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This book presents the proceedings of the first International
Upcycling Symposium 2020, held on 4th September 2020 at De Montfort
University (DMU) in Leicester, UK (online), as a joint effort
between DMU, Lund University, Nottingham Trent University and
Newcastle University. This book presents state of the art of
research and practice in "upcycling" at the international level.
The subject of this book, upcycling, is a term to describe the
processes of creating or modifying a product from used or waste
materials, components and products, which is of equal or higher
quality or value than the compositional elements. This book
describes new theories, approaches and scientific research findings
related to upcycling and presents examples of upcycling practice,
across multiple sectors, scales and contexts. Bringing together
research from over 35 multidisciplinary experts, the book discusses
state-of-the-art knowledge and practices on upcycling in different
geographical, economic, socio-cultural and technological contexts
at an international level. Readers will gain fundamental
understanding of upcycling with its varied definitions and forms
across sectors and scales, and to be informed of the latest
upcycling research and practices including valuable ideas,
theories, projects, experiences and insights by global experts.
Provides detailed introduction to Internet of Healthcare Things
(IoHT) and its applications Reviews underlying sensor and hardware
technologies Includes recent advances in the IoHT such as remote
healthcare monitoring and wearable devices Explores applications of
Data Analytics/Data Mining in IoHT, including data management and
data governance Focusses on regulatory and compliance issues in
IoHT
This book presents the proceedings of the first International
Upcycling Symposium 2020, held on 4th September 2020 at De Montfort
University (DMU) in Leicester, UK (online), as a joint effort
between DMU, Lund University, Nottingham Trent University and
Newcastle University. This book presents state of the art of
research and practice in "upcycling" at the international level.
The subject of this book, upcycling, is a term to describe the
processes of creating or modifying a product from used or waste
materials, components and products, which is of equal or higher
quality or value than the compositional elements. This book
describes new theories, approaches and scientific research findings
related to upcycling and presents examples of upcycling practice,
across multiple sectors, scales and contexts. Bringing together
research from over 35 multidisciplinary experts, the book discusses
state-of-the-art knowledge and practices on upcycling in different
geographical, economic, socio-cultural and technological contexts
at an international level. Readers will gain fundamental
understanding of upcycling with its varied definitions and forms
across sectors and scales, and to be informed of the latest
upcycling research and practices including valuable ideas,
theories, projects, experiences and insights by global experts.
In the contemporary automotive manufacturing industry, service
providers are continuously working to improve system optimization
in order to remain competitive in the market and deliver quality
products to satisfy their customers. With this comes the
possibility of failure, rejection and reworking of the components
or services in the system, which can incur high costs and impact
the reputation of an organization. This book uses Failure Mode and
Effect Analysis (FMEA) to assess, investigate and predict the Risk
Priority Number (RPN) of potential failures for three companies
within the manufacturing industry: A metal component supplier in
the automotive sector Part manufacturer for the automobile and
engineering industries Manufacturer of suspension components for
commercial vehicles Integrating human expertise and artificial
intelligence on a single platform, the authors use fuzzy logic as a
tool to overcome the vagueness associated with traditional methods
of assessing potential failures. The book also details the
procedure and scales of how to conduct FMEA, offering guidance on
how to input and rank each risk within manufacturing processes
across a range of sectors's. Each of the three real-world cases
offer suggested improvements for the companies themselves,
alongside takeaways for researchers and professionals within the
fields of manufacturing and supply chain management.
This book covers the strategic use of continuous improvement (CI)
techniques for manufacturing performance improvement. It focuses
primarily on strategies that can be adopted by small and
middle-sized enterprises in manufacturing in order to meet the
global challenges and competition. The book begins with an
introduction to CI (or Kaizen), explaining different CI approaches
and strategies. Chapter 2 offers a literature review of CI,
examining conceptual frameworks, case studies, and surveys. Next,
the book deals with the design of the study, detailing the work
done in each phase along with the tools, techniques and models.
Chapter 4 presents a detailed survey to determine the present
status of continuous improvement strategies in the Indian
manufacturing industry, to assess the important barriers that
effect the implementation of CI strategies, and to also assess the
role of key enablers leading to improve the performance of
manufacturing operations. Chapter 5 is comprised of detailed case
studies to further analyze the application of the discussed CI
strategies. The purpose of Chapter 6 is to develop the relationship
among the different identified most important barriers in
implementing CI approach using interpretive structural modeling
(ISM) and classify these barriers depending upon their driving and
dependence power. Finally Chapter 7 provides conclusions, addresses
potential limitations, and also looks to the future.
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