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Reliable shop floor bottleneck detection for flow lines through process and inventory observations : the bottleneck walk
Roser, Christoph; Lorentzen, Kai; Deuse, Jochen - In: Logistics research 8 (2015) 1, pp. 1-9
Bottleneck detection in manufacturing is the key to improving production efficiency and stability in order to improve capacity. Yet, common bottleneck detection methods in industry and academia lack either accuracy or practicability, or both, for dynamic systems. The new methodology is conducted...
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Performance improvements in container terminals through the bottleneck mitigation cycle
Battum, Coen H. H. van; Wiegmans, Bart W.; Atasoy, Bilge; … - In: Maritime economics & logistics 25 (2023) 1, pp. 174-195
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Estimating income variances by probability sampling: A case study
Shah, Muhammad Akbar Ali; Aleem, M. - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 4 (2010) 2, pp. 194-201
The main focus of the study is to estimate variability in income distribution of households by conducting a survey. The …
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Estimating processes of smaller builders
Skitmore, Martin; Wilcock, John - 1994
varied in importance between work sections. An intra-estimator intra-item analysis of pricing variability generally confirmed …
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Managing variability in process-aware information systems
La Rosa, Marcello - 2009
managing variability and for enabling reuse of process models in Process-Aware Information Systems. Rather than designing …
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Variability in Quality and Management Practices in the Mango Supply Chain from Costa Rica
Zuniga-Arias, Guillermo; Ruben, Ruerd - 2007
of the commodity. Reducing waste for example, but in a more generic way will reduce the variability of the commodity plus … have an effect on the variability of the quality. For this purpose we have make use of the dispersion statistics such as … the brix and the ph. We conclude that quality variability is affected positively related to technologic variations and …
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International Variability in Biofuel Trade: An Assessment of U.S. Policies
Yano, Yuki; Blandford, David; Surry, Yves R. - 2011
Although the United States has typically been in a position to import ethanol, cornbasedethanol exports are surging as the domestic market becomes saturated andworld prices rise due to high prices for sugar, the competing global feedstock. TheU.S. is now the world’s leading ethanol producer...
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Definitions of Biodiversity and Measures of Its Value
Simpson, R. David - 2002
of diversity in search models. A measure of "aggregate variability" is appropriate to such models. Values derived from …
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Infusing the use of seasonal climate forecasting into crop management practice in North East Australia using discussion support software
Nelson, RA; Holzworth, DP; Hammer, GL; Hayman, PT - 2002
Seasonal climate forecasting offers potential for improving management of crop production risks in the cropping systems of NE Australia. But how is this capability best connected to management practice? Over the past decade, we have pursued participative systems approaches involving...
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Product diversification and stability of employment and sales: first evidence from German manufacturing firms
Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
more diversified firms exhibit a higher variability of sales and employment. However, the effects are negligibly small from …
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