Eco-efficiency approaches towards a sustainable composite materials manufacturing industry’

In this study the potential eco-efficiency performance of a pultrusion manufacturing company was assessed. Indicators values and eco-efficiency ratios were estimated taking into account the implementation of new proceedings and procedures in the production process of glass fibre reinforced polymers (GFRP) pultrusion profiles. Two different approaches were foreseen: 1)Adoption of a new heating system for pultrusion die in the manufacturing process, more effective and with minor heat losses; and 2) Recycling approach, with partial waste reuse of scrap material derived from manufacturing, cutting and assembly processes of GFRP profiles. These features lead to significant improvements on the sequent assessed eco-efficiency ratios of the present case study, yielding to a more sustainable product and manufacturing process of pultruded GFRP profiles.

Warranty Practices and Costs in the Industry of Welding Machines Manufacturing

The objective of the master’s thesis is to define the warranty practices and costs in the welding machines manufacturing company and do a proposal for a warranty policy based on the practices and costs. The study include a disquisition of the warranty practices in the subsidiaries and distributor sales. The disquisition of the warranty practices introduces the information relates to warranty period, warranty costs, including repair, spare part and other costs, the practices with the replaced parts, the utilization rate of the eWarranty system and information relates to special arrangements in the warranties. The warranty costs are defined besides the group level also separately per regions and product families. From some product families the disquisition is done per products. In this study is also done a proposal for a warranty policy for the company. The proposal speaks out the length of warranty period, the compensation of the warranty costs, the practices with replaced parts and usage of eWarranty system.

Ohjekirja Essex Super Six

kuv., 14 x 22 cm

Customer Segmentation in Industrial Markets - CASE: Labelstock Company

The aim of this thesis is to study segmentation in industrial markets and develop a segmenting method proposal and criteria case study for a labelstock manufacturing company. An industrial company is facing many different customers with varying needs. Market segmentation is a process for dividing a market into smaller groups in which customers have the same or similar needs. Segmentation gives tools to the marketer to better match the product or service more closely to the needs of the target market. In this thesis a segmentation tool proposal and segmenting criteria is case studied for labelstock company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa business area customers and market. In the developed matrix tool different customers are planned to be evaluated based on customer characteristic variables. The criteria for the evaluating matrix are based on the customer’s buying organizations characteristics and buying behaviour. There are altogether 13 variables in the evaluating matrix. As an example of variables there are loyalty, size of the customer, estimated growth of the customer purchases and customer’s decision-making and buying behaviour. These characteristic variables will help to identify market segments to target and the customers belonging to those segments.

MILP for the inventory and routing problem for replenishment the car assembly line.

The inbound logistic for feeding the workstation inside the factory represents a critical issue in the car manufacturing industry. Nowadays, this issue is even more critical than in the past since more types of car are being produced in the assembly lines. Consequently, as workstations have to install many types of components, they also need to have an inventory of different types of the component in a compact space. The replenishment is a critical issue since a lack of inventory could cause line stoppage or reworking. On the other hand, an excess of inventory could increase the holding cost or even block the replenishment paths. The decision of the replenishment routes cannot be made without taking into consideration the inventory needed by each station during the production time which will depend on the production sequence. This problem deals with medium-sized instances and it is solved using online solvers. The contribution of this paper is a MILP for the replenishment and inventory of the components in a car assembly line.

1980 and 1979 Ford F-150 light truck weight and manufacturing cost analysis. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Multistage vehicle certification. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

The company and the community.

Includes bibliographical references.

Annual report.

1917-1928 called [no.] 1-12.

The enchanted woods, and other essays on the genius of places,

Dedication.--Introduction: The enchanted woods.--Pisa and the Campo Santo.--Switzerland again.--Tuscan churches in summer.--Arles.--Nymphs and a river god.--Brive-la-Gaillarde.--Of Paris and the exhibition.--Trent.--The motor-car and the genius of places.--The ilex woods and the anchorites.--German fir trees.--Compiègne and Fontainebleau.--The forest of the Antonines.--Mont St. Michel.--A walk in the Maremma.--Les Charmettes.--In the Euganean hills.--The hospitality of the Black Madonna.--The holy year at Ravenna.--The Generalife.--Couci-le-Château.--The tapestry at Angers.--Germany once more.--The carillon.--The cardinal's villa.--In Gascony.--Era già l'ora.--All souls' day at Venice.--Et in Arcadia.

Prospectus of the West Virginia Iron Mining and Manufacturing Co., incorporated by the Legislature of Virginia, Mar. 15, 1837.

Mode of access: Internet.