2017, vol. 10, núm. 5
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Assessing location attractiveness for manufacturing automobiles
(OmniaScience, 2017-11)
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Open AccessPurpose: Evaluating country manufacturing location attractiveness on various performance measures deepens the analysis and provides a more informed basis for manufacturing site selection versus reliance on labor rates ... -
Using the hybrid fuzzy goal programming model and hybrid genetic algorithm to solve a multi-objective location routing problem for infectious waste disposal
(OmniaScience, 2017-11)
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Open AccessPurpose: Disposal of infectious waste remains one of the most serious problems in the social and environmental domains of almost every nation. Selection of new suitable locations and finding the optimal set of transport ... -
Solving no-wait two-stage flexible flow shop scheduling problem with unrelated parallel machines and rework time by the adjusted discrete Multi Objective Invasive Weed Optimization and fuzzy dominance approach
(OmniaScience, 2017-11)
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Open AccessPurpose: Adjusted discrete Multi-Objective Invasive Weed Optimization (DMOIWO) algorithm, which uses fuzzy dominant approach for ordering, has been proposed to solve No-wait two-stage flexible flow shop scheduling ... -
Exploring the impact of Lean manufacturing on flexibility in SMEs
(OmniaScience, 2017-11)
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Open AccessPurpose: This paper describes the use of simulation and case-study research to assess flexibility gains induced by the adoption of three Lean Manufacturing practices. Design/methodology/approach: We gather useful material ...