Many countries in the world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), are battling with fundamental sustainable development challenges such as widespread poverty, hunger, food and nutrition insecurity and limited access to ...

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The case study is situated in an SME in the primary manufacturing sector and focuses on increasing its productivity using lean manufacturing tools. First, productivity was identified at 15%, while the average for the sector ...

Setup-optimised dispatching at work systems is the subject of many investigations and studies. The considerations range from developing corresponding heuristics and analysing their effects on achieving logistical objectives ...

This study investigates whether working time accounts affect the performance of German establishments based on the Establishment Panel from the Institute for Employment Research. The major results are: productivity and ...