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Contraction flexibility, operating leverage, and financial leverage

open access: yesJournal of Management Science and Engineering, 2020
This study investigates the impacts of contraction flexibility and operating leverage on financial leverage from the perspective of the agency conflict between shareholders and debtholders.
Zhun Li, Qiang Li, Yong Zeng
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Validatin of miniaturised tensile testing on DMLS TI6AL4V (ELI) specimens

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2016
Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) is a relatively new technology that is developing rapidly. Since DMLS material is created by melting/solidifying tracks and layers from powder, even building geometry can influence the mechanical properties. To certify
Van Zyl, Ian   +4 more
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Food Cold Chain in Indonesia during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Current Situation and Mitigation

open access: yesJurnal Rekayasa Sistem Industri, 2020
The spread of the corona virus (COVID-19) has had a massive impact on all business sectors in Indonesia. Food cold supply chain is a business sector that is quite badly affected.
Ilyas Masudin, Nika Tampi Safitri
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A perspective on open innovation in small- and medium-sized enterprises in South Africa, and design requirements for an open innovation approach

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2015
This paper provides key results from an exploratory research study aimed at understanding the current landscape in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa with regard to their appetite for, and use of, open innovation.
Krause, Willie, Schutte, Corne
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A thin, hardware-supported middleware management system for reconfigurable manufacturing systems

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2015
The reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) paradigm was introduced in response to the need for a manufacturing environment that can handle high-frequency market-driven change. Although this has resulted in much research into the implementation of such
McLean, Roscoe Roy Peter   +2 more
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Práticas de gestão do conhecimento em grupos de pesquisa da rede Instituto Fábrica do Milênio Knowledge management practices in research groups of the factory of the millennium (IFM) network

open access: yesGestão & Produção, 2008
Nos últimos anos houve um crescimento dos programas de pesquisa em rede, em que diferentes grupos de pesquisa reúnem competências em busca de avanços tecnológicos significativos.
Karina Kühl de Lima   +1 more
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Um modelo matemático para o problema de seqüenciamento e programação de visitas de gerentes de banco A mathematical model for the problem of sequencing and scheduling visits by bank managers

open access: yesGestão & Produção, 2003
Este artigo aborda um problema real de seqüenciamento (roteirização) e programação de visitas domiciliares realizadas diariamente por um conjunto de gerentes de uma instituição bancária.
Claudio Barbieri da Cunha
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Algoritmo genético de agrupamento para formação de módulos de arranjo físico A clustering genetic algorithm for the formation of facility layout modules

open access: yesGestão & Produção, 2008
O projeto de arranjo físico modular tem como base o agrupamento de máquinas em módulos a partir de subseqüências de operações comuns a um conjunto de peças.
Ana Rita Tiradentes Terra Argoud   +2 more
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A STANDARDISED MODEL TO QUANTIFY THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF POOR ENGINEERING INFORMATION QUALITY IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2019
ndustry needs quality data, but digital formats increase the risk of lost data quality, implying huge risk. The benefits of data quality are difficult to calculate in order to justify the expense.
Coetzer, Emile Otto , Vlok, P. J.
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Service Performance Improvement Model: The Case of Teklehaymanot General Hospital [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Optimization in Industrial Engineering, 2018
In service sector, there are challenges in keeping an optimum balance between customers' demand and availability of resources. This problem is going to be more intense in the health sector due to the fact that both arrival and service times are random ...
Eshetie Berhan   +2 more
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