Manufacturing is defined as the act of converting raw materials into finished products by using manual or mechanized transformational techniques. The purpose of such activities is to add value to achieve targeted objectives, which do not preclude society's overall interests. Modern day ethical...

A successful job search procedure is marked by nearness to the dream job. This work elaborates the job navigation progression on basis of some experiments and studies. The most potent, elaborate with global reach, and efficient media to interface both job seekers and employers rides on internet....

Current Foundry scenario is complex, presenting situations of either up for grabs, or down shutters. A ‘Competence Queue' is proposed in this article by dint of an integrated approach to manage processes in terms of quality and environment. The tools employable are essentially the quality and...

The vision behind provision of eco-friendly products/services in the manufacturing sector is conceptually associated with sustainability. Such thinking solicits a deeper intervention with the implementation of green – environmentally friendly practices throughout the supply chain. At times...

Energy - the vehicle of all transformation is both a cause of the mechanical action and an effect of machines that may be deployed for production. Be it electricity. Through this papers the author aims to inculcate the effective use of energy in advanced manufacturing, which is argued as a...

Mistakes happen. At times they are deadly. The statistics has those 25–30 mistakes at one level graduate the practitioner to a higher level of threat. Poka-yoke a Japanese quality assurance technique helps correct the process step where the error occurs. Thus it prevents incorrect parts from...

This is a conceptual extension of the Alignment part of TQM model, called Thareja's AUM model. A detailed treatment of this model may be reviewed in other works by the author (Thareja, 2007, Thareja et al, 2011, etc.), especially exploring the implementation of ‘A' in chasing of organizational...

Ethics is an attribute which blends with culture, character and commitment to stand to societal requirements in most efficient and ethically judicious say. The preamble of ethics as an acronym is ‘excellence'! To secure that one must pursue a helicopter view, and no less. It is because a...

This work attempts to make an analysis of ‘Make in India' initiative of the Government of India, considering as to why and how it could rejuvenate the lagging manufacturing industry with a one stroke paradigm that underwrites effectiveness. It counts on some successes, while pointing out the...

The paper gives an account of the control of technological parameters in the manufacturing areas of rolling, forging and extrusion, besides the analysis of their role-playing to yield a fit component of right and requisite mechanical properties. The control of process parameters, the various...