A Feasibility Study of a Robotic Approach for the Gluing Process in the Footwear Industry
Robotics, 2020 Manufacturing processes in the shoe industry are still characterized to a large extent by human labour, especially in small and medium craft enterprises. Even when machinery is adopted to support manufacturing operations, in most cases an operator has to
Kevin Castelli +4 more
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Critical success factors model developing for sustainable Kaizen implementation in manufactur-ing industry in Ethiopia [PDF]
Management Science Letters, 2017 The purpose of the research is to identify critical success factors and model developing for sustaining kaizen implementation. Peacock shoe is one of the manufacturing industries in Ethiopia facing challenges on sustaining.
Haftu Hailu +3 more
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Human-Centered Design of a Collaborative Robotic System for the Shoe-Polishing Process
Machines, 2022 Demand for automated processes in the manufacturing industry is now shifting toward flexible, human-centered systems that combine productivity and high product quality, thus combining the advantages of automated and robotic systems with the high-value ...
Giorgia Chiriatti +6 more
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“Automation” of manufacturing in the late nineteenth century: the hand and machine labor study [PDF]
, 2019 Recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics have generated a robust debate about the future of work. An analogous debate occurred in the late nineteenth century when mechanization first transformed manufacturing.
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Are habitually barefoot children compelled to wear ill-fitting school shoes? A cross-sectional study
BMC Pediatrics, 2022 Background Research shows that ill-fitting shoes can negatively impact the development of the pediatric foot, in a very direct manner. The primary aim of the study was to determine if the dimensions of available prescribed school shoes fit the foot ...
Marise Carina Breet, Ranel Venter
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Conceptual and Preliminary Design of a Shoe Manufacturing Plant
Applied Sciences, 2021 This article presents a procedure for designing footwear production plants with a Decision Support System combined with an expert system and a simulation approach. The footwear industry has many operations and is labour intensive.
Jorge Borrell Méndez +4 more
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Market and entrepreneurial vision: The case of two family businesses in South Africa
Contree, 2018 The question of “why do some family enterprises survive into successive generations, while other succumb to contextual constraints?” elicited different responses.
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Evaluation of Smart Alarm Systems for Industry 4.0 Technologies
Applied Sciences, 2020 Traditionally, the footwear industry is labor intensive, and cost control is key to ensuring shoe companies can be competitive. The development of Industry 4.0 concepts, used in high-tech industries and blockchain production information systems, enables ...
Che-Wei Chang
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OPSI, 2023 Make To Order (MTO) is a manufacturing strategy that executes different orders based on consumer demand. In the MTO strategy, products are produced only when there are orders from consumers. In this MTO system, the production process starts when an order
Yuli Dwi Astanti +4 more
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Harmful occupational factors of shoe productions: noise and vibration.
Medičnì Perspektivi, 2019 Shoe production is an important and promising industry of light industry in Ukraine. More than 15 thousand people work at almost 300 enterprises. Improvement of technologies and equipment, intensification of production processes on the background of ...
U. B. Lototska-Dudyk
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