Collaborative planning deals with aligning the production plans of legally separated companies. This thesis provides an approach for aligning detailed schedules in a scenario where several suppliers are delivering intermediate goods to one manufacturer. For producing the goods in a...

Mining is widely viewed as an old industry with mature and stable technologies. Companies and countries with the best deposits are the most productive and efficient producers. As these deposits are depleted, mining shifts to countries with the next best deposits. This tendency to exploit poorer...

Abstract The objective of this study is to determine the elements that play an important role on consumer’s buying behavior. The purpose of this research is to find out the main important factors related with the packaging effect, which are driving the success of a brand. Companies in order to...

Intensive pre-project feasibility and engineering studies begun in 1979 have produced an outline plan for development of a major project for production of shale oil from private lands in the Piceance Basin in western Colorado. This outline plan provides a blueprint for the development of a...

With developments such as an increase in competition, busier and more sophisticated consumers, companies attempt to achieve a competitive advantage through increased brand equity of their product offerings. Increased brand equity often translates into increased brand loyalty, which in turn means...

Many companies are oriented on the 4th industrial revolution, they solve daily a lot of new working situation in management and organization of own production processes. The purpose of this paper Is to present methodological tool for motivation of own staff by implementation of Industry 4.0...

Als Resultat der Metallerzeugung und -verarbeitung fallen zwangsläufig eine Reihe von Abfällen an. Zur Aufbereitung und Verwertung eines Teils dieser Kuppelprodukte, hauptsächlich Stäuben und Schlämmen aus Gasreinigungen, konnte sich in den vergangenen Jahren die Verwertung in modifizierten...

Die Planung umweltfreundlicher Produkte und Produktionsprozesse stellt eine Herausforderung für die industrielle Produktion dar. Eine wichtige ökonomische Fragestellung besteht dabei in der Bestimmung der optimalen Emissionsminderungsstrategie, um die geforderten Emissionsminderungen mit...