As increasinglymore companies outsource to Asia, US furniture companies’ supply chains are becoming longer. Tomake their logistics networksmore efficient, companies need to choose the right supply chain model, promote cooperation with their partners in the supply chain, and adopt new technologies to make better decisions and to manage better. Discrete-event simulation models are powerful tools ...

a quarantine hospital. The room occupied by the feverpatient was in a dirty condition, and was almost destitute of furniture. The patient lay on a dilapidated bed, with old bags for bed-clothing; an old table and one or two ricketty chairs completed the furniture of the room. All the inmates were removed and the house closed up that same evening. On making further inquiries, I found that in a h...

–Anthropometric considerations play an important role in improving the efficiency of a person. Anthropometry of users is important in designing the products which suit with the user. Seating furniture plays an important role in making the workplace comfortable and suitable for the users. In the present study the classroom furniture’s of different colleges of Gulbarga were studied and analyzed o...

The extensions of the environment with the integration of sensing systems in any space, in conjunction with ubiquitous computing are enabling the so-called Smart Space Sensor Networks. This new generation of networks are offering full connectivity with any object, through the Internet of Things (IoT) and/or the Web, i.e., the Web of Things. These connectivity capabilities are making it feasible...

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...

The research is focused on the study of mechanical strength properties of bamboo to establish if bamboo would play a complementary role to wood in both furniture making and construction works as a sustainable material for the wood industries. The research also highlighted the dwindling supply of wood as a main source of material for furniture and construction works in Zimbabwe due to fire destr...

Web-Based VR Technology So-Yeon Yoon, Ph.D. & Ji Young Cho University of Missouri, Columbia ABSTRACT PURPOSE AND CONTEXT This research is a web-based investigation utilizing advanced computer/network technology in order to understand factors considered for furniture purchase and furniture style preference. In interior design, specifically for residential environments, furniture has significant ...