Dissertations / Theses: 'Factory Planning Process'

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Chen, Danfang. "Information management for the factory planning process." Licentiate thesis, Stockholm : Skolan för industriell teknik och management, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-11418.

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Krishnan, Vinod. "Scenario Planning Process of Energy Companies in Sweden." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Avd.), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-35586.

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Scenario Planning as a tool for planning for the future has widespread use in the industry today and enjoys an envious status as the primary tool of futures thinking. However, the development in this field has been mired with confusion on its application and purpose. Since popularized by Shell in its use to anticipate the oil crisis in the 70s, scenario thinking has grown in use to aid public policy making, corporate strategic planning and even in the natural sciences. This paper attempts to study the scenario planning process design from a corporate perspective by studying its use in energy companies in Sweden. Energy companies present an ideal industry for this study as it is embroiled with obvious uncertainties in future power and carbon prices but also with subjective uncertainties tied to the political interest in the industry and the industry being in the centre of the climate change debate. Furthermore, the extremely long term nature of investment projects in this industry further exacerbates the need for deep insights into the future. This paper studies the nature of the scenario planning process based on two past papers; that have identified the key characteristics of scenarios. Firm specific internal factors are used to explain the differences in the process designs found in empirical data. Finally a framework to design a scenario planning process is proposed. This framework takes into account these internal factors to enable companies to leverage their internal resources and make full use of scenario planning as a tool.

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Aleem, Majid, and Md Shariful Islam. "Successful Succession in Family Businesses : Individual Level Factors and Succession Planning Models." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-9326.

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Individual level factors related to the successor have a central role to play in the succession process of the business. When these factors are viewed in relation to succession planning models, these factors have a direct relation to the succession models in terms of success or failure of the succession process. The major contributing factor to the success or failure of the succession process is that of the leadership provided to the organization by the predecessor. These leadership qualities change from one form to another during different phases of the succession planning models.

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Wei, Mengdi, and Yang Liu. "Key Factors and Key Obstacles in Global Supply Chain Management : A Study in Demand Planning Process." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-15964.

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In Recent years, global supply chain management has been a popular study area due to the economic globalization. This study mainly focus on the demand planning process of demand management in global supply chain management. The purpose of this thesis is to find the key factors and obstacles in demand planning process both in theory and practice, and solutions for the obstacles. Based on many scholar researches, a brief introduction of demand management and demand planning has been made at the beginning of the theoretical framework. Key factors, key obstacles and solutions are collected and clarified from empirical study and scholar researches in the theoretical framework. Qualitative approach is adopted as basic approach. We use case study to do the research and interviews to collect data. A server manufacturer of IBM named ISTC (International System Technology Corporation) is chosen as a case for this research. The key factors, obstacles and improvements of empirical study are compared with the facts of ISTC. New factors, obstacles and their new descriptions are figured out through the comparison between theory and the fact of the case. A suggestion for improvement and solution for the demand planning process is also put forward based on the empirical study and the facts of ISTC by this method.

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McLeod, John Stanford. "Planning for startup : an evaluation of factors affecting the startup of process industry facilities /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3004338.

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Castro, Amulfo de. "A technique for multi-attribute utility expansion planning under uncertainty : with focus on incorporating environmental factors into the planning process /." Diss., This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-162223/.

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Kafi, Kambiz. "Critical Success Factors for Integration of Enterprise Resource Planning System." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-28656.

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Title: Critical Success Factors for Integration of Enterprise Resource Planning System Level: Student thesis, final assignment for Master Degree (one year) in Business Administration Author: Kambiz Kafi Supervisor: Dr. Maria Fregidou-Malama Examiner: Dr. Ehsanul Huda Chowdhury Date: 2018-11-26 Aim: This study examines the Critical Success Factor (CSF) model and its implementation in a case study where ERP Systems are integrated. The model includes Legacy System as a CSF. Method: Deductive reasoning and case study were applied to support the research theory. Primary and secondary data were collected. Interviews with managers and staffs were performed. Result & Conclusions: The study shows the factors that are critical in successful implementation of ERP project and how a successful implementation and integration of ERP projects is executed when two companies are being merged. It also shows how the ERP integration project can be implemented. This work studied an implementation of Holland and Light’s theoretical CSF model empirically and validated that the model is general and robust for successful ERP implementation and managing changes. Contribution of the research: This study of integration of few Legacy Systems when companies are being merged is a contribution to the theory of CSF. The central role that Legacy Systems plays in ERP project implementation is shown empirically. This study presents Software Alignment (Software Configuration) based on two company’s business processes empirically and found it to be essential in success of ERP projects. The research shows how CSF model manages changes, assisting managers in merging two companies successfully. The research presents a modified Holland and Light CSF model to meet the merging situations. Suggestions for future research: To gain more knowledge about CSFs for integration of ERPs, this study suggests further cross- industrial empirical studies in wholesale and retail industries with varied sizes. Research about identifying CFSs in extended ERP using e_CRM is recommended.

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Williams, Tyrone Roderick. "Private sector suburban land assembly in the Boston area : analyzing strategies and factors in the process." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70619.

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Maseko, Benjamin Velaphi. "Identifying key success factors of strategic planning in retail branches of a South African bank / Benjamin Velaphi Maseko." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8722.

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This study focused on identification of success factors of strategy implementation in retail branches of a bank. The objective of this study was to identify and investigate the possible factors which influence successful implementation of strategic plans in a retail banking environment. In doing so, establish various factors that inhibit successful strategy implementation and explore approaches or best practices that could be adopted to facilitate effective implementation of strategic decisions. The data was collected through questionnaires distributed to the branch managers of the institution. 153 respondents out of a population of 615 participated in the study. The results showed that understanding one’s local market, knowing your customer, communication, leadership, culture-strategy alignment, resources-strategy alignment, rewards and tactical plan are the top success factors of strategy implementation within branches of this bank. Thesis (MBA)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013

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Garcia, Dominie. "Process and Outcome Factors of Enterprise Transformation: A Study of the Retail Sector." Diss., Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006, 2006. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-05242006-140945/.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. Branislav Vidakovic, Committee Member ; Chip White, Committee Member ; Amy Pritchett, Committee Member ; Ken Boff, Committee Member ; William B. Rouse, Committee Member.

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Nyambandi, Fradreck. "Factors affecting the agility and implementation of business process management in a selected FET college in the Western Cape, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2352.

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Thesis (MTech (Business Information Systems))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. The global business environment has for a number of years been changing progressively faster and as a result, organisations are concentrating on becoming more agile to survive the contemporary business environment. The educational institutions are un-spared from the fast, progressive change. This change is making it difficult for educational institutions to cope with the competitive environment, thereby affecting business agility and the implementation of Business Process Management (BPM). This study seeks to explore what factors are affecting the agility and implementation of Business Process Management at a Further Education and Training (FET) college. The researcher of this dissertation’s view of the world or ontology is that of subjectivism. The research design utilises an interpretivist approach with a qualitative paradigm orientation. Additionally, the study adopts an inductive approach or argument which upholds that true statements, one after the other, can lead to a probable accurate conclusion or theory. This research uses a case study where data is gathered from key management staff and IT experts at the FET College (FETC), using semi-structured questionnaires by means of interviews. An overview of the findings indicates a lack of resources, lack of conduciveness to the teaching and learning environment, lack of collaboration, outdated curriculum, and resistance to change as factors impeding the FETC’s ability to respond to the competitive environment and implementation of Business Process Management. The lack of capabilities, incorrect risk management, culture of change as well as non-alignment of business processes (BPs) with the vision of the FETC, are factors preventing the College from being more agile and creating value for its clients. Furthermore, there is a high misuse of the registration and bursary processes by students. To conclude, the FETC needs to find alternative means besides the main source—government—to source resources. The FETC needs to be more agile and flexible in order to retain clients and remain sustainable in the industry. Furthermore, the FETC needs to improve on its business processes (BPs) and physical security. It is recommended that the FETC manages the correct risks in order to change and remain competitive in the industry. The FET environment necessitates interconnected registration and bursary processes to optimise the use of resources. The registration processes need to be re-engineered in order to facilitate early registration. Security needs to be improved and effective strategic management put in place.

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Pedroso, Carolina Belotti. "Caracterização dos fatores para implantação do processo de Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP): um estudo multicaso." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2014. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/3772.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:52:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6208.pdf: 1335355 bytes, checksum: acf4c894954c916daa868e27d0287933 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-27 Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos In today's dynamic market scenario to develop skills for quick and assertive decision making is still one of the challenges faced by companies around the world. In order to assist managers to meet the demand in a competitive way, a new approach to integrated management of business processes has emerged in recent years the S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning). This approach encompasses the master production planning, demand planning and managing the flow of information, resulting in a unique planning to the company. Thus, the purpose of this research is to characterize the success factors for S&OP implementation in three companies that are in distinct S&OP maturity level. Firstly, a Literature Review was conducted about Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), in order to identify relevant points in literature, for this research. For this porpouse, it was used the Systematic Literature Review principles. The empirical part of the research included the method of multi case study in which three organizations that have already deployed the S&OP, but are in different stages of maturity, were investigated in order to clarify different perspectives of the research problem and find common characteristics. After conducting semi-structured interviews, that were used as a research tool, it was used the technique of content analysis to survey the main features of the implementation of S&OP process. From the results, it was possible to develop a set of factors for companies wishing to deploy the process, in which the main determining factors of success were: the involvement of senior management, cross-functional integration, metrics and performance monitoring, information systems and understanding of the process or training. Conversely, the main barriers identified in the study included the culture of silos and inadequate technology and information systems. It is assumed that both external variables such as culture and local economy and internal variables, such as the production strategy adopted, can influence the process of S&OP, elements yet not explored by the literature about the subject. No atual cenário de mercado, desenvolver habilidades para tomada de decisão rápida e assertiva é ainda um dos desafios enfrentados por empresas em todo o mundo. De modo a auxiliar gestores a atenderem a demanda de forma competitiva, uma nova abordagem de gestão integrada de processos de negócio emergiu nas últimas décadas- o S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning). Tal abordagem engloba o planejamento mestre de produção, planejamento de demanda e o gerenciando o fluxo de informações, resultando em um planejamento único para a empresa. O propósito desta pesquisa foi caracterizar os fatores de sucesso para a implantação de S&OP em três empresas que se encontram em fases de maturidade distintas de sua implementação. Primeiramente, conduziu-se uma revisão bibliográfica sobre o assunto em questão - Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) - a fim de identificar na literatura pontos relevantes para a pesquisa. Para tanto, utilizou-se os princípios da Revisão Sistemática de Literatura. A parte empírica da pesquisa contemplou um estudo multicaso, no qual três organizações foram pesquisadas, a fim de explicitar diferentes perspectivas do problema de pesquisa e encontrar características em comum. A idéia era buscar empresas que já haviam implantado o S&OP, porém que se encontram em fases distintas de maturidade. Após a realização de entrevistas semiestruturadas, empregadas como instrumento de pesquisa, utilizou-se a técnica de Análise de Conteúdo para levantamento das principais características do processo de implantação do S&OP. Identificou-se um conjunto de fatores para empresas que desejem implantar o processo, a partir de fatores apontados como estratégicos para o sucesso do S&OP: a participação da alta gerência, integração interfuncional, métricas e monitoramento do desempenho, sistemas de informação e entendimento do processo ou treinamento. Dentre as principais barreiras encontradas estão: a cultura de silos e tecnologia e sistemas de informação inadequados. Observou-se que tanto variáveis externas, tais como cultura e economia local, quanto variáveis internas, como a estratégia de produção adotada influenciam a implantação do processo de S&OP, elementos ainda não explorados na literatura revisada sobre o assunto.

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Hagberg, Markus, and Saif Khalil. "Success factors, challenges & problemsduring external technology exploitation of an R&D Company." Thesis, KTH, Hållbarhet och industriell dynamik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-157996.

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Flera divisioner inom processindustrin står inför många utmaningar på grund av förändringar i processindustrins landskap. Faktorer relaterade till lågkonjunkturen, klimatförändringar och ökad konkurrens har satt sina spår. Följaktligen finns det flera enheter inom processindustrin som söker andra möjligheter för att bredda sin kompetens och utveckla innovativ teknik i nya landskap inom processindustrin. Eftersom det har blivit allt vanligare för företag att delta i ett partnerskap med externa aktörer för att utveckla och kommersialisera nya innovativa teknologier och lösningar, är det fortfarande en ganska komplicerad process och har inte heller tillräckligt avspeglats på i akademiska studier. Målet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka och analysera vilka utmaningar och problem som FoU-företag inom processindustrin står inför vid bildandet av allians/partnerskap för extern teknologi exploatering, och även identifiera framgångsfaktorer. Examensarbetet avgränsas till planeringsfasen av ett projekt eftersom den har identifierats som den mest avgörande fasen. Syftet är att förse FoU- företag med insikt om de potentiella problem och utmaningar som kan uppstå och därmed kunna anpassa sin strategi mer effektivt. Examensarbetet genomfördes med en kvalitativ metodgång där två dussin nyckelpersoner från företag i process industrin intervjuades, och även en fördjupad undersökning av ett projekt. Trianguleringsmetoder utnyttjades för att kontrollera och stärka insamlad data från intervjuer, och därefter analyserades i samband med en litteraturstudie. Vi har i undersökningen kommit till underfund till 11 utmaningar och problem ett FoU- företag kan uppleva, till exempel risker relaterade till kraven på samordning, partner-val och planeringsverktyg etc. Vi har även identifierat 15 framgångsfaktorer ett FoU-företag bör överväga att implementera, såsom potentiella synergier mellan mindre teknologier och innovationer för att framhäva en mer betydande kombinerad effekt, och en strategisk parter urvalsprocess. Several divisions in the process industry are facing numerous challenges due to changes in the process industry landscape. Factors related to the recession, climate change and an increasing competition have left its mark. Consequently, there are several units within the process industry that seeks other opportunities in order to extend their expertise and develop innovative technologies in new landscapes within the process industry. As it has been increasingly prevalent for companies to participate in a partnership with external actors in order to develop and commercialize new innovative products and solutions, it is still a rather complex process and has insufficiently been reflected upon in academic studies. The aim of this master’s thesis is therefore to investigate and analyze what challenges and problems R&D companies within the process industry faces when entering an alliance/partnership for external technology exploitation, and also identify success factors. The master’s thesis is delimited to the planning phase of a project as it was identified as the most crucial phase. The purpose is to allow companies adjust their strategy more efficiently and competently when knowing what the potential problems and challenges are, thus providing results that would be of great practical use for R&D companies overall. The master’s thesis was conducted by a qualitative approach, interviewing two dozen key persons and in-depth investigation of a project. Triangulation methods was employed in order to verify and strengthen the gathered data from the interviews, and analyzed in relation with literature. We have identified 11 challenges and problems an R&D company could experience, such as risks related to coordination requirements, partner selection, planning tools etc. However, there are also 15 of success factors an R&D company should contemplate upon, such as potential synergies between small inventions in order to utilize and attain a larger combined effect, and designing a strategic partner selection process.

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Hulthén, Hana. "On understanding of external and internal integration in supply chains : challenges and evaluation." Doctoral thesis, Lund University, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-64925.

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Benefits of implementing Supply Chain Integration (SCI) are acknowledged in existing integration literature. Integration extending beyond functional silos and firm boundaries is expected to provide value for customers in terms of higher quality, improved service level, and reduced costs.In addition, internal integration allows business functions to align around a single company goal. This type of integration promotes value creation while decreasing redundancies and costs. Yet, regardless of the significant advances in research and practice, many organizations still experience difficulties not only to integrate activities with supply chain partners, but they also struggle to integrate activities within an organization, for example, through implementation of a sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. To tackle these challenges, organizations may need to reconsider why and how they integrate both internally and externally. However, the previous integration research provides only limited guidelines for how to carry out such evaluations. Many organizations experience difficulties in addressing the complexity related to integration and evaluation of activities internally and with SC partners. The lack of concrete guidelines for evaluation of SCI in theory is seen as one of the reasons for the still sporadic examples of successful SCI in practice. Thus, the overall purpose of this research is to increase understanding of external and internal integration in supply chains. To address the purpose, three studies (1-3) have been conducted. The study 1 highlighted the current status and several SCI challenges in academic literature and in practice. One of the major challenges relates to the absence of a systematic comprehensive approach for evaluation of internal and external integration. To contribute to closing of this gap, study 2 was conducted to develop a context based framework for evaluation of external integration. Finally, the subsequent study 3 aimed to develop a framework for evaluation of the S&OP process. Concerning the SCI challenges, this research contributes to previous integration literature by confirming some existing challenges but also by identifying additional challenges. Related to challenges of external integration, a set of contextual factors are identified which were observed to challenge the establishment of an appropriate level of external integration with SC partners. As a result a misfit occurs between the contextual factors and applied level of external integration. Additionally, reasons for the misfits were identified and discussed. Associated with the challenges of S&OP process, this thesis adds to existing fragmented literature on the S&OP process evaluation challenges by synthesizing and extending the existing knowledge. A framework has been developed which is founded on two key areas of process performance – S&OP process effectiveness and efficiency, and on various maturity levels of the process. Although several challenges were found for each maturity level, some challenges were observed occurring across more levels. Moreover, in this research, a context based framework for evaluation of external integration is proposed. The framework extends the previous SCI frameworks. It is founded on contextual factors which were considered by the studied cases when integrating with their SC partners. Furthermore, the factors were observed to promote establishment of an appropriate level of external integration. Each level consists of identified external integration activities. The thesis further contributes to the S&OP performance research by addressing the lack of process oriented frameworks for evaluation of the process performance. The proposed framework of measuring the S&OP process performance considers the five major steps of the process and their outputs as well as the output of the entire process. To reflect the process performance measures, the framework structures and defines effectiveness and efficiency measures and their relation to the process performance. The framework also conforms to the majority of the criteria for designing of appropriate performance measures. Finally, the major results of the thesis are synthesized and a framework is suggested of external integration and its effect on S&OP process performance. The framework considers the identified contextual factors, appropriate levels of external integration, and the S&OP performance measures the integration can have effect on. The thesis also discusses, alongside with the theoretical contributions, how the developed frameworks can support managers in evaluating their supply chain integration practices. Additionally, several opportunities for future research are outlined.

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Zakhozhyi, V. "The Application of the Methodical Approach to Assessing the Impact of Internal and External Factors on the Bank Profit in Process of Its Adaptive Planning." Thesis, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/50004.

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Автором розроблено методичний підхід до врахування факторів зовнішнього і внутрішнього середовищ на прибуток банку. The author developed a methodical approach to the integration of factors internal and external environment for profit.

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Swaminathan, Selvakumar. "Critical Success Factors of ERP Implementation." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1302248857.

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Zaid, Mohammad. "Critical success factor for the implementation of information system in an organisation : CASE OF WARTSILA." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-78902.

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Information system projects are gaining immense popularity among the manufacturing organisations across the globe. Due to the challenges associated with the information system project management with the manufacturing organisation, organisations have started focusing on technology-oriented solutions such as Information system (IS) projects. However, the success or failure of these projects is ultimately dependent on a range of critical success factors. The purpose of the research was to investigate the Critical Success Factors (CSF) in an Information System (IS) project using the case of Wartsila, a manufacturing organisation operating in marine and energy sector. For this purpose, a qualitative research method was adopted with semi-structured interviews carried out with the IT manager, the Integration Manager (Int. M), and the project teams involved in the project. Thematic analysis, which was chosen as the appropriate data analysis method, assisted in the identification of several codes that were categorized and finally guided to the extraction of seven (7) key themes. A conceptual framework was drawn from the secondary literature review containing CSF within the two major categories such as subjective and objective CSFs. The set of subjective CSFs included project management and team member, commitment and management support, training, change management perceptions, communication, and project planning and management. On the other side, the set of objective CSFs included the process of redesigning, technological difficulties in system design, costs, time engineering, and quality. These literature-based factors were simultaneously analysed by the responses of the interviewees, ultimately ending up in the development of a modified and comprehensive framework for the manufacturing organisation. The findings revealed the significance of subjective factor in shaping the accomplishment of objective factors, drive the project towards the success. These findings have further recommended the need for culturally sensitive ‘training’ and integration of formal and informal ‘communication’ methods for the success of the projects in the manufacturing organisations.

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Davey, Peter J. "Municipal Public Health Planning and Implementation in Local Government in Queensland." Thesis, Griffith University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365756.

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The furious pace of global urbanisation has serious impacts on the long-term sustainability and health of the local communities in which we live. The debate about relationships between population size, environmental management and human well-being must now encompass the fundamental concept of sustainability (Rees, 1992; WCED, 1990; McMichael, 2002; Hancock, 1996). Increasingly, the local municipal level is the most influential setting in which to change our relationship with the environment (Chu, 1994; Chu et al., 2000). In the 1980s, the World Health Organisation (WHO) met this global challenge by advocating healthy public policy and laying foundations for its global Healthy Cities Movement. Significant support developed in the early nineties for participatory health planning action in local government: over 2000 cities world-wide developed municipal public health plans (MPH Plans). The Healthy Cities Movement through regional networks of cities and towns encouraged government partnerships with non-government agencies and industry, to anticipate and mitigate urbanisation’s negative impacts. In Queensland eighteen local governments have developed and implemented MPH Plans using a seven-step process (Chapman and Davey, 1997; WHO (1997b) to improve local planning for health and address the social determinants of health through agency collaboration. There is however limited understanding and evidence of the success factors for the effective implementation of MPH Plans. Studies of the evaluation of Municipal Public Health Planning (MPHP) approaches have focused predominately on the evaluation of the process of planning, without conducting comprehensive evaluation of its implementation. The organisational barriers that contribute to ineffective health-planning implementation have not been well researched and documented. Here lies the gap in the research: MPHP requires thorough qualitative assessment, not only of the planning process, but also the implementation impacts. This research explores the achievements, barriers and success factors associated with MPHP implementation in local government organisations by developing a process and impact evaluation framework and applying it to two MPHP projects in Queensland: one, local planning in an expanding tourist city of over 400,000 people; the second, a regional approach involving two provincial cities with a combined population of 100,000 residents. The research examines the degree of collaboration resulting from health planning and assesses if the aims of the MPH Plans have been met. MPHP is both a health promotion tool and a strategic business planning process applied in local communities: this research seeks to understand more about organisational strategic management issues that act as barriers to planning or impact on the success of planning outcomes. This study design uses qualitative methods with a triangulation approach to analyse and understand the complexities of MPH Plan implementation. Grounded theory provides a methodology for interpreting meanings and discovering themes from the comprehensive process and impact evaluation consisting of preliminary cases studies, key informant interviews, using specific process and impact indicator questions and an analysis of MPHP models compared to other CPHP models and legislative frameworks. The impacts of the intervention are discussed and relate to the implementation effects of MPHP on individuals and organisations including council, government and non-government agencies and on the community. Achievements and barriers associated with MPHP are identified and discussed. Three main factors emerged. Firstly, MPHP had significantly increased the degree of intersectoral collaboration between the agency project partners, with particular success in clarifying the role of agencies in the management and delivery of public health services. The principles of successful partnerships need to be further articulated in local government settings to successfully implement MPHP. Secondly, positive political and organisational support was found to be a critical factor in the success of the planning implementation. Thirdly, and most importantly, the aims of the MPHP had not been substantially met due to a lack of financial and human resources. The study concluded that, although MPHP has strengths and weaknesses compared to other CPHP models, its features most suit local government. Success factors recommended for effective MPHP include formalising collaboration and partnerships and improved agency organisational governance in planning; building individual and organisational capacity to strengthen strategic planning; integrating the many layers of regulatory planning in local government and other agencies; sustaining planning structures and processes through regulation and commitment to investment in implementation stages of MPHP. The study’s major recommendation is that, for MPHP local government should facilitate a three-dimensional platform approach: healthy governance – long-term vision, recognising the many layers of planning, supported by state legislation and local industry and with awareness of legislative planning frameworks; a platform mechanism – sustaining agency networking, hosting the stakeholder forum, supporting the advisory committee, enhancing communication; and strategy implementation – in the context of an improved understanding of organisational behaviour, local government and agencies must action priority strategies, formalising agency partners responsibility, articulating desired outcomes, monitoring progress and evaluation. This recommended Platform Approach to MPHP provides an effective model for managing and implementing future MPH Plans, allocating resources three ways: to build people’s capacity to engage in planning mechanisms, to build organisational capacity to manage planning outcomes and to build more effective Healthy Cities planning approaches. The MPHP evaluation framework developed in this thesis could be used to evaluate other MPHP projects in local governments both in Australia and internationally. Thesis (PhD Doctorate) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Centre for Environment and Population Health Faculty of Environmental Sciences Full Text

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Oliveira, Elgson Decarle de. "A responsabilidade socioeconômica e ambiental no processo de sustentabilidade e desenvolvimento local: estudo de caso das associações de catadores RESOL e AREPI." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2013. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/493.

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Durante as últimas cinco décadas um grande número de pessoas desempregadas tem encontrado na catação de materiais recicláveis uma forma de sobrevivência. Apesar do preconceito e da baixa valorização do trabalho dos Catadores por parte da sociedade, eles vem se organizando em Cooperativas e Associações visando melhores condições de vida e de trabalho. Em tais organizações eles vem se engajando em diversos projetos de reciclagem em parceria com administrações locais. O presente trabalho identifica e analisa duas associações de Catadores de materiais recicláveis, a Associação dos Recicladores de Pinhais – AREPI e a Associação dos Trabalhadores de Reciclagem de Resíduos de Colombo – RESOL, pertencentes a região metropolitana de Curitiba. O objetivo é analisar a gestão administrativa quanto ao desenvolvimento da sustentabilidade socioeconômica e ambiental desses empreendimentos. A pesquisa qualitativa foi utilizada como metodologia do presente estudo e engloba a realização de entrevistas semiestruturadas com as presidentes das associações, aplicação de questionários a todos os associados, observação durante dois anos e meio e diário de campo. O levantamento dos dados a partir dos questionários e entrevistas gerou informações que serviram de base para a análise da gestão administrativa dos empreendimentos. Foi possível constatar que as associações possuem condições semelhantes caracterizadas pela: inclusão social; geração de trabalho; conservação ambiental oriunda da reciclagem dos resíduos sólidos; legislação voltada à defesa dos direitos dos Catadores; Fórum Lixo e Cidadania e políticas públicas de apoio aos Catadores, que propiciaram o aumento da renda dos associados em 131%, a partir da vinda dos novos caminhões doados pela FBB e FUNASA. Além disso, a questão gênero é um fator preponderante, aonde 93% dos associados são mulheres. Este estudo permitiu concluir que existe a necessidade da adoção de um plano estratégico de negócios pelas associações, que garanta o desenvolvimento sustentável, mediante a concorrência no segmento da reciclagem. A partir do novo cenário estabelecido pela Política Nacional dos Resíduos Sólidos, o fortalecimento da infraestrutura e a comercialização dos materiais recicláveis em rede contribuirão para o processo do desenvolvimento da sustentabilidade dos empreendimentos de Catadores. During the past five decades a large number of unemployed people has found in the activity of collecting recyclable waste a way to survive. Despite the low appreciation of the “Catadores” work by society, they have been organizing themselves into cooperatives and associations to obtain better conditions of life and work. In such organizations they have been taking part of several recycling projects together with local administrations. This work identifies and analyzes two associations of “Catadores” of recyclable waste, the Associação dos Recicladores de Pinhais – AREPI and the Associação dos Trabalhadores de Reciclagem de Resíduos de Colombo – RESOL, located in the metropolitan region of Curitiba - PR. The objective is to analyze the administrative management related to the development of the socioeconomic and environmental sustainability of these enterprises. The qualitative research was adopted as the methodology of this study and included semi-structured interviews with the presidents of the associations, questionnaires to all members, two years and a half of observations and notes. The data obtained from the interviews and questionnaires produced information that enabled the analysis of their administrative managements. It was possible to conclude that the enterprises present some similar features characterized by: social inclusion; creation of jobs; environmental preservation due to solid waste recycling; defense of the “Catadores” rights by laws; Forum Lixo e Cidadania and public policies to support the “Catadores”, which has provided an increase in the income of the associated “Catadores” of 131%, since the arrival of new trucks donated by FBB and FUNASA. Moreover, the gender issue is a major factor where 93% of the members are women. This study concluded that the associations need to adopt a business strategic planning to ensure sustainable development in face of the competitive recycling sector. In front of the new scenario established by the National Solid Waste Policy, the strengthening of the infrastructure and the recycling network will contribute to the process of developing the sustainability of the “Catadores” associations.

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Karvauskienė, Vida. "Vartotojų elgsenos veiksnių įtaka sprendimo pirkti priėmimo procesui(UAB „Juodasis gintaras“ pavyzdžiu)." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2007. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2007~D_20071019_162112-37248.

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Magistro darbe, remiantis Lietuvos ir užsienio autorių moksliniais darbais, išanalizuotas vartotojų elgsenos objektas kitų mokslų atžvilgiu, susistemintos vartotojų elgsenos modeliavimo koncepcijos, atskleisti vartotojų elgseną lemiantys veiksniai, kurie daro įtaką sprendimo pirkti priėmimo procesui. Pateiktas vartotojų elgsenos tyrimo metodologijos pagrindimas bei atskleistos UAB „Juodasis gintaras“ vartotojų elgsenos veiksnių, turinčių įtakos sprendimo pirkti priėmimo procesui, tyrimo projektavimo ir organizavimo procedūros. Identifikuoti ir įvertinti pagrindiniai UAB „Juodasis gintaras“ vartotojų elgsenos veiksniai, turintys įtakos sprendimo pirkti priėmimo procesui. Patvirtinta suformuluota mokslinio tyrimo hipotezė, kad vartotojų sprendimo pirkti procesas įtakojamas daugelio veiksnių, kuriuos reikia analizuoti „holistiniu“ požiūriu. In Master’s work, on the ground of analysis of scholarly sources, there is analyzed object, given system of models and revealed determinants of consumer behaviour. The paper presents consumer behaviour research methodology and gives procedures on planning and organizing the processes which the consumer goes through to decide upon his/her actions. There have been identified and estimated main factors which influence consumer decision making process in JSC “Juodasis gintaras”. According to the research results, the hypothesis that the buyer decision making process, which depends on a lot of factors, should have holistic analysis has been confirmed.

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Pinho, Maria Manuela Aguiar dos Santos. "O nó rodoviário da Afurada em Vila Nova de Gaia : a trajectória recente de um processo de catálise urbana." Master's thesis, Instituições portuguesas -- UP-Universidade do Porto -- -Faculdade de Letras, 2000. http://dited.bn.pt:80/29307.

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A presente dissertação debruça-se sobre a formação e configuração da "cidade difusa" que caracteriza a aglomeração urbana do Porto e o modo como se manifesta no território analisando, por um lado, os factores indutores dessa dispersão e, por outro, reconhecendo os efeitos de catálise urbana produzidos pelo enclave de estruturas urbanas de excepção (após década de 60). Escolheu-se para estudo de cas, a mancha difusa envolvente do nó rodoviário da Afurada, em Vila Nova de Gaia, tornando assim mais clara, a articulação das questões morfológicas e funcionais com os tecidos que compõem este território, tendo sempre presente as questões de acessibilidade e mobicilidade acrescidas que tanto o nó rodoviário como as vias estruturantes metropolitanas introduziram naquele local. Reconhecemos, assim, que efeitos de centralidade e nucleação urbana revelam-se potenciais intensificadores dos processos de transformação urbana e da sua vasta e benéfica diversidade.

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Pinho, Maria Manuela Aguiar dos Santos. "O nó rodoviário da Afurada em Vila Nova de Gaia : a trajectória recente de um processo de catálise urbana." Master's thesis, Porto : [Edição do Autor], 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/18487.

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A presente dissertação debruça-se sobre a formação e configuração da "cidade difusa" que caracteriza a aglomeração urbana do Porto e o modo como se manifesta no território analisando, por um lado, os factores indutores dessa dispersão e, por outro, reconhecendo os efeitos de catálise urbana produzidos pelo enclave de estruturas urbanas de excepção (após década de 60). Escolheu-se para estudo de cas, a mancha difusa envolvente do nó rodoviário da Afurada, em Vila Nova de Gaia, tornando assim mais clara, a articulação das questões morfológicas e funcionais com os tecidos que compõem este território, tendo sempre presente as questões de acessibilidade e mobicilidade acrescidas que tanto o nó rodoviário como as vias estruturantes metropolitanas introduziram naquele local. Reconhecemos, assim, que efeitos de centralidade e nucleação urbana revelam-se potenciais intensificadores dos processos de transformação urbana e da sua vasta e benéfica diversidade.

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Andersson, Sofia, and Olof Svensson. "A model to guide a company towards a decision of whether to change the due date of work orders or not: a case study." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Technology and Design, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1526.

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The purpose of this thesis is to develop a model that will guide a company towards a decision of whether tochange the current due date of work orders or not. The model will help the company to reveal the technical andfinancial factors that will be affected and how these factors can be assessed. After accomplishing a thoroughliterature review, we found no existing practical models in this specific area. We developed a model to cover thisgap in the existing theories. A case study approach was used to test the developed model on our case companyElitfönster in Lenhovda who manufactures windows. We applied our model at the processing department and thechange concerned going from a weekly to a daily due date of work orders. The technical factors that would beaffected by the change of the due date are; setup times, lead time and output of components. The financialfactors that will be affected are the tied-up capital and the manning. We found that a change could not be carriedthrough without a purchase of an extra plane. The model also showed that the financial benefits that the changegenerated could not surpass the costs that an extra plane would cause. Thereby, our recommendations to thecase company are to keep the current due date of work orders until the rest of the company can handle the extracomponents that can be produced after the change. Syftet med denna uppsats är att utveckla en modell som ska vägleda ett företag mot ett beslut om man skaändra den nuvarande tidpunkt när en arbetsorder ska vara färdigställd, eller inte. Modellen kommer att hjälpaföretaget att påvisa de tekniska och finansiella faktorer som kommer att påverkas och hur dessa kan bedömas.Efter att ha gjort en grundlig litteraturstudie kunde vi inte hitta några existerande modeller inom detta specifikaområde. Vi utvecklade en modell för att täcka denna brist i den existerande teorin. Vi använde oss av enfallstudie för att testa vår utvecklade modell på Elitfönster i Lenhovda som tillverkar fönster. Vi applicerade vårmodell på maskinverkstaden och förändringen handlade om att gå från att färdigställa arbetsorder på en veckatill att färdigställa dem på en dag. De tekniska faktorer som skulle påverkas av en förändring är; ställtiderna,ledtiden och mängden producerade komponenter. De finansiella faktorerna som kommer att påverkas ärmängden bundet kapital samt bemanningen. Vi kom fram till att en förändring inte kunde genomföras utan attköpa in en extra hyvel. Modellen visade också att de finansiella fördelarna som en förändring skulle genererainte skulle motsvara de kostnader som den extra hyveln skulle orsaka. Våra rekommendationer till företaget ärsåledes att fortsätta med den nuvarande tidpunkt när en arbetsorder ska vara färdigställd tills resten av företagetkan hantera de extra komponenter som skulle kunna bli producerade efter förändringen.

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Guiney, Andrew, and aguiney@smsmt com. "Information Technology Project Management Team Building for Project Success." RMIT University. Graduate School of Business, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20100122.121228.

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More than ninety per cent of projects are run by project teams and the stronger the team the more likely the project will succeed. Team building activities are performed to both increase team performance and to enhance the likelihood of project success. For the purpose of this study, information technology (IT) business projects were chosen as IT is a major driving force in business today and there is widespread dissatisfaction with the performance of IT business projects. In analysing the causes of dissatisfaction, increasingly researchers are recognising that technology is a secondary issue behind the human side of project team management. Business projects were chosen because increasingly IT is being used in the business environment to solve problems in the post-industrial era characterised by the service industry, while the manufacturing industry, from which much of the project literature has emerged, reduces. The importance of the project team in developing IT business projects is well recognised and managers are concerned about their ability to transform an ad-hoc collection of people assigned to a particular project into a coherent, integrated project team. In most cases the activities recommended to build a successful IT business project team have been theoretically based, rather than empirically founded. The goal of this research was to investigate the team building activities used on successful projects. To achieve this goal, the research defines the key measures of project success and establishes their relative importance; determines the most important team building activities for project success with experienced project managers; enhances the understanding of implementation of team building activities on successful projects; and provides suggestions on how to increase the likelihood of project success through focusing on team building activities. The research used the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to develop a hierarchical model linking project success measures with team building activities. Confirmation of the AHP results and additional understanding of team building activities implementation was achieved by interviewing experienced project managers. The research found that customer satisfaction, although seldom used, was significantly more important as a project success measure than the three measures most often used - time, budget and scope. As identified by project managers, the most important team building activities for achieving customer satisfaction are team leadership; ensuring senior management support; staffing the team properly; planning the project with the team and empowering team members; building commitment among team members; developing strong communication channels and developing appropriate organisational interfaces. The research found successful projects focused on relationships in addition to the task focus of many project methodologies. The research findings on team building activities will enable project leaders on IT business projects to develop empowered project teams with stronger affiliations and support throughout the organisation. By empowering project teams to create effective internal and external relationships there will be fewer project failures, increased customer satisfaction and improved achievement of project success.

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Fenollosa, Artés Felip. "Contribució a l'estudi de la impressió 3D per a la fabricació de models per facilitar l'assaig d'operacions quirúrgiques de tumors." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667421.

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La present tesi doctoral s’ha centrat en el repte d’aconseguir, mitjançant Fabricació Additiva (FA), models per a assaig quirúrgic, sota la premissa que els equips per fer-los haurien de ser accessibles a l’àmbit hospitalari. L’objectiu és facilitar l’extensió de l’ús dels prototips com a eina de preparació d’operacions quirúrgiques, transformant la pràctica mèdica actual de la mateixa manera que en el seu moment ho van fer tecnologies com les que van facilitar l’ús de radiografies. El motiu d’utilitzar FA, en lloc de tecnologies més tradicionals, és la seva capacitat de materialitzar de forma directa les dades digitals obtingudes de l’anatomia del pacient mitjançant sistemes d’escanejat tridimensional, fent possible l’obtenció de models personalitzats. Els resultats es centren en la generació de nou coneixement sobre com aconseguir equipaments d’impressió 3D multimaterials accessibles que permetin l’obtenció de models mimètics respecte als teixits vius. Per facilitar aquesta buscada extensió de la tecnologia, s’ha focalitzat en les tecnologies de codi obert com la Fabricació per Filament Fos (FFF) i similars basades en líquids catalitzables. La recerca s’alinea dins l’activitat de desenvolupament de la FA al CIM UPC, i en aquest àmbit concret amb la col·laboració amb l’Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Barcelona (HSJD). El primer bloc de la tesi inclou la descripció de l’estat de l’art, detallant les tecnologies existents i la seva aplicació a l’entorn mèdic. S’han establert per primer cop unes bases de caracterització dels teixits vius -sobretot tous- per donar suport a la selecció de materials que els puguin mimetitzar en un procés de FA, a efectes de millorar l’experiència d’assaig dels cirurgians. El caràcter rígid dels materials majoritàriament usats en impressió 3D els fa poc útils per simular tumors i altres referències anatòmiques. De forma successiva, es tracten paràmetres com la densitat, la viscoelasticitat, la caracterització dels materials tous a la indústria, l’estudi del mòdul elàstic de teixits tous i vasos, la duresa d’aquests, i requeriments com l’esterilització dels models. El segon bloc comença explorant la impressió 3D mitjançant FFF. Es classifiquen les variants del procés des del punt de vista de la multimaterialitat, essencial per fer models d’assaig quirúrgic, diferenciant entre solucions multibroquet i de barreja al capçal. S’ha inclòs l’estudi de materials (filaments i líquids) que serien més útils per mimetitzar teixits tous. Es constata com en els líquids, en comparació amb els filaments, la complexitat del treball en processos de FA és més elevada, i es determinen formes d’imprimir materials molt tous. Per acabar, s’exposen sis casos reals de col·laboració amb l’HJSD, una selecció d’aquells en els que el doctorand ha intervingut en els darrers anys. L’origen es troba en la dificultat de l’abordatge d’operacions de resecció de tumors infantils com el neuroblastoma, i a la iniciativa del Dr. Lucas Krauel. Finalment, el Bloc 3 té per objecte explorar nombrosos conceptes (fins a 8), activitat completada al llarg dels darrers cinc anys amb el suport dels mitjans del CIM UPC i de l’activitat associada a treballs finals d’estudis d’estudiants de la UPC, arribant-se a materialitzar equipaments experimentals per validar-los. La recerca ampla i sistemàtica al respecte fa que s’estigui més a prop de disposar d’una solució d’impressió 3D multimaterial de sobretaula. Es determina que la millor via de progrés és la de disposar d’una pluralitat de capçals independents a fi de capacitar la impressora 3D per integrar diversos conceptes estudiats, materialitzant-se una possible solució. Cloent la tesi, es planteja com seria un equipament d’impressió 3D per a models d’assaig quirúrgic, a fi de servir de base per a futurs desenvolupaments. La presente tesis doctoral se ha centrado en el reto de conseguir, mediante Fabricación Aditiva (FA), modelos para ensayo quirúrgico, bajo la premisa que los equipos para obtenerlos tendrían que ser accesibles al ámbito hospitalario. El objetivo es facilitar la extensión del uso de modelos como herramienta de preparación de operaciones quirúrgicas, transformando la práctica médica actual de la misma manera que, en su momento, lo hicieron tecnologías como las que facilitaron el uso de radiografías. El motivo de utilizar FA, en lugar de tecnologías más tradicionales, es su capacidad de materializar de forma directa los datos digitales obtenidos de la anatomía del paciente mediante sistemas de escaneado tridimensional, haciendo posible la obtención de modelos personalizados. Los resultados se centran en la generación de nuevo conocimiento para conseguir equipamientos de impresión 3D multimateriales accesibles que permitan la obtención de modelos miméticos respecto a los tejidos vivos. Para facilitar la buscada extensión de la tecnología, se ha focalizado en las tecnologías de código abierto como la Fabricación por Hilo Fundido (FFF) y similares basadas en líquidos catalizables. Esta investigación se alinea dentro de la actividad de desarrollo de la FA en el CIM UPC, y en este ámbito concreto con la colaboración con el Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Barcelona (HSJD). El primer bloque de la tesis incluye la descripción del estado del arte, detallando las tecnologías existentes y su aplicación al entorno médico. Se han establecido por primera vez unas bases de caracterización de los tejidos vivos – principalmente blandos – para dar apoyo a la selección de materiales que los puedan mimetizar en un proceso de FA, a efectos de mejorar la experiencia de ensayo de los cirujanos. El carácter rígido de los materiales mayoritariamente usados en impresión 3D los hace poco útiles para simular tumores y otras referencias anatómicas. De forma sucesiva, se tratan parámetros como la densidad, la viscoelasticidad, la caracterización de materiales blandos en la industria, el estudio del módulo elástico de tejidos blandos y vasos, la dureza de los mismos, y requerimientos como la esterilización de los modelos. El segundo bloque empieza explorando la impresión 3D mediante FFF. Se clasifican las variantes del proceso desde el punto de vista de la multimaterialidad, esencial para hacer modelos de ensayo quirúrgico, diferenciando entre soluciones multiboquilla y de mezcla en el cabezal. Se ha incluido el estudio de materiales (filamentos y líquidos) que serían más útiles para mimetizar tejidos blandos. Se constata como en los líquidos, en comparación con los filamentos, la complejidad del trabajo en procesos de FA es más elevada, y se determinan formas de imprimir materiales muy blandos. Para acabar, se exponen seis casos reales de colaboración con el HJSD, una selección de aquellos en los que el doctorando ha intervenido en los últimos años. El origen se encuentra en la dificultad del abordaje de operaciones de resección de tumores infantiles como el neuroblastoma, y en la iniciativa del Dr. Lucas Krauel. Finalmente, el Bloque 3 desarrolla numerosos conceptos (hasta 8), actividad completada a lo largo de los últimos cinco años con el apoyo de los medios del CIM UPC y de la actividad asociada a trabajos finales de estudios de estudiantes de la UPC, llegándose a materializar equipamientos experimentales para validarlos. La investigación amplia y sistemática al respecto hace que se esté más cerca de disponer de una solución de impresión 3D multimaterial de sobremesa. Se determina que la mejor vía de progreso es la de disponer de una pluralidad de cabezales independientes, a fin de capacitar la impresora 3D para integrar diversos conceptos estudiados, materializándose una posible solución. Para cerrar la tesis, se plantea cómo sería un equipamiento de impresión 3D para modelos de ensayo quirúrgico, a fin de servir de base para futuros desarrollos.

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Huang, Po-Hsiang, and 黃博祥. "The Construction of Master Production Scheduling Planning System for Ingot－Wafer Process in Solar Energy Factory." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/70927944121395284348.

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碩士 國立交通大學 工業工程與管理學系 99 The manufacturing of ingot－wafer process in solar energy factory includes two bottlenecks, named crystal-growing workstation and wafer-slicing workstation, which belongs to make-to-stock and make-to-order. The process time and setup time on crystal-growing workstation are very long. The wafer-slicing workstation owns multiple-type machines which are in batch processing. For each macine in each machine type, the process time and throughput rate for an order is different. To be an effective manufacturing system and to improve competitiveness, the solar energy factory needs to make production plan properly for each period appropriately so as to satisfy the demand of orders. Thus, this thesis develops a master production scheduling (MPS) system for the solar energy factory for the manufacturing environment. The MPS system includes rough cut capacity planning module and bottleneck scheduling module. The rough cut capacity planning module is used to calculate the capacity supply of each bottleneck workstation and the time needed by all orders. Based on the result of rough cut capacity planning, the bottleneck scheduling module constructs the integer programming model for the wafer-slicing workstation, which considers the machines load, setup time, quantity of each order, release time and due date, to generate the production schedule on each machine and the production amount for each order, with minimizing number of tardy orders as the objective. According to the result of cases analysis, this system can attain optimal solution. Furthermore, by planning multi-planning periods in a horizon simultaneously, it can reduce the number of setup times and the setup time between periods. In addition, the thesis also proposes another scheduling system which pursue earlier period can produce as far as possible enables later period to have surplus produces energy for urgent orders of customers. Hence, the production scheduling system proposed in this thesis can allocate the best production quantity of each order on each machine in each planning period in effectively time.

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Li, Cheng-tang, and 李承唐. "A study of sewing process planning and facilities layout for a mass customized shoe factory using data mining approach." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/91085383126083651556.

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碩士 逢甲大學 工業工程與系統管理學研究所 97 Nowadays information technologies and Internet applications are well developed and progress very rapidly. The ability to provide individually designed products and services to every customer is a competitive strategy by an increasing number of companies. There are many products were customized in recent consumer market, the shoes is one of many mass customized products. A customized manufacturer will encounter many issues when they through high process flexibility and integration, such as the categories of product increase, the lot size reduce, and delivery time rapidly reduce etc.. In order to satisfy the numerous customized consumers’ requirement for those individually designed products and services. There are many different production strategies were proposed in a customized manufacturer. The flexible facilities planning is importance one of these strategies. In order to improve the production performance and reduce the delivery time as following customized rapidly change. We propose a novel approach to realize the flexible facilities planning for mass customization. The proposal will employ several data mining technologies to solve the process planning and the facility layout issues. First, we investigate an adaptive feature selection to ensure that the result of clustering or classification is better. Next, proper clustering algorithms were employed to classify the customized shoe products into several clusters. Third, an efficient association algorithm was proposed to find high frequent sequential process patterns. Final, these patterns were used to make facilities layout, then we will evaluate the performance of the layout result. In addition, these proposed can be applied to a practical shoe manufacturing industry.

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Neidl, Lisa. "Analysis of a global strategic volume and quantity planning process a case Study at Siemens Digital factory, control products." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/27872.

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the global strategic quantity planning process in the busi-ness unit Control Products of the Digital Factory division (DF CP) at Siemens and to give rec-ommendations for improvement. Using a case study approach, a conceptual framework was developed. The research shows that a strategic quantity planning process must be designed spe-cifically depending on the business and the company. This leads to the conclusion that evaluating the accuracy constantly in order to learn about the business and to improve the process is crucial. Moreover, cross-functional collaboration has been identified as a main success factor.

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(7659032), Zachary Brooks Smith. "DIGITAL TWIN: FACTORY DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION." 2019.

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Industrial revolutions bring dynamic change to industry through major technological advances (Freeman & Louca, 2002). People and companies must take advantage of industrial revolutions in order to reap its benefits (Bruland & Smith, 2013). Currently, the 4th industrial revolution, industry is transforming advanced manufacturing and engineering capabilities through digital transformation. Company X’s production system was investigated in the research. Detailed evaluation the production process revealed bottlenecks and inefficiency (Melton, 2005). Using the Digital Twin and Discrete Event Factory Simulation, the researcher gathered factory and production input data to simulate the process and provide a system level, holistic view of Company X’s production system to show how factory simulation enables process improvement. The National Academy of Engineering supports Discrete Event Factory Simulation as advancing Personalized Learning through its ability to meet the unique problem solving needs of engineering and manufacturing process through advanced simulation technology (National Academy of Engineering, 2018). The directed project applied two process optimization experiments to the production system through the simulation tool, 3DExperience wiht the DELMIA application from Dassualt Systemes (Dassault, 2018). The experiment resulted in a 10% improvement in production time and a 10% reduction in labor costs due to the optimization

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Calais, João Filipe Lourenço Gomes. "Layout como factor determinante na eficiência do processo produtivo da indústria." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/2411.

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A procura pela sobrevivência leva à pressão incessante das empresas em melhorar a sua organização aos mais diversos níveis, consciencializando-as para que não podem ser estáticas, já que as mesmas são compostas de seres humanos e máquinas direccionados para um mercado consumidor em constante mutação. Desta forma requere-se uma contínua evolução, traduzindo-se numa permanente readaptação das organizações para que possam atender a esta dinâmica constante. O estudo sobre layout industrial assume desta forma um papel preponderante na integração de todos os elementos envolvidos no processo produtivo da forma mais conveniente possível. Para reduzir custos operacionais, que não se traduzem em valor acrescentado ao produto, é preciso minimizar manipulação de materiais e lead time do processo, fomentando a proximidade entre os vários departamentos. O aproveitamento de forma racional dos recursos físicos disponíveis, a busca pela segurança ao operador, produto e equipamento, maior flexibilidade no processo produtivo e facilidade na gestão da produção, são objectivos inerentes ao layout industrial, aos quais as empresas inevitavelmente terão de dar mais atenção. Pretende-se desta forma demonstrar a relevância da temática do estudo de layout, bem como a vital importância da reestruturação das organizações face às constantes adversidades e desafios a que estas estão sujeitas. Para tal apresenta-se nesta trabalho um estudo de caso sobre o layout de uma indústria de transformação de derivados de madeira, com uma proposta de melhoria baseada no método SLP – systematic layout planning. The quest for survival leads to increasing pressure on companies to improve their organization at various levels, the acknowledge that can not be static, since they are composed of human beings and machines directed to a changing consumer market. Thus it will require a continuous evolution, leading to a permanent rehabilitation of organizations so they can meet this constant dynamic. . The study of industrial layout in this way takes a leading role in the integration of all elements involved in the production process as convenient as possible. To reduce operating costs, which do not translate into added value to the product, you should minimize material handling and process lead time, promoting closeness between the various departments. The rational use of physical resources available, the search for operator safety, product and equipment, greater flexibility in the production process and ease of production management, goals are inherent in the industrial layout, which companies will inevitably have to pay more attention. The aim is thus to demonstrate the relevance of the theme of the study layout, as well as the vital importance of the restructuring of organizations face of constant adversity and challenges that they are subject. To this end this work presents a case study on the layout of a manufacturing wood-based, with a proposal for improving model-based SLP - systematic layout planning.

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Kuo, Pin Chun, and 郭品均. "The Formation Process of Destination Image and Measure Factors of Planning Graduation Field Trip of the Junior High School." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/655sb4.

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碩士 國立體育大學 休閒產業經營學系 103 The purposes of the study were to investigate the formation process of destination image and measure factors of planning graduation field trip of the ninth grade student. The researcher hope the study can provide destinations suggestions and measure factors for teachers and planners for planning graduation filed trip. The researcher used qualitative research method and interviewed the purposive selected 7 teachers and 2 tour guides in New Taipei City. The results of this study were (1) The formation process of destination images is from “original image” to “travel motivation” (educational, recreational, manufacturing memories, broaden their horizons and the past tradition) to “collect information” (past experience, exploring the way forward and the travel agency recommendations) to " benefit assessments"(security, price, transport distance, easily held and age). (2) Measure factors of planning graduation field trip include "soft resources"(interpretation, license certification and experiential activities), "physical facilities" (attractions’ facilities, space and hermetic sites), and "environmental atmosphere" (novelty and popularity). According to this study, the researcher make specific recommendations to teachers and school field trip organizers, educational authorities, travel agencies, recreation site operators, and future studies.

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Hawking, Paul. "Factors critical to the success of business intelligence systems." Thesis, 2013. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/24381/.

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The thesis reports on research that investigated the critical success factors associated with the use of Business Intelligence as an extension of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Many companies have implemented ERP systems to enable them to better manage their core business processes and the associated transactions. To achieve a better understanding of these business processes companies are utilising Business Intelligence to analyse transactional data from their ERP system. The effective implementation and use of Business Intelligence can impact on a company’s performance. Accordingly, the factors that contribute to the successful implementation and use of Business Intelligence are critical to its impact on a company. The research investigates important questions that relate to the critical success factors associated with the implementation of Business Intelligence as an extension of an ERP system, the relevance of such factors as an extension of ERP system and whether some factors are critical than others.

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Lee, Shu-Ying, and 李淑櫻. "The Research on the Influence Factors In Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation - from the Viewpoint of Implementation Process in the Supply Side." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/hqjqyf.

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碩士 銘傳大學 資訊管理學系碩士在職專班 94 There are many researches about organization implement ERP in the past studies, but most of the researches often ignore the differences in the practice of the ERP implementation phases, the factors of the influence are not all the same in each implementation phase. The differences in ERP implementation of the factors of the influence from the each implementation phase are discussed in this research, it conforms to the practice of ERP implementation method and process. The research in the standpoint of the methodology of the ERP vendor and the consultant firm concludes five practice implementation phases, and it is discussed about if there are different factors of the influence in each phase. Via literature reorganizes, the factors come from three levels: the organization, the project, the personnel and so on, and sum up various important factors of the influence. In order to obtain the various factors of the influence in the different phase, the AHP method is used in the research to obtain arrangement of the experts’ advice. The data collection includes two stages: The first stage is to confirm the important factors of the influence at each level via ERP Consultant team''s interviews. The second stage is to conduct the questionnaires; 60 questionnaires altogether are sent out and 30 questionnaires are retrieved. It is discovered that the factors of the influence are different in each phase, and the importance of different level is different in the each phase via AHP analysis result. The findings contribute to the important edification regarding ERP implementation, and it is suggested that there should be different management achievement in the each implementation phase.

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Hsu, Yu-Ping, and 徐于蘋. "A study of the planning with practicing process and associate factors for wedding ceremony creativity –March towards to the creative red carpet and create gorgeous memory." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36458853565364866454.

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碩士 國立臺灣師範大學 創造力發展碩士在職專班 100 Throughout the world, wedding is an important ritual in lifetime. More and more newlyweds hope their own wedding is different than others, they expect to add some personal style in wedding. The purpose of this research is by investigating three newlyweds, who plan their wedding by themselves, to do the planning with practicing process for wedding ceremony creativity, analyzing and understanding these three study participants’ 「personality」、「background」、「creative process」by using qualitative research and in-depth interviews as main methods. And the research also refer to wedding guests’ feedback, with photos、written materials、personal blogs which came from study participants, the results are discovered and discussed as follows: 1. Wedding planner’s personality: There are some common personalities for these study participants, including “they have the courage to express their own idea”; “they are persistent and try their best to execute to achieve their setting goal”; “they have variety of interests and are willing to accept new things”. 2. Wedding planner’s background: The study is researched from five dimensions, including educative attitude of primary family, education process, working experience, key influenced person, and marriage partner. The results showed that background has important impact to all three study participants. 3. Wedding planner’s creative process: Analyzing the wedding plan process from three study participants, the results showed that wedding ceremony creativity is a task-based action process. In order to have great memory from wedding, which is such an important ritual in lifetime, the participants overcome lots of difficulties to present their own personal style wedding. The researcher also prepare own wedding during the period of writing thesis. The researcher discovered that creativity will be presented when it being needed during the process for planning and executing own wedding ceremony creativity. Everyone can present their own creativity, let creativity make life more colorful. Consequently, some suggestions being raised per research theme and own experience which can be as reference for newlyweds in the future.

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Coward, Leslie Anne Wright. "A quantitative study : administrative leaders' perceptions of succession planning and management practices within community colleges." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-05-5378.

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The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the perceptions of senior administrative and middle manager community college leaders regarding current succession planning and management practices occurring within their institutions. Three research questions guided this study: (1) Is the four succession planning and management components structurally related, (2) Is there a difference in how senior administrative and middle manager leaders evaluate succession planning and management components, and (3) Is there a difference between size and location of institution in regards to status of succession planning and management components? A suitable succession planning and management instrument was not found; therefore, the Wright-Coward Succession Planning and Management Survey (WCSPMS) instrument was developed. An exploratory factor analysis was used to address research question one and test the structural relationship of the common succession planning and management components of the survey. A second statistical procedure, multivariate analysis of variance, was used to analyze differences between the four dependent measures of succession planning and management and leadership level, and institutional factors. Findings from this study suggested (1) items on the WCSPMS instrument are correlated and three relatively independent succession planning and management factors are associated with the 20 underlying items, and (2) there is a statistical significant difference between leadership level in regards to perceptions of succession planning and management practices. Furthermore, this study indicated there is much work to be done by community college leaders in the area of succession planning and management. text

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(6616994), Qais Amarkhil. "A FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS POST-CONFLICT ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ON CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE." Thesis, 2019.

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In the field of the construction industry, the research work has been widely focused on identifying key performance indicators and critical success factors without assessing the impact of conflict environment factors. This study focusses on the impact of post-conflict environment factors on local construction organization performance. This research presents a performance prediction model comprising the effect of post-conflict environment factors on construction organization performance. The proposed framework of this study has four stages: identify key performance indicators (KPIs), identify post-conflict environment impacting factors, determine critical success factors (CSFs), and formulate success strategy to improve performance. Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and multiple linear regression (MLR) techniques are applied to analyze the data. The study finding indicates that there is a significant relationship between the post-conflict condition impacting factors and local construction organization performance, which is insufficiently studied in previous research work. Thus, the developed framework will benefit academic scholars and industry practitioners to analyze and evaluate challenges and opportunities caused by different external environment conditions in the post-conflict construction industry.

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Ndou, Nkhangweleni Florence. "The role of school management teams in curriculum change management." Diss., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1812.

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The study focused on the role of the school management team in curriculum change management. Apart from a literature review, an empirical investigation based on a qualitative research paradigm involving semi-structured individual and focus group interviews was used to collect data at three secondary schools in the Tshilamba circuit in Limpopo Province. Literature findings revealed that although, in the first place, politically inclined the introduction of Curriculum 2005 was also steered by the socio-economic needs of the country. Empirical findings elicited that although managing curriculum changes was a challenging effort on account of an initial and continuous lack of adequate training, the school management teams of the selected schools were acquainted with significant knowledge and skills on curriculum change management. This pertains to lesson plan management, supporting and monitoring educators, managing the school register and timetable and managing school finances to select teaching and learning resources. Further Teacher Education M. Ed. (Educational Management)

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Singh, Inderjeet 1978. "Risk-averse periodic preventive maintenance optimization." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-08-4203.

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We consider a class of periodic preventive maintenance (PM) optimization problems, for a single piece of equipment that deteriorates with time or use, and can be repaired upon failure, through corrective maintenance (CM). We develop analytical and simulation-based optimization models that seek an optimal periodic PM policy, which minimizes the sum of the expected total cost of PMs and the risk-averse cost of CMs, over a finite planning horizon. In the simulation-based models, we assume that both types of maintenance actions are imperfect, whereas our analytical models consider imperfect PMs with minimal CMs. The effectiveness of maintenance actions is modeled using age reduction factors. For a repairable unit of equipment, its virtual age, and not its calendar age, determines the associated failure rate. Therefore, two sets of parameters, one describing the effectiveness of maintenance actions, and the other that defines the underlying failure rate of a piece of equipment, are critical to our models. Under a given maintenance policy, the two sets of parameters and a virtual-age-based age-reduction model, completely define the failure process of a piece of equipment. In practice, the true failure rate, and exact quality of the maintenance actions, cannot be determined, and are often estimated from the equipment failure history. We use a Bayesian approach to parameter estimation, under which a random-walk-based Gibbs sampler provides posterior estimates for the parameters of interest. Our posterior estimates for a few datasets from the literature, are consistent with published results. Furthermore, our computational results successfully demonstrate that our Gibbs sampler is arguably the obvious choice over a general rejection sampling-based parameter estimation method, for this class of problems. We present a general simulation-based periodic PM optimization model, which uses the posterior estimates to simulate the number of operational equipment failures, under a given periodic PM policy. Optimal periodic PM policies, under the classical maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian estimates are obtained for a few datasets. Limitations of the ML approach are revealed for a dataset from the literature, in which the use of ML estimates of the parameters, in the maintenance optimization model, fails to capture a trivial optimal PM policy. Finally, we introduce a single-stage and a two-stage formulation of the risk-averse periodic PM optimization model, with imperfect PMs and minimal CMs. Such models apply to a class of complex equipment with many parts, operational failures of which are addressed by replacing or repairing a few parts, thereby not affecting the failure rate of the equipment under consideration. For general values of PM age reduction factors, we provide sufficient conditions to establish the convexity of the first and second moments of the number of failures, and the risk-averse expected total maintenance cost, over a finite planning horizon. For increasing Weibull rates and a general class of increasing and convex failure rates, we show that these convexity results are independent of the PM age reduction factors. In general, the optimal periodic PM policy under the single-stage model is no better than the optimal two-stage policy. But if PMs are assumed perfect, then we establish that the single-stage and the two-stage optimization models are equivalent. text

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