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Article
Publication date: 6 July 2012

Takashi Shimizu, Young Won Park and Paul Hong

The purpose of this paper is to examine complex risk management practices of Japanese firms in a turbulent environment.

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine complex risk management practices of Japanese firms in a turbulent environment.

Design/methodology/approach

The focus of this research is to examine risk management practices based on product accidents in Japanese firms. It examines how firms utilize risk management to respond to various types of risks related to product planning and process designs and how the firms with risk management respond to similar incidents. This focused group research uses surveys and additional interviews.

Findings

The research findings suggest the following: the majority of firms define the scope of product risk management in terms of product quality management, project management, and project management+quality management; firms that have risk managers include the entire supply chain in the scope of risk management; and firms reexamine the systematic risk management processes through actual major accidents (direct learning) or other firms' risk outcomes (indirect learning).

Research limitations/implications

This article presents a research model that identifies and examines key aspects of risk management practices. This focused group research provides a useful basis for future empirical research on risk management practices.

Originality/value

This is a rare study on the risk management practices of Japanese firms. The risk management framework in this article introduces actual risk management practices of successful Japanese firms.

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Benchmarking: An International Journal, vol. 19 no. 4/5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1463-5771

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Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78769-108-7

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Benchmarking: An International Journal, vol. 19 no. 4/5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1463-5771

Article
Publication date: 1 February 1988

T. Kwikkers, J. Lantaires, R.B. Turnbull, H.T. Law, Barry George and Dave Savage

On 20 April ISHM‐Benelux held its 1988 Spring meeting at the Grand Hotel Heerlen. This meeting was totally devoted to implantable devices, in particular to the technologies used…

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On 20 April ISHM‐Benelux held its 1988 Spring meeting at the Grand Hotel Heerlen. This meeting was totally devoted to implantable devices, in particular to the technologies used for these high reliability, extremely demanding devices. For this meeting ISHM‐Benelux was the guest of the Kerkrade facility of Medtronic. Medtronic (headquartered in Minneapolis, USA) is the world's leading manufacturer of implantable electronic devices. Apart from the assembly of pacemakers and heart‐wires, the Kerkrade facility acts as a manufacturing technology centre for Medtronic's European facilities.

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Microelectronics International, vol. 5 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1356-5362

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Expand, Grow, Thrive
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78743-782-1

Article
Publication date: 1 September 2002

Shirley Wong, Julia Wong, Lydia Makrides and Swarna Weerasinghe

Type 2 diabetes mellitus has emerged as a major public health problem in Canada. Although the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes among black people is higher than that of white people…

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus has emerged as a major public health problem in Canada. Although the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes among black people is higher than that of white people in Canada, there is no diabetes prevention programme specifically designed to address the behavioural and sociocultural influences on the development of the disease in the black communities. This paper discusses a proposed conceptual framework for the development and evaluation of a diabetes prevention programme that is culturally relevant and responsive to the black communities in Canada. The research literature and results of a recent pilot study that assessed the programming needs of four black communities provide the basis upon which the proposed framework is developed.

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Leadership in Health Services, vol. 15 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1366-0756

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Article
Publication date: 9 August 2013

M.A. Maleque and S. Sugrib

The aim of this paper is to study the tribological behaviour of Fe‐C‐Al cast iron at different temperatures using universal pin‐on‐disk machine.

Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this paper is to study the tribological behaviour of Fe‐C‐Al cast iron at different temperatures using universal pin‐on‐disk machine.

Design/methodology/approach

The cold set resin bonded sand mould casting process was employed to develop Fe‐C‐Al cast iron and Fe‐C‐Si cast iron. The microstructures of materials were studied using field emission scanning electron microscope. The wear and friction tests were conducted using universal pin‐on‐disk machine at 25°C, 100°C, 200°C and 300°C temperature. The worn surface was characterized using scanning electron microscopy.

Findings

The lower wear rate was found for Fe‐C‐Al cast iron compared to Fe‐C‐Si cast iron and delamination type wear morphology was observed in both types of cast iron materials. The results also showed that the friction coefficient value of Fe‐C‐Al cast iron was lower than that of Fe‐C‐Si cast iron at different temperatures. It can be concluded that the overall tribological behaviour of Fe‐C‐Al cast iron at higher temperatures was better than conventional Fe‐C‐Si cast iron.

Originality/value

The information on the development and tribological properties of the Fe‐C‐Al cast iron at different temperatures is scarce in the literature. The special type of cold set resin bonded sand mould was used for casting this Fe‐C‐Al cast iron material. Therefore, the current study is quite new and it is hoped that it will provide a high value to the automotive and other engineering researchers for the application of this material.

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Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, vol. 65 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0036-8792

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Article
Publication date: 5 November 2019

Yosuke Horiba, Ayumu Tokutake and S. Inui

Mobility is one of the important elements in clothing design. The purpose of this paper is to examine the predictability of clothing mobility via musculoskeletal simulation.

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Purpose

Mobility is one of the important elements in clothing design. The purpose of this paper is to examine the predictability of clothing mobility via musculoskeletal simulation.

Design/methodology/approach

In order to carry out the musculoskeletal simulation considering the influence of clothing, simulation of the dressed state was attempted. This paper simulated the dressed state and measured the motion-related deformation of the clothing to estimate the force applied to the human body based on the material property of the clothing samples. The dressed state was simulated using an external force in the musculoskeletal model.

Findings

When the elbow flexion torque with an elbow supporter was calculated using the above-mentioned method of musculoskeletal simulation, it was confirmed that the lower the stretchability of the sample, the higher the elbow flexion torque. In addition, the sensory evaluation performed under the same condition as that in the simulation showed that the lower the joint torque during the motion, the higher the subjective mobility, and that the higher the joint torque, the lower the subjective mobility. Thus, it is suggested that musculoskeletal simulation of the dressed state can predict the clothing mobility.

Research limitations/implications

However, the method proposed in this paper requires the measurement of the deformation of the clothing to estimate the force applied to the human body. Thus, it is difficult to apply this in the measurement of general clothing that allows enough space between it and the human body, requiring further improvement of the dressed state simulation method.

Originality/value

Because it is difficult to estimate the force applied by the clothing to the human body, only a few studies have performed analysis on the effect of clothing by using musculoskeletal simulation. Conversely, although the force applied by the clothing to the human body needs to be estimated in advance by the measurement of the deformation, the utility of the simulation in clothing design seems to be high because the simulation can estimate clothing mobility and the effects of clothing on muscle activity.

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International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, vol. 32 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0955-6222

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