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Tervonen, P. (Pekka). "Integrated ESSQ management:as a part of excellent operational and business management—a framework, integration and maturity." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2010. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514262296.
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When examining management from the viewpoint of systems approach, the main elements are the overall management systems of a company and the related ESSQ matters and other critical success factors, depending on their theme. Excellent business management e.g. by taking advantage of quality award models is also becoming one of the cornerstones of the success of an organisation. Companies increasingly need more efficient and productive systems to maintain their competitiveness. These kinds of systems should continuously improve the company's operations and increase the satisfaction of customers and other interest groups.
A qualitative approach is mainly applied in this dissertation. This dissertation is composed of five research papers, in which qualitative approach is also used. The empirical data of this dissertation were obtained through interviews and a questionnaire among experienced industrial managers. All individual interview results and replies to the questionnaire were analysed and, when appropriate, compared to the literature. Finally, conclusions and synthesis were drawn based on the analysis.
As a general conclusion, it can be stated that combining issues that fall under different themes is reasonable because, on one hand, the causes of problems may be common to all areas and, on the other hand, solving one separate problem may easily lead to problems in other fields of business. Business-orientedness can be further increased by taking maturity models into consideration. Organisations, which apply holistic management systems that take all essential success factors of business into consideration, approach the natural functioning of an organisation. The integration of different operational areas into one system will facilitate the management of operations, increase internal co-operation and save resources, time and costs.
The starting point of holistic management is that needs can be fully addressed only when all relevant variables of the entire organisational system are taken into consideration. Systematically integrated management systems that cover different operating models in an extensive manner and that function well are not yet common, but there is a clear trend towards the integration of different systems. This dissertation indicates that the ultimate purpose and genuine contribution to business of Integrated ESSQ Management and maturity models is to provide a framework, which helps companies to better understand and incorporate these issues as a part of their overall Operational and Business Management. In principle, every company should develop its own management model that is tailored to meet the needs of the organisation in question.
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Johansson, Gustav, and Sofie Wilhelmsson. "Digital Maturity & Operational Performance : A case study in the supply-chain of the Scandinavian FMCG industry." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-240288.
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Manufacturing companies are currently experiencing a digital transformation pressure as focus on concepts such as Industry 4.0 are growing. Industry 4.0 a concept inheriting, among other technologies, IoT, Cloud manufacturing and advanced analytics. The digital transformation and digitalisation of manufacturing may provide performance improvements. For example, in Supply chain functions, due to increased information sharing and possible performance improvements in forecast accuracy and deliverer accuracy. However, many companies are uncertain regarding how digital transformation best could be approached. An increasingly digital supply chain will increase the complexity of the organisation and the first step of any such transformation is to understand current capabilities. In this study we applied and, propose, the usage of a digital maturity framework, including a questionnaire, which is academically robust, has high level of transparency regarding the questionnaire, and are measuring all corporate functions. The digital maturity model is built on 3 dimensions, Strategy & organisation, Smart business processes and Smart product & services, 3 sub-dimensions and 13 associated fields. The framework thereby assesses all necessary enablers for digital transformation and provide guidelines for companies regarding what dimensions that are lagging and potentially are hindering a digital transformation. The framework was adapted and applied in the Scandinavian FMCG industry. By assessing 3 companies within the same corporate group which enabled triangulation with interviews to ensure validity provided a deeper understanding of the challenges in digitalisation and level of digital maturity in the Scandinavian FMCG industry were obtained. The results indicate that the major factor causing the low level of digital maturity within the Scandinavian FMCG industry were due to insufficient Strategy & Organisation mostly caused by a lack of strategic partners. The study concludes that competence and knowledge regarding how to approach digital transformation are the major challenge. In order to avoid develop all capabilities internally it is therefore important to source strategic partners. In addition, this study explored certain KPI’s that, according to the SCOR-model, are of great importance for operational performance. The SCOR-model were used since it is an established framework. The KPI’s for each of the participating factories were presented in relation to the digital maturity score within the associated field of production, procurement & logistics. Although no claims regarding causal relationships between digital maturity are made, the study proves the importance of connecting digital maturity to KPI’s in order to provide tangible benefits.<br>I och med framväxten av nya digitala teknologier upplever tillverkande företag ett ökat fokus på att digitalisera sin produktion. Digitaliseringen av industrin har kommit olika långt i olika delar men försök till att definiera vad som menar har genererat koncept som exempelvis Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 är ett koncept som innefattar bland annat teknik som möjliggör att genom avancerad dataanalys och informationsdelning i realtid få helt nya insikter och möjlighet att styra och optimera produktionsprocesser. Dessa digitala hjälpmedel och tekniker tros även leda till mer kostnadseffektiva och flexibla värdekedjor. Exempelvis försöker många företag att förbättra sin prognos och leveranssäkerhet genom att få tillgång till försäljningsdata i realtid. Många företag är emellertid osäkra om hur de ska ta implementera och välja mellan vilka tekniker de bör fokusera på, samt om de har en organisation som är redo för att dra nytta av ny teknologi. En alltmer digital värdekedja som agerar i realtid ökar komplexitet och ställer även ökade krav på olika funktioner inom organisationen att samarbeta. Ett första steg i att förändras till ett digitalt företag att avgöra var de står idag och vad som kan förhindra en sådan förändring. I den här studien justerades och applicerades en modell som mäter digital mognadsgrad på ett företag inom den Skandinaviska FMCG industrin. Modellen som används är framtagen av akademiker och erbjuder transparens då frågeformuläret och hur bedömningen görs framgår, till skillnad från andra modeller. Modellen bedömer en organisations digital mognadsgrad enligt 3 dimensioner, Strategi och organisation, Smarta affärsprocesser och Smarta produkt och tjänster. I tillägg är dessa dimensioner uppbyggda av 3 under-dimensioner och 13 relaterade områden. Modellen bedömer därigenom alla nödvändiga faktorer för digital transformation och ger riktlinjer för företag om vilka dimensioner som anses digitalt omogna och potentiellt hindrar en digital transformation. Resultaten valideras genom att även genom semi-strukturerade intervjuer få ytterligare insikter i företagets processer, attityder, ledarskap och strategiska utmaningar. Resultaten visade att den avgörande faktorn som orsakade den relativt sett låga digitala mognadsgraden var avsaknaden av en tydlig strategi, att företagen är organiserade i funktionella silos, brist på kompetens och även strategiska partnerskap. I tillägg, utforskades vilka KPI’er som eventuellt kan förbättras genom en ökad digital mognadsgrad. Dessa KPI’er togs fram enligt SCOR-modellen då den är erbjuder ett akademisk etablerat ramverk. KPI’er för var och en av de deltagande fabrikerna presenterades i förhållande till digital mognadsgrad, men enbart inom det området produktion, upphandling och logistik. Även om det i studien inte görs några anspråk på att förklara samband mellan digital mognadsgrad, visar studien vikten av att koppla digital mognadsnivå till KPI’er för att kunna ge erbjuda konkreta fördelar med digitalisering och föreslår att det här tillvägagångsättet utvecklas i framtida arbete.
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Fleischmann, Martin. "Audit a hodnocení IS bank." Doctoral thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2005. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-77064.
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Abstract (english) Objectives The main objective of this work is to design methods and proceadures enhancing effectiveness and efficiency of IT audit in banks with the accent given to their use by the supervisory authorities. Another objective of the work (and an essential starting point at the same time) is a summary and assesment of methods and proceadures developed and implemented into the CNB practice with regard to banking supervision in the area of information systems. Objectives Achievement From the methodological point of view the esential starting point of the work was represented by above mentioned objectives that were used for elaboration of a set of questions. Questions enabled to set up the hypotheses. (Another more particular hypotheses were defined in order to design the particular solutions in chapter 5.) Futhermore, the critical factors (problems) were defined in the process of the questions analyses. Subsequently, the solutions were specified. The solutions confirmed the hypotheses which reflected the achievement of the objectives. Description, categorisation, analyses, screening, modelling, comparative analyses and sample testing were used to achieve the objectives. In particular, the solutions that were elaborated, making use of methods described above, enhance effectiveness and efficiency of IT audit in banks. Moreover, the CNB's proceadures and methods were introduced and assesed within the work. Scientific Contribution The work brings an evidence of correlation between the quality of IT audit in banks and their economical performance. With this regard the work contributes with original conclusions, benchmarks and proceadures that may be used by banks, supervisory authorities and IT auditors. These conclusions are achieved by description, categorisation, analyses, modelling and screening research highlighting the role of the rentability, the productivity, the risks, the inovations and the economical value of information. Furthermore, the IT audit and IT supervision in banks are specified. They are also compared and contrast to the other audit cathegories. The work presents important peaces of evidence regarding the role of IT audit in this context. This is made by description, cathegorisation and analyses. Another contribution represents proceadures and methods developed and implemented (to the large extend by author) in the field od IT banking supervision in the Czech Republic. This delivers valuable outputs for foreign supervision authorities, banks and auditors. The work lead to original solutions of critical factors. These solutions are to use by IT audit and IT supervision (and also in audit work generally). The solutions make use of ceartain atributes of Capability Maturity Model (CMM) and were elaborated in the proces of decsription, cathegorisation, screening research, comparative analyses, hypotheses seting and testing. The solutions enhances acuracy and objectiveness of assesment done by IT auditors. The solutions lead to better comparativeness of audit outputs on both national and international level, give better preconditions for risk assesment and capital adequacy evaluation within BASEL II and enhance the information value of audit ouptuts. The structure (content) of the work reflects the above mentioned articles that give a brief description of the main four parts (chapters) of the work.
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Lopez-Marcano, Sebastian E. "Measuring cross-habitat movements among habitat hotspots of fish with artificial intelligence." Thesis, Griffith University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/414922.
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Connectivity, defined as the movement of individuals among populations or habitats, is a crucial ecological process that underpins the function of ecosystems. Animal movements promote a wide array of ecological outcomes, from genetic diversity to ecosystem recovery after disturbance. Therefore, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the capabilities, scale, frequency, and locations of animal movements. In aquatic ecosystems, obtaining and analysing movement data is challenging because constantly changing environmental conditions hamper the use of traditional frameworks and methods. The study of animal movement in dynamic aquatic ecosystems also requires large volumes of data because animal movements cover different magnitudes, directions, and spatial levels of ecological organisation. As a result, new data collection and processing technologies are being developed to increase our understanding of this complex ecological process. Among new technologies, computer vision, machine learning and deep learning have received increased attention for their robust capabilities for rapidly processing large volumes of underwater imagery. Computer vision (CV) techniques are particularly suited to animal movement research because they can capture and process large amounts of raw data from underwater imagery. Despite their potential, CV techniques are only now beginning to be assessed in studies of aquatic animal movement, and their integration with appropriate statistical frameworks for behavioural analyses is required. In this thesis, I aim to identify, develop and apply CV techniques to measure animal movement in aquatic ecosystems. The focus is on measuring fish movements in connectivity corridors in estuarine systems. Fish movement research provides fundamental information about fisheries stocks, the status of protected areas, and the impact of habitat loss. Connectivity corridors are hotspots of fish migration, colonisation, feeding and reproduction. Yet much of fish behaviour in aquatic ecosystems remains hard to observe and timeconsuming to document manually. Connectivity corridors are a challenging but useful case study to test novel computer vision techniques for tracking fish. I first explored the current uses of CV techniques in fish movement studies and identified the benefits of CV for fish movement research. While the uptake of CV in fish movement studies has been slow, CV techniques provide two key benefits: 1) rapid, accurate and reliable datasets and 2) complementary information with traditional data collection techniques. Then, I developed a CV pipeline that automatically detects and tracks fish from underwater imagery. The pipeline has an 84% accuracy at detecting and subsequently tracking fish and provides large, raw movement datasets useful for ecological insight. To translate the raw movement data into behavioural events, I developed a new methodology for applying structural equation models to infer latent behavioural states of fish from observations of behavioural indicators. The statistical models accurately predicted behavioural events such as foraging (a slow, sinuous movement near the substrate) and fine-scale migrations (a fast, directional movement near the surface). Finally, I applied the CV pipeline to study the fine-scale movement and predation dynamics of fish at piped weirs in multiple estuaries. I used multi-species occupancy models to characterise fine-scale temporal changes in predator-prey co ccurrence and determined if behavioural differences could be detected at different categories of predator-prey co-occurrences. The fine-scale temporal changes of predator-prey co-occurrence varied among sampling days and locations, but I nevertheless identified that prey exhibited significantly different behaviours that depended on the probability of co-occurring predators. Overall, I bridged the gap between the development and application of new technologies for ecological research. CV can help us improve our understanding of critical interconnections among habitats and help researchers and managers increase data availability into conservation ecology and decision making. CV has the capacity to inform data-driven decisions that directly influence the health and productivity of marine ecosystems.<br>Thesis (PhD Doctorate)<br>Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>School of Environment and Sc<br>Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology<br>Full Text
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Shah, Premal (Premal Y. ). "No-arbitrage bounds on American Put Options with a single maturity." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36232.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Operations Research Center, 2006.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-64).<br>We consider in this thesis the problem of pricing American Put Options in a model-free framework where we do not make any assumptions about the price dynamics of the underlying except those implied by the no-arbitrage conditions. Our goal is to obtain bounds on the price of an American put option with a given strike and maturity directly from the prices of other American put options with the same maturity but different strikes and the current price of the underlying. We proceed by first investigating the structural properties of the price curve of American Put Options of a fixed maturity and derive necessary and sufficient conditions that strike - price pairs of these options must satisfy in order to exclude arbitrage. Using these conditions, we can find tight bounds on the price of the option of interest by solving a very tractable Linear Programming Problem. We then apply the methods developed to real market data. We observe that the quality of bounds that we obtain compares well with the quoted bid-ask spreads in most cases.<br>by Premal Shah.<br>S.M.
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Maeng, Honjae. "An application of technological maturity assessment to ROKAF T-50 aircraft production program." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Dec%5FMaeng.pdf.
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Garcia, Heriberto. "A Capability Maturity Model to Assess Supply Chain Performance." FIU Digital Commons, 2008. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/191.
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In an overcapacity world, where the customers can choose from many similar products to satisfy their needs, enterprises are looking for new approaches and tools that can help them not only to maintain, but also to increase their competitive edge. Innovation, flexibility, quality, and service excellence are required to, at the very least, survive the on-going transition that industry is experiencing from mass production to mass customization. In order to help these enterprises, this research develops a Supply Chain Capability Maturity Model named S(CM)2. The Supply Chain Capability Maturity Model is intended to model, analyze, and improve the supply chain management operations of an enterprise. The Supply Chain Capability Maturity Model provides a clear roadmap for enterprise improvement, covering multiple views and abstraction levels of the supply chain, and provides tools to aid the firm in making improvements. The principal research tool applied is the Delphi method, which systematically gathered the knowledge and experience of eighty eight experts in Mexico. The model is validated using a case study and interviews with experts in supply chain management. The resulting contribution is a holistic model of the supply chain integrating multiple perspectives, and providing a systematic procedure for the improvement of a company’s supply chain operations.
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Sargent, Walter H. "Strategies to Improve Project Management Maturity Processes." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3003.
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Information technology organizations lose significant competitive value when business leaders fail to use project management maturity (PMM) processes that enhance market delivery, reduce costs, and increase profitability. Using a multiple-case study, the researcher explored strategies that project leaders have used to improve PMM processes and expanded upon Kerzner's PMM model, which comprises 5 PMM levels essential for achieving repeatable project success. The researcher selected 20 project leader participants in the Southeastern region of the United States using a purposeful snowball sampling technique. In depth interviews were combined with archival and document exploration using a multiple-case study design where different types of project offices were cross compared as the unit of analysis including governmental, corporate, nonprofit, and not-for-profit organizations. Thematic analysis and cross-case analysis revealed 6 major strategies to improve PMM processes: project leader development, customer focus, standard methodology development, interactive communication, establishing a project office organizational structure, and practicing continuous process improvement. The implications for positive social change include the potential to provide small businesses and marginally-resourced organizations, such as churches and charitable organizations, with a beneficial value that contributes to positive economic activity in the local communities they support. The results are important because they extend constrained resources and organizational buying power for deliverables required by the recipient of the altruistic act.
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JANSSON, JONAS, and FREDRIK ÅBERG. "Sales and operations planning in the processindustry : A diagnostic model." Thesis, KTH, Hållbarhet och industriell dynamik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-156049.
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Increased competition and globalisation has created new opportunities and challenges for supply chain planning. Implementation of sales and operations planning (S&OP) has thus become vital for companies in order to keep up with competition. One way of facilitating the implementation and assessing the current state of an S&OP process is by the use of maturity models. The purpose of this study is to; (1) evaluate S&OP maturity models through comparative nalysis and application on a company in the process industry, (2) develop a maturity model uitable for the process industry, (3) suggest a method for using it, and (4) add to the limited number of case studies describing the S&OP process of companies in different industries. The study has been conducted using a qualitative case study methodology. Qualitative data has been collected through semi-structured interviews with 19 employees from different levels and functions of the organisation in order to develop a complete picture of the S&OP process at the case company. The evaluation of current S&OP maturity models in a case study context has generated a maturity model suitable for the process industry and a qualitative method for maturity assessment. The assessment has also resulted in an in-depth analysis and description of the S&OP process of a company in the pulp and paper industry.
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Arch, Nicholas Luke. "Using design maturity assessments to improve new technology implementation in active production environments." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111484.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2017.<br>Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2017.<br>Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124).<br>Without the design, development, and implementation of new technologies, companies that are currently innovative will be quickly surpassed by their competitors. Company A, a large aerospace company with a long history of introducing new technologies, is aiming to improve its new technology implementation process to continue to be successful in a competitive industry. While generally successful when implementing new technologies, Company A frequently faces unexpected challenges during implementation. The ability to effectively implement technologies in production environments will increase the likelihood that the business case for a new technology will be realized. Company A is in the process of implementing an automated fabrication solution for Component 1 that could eliminate risks associated with ergonomics and potential production volume increases. The goal of this project was not only to create a plan to aid the implementation of the automated fabrication technology for Component 1, but to broadly research technology implementation to determine how industrial companies can turn implementation into a competitive advantage. While creating multiple plans to implement the automated fabrication technology, research was performed about risk management, available tools to aid the implementation process, and lessons learned from past implementations. A significant part of new technology implementation involves identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating risk associated with the technology and the production system. There are many general and company-specific tools that aim to aid this process, but most of these tools focus on the technology, not the production system. The theory of Operational Readiness was developed as a way to combine the advantages of numerous design maturity assessment tools. Operational Readiness involves confirming that the new technology satisfies its requirements, is manufacturable, and fits within the overall product system. Operational Readiness also ensures that the production system is ready to accept the new technology. By utilizing Operational Readiness, cross-functional design, development, and implementation teams will be forced to take a system-wide view of the new technology implementation. This rigorous assessment process will be challenging and time-consuming, but the results will generate significant benefits to companies that are willing and able to use the theory of Operational Readiness.<br>by Nicholas Luke Arch.<br>M.B.A.<br>S.M.
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Frackleton, Conor J. "Technology maturity analysis for assessing capacity and schedule risk of future automation projects." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90759.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2014. In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT.<br>Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014. In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT.<br>5<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (page 64).<br>The need to improve risk assessment methods for automation projects within United States manufacturers exists due to a shift toward increased in factory automation stemming from industry pressure to reduce manufacturing costs and increase production rates. This study explores the hypothesis that a risk assessment method, based on technology maturity analysis, can be used to reduce the time to decision, reduce the influence of personal bias, and improve the estimation of risk impact when evaluating proposed automation systems. The risk assessment method is based on the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) framework, coupled with a mathematical simulation of the manufacturing process. During the pilot implementation, a team of evaluators gathered data to create a process simulation, assessed the TRLs of automation proposals, and analyzed the risk of each proposal. After concluding the pilot, the evaluation team was interviewed to determine the success of the risk assessment method. The interviews revealed that the method resulted in a faster time to decision and improved estimations of risk, but failed to significantly reduce the influence of personal bias during the evaluation process.<br>by Conor J. Frackleton.<br>M.B.A.<br>S.M.
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Shameem, Mohammad. "Evaluation of the contract management process in the United Nations for acquiring peacekeeping operations/services." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Jun%5FShameem%5FMBA.pdf.
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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, June 2007."<br>Advisor(s): Rene G. Rendon, Jeffrey R. Cuskey. "June 2007." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on August 16, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-79). Also available in print.
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Kopchak, Seth J. "Essays on open market operations, the maturity composition of the public debt, and the term structure." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/11249.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2010.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 138 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-132).
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Van, Os Rob. "SOC-CMM: Designing and Evaluating a Tool for Measurement of Capability Maturity in Security Operations Centers." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Datavetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-59591.
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This thesis addresses the research gap that exists in the area of capability maturity measurement for Security Operations Centers (SOCs). This gap is due to the fact that there is very little formal research done in this area. To address this gap in a scientific manner, a multitude of research methods is used. Primarily, a design research approach is adopted that combines guiding principles for the design of maturity models with basic design science theory and a step by step approach for executing a design science research project. This design research approach is extended with interviewing techniques, asurvey and multiple rounds of evaluation. The result of any design process is an artefact. In this case, the artefact is a self-assessment tool that can be used to establish the capability maturity level of the SOC. This tool was named the SOC-CMM (Security Operations Center Capability Maturity Model). In this tool, maturity is measured across 5 domains: business, people, process, technology and services. Capability is measured across 2 domains: technology and services. The tool provides visual output of results using web diagrams and bar charts. Additionally, an alignment with the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cyber Security Framework (NIST CSF) was also implemented by mapping services and technologies to NIST CSF phases. The tool was tested in several rounds of evaluation. The first round of evaluation was aimed at determining whether or not the setup of the tool would be viable to resolve the research problem. The second round of evaluation was a so-called laboratory experiment performed with several participants in the research. The goal of this second round was to determine whether or not the acreated artefact sufficiently addressed the research question. In this experiment it was determined that the artefact was indeed appropriate and mostly accurate, but that some optimisations were required. These optimisations were implemented and subsequently tested in a third evaluation round. The artefact was then finalised. Lastly, the SOC-CMM self-assessment tool was compared to the initial requirements and research guidelines set in this research. It was found that the SOC-CMM tool meets the quality requirements set in this research and also meets the requirements regarding design research. Thus, it can be stated that a solution was created that accurately addresses the research gap identified in this thesis. The SOC-CMM tool is available from http://www.soc-cmm.com/
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Hagsten, Per. "Evaluation of a qualitative model for a company's technical maturity within Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and DevOps." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-233554.
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The purpose of this study is to continue development of a benchmarking model to help companies assess their technical maturity when it comes to adopting Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and DevOps in their organization. The goal of the research is to assess how to improve the quality of qualitative models. Which conclusions can be drawn from comparing companies using benchmark and to assess which actions are the most effective to take to reach higher Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and DevOps maturity. The benchmark consisted of a questioner of two hundred statements that were answered for level of agreement with a current situation analysis and an ought-to-be analysis to be able to draw conclusions from the possible discrepancy between these categories. The questioner was answered during an interview study with chosen clients. Conclusions drawn from this study were that a lot can be done to improve the quality of qualitative models for examining Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and DevOps maturity. Different actions are necessary but the most important seems to be to ask open ended questions as well ass questions about different aspects of the same problem to promote discussion. It was also showed to be important to peer review the questions in the interview material beforehand to increase quality. The study also showed that it is possible to see trends in Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and DevOps maturity when comparing qualitative results for research subjects. The study showed that the most effective method for increasing Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and DevOps maturity is to use extensive automated testing suites that covers all testing disciplines.<br>Syftet med studien är att vidareutveckla ett benchmarkingverktyg för att hjälpa företag att bedöma sin tekniska mognad när det gäller att anta Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery och DevOps i sin organisation. Målet med forskningen är att bedöma hur man kan förbättra kvaliteten på kvalitativa modeller för att mäta detta, samt vilka slutsatser som kan dras av att jämföra företags resultat som nyttjat studien. Samt att undersöka vilka åtgärder som är effektivast att ta för att nå en högre mognadsgrad inom Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery och DevOps. Benchmarken bestod av ett frågebatteri av tvåhundra påståenden som besvarades av kunden i hur mycket de instämde till ett påstående. Resultatet samanställdes till en aktuell nulägesanalys och en börlägesanalys, med målet att dra slutsatser i vilka skillnaden som fanns mellan dessa två kategorier. Kunden besvarade frågebatteriet under en intervjustudie med utvalda anställda. Slutsatser som härrör från denna studie var att mycket kan göras för att förbättra kvaliteten på kvalitativa modeller för att undersöka Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery och DevOps mognadsgrad. Olika åtgärder är möjliga, men det viktigaste förefaller vara att fråga öppna frågor för att främja diskussion samt att ställa frågor om olika aspekter av samma problem. Samt att opponera frågorna internt i intervjuundersökningen innan det utförs hos en kund, för att öka kvaliteten. Studien visade också att det även är möjligt att se trender i Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery och DevOps mognad hos deltagarna när man jämför de kvalitativa resultaten. Studien visade att de mest effektiva metoderna för att öka Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery och DevOps mognadsgrad är att använda omfattande automatiserade testsviter för samtliga testmetoder.
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Salman, Rosine Hanna. "Exploring Capability Maturity Models and Relevant Practices as Solutions Addressing IT Service Offshoring Project Issues." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1843.
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Western countries' information technology and software intensive firms are increasingly producing software and IT services in developing countries. With this swift advancement in offshoring, there are many issues that can be investigated which will enable companies to maximize their benefits from offshoring. However, significant challenges can occur throughout the lifecycle of offshoring IT service projects that turn the potential benefits into losses. This research investigated CMM/CMMI best practices and their effects on managing and mitigating critical issues associated with offshore development.
Using a web based survey, data was collected from 451 Information Technology and software development firms in the US. The survey instrument was validated by an expert panel which included practitioners and researchers. The survey population consisted of Information Technology and software engineering managers who work on offshore IT and software development projects. Statistical methods including Chi Square and Cramer's V were used to test the research hypotheses.
The results of the analysis show that IT companies applying CMM/CMMI models have fewer issues associated with IT offshoring. When US IT companies utilize and incorporate different practices from TSP and People CMM into CMMI for DEV/SVC and CMMI for ACQ, they have fewer offshoring issues related to language barriers and cultural differences.
The results of this research contribute to the existing body of knowledge on the offshoring of IT services from the client management perspective and provide practitioners with increased knowledge regarding IT offshoring decisions.
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Nyström, Emelie, and MADELEINE BERN. "Sales and Operations Planning : Major obstacles faced by complex manufacturing organizations in operationalizing a standard level process." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Management, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-159290.
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Litteraturen om Sälj- & verksamhetsplanering (S&OP) är generellt sett samstämmig kring slutsatsen att en sådan process är överlägsen traditionell planering, där varje funktion planerar sin egen verksamhet. Men även om konceptet och möjliga fördelar är lätta att förstå, så har det visat sig svårt för många företag att operationalisera processen i verkligheten. Syftet med denna studie var därför att undersöka vilka stora hinder ett komplext tillverkande företag ställs inför vid operationaliserandet av en Sälj- & verksamhetsplaneringsprocess. För att fylla detta syfte så genomfördes en djup fallstudie på ett företag med ambitionen att operationalisera en standardprocess. Vidare gjordes en syntes av idag existerande mognadsramverk för processen, för att identifiera det mest passande ramverket för att diagnostisera en organisation och dess mognadsnivå. Genom att syntetisera litteraturen identifierades ramverket framtaget av Grimson och Pyke (2007) som det mest passande ramverket för att diagnostisera en organisation i den specifika kontexten. Vidare identifierades tre problemområden som i störst utsträckning hindrar operationaliserandet av en standardprocess: organisationens komplexitet, produktportföljskomplexitet samt IT-stöd. Denna studie bidrar till både utövare och forskare med vägledning för att framgångsrikt diagnostisera en organisations mognadsnivå inom processen, genom att identifiera och belysa de största hindren en komplex tillverkande organisation möter. För forskare påvisar detta att djupare forskning behövs inom vart och ett av dessa problemområden, och för företag och organisationer belyser denna studie vart resurser ska fokuseras för att möjliggöra ett framgångsrikt operationaliserande av en Sälj- & Verksamhetsplaneringsprocess.<br>In general, literature is unanimous in concluding that Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) is superior to traditional decoupled planning. But even though the concept and potential benefits of S&OP is easy to comprehend, the process has proven to be difficult for organizations to operationalize in reality. Thus, the objective of this research was to investigate what major obstacles complex manufacturing organizations face while striving to operationalize a standard level Sales & Operations Planning process. In order to fill the research objective, empirical research in an in-depth case study format at a company that have the ambition to operationalize a standard level process was performed. More, a framework synthesis was carried out to identify the most suitable maturity framework for diagnosing organization’s S&OP maturity level. Through the S&OP Maturity Model Synthesis the framework by Grimson & Pyke (2007) is found the most appropriate for diagnosing a company within the specific context. Further, the major obstacles for complex manufacturing organizations identified are: Organizational complexity, product portfolio complexity and IT system support. This study firstly contributes to practitioners and researchers with guidance for organizational diagnosis. Secondly, by investigating and highlighting the major obstacles that complex manufacturing organizations encounter when seeking to evolve in a S&OP process. For researchers this indicates further research within each of these areas, and for practitioners the result signals where to focus time and resources in order to enable S&OP maturity progress.
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Ferguson, Isaac Yaw. "Case study: testing Wahlgren’s escalation maturity model within public sector organisations in Sweden : Studying model support for operators of essential services in meeting NIS directive requirements for incident escalation." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-20202.
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Critical infrastructures are vital services, and attacks on such systems affect people's social and economic well-being. Therefore, operators of such services must have appropriate measures in place to handle IT-related incidents. However, reports show that organisations classified as Operators of Essential Services (OES) do not have appropriate measures to handle IT-related incidents. A case study approach is used in this study to test the usability and the applicability of Wahlgren's Escalation Maturity Model level within various public sector organisations in Sweden regarding their escalation and communication of IT-related incidents. A follow-up semi-structured interview is also conducted with employees at the technical level to determine if the current organisation's maturity level shortcomings are known across different organisational levels. The tool's maturity level scaling attributes are difficult to understand because all organisations in this study achieve the same level of maturity, even though there is a wide range of performance regarding the number of questions answered in the affirmative. The data output generated from the testing of the model can assist organisations in improving their incident escalation activities. However, the lack of precision of the model makes it challenging to apply in the public sector. The results reveal that all the five organisations obtained an escalation maturity level of zero (0), non-existent, regarding escalation of IT-related incidents. As a result, with the current model, the participating organisations will have a difficult task complying with the NIS Directive's security and notification requirements.
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Lima, João Augusto Machado de. "Sales and operations planing : uma abordagem estruturada para gestão dinâmica de empresas." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19010.
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Mestrado em Gestão e Estratégia Industrial<br>Todos os dias temos mais e mais organizações que se internacionalizam, e cada vez mais as cadeias de valor se tornam mais complexas e exigentes por competitividade. As empresas estão cada vez mais inseridas em redes globais, com acesso a novas tecnologias, e com qualidade de informação. Isso determina a necessidade que as empresas estejam mais atualizadas e requer renovação da sua capacidade de gestão para melhorar os resultados do negócio.
Uma alternativa para ter uma gestão rápida e eficaz é desenvolver na organização um processo de Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). O processo de S&OP é apontado em diversos artigos e publicações como uma das mais importantes alavancas para melhorar resultados do negócio e aperfeiçoar a gestão da cadeia de valor.
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) é um processo de gestão para aprimorar resultados que através de uma abordagem estruturada, baseado em balanceamento de recursos integrado com planeamento das vendas, que busca a melhoria contínua e gestão por indicadores de performance (KPIs). Trata-se de um processo de gestão tática que requer integração de processos, pessoas, organização e tecnologia, de forma eficaz para apoiar a tomada de decisões organizacionais.
O presente trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar os principais elementos que compõem um processo de Sales and Operations Planning, estruturar um processo com todos os elementos que compõem um ciclo de S&OP, e apresentar um modelo de avaliação de maturidade de processo de S&OP.<br>Every day more organizations become international and constantly the supply chain become more complex and competitive. Companies are becoming global networks with more access to new technologies and to high quality information. This demands to the companies to be up-to-date in terms of business management skills and requires high performance methods to improve business results.
As an alternative to have a fast and effective management system it is recommended to develop a Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process inside the organization. The S&OP process is pointed out in several articles and publications as one of the most important methods to increase business results and improve value chain management.
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is a management process for improving results through a structured approach based on resource and demand balancing, planning analysis, continuous improvement and management by key performance indicators (KPIs). It is a tactical management process that requires integration of processes, people, organization and technology to support decision-making process.
This paper purpose is to present the main elements that being part of Sales and Operations Planning process, to present a structured process with all the elements that make up an S&OP cycle, and to present a S&OP process maturity assessment model.<br>info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Isholt, Carl, and Mohammad Mosleh. "AI implementation in inbound logistics operations at large-scale manufacturing companies in Sweden : - Implementation levels and challenges." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-104607.
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Purpose of the thesis This study aims to propose an AI maturity model in order to be able to evaluate to whatextent large-scale manufacturing companies utilize AI in their inbound logistical operationsand also to reveal the challenges related to the implementation of AI. Methodology This study employs a qualitative research method with the use of a survey conducted on 10companies within 5 industries. Additionally, semi-structured interviews were employed attwo out of these 10 companies. Theoretical framework The theoretical framework provides a deeper theoretical understanding of inbound logisticsoperations, AI implementations and their suggested operationalization in inbound logisticsoperations at large-scale manufacturers. Further, it also provides theory of the challengesassociated with implementing AI in inbound logistics operations. Empirical data The empirical section illustrates the data that were collected through survey and interviewstudy. First, data is presented based on the respondents' various industries that are grouped.Within each grouped industry, data is structured according to the various RQ’s and proposedframeworks, meaning that data will be related to the different levels of AI implementation,maturity levels as well as challenges. Analysis and discussion In this section, the industries are analysed and discussed with the help of the theoreticalframework and collected empirical data. This was first established with an individual analysisof industries where one research question is covered at a time. After this is done, across-analysis is carried out on the involved industries in relation to the research questions. Conclusion This chapter gives a concluding discussion and presents theoretical and practicalcontributions. The main results of the three research questions are highlighted. Finally, further research opportunities and limitations are discussed.
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Culumber, Janene Jones. "Physician Practice Survival: The Role of Analytics in Shaping the Future." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7009.
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This dissertation joins an ongoing discussion in the business management and information technology literature surrounding the measurement of an organization’s business analytic capability, the benefits derived from maturing the capability and the improvements being made toward maturity. The dissertation specifically focuses on the healthcare industry in the United States and more specifically independent physician practices specializing in orthopaedics. After an extensive literature review along with expertise from industry leaders and experienced academic faculty, a survey instrument was developed to measure organizational capabilities, technology capabilities and people capabilities which together measured an organizations overall business analytic capability maturity. The survey instrument was delivered to 89 C-suite executives in the target population. A response rate of 36% was achieved resulting in a total of 32 completed responses.
The research study provides evidence that improving an organization’s business analytic capability leads to an improvement in the use of analytics to drive business performance. The research study also explored whether or not the use of analytics would improve business outcomes. The results were inconclusive. This could be due to the lag time between the use of analytics and business performance. In addition, the study did not have access to actual outcome data but rather asked the CEO’s whether or not performance in several areas had improved, remained stable or had declined. This measure may not have been precise enough to provide the predictive value needed. As such, this is an area that should be explored further. Finally, the research shows that over the past two years, physician practices have been focused on and successful in improving their business analytic capabilities. Despite these improvements, opportunities exist for physician practices to further their maturity, particularly in the areas of technology capabilities and people capabilities.
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Gladh, Isac, and Aron Lindahl. "Sales & Operations Planning: Utvärdering, förbättring och implementering : En fallstudie på Höganäs Sweden AB." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-95782.
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Titel: Sales & Operations Planning: Utvärdering, förbättring och implementering. En fallstudie på Höganäs Sweden AB. Kurs: 4FE19E Examensarbete i Logistik för Civilekonomprogrammet. Författare: Aron Lindahl & Isac Gladh. Handledare: Peter Berling. Bakgrund: Höganäs Sweden AB upplever att deras S&OP-arbete i nuläget inte fungerar effektivt. Missförstånd och oklarheter uppkommer ofta mellan avdelningarna och det är brist på standardiserade arbetssätt att förhålla sig till när det kommer till arbetet med S&OP. S&OP är ett verktyg som kan användas för att stärka samarbetet mellan olika avdelningar inom en verksamhet samt göra informationsdelningen mer transparant och effektivare vilket i sin tur leder till en högre grad av planeringsintegration. Representanter från företaget menar att det finns förbättringspotential kopplat till deras arbete med S&OP. Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att generera ett ramverk som tillverkande företag kan använda för att utvärdera, förbättra samt implementera sin S&OP-process. Metod: Detta arbete är en fallstudie på företaget Höganäs Sweden AB där empiri har samlats in genom direkta observationer, strukturerade-, semistrukturerade samt ostrukturerade intervjuer med olika representanter från företaget. Arbetet grundar sig i ett kvalitativt angreppssätt med en deduktiv ansats. Slutsats: Denna studie har fastställt mognadsgraden för S&OP-processen vid Höganäs Sweden AB och konstaterats att det finns förbättringspotential. Studien har, utifrån nuvarande mognadsgrad, tagit fram en rad åtgärder och verktyg som syftar till att förbättra processen och på sikt öka mognadsgraden för S&OP-processen vid Höganäs Sweden AB. För att kunna implementera dessa förbättringsförslag har författarna genererat en modell som behandlar hur tillverkande företag ska implementera S&OP. Implementeringsprocessen som beskrivs i modellen är en utveckling av befintlig teori där viktiga faktorer och åtgärder från olika källor har sammanfogats till en modell för effektiv implementering.<br>Title: Sales & Operations Planning: Evaluation, improvement and implementation. A case study at Höganäs Sweden AB. Course: 4FE19E Degree project in Logistics, the Business Administration and Economics Programme. Authors: Aron Lindahl & Isac Gladh. Tutors: Peter Berling. Background: Höganäs Sweden AB is experiencing that their current S&OP is not operating effectively. Misunderstandings and ambiguities often arise between departments and there lack of standardized ways of working when it comes to S&OP. S&OP is a tool that can be used to strengthen the cooperation between departments within a business and make the information sharing more transparent and effective which in turn leads to a higher degree of plan integration. Representatives from Höganäs Sweden AB states that there is potential for improvements when it comes to their work with S&OP. Purpose: The purpose of this case study is to generate a framework that manufacturing companies can use to evaluate, improve and implement their S&OP-process. Method: This is a case study at Höganäs Sweden AB where the empirical data has been collected through direct observations and unstructured, semi-structured and structured interviews. The work is based on a qualitative strategy with a deductive approach. Conclusion: This case study has determined the maturity level of the S&OP process at Höganäs Sweden AB and established that there is potential for improvements. The case study has, based on the current maturity level, generated a number of improvement suggestions with the purpose of improving the process and in the long run increase the maturity level for the S&OP process at Höganäs Sweden AB. In order to be able to implement these improvement suggestions the authors have generated a model that cover how manufacturing companies should implement S&OP. The implementation process that is described in the model is a development of existing theory where important elements and actions from different sources has been collected and merged into one model for effective implementation.
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Boyles, Kyle Dean. "Exploring Critical Success Factors for Managing Complex Information Technology Projects in Federal Agencies." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1435.
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The problem addressed in this study was the lack of understanding about failures of government leadership in accomplishing complex information technology (IT) projects and the ways such failures can negatively affect organizational performance. The purpose was to query subject matter experts and leaders with the intent to identify methods to reduce complex IT project failure rates in government organizations. This qualitative study drew on the technology acceptance model and the capability maturity model integration framework to evaluate organizations' abilities to manage complex IT projects. The research questions focused on exploring senior managers' experiences, the tacit knowledge of project management methodologies, and IT governance frameworks. The Delphi method was suitable for collecting and analyzing opinions of subject matter experts to help reach group consensus. Qualitative data analysis was used to identify themes, categories, and subcategories for thematic analysis. The result of the study was the identification of critical success factors and leadership attributes to increase the success rate of complex IT projects in federal agencies. This research may be beneficial to federal government program leaders who, as the result of increased insights and knowledge, can more effectively provide online government services using technology-enabled end-users' computing devices in a cost-effective and secure method.
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D'Anjou, Leslie Milbourne. "Assessing Information Technology and Business Alignment in Local City Government." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1964.
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Top executives are interested in more transparent and formalized structures, applicable measurements, and clear justification of alignment. Limited or improper information technology governance (ITG) affects the business strategy that will ultimately influence the overall business alignment in local city government agencies (LCGAs). The problem addressed in this study was the lack of information regarding LCGAs IT/business strategic alignment maturity model (SAMM) level and the LCGAs' employment size. The purpose of this survey study was to evaluate 48 LCGA participants in the Southwestern part of the United States and compare their alignment perceptions with their cities' employment size. The theoretical framework for this study was based on ITG and business strategy as measured by the SAMM instrument. An online survey was used for data collection and data results were analyzed using descriptive statistics and an Analysis of Variance. After using the SAMM instrument, the current snapshot maturity level of LCGAs was 2.49 out of a maximum 5.0 level. Results illustrated no significant relationship between LCGAs alignment maturity levels and a city's size. This study empowers positive social change by providing LCGAs 6 incremental steps to improve the overall alignment maturity level in areas of transparent and formalized structures, applicable measurements, and improved alignment measures.
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Bin, Yang. "Business-IT alignment from operational level: empirical evidence from the Bank of Qingdao, China." Doctoral thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/24929.
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Business-IT Alignment (BITA) has long been a significant topic for scholars as well as enterprise managers especially in the Internet era. Although numerous studies have identified the factors influencing the aligning process and relationships between them and organization successes from strategic perspective, few consider the impact of these elements on employees’s performances from an operational level. To fill this gap, this thesis first discusses the state-of-art and the challenges of BITA in China’s city commercial banks (CCBs) and further develops a theoretical framework to empirically evaluate the BITA in China banking industry. Finally, some recommendations for improving the level of BITA in China’s CCBs are provided.
Taking the Bank of Qingdao (BQD) as a sample, this thesis empirically examines BITA maturity model with the results that five factors including communication, IT competency/value measurement, IT governance, partnership, and IT skills are positively related to the BITA while IT scope and architecture are not significant. In addition, the moderating effect of service quality between BITA and employee’s working performance is also supported by the survey. This study also develops a new theoretical model namely, business-IT punctuated equilibrium alignment model (BIPEAM), based on life cycle theory and punctuated equilibrium theory to describe the alternately leading roles between business and IT strategies. This model may contribute towards the better understanding of the mechanism of business-IT strategic alignment process from a longitudinal perspective within an enterprise.<br>O alinhamento entre o negócio e as Tecnologias de Informação (TI) ou alinhamento business-IT (BITA) tem sido desde há muito um tópico significativo para académicos bem como para gestores de empresas, especialmente na era da Internet. Embora numerosas investigações tenham identificado os fatores que influenciam o processo de alinhamento e as relações entre eles e os sucessos da organização do ponto de vista estratégico, poucas consideram o impacto destes elementos no desempenho dos empregados a partir de um nível operacional. Para preencher esta lacuna, esta tese começa por discutir o estado da arte e os desafios do BITA nos bancos comerciais das cidades da China (CCBs) e desenvolve um quadro teórico para avaliar empiricamente o BITA na indústria bancária Chinesa. Por último, são fornecidas algumas recomendações para melhorar o nível de BITA nos CCBs da China.
Tomando o Banco de Qingdao (BQD) como amostra, esta tese examina empiricamente o modelo de maturidade do BITA com os resultados de que cinco fatores, incluindo comunicação, competência/avaliação de TI, governação de TI, parceria, e competências de TI estão positivamente relacionados com o BITA enquanto que o âmbito e a arquitetura de TI não são significativos. Além disso, o efeito moderador da qualidade do serviço entre a BITA e o desempenho de trabalho do empregado é também apoiado pelo inquérito realizado. Este estudo também desenvolve um novo modelo teórico, nomeadamente o modelo de alinhamento de equilíbrio pontuado de business-IT (BIPEAM) baseado na teoria do ciclo de vida e na teoria do equilíbrio pontuado para descrever os papéis alternadamente de liderança entre as estratégias empresariais e de TI. Este modelo pode contribuir para uma melhor compreensão do mecanismo do processo de alinhamento estratégico entre empresas e as TI, a partir de uma perspetiva longitudinal dentro de uma empresa.
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Joubert, Andrè. "Plant systems integration using the SAMI model to achieve asset effectiveness in modern plants." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10352/96.
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Thesis (D. Tech. (Electrical Engineering, Dept. of Process Control and Computer Systems))--Vaal University of Technology.<br>In recent years, industrial plant maintenance has changed dramatically. These changes are due to a considerable increase in the number and variety of physical plant assets, increased design complexity, new maintenance techniques and changing perspectives regarding on how to perform maintenance effectively. Managers at modern process plants are becoming increasingly aware of the extent to which equipment failure affects safety and the environment.
Process plant personnel are limited in their ability to accurately and consistently evaluate the health of plant assets. Due to poor record keeping, maintenance staff often has little defence against aging equipment and asset failures. As a result companies have undertaken to implement planned equipment maintenance schedules and install new technology to allow for efficient tracking and analysing of equipment health across the board.
The introduction of an integrated asset management solution is presented in this thesis. The integrated asset management solution will assist maintenance staff to cost-effectively predict the probability of asset failure prior to the occurrence of any actual plant incidents. The integrated solution documented in this thesis will be implemented at the Sasol Solvents site to enhance plant availability, maximum up time for all plant assets and plant safety.
Strategic Asset Management Inc. (SAMI) uses the Operational Reliability Maturity Continuum model to improve profitability, efficiency and equipment reliability. The SAMI empirical model employs various stages to address improved performance and asset management and was used as a guideline to develop an integrated solution to optimise plant performance and profits.
The integrated asset management solution, documented in this thesis, was developed with the intended function of bringing information from diverse plant based systems and field equipment to the maintenance personnel in an understandable interface so that the information can be used to improve the reliability and availability of all plant assets.
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Tsao, Chia-Min, and 曹家敏. "A Research on the Operation Forecast of the Close Price before the Maturity Date of the Index Future Market Within This Month." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15693689834003650787.
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碩士<br>國立高雄第一科技大學<br>風險管理與保險所<br>92<br>In recently years, the Foreign Capital Enterprises attempt to pull-up or pushdown the price on Spot Market on purpose before Maturity Date of Futures Contract in order to gain profits with their own shares on Index Futures Market. They try to affect the Final Settlement Price of Maturity Date, so that no matter the price of Futures Market and Spot Market is up-convergence or down-convergence, it exists the phenomenon of artificial manipulation. In this article, we took daily data of Futures Market and Spot Market as variables, and daily transaction data of Taiwan Futures Exchange Weighting stock price index of Futures Market and Spot Market between Sep. 3, 2003 and May 24, 2004 as research samples. It shows that:
1. The rate of return between Maturity Date of Index Futures Market and the day before due date, it always shows positive correlation on Futures net positions of Foreign capital.
2. The date of settlement day and due date are price difference expansion but after settlement, it will restrains on price different immediately.It means it is risky at that day, on the other hand, if it is correct on predicting; the return value would be huge.
3. The result of Co-Integration shows Taiwan futures index and spot index really exist co-integration. It means these two markets are on Long-term stable balanced relations.
From error correction model, spot market revise downward the price but futures market is going up and the speed of correct on the future market is faster than spot market.
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Suravarapu, Venkata Satyanarayana Reddy, and Nithin Santhosh Kanthaswamy. "Benefits and Challenges of implementing the Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) matrix in the automotive manufacturing industry : A Case Study with Volvo Group Trucks Operations." Thesis, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-445566.
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The aim of this thesis is to analyze the benefits and the challenges in implementing the manufacturing technology maturity assessment matrix from the US Department of Defence (US DoD) which is the Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) matrix, in automotive manufacturing industry. MRL matrix is created for maturity assessment in the defence acquisition process of the US DoD. This matrix is considered as an efficient and effective way of maturity assessment of manufacturing technologies and the resource allocation in the portfolio management. The thesis is based on a case study at an automotive manufacturing firm, taking its steps towards the MRL matrix from a stage-gate model in its portfolio management. A Qualitative method study is carried out in this research and interviews were taken from six different personnel from an automotive manufacturing firm. These interviews gave a better understanding of the expectations and level of details needed in the MRL matrix. From the data collected from this case study, six findings were found, which are a manufacturing technology should be implemented on the factory floor only when it is completely mature, the MRL framework by US DoD is complicated and the language used is difficult to understand, and four other findings. These findings clearly show the benefits and challenges of implementing the MRL matrix by the US DoD in the automotive manufacturing industry.
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Michálková, Anna. "Role kresby postavy v Orientačním testu školní zralosti." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-343244.
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The thesis studies the role of human figure drawing in Orientační test školní zralosti (i. e. Jirasek's Orientation Test of School Readiness). The starting point is the correspondence between human figure drawing and other tasks in both verbal and non-verbal thinking. For the empirical material we have chosen pre-school children results in Orientační test školní zralosti, including the verbal thinking test and Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices. The aim is to examine correspondence of human figure drawing with other tasks taking into account verbal and non-verbal thinking and logical and infralogic operations. The data was collected in two stages with the interval of four months and therefore it is able to assess durability of findings in time. The thesis is beneficial in terms of qualitative analysis of discovered correspondences and also in developing a theory of abilities tested by the test, especially regarding human figure drawing. Last but not least it is helpful in examining similarities and differences in the ability of children to analyse and synthetize. KEY WORDS: school maturity, drawing, figure, man, writing, points, matrices, verbal thinking, non-verbal thinking, logical operations, infralogic operations, analysis, synthesis