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This paper presents a methodology and corresponding results how interdependencies in-between lifecycle phases deriving from the application of Eco-Design strategies can be identified to support engineering management. Thereby, interdependencies among the phases `Product Planning', `Product Development', `Production Planning', `Production', `Distribution', `Utilization', `Maintenance', `Modernization'...
We propose a measure to estimate the novelty of component combinations included in technologies. We used the International Patent Classification (IPC) included in patent publications as proxies of technology components. We analyzed the inventions related to photocatalysts of granted and rejected patent applications filed with the Japan Patent Office. We calculated the novelty of component combinations...
The benefits brought by information sharing in construction supply chain (ISCSC) can be manifested in many aspects. The calculation of added-value generated from information sharing is complicated and difficult, and this paper proposes to measure the above-mentioned benefits from three aspects: construction period, cost and quality. By establishing mathematical equations of added-value in terms of...
Through measures of making full use of the limited infrastructure, the introduction of supply chain management and cooperation strategy and information technology, the current construction enterprises can improve their customer service, shorten the production cycle, improve production quality and strengthen its competitiveness. Based on the analysis of supply chain synergy in construction enterprises,...
Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics in English or PPSMI were implemented in January 2003 by Malaysian's highly respected former prime minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad. PPSMI is an essential agenda which not only created to improve English proficiency among pupils but to elevate learning and achievement levels in Science and Mathematics among Malays and Bumiputera especially those...
Brand development in a company which functions in some particular economic sector involves a range of specific measures on branding. In particular, the specifity of working with a freight-forwarding company brand is caused by the fact that such companies belong among the following groups of organizations: 1) operating in service-business, 2) operating mainly in B2B-area, 3) operating in transport...
Taking the electronic manufacturer Y as an example, this paper uses the stream-flow diagram to discuss the improvement process of such a production system. Based on the theory of lean value and the production process status of this factory, it describes the process with the visualized way and identifies the main kinds of waste. And working out the optimal output of products by the mathematical model...
From the perspective of a literal interpretation, an important identical equation, multidisciplinary integration, this paper studies MFCA in-depth to explore its logic jumping-off point for low-carbon.
Rapid development of IT enables more professional buyers to put even more pressure on manufacturing enterprise's margins. Existing literatures recommend the transition from basic product offerings to service-based offerings in order to regain competitiveness in such a context. This requires manufacturing enterprises to change existing innovation organizational structure based on the requirements of...
The implementation of ERP can not only bring enterprise promotion of management, but also enhance economic benefit by a wide margin. But the success rate of enterprise put ERP into effect is low at home and abroad at present, brings enterprise much economic loss. Author found reasons of failure and successful experience from ERP cases at home and abroad, consider that series of inner and outer factor...
Human-based Management is an inevitable development trend in modern enterprises management; it is the requirement of complete human-being development on enterprise management. Human-based management, i.e. the commonly called "human oriented", means regarding human being as the core of management activities, highlighting the management thought of promoting the completion of organization goals...
In China, power supply company has solved a lot of problems of rural power management by computer. Because informatization is not enough, grassroots power supply companies have different situations and some promoting softwares could not satisfy grassroots units' individual needs. At present, there are still some problems of rural power management in city county-level power supply company, such as...
The modern economy today is no longer without innovative development, which is largely determined by the level of activity of venture business and its place in the knowledge economy.
This paper studies the application of an approach to enhance information security awareness amongst employees within middle-eastern companies, in effort to improve information security. We aim at surveying the current attitudes and awareness levels of 116 employees in 22 companies towards information security. Two companies, from the group of companies, opted to implement a sample of the new approach...
The paper investigates auditors' reaction to financial restatement based on audit fees. We find that auditors do react to financial restatement and charge higher audit fees of firms which disclose financial restatement significantly. And auditors pay more attention to the financial restatement due to fraud and the risk-adjusted of Audit Fee to the restatement due to fraud is much greater than the...
As the retail market for information and communications technology (ICT) becomes increasingly competitive, managers and marketers face the challenge of finding ways to motivate consumers to pay more for ICT products. Studies have examined the concept of luxury in the context of retail markets; however, few have investigated how the concept applies to the ICT market. This empirical study shows that...
By using of the symbiotic theory in population ecology, this article describes three symbiosis patterns between logistics enterprises in logistics park, parasitism, commensalism and mutualism. And then it analyzed the economic benefits of symbiotic logistics enterprises in the park by using the logistic model of ecology.
With the promotion of the bill of quantity in china, the payment system which is based on the bill of quantity has raised even stricter requirement for the final settlement. Towards all the issues exposed in the final settlement process, the owner needs to find an efficient way to control the final settlement urgently. Interior control is a method which is used in the enterprise management so as to...
Online business is growing rapidly for small sized companies in retail industry, but the small companies' online manufacturing services are less developed. The main reason is that the manufacturing process is very complex. And there are a lot of manufacturing parameters to be chosen. Before the manufacturing process, a deep communication between the client and the manufacturing engineers is necessary...
The immense competitive pressure by global competition in the machine tool industry forces the companies to enlarge their efforts in respect to innovations, which is bond with the production of complex and high-tech products. In the meantime the shortening of a product’s life cycle leads to the condition that companies are to focus on their service offers in order to ensure an advantage in competition...
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