production‐allocation approach described in this article could be such a tool in developing a firm′s international manufacturing … strategy. The approach is built around the production and cost function for the relevant manufacturing systems in the integral … production chain for a specific product. The main question then is to determine the optimum location of the various manufacturing …

Manufacturing companies are under pressure to minimize production costs. Reducing downtime and minimizing maintenance … costs are the traditional approach. Improving production equipment effectiveness as prescribed in total productive … improving production equipment effectiveness for discrete type production systems and continuous processes. Suggests continuous …

The development of labour standards for the single truss tomato production system is examined. Both time study and … predetermined time systems, such as the Element Times for Agriculture (ETA) tables and the Maynard Operation Sequence Technique … production system. The hypothesis is that a predetermined time system could be used to establish greenhouse labour standards, and …

Purpose – The pressure on the food industry and society as a whole to evolve towards more sustainable production and … food products. Design/methodology/approach – Techniques for assessing the environmental impacts of food production were … for environmental labelling in conjunction with other initiatives to improve the sustainability of food production and …

costs and market competitiveness. Findings – The results indicate that increasing supply relative to demand reduces grower … returns. It appears that reducing market power and lowering middlemen marketing costs may lead to higher grower returns …. Policies facilitating lower marketing costs for traders are proposed in conjunction with strategies that promote banana …

global welfare in general and for agricultural production in particular were introduced into the public discussion. But since … conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) is a complex international and national system. While the … intensive analysis of the costs of conservation activities has been neglected. This paper identifies the actors in the …

provide an assessment of the causes of efficiency variation. Design/methodology/approach – A stochastic frontier production …