A recolha seletiva de resíduos sólidos urbanos para reciclagem é um processo dispendioso, especialmente quando realizado em grande escala. Um problema importante neste processo reside na gestão de uma frota, uma vez que atualmente as estratégias utilizadas geralmente têm baixa eficiência. O processo de recolha seletiva de resíduos sólidos urbanos pode ser modelado como um problema de encaminhamento de veículos,...
For many clothing companies the range of goods sold is renewed twice a year. Each new collection includes a large number of new items which have a short and well defined selling period corresponding to one selling season (20-30 weeks). The absence of past sales data, changes in fashion and product design causes difficulties in forecasting demand accurately. Thus, the predominant factors in this environment are ...
There are some industries that are traditionally fashion dependent. This is the case of the footwear industry where products are replaced usually every six months. In this context, the difficulty in forecasting accurately demand for new items is a serious obstacle to an efficient inventory management. The main objective of this study was to identify and analyze the difficulties faced by a Portuguese footwear co...
The main objective of this project was to improve the efficiency of the supply chain in a Portuguese clothing company. After analyzing and describing the initial status of the company operations, in order to identify problems, a plan of action was developed and new procedures implemented according to the lean thinking principles. These reviewed procedures were based on paradigms such as lean, agile and leagile,...
Dissertação apresentada para obtenção do grau de Doutor em Engenharia Civil, na Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
The expansion of textile and clothing production to Asian regions has both, increased competition and created a need for integration with the global supply chain. Strategies are being designed to improve competitiveness and responsiveness of the chains by increasing the diversification of products and value addition. This study formulates and examines the potential of such strategies and their implementation fo...
The structure and configuration of the textile and clothing supply chains are changed in many parts of the world in response to the global manufacturing scenario. Significantly, the time based performance of the entities has emerged as a strong competitive option in the higher-end market segments. Based on the new situation, a case study is developed here for measuring the elements of time for the various activ...
The competitiveness scenario in the textile and clothing is always changing with the entrance of new players and changes in the rules of trade. This can be observed by looking at the developments that took place around the world in the last decade. This study finds how things are changing in this chain and how players are positioning themselves in this new competitive scenario. One such player of the chain is ...
In the current business world setting, the strategic directions are important not only for individual entities in the chain, but the complete chain itself should be considered for analysis. This helps developing competitive advantages and retaining them. This article presents a methodology for analyzing a supply chain and describes how entities in the chain can be improved to materialize the available and poten...
The expansion of textile and clothing production to Asian regions has both, increased competition and created a need for integration with the textile and clothing global supply chain. Strategies are being designed to improve competitiveness and responsiveness of the chains with increasing diversification of products. This study examines the potential of different strategies formulated by experts with focus on ...
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