1.Application of corporate social responsibility for competency management – case study – Marek Goliński and Maciej Szafrański -- 2.Personal branding – a new competency in the era of the network economy. Corporate brand performance implications – Wioleta Kucharska -- 3.University Social Responsibility – research on students’ evaluation system – Agata Branowska and Małgorzata Sp…
Keynotes -- A Virtual Research Lab for a Knowledge Community in Production (VRL-KciP) -- Integrated Design for Manufacture, Service and Environment -- Design Strategies and Methodologies -- The Challenge of Environmental Improvement in Different Types of Innovation Projects -- Evolution of Collective Practices in Design by Integration of New Methods -- Effective Strategies in the Redesign Proce…
Basic Conceptual Model -- Research Methodology -- Results and Analyses -- Findings -- Conclusions and Ramifications.The challenge of managing a business enterprise today is to ensure that it can remain efficient and competitive in a dynamic marketplace characterized by high competition, unstable demands, heterogeneous market segments, and short product life cycles. Increasing the pace of new pr…
The Bridge Between the Ideal and Real Mechanical Properties for Superhard Materials -- Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of Spontaneus Crystallization of Diamond and Cubic Boron Nitride -- Strain-Induced Disorder and Phase Transformation in Hexagonal Boron Nitride under Quasi-Homogeneous Pressure up to 25 GPa: In-Situ X-Ray Study in a Rotational Diamond Anvil Cell -- Combining Hard with Soft Ma…
Keynote -- Networked RFID in Industrial Control: Current and Future -- Multi-Agent and Holonic Systems in Manufacturing -- Implementation Issues with Holonic Control Device Communication Interfaces -- Making a Perfect ‘Gin and Tonic’: Mass-Customisation Using Holons -- Holonic Manufacturing Control: A Practical Implementation -- Contingencies-Based Reconfiguration of Holonic Control Devices…
Basic Conceptual Model -- Research Methodology -- Research Analysis and Findings -- Conclusions and Recommendations.The aim of this book is to provide a better understanding with as to how to coordinate and improve decisions about product life cycle, process and supply chain design to improve new product development. The conclusions are based upon original research of supply chain management an…
Fundamentals -- Fundamentals of Dynamical Systems -- Control of Single-Input Single-Output Systems -- Basics of Sampling and Quantization -- Discrete-Event Systems -- to Hybrid Systems -- Finite Automata -- Basics of Computer Architecture -- Real-Time Scheduling for Embedded Systems -- Network Fundamentals -- Hardware -- Basics of Data Acquisition and Control -- Programmable Logic Controllers -…
The Need for Design Performance -- The Nature of Performance in Design -- Design Performance Measurement -- Industrial Practice -- A Methodology for Enhanced Design Performance -- A Formalism for Design Performance Measurement and Management -- The Impact of Resources on Effectiveness -- The PERFORM Approach -- A Methodology for Performance Modelling and Analysis in Design Development -- Applic…
A Framework for Long Term Capacity Decisions in AMSs -- A DSS for Strategic Planning -- Stochastic Programming Models for Manufacturing Applications -- Configuration of AMSs -- Selecting Capacity Plan -- Fuzzy Performance Evaluator of AMSs.Since manufacturing has acquired industrial relevance, the problem of adequately sizing manufacturing plants has always been discussed and has represented a …
to Parts Management -- Inventory Miscount and Lead Time Variability — Effects and Control Mechanisms -- Optimal Division of Items within a Two-Level Distribution System -- Optimal Ordering Procedures for a Multi-Item Common Supplier System -- Parts Proliferation and Control -- Economic Viability of Component Management For a New Product Design -- Manufacturing Operations Effectiveness Through…