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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Nissan"”.
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Álagsgreining á spindli í Nissan Navara jeppa
Markmið verkefnisins er tvíþætt, annarsvegar að athuga hvort hægst sé að nota þrívíddarskanna til þess að koma hlut yfir á tölvutækt form og hinsvegar að framkvæma á honum álagsgreiningu með smábútaaðferð (e. finite element method). Þessa greiningu þurfti að framkvæma á spindlinum því grunur lék á …
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Návrh výfukového potrubí zážehového motoru Nissan SR20DE
… potrubia pre atmosferický zážihový motor Nissan SR20DE s primárnym určením pre podmienky hobby motoršportu. Teoretická časť práce analyzuje princípy šírenia tlakových vĺn vo výfukovom trakte a ich využitie na zvýšenie volumetrickej účinnosti motora prostredníctvom scavenging efektu. V …
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The Global Nissan way towards motivation and productivity improvement
Bibliography: leaves 125-127.
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To improve the future profit expectations of the Nissan stamping plant
… value. As such the future profitability of the Nissan Stamping Plant has been considered. A mental model has been established in the authors mind that a definite problem exists within this area. This has led to the formulation of a framework that can be used to handle the problem of low profits …
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Geospatial Business Location Implications for Mississippi-Based Nissan Group Changing to Electrical Vehicle (EV) Production
… and highlights the concentration of Nissan Tier 1 suppliers around its Canton manufacturing operations in the Midwest and Southern U.S., indicating an efficient supply chain and regional economic impact.</p> <p>In Mississippi, the transition to EV production is projected to create …
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The restructuring of the motor vehicle manufacturing in South Africa : a case study of Nissan South Africa
… manner in this study. A case study of Nissan, a longstanding motor vehicle manufacturer in South Africa, is included in the study. It is argued that the Fordist paradigm of managerial and technological organisation of the workplace was never a dominant approach in the motor vehicle …
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An exploratory investigation of the implementation of Lean in a UK automotive plant
… of an exemplar Lean operation, viz the Nissan Sunderland Plant, widely regarded to be one of the most productive automotive plants in Europe. The exploratory nature of this investigation, and unique opportunity for access, argued for the use of an inductive single case study as an …
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Rhetorical strategies of foreign executives in revitalizing Japanese global enterprise
Carlos Ghosn of Nissan and Sir Howard Stringer of Sony are the first non-Japanese top executives of Japanese global enterprises. At the time they were appointed CEOs, both companies were in crisis: Nissan almost facing bankruptcy and sale; Sony coping with a huge deficit and threats from emerging …
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Vehicle Traction Battery Modelling
… specification from the automotive manufacturer, “Nissan Leaf.” Starting from laying the theoretical knowledge framework and battery modelling method on the software MATLAB/Simulink from the battery cell level up to the pack level architecture, after modelling the battery pack, the constant current …
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Implications of nonlinear suspension behaviour for feedforward control of road noise in cars
… The results of experiments conducted on a Nissan Leaf test vehicle are presented that establish the theoretical maximum noise reduction that can be achieved with a linear control system using reference sensors placed at the wheel hubs. Laboratory experiments on the components in the Nissan …
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Assessment of Virtual-Reality-Based Digital Twins in Automotive Manufacturing Process Validation
… design issues early on in development. At Nissan there was an opportunity to define specific use cases for IC.IDO and the potential savings. On a recent new vehicle launch, Nissan paid vendors an additional $60M-$70M due to design changes made after the design was initially released. It was …
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Adaptação dos modelos de negócio das montadoras de veículos em função do surgimento do carro elétrico
… no setor automobilístico mundial: Toyota, Nissan e Tesla, fazendo uma comparação entre elas. O foco da análise é o modelo de negócio de cada empresa, explorado na pesquisa através da aplicação da ferramenta Business Model Canvas, utilizando um levantamento de dados públicos das organizações …
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Modeling System Efficiency in Mixed-Model Assembly Lines
… development of a system efficiency model at the Nissan Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant. System efficiency at Nissan is one measure of performance used to allocate new business to plants, and in pursuit of this new business, leaders at the Smyrna Plant maintain a continuous improvement culture where …
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Integrating Machine Learning into Data Analysis and Plant Performance
… thesis shows, drawing from a recent project at Nissan's Canton, Mississippi manufacturing facility and utilizing data from a global group of Nissan manufacturing plants, that machine learning can be applied to plant performance data to identify and prioritize metrics and to better understand the …
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Rafbílar á Íslandi : er arbært að rafbílavæða fólksbílaflota Íslands?
… í ljós að rekstrarkostnaður rafbíls á borð við Nissan Leaf er ekki enn samkeppnishæf hefðbundins bensínbíls á borð við Nissan Note í krónum einum talið. Erfitt er að meta það verðmæti sem neytendur setja á þætti á borð við mengun, aukinn hagvöxt og minni þörf til að reiða sig á erlenda …
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Modeling Total Delivered Cost in the Automotive Industry
… methodology for automotive part sourcing at Nissan. Initially, a calculation methodology was developed using operational data from the Nissan Smyrna plant. This methodology, which aims at capturing the direct and indirect costs of sourcing, comprises 10 different cost drivers including part, …
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Leading change management projects in international cross-cultural settings
… a look at how two comparable alliances - between Nissan and Renault and between Mitsubishi Motors Company and Daimler Chrysler - used distinct approaches to cultural understanding in the context of the Kotter framework. This paper reveals that in the case of the Renault-Nissan alliance, executives …
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Modeling, analysis, simulation and real-time hardware in-the-loop implementation of hybrid/electric vehicles’ powertrain
… cars in the market, namely Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf. This was done using real data obtained from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Another milestone is that the simulation results have been validated experimentally in real-time through using …
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Utilizing automated inspection to identify surface quality defects within the automotive body assembly process
Nissan relies on inspectors to perform manual inspections in order to ensure vehicles are produced with a high-quality surface finish. These inspections occur throughout the vehicle assembly process and are meant to identify surface quality defects as well as determine at which major step in the …
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Continuous Improvement Framework for a Multi-model Production Line
… will be applied in a case study conducted at Nissan North America’s Canton, Mississippi Assembly Facility resulting in reclamation of approximately 50 minutes of production time eliminating the overtime requirement for a pair of manufacturing cells.
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