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Facility layout overview: towards competitive advantage
Alberto G. Canen, Geoff H. WilliamsonFacility layout is a classical industrial/production engineering problem. Good layout will help any company to improve its business performance. Presents a general overview of the…
Erratum
This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/02637479610106729. When citing the…
A navigable walkthrough simulator for built environment education: Archiwalk
Edward Finch, Robert D. WingDescribes the development of a computer‐based walkthrough system produced from video‐still images. The navigable simulator, Archiwalk, is designed to familiarize students in built…
Experiences of ISO 9000 with small firms in building services
M.A. Atherton, P. AustinDescribes an approach for overcoming some of the barriers to achieving ISO 9000 faced by small firms in the building services sector. Draws on the experiences of several firms to…
Private/public partnerships to ensure building code compliance
James Loesch, David HammermanRelates how partnering between public and private participants can transform the process of obtaining construction permits and ensuring building code compliance into a…
Developing and using a facilities planning guide
Guy Thatcher, Jim GrahamThe Canadian federal department of Human Resources Development Canada required a Facilities Planning Guide to support the re‐engineered national Income Security Program. The…
Facilities performance measurement
Barry J. VarcoeStates that performance measurement is a technique often used throughout organizations, particularly in manufacturing. However, it is not used that frequently, or particularly…
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0263-2772e-ISSN:
1758-7131ISSN-L:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Joseph Lai
- Dr Sarel Lavy