Role of Technological Innovations in Improving Manufacturing Resilience in the Post-Covid Era

Technological progress is critical for improving manufacturing resilience and achieving self-sufficiency in any nation. The COVID-19 crisis has shown the importance of, as well as the threats associated with, our new industrial processes. Manufacturing's critical position in both industrialized and emerging economies has been shown by shortages of medical supplies and disruptions in basic goods. These delays and market fluctuations have also highlighted the pitfalls of focusing solely on a globalized distribution system characterized by fragmented supply chains, the separation of engineering and manufacturing, and just-in-time production. Although globalisation was the trend before the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries realized the dangers and began to look inward, focusing on developing local manufacturing capacities. In addition, the automotive sector has established itself as a cornerstone of post-COVID-19 recovery strategies.

Experimental Investigation on Strength and Behavior of PSC Fiber Reinforced Beams with GGBS

The Concrete is one of the most important products which are efficiently and effectively used in the field of construction. The usage of natural aggregates in the process of production of concrete was high which lead to huge deficiency of availability of the natural aggregates. At the same time production of cements leads to more environmental pollution. Therefore, the production of concrete was altered by vast usage of admixtures and replacements for natural aggregates. In this paper M60 grade concrete is prepared by using GGBS as a partial replacement of cement which is a good strength building mineral admixture, the steel fibers were also introduced in the concrete to improve the strength parameter and for ease of work with concrete and addition of AUROMIX – 400 which is provided by FOSROC chemicals Bengaluru as super plasticizers. The concrete specimens like Cubes and Cylinders were casted and allowed to curing over a nominal curing period of 7, 14 and 28 days to know the basic mechanical properties of the concrete with the above replacements and at the same time RCC beams were also casted and cured, then post tensioned to know the flexural details of this special concrete.

A functional framework based on big data analytics for smart farming

Big <span>data in agriculture is defined as massive volumes of data with a wide variety of sources and types which can be captured using internet of things sensors (soil and crops sensors, drones, and meteorological stations), analyzed and used for decision-making. In the era of internet of things (IoT) tools, connected agriculture has appeared. Big data outputs can be exploited by the future connected agriculture in order to reduce cost and time production, improve yield, develop new products, offer optimization and smart decision-making. In this article, we propose a functional framework to model the decision-making process in digital and connected agriculture</span>.

Study on Production Optimization Method of Fractured Reservoir Based on Connectivity Model

Due to the extensive development of fractures and serious heterogeneity in fractured reservoirs, it is difficult for the traditional numerical simulation method to invert its geology, which greatly limits the efficiency and accuracy of simulation and cannot realize the real-time optimization of production scheme. The connectivity model can only consider the two characteristic parameters of conductivity and connectivity volume, which does not involve complex and rigorous geological modeling. It can quickly and accurately reflect the state of the real reservoir, greatly reducing the simulation time, and is suitable for real-time production performance prediction of the reservoir. Due to the large difference in conductivity of fractured reservoirs, the difficulty of fitting increases. In this paper, the connectivity model is first applied to fractured reservoirs to realize the production dynamic simulation of fractured reservoirs. The optimization principle is used to optimize the injection-production scheme with the economic net present value as the objective function. In order to verify the method, the connectivity model is applied to Mu 30 of Changqing Oilfield in this paper. The results show that this method can effectively reflect the real production situation of the oilfield and the connectivity of the reservoir, and the simulation time is relatively fast. After optimization, the cumulative oil production of the reservoir increases by 8.1%, the cumulative water injection decreases by 2.3%, and the rising rate of water cut decreases by 58.8%, indicating that the connectivity model can realize the real-time production optimization of the reservoir.

Global Production System, Textile Industry and Wage Disparity: Evidence from South India

This article discusses the root causes of wage disparity in the textile industry. The study argues that wage disparity arises through direct and indirect approaches. Both create pressure on suppliers and leads to low wage payment, depriving workers of social security benefits, unpaid holidays and leaves. Hyper-consumerism, free on board (FoB) price, and flexibility have created competition among suppliers and other stakeholders. Suppliers flexibilise rules and re-organise work arrangements to meet on-time production by increasing working hours, introducing wage penalty, strict supervising, and increasing surveillance. JEL Codes: J3, J31, J41, J46, J81, J82, J83

EFFICIENCY OF USING OFSET PRINTING MACHINE TO SPEED UP MAGAZINE PRINT TIME

Efficiency is a measure of success that is assessed in terms of the size of the source / cost and the length of time production takes to achieve the results of the activities carried out. The purpose of this thesis is to determine the efficiency of using machines to speed up printing time and the factors that affect production time as well as obstacles or problems at PT. Macananjaya Cemerlang, which makes production time inefficient. The writing method used is the descriptive method seen based on the use of literature as outlined in the referenced literature (bibliography), the method of field observation is direct observation by searching for accurate data during Industrial Practices. Based on the description above, it can be concluded that there are several problems that make the production time late than what has been scheduled due to various factors, especially in the selection of machines to streamline production time. Keywords— Efficiency, Printing, Production