The rapid market changes and strong product individualization create the need for great flexibility of manufacturing management on new foundations, such as Industry 4.0 model. Digital is basis 4.0, which has following dimensions: (a) digital based advanced digital-oriented technologies, (b) smart products (advanced model characteristics), (c) supply chain raw materials delivery finished product...

This study was undertaken to assess the pulmonary and respiratory problems of workers in a zarda factory. A total of 70 permanent zarda workers (50 manufacturing workers and 20 office ones) were studied in a factory in Baguihati, Kolkata, India. The study included (a) completion of a questionnaire (on pulmonary and respiratory problems), (b) measurement of physical parameters, (c) spirometry an...

This paper examines how a focused factory adapts to a change in its manufacturing mission. We use the organizational nature of production operations to suggest that the effectiveness of adaptation will depend on how well the manufacturing requirements of the new mission match manufacturing capabilities at the production line level. We test our hypotheses using primary data from a well-known foc...

Many manufacturing companies recognise the need to produce products that are cleaner, greener, and environmentally sustainable, yet they are only at the early stages of this transition in addressing the symptoms of unsustainability at their direct operations by reducing waste and the use of energy, water and material. The implementation of reductions in these areas can be disparate and minimal ...

Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques can produce complex, high-value metal parts, with potential applications as critical parts, such as those found in aerospace components. The production of AM parts with consistent and predictable properties requires input materials (e.g., metal powders) with known and repeatable characteristics, which in turn requires standardized measurement methods for p...

In November 1950, a relatively modern factory, called Alpha, was established in Javadiyeh district of Tehran. It was the first factory of milk pasteurization in Iran, which started by pasteurizing five tons of milk per day and manufacturing dairy products. The factory was under official health supervision of Pasteur Institute of Iran and had a significant contribution to the improvement of the ...

A method for quantifying working processes on manufacturing floors was established that uses a wearable sensor device and an ontology-based stream data processing system. Using this method, the measurement of manufacturing process efficiency from sensor data extracted from such a device worn by workers on the job was confirmed at the Fuji Xerox factory.

Process manufacturing has some characteristics that make it different from other types of industry. They are reflected in the design of a process factory management system. This paper addresses some features of process manufacturing that have to be taken into account during the implementation of a production scheduling system.