Dissertations / Theses: 'Office chair'

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Pascual, Osés Maite. "Auxiliary office chair." Thesis, Mälardalen University, Department of Innovation, Design and Product Development, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-380.

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The aim of this project is to develop an auxiliary office chair, which favorably will compete with

the existing chairs on the market. Evolutions of ergonomical survey in the work environment and

on the configuration of offices require new products which fulfill the requirements properly.

In order to achieve it a survey about office chairs has been carried out: types, characteristics, ways

of usage and products on the market besides a large antropometrical study and ergonomics related

to work area study.

The result is an auxillary office chair which improves significatively in ergonomics compared with

such chairs found in the market survey.

Moreover it is achieved a great improvement refering to apilability stackable characteristics and

manufacturing, as this chair has good features as easily cleanning and innovative aesthetics and no

high manufacturing cost. That means an easily marketed product.

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MUKUNDAN, KUMAR ABHIJITH, and SAM THOMAS. "PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT OF WORK CHAIRS AND OFFICE CHAIR." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-41344.

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Work chair is considered as an important element for the users to improve comfort in work environment. An ergonomic chair design and engineering is therefore considered very important for its usability and comfort view of point for the users. The aim of the thesis is to improve the mobility and ergonomics of the existing chair in all aspects. Ergonomically designed chairs are important for long time seated workers to increase their productivity and also to reduce low back injuries which arise due to the poor design chairs in ergonomic aspects. In addition, ergonomically designed chairs help to increase the seating comfortability of the chair users. QFD and waterfall model was followed for the work execution. In this paper, we discuss a design of an ergonomically efficient chair with simple adjustments which gives more comfortability. This will give us a better likelihood to stay in a neutral position. The Ergonomics of the chair is improved in various steps. This thesis focuses on many ideas in which some of them are implemented and evaluated.

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Freier, Stephen H. "The Effect of Office Chair Backrest Design on the Body's Metabolic Response to Office Work." [Milwaukee, Wis.] : E-Publications@Marquette, 2009. http://epublications.marquette.edu/theses_open/15.

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Scholz, Jeremy H. "Design of a voice coil actuated office chair." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32920.

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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, June 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 27).
In recent times, the use of robots in industry has revolutionized production methods, and enabled an increase in the quality of goods manufactured while decreasing the long term cost of labor. The commercial market, however, is largely lacking in robotic technology which could potentially revolutionize many everyday tasks undertaken by humans. This thesis describes a design integrating robotic technology with a common office chair. The requirements of such a chair are discussed, as well as the resulting design decisions. The advantages and drawbacks of the Voice Coil Actuators used in the design are also discussed. A prototype control system, enabling ergonomically beneficial motion is described and analyzed. Additionally, qualitative feedback from human testers is given, and suggestions for future work are made.
by Jeremy H. Scholz.
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Korte, Janice. "South African anthropometric dimensions for the design of an ergonomic office chair." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006046.

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Office chairs are becoming a modern status symbol in the workplace. Many individuals are seated on office chairs for most of the working day. As a result of using poorly designed chairs injury and discomfort are frequently experienced, most particularly lower back pain. Correct design of chairs is imperative, and must be user-centered. The aim of this investigation has been to gather anthropometric dimensions characteristic of the South African population, as this information has not been widely assimilated to date. Once collated, this information could be used in the design of an ergonomically correct office chair, suitable for the unique characteristics of the South African working population. Anthropometric dimensions were collected from 683 South Africans (comprising 448 South African females and 235 South African males) from pre-selected companies in major centres in South Africa (Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg, Durban, East London, Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town). Measurements included participants’ personal information (age, sex, home language and ethnic group), basic anthropometric measures (stature, shoulder height, mass, and waist and hip circumference) as well as specific measures of fit of the individual to the specially designed, adjustable chair. Of the 448 females, 317 were Black females, 77 were White females, 35 were Coloured females and 19 were Indian/Asian females. Of the 235 males, 112 were Black males, 79 were White males, 26 were Coloured males and 18 were Indian/Asian males. Office chair dimensions for each ethnic group were represented and differences were noted. A comparison between a current office chair’s dimensions and the South African sample office chair’s dimensions indicated modifications that would need to be constructed to suit the South African sample. The conventional office chair is still the most widely accepted office chair due to its stability and support structures that maintain the correct sitting posture of the user. An ergonomic office chair needs to incorporate anthropometric dimensions worldwide.

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Benden, Mark E. "The obese office worker seating problem." [College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1137.

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Saggu, Rajinder Kaur. "Effect of a chair and computer screen height adjustment on the neck and upper back musculoskeletal symptoms in an office worker." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96971.

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Thesis (MScPhysio)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Aims: To assess the effect of a chair and computer screen height adjustment on the neck and upper back musculoskeletal symptoms in an office worker. Methods: An N=1 study was conducted using the ABC design. Ethics approval was obtained for the study and the participant provided informed written consent. The participant was assessed over three four week phases as she performed her habitual computer work. The outcome measures assessed during the three phases were the pain intensity and perceived sitting comfort. The three phases were named the baseline, intervention and wash-out phases. During the baseline phase, the outcome measures were obtained at the participant‟s habitual work station. The intervention phase involved a vertical adjustment of the chair and computer screen height. The wash-out phase allowed the participant to adjust the chair and computer screen height to their choice. A follow-up interview was conducted with the participant three months after completion of the study. The mean values and the ranges of the pain intensity and perceived comfort were obtained and compared. The data collected was captured on a Microsoft Excel 2010 spread sheet, where after the data was tabulated and presented graphically. Results: The mean pain intensity of the participant increased slightly during the intervention phase in comparison to the baseline phase, but remained stable during the wash-out phase. The mean perceived sitting comfort deteriorated initially during the intervention phase, but improved later during the intervention phase and showed greater improvement during the wash out phase. The perceived sitting comfort showed more improvement than the pain intensity during the washout phase. Both the pain intensity and perceived sitting comfort showed improvement at the three months follow up assessment, post completion of the study. Conclusion: The vertical height adjustment of the chair and the VDT did not improve the participant‟s pain intensity and perceived sitting comfort when compared to the participant‟s habitual workstation parameters. The findings do not favour the horizontal viewing angle. The findings of this study however support the use of „slightly below horizontal‟ viewing angle as being conducive to reduce the pain intensity and improve the sitting comfort of an office worker.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Doelstelling: Om die effek te bepaal van die hoogte aanpassing van die stoel en rekenaarskerm op die nek en bo-rug muskuloskeletale simptome van 'n kantoorwerker. Metodes: „n N=1 studie was uitgevoer deur gebruik te maak van die ABC ontwerp. Etiese goedkeuring was verkry vir die studie en die deelnemer het ingeligte skriftelike toestemming verleen. Die deelnemer was ge-evalueer oor drie vier week-lange fases terwyl sy haar gewone rekenaarwerk verrig het. Die uitkomsmetings ge-evalueer tydens die drie fases was pyn intensiteit en waargenome sitgemak. Die drie fases was genoem die basislyn, intervensie en uitwas fases. Gedurende die basislyn fase was die uitkomsmetings by die deelnemer se gewone werkstasie ingevorder. Die intervensie fase het 'n vertikale aanpassing van die stoel en rekenaarskerm behels. Die uitwas fase het die deelnemer toegelaat om haar stoel en rekenaarskerm se hoogte aan te pas volgens haar keuse. 'n Opvolg onderhoud was gevoer met die deelnemer drie maande na die voltooiing van die studie. Die resultate was vasgelê op 'n Microsoft Excel 2010 data bladsy, waarna die data getabuleer en grafies uitgebeeld is. Resultate: Die gemiddelde pyn intensiteit van die deelnermer het effens toegeneem tydens die intervensie fase in vergelyking met die basislyn fase, maar het stabiel gebly tydens die uitwas fase. Die gemiddelde waargenome sitgemak het aanvanklik verswak tydens die intervensie fase, maar het later verbeter tydens die intervensie fase en het aangehou verbeter tydens die uitwas fase. Die waargenome sitgemak het groter verbetering getoon as die pyn intensiteit tydens die uitwas fase. Beide pyn intensiteit en waargenome sitgemak het verbetering getoon by die drie maande opvolg evaluasie, na voltooiing van die studie. Gevolgtrekking. Die vertikale hoogte aanpassing van die stoel en rekenaarskerm het nie die deelnemer se pyn intensiteit en waargenome sitgemak in vergelyking met die deelnemer se gewone werkstasie parameters verbeter nie. Hierdie bevindinge is nie ten voordeel van die horisontale kykhoek nie. Nietemin, ondersteun die bevindinge van hierdie studie die gebruik van die "effens onder die horisontale" kykhoek as bevorderend om die pyn intensiteit te verminder en die sitgemak van 'n kantoorwerker te verbeter.

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Van, Vledder Nicole. "An ergonomic intervention : the effect of a chair and computer screen height adjustment on musculoskeletal pain and sitting comfort in office workers." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96865.

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Thesis (MScPhysio)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Aims: To assess the effect of a vertical height adjustment of the chair and visual display unit (VDU) on work related upper quadrant musculoskeletal pain (WRUQMP) and sitting comfort in computer users. The upper quadrant refers to the occiput, cervical and upper thoracic spine including the clavicles and scapulae. Methods: An N=1 study was conducted using the ABC design whereby an ergonomic workstation adjustment, of VDU and chair height, was compared to the subject’s usual workstation settings. Pain and sitting comfort were measured using visual analogue scales (VAS). The subject was assessed over the four week phases as she performed her typical VDU work. The results were compiled and tabulated. Results: Both the mean and variance in pain intensity decreased after the workstation intervention. A deterioration was noted in sitting comfort. Conclusion: The vertical height adjustment of the chair and VDU may have contributed to a decrease in WRUQMP in this subject. This safe, economical workstation intervention may be a practical management option for the computer user suffering from WRUQMP. Further research into the measurement of comfort whilst sitting at a computer workstation, is recommended.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Doelwitte: Om die effek te bepaal van n vertikale aanpassing van die stoel en beeldskerm van rekenaargebruikers op werksverwandte boonste kwadrant muskuloskeletale pyn en sitgemak. Die boonste kwadrant verwys na die oksiput, servikale en boonste torakale werwelkolom en sluit ook die klavikel en skapula in. Methode: Die N=1 studie is onderneem met gebruik van die ABC ontwerp in terme waarvan n ergonomiese aanpassing van stoel en beeldskerm vergelyk is met die normale gebruik van die deelnemer. Pyn en sitgemak is gemeet deur die gebruik van die Visueel analoogskaal. Die interwensies is ge-evalueer oor vierweekfases tydens normale rekenaar gebruik van die deelnemer. Die resultate is saamgestel en getabuleer. Uitkoms: Beide die gemiddelde en veranderlike pynintensiteit het verminder nadat die werkstasie aangepas is. Geen verbetering in sitgemak is opgemerk nie. Gevolgtrekking: Die vertikale hoogte-aanpassing van die stoel en beeldskerm het moontlik bygedra tot die verminderde pynvlakke in hierdie deelnemer. Hierdie veilige, ekonomiese verstelling is moontlik n praktiese beheeropsie vir rekenaargebruikers wat werksverwandte boonste kwadrant muskuloskeletale pyn verduur. Verder studie in die meet en waarneming van sitgemak tydens rekenaarwerk is nodig.

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Elmertoft, Emelie, and Victoria Johansson. "Potentiell miljöpåverkan från kontorsstol 6110 : En livscykelanalys samt rekommendationer för Kinnarps AB." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-149486.

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Livscykelanalys (LCA) är ett verktyg för att analysera potentiell miljöpåverkan från en produkts livscykel. I studien undersöks vilka som är de mest betydande processerna och de mest utmär- kande potentiella miljöpåverkanskategorierna i livscykeln för Kinnarps kontorsstol 6110, samt vilka potentiella förbättringsåtgärder som kan utföras för förbättrad miljöprestanda. Analysen syftar även till att ge rekommendationer hur verktyget LCA kan implementeras i Kinnarps håll- barhetsarbete. Programvaran SimaPro från PRé, data från Ecoinvent och företagsspecifika uppgifter används i analysen. De huvudsakliga resultaten visar att störst miljöpåverkan åter- finns inom kategorierna ekotoxicitet, övergödning och naturlig landtransformation. Stolsmekanismen är den komponent på kontorsstolen som får störst genomslag i analysen till följd av sin stora massa och sitt höga stålinnehåll. Även ullklädseln får stort genomslag, vilket beror på produktionen av råull. I verkligheten bör denna påverkan vara större eftersom pro- duktionen av tyg från råull inte varit möjlig att inkludera. Vilket material som väljs för olika komponenter visar sig ha stor betydelse för livscykeln och LCA kan användas redan i konstrukt- ionsfasen för att rådgöra vilka val som ger lägst påverkan. En fördel med att bygga upp kompetens internt inom Kinnarps är att ökad kunskap om såväl metodiken LCA som produkt- sortimentet erhålls. Om Kinnarps väljer att implementera verktyget inom företaget har det även fördelar ur ett marknadsföringsperspektiv eftersom de då kan uppvisa detaljkännedom om sina produkters miljöprestanda.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a tool to analyze potential environmental impacts of a product's lifecycle. The aim of the study is to determine the most important processes and the most signif- icant potential environmental impact categories in the lifecycle of Kinnarps’ office chair 6110, and what potential improvements that can be made. The analysis also gives advice whether the tool LCA can be implemented in Kinnarps’ work with sustainability issues. The software SimaPro from PRé, data from Ecoinvent and company-specific data were used in the analysis. The main results show that the greatest impact can be found in the categories of ecotoxicity, eutrophica- tion and natural land transformation. As a result of its large mass and its high steel content the chair mechanism is the component in the office chair with the greatest impact. The wool uphol- stery fabric also has a major impact, which solely depends on the production of greasy wool. The impact is most likely larger in reality, since there is a lack of data regarding wool fabrics. What type of material that is chosen for different components turns out to be of great importance. LCA can be used as early as in the design phase to consult what material that gives the lowest impact. One advantage of establishing expertise in LCA within the company is that competence about LCA, as well as the product system, remains within Kinnarps. If Kinnarps choose to implement the tool within the company, there are also marketing benefits since they may present detailed knowledge of the environmental performance of their products.

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Askew, Robin, and Stefan Carlberg. "Office chairs in circular business models." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-187099.

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This is a master’s thesis project of 30 credits written with guidance from the Swedish research institute ICT Viktoria and Industrial Ecology at KTH. This thesis is conducted by two students at KTH, one with a background in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Ecology and the other with a background in Energy and Environmental Technology. This study focuses on circular economy linked to the furniture industry in Sweden and how the transition from theoretical to practical concepts can be improved. The methods of this thesis consist of three semi-structured interviews, a survey and an analytical comparative literature review. The interviews, survey and literature review is analyzed with the purpose of finding important criteria relevant for office chairs in circular business models. The interviews are performed face-to-face with three different key persons; an office supply manager, a CEO at a refurbishing company and a product manager. The study focuses on product design within the Swedish furniture industry although some aspects regarding circular business models, logistics and psychological values are included. The results are design criteria for office chairs in circular business models and a design evaluation program for the industry built on these. The program, based on multi criteria analysis, can help reduce the gap between theory and practice of how circular economy should be implemented in the industry. By giving early feedback during the design phase on how well an office chair and a company’s structure meet circular economy criteria the authors hope to ease and speed up this transition. The main characteristics of an office chair designed for circular business models are: Durable Easy to service Adaptable Modular Homogeneous material composition in modules Although the transition to circular business models can be a comprehensive process the authors believe that if furniture manufacturers would integrate circular business models for office chairs into their business structure this would be both economically viable and highly beneficial for their environmental profile which can strengthen their position on the market.

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Bergqvist, Joakim, and Sebastian Breuer. "HIGH SCORE : A qualitative study on how gaming can further awareness in office environments." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160972.

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Gamification as an educational tool has been explored extensively in traditional academic contexts such as universities and schools. There is however a lack of research on the usage of games for educational purposes in organizations, and even less research has evaluated games’ potential in creating organizational awareness. To understand if companies could benefit from gamification, this study looked at how employees’ professional backgrounds, social interaction and context during a game experience can influence employees’ awareness of the organization. In order to do that, a digital game that portrayed the supply chain process of an industrial company and focused on specific key aspects was built and tested with 17 employees in a large international organization. The results show that digital games can further both awareness of the organization by letting employees play and experience key aspects of the delivery process. The most noticeable increase in awareness were with the participants whose work is not directly involved in the supply chain.

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netwong, weeraya, and priyawat trakarnthai. "Internationalization Process of Thai Office Furniture Company in India: A case study of Rockworth Public Company Limited." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-10013.

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The purpose of this thesis is to study the internationalization process by investigate how Rockworth Public Company Limited manage internationalization in Indian market efficiently. Additionally, we aim to improve our understanding and knowledge in international business comprehensively.

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Fuentes, Neva R. "Subordinate - supervisor communication| Junior Naval Officer feelings and obstacles when communicating up the chain of command." Thesis, Gonzaga University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1537048.

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Research on subordinate-supervisor communication has revealed that employees in civilian organizations often stay silent about workplace problems. Comfort levels between subordinates and supervisors, was a major factor to this silence. Currently, there exists very little literature on upward communication from subordinate to supervisor amongst U.S. Naval Officers. The purpose of this thesis was to explore Junior Officer (JO) feelings and perceived obstacles about communicating up the chain of command with senior officers. Interview questions from a previous study (Milliken, Morrison, & Hewlin, 2003) on subordinate-supervisor communication were adapted for an electronic survey and used to explore JO feelings and perceived obstacles when communicating workplace problems with senior officers. Results answered the research question, revealing that while JOs are generally comfortable when communicating with their senior officers, the hierarchy does negatively affect their communication upward. Other major reasons to remain silent were attributed to feelings of futility and fear of being perceived negatively by others.

Keywords: communicative action, deck-plate leadership, effectiveness, interagency, junior officer, participation, subordinate-supervisor communication

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Reinhard, Eric. "Contribution méthodologique à l'introduction du lean office dans un service support de gestion des approvisionnements : analyse longitudinale par étude de cas dans une entreprise fournisseur du secteur de la santé." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017STRAB011/document.

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Comme la plupart des entreprises industrielles, la société Paul Hartmann a d’abord déployé l’approche Lean en production. L’implémentation des bases du Lean Office est décidée par l’application de la méthode Office Excellence (Kugel, 2010) dans le service support des approvisionnements. Or, cette méthode utilisée depuis 2002 par de grandes entreprises allemandes, est non testée scientifiquement. Notre recherche propose de tester cette méthode par étude de cas unique et d’évaluer sa complétude par rapport à la base conceptuelle du Lean Office. Une première contribution est la précision des concepts et des méthodes d’implémentation par une revue de la littérature. Et l’analyse longitudinale de cinq années se traduit d’abord par un constat d’échec ; la recherche-action devient alors recherche-intervention ingénierique. Les dynamiques et les difficultés rencontrées permettent, après des allers-retours constants avec la littérature, de proposer un construit méthodologique original, à l’usage des praticiens : LeanOffice@SCM. C’est une méthode d’implémentation mixte, avec une approche managériale en parallèle, et une approche opérationnelle en mode séquentiel
Like most industrial companies, the Paul Hartmann company firstly deployed the Lean approach in factories. The implementation of Lean Office basic principles is decided through the Office Excellence method (Kugel, 2010) in the procurement support department. This method applied in some major German companies since 2002 has not been scientifically tested yet. Our research aims at testing this method with a unique case study approach and evaluating its completeness in comparison to the Lean Office’s concept base. A first contribution is made through a literature review for defining this Lean Office’s concept base. The five year-case study starts with a failure; the action-research moves to an intervention-research. After systematically challenging the case study learnings with the literature, our constructivist approach enables proposing an original Lean Office implementation method for practitioners’ use: Lean Office@SCM. It is a mixed approach made of a managerial part in parallel, and an operational one insequences

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López, Marc. "A study on the lead-times in the United Nations World Food Programme supply chain : a focus on the country offices." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35685.

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Thesis (S.M. in Ocean Systems Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-81).
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the largest humanitarian agency in the world and the logistical arm of the United Nations, reached more than 113 million people in 80 countries in 2004 and delivered more than 50% of all the food aid in the world. In its endeavor of planning, designing, executing, monitoring and completing each and every one of the projects in which they are involved, all WFP business decisions and logistic steps are tracked down via an information technology tool called WINGS (WFP Information Network and Global System). This database is of extreme importance not only for the actions described above but also because it enables WFP Officers to learn from their past experience and improve their operations and efficiency in the future. This thesis aims to contribute to it. The first half of this study is addressed to briefly describing which business steps are in the WFP commodity pipeline and how the information flows from one another. It then moves into a deep statistical analysis in which lead-times from the moment the donor confirms its contribution to the moment food reaches the port of discharge are calculated.
(cont.) Some very interesting conclusions are derived from the analysis, such as which donors are more efficient in their efforts or which kinds of projects require less time and why. The second half of this thesis focuses on calculating some performance and inventory management measures that may help Country Officers. The aim here is to provide them with a wide study regarding performance of the final delivery to the implementing partners. Thus, lead-times from the moment the food has reached the port of discharge until it is delivered to the ending control point are calculated and are used to compute the measures mentioned above. This study had never been done before due to the existence of many uncertain and unique variables in the last part of the delivery system, e.g. transport infrastructure or security situation. Being aware of the limitations in the extrapolation of the results, however, the study performed here may well represent the starting point for a more customized one.
by Marc Lopez.
S.M.in Ocean Systems Management

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Crapulli, Ilaria. "Analisi ed ottimizzazione dei flussi informativi e delle attività inerenti alla supply chain in ottica lean: Il caso Marposs S.p.A." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021.

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Il progetto di tesi riguarda la mappatura ed ottimizzazione dei flussi d'informazioni per i processi legati alla programmazione di produzione e agli acquisti in ambiente SAP. Specificatamente verranno analizzati gli attuali flussi informativi attinenti alla pianificazione di MTS (Make to Stock), ATO (Assembly to Order) ed ETO (Engineering to Order), ridefinendo in ottica Lean le attività e le competenze delle persone coinvolte. Da maggio 2020 l’azienda ha deciso di implementare un nuovo software gestionale: SAP. Tuttavia, demandando su esso il processo di supply chain usato con il software precedente, li ha resi meno efficienti nell'eseguire con le stesse modalità determinate operazioni. Si rende necessario, quindi, un processo di miglioramento continuo all’interno degli uffici programmazione di produzione e acquisti per fare in modo che le attività e le competenze delle risorse umane siano supportate efficientemente dal nuovo sistema. Inizialmente viene condotta un'analisi dello stato attuale per comprenderne le dinamiche, le procedure, le relazioni e i muda. Vengono mappati i flussi informativi, rilevati i tempi e redatte due matrici delle attività monitorando la situazione con dei KPI. Nello scenario TO-BE si ipotizzano delle soluzioni migliorative per ridurre gli sprechi, si stimano i tempi futuri tramite simulazione ed estrazione dei dati da SAP, vengono dimensionate le risorse necessarie e definite le loro capacità. Sulla base di queste informazioni avviene il bilanciamento delle attività negli uffici e l'ottimizzazione dei flussi informativi. Stimando l'impatto positivo sia con i KPI utilizzati nella fase AS-IS sia a livello economico.

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Hassan, Abdifatah, and Ida Skotte. "Rehabiliteringskedjan, Dagens politiska avspegling på arbetslinjen? : - En studie om hur handläggare på Försäkringskassan och Arbetsförmedlingen upplever hinder och möjligheter med samarbete och samverkan i relation till rehabiliteringskedjan." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-9818.

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I denna studie analyserar vi handläggares upplevelse av samverkan mellan två stora välfärdsmyndigheter, Försäkringskassan och Arbetsförmedlingen. Genom sju kvalitativa intervjuer undersöker vi möjligheter och hinder med samverkan utifrån den s.k. nya arbetslinjen och rehabiliteringskedjan. Vår teoretiska referensram utgår ifrån gräsrotsbyråkratin, sektoriseringsteorin samt olika idéer om samverkan och domänkonflikter. För att få underlag för studien tar vi också del av aktuell forskning som berör ämnet. Resultatet från vår studie visar att det finns flera gemensamma upplevelser av hinder och möjligheter hos respondenterna. Bland annat lyfter alla respondenter fram att samverkan är någonting positivt som klargör myndigheternas ansvar inför klienten. Resultatet visar även att majoriteten av respondenterna upplever att rehabiliteringskedjan motverkar passivitet som de anser råder inom rehabiliteringssfären.
In this study we analyze handling offices experience of cooperation between two major welfare authorities, the social insurance office and the employment agency. With the help of seven qualitative interviews we investigate the opportunities and the hindrance for cooperation on the base of the new so called workfare and rehabilitation chain. Our theoretical frame takes its starting point in particularly the theory of street level bureaucracy, sectorisation within the public sector and different ideas about cooperation and domain conflict. To build a platform for the study, we also take part of topical science that is relevant for the study. The result showed that there are several common experiences of opportunities and hindrance of cooperation. All of the respondents brought up the fact that cooperation is something positive that, from the client perspective, elucidates the authorities’ responsibility. The majority of the respondents also experienced that the rehabilitation chain counteract passivity, which existed within the rehabilitation sphere.

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Paredes, Iglesias Jimy Alexander, Díaz Carlos Eduardo Ramírez, and Fano Henry Vladimir Ramírez. "Propuesta de implementación de una oficina de gestión de proyectos para el área de dirección de proyectos de TI en chain services TI SAC." Master's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656801.

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Para el desarrollo de la presente propuesta, nos hemos basado en la empresa de consultoría de TI Chain Services TI S.A.C. constituida el 2008 en el Perú, formada con capitales peruanos y presencia en Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Costa Rica y Perú, con el principal objetivo de ser una empresa pionera en innovación en soluciones de TI. El presente trabajo de investigación titulado: “Propuesta de Implementación de una Oficina De Gestión de Proyectos para el Área de Dirección De Proyectos de TI” toma como fuente principal la Guía del PMBOK® en su 6ta Edición y otras fuentes complementarias. En el capítulo I, se presenta el marco teórico que nos brinda el soporte teórico y contextual de los conceptos que se utilizaron para la presente propuesta. En el capítulo II, se describe la situación actual de la empresa, los procesos actuales y se detalla el problema a solucionar. En el capítulo III, se pone énfasis en mostrar la propuesta y despliegue de la PMO. En el capítulo IV, se presenta las conclusiones que se han obtenido en el presente trabajo. En el capítulo V, se propone recomendaciones a ser tomados en cuenta. Finalmente, esta propuesta contribuirá a la empresa a contar con procesos estandarizados, metodologías para cada tipo de proyecto y minimizar los problemas que puedan surgir, con lo cual permitirá el mejoramiento de los niveles de rentabilidad y satisfacción de clientes.
For the development of this proposal, it is based on the consulting company Chain Services TI S.A.C. established in 2008 in Peru, formed with Peruvian capital and presence in Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Costa Rica, and Peru, with the main objective of being a pioneer company in innovation in IT solutions. This research work entitled: "Proposal to Implement a Project Management Office for the IT Project Management Area" takes as its main source the PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition and other complementary sources. In chapter I, the theoretical framework that provides us with the theoretical and contextual support of the concepts used for this proposal is presented. In chapter II, the current situation of the company is described, the current processes and the problem to be solved is detailed. In chapter III, emphasis is placed on showing the proposal and deployment of the PMO. In chapter IV, the conclusions that have been obtained in the present work are presented. In chapter V, recommendations are proposed to be considered. Finally, this proposal will help the company to have standardized processes and methodologies for each type of project and minimize the problems that may arise, thereby allowing the improvement of profitability and customer satisfaction levels.
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Mnguni, Nombuyiselo. "To investigate and evaluate the implementation of the supply chain management in service delivery with specific focus on procurement processes of goods and services in the head office of the Eastern Cape department of health." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1599.

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Supply Chain Management is a well recognized managerial tool and government initiative, primarily aimed at improving all the aspects of the procurement activities in government organizations or any type of the sector. It focuses on meeting the needs of the service providers as well as of the customers. In 1994, South African Government came up with new initiatives to manage its budget and finance resources to meet the needs of the people. One of the new initiatives that the new Government introduced was the Supply Chain Management (SCM). The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act No.108 of 1996, as amended regulates procurement through Section 217. The statutes states that “217(1) when an Organ of State in the national, provincial or local sphere of government, or any institution identified in national legislation, contracts for goods or services, it must do so in accordance with a system which is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective The procurement reform processes were supported by the introduction of a number of legislative measures, including the adoption of the Public Financial Management Act (PFMA) and the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA). Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) is a financial act that was developed in 1999 to reform the public financial management of South Africa. The Act promotes the objective of good financial management in order to maximise delivery through the efficient and effective use of limited resources. Public Financial Management Act (PFMA) emphasizes on efficiency, transparency and economic utilization of public funds. The Treasury Regulations 16.5.3 states that, ‘when procuring goods and services, the procurement procedures must be in accordance with a system that is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective. Even though government departments have started implementing the Supply Chain Management strategies, there are still some challenges and deficiencies that hinder appropriate implementation. There are some deficiencies in tender award systems, ineffectiveness of SCM training materials, lack of communication between management and SCM or implementing staff as a result the implementing staff is not aware of the organization’s goals regarding supply chain management activities. Lack of monitoring, evaluation and reporting is also another challenge. Due to these challenges, the Head Office of the Eastern Cape Department of Health had incurred some expenses in trying to address these yet the Supply Chain Management has little impact in improving the service delivery. The key research objective of this study is to investigate and evaluate the implementation of Supply Chain Management in service delivery with specific focus in procurement processes of goods and services in Head Office of Eastern Cape Department of Health. The study intends to establish and highlight the challenges that the Head Office of the Eastern Cape Department of Health is presently faced with in regard to implementation of the Supply Chain Management and the impact it has in service delivery. Data gathering techniques which include interviews and questionnaires had been used. The objectives, methodology and results of the study are presented. The conclusions and recommendations had been made with the basis that they will assist the department in improving the implementation of the Supply Chain Management which will have a positive impact in the service delivery. Further steps needs to be taken by the Provincial Treasuries in assisting department to improve in the implementation of the Supply Chain Management. Further research conduct is recommended for all the institutions of the department of Health as this study was focusing on Head Office only.

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Frölander, Njord. "A filter in the chain of command : A quantitative study on the extent to which officials in the Swedish Government Offices perceive that they are governed bythe political elite and ministerial advisers." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-375005.

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The aim of this thesis is to investigate to what extent the officials within the Swedish Government Offices consider themselves to be governed by the political elite (ministers and state secretaries) and the ministerial advisers (chief of staffs, planning directors, political advisers and press secretaries). In an ideal chain of command, the political elite governs the officials, since the ministers are appointed by the Prime Minister to govern the Government Office’s different policy areas. During recent years, political scientists have started to chart a phenomenon of an increasing number of ministerial advisers within the public administration. The Swedish Parliament has no formal capability to review or dismiss these ministerial advisers. Which is considered to be problematic in terms of democratic legitimacy, since the ministerial advisers are neither recruited through a transparent recruitment process based on their merits, nor are they politically appointed based on election results. Hence, the link between election results and who is given the mandate to take part in the policy process within the Swedish Government Offices can be seen as tenuous. The officials are at the government’s disposal to prepare and implement policies, and to contribute with their expertise in different policy areas, regardless of which political party or political coalition that is governing at the time. Thus, the purpose of this thesis has been to study the government officials’ perspective, and to what extent they consider themselves to be governed by the political elite and ministerial advisers. 91 government officials have answered a survey regarding to what extent they perceive that they are governed by the different roles in the political staff, and to what extent they consider having contact with the different roles in the political staff. The collected material has made it possible to merge the officials’ perspective on the different roles within the political staff into the categories the political elite and the ministerial advisers. This has been done in order to calculate a confidence interval to estimate officials’ perspective on the two categories within the Govern- ment Offices as a whole. The main findings of the study are that officials within the Government Offices consider themselves to be governed to a greater extent by the political elite, compared to the ministerial advisers. Although the officials consider that they are governed by the political elite, they have more contact with the ministerial advisers compared to the political elite. This could indicate that ministerial advisers are to a great extent mediating the contact between the political elite and the officials within the Swedish Government Offices.

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Boschiero-Trottman, Marie-Luce. "Le chant dans les monastères cisterciens de l’Europe francophone (1521-1903) : enquête sur les livres de chœur imprimes et manuscrits." Thesis, Tours, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014TOUR2016.

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Entre 2008 et 2011, l’inventaire des livres liturgiques de 51 communautés cisterciennes de l’Europe francophone a mis en lumière un fonds unique de Graduels et d’Antiphonaires de choeur, tant manuscrits qu’imprimés, parus entre la Renaissance et le début du XXe siècle. Ces ouvrages constituent le corpus principal de cette thèse dont l’objectif est d’en interroger le contenu au regard de l’histoire de l’Ordre cistercien, mais aussi de l’évolution du chant ecclésiastique. La périodisation est définie en fonction des bornes suivantes : le terminus a quo (1521) correspond à la première impression d’un livre de choeur cistercien et son terminus ad quem (1903) est celui de la publication du dernier ouvrage de ce format au sein de cet Ordre spécifique. L’étude est menée selon trois axes : analyse codicologique ; philologie des traces d’usage introduites au cours des âges ; approche musicologique d’un échantillon d’Offices liturgiques (Office de la Dédicace et Office votif du Sacré-Coeur)
Between 2008 & 2011, a general inventory of the liturgical books of 51 Cistercian communities in Francophone Europe allowed the highlighting of one fund of several 10th of choir graduals and antiphonaries, both manuscripts & printed, from the Renaissance period to the beginning of the XXth century. These works constitute the main body of this thesis aimed to examine the content relating to the history of the Cistercian Order, but also the general evolution of ecclesiastical chant. Periodization of this work is defined according to the following terminals: the terminus a quo (1521) is the first impression of a Cistercian choir book and terminus ad quem (1903) is the publication of the last book of this size in this specific Order. The study is conducted along three axes: codicological analysis; philology traces of use introduced in these books over the ages; musicological approach of a sample of specific liturgical Offices (Office of the Dedication and votive Office of the Sacred-Heart)

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Jalasutram, Srikanth. "Design of an intelligent posture guidance system for workspace seating." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41117.

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Seating is an integral part of work environment. When people are at work, they often sit in chairs for long periods of time without changing postures. This results in reduced blood circulation in the body, especially in the buttock-thigh area causing muscle fatigue, pain and discomfort. Ergonomically designed task chairs adopt a passive approach to guiding people into better postures by providing adjustability inside the chair. However most people do not adjust their chairs because they fail to sense the need for changing posture. They are left to sensing the need to change posture through guesswork or extreme discomfort. This thesis proposes a new system to address this problem by sensing static posture in a seated person with the use of electronic sensors embedded in the seat, and by providing interactive feedback to static posture via sound, light and tactile channels. The new technology is an sensing-feedback mechanism embedded in a chair, that allows people to receive postural information and make body adjustments periodically to avoid pain and discomfort caused by prolonged seating.The feedback mechanism was tested with four subjects to determine its efficacy in generating posture change through pressure relief and user feedback was gathered in order to design the final prototype.

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Beránek, Jan. "Verifikace rukopisu a podpisu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-237258.

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This paper concerns methods of verification of person's signature and handwriting. Some of commonly used techniques are resumed and described with related literature being referred. Next aim of this work is design and implementation of a simple handwriting verification application. Application is based on edge detection and comparison of a set of structural and statistical features. As a support classification tool a SVM classifier of the LIBSVM software is employed. The Application is written in C language using OpenCV graphics library. Testing and training set was extracted from samples found in the IAM Handwriting Database. Application was created and tested in the Windows XP operating system.

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Nitzsche, Nico. "Die Wirkung eines rehabilitativen Krafttrainings nach vorderer Kreuzbandplastik in offenen und geschlossenen Systemen." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-67526.

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Knieextensionen im offenen System stellen im Gegensatz zu Beinstreckungen im geschlossenen System eine höhere Belastung durch stärkere Dehnung des vorderen Kreuzbandes dar und könnte für rekonstruierte vordere Kreuzbänder ein Risiko darstellen eine Bandlockerung bzw. eine Ruptur zu provozieren. Ziel dieser prospektiv randomisierten Studie war unter Bedingungen des Gesundheitssystems beide Systeme im Rehabilitationsprozess an Patienten nach vorderer Kreuzbandplastik auf dessen Risiko zu untersuchen. 31 Patienten wurden nach vorderer Kreuzbandplastik mittels M.semitendinosus Plastik randomisiert in zwei Trainingsgruppen zugeteilt (TG1=geschlossen: N=13, 32,2±9,5Jahre, 83,6±11,9kg, 1,78±0,08m; TG2=offen: N=18, 27,2±7,1Jahre, 72,9±13,3kg, 1,75±0,07m). Zur Quantifizierung der vorderen Schublade wurde der Lachmanntest mittels Rolimeter eingesetzt. Im Weiteren kamen ein isokinetischer Krafttest (120°/s), Oberschenkelumfangsmessungen, Lysholm Score sowie ein Achterlauf (Anzahl der Runden in 1 Minute) zum Einsatz. Die Ergebnisse zeigten nach 13±3 verordneten Trainingseinheiten keine signifikanten Veränderungen in der Laxizität der vorderen Schublade beider Gruppen (TG1: prä 8,2±1,6mm, post 7,8±1,8mm; TG2: prä 8,4±1,9mm, post 8,6±1,3mm, p>0,05). Im Hinblick auf die Kraftfähigkeiten der Beuger (TG1: prä 67,4±28,4Nm, post 93,8±27,7Nm; TG2: prä 68,9±23,4Nm, post 93,4±24,9Nm) und Strecker (TG1: prä 74,1±37,4Nm, post 98,1±42,8Nm; TG2: prä 78,7±35,3, post 111,6±41,3Nm) sowie im Lysholm Score (TG1: prä 71,5±23,2, post 77,4±20,9; TG2: prä 74,2±10,9, post 84,7±5,9) lagen hochsignifikante Zunahmen vor (p<0,01). Die Oberschenkelumfänge der operierten Extremität zeigten auf beiden Messpunkten keine signifikanten Veränderungen (p>0,05). Im Achterlauf zeigten beide Trainingsgruppen keine signifikanten Unterschiede in der Anzahl der gelaufenen Runden (TG1: 9,5±2,1 Runden vs. TG2: 10,7±1,6 Runden, p>0,05). Das Trainingssystem hatte keinen signifikanten Effekt auf die untersuchten Parameter (Anova p>0,05). In Bezug zur Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Lockerung bzw. einer Straffung der Plastik überschritten 2 Patienten der TG2 und 1 Patient der TG1 die kritische Differenz von 2 mm (RR 0,96, 95%KI 0,8-1,2). Neun Patienten (50%) der TG2 und 3 Patienten (23%) der TG1 zeigten eine um 1,7mm reduzierte Laxizität der vorderen Schublade (OR 3,3, 95%KI 0,7-16,3). Schlussfolgernd bleibt festzuhalten, dass offene kinetische Systeme im rehabilitativen Krafttraining kein erhöhtes Risiko darstellen und eine sinnvolle Alternative in der medizinischen Trainingstherapie sein können. Kraftsteigerungen sowie ein Abbau bilateraler Kraftdefizite lassen beide Systeme erwarten, führen aber nicht zu zufriedenstellenden Ergebnissen, dafür scheint der von den Kostenträgern verordnete Interventionszeitraum zu kurz.

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Retmi, Kawtar. "Une approche pour une évaluation économique des décisions opérationnelles et tactiques : mise en œuvre sur la Supply chain de l’OCP." Thesis, Paris 10, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA100165/document.

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OCP est une grande entreprise marocaine spécialisée dans l’extraction de minerai de phosphate, cette entreprise a élargi ses activités vers la production de fertilisants phosphatés selon un processus de transformation chimique. Dans le cadre de notre recherche, nous nous intéressons au pilotage économique d’une chaine logistique hybride (la plateforme chimique Jorf). Cette chaine logistique est constituée d’un ensemble articulé de chaine logistique discrète et chaine logistique continue organisant les processus de transformation du fournisseur jusqu’au client final. Les chaînes logistiques hybrides combinent des processus discrets et continus. Dans un premier temps, nous nous sommes focalisé sur la représentation du fonctionnement physique. Donc, un modèle de simulation qui permet de reproduire ce fonctionnement a été réalisé à partir de la cartographie de processus que nous avons fait. La technique de Modélisation / Simulation mobilisable dans le cadre de la modélisation de ce type de chaîne logistique est la Simulation à Événements Discrets (SED) qui permet de reproduire le fonctionnement opérationnel de la CLH.En travaillant à la commande, ceci implique un contrôle de gestion spécifique avec une définition d’un référentiel dynamique qui va dépendre du modèle de simulation. Ce référentiel est utilisable par le système interactif d’aide à la décision (SIAD) du contrôle de gestion afin d’améliorer la prise de décision. Donc, il faut, ensuite, mesurer l’impact économique, évaluer les alternatives décisionnelles et analyser les écarts. Pour ce faire, il faut s’appuyer sur une comptabilité de gestion fondée sur une seconde modélisation / simulation afin de proposer un modèle de coût. Cette seconde simulation, repose sur une représentation plus fine des processus dans une perspective de reporting financier périodique et doit permettre de mieux apprécier les inducteurs de coûts. Dans ce contexte, nous avons choisi la méthode de valorisation Activity Based Costing (ABC). En outre, dans la cartographie des processus, chaque étape de production impliquant un changement de processus et contribuant à son discrétisation représente un événement déclencheur mettant en évidence un inducteur de coût. Nous avons ainsi traité chaque processus au niveau de la Business Unit (BU) "acide" et au niveau de la BU "engrais" afin de déterminer les inducteurs utilisés pour répartir les dépenses. Notre modèle ABC sert donc à mesurer la création de valeur pour chacun des BUs de la CLH et il est capable de prendre en compte toutes les sorties et entrées de chaque entité de traitement.Par la suite, notre but est d’explorer l’intégration de la notion de coût dans le modèle de simulation. La limite de la simulation à événements discrets se manifeste dans le niveau d'informations fourni sur les coûts. Pour évaluer les coûts de production, et l'influence de la diversité de scénario de production, les coûts variables doivent être inclus. Ceci peut être fourni par la combinaison de la simulation à événements discrets avec la méthode ABC. Donc, nous avons proposé une approche qui sera mise en œuvre dans le contexte de la CLH de l’OCP. Cette approche va prendre en compte le couplage entre ABC et SED avec toutes les règles de traduction pour pouvoir, à partir du système de contrôle de gestion existant qui est associé à des centres de coûts par entité fonctionnelle, passer à des BUs orientées processus industriels. Elle va également nous permettre de structurer les indicateurs de performance du flux physique et financier sous la forme d’un tableau de bord
OCP SA is Morocco’s largest company. It is widely considered as owning some 60% of phosphate world reserves and is engaged in a process of Supply Chain control. Initially specialized in phosphate ore extraction, OCP SA has expanded, few years ago, its activities to include production of phosphate fertilizers using chemical processing. Under our research project, we focus on economic management of OCP’s Hybrid Supply chain (HSC). A HSC comprises multiple interrelated discrete and continuous processes together forming an integrated process from the supplier down to the end customer. In such a system, the production rationale includes both batch and flow models. Each discrete or continuous process seeks to capture part of the value created by the organizational collaboration performed either in internal supply chains made up of business unit or in external ones made up of legally independent entities.At first, we focused on the representation of physical functioning. So a simulation model that allows us to reproduce this functioning has been done from the process mapping we have done. The modeling / Simulation technique mobilized in the modeling framework of this type of supply chain is the Discrete Event Simulation (DES) which allows reproducing the operational functioning of the HSCBy working on the command, this implies a specific management control with a definition of a dynamic repository that will depend on the simulation model. This repository can be used by the interactive decision support system of management control in order to improve decision-making. Therefore, we must measure the economic impact, evaluate the decision-making alternatives and analyze the gaps. To do this, it is necessary to rely on a management accounting based on a second modeling / simulation in order to propose a cost model. This second simulation relies on a finer representation of the processes in a perspective of periodic financial reporting and must allow better appreciate the cost drivers. In this context, we have chosen the Activity Based Costing (ABC) method. In addition, in process mapping, each production step involving a process change and contributing to its discretization represents a triggering event highlighting a cost driver. We have thus processed each process at the level of the "acid" BU and at the level of the "fertilizer" BU to determine the inductors used to allocate the expenses. Our ABC model is therefore used to measure the value creation for each BUs of the HSC and it is able to take into account all the outputs and inputs of each processing entity.Later, our aim is to explore the integration of the notion of cost in the simulation model. The limit of the discrete event simulation is manifested in the level of information provided on costs. To assess production costs, and the influence of the diversity of production scenario, variable costs must be included. This can be provided by the combination of the discrete event simulation with the ABC method. So we have proposed an approach that will be implemented in the context of the OCP HSC. This approach will take into account the coupling between ABC and SED with all the translation rules to can, from the existing management control system that is associated with a functional unit cost centers, go to the BUs oriented industrial processes. It will also enable us to structure the physical and financial flow performance indicators in the form of a scorecard

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LIN, HSIN-HUI, and 林欣慧. "Evaluation of Attractiveness in Office Chair Design." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/t79ge8.

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Taiwan's social structure is gradually transformed into today's post-industrial society, the improvement of living standards associated with the impact of user needs for life necessities and feelings, from the initial product only need to meet the functional and physiological needs, the pursuit of products and users to pursue their own personality Or the emotional connection of the environment, and attention to the pleasure of the product. In this study, office chairs, for example, the target group for the white-collar white-collar workers, because the average working hours in Taiwan up to 8 hours, office chair has become the most office workers into the day the most stick to the body and uses the longest furniture. Many research shows that more and more enterprises with large scale and good quality are willing to spend a lot of resources to create a comfortable office environment for staff, and indeed can improve staff efficiency and inspire better ideas because of better office environment. This study has been expert interviews, the views of the collection of office chairs will be divided into light and convenient finishing, simple and elegant, comfortable warm and stable, high applicability, special rare, lively and young with a sense of design and texture seven types, will According to personality traits, the interviewees were divided into four categories according to their personality traits: openness, neuroticism, friendliness and prudence. After quantitative analysis of class I, the differences in charisma of different types of office chairs were evaluated. , The most able to feel the charm of the type of office chair design elements. The research contribution of this study is that future furniture designers or interior designers can design and adjust the products according to the conclusions of this study, and make the products more suitable for the users' preferences and preferences in the premise of confirming user identity, industry nature and office environment.

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Hou, Bo-Yu, and 侯柏宇. "Analysis and Design of an Adjustable Office Chair." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/yg64fz.

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The research focuses on a new adjustable chair. By collecting related patents classified and analysis them, it is discovered that office chairs at present has lack of a lot of adjustable functions. Those office chairs are either too complicates to adjust or the occupation of mechanism is large. In order to make the adjustable office chair more comfortable and more convenient, it will be redesign and developed a new-type adjustable office chair by using Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0 to build the model. It mainly composed of four-bar when making an action, which the handrail and back mechanism will make adjustment at the same time. Making it develops the adjustable office chair meets different users.

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Chang, Hsin-Ying, and 陳欣盈. "The Optimal Dimensions of Office Chair for Individual Height." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08034430799528363380.

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Office chairs sold on the market were always said to be designed in accordance with ergonomics. However, they would not make people with different proportions of body comfortable all the time. The purpose of this research is to find the optimal dimensional range of office chairs, which people who has different proportions of body sit on, would escape from musculoskeletal disorders relating to the lumbar spine. The processes developed in this study are to reduce a discomfort of the lumbar spine which is the most common choice for general research goal of disorders. The first step of processes is to select the backrest tilt, the seat height and the seat depth as factors of office chair that would affect the lumbar spine and the dimensional ranges of them are also made. Then, the muscle fatigue of the sample is measured with EMG. Finally, the data of trial is calculated in determine the size range of office chairs with more comfortable The results indicated that people with different appearances of physiology need different dimension of office chair to made the lumbar spine more comfortable. Through re-experimented, the results were found to be reliable and valid based on the size range of office chairs with more comfortable than others. The processes developed in this research could provide designer or user as references for design or choice.

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WANG, CHING-CHANG, and 王清章. "The Study of Management Strategy for Taiwan’s Office Chair Manufacturing Industries-An Example of Chair Me Company Manufacturing." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/fxswtd.

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靜宜大學
管理碩士在職專班
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The study first analyzes the current situation of Taiwan furniture industry and the competition in the overall market and ask how the firms to formulate the international development policies to stand out in the fierce global environment. And how the Taiwan furniture firms to set the appropriate marketing strategies in response to the international trend to enhance their brand image and visibility. Finally, the thesis analyzes how the firms to face the competitive environment and what are the trends of the furniture industry. This study will select a office furniture manufacturer who produce metal type office chair and mainly exports to the US market as object of study. Extend the study to the developing history of Taiwan's furniture industry, the characteristics of Taiwan's furniture industry, the evolution of office chairs, as well as the product category changes of market demand. An analysis to current situation of United States furniture market and Taiwan exporting furniture market is also studied. Through the theory of five forces analysis, Diamond Model and SWOT Analysis, development and characteristics of metal type office chair industry as well as market positioning and future development is investigated. To know how a company’s business strategy is developed and how a company’s competitiveness is escalated in this case study. In summary this study discussed the history of office furniture in Taiwan from the past now and future; the SWOT analysis was used to exam the 4 face of an office furniture manufacture and its furniture industry By conducting this study; especially in this highly competitive ; furniture market; a better way to survive and even achieve sustainable operation are to adopt flexible strategies on every dimension in order to react to every situations; keep continuous product research and development to keep competitiveness; and establish own brand to build companys reputation In order to prove our theses; we work with an office furniture manufacturer as an example and use its efforts success to demonstrate our theses In conclusion the results and strategies examined in this study could be considered as further reference for office furniture manufacturers in Taiwan to use in operation。 Finally, the author analyzes the enterprise competitiveness by Smiling curve, and puts forward the direction and suggestions on how to increase value of the enterprise against challenges ahead of Taiwan’s Metal furniture manufacturing industry.

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Shih, Wen-Chou, and 石文洲. "The Office Chair Study of Development and Design Strategy –Example of Japan Market." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46251147356577130896.

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碩士
國立雲林科技大學
工業設計系碩士班
92
Abstract Since free trade was launched in Japanese circulation market in 1990, the amount of import has increased significantly; the situation has provided opportunities for Taiwanese businesses to enter the Japanese market. Although the market barrier for the office chair manufacturing industry in Japan is minimal, there are a number of competitors from Southeast Asia and Mainland China, especially on the price war. Mainland China and Southeast Asian countries have the advantages on low cost with cheap labor. The approach has forced the office chair manufacturers in Taiwan shifting the production section outside of Taiwan to lower cost, and placing emphasis on marketing and R&D to increase manufacture products value. In the strategy formulation process, the establishment of competitive advantages requires integration of changes in the external environment, building core competence, and careful review of every strategic point. The results of this study are as follow: 1. Differentiate the products and develop owned marketing channels: many manufacturers have joined to establish retail store in order to increase the profits that were taken away from the wholesalers and to improve the reputation of owned-brand. 2. The implementation of consumer psychology into design and marketing: the understanding of customer satisfaction is the key to establish corporate image and product marketing also inspire creative ideas to products. 3. Increasing attention paid to green design and human factor engineering in design: in fits the streamline form demanded by the Japanese market, apply environmental materials and human factor engineering for value-added and meeting consumers’ demand. In order for the office chair manufacturing industry in Taiwan to compete with Mainland China and Southeast Asian countries, technology, design, understanding of the local culture, market information research, and product differentiation are the keys. Only when you focus on the marketing channels, approaching the market, and understanding the marketing could be help the manufacturers gain a competitive age. Keywords: Office Chair, Marketing, Design Strategy

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Chien, Ming-cheng, and 簡銘成. "A Study on Experience Value and Brand Equity of Multi -Function Office Chair." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97096795762292411639.

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碩士
國立臺南大學
經營與管理學系科技管理碩士班
101
Facing consumer trends of customers constantly by living environment, economic environment and personal factors, companies have recognized that the traditional way of doing business has been unable to meet consumer demand. Product standardization is no longer a trend, experiential marketing, experiential value, brand equity, has become more important recently. It is important to give special experience for consumers to repeat purchase. That will include sensory experience, emotional experience, thinking experience, mobile experience and relate experience, etc. This study aims to focus on experience and brand equity and takes multi-function office chair as an example. The deep interview had been conducted to understand the relation between experience value and brand equity. The results have contributions to the practical to build up new business model.

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EL-SAGHEIR, SOHAILA. "Monitoring the use of chair backrest and forearm support during computer work with and without a workplace Butterfly board attachment." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/1880.

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In this thesis, a new method is proposed for monitoring the use of backrest and forearm support during computer work on a standard workstation and the same workstation with a Butterfly board attachment. The developed techniques measure the effect of using the Butterfly board on the resting duration and the pressure on the back and forearms while resting. Novel™ pressure sensor mats were used to measure pressure applied by resting against the chair back rest and the arm rests. To ensure that the back mat is not moving, a new technique of mapping the back points of contact with the backrest is used. A video camera, synchronized with the pressure measurement system, is used to identify the location where the forearms were resting (work surface or chair arm rests).
Thesis (Master, Mechanical and Materials Engineering) -- Queen's University, 2009-05-14 17:02:19.36

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Chen, Yuju, and 陳宥儒. "Applying Quality Function Deployment and Design Structure Matrix to Manage Office Chair Development Process." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67637658098147453201.

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碩士
東海大學
工業設計學系
100
The tendency of globalization increases competition among companies and force regional businesses to expand globally. The idea of entrepreneurship provides businesses the ability to create new design that meets consumer demand and reduce production cycle time. During the stage of product development, careful monitoring reduces the time required of the overall and process development cycle, thus the R&D teams perform efficiently. The purpose of this research is to create new product developing process based on integrating Quality Function Deployment and Design Structure Matrix. Study found association of the two methods. Further study of its correlation or dependence, and sequential or interrelation suggest, that the original methods are conflicted when applying on the Hows vs. Hows of House of Quality, and resulting differently in practical use. Thus, alternatively create “Dual Hows vs. Hows,” a modification of the original Hows vs. Hows of House of Quality, by adapting two directional sequential and interrelation as assessment. The result suggests alternatively “Dual Hows vs. Hows” outperform the original. This research also includes strength parameters as an assessment in addition to the House of Quality of Quality Function Deployment. By conducting assessment based on correlation between the Design Structure Matrix and strength parameters, apply industry-based product development process as a guideline to the result. The purposes of the assessment above are (a) effectively improve the fact that unable to determine the relationship between strength parameter when applying Design Structure Matrix to determine the correlation between two tasks, in addition to the original Hows vs. Hows of House of Quality unable to estimate the deep correlation; (b) provide newly standardized operating procedure effectively reduce time required for product development, and served as a guideline for the product manufactures to modify for their specific needs.

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Lu, Chia-Min, and 盧家民. "A Study on the Office Chair Reasoning in Adaptation of Form Design Focus on Ergonomics." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/21634880085574674787.

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碩士
國立雲林科技大學
設計運算研究所碩士班
95
With the setting-up of every human database, it accords with people because of the demand for the project that more and more products can use the human body to count the size materials which examine the database to design making , however, different producing different size demands, and use the method to be different each other. In order to handle official business the seat is as the research object, the case is adjusted rightly(case adaptation) as research range, it is discussed how to revise and derive the design knowledge in the known case, is it accord with new design demand to enable it , set up one systematized adaptation take tactics, making use of the operation and simulation of the computerized essence, the people of prominent industry design meet and melt the question faced of the course in case type reasoning because of the project, probe into and use the case type reasoning theory in the feasibility of auxiliary industry design of the computer. Via a series of settlement, experiment and discussion, expected to sum up the case and adjusted the right key and controlled the factor, and operate the factor with the person of industry design correspondingly because of the project; And case type reasoning searches the tactics but imitated and observed incomes , have the characteristic solved centralized , fast, and the difference of searching between continuity and jumping declines and clicks clearly in the course of operating between reverse mechanism and mechanism of replacing, attempt to derive the mistake of the attitude setting out type and click and meet the way of melting as the follow-up possibility of development. In this research, use it in the field of designing by way of case type reasoning (case-based reasoning ), propose a structure by using designing the case in order to solve the new design problem before , its theory proposes originally solving the procedure of the problem that can be divided into two stages of searching to deal with in order. Select (case retrieval ) for the case at the first stage , is searching with the case that the question is most close to at present. The second stage is that the case is adjusted rightly(case adaptation), revise searching the income case, in order to accord with the demand for designing the question. And not in norm when it derive incorporate by people because do in the test it measure, make the person built and constructed reach people because of the request for engineering design because of the project way. In addition , utilize intact case as is it is it is it is it is it can is it search since guide range , is it search since guide time to shorten to concentrate on to order to send to draw to lead by oneself to search. With the case type the reasoning method can make the computer in the work of some designers of support industry that stage of the human engineering idea can, intention space that the accumulating case can be offered and excited to industry''s designer. Accumulate and pass and undertake common people''s design experience because of the engineering of seat by this, in the course of industry design , make the computer play a more initiative role.

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Chang, Yi-Hao, and 張益豪. "Application of Design of Six Sigma and TRIZ in the Product Innovation of office chair." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79349150876963459503.

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碩士
義守大學
工業管理學系
101
It is critical for company to come up with new product quick in this everchanging market. The small and medium enterprises in Taiwan usually focus on manufacturing and don’t invest much in resreach and development of new products. It is necessary to implement a systemeatic approach to help companies to quickly generate innovative products within limited resources. In this research, Deisgn for Six Sigma (DFSS) and TRIZ methodology is adopted to help an ergonomic office chair manufacturer to rapidly find the direction of next generation product. In this study, all steps of DFSS, i.e., DMADV (Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify), are used to help the company to generate new generation product. In the definition (Define) phase, questionnaires are used to collect customer voices and expectations of ergonomic chairs. The result shows that after a long period of sitting, the cushion temperature increases, which causes diccomfort. In the measure (Measure) stage, through Kano and QFD tools, the customer voices are transferred into product design parameters. The airtight material of cushion is the major reason that cause discomfort of users. In the analysis (Analyze) stage, TRIZ methodology is used to reinforce the inadequacy of DFSS. By using TRIZ methods, this research is able to solve the contraditions and find a fine solution in knowledge database, the Ranque Effect, to break the airtight and supportive material contradition. Finally, in the design (Design) stage, through the experimental design, this study is able to identify key factors, allowing to optimize the design of ergonomic office chair. Then a pilot run is established in the verification (Verify) stage to validate the feasibility of proposed idea.

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Lacoursière, Sylvain. "Le soldat dans la culture au Québec en 1939-1945 : du héros-guerrier à la chair à canon." Mémoire, 2009. http://www.archipel.uqam.ca/2209/1/M10985.pdf.

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Cette étude traite de la représentation du soldat dans la culture au Québec pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. A l'aube du nouveau conflit, le gouvernement canadien de William Lyon Mackenzie King invite l'Écossais John Grierson à mettre en place et à diriger l'Office National du Film, principal outil de propagande du gouvernement. Dans les films produits par cet organisme, le soldat sera présenté de façon héroïque, il aura toutes les qualités, pour en faire un modèle et inciter les Canadiens à s'enrôler. Le premier objectif de ce mémoire était de dégager l'image du soldat avant que la Deuxième Guerre mondiale ne commence. Nous voulions voir jusqu'à quel point elle serait récupérée par la propagande. Nous verrons que la représentation de ce soldat sera en accord avec la mémoire officielle de la Grande Guerre que nous dégagerons. Parmi les modèles prônés par la propagande, les figures des soldats-héros de Dollard des Ormeaux et de Madeleine de Verchères seront réactualisées. L'armée canadienne s'emploiera aussi à humaniser le soldat et utilisera un chanteur populaire, le soldat Lebrun, pour parvenir à ses fins. Notre second objectif est de démontrer qu'il y a eu une augmentation de la place du soldat dans la culture au Québec au cours du conflit. La mémoire pancanadienne des autorités ne trouvera pas une adhésion aussi grande au Québec que dans le reste du Canada. La résistance à l'enrôlement obligatoire (la conscription) sera très grande parmi les Canadiens français et forcera le gouvernement fédéral à répondre aux attaques et à intensifier sa propagande, ce qui se traduira par la multiplication des émissions radiophoniques justifiant la guerre et la série de films Les reportages, tournés au Québec en français et visant spécifiquement les Québécois. Le troisième objectif de ce mémoire est de voir jusqu'où l'on pouvait s'éloigner de la ligne officielle de la propagande et si cela portait à conséquences. Les auteurs de romans, qui ne sont pas issus de la propagande, utiliseront plusieurs façons de représenter le soldat. Parfois, certains reprendront en tous points le discours propagandiste. La plupart amèneront cependant des nuances importantes, loin de l'idéalisation du personnage guerrier des films de l'ONF. Le soldat, ce sera souvent un pauvre chômeur qui acquiert son salut par la guerre, forcé de s'enrôler par les circonstances. Un message aux antipodes de la propagande émergera dans deux oeuvres différentes: Mémoires d'un soldat inconnu, d'Adolphe Brassard, la seule oeuvre romanesque censurée de la guerre, et surtout Les Fridolinades, de Gratien Gélinas, qui se moquera de cette propagande dans chaque revue. Toutefois, Gélinas le fera tout en humour et, mis à part un avertissement pour un sketch sur les CWACS, sa façon humoristique le mettra à l'abri de la censure, devenant la soupape d'un peuple contrarié par la conscription. On pourra donc conclure qu'il était possible de s'éloigner de l'image du soldat prônée par la propagande en autant que cela ne nuise pas à l'effort de guerre. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Soldat, Image, Propagande, 1939-1945, Guerre, Littérature, Québec, Héroïsme, ONF.

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He, Ying-zhi, and 何應志. "Form and Mechanism Design Studies for Office Chairs." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11153309392657997489.

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碩士
國立高雄第一科技大學
工業設計研究所
100
This research focuses on the multi-purpose form design of the seat surface and simplification of the functions and the related mechanism of the ergonomic chair. In the research, seat surface emphasizes the concept of multi-purpose design. As to manufacturers of office chairs, cost is a major factor to keep that products to keep the competitiveness in market. In order to increase the diversity of the products and reduce development costs for manufacturers, the multipurpose form design of the seat surface will be designed with combination style and fitted to different chair. Further, mechanism design helps to improve the usability of ergonomic chairs by the human-centered design method. Because the traditional ergonomic chair has so many functions, such as adjustable seat height, adjustable seat back tilt/lock, the number of operation lever will correspondingly increases. Different kinds of operation modes may bring confusion. Thus people couldn’t find out the right lever and it will increase error rate and user’s frustration when seating. This research will design a new mechanism for those defects of the traditional ergonomic chairs, According to the movement compatibility relationship between lever and movement direction, one lever with multi-functions is design and developed. This new design will increase the intuition on usage, the convenience of operation and competitiveness of the ergonomic chair industry in Taiwan.

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Hung, Lei-Ken, and 洪雷根. "Research and Development of Mechanisms for Adjustable office Chairs." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3zth24.

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國立臺北科技大學
製造科技研究所
94
The adjustable chairs according to the height and size, the user can adjust the position to make them comfortable and to improve working efficiency. The purpose of this research is to develop an adjustable chair. This research collected all literatures about adjustable chairs. The collected literatures including papers and patents were analyzed and classified according to their functional purpose, position of adjustable mechanisms, and time of publication. Adjustable chairs can be classified into four types, namely, basic type, advanced type, luxurious type, and particular-purpose type. Based on the customer requirements, we also use quality function deployment for adjustable chairs. And each position of adjustable mechanisms was finally chosen for concept development by using the analytic hierarchy Process. Then, computer aided design technique was used to design the parts. In addition, stress analysis of the parts for ensuring the quality of the design. The adjustable office chair designed is fitted for the people 140 to 190 cm height, the chair also has the adjustable seat for forward, backward 4 cm, and upward 14 cm adjustment , and also the mechanisms for backrest inclining adjustment up to 30 degrees.

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Chao, Pei Chi, and 趙浿琪. "Multi-Agent-Based Cloud Utilization for IT Office-Aided Asset Distribution Chain." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/r4472z.

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博士
國立清華大學
資訊系統與應用研究所
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IT office-aided assets (ex. PC, Telephone, etc.) are required tools for most office workers in an enterprise. The assets distributing process from ordering to dispatching the composite office-aided assets for new employees itself is a supply chain within a company. In this article, the IT office-aided supply chain processing efficiency is obviously affected by the accurate information processing in an open sytem. This study aims to reduce labor costs, increase process efficiency, and resolve operational issues in the supply chain, by reengineering the process and integrating the multi-sites and multi-roles/tasks into a multi-agent-based collaborative cloud application service. The result shows that the empirical data supports the goals in twofold/two aspects: the process time is reduced, and thus the goal of issuing the IT office-aided composites at an early time is also achieved. Additional contributions of this study include converting batch processing of centralized management into parallel information processing by an agent-based collaborative platform and a simplified interface allowing users to get the picture of the entire flow in a snap shot with the help of a simplified interface. Meanwhile, agent-based cloud utilization for rapid and abundant distribution can be adopted in the large-scale dynamic information sharing environment, such as company subsidiaries with similar processes, large-scale emergent gatherings in the government, military or the distribution of necessities to refugees in a disaster.

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Kuo, Ching-Ming, and 郭慶明. "A Study of User-Centered Design on the Usability of Office Chairs." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3ay2hs.

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碩士
國立臺北科技大學
創新設計研究所
93
Nowadays, many people have to sit on office chair for a long time in their office hours. Because of inappropriate using of office chairs, they often got injuries and became inefficient in work. Although many designers created some devises for adjusting office chairs to fit users in different situations, these problems still existed. That spurs the researcher to explore the usability of office chairs. In order to understand the problems of operation which users faced and the mental models of using office chair, the researcher studied related documents, observed and interviewed 6 users, and questionnaired 41 users and 2 office furniture companies. Besides, the researcher invited 8 users to take the usability test of 2 types of office chairs and recorded how they use and what they think about the chairs. Based on the feedback of the test, the researcher discussed individually with 3 designers, 4 purchasers, and 2 mechanism firms. After that, the researcher synthesized all these researches and records to get findings and conclusions. User’s needs in usability are always ignored. In Taiwan, many office chair producers make their products in assembley way. Besides, most management would rather pay more budgets on the decoration of their offices than purchasing better office chairs for their employees. Even though they want to do so, they do not have proper information for reference. Therefore, users can only accept this condition. They sit on whatever they can sit, suffer the pain of shoulder and waist, and keep on being unaware of the functions of their office chairs. Consequently, users prepare cushions and mats to help themselves. However, it is not easy for an idealistic designer to satisfy every requirement in many limits. Based on the mental models promoted by Norman and joined with Dr. Huang’s researches about users and purchaser’s models, the researcher drew up the user’s models of office chairs. According to the models, the researcher made a study of users then established a standard for purchasers to evaluate the office chairs they are purchasing, for designers to understand what users need and improve their products, and for users to figure out easily the functions of their office chairs so that they can get proper protection and work joyfully.

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Rampedi, Disego Sam. "The application of the supply chain management in the Office of the Premier, Mpumalanga Province." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/515.

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Thesis (MPA.) --University of Limpopo, 2011
The public sector is faced with increased demands for public goods and services from communities. Public institutions have limited resources which should be managed effectively for effective and efficient service delivery. The South African government initiated and implemented financial management reforms since 1994 with the aim of improving public service delivery. The Public Finance Management Act, 1999(Act 1 of 1999) was promulgated to regulate financial management. The object of Public Finance Management Act is to secure transparency, accountability and sound management of revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of the public sector. The aim of the Public Finance Management Act is to enable public sector managers to manage and be more accountable with the purpose of eliminating waste and corruption in the use of public resources. A Supply Chain Management system was introduced by the South African government in 2003 to ensure effective procurement and improve financial management in the public sector. The introduction of Supply Chain Management led to procurement reforms which resulted in government decentralising and delegating authority for procurement to public institutions. Supply Chain Management forms an integral part of financial management. The process integrates general financial practices with budgeting, procurement and asset management. Supply Chain Management is currently not correctly implemented by some public institutions and this lead to irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure. Accounting officers should recognise the importance of Supply Chain Management in order to ensure effective procurement, sound financial management and improve service delivery. The study highlights the important of implementing Supply Chain Management in an institution. The implementation of adequate Supply Chain Management practices will promote efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, openness, accountability and fairness in procurement and improve ethical conduct of officials.

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Shen, Kuan-Yu, and 沈管玉. "Choir Members' Professionalism and Box Office Success--A Case Study of Four Registered Choirs in Kaohsiung." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/frthev.

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碩士
南華大學
國際事務與企業學系亞太研究碩士班
104
As opposed to the mainstream music market, choirs in Taiwan has appeared to be a minority. Without the support of management companies, choirs are in lack of channels of publicity and media exposure. The size of the audience of the choirs is never on par with that of pop star concerts. Whereas the box office could be crucial for the survival of the choirs, the sustained growth of the choirs is a matter of popularization and heritage for music and culture at large. Therefore, this thesis explores how choirs in Taiwan stand out and demonstrate their uniqueness. This thesis interviews four representative choirs registered with the Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Kaohsiung City, understands their running and performance arrangements, analyzes the obstacles they encounter in terms of practicing, performing and running, and discusses the on-site operations of these choirs. By conducting questionnaire surveys of the members of the above-mentioned choirs and tabulating the statistics, this thesis inducts from the results and uses the professional degrees of the constituent members of the choirs as the key point. Based on this, we analyze the strengths, weaknesses and attributes of the choirs, and discusses how the professional degrees of choir members reflect on the box office. Based on the results of the interviews conducted, this thesis depicts and analyzes the professional degrees of choir member. In hope of helping facilitate feasible and concrete operating and training strategies for registered or unregistered choirs, this thesis attempts to offer policy suggestions for choir members, choir managers, and governmental institutions. In inferring on the cultivation of choir members’ basic quality and professional degrees and their influences on the box office, it is our hope that an effective training and operating model of the choirs could be proposed in the future.

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Shen, Man-Ling, and 沈曼霖. "The buying Behavior of US Department Chain Store Apparel Import Offices on Taiwan." Thesis, 1998. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65747675250082148678.

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碩士
輔仁大學
織品服裝研究所
86
Direct imports from off-shore by US apparel retailers have been practiced for over 30 years. Starting form the 90''s, a series of acquisitions and mergers have taken place with only a few strong national retailers left. The simple purchasing entity of yesterday has become a complex, gigantic conglomerate today. For the past 20 years, Taiwan has been one of the major apparel import resources for the US market, which also means that Taiwan garment industry heavily depends on US import buying, As a result, US overseas buying behavior of apparel has had decisive effects on developments of Taiwan garment industry. 　　The main focus of this research is on US overseas buying offices in Taiwan, particularly the buying office of department chain stores. Its aim is to gain better understanding of the buying behavior patterns and decision-making process of these offices. The research builds on an intensive review of teh classification and organization of USA apparel department chain stores, their present situation and their general overseas buying patterns, interviews with the senior person of each major buying office in Taiper were conducted, in addition to a survey of all the major office market representatives and their senior workers. 　　The results of these investigations were analyzed so as to reveal step by step buying procedures, critical points in the decision-making process, and the organization buying theory employed or adjusted by each of the local overseas apparel buying offices. Some suggestions to Taiwan''s apparel exporters to the USA were also offered.

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"Applying bio-mimicry to design an eco-efficient supply chain model for the South African Post Office." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13573.

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Wu, Kun-Hsien, and 吳坤憲. "Investigating Online to Offline Social Status: A Markov Chain Perspective." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/r7vtdt.

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碩士
淡江大學
企業管理學系碩士班
103
This study discusses the behavior of players from online to offline social networking status in the online game environment. Online games consist several activists who are different from BBS and chat rooms. The purpose of BBS and chat room is used for social networking. However, the online game players are interested in game first and later socializing with other unfamiliar players. On the other hand, online games in social communities also different form social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter. Social networking sites allow users to have a group of real world friends and form the community on the Internet. Nevertheless, online game may directly form an online community in the game and later have certain opportunities to meet in the real world. That is, this study will analyze players’ features by Markov chain to explore what changes may cause the status from online to offline social networking status. According to literature of game motivation, this research attempts to link the concept of ERG theory to players’ behavior. We assume online game has a motive as the general behavior. We also construct a taxonomy based on players’ behavior. This research collected 200 data through online questionnaire. In accordance with the subject''s answer, we match each participant to transform a Markov chain matrix. In this study, the players may have main activities include socialization, teamwork, competition, and mechanics. We analyze the collect data based on Markov chain concept and estate the transition matrix. To understand the change in the probability of transition matrix of each category and to discover what impact online to offline behavior. Four activities may encourage players to link online to offline social networking, which are socialization, teamwork, competition, and mechanics. The reason for players’ leaving tendency might because of feeling alone or demanding to play with families or friends. In the past, the social aspect of online gaming can be divided into two parts. The first part discusses the motivation to enter the game, resulting in the pursuit of social players on the Internet. The second part is to observe the situation generated between players social patterns and the offline social status. This research connects online and offline concepts of players’ behavior of games and explores the actions can be taken to enable players to move to offline social status. Finally, this study also connects players’ behavior with social needs and help players realize own social situations in practice.

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SHI, PENG-CHENG, and 施鵬程. "Location decision analysis of post office base on location-allocation model:a case study of Chai-Yi city." Thesis, 1991. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/70943241205537828403.

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CHEN, SU-MING, and 陳思明. "The Study of Industrial Competitive Forces Analysis of International Business—An Example of KK Company Manufacturing Office Chairs." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/62662e.

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碩士
國立高雄應用科技大學
工業工程與管理系碩士班
105
Looking at the development of the furniture industry in Taiwan, mainly export oriented. The entire metal furniture production value exceeds the value of wooden furniture. And United States is the main export market. This study will select a office furniture manufacturer who produce metal type office chair and mainly exports to the US market as object of study. Extend the study to the developing history of Taiwan's furniture industry, the characteristics of Taiwan's furniture industry, the evolution of office chairs, as well as the product category changes of market demand. An analysis to current situation of United States furniture market and Taiwan exporting furniture market is also studied. Through the theory of five forces analysis, Diamond Model and SWOT Analysis, development and characteristics of metal type office chair industry as well as market positioning and future development is investigated. To know how a company’s business strategy is developed and how a company’s competitiveness is escalated in this case study. Finally, the author analyzes the enterprise competitiveness by Smiling curve, and puts forward the direction and suggestions on how to increase value of the enterprise against challenges ahead of Taiwan’s Metal furniture manufacturing industry.

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Liu, Kin-Tan, and 劉金談. "Study on the Influence of Supply Chain Collaboration to Organizational Competitiveness--A Case of U Office Furniture Corp." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47834013904580010567.

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中原大學
企業管理研究所
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Due to the advanced technology, the openness of market and the changes of business competitive rule, the internet economy make information in market transparent. Therefore, competitors can enter market more easily, the market become more competitive. Business competitiveness not only express from inside, but through the integration of supply chain, including manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers in order to exist. The frame of the research is based on the literature regarding supply chain collaboration. The method used in the research is case study. The study is expected to explore the relationship between supply chain collaboration and business competitiveness, including “the type of supply chain collaboration”, “the model of collaborative relationship”, “the enablers of collaboration” and the influence of supply chain collaboration on the problem-solving and performance-improving practically. We choose the leader of Office Furniture Company as an example for in-depth interview. Through exploring the perspective of Supply, Demand, Manufacture, and Distribution in supply chain management as well as the collaborative strategies between members, we get some major conclusions: 1.Problems caused from different perspective of supply chain management can be solved via supply chain collaboration. By the way, the effect of collaboration will influence the degree of the problem-solving. 2.Enterprise must take the surrounding environment, the conditions, and the objectives into account to develop the suitable model of supply chain collaboration. 3.When enterprise implements collaboration, the enablers will be different due to different surrounding environment, conditions, and objectives business faced. 4.Supply chain collaboration has high influence on business operating performance. As the changes of operating environment, supply chain collaboration become more and more important to business operation.

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Hou, tsung-wen, and 侯宗文. "The research on violence of drink-driver for Police officer - the case of Chai-yi police bureau." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25s5h8.

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國立中正大學
犯罪防治碩士在職專班
104
Based on the gradually rigorous juridical punishment, more and more people would like to employ a course of the violent resistance and even flagitious artifices on the law enforcement officers, especially the patrol officers, for avoiding the penalty since 2011.This theory takes the research about the people’s violent reactions which eventually happens with the roadside check (or routine check) for DWI (driving while intoxicated). For the further, the research of this theory also probe into the types of the people’s violent reactions and the patrol officers’ instantaneous reaction to discuss the strength and weakness of the current process of the DWI roadside check. With the above-mentioned, the research tries to enrich the relevant academic literatures which typically focus on the defect of working hours or the regulation of award and discipline of police. Concerning the objective study, the research takes Chia-Yi County Bureau as the objects of study, due to the area under administration is typically huge, including mountainous area and seashore, which illustrates the variety of people’s behavior and sense of law between urban and rural areas. Therefore this research takes qualitative interviews on grass-roots police officers who have various experience regarding the roadside check of DWI to probe into police officers ’experience of suffering injury. To prop up police officers execute the roadside check of DWI based on the law and to hold back the violent resistance and even flagitious artifices on the law enforcement officers, the suggests of research are demonstrated as the following. The first, the government should reinforce the propagation via mass media to emphasize “Police firmly enforce the law.” Secondly, the police authorities may meliorate the SOP of the roadside check of DWI. Besides, the police authorities may arrange the relevant conferences, trainings and experience sharing courses. Finally, the police authorities may enrich the instrument of law enforcement. Based on fulfillment of the mentioned above, the police authorities should be able to prevent the suffering injury of police officers who execute the roadside check of DWI, and could enhance the willing of police officers to carry out their assignment.

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Liou, Mun-Lin, and 劉霂林. "An Analysis of Smart Logistics Architecture with Integrated Value Chain Services- Taking the Operation of i-box of the Post Office As An Example." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43fh2p.

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醒吾科技大學
資訊科技應用系
107
In recent years, the use of information technology combined with IoT applications to improve management efficiency has become more and more mainstream, and its main function is to use the rapid results of information collection, processing, service planning and optimization. Among them, smart logistics is an information management service that integrates information technology in logistics, transportation, warehousing, packaging, loading and unloading, distribution processing, distribution and other aspects. Its overall structure is perceived by the system. Comprehensive analysis, timely processing and self-adjustment functions to achieve the intelligent functions of logistics planning, operation and control, and the overall effectiveness of the innovation system. However, there are few practical researches on end-to-end transport storage services and self-management. How to effectively implement the service operation mode, actual value chain integration and management evaluation methods is an important topic worthy of in-depth analysis. Therefore, this study attempts to analyze the function of service operation decision optimization through a value chain service value-added architecture and evaluation model. The main research methods are divided into three stages. Firstly, by analyzing the relevant activities and value-added models in the enterprise value chain, the specific action plan and feasible evaluation model basis are used. Secondly, the interview method of Defifa experts is used. The project collects practical experience to explore the feasibility, rationality and future development of the service value chain activities. Finally, it uses the current postal i-mail (iBox) automated logistics service case of Chunghwa Post to conduct practical operation analysis. The results of the study are as follows (1)Logistics information integration is the central nerve for theeffective management of the overall operation of the intelligent logistics system. It must be integrated into the logistics system operation mode for customer service demand. (2)Analysis of service value chain activities helps to grasp the overall operational efficiency of the logistics system and strengthen immediate judgmentBreak and decision optimization, (3)The criteria for logistics service value chain management must consider the cost, time, quality, service quality, and carbon emis-sion benefits. The assessment results can be used by enterprises to adjust the strategic objectives and operational framework of their value chains. (4)The post office i-mail automated logistics service meets the company's future sustainable business evaluation needs, and can effectively integrate the virtual channel and physical logistics distribution service functions. However, in order to meet the individualized needs of specific users, its current operation mode still exists in the future. Innovation strengthens the space. This study relies on the analysis of smart logistics solutions. Through the use of the high-level thinking of value chain construction and assessment analysis, and the collection of practical operational experi-ence for case analysis, a smart logistics service operation reference mo-del has been proposed, which can provide relevant decision makers for management applications. Future research proposals are available to relev-ant management units and Follow-up researchers' references.

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