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Vladimír Modrák
Vladimír Modrák
is a Professor of Manufacturing Technology and Vice-Dean of Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies Technical University of Košice with a seat in Prešov. He obtained a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering at the same University in 1989. His research interests include Manufacturing Logistics, Cellular Manufacturing and other related disciplines. Professor Modrák is Vice-Editor in Chief of
Slovak Journal on Manufacturing Engineering
and editorial board member of several international journals. He also served as session chair and chairman at International Conferences. He lectured as visiting professor at University of Perugia (Italy), University of Applied Sciences Wildau (Germany), University of Czestochowa (Poland) and held seminars at the Keyworth Institute at the University of Leeds (UK), University of Salerno (Italy) and University of Perugia. Presently, he is also chairmen of the Commission for doctoral study in the field of Industrial Engineering. He is co-author and editor of several books on manufacturing logistics, manufacturing technology and other topics.
Publications
Production Strategies of Companies in Machine Manufacturing Industry
Vladimir Modrak, Sorin Mihai Radu. © 2015. 58 pages.
In the portfolio of strategies of any industrial company, the production strategy occupies a central place. Preparing it is based on knowing well the technological process and...
Handbook of Research on Design and Management of Lean Production Systems
Vladimír Modrák, Pavol Semančo. © 2014. 487 pages.
In a production environment, batch size is proportional to cost and productivity. Innovative technologies have emerged in lean manufacturing as a way to include a number of...
Cell Design for Transforming the Job Shop Production Process to Lean
Vladimír Modrák, Pavol Semančo. © 2014. 18 pages.
The transformation of production process from batch to flow can be seen as an effective way to optimize material flows in job shop manufacturing environments. This transformation...
Developments in Modern Operations Management and Cellular Manufacturing
Vladimír Modrák, Pavol Semanco. © 2013. 20 pages.
Operations management as a knowledge domain appears to be gaining position as a respected and dynamic academic discipline that is undergoing constant development. Therefore, from...
The Management of Basic Production Functions
I. C. Dima, Vladimir Modrák. © 2013. 66 pages.
The production achieved in any industrial company is generically called basic production that needs an appropriate management that is different for every type of mass, serial, or...
Operations Management Research and Cellular Manufacturing Systems: Innovative Methods and Approaches
Vladimir Modrák, R. Sudhakara Pandian. © 2012. 368 pages.
Traditional manufacturing systems are no longer able to satisfy new requirements introduced by increasingly global markets, resulting in the need for automated industries with...
Developments in Modern Operations Management and Cellular Manufacturing
Vladimír Modrák, Pavol Semanco. © 2012. 20 pages.
Operations management as a knowledge domain appears to be gaining position as a respected and dynamic academic discipline that is undergoing constant development. Therefore, from...
Alternative Heuristic Algorithm for Flow Shop Scheduling Problem
Vladimír Modrák, R. Sudhakra Pandian, Pavol Semanco. © 2012. 21 pages.
In this chapter an alternative heuristic algorithm is proposed that is assumed for a deterministic flow shop scheduling problem. The algorithm is addressed to an m-machine and...
Business Process Management as a Critical Success Factor in EIS Implementation
Vladimír Modrák. © 2011. 13 pages.
Nowadays, the implementation of business process management modern tools in companies becomes a mater of acceptation of an effective organization management. The first ultimate...
Virtual Logistics from Outsourcing Logistics
Vladimir Modrák. © 2010. 9 pages.
The wide utilisation of information communication technology has significantly affected also a development of logistics services concepts. Consequently, research in the area of...
Security and Reliability of RFID Technology in Supply Chain Management
Vladimír Modrák, Peter Knuth. © 2010. 8 pages.
RFID (radio frequency identification) technology can be expressed in the most universal manner as wireless identification technology, which does not need the line-of-sight to be...
Business Process Management as a Critical Success Factor in EIS Implementation
Vladimír Modrák. © 2010. 13 pages.
Nowadays, the implementation of business process management modern tools in companies becomes a mater of acceptation of an effective organization management. The first ultimate...
Business Process Management as a Critical Success Factor in EIS Implementation
Vladimír Modrák. © 2010. 12 pages.
Nowadays, the implementation of business process management modern tools in companies becomes a mater of acceptation of an effective organization management. The first ultimate...
Business Process Management as a Critical Success Factor in EIS Implementation
Vladimír Modrák. © 2010. 13 pages.
Nowadays, the implementation of business process management modern tools in companies becomes a mater of acceptation of an effective organization management. The first ultimate...
International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking (IJVCSN)
Subhasish Dasgupta, Rohit Rampal. Est. 2009.
Virtual communities and social networking are changing our social and work environments. The International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking (IJVCSN) provides...
Integration of MES and ERP
Vladimír Modrák. © 2009. 4 pages.
In the present manufacturing paradigm, manufacturing execution systems (MESs) play a significant role in effective manufacturing management. Offered software solutions...
Security and Reliability of RFID Technology in Supply Chain Management
Vladimír Modrák, Peter Knuth. © 2009. 6 pages.
RFID (radio frequency identification) technology can be expressed in the most universal manner as wireless identi- fication technology, which does not need the line-of-sight to...
Virtual Logistics from Outsourcing Logistics
Vladimir Modrák. © 2008. 7 pages.
The wide utilisation of information communication technology has significantly affected also a development of logistics services concepts. Consequently, research in the area of...
Functionalities and Position of Manufacturing Execution Systems
Vladimír Modrák. © 2008. 8 pages.
Efforts to separate unequivocally substantial signs of versatile tools of manufacturing management are usually marked by a narrowed view of the field of their use. Similarly, it...
Virtual Reality Technology in Computer-Aided Production Engineering
Vladimír Modrák, Jozef Novák Marcincin. © 2006. 4 pages.
After applications of virtual reality (VR) in the realm of flight simulators and computer games a need to exercise these technologies in industry is rising significantly....
Information and Communication Technologies in Supply Chain Management
Vladimír Modrák, Imrich Kiss. © 2005. 34 pages.
One of the important fields of application of the modern information and communication technology (ICT) has been the Supply Chain Management (SCM). Despite the fact that ICT is...
Functionalities and Position of Manufacturing Execution Systems
Vladimír Modrák. © 2005. 6 pages.
Efforts to separate unequivocally substantial signs of versatile tools of manufacturing management are usually marked by a narrowed view of the field of their use. Similarly, it...