2011, vol. 4, núm. 4

Summary

  • Modelling healthcare internal service supply chains for the analysis of medication delivery errors and amplification effects 

    Behzad, Banafsheh; Moraga, Reinaldo J.; Chen, Shi-Jie (Gary) (School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 2011-12)
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    Purpose: Healthcare is a universally used service that hugely affects economies and the quality of life. The research of service supply chains has found a significant role in the past decade. The main research goal of this ...

  • Scheduling of a computer integrated manufacturing system: a simulation study 

    Bhuiyan, Nadia; Gouw, Gerard; Yazdi, Daryoosh (School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 2011-12)
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    Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of selected scheduling dispatching rules on the performance of an actual CIM system using different performance measures and to compare the results with the ...

  • Activity modes selection for project crashing through deterministic simulation 

    Mohanty, Ashok; Mishra, Jibitesh; Satpathy, Biswajit (School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 2011-12)
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    Purpose: The time-cost trade-off problem addressed by CPM-based analytical approaches, assume unlimited resources and the existence of a continuous time-cost function. However, given the discrete nature of most resources, ...

  • Integrated methodological frameworks for modelling agent-based advanced supply chain planning systems: a systematic literature review 

    Santa-Eulalia, Luis Antonio; Halladjian, Georgina; D'Amours, Sophie; Frayret, Jean-Marc (School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 2011-12)
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    Purpose: The objective of this paper is to provide a systematic literature review of recent developments in methodological frameworks for the modelling and simulation of agent-based advanced supply chain planning ...

  • What do information reuse and automated processing require in engineering design? Semantic process 

    Ossi Nykänen, Ossi; Salonen, Jaakko; Markkula, Mikko; Ranta, Pekka; Rokala, Markus; Helminen, Matti; Alarotu, Vänni; Nurmi, Juha; Palonen, Tuija; Koskinen, Kari T.; Pohjolainen, Seppo (School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 2011-12)
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    Purpose: The purpose of this study is to characterize, analyze, and demonstrate machine-understandable semantic process for validating, integrating, and processing technical design information. This establishes both a ...

  • Towards reducing traffic congestion using cooperative adaptive cruise control on a freeway with a ramp 

    Arnaout, Georges; Bowling, Shannon (School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 2011-12)
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    Purpose: In this paper, the impact of Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) systems on traffic performance is examined using microscopic agent-based simulation. Using a developed traffic simulation model of a freeway ...

  • Designing and implementation of an intelligent manufacturing system 

    Almeida, Fernando L. F. (School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 2011-12)
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    Purpose: The goal of XPRESS is to establish a breakthrough for the factory of the future with a new flexible production concept based on the generic idea of “specialized intelligent process units” (“Manufactrons”) integrated ...

  • A Framework for successful new product development 

    Bhuiyan, Nadia (School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 2011-12)
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    Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework of critical success factors, metrics, and tools and techniques for implementing metrics for each stage of the new product development (NPD) process. Design/ ...

  • Managing the IE (Industrial Engineering) Mindset: A quantitative investigation of Toyota’s practical thinking shared among employees 

    Marksberry, Phillip; Parsley, David (School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 2011-12)
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    Purpose: The goal of this work was to investigate the managerial practices of today to understand if Toyota is sheltering themselves from these newer practices or embracing them like most believe. Design/methodology/approach: ...