In simultaneous/concurrent engineering (SE/CE), many functions are performed concurrently; however, manufacturing logistics design is seldom considered. Presents an integrated methodology for the design of manufacturing logistics and links it with early phases of product design. The concept of...

Analyses, through a nationwide empirical survey of US companies, the effects of JIT and TQM strategies and offers important guidelines for JIT/TQM programme co‐ordinators that might be helpful during the implementation process. Shows that while companies can benefit from implementation of JIT...

Studies conducted over the last decade have well established a direct relationship between deteriorating human health and diesel engine exhaust. Biodiesel has shown a lot of promise in terms of both its relatively higher combustion efficiency and lower harmful emissions. Biodiesel has the...

The present paper refers to current deficit that means a difference between import and export of goods and services. In developing countries a rising import of services is justified on the basis of the economic development targets to be achieved. India has been experiencing budget deficit...

In this article, the authors document robust momentum behavior in a large collection of 65 widely studied characteristic-based equity factors around the globe. They show that, in general, individual factors can be reliably timed based on their own recent performance. A time series “factor...