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Department of Electric Engineering, University of La Rioja, 26006 La Rioja, Spain

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Journal article
Published: 26 April 2021 in Mathematics
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Companies implement lean manufacturing (LM) tools in their production processes to reduce waste; however, it is difficult to quantify the effect on benefits gained after their implementation. This article proposes a structural equations model (SEM) that relates three LM tools associated with quality as total quality management (TQM), waste, and right first time (RFT) as independent variables associated with commercial benefits gained as a dependent variable. Those four variables were related by six hypotheses that were validated with information from 169 responses to a survey applied to the Mexican maquiladora industry. Partial least squared was used to validate the hypotheses as direct effects. The sum of indirect and total effects was also estimated, and a sensitivity analysis was developed for relationships between variables. Findings indicate that TQM directly affects waste reduction, drives doing RFT, and directly and indirectly affects the commercial benefits gained.

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Jorge García Alcaraz; Flor Martínez Hernández; Jesús Olguín Tiznado; Arturo Realyvásquez Vargas; Emilio Jiménez Macías; Carlos Javierre Lardies. Effect of Quality Lean Manufacturing Tools on Commercial Benefits Gained by Mexican Maquiladoras. Mathematics 2021, 9, 971 .

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Jorge García Alcaraz, Flor Martínez Hernández, Jesús Olguín Tiznado, Arturo Realyvásquez Vargas, Emilio Jiménez Macías, Carlos Javierre Lardies. Effect of Quality Lean Manufacturing Tools on Commercial Benefits Gained by Mexican Maquiladoras. Mathematics. 2021; 9 (9):971.

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Jorge García Alcaraz; Flor Martínez Hernández; Jesús Olguín Tiznado; Arturo Realyvásquez Vargas; Emilio Jiménez Macías; Carlos Javierre Lardies. 2021. "Effect of Quality Lean Manufacturing Tools on Commercial Benefits Gained by Mexican Maquiladoras." Mathematics 9, no. 9: 971.

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Published: 16 April 2021 in Foods
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Natural stoppers are a magnificent closure for the production of aging wines and unique wines, whose application is limited by the availability of raw materials and more specifically of cork sheets of different thickness and quality. The growing demand for quality wine bottle closures leads to the search for alternative stopper production. The two-piece stopper is an alternative since it uses non-usable plates in a conventional way for the production of quality caps. The present study has analyzed the impact of the manufacture of these two-piece stoppers using different methodologies and for different dimensions by developing an LCA (Life Cycle Assessment), concluding that the process phases of the plate, its boiling, and its stabilization, are the phases with the greatest impact. Likewise, it is detected that the impacts in all phases are relatively similar (for one kg of net cork produced), although the volumetric difference between these stoppers represents a significant difference in impacts for each unit produced.

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Francisco Flor-Montalvo; Agustín Ledesma; Eduardo Cámara; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Jorge García-Alcaraz; Julio Blanco-Fernandez. 2-Piece Cork Stoppers as Alternative for Valorization of Thin Cork Planks: Analysis by LCA Methodology. Foods 2021, 10, 873 .

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Francisco Flor-Montalvo, Agustín Ledesma, Eduardo Cámara, Emilio Jiménez-Macías, Jorge García-Alcaraz, Julio Blanco-Fernandez. 2-Piece Cork Stoppers as Alternative for Valorization of Thin Cork Planks: Analysis by LCA Methodology. Foods. 2021; 10 (4):873.

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Francisco Flor-Montalvo; Agustín Ledesma; Eduardo Cámara; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Jorge García-Alcaraz; Julio Blanco-Fernandez. 2021. "2-Piece Cork Stoppers as Alternative for Valorization of Thin Cork Planks: Analysis by LCA Methodology." Foods 10, no. 4: 873.

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Published: 30 November 2020 in Sensors
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This research proposes a new index to evaluate the stability of the melting process, in three-phase electric arc furnaces (EAFs), based on the acoustic signals generated during the different stages of the casting. The proposed stability index is obtained by characterizing the time and frequency domain of the acoustic signals. During EAF monitoring, acoustic signals were acquired using a microphone coupled to an NI USB-9234 acquisition system. To validate the results, the voltage and current signals were measured with the aid of a Circutor AR6 power analyzer for three-phase electrical networks. The results showed that the acoustic signal energy in the frequency range of 1 to 12 kHz can be used as an indicator of the process stability in the EAF. Finally, the validity of the proposed stability index is evaluated from the process characterization using the harmonic distortion analysis methods and the dynamic U-I characteristics of the arc voltage and current signals. The results obtained demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposal and constitute a starting point for advances in the automatic control of the process in the EAF, from the acoustic signals.

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Juan Guerra-Serrano; Angel Sánchez-Roca; Guillermo González Yero; Mario C. Sánchez-Orozco; Mercedes Pérez De La Parte; Emilio Jiménez Macías; Julio Blanco-Fernández. New Arc Stability Index for Industrial AC Three-Phase Electric Arc Furnaces Based on Acoustic Signals. Sensors 2020, 20, 6840 .

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Juan Guerra-Serrano, Angel Sánchez-Roca, Guillermo González Yero, Mario C. Sánchez-Orozco, Mercedes Pérez De La Parte, Emilio Jiménez Macías, Julio Blanco-Fernández. New Arc Stability Index for Industrial AC Three-Phase Electric Arc Furnaces Based on Acoustic Signals. Sensors. 2020; 20 (23):6840.

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Juan Guerra-Serrano; Angel Sánchez-Roca; Guillermo González Yero; Mario C. Sánchez-Orozco; Mercedes Pérez De La Parte; Emilio Jiménez Macías; Julio Blanco-Fernández. 2020. "New Arc Stability Index for Industrial AC Three-Phase Electric Arc Furnaces Based on Acoustic Signals." Sensors 20, no. 23: 6840.

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Published: 18 November 2020 in Foods
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In recent years, consumers of red wines have demanded aged wines with intense color and a well-integrated fine wood bouquet. Traditionally, wines with these characteristics have been obtained from aging in oak barrels. This type of vinification incurs high costs, including costs associated with the acquisition and use of oak barrels. After five or six vinifications, these barrels are no longer capable of providing an adequate contribution of wood compounds to the wine, because of the exhaustion of their transfer capacity. An alternative to extend the life of these barrels is the introduction of toasted oak staves inside the barrel. In this study, a comparative analysis of the aging of a red wine in new and renewed barrels was developed by inserting toasted staves and analyzing the wine in its different stages, as well as its physical, chemical, and colorimetric characteristics. This study confirms that the use of insert staves anchored in exhausted barrels helps to prolong the useful life of barrels, while maintaining quality assurance.

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Francisco Javier Flor-Montalvo; Agustín Sánchez-Toledo Ledesma; Eduardo Martínez Cámara; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Julio Blanco-Fernández. New System to Increase the Useful Life of Exhausted Barrels in Red Wine Aging. Foods 2020, 9, 1686 .

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Francisco Javier Flor-Montalvo, Agustín Sánchez-Toledo Ledesma, Eduardo Martínez Cámara, Emilio Jiménez-Macías, Julio Blanco-Fernández. New System to Increase the Useful Life of Exhausted Barrels in Red Wine Aging. Foods. 2020; 9 (11):1686.

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Francisco Javier Flor-Montalvo; Agustín Sánchez-Toledo Ledesma; Eduardo Martínez Cámara; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Julio Blanco-Fernández. 2020. "New System to Increase the Useful Life of Exhausted Barrels in Red Wine Aging." Foods 9, no. 11: 1686.

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Published: 15 July 2020 in Renewable Energy
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Photovoltaic technology has become a key strategy to achieve the European goal of renewable energy rate. But the photovoltaic market is not uniform in the European Union, with different support policies in each country. These policies, if are stable and suitable over a period, can influence investment decisions and ensure a profitability in the investment. This paper studies the profitability of photovoltaic self-consumption installation in Spanish households with Spanish regulations. To develop this study, the electric consumption profile of houses was considered. The difference in profitability has been analyzed according to the number of members of the household. Furthermore, the impact of the adoption of another type of self-consumption support policy has been analyzed (France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and Finland). For this, all incentives have been scaled up to the Spanish price. The result is that all these regulations present significantly better profitability than the Spanish, leading to it being considered that the investments have very positive economic parameters. For instance, the payback period in Spain for households of 1–4 members is 21, 17, 16, and 15 years respectively, while in the worst of the other analyzed countries these values are 13, 11, 10 and 10 years.

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P. Escobar; E. Martínez; J.C. Saenz-Díez; E. Jiménez; J. Blanco. Profitability of self-consumption solar PV system in Spanish households: A perspective based on European regulations. Renewable Energy 2020, 160, 746 -755.

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P. Escobar, E. Martínez, J.C. Saenz-Díez, E. Jiménez, J. Blanco. Profitability of self-consumption solar PV system in Spanish households: A perspective based on European regulations. Renewable Energy. 2020; 160 ():746-755.

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P. Escobar; E. Martínez; J.C. Saenz-Díez; E. Jiménez; J. Blanco. 2020. "Profitability of self-consumption solar PV system in Spanish households: A perspective based on European regulations." Renewable Energy 160, no. : 746-755.

Journal article
Published: 04 May 2020 in Sustainability
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Poor workstation designs represent a risk factor for operators in assembly production lines. Anthropometric design of workstations facilitates the sustainable development of the workplace. This paper proposes a novel integrated approach about work standardization and anthropometric workstation design as a strategy to increase human factor performance as well as the productivity index in manufacturing companies. The integrating approach is presented through a case study in a publishing press company with operators who perform manual and mechanical tasks in production lines in the box assembly department. Currently, the company’s production capacity is below demand, and in order to satisfy customers’ requirements, the company pays a lot of overtime to operators. In order to solve this problem, the integrated approach was applied. The findings indicated that inefficient movements and body postures in operators decreased from 230 to 78, and the standard time was reduced from 244 to 199 s for each assembled box. In addition, the production rate increased by 229 units per assembly line per day, and overtime was eliminated. Therefore, the novel integrated approach allows the increase of sustainability in the company and the operators’ well-being by making a better use of the human factor, eliminating overtime, and increasing production capacity.

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Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas; Karina Cecilia Arredondo-Soto; Julio Blanco-Fernandez; Joanna Denisse Sandoval-Quintanilla; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz. Work Standardization and Anthropometric Workstation Design as an Integrated Approach to Sustainable Workplaces in the Manufacturing Industry. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3728 .

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Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas, Karina Cecilia Arredondo-Soto, Julio Blanco-Fernandez, Joanna Denisse Sandoval-Quintanilla, Emilio Jiménez-Macías, Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz. Work Standardization and Anthropometric Workstation Design as an Integrated Approach to Sustainable Workplaces in the Manufacturing Industry. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (9):3728.

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Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas; Karina Cecilia Arredondo-Soto; Julio Blanco-Fernandez; Joanna Denisse Sandoval-Quintanilla; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz. 2020. "Work Standardization and Anthropometric Workstation Design as an Integrated Approach to Sustainable Workplaces in the Manufacturing Industry." Sustainability 12, no. 9: 3728.

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Published: 02 April 2020 in Applied Sciences
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The present case study reports the 8D technique applied to a real manufacturing production process. Future applications can be adapted to other manufacturing industries by integrating the most important variables in their own contexts.

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Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas; Karina Cecilia Arredondo-Soto; Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Emilio Jiménez Macías. Improving a Manufacturing Process Using the 8Ds Method. A Case Study in a Manufacturing Company. Applied Sciences 2020, 10, 2433 .

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Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas, Karina Cecilia Arredondo-Soto, Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz, Emilio Jiménez Macías. Improving a Manufacturing Process Using the 8Ds Method. A Case Study in a Manufacturing Company. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10 (7):2433.

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Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas; Karina Cecilia Arredondo-Soto; Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Emilio Jiménez Macías. 2020. "Improving a Manufacturing Process Using the 8Ds Method. A Case Study in a Manufacturing Company." Applied Sciences 10, no. 7: 2433.

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Published: 01 February 2020 in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
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This paper reports the life cycle analysis (LCA) of the replacement of a conventional boiler by a geothermal boiler in a standard, medium sized, single-family dwelling, located in a Mediterranean country such as Spain. The geothermal installation analysed is vertical, with two wells of 0.66 m diameter and 125 m depth each. This type of vertical wells has been chosen due to the smaller surface area required compared to horizontal collectors. The LCA studies the costs of the different phases, as well as the costs of the final installation. The system boundaries considered during the study cover the overall production for the creation of a functional unit in a gate-to-gate study. Findings indicate that the greatest environmental impacts are in Marine Aquatic Ecotoxicity category and the lowest corresponds to the Ozone Layer Depletion category. Regarding the phases, the drilling phase has the highest environmental impact and the second one is the boiler installation, while the lowest impact is found in the installation of probes. Finally, an amortisation analysis for environmental impact is developed, concluding that all categories are amortised in 8 years and some of them in less than 3 years.

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Carlos-Lorente Rubio; Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Eduardo Martínez-Cámara; Juan Ignacio Latorre-Biel; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Julio Blanco-Fernández. Replacement of electric resistive space heating by a geothermal heat pump in a residential application – Environmental amortisation. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 2020, 37, 100567 .

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Carlos-Lorente Rubio, Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz, Eduardo Martínez-Cámara, Juan Ignacio Latorre-Biel, Emilio Jiménez-Macías, Julio Blanco-Fernández. Replacement of electric resistive space heating by a geothermal heat pump in a residential application – Environmental amortisation. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 2020; 37 ():100567.

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Carlos-Lorente Rubio; Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Eduardo Martínez-Cámara; Juan Ignacio Latorre-Biel; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Julio Blanco-Fernández. 2020. "Replacement of electric resistive space heating by a geothermal heat pump in a residential application – Environmental amortisation." Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 37, no. : 100567.

Journal article
Published: 22 January 2020 in Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies
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We compare four techniques that are commonly used for cleaning and disinfection of oak wine barrels with 225 l of capacity used in the red wine aging process through a life cycle analysis (LCA). The analysed techniques were pressurised water (at 90 °C) plus sulphur dioxide (SO2) wick (7.5 g per barrel), water vapour (at 105 °C) plus sulphur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3) (4 ppm), and carbon dioxide (CO2) (50 kg/h for 180 s). The results showed that the barrel cleaning technique with the lowest impact on all water scarcity indexes and is the carbon dioxide, due mainly to low water usage. However, in the global warming category, carbon dioxide technology is the technique that has the greatest environmental impact with a value of 4.080 kg CO2 per cleaned barrel, due mainly to CO2 and air consumption.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Francisco Flor Montalvo; Eduardo Martínez Cámara; Juan Carlos Sáenz-Diez Muro; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Julio Blanco-Fernández. Comparative environmental impact analysis of techniques for cleaning wood wine barrels. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies 2020, 60, 102301 .

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz, Francisco Flor Montalvo, Eduardo Martínez Cámara, Juan Carlos Sáenz-Diez Muro, Emilio Jiménez-Macías, Julio Blanco-Fernández. Comparative environmental impact analysis of techniques for cleaning wood wine barrels. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies. 2020; 60 ():102301.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Francisco Flor Montalvo; Eduardo Martínez Cámara; Juan Carlos Sáenz-Diez Muro; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Julio Blanco-Fernández. 2020. "Comparative environmental impact analysis of techniques for cleaning wood wine barrels." Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies 60, no. : 102301.

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Published: 01 January 2020 in Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science
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Supplier selection is a common practice in industrial sector and is usually conducted by engineers and administrators. However, in the healthcare sector, supplier selection is less commonly studied. This chapter proposes a methodology that simplifies the selection of suppliers in hospitals. As case study, the authors propose an example in which they evaluate six potential suppliers as alternatives with five attributes. The proposed methodology integrates the nominal group technique (NGT) to weight the attributes and dimensional analysis to estimate an index of similarity to an ideal supplier. This index of similarity is obtained from the best nominal values of the attributes. This methodology can be easily applied; it is intuitive and friendly to inexpert users, since the evaluation can be performed using a traditional spreadsheet. Also, the proposal allows for the simultaneous evaluation of multiple attributes and can be used by hospital administrators themselves, which prevents hospitals from hiring external services.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaráz; Aide A. Maldonado-Macías; Giner Alor-Hernández; Pedro García-Alcaraz; Emilio Jiménez-Macías. Supplier Selection in the Healthcare Sector. Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science 2020, 652 -674.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaráz, Aide A. Maldonado-Macías, Giner Alor-Hernández, Pedro García-Alcaraz, Emilio Jiménez-Macías. Supplier Selection in the Healthcare Sector. Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science. 2020; ():652-674.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaráz; Aide A. Maldonado-Macías; Giner Alor-Hernández; Pedro García-Alcaraz; Emilio Jiménez-Macías. 2020. "Supplier Selection in the Healthcare Sector." Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science , no. : 652-674.

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Published: 25 November 2019 in Energy and Buildings
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The determination of electricity consumption profiles in the domestic sector is a very complicated task due to the variability of the consumer. This sector covers a wide variety of sizes and types of consumers; it has, as well, a wide variability in the occupancy of homes, and therefore, the measurement of final consumption has a very high cost. In this article a new bottom-up stochastic simulation model is presented, nourished by data provided by the Survey of Time Employment of the National Institute of Statistics of Spain (INE). The algorithm permits an estimation of the average profile of regular electricity consumption in Spain according to the number of members of the house and the day of the week. Unlike some previous research, the average profile is studied, and all household uses are separated. These results are the basis of a line of research on self-consumption, but they are also useful as the basis for many other studies on energy consumption, energy efficiency, demand management, hourly rates, energy policies, etc.

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P. Escobar; E. Martínez; J.C. Saenz-Díez; E. Jiménez; J. Blanco. Modeling and analysis of the electricity consumption profile of the residential sector in Spain. Energy and Buildings 2019, 207, 109629 .

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P. Escobar, E. Martínez, J.C. Saenz-Díez, E. Jiménez, J. Blanco. Modeling and analysis of the electricity consumption profile of the residential sector in Spain. Energy and Buildings. 2019; 207 ():109629.

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P. Escobar; E. Martínez; J.C. Saenz-Díez; E. Jiménez; J. Blanco. 2019. "Modeling and analysis of the electricity consumption profile of the residential sector in Spain." Energy and Buildings 207, no. : 109629.

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Published: 18 November 2019 in Sustainability
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Total quality management (TQM) is a lean manufacturing tool that focuses on ensuring the production of goods that meet design specifications and give customer satisfaction, both attractive benefits highly appreciated by managers. However, there are several factors involved in the success of TQM programs, many of which are cultural aspects associated with human resources (HR). This article presents a structural equation model that integrates three latent variables related to internal HR: “managerial commitment,” “employee integration,” and “training and education,” which are linked to the operational benefits of a manufacturing system. The variables are connected through six hypotheses that have been validated with information obtained from 398 responses of a questionnaire applied to manufacturing industry professionals. In addition, a sensitivity analysis was carried out to describe the probabilities of occurrence for the variables at low and high levels. The hypotheses were statistically validated with the partial least squared technique, where the results showed that human factors play an essential role in the success of TQM, since the direct, indirect, and total effects of managerial commitment, employee integration and training, and education processes on the benefits obtained from the implementation of TQM were statistically significant at 95% confidence.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Francisco Javier Flor Montalvo; Liliana Avelar-Sosa; Cuauhtémoc Sánchez-Ramírez; Emilio Jiménez-Macías. Human Resource Abilities and Skills in TQM for Sustainable Enterprises. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6488 .

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz, Francisco Javier Flor Montalvo, Liliana Avelar-Sosa, Cuauhtémoc Sánchez-Ramírez, Emilio Jiménez-Macías. Human Resource Abilities and Skills in TQM for Sustainable Enterprises. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (22):6488.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Francisco Javier Flor Montalvo; Liliana Avelar-Sosa; Cuauhtémoc Sánchez-Ramírez; Emilio Jiménez-Macías. 2019. "Human Resource Abilities and Skills in TQM for Sustainable Enterprises." Sustainability 11, no. 22: 6488.

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Published: 04 November 2019 in Wireless Networks
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This paper presents a structural equation model that relates knowledge coordination with access to information in the process of implementing Six Sigma and their impact on the quality and economic benefits obtained. The model integrates four latent variables (knowledge coordination and access to information as independent variables; quality benefits and economic benefits as dependent variables), that are intertwined by five hypotheses validated statistically through the partial least squares technique using data from 301 responses to a survey applied in the maquiladora industry. Findings suggest that to obtain benefits associated with product quality, information and knowledge acquired from Six Sigma, projects must be carefully saved, managed, and analysed with appropriate statistical techniques applied by green and black belts. However, to obtain economic benefits, the information and knowledge must be transformed into benefits associated with quality such as reduction in delivery time, reduction of customer complains and compliance with standards demanded by the customer.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Francisco Javier Flor Montalvo; Liliana Avelar-Sosa; María Mercedes Pérez De La Parte; Julio Blanco-Fernández; Emilio Jiménez-Macías. The importance of access to information and knowledge coordination on quality and economic benefits obtained from Six Sigma. Wireless Networks 2019, 26, 5713 -5726.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz, Francisco Javier Flor Montalvo, Liliana Avelar-Sosa, María Mercedes Pérez De La Parte, Julio Blanco-Fernández, Emilio Jiménez-Macías. The importance of access to information and knowledge coordination on quality and economic benefits obtained from Six Sigma. Wireless Networks. 2019; 26 (8):5713-5726.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Francisco Javier Flor Montalvo; Liliana Avelar-Sosa; María Mercedes Pérez De La Parte; Julio Blanco-Fernández; Emilio Jiménez-Macías. 2019. "The importance of access to information and knowledge coordination on quality and economic benefits obtained from Six Sigma." Wireless Networks 26, no. 8: 5713-5726.

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Published: 09 October 2019 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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When wood comes into contact with wine, organoleptic properties valued in oenology are generated, which are lost over time and barrels use, so alternative processes are currently used into old barrels as adding wood chips, sticks and staves for keep those properties; however, the environmental and economic impact of the use of these alternatives is not known. This article presents a life cycle assessment (LCA) and economic analysis for those common alternative process used for keep organoleptic properties, but using barrels additives from Quercus alba and Quercus petraea wood. The ISO 14040 standard is employed for the LCA in Simapro® software, making use of the CML-IA baseline V3.04/EU25 methodology and for the economic analysis the production cost is used. The results indicate that aggregating wood chips to recover the organoleptic properties on wine is the alternative that generates less environmental impact and the least expensive, while the highest environmental impact and cost are produced when using wood slaves. On the other hand, additives from Quercus alba wood are less expensive and present low environmental impact in relation to those from Quercus petraea.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Francisco Javier Flor Montalvo; Eduardo Martínez Cámara; María Mercedes Pérez de la Parte; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Julio Blanco-Fernández. Economic-environmental impact analysis of alternative systems for red wine ageing in re-used barrels. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 244, 118783 .

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz, Francisco Javier Flor Montalvo, Eduardo Martínez Cámara, María Mercedes Pérez de la Parte, Emilio Jiménez-Macías, Julio Blanco-Fernández. Economic-environmental impact analysis of alternative systems for red wine ageing in re-used barrels. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 244 ():118783.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Francisco Javier Flor Montalvo; Eduardo Martínez Cámara; María Mercedes Pérez de la Parte; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Julio Blanco-Fernández. 2019. "Economic-environmental impact analysis of alternative systems for red wine ageing in re-used barrels." Journal of Cleaner Production 244, no. : 118783.

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Published: 21 September 2019 in Processes
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This paper reports a case study using a standardization process for increasing efficiency and a better optimization of resources in a printing company with 150 operators having manual and mechanical tasks in the box assembly department along with four production lines. The current capacity is 350 boxes per day, while the demand is 650 units, where the company is expected to pay large sums for overtime. Using work standardization, studying worker movements, timing, and workstations redesign, the main goal was to increase the efficiency and productivity indexes. After applying those tools, the inefficient movements in operators decreased from 230 to 78, eliminating 66% of the unnecessary movements, as well as the standard time in a workstation decreased from 244 to 199 s (18.44%) per each assembled box, and the production rate increased by 63.2%, that is, 229 units per assembly line a day, where overtime was reduced to zero.

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Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas; Francisco Javier Flor-Moltalvo; Julio Blanco-Fernández; Joanna Denisse Sandoval-Quintanilla; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz. Implementation of Production Process Standardization—A Case Study of a Publishing Company from the SMEs Sector. Processes 2019, 7, 646 .

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Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas, Francisco Javier Flor-Moltalvo, Julio Blanco-Fernández, Joanna Denisse Sandoval-Quintanilla, Emilio Jiménez-Macías, Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz. Implementation of Production Process Standardization—A Case Study of a Publishing Company from the SMEs Sector. Processes. 2019; 7 (10):646.

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Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas; Francisco Javier Flor-Moltalvo; Julio Blanco-Fernández; Joanna Denisse Sandoval-Quintanilla; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz. 2019. "Implementation of Production Process Standardization—A Case Study of a Publishing Company from the SMEs Sector." Processes 7, no. 10: 646.

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Published: 24 June 2019 in Wireless Networks
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This article reports a structural equation model (SEM) with four latent variables to measure the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICT) integration with supply chain flexibility, supply chain agility, and company’s performance. The SEM integrates six hypotheses with relationships among variables and is validated with 378 responses from manufacturing sector to a questionnaire and partial least squares technique is used to evaluate it and test the hypotheses statistically. A sensitivity analysis is conducted in different scenarios to know conditional probabilities of occurrence of dependent variables, since a scenario has occurred in the independent variable with low and high success level. Findings indicate that ICT integration in supply chain facilitate to monitoring the production process, partners integration and have a direct effect on agility and flexibility for manufacturers, providing an active material’ or subassemblies’ flow among partners with greater visibility and making agile and joint decision-making.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Valeria Martínez-Loya; José Roberto Díaz-Reza; Julio Blanco-Fernández; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Alfonso Jesús Gil López. Effect of ICT integration on SC flexibility, agility and company’ performance: the Mexican maquiladora experience. Wireless Networks 2019, 26, 4805 -4818.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz, Valeria Martínez-Loya, José Roberto Díaz-Reza, Julio Blanco-Fernández, Emilio Jiménez-Macías, Alfonso Jesús Gil López. Effect of ICT integration on SC flexibility, agility and company’ performance: the Mexican maquiladora experience. Wireless Networks. 2019; 26 (7):4805-4818.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Valeria Martínez-Loya; José Roberto Díaz-Reza; Julio Blanco-Fernández; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Alfonso Jesús Gil López. 2019. "Effect of ICT integration on SC flexibility, agility and company’ performance: the Mexican maquiladora experience." Wireless Networks 26, no. 7: 4805-4818.

Journal article
Published: 28 March 2019 in Sustainability
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A successful Just in Time (JIT) implementation is based on human resources integration (managers, operators and suppliers) and other lean manufacturing techniques applied in the production process. However, the relationship between these variables is not easily quantified. This paper reports a structural equation model that integrates variables associated with JIT implementation: management commitment, human resources integration, suppliers and production tools and technique, which affect the benefits gained, and are integrated into nine hypotheses or relationships among then. The model is evaluated with information from 352 responses to a questionnaire applied to manufacturing industry, and partial least squares technique is used to evaluate it. The direct effects, sum of indirect effects, and total effects are quantified, and a sensitivity analysis based on conditional probabilities is reported to know scenarios associated with low and high levels in variables’ execution and how they impact the benefits obtained. Findings indicate that managerial commitment is the most important variable in the JIT implementation process, since managers are the ones that determine the relationships with suppliers, integrate human resources, and approve the lean manufacturing techniques and tools that support the JIT.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Arturo Realyvasquez-Vargas; Pedro García-Alcaraz; Mercedes Pérez De La Parte; Julio Blanco Fernández; Emilio Jiménez Macias. Effects of Human Factors and Lean Techniques on Just in Time Benefits. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1864 .

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz, Arturo Realyvasquez-Vargas, Pedro García-Alcaraz, Mercedes Pérez De La Parte, Julio Blanco Fernández, Emilio Jiménez Macias. Effects of Human Factors and Lean Techniques on Just in Time Benefits. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (7):1864.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; Arturo Realyvasquez-Vargas; Pedro García-Alcaraz; Mercedes Pérez De La Parte; Julio Blanco Fernández; Emilio Jiménez Macias. 2019. "Effects of Human Factors and Lean Techniques on Just in Time Benefits." Sustainability 11, no. 7: 1864.

Journal article
Published: 01 March 2019 in Sustainability
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This paper reports a second-order structural equation model composed of four variables: the green attributes before and after an industrial production process, the operating benefits, the commercial benefits, and the economic benefits. The variables are related by means of five hypotheses and are validated statistically with information obtained from 559 responses to a questionnaire applied to the Mexican maquila industry. The model is evaluated using the technique of partial least squares and the results obtained indicate that the green attributes before and after the production process have a direct and positive effect on the obtained benefits, mostly on the operational ones. It is concluded that companies that are focused on increasing their greenness level must monitor and evaluate the existence of green attributes in their production process to guarantee benefits and make fast decisions if required due to deviations.

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José Roberto Mendoza-Fong; Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; José Roberto Díaz-Reza; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Julio Blanco-Fernández. The Role of Green Attributes in Production Processes as Well as Their Impact on Operational, Commercial, and Economic Benefits. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1294 .

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José Roberto Mendoza-Fong, Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz, José Roberto Díaz-Reza, Emilio Jiménez-Macías, Julio Blanco-Fernández. The Role of Green Attributes in Production Processes as Well as Their Impact on Operational, Commercial, and Economic Benefits. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (5):1294.

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José Roberto Mendoza-Fong; Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz; José Roberto Díaz-Reza; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Julio Blanco-Fernández. 2019. "The Role of Green Attributes in Production Processes as Well as Their Impact on Operational, Commercial, and Economic Benefits." Sustainability 11, no. 5: 1294.

Book chapter
Published: 20 February 2019 in Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
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Petri nets and simulation are a modeling paradigm and a tool, respectively, which may be successfully combined for diverse applications, such as performance evaluation, decision support, or training on complex systems. Simulation may require significant computer resources; hence, in this chapter, two Petri net-based formalisms are analyzed for profiting from their respective advantages for modeling, simulation, and decision-making support: a set of alternative Petri nets and a compound Petri net. These formalisms, as well as the transformation algorithms between them, are detailed and an illustrative example is provided. Among the main advantages of these formalisms, their intuitive application for modeling discrete event systems in the process of being designed, as well as the compactness that may present the resulting model, in the case of a compound Petri net, leading to efficient decision making, can be mentioned.

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Juan-Ignacio Latorre-Biel; Emilio Jiménez-Macías. Petri Net Models Optimized for Simulation. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 2019, 1 .

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Juan-Ignacio Latorre-Biel, Emilio Jiménez-Macías. Petri Net Models Optimized for Simulation. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory. 2019; ():1.

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Juan-Ignacio Latorre-Biel; Emilio Jiménez-Macías. 2019. "Petri Net Models Optimized for Simulation." Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory , no. : 1.

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Published: 01 January 2019 in Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering
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Advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT) acquisition by maquiladoras (foreign-owned manufacturing companies) is a tendency that allows these companies to maximize their commercial benefits. However, it remains unclear how the AMT implementation impacts on their performance. In addition, this research studies 383 responses to a questionnaire about the AMT implementation in the Mexican maquiladora industry and reports an analysis with four latent variables associating obtained benefits after the AMT implementation—human resources, flexibility, production process, and commercial benefits—where their relationships are evaluated through six hypotheses using a structural equation model (SEM). Finally, the outcomes demonstrated that AMT benefits for human resources have a direct effect on flexibility, production process, and commercial benefits. However, the direct effect from human resources benefits, knowledge, and experience on commercial benefits are acquired through indirect effects, using flexibility and production process as mediator variables.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaráz; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas; Liliana Avelar Sosa; Aide Aracely Maldonado-Macías. Role of Human Resources, Production Process, and Flexibility on Commercial Benefits From AMT Investments. Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering 2019, 51 -81.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaráz, Emilio Jiménez-Macías, Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas, Liliana Avelar Sosa, Aide Aracely Maldonado-Macías. Role of Human Resources, Production Process, and Flexibility on Commercial Benefits From AMT Investments. Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering. 2019; ():51-81.

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Jorge Luis García-Alcaráz; Emilio Jiménez-Macías; Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas; Liliana Avelar Sosa; Aide Aracely Maldonado-Macías. 2019. "Role of Human Resources, Production Process, and Flexibility on Commercial Benefits From AMT Investments." Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering , no. : 51-81.