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Collaborative planning mechanisms coordinate the decisions of multiple, autonomous, and self-interested decisions makers under asymmetric information. The approach proposed in this paper extends collaborative planning for the distributed multi-level uncapacitated lot-sizing problem by integrating compensation payments. Compensation or side payments provide an incentive for individual decision makers...
In research, many barriers to BITA are presented based on different theoretical frameworks. However, these barriers are studied either from a pure theoretical perspective or with limited empirical scope. This consequently hinders the achievement of BITA in organizations. In this paper the practitioners view of barriers to BITA are investigated aiming at producing a list of barriers which practitioners...
Technology is taking an increasingly prominent role in firm strategy and investments, yet there is a high degree of variability of returns in technology based expenditures. Fragmented technology investments can lead to reduced firm flexibility and higher operating costs over time. Coordinated technology planning and effective IT governance can manage tradeoffs between short term and long term benefits...
Over recent years, more and more companies have come to recognise the utility of storytelling in the workplace. Stories are thought to be an effective means of sharing information and can fulfil a range of knowledge management functions. Furthermore, storytelling can contribute to social bonds between co-workers because stories allow the audience to create impressions about the attitudes and beliefs...
Business travels are an important component of our economy and essential in a globalized world. However, to date there are no business travel portals which support travelers over the holistic travel process -- before, during and after the trip. Thus, the aim of this work is to define the necessary clusters of services (building blocks) for a business travel portal that allows the traveler to satisfy...
Today's business environment is characterized by complex logistics networks which contain multiple actors participating in the provision of products and services. These (potentially) legally independent yet highly inter-dependent companies need to be coordinated in their actions to achieve a high supply chain performance. Thereby, peculiar challenges -- affecting the design of effective coordination...
Agile development approaches, such as Scrum, continue to gain importance in today's world. Since previous research has predominantly treated development approaches as a black box, we answer the call for empirical research concerning adoption of agile methods. The study's aim is to assess the adoption or adaption of Scrum principles at an e-commerce company. The findings of our in-depth single case...
Researchers have found that approximately 70% of information systems (IS) development projects in Japan have failed, thus increasing the demand for solutions that will increase expected project success rates. One study that explored the identification of factors that affect project performance found that six factors of organizational culture influence the project outcome for information technology...
A scenario is the series of elements of information which supports decision making. Action Planning is a method for cultivating ideas to generate practical scenarios of actions (strategic scenarios). Frameworks and items on Action Planning sheets provide participants with constraint, and guide creative thinking to solve social issues. In this study, we propose a method for evaluating a value of a...
Planning in a multi-site, non-mass production environment is a special challenge because of several sources of uncertainty. Unlike in mass production facilities, in our setting the current state at all sites cannot be determined easily and exactly due to the spatial distribution of sites and the low degree of automation. For re-planning in case of failures, the possible alternative actions have to...
In this paper, a simulation based optimization method is introduced. A combined simulation and Non Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-II (NSGA-II) optimization engine is developed to solve a maintenance process problem for an industrial case. The coupling is used in order to optimize the performances of the simulation model representing a maintenance process by choosing the best queues' scheduling...
Pertamina's Central Hospital (RSPP) is a hospital which implements up-to-date by applying the concept of some systems that support each activity. Any information system that is integrated with other systems, but some RSPP owned systems are information systems of inpatient care, Ambulatory information systems, Lab information systems, Radiology information system and information systems Pharmacy (Pharmacy)...
Over 30 years, our R&D division produces new business through technology & skills. This presentation explores some recent method which creates new business and execution examples in Japan's company. We call this “Customer Value Method” which changes technology into customer value & new business. The feature of “Customer Value Method” consists of the visible planning process which engineers...
Extensive exploitation of technology is strategically planned so far only in very few research institutions and companies. Thereby a great technological as well as economic potential remains untapped. A major reason for the neglect of the exploitation potential is that a situational assessment of exploitation opportunities throughout the entire technology life cycle has not yet been systematically...
We describe the results of a 7-year management experiment in a small, high technology, research-services enterprise where the company moved from a traditional hierarchical management structure to a novel, researcher-centric, client-focused organization. We challenged traditional organizational assumptions: : Management is sometimes denigrated by technical leadership. So what is the meaning of "manager?”...
The Cyclone division of the company in the case study has been plagued by maintaining sales growth, late delivery of products, a high turnover of staff and a lack of developing new products. The interrelationships between the aspects are complex and contribute towards substandard performance in the division. The investigation set out to determine how the sales function should be managed and how to...
In plant construction business engineering has an outstanding influence on project success. Thereby, a plant is usually provided by a general contractor as turnkey solution. However, to win these projects, the general contractor is depending on external engineering service providers. The reasons are e.g. missing expertise in non-core-competence activities, lack of staff or too high costs of internal...
This study is about the Product Planning Process in the era of Service Dominant Logic (SDL). It had been said during the age of Goods Dominant Logic (GDL) that the key to success in marketing was effectively adapting the Marketing Mix (4Ps). However, in practice, most product planners at that time only focused attention on “products” (goods), mainly by implementing the latest technologies then as...
The introduction of sustainability skills into higher education curricula is a natural effect of the increasing importance of sustainability in our daily lives. Topics like green computing, sustainable design or environmental engineering have become part of the knowledge required by today's engineers. Furthermore, we strongly believe that the introduction of this skill will eventually enable future...
The aim of this paper is to show the concept of Cyber Physical Logistics Systems (CPLS). The individual parts are based on already existing solutions, either industrial products or research demonstrators both based on the concept of the Internet of Things. After listing new requirements and opportunities of these CPLS and the basic technology layers, a real-world scenario is used to illustrate the...
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