The quiet revolution continues A survey of implementation and performance of cell manufacture across British engineering companies

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Stacking up to compete An international survey of critical success factors in the civil aircraft manufacturing industry

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Change The good, the bad and the visionary; a survey of organisational trends in British manufacturing businesses

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Creating confidence Communication, planning and successful change

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Partnership or conflict? The automotive component supply industry; a survey of issues of alignment

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Competitive manufacturing The quiet revolution; a survey of implementation and performance across British manufacturing industry

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An international survey of the use and effectiveness of modern manufacturing practices

We describe a survey of the use and effectiveness of 12 manufacturing practices. The survey was administered to a random, stratified sample of companies with 150 or more employees in the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, and Switzerland, yielding a total sample of 898 companies. We report findings on the extent of use of the practices, when they were introduced, their predicted future use, their effectiveness, and the correlates of their use and effectiveness. The data are examined for differences by country of location and country of ownership, as well as by industrial sector

Pile heat exchangers: thermal behaviour and interactions

Thermal piles – that is structural foundation piles also used as heat exchangers as part of a ground energy system – are increasingly being adopted for their contribution to more sustainable energy strategies for new buildings. Despite over a quarter of a century having passed since the installation of the first thermal piles in northern Europe, uncertainties regarding their behaviour remain. This paper identifies the key factors which influence the heat transfer and thermal–mechanical interactions of such piles. In terms of heat output, pile aspect ratio is identified as an important parameter controlling the overall thermal performance. Temperature changes in the concrete and surrounding ground during thermal pile operation will lead to additional concrete stresses and displacements within the pile–soil system. Consequently designers must ensure that temperatures remain within acceptable limits, while the pile geotechnical analysis should demonstrate that any adverse thermal stresses are within design safety factors and that any additional displacements do not affect the serviceability of the structur