Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Fragapane, Giuseppe"
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An Agent-Based Simulation Approach To Model Hospital Logistics
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Zhang, Cevin; Sgarbossa, Fabio; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The increasing rate of hospital admissions has resulted in a commensurate increase in the number of treatments and surgeries performed, as well as resource and material usage, and requires planners to improve hospitals’ ... -
Autonomous Mobile Robots in Hospital Logistics
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Hvolby, Hans-Henrik; Sgarbossa, Fabio; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Chapter, 2020)The recent advances in technology have increased flexibility in indoor mobility and human-robot collaboration, opening up new opportunities to perform material handling tasks, especially in narrow, dynamic environments, ... -
Autonomous mobile robots in sterile instrument logistics: An evaluation of the material handling system for a strategic fit framework
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Hvolby, Hans-Henrik; Sgarbossa, Fabio; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The logistics activities of sterile instruments are both labour- and cost-intensive. Automating sterile instrument transportation offers an excellent opportunity to reduce staff members’ responsibilities and time committed ... -
Cloud Material Handling Systems: Conceptual Model and Cloud-Based Scheduling of Handling Activities
Sgarbossa, Fabio; Peron, Mirco; Fragapane, Giuseppe (Chapter, 2020)Nowadays, the implementation of cloud manufacturing technologies epitomizes the avant-garde in production systems. This affects several aspects of the management of these production systems, in particular scheduling ... -
A Cross-disciplinary, cross-organizational approach to sustainable design and product innovation in the aluminum industry
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Schulte, Kjersti Øverbø; Eleftheriadis, Ragnhild; Reke, Eivind; Ringen, Geir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Aluminum is a promising sustainable and industrial resource that provides strong, lightweight structures with complex geometric possibilities, a high recovery rate in the recycling process, and low-emission production when ... -
Digital Assembly Assistance System in Industry 4.0 Era: A Case Study with Projected Augmented Reality
Simonetto, Marco; Peron, Mirco; Fragapane, Giuseppe; Sgarbossa, Fabio (Chapter, 2021)Automation has increased more and more in manufacturing companies over the last decades. However, manual labor is still used in a variety of complex tasks and is currently irreplaceable, especially in assembly operations. ... -
Digital Facility Layout Planning
Peron, Mirco; Fragapane, Giuseppe; Sgarbossa, Fabio; Kay, Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In recent years, companies have increased their focus on sustainability to achieve environmental-friendly improvements, to manage pressures from society and regulations, and to attract customers that appreciate sustainability ... -
The Effect of Digitalization and Human-Centric on Companies’ Production Performances
Wan, Paul Kengfai; Sølvsberg, Endre; Eleftheriadis, Ragnhild; Fragapane, Giuseppe (Chapter, 2023)Industry 5.0 is the inclusion of humans in the production line. This is because human is now considered a prerequisite for any industry to enhance production performances. However, most of the technological enablers still ... -
A global survey on the current state of practice in Zero Defect Manufacturing and its impact on production performance
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Eleftheriadis, Ragnhild; Powell, Daryl; Antony, Jiju (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)To be competitive in dynamic and global markets, manufacturing companies are continuously seeking to apply innovative production strategies and methods combined with advanced digital technologies to improve their flexibility, ... -
Increasing flexibility and productivity in Industry 4.0 production networks with autonomous mobile robots and smart intralogistics
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Ivanov, Dmitry; Peron, Mirco; Sgarbossa, Fabio; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Manufacturing flexibility improves a firm’s ability to react in timely manner to customer demands and to increase production system productivity without incurring excessive costs and expending an excessive amount of ... -
Internal Logistics in Hospitals: Automated Guided Vehicles’ Affect on Hospital Layout
Kvalsvik, Petter Andreas (Master thesis, 2019)En stadig mer sentralisert og aldrende befolkning fører til at høykostland som Norge opplever et stadig økende press på helsetjenester. Moderne sykehus er derfor nødt til å se etter muligheter for å senke kostnader og øke ... -
Investigating an Immersive Virtual Mock-Up Approach for Workstation Design
Sjøberg, Ivan (Master thesis, 2019)Innen vareproduksjon er skiftende produkter en fremvoksende trend. Forbrukeren ønsker nye produkter, flere tilpasningsmuligheter og mer variasjon. Det fører med seg at bedriftene må tilpasse seg og opprettholde ... -
Material Distribution and Transportation in a Norwegian Hospital: A Case Study
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Bertnum, Aili Biriita; Hvolby, Hans-Henrik; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Automated Guided Vehicles have shown significant importance in material transportation and distribution in today’s hospitals. The increasing trends of shorter hospital stays and increase of treatments and surgeries in ... -
Measures for Timely Delivery of Materials Transported by Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) in Hospitals
Vaule, Ida Borgen (Master thesis, 2018)In recent years there has been an increase in material demand in Norwegian hospitals, and studies show that there are high expenditures for hospital logistics. This signifies the importance of developing favorable logistics ... -
Medical Supplies to the Point-Of-Use in Hospitals
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Bertnum, Aili Biriita; Hvolby, Hans-Henrik; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Chapter, 2019)In order to match financial sustainability with the delivery of high-quality healthcare hospitals need to seek efficient ways of managing inventories with a large variety of medical supplies. To find a balance in the ... -
A Nested Configuration of POLCA and Generic Kanban in a High Product Mix Manufacturing System
Olaitan, Oladipupo Azeez; Fragapane, Giuseppe; Alfnes, Erlend; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)The work presented in this paper is part of a project aimed at streamlining and improving the process flow at a leather furniture manufacturing company. The manufacturing throughput time is highly variable, and this makes ... -
Optimizing Leather Cutting Process in Make-to-Order Production to Increase Hide Utilization
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Olaitan, Oladipupo; Alfnes, Erlend; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Chapter, 2018)The growing trend of customization in the leather furniture industry has increased the need for many companies to switch from Make-To-Stock (MTS) to Make-To-Order (MTO) strategy. The shift to high-mix and low-volume presents ... -
Planning and control of autonomous mobile robots for intralogistics: Literature review and research agenda
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Koster, Rene de; Sgarbossa, Fabio; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Autonomous mobile robots (AMR) are currently being introduced in many intralogistics operations, like manufacturing, warehousing, cross-docks, terminals, and hospitals. Their advanced hardware and control software allow ... -
Planning Autonomous Material Transportation in Hospitals
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Roy, Debjit; Sgarbossa, Fabio; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Chapter, 2021)Until recently, architects planned the layout for a new hospital based only on design aspects, experience, and legal regulations. Today, hospital logistics planners are included at an earlier stage in the project and support ... -
Possibilities and Benefits of Intermediate Care Units in Healthcare Systems from a Logistics Perspective
Bertnum, Aili Biriita; Fragapane, Giuseppe; Semini, Marco; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Chapter, 2018)Intermediate care units have been established as a response to the emerging challenges of healthcare systems to maintain high quality and continuous care. While the term is well known in both literature and practice, it ...