In equipment-intensive industries such as truck manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, photo copiers,and airliners, service parts are often slow moving items for which, in some cases, the transshipment timeis not negligible. However, this aspect is hardly considered in the existing spare...

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. August 2009. Major: Industrial Engineering. Advisor: Saif Benjaafar. 1 computer file (PDF); vi, 116 pages.

As a result to today?s uncertain economy, companies are searching for alternative ways to stay competitive. In which, Company XYZ has been faced with an ineffective forecasting method that has lead to multiple product stock outs. The issue faced has caused sales loss as well as profit loss,...

Aim: If companies manage their inventory inefficiently, inventory costs can increase significantly due to shortages, overstocking, and risks. Inventory management is critical for company's success which, in turn, impacts on countries' development. This paper aims to investigate the efficiency of...

Insgesamt zeichnet sich zu Beginn der UN-Dekade „Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung“(2005-2014) in den Umweltverbänden ein stärkerer Trend zur Integration derNachhaltigkeitsperspektive in die Bildungsarbeit ab. Dies manifestiert sich in einer Änderungder Themen- und Methodenpalette der...

Die Frage nach der Bedeutung von Kultur für das Konzept nachhaltiger Entwicklung istAusgangspunkt des vorliegenden Beitrags. Zwei divergente Beobachtungen gaben Anstoßfür die Formulierung dieser Fragestellung: erstens spielte in den Formulierungen des 1987vorgelegten Brundtland-Berichts, dem...

In equipment-intensive industries such as truck manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, photo copiers,and airliners, service parts are often slow moving items for which, in some cases, the transshipment timeis not negligible. However, this aspect is hardly considered in the existing spare...

Dieser Beitrag liefert eine Bestandsaufnahme der bisherigen Forschung zum organisationalen Lernen; Grundlage ist die Analyse von 125, zwischen 1963 und 1995 erschienenen Texten.