fitness between school furniture and pupils this study was designed and implemented in hamadan city, west of iran. me...

10–1 Adhesive bonding of wood plays an increasing role in the forest products industry and is a key factor for efficiently utilizing our timber resource. The main use of adhesives is in the manufacture of building materials, including plywood, oriented strandboard, particleboard, fiberboard, structural composite lumber, doors, windows and frames, and factory-laminated wood products. Adhesives a...

The international literature has dealt extensively with innovativeness, both in theory, as well as in a pleiad of empiric studies. Radical innovations encompass high quality action that contributes to the creation of new sectors, products or markets. Cooper (1998) adds that as long as innovations become more radical, they lead to evident and risky removal from existing practices. It is obvious ...