What are successful companies? That question will be investigated. The determination of successful factors will be identified by explaining the successful factors of a company by the following questions: How come successful ventures are successful and non successful ventures are not? What are the most …

This paper describes an agent-based software infrastructure for agile industrial production. This production is done on special devices called equiplets. A grid of these equiplets connected by a fast network is capable of producing a variety of different products in parallel. The multi-agent-based underlying …

Flexible production units provide very efficient mechanisms to adapt the type and production rate according to fluctuations in demand. The optimal sequence of the different manufacturing tasks in each machine is a challenging problem that can deal with important productivity benefits.

Abstract: Unlike manufacturing technology for semiconductors and printed circuit boards, the market for traditional micro assembly lacks a clear public roadmap. More agile manufacturing strategies are needed in an environment in which dealing with change becomes a rule instead of an exception. In this …

In the high-tech mechatronics world, aluminum and steel are well known materials, while carbon fiber is often neglected. In the RAAK project 'Composites in Mechatronics', the use of carbon fiber composites in mechatronics is investigated.

Auteursversie. Zie voor de definitieve versie het "International Journal of advanced manufacturing technology" (2010), pag. 415-436

The purpose of this report is to investigate the industrial trade networks of Bulgaria for the manufacturing of machines, parts, tools and mechanical equipment. It was assigned by the marketing consultancy KommaNet in order to find out why its main client, the Dutch Centre for Promotion of Imports (CBI), …

Essay based on a Presentation to International Stakeholder Forum, Convened by the Board of Directors of the Fair Labor Association, Washington D.C. June 26, 2009. There is much concern about the current crisis. Indeed the fall in consumption in developed countries is steep, anything between 15 to 25% …

Mijn afstudeerproject heb ik uitgevoerd bij Van Doren Engineers te Boekel in opdracht van Groentehof BV. Van Doren Engineers is gespecialiseerd in elektrotechnische en besturingsprojecten en wil zijn kennis en diensten op software gebied verder uitbreiden naar MES applicaties. Onlangs hebben we een nieuwe …

This research is done for ABM-idea. The central aspect of the assignment is to investigate possible expansion of business for ABM by maintaining the sales in the Italian market. By means of this research, the following recommendations were reached: Recommendation 1: The economic situation of the entire …