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{"title":"Research issues in e-business","authors":"K. Pandya, A. Arenyeka-Diamond, R. Bhogal","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2001.952001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2001.952001","url":null,"abstract":"With the businesses increasingly trading on the Internet, especially in B2C and B2B categories, there has been many successes as well as failures. The authors have discussed research issues such as strategy, legality and management, which are relevant to advancement of applications of e-business. These issues are becoming important in the face of spates of pure dot-com failures. The authors realize that e-business is multi-disciplinary and thus has far and wide research implications in its adoption. The authors are involved in various research activities. Two activities- investigations of business model for e-tailing and the customisation and value adding processes in user interface, are being undertaken and discussed in this paper. This paper is relevant to researchers, academics and practitioners in almost all professions.","PeriodicalId":117603,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology. Proceedings Vol.1: Book of Summaries (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37199)","volume":"128 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125861023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advanced manufacturing technology implementation in small and mediums size enterprises in a newly industrializing country: the case of Turkey","authors":"S. Gozlu, H. K. Gules, T. Burgess","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2001.952156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2001.952156","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in Turkey's manufacturing sector and examines recent changes in levels of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) implementation, looks at the success of implementation and links current levels of AMT to the competitiveness of the market environment that the firm faces. A wide range of technologies is usually included under the banner of AMT. The technologies, which are cited as AMTs comprise management approaches, techniques and philosophies as well as computerised technologies. By taking into account criteria such as company size and market share, and including companies operating in different sectors and cities of the country, an initial sample of 600 companies was identified by selecting 30 companies at random from 20 different cities.","PeriodicalId":117603,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology. Proceedings Vol.1: Book of Summaries (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37199)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126197465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Requirements for a software process improvement support and learning environment","authors":"T. Varkoi, T. Makinen, H. Jaakkola","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2001.952343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2001.952343","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. Small organizations require external support to initiate software process improvement (SPI). Obstacles in using international SPI models could be lowered with a collection of appropriate means. The described support and learning environment covers steps, tools and roles needed to rapidly achieve effective improvement of software processes. To enable efficient use of the SPI models, appropriate processes, roles, methods and tools are needed, too. The SPI related needs for technology transfer are remarkable, especially in small organizations. The SPI itself requires supportive training and consultation, but also the needs for knowledge, skills, methods and tools in the software engineering and management areas should be addressed. A baseline of the required features for a supporting environment is derived from the improvement process models and experiences of software organizations' needs. Extended features increase the functionality of the environment. The outcomes of the improvement process provide a complementary list of requirements for the environment. The SPI environment consists of the SPI process, related views and information. The SPI process is a collection of process steps defined in SPI models. Different views for different situations provide the flexibility needed in everyday SPI work. SPI related information is accessible through the environment's repositories. A tentative outline of an effective support environment enabling rapid software process improvement is presented.","PeriodicalId":117603,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology. Proceedings Vol.1: Book of Summaries (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37199)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125306266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Management indicators model to evaluate performance of IT organizations","authors":"A.J. Bianchi","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2001.952021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2001.952021","url":null,"abstract":"There is no arguing nowadays about the importance of IT for the growth and competitive edge of organizations. But if technology is to be a true asset for a company, it must be aligned with the business strategic goals by means of a formalized system of strategic planning, maturity of development process, technology management and corporative quality vision. The accrued benefits can be manifold: the development of training and learning environments for an effective improvement of procedures and product quality, efficient use of assets and resources, opportunity for innovation and technologic advancement, an approach to problem solving in areas critical to the organization among others. Many companies make use of these practices, but find it hard to evaluate how effective they are and what is the final quality of the achieved results at diverse customer levels both in project vision and the continuity of service. One cause of these drawbacks is failure to apply measurement models which provide objective pointers to assess how effective the IT strategies used have actually been considering the strategic business goals. To incorporate models of measures is no easy task because it entails working on several aspects: technical, processes, products and the peculiar culture of each organization. This paper presents a model of indicators to evaluate IT performance using three well known methods: balanced scorecard, GQM and PSM.","PeriodicalId":117603,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology. Proceedings Vol.1: Book of Summaries (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37199)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115576873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of science and technology policy in Finland's economic development","authors":"T. Lemola","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2001.952391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2001.952391","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. The development of Finland's technology policy from the late 1960s onwards can be divided on the basis of its content into three phases. The same conditions, instruments and operating modes of technology policy appear in each phase. The first phase, which began in the mid-1960s, can be called the period of research policy. The focus during the second phase, which began at the turn of the 1980s, was on the development of technologies and may be referred to as the period of technology policy. The latest innovation policy phase began in the early 1990s. Innovation policy involves both scientific and technological development being examined from the standpoint of innovations, taking account of innovation-promoting factors such as science and technology, and emphasising the perspectives of technology transfer, diffusion and commercialisation. The transition from technology policy to innovation policy was also shaped by economic crisis. At the beginning of the 1990s the Finnish economy experienced a dramatic dive into a deep economic crisis which was much more severe than the recession of the late 1970s. Even if the economic crisis of the early 1990s was exceptionally deep, Finland was already back on a positive growth track by 1994. Behind this sudden upturn was the fast growth of ICT (information and communications technologies) based industries.","PeriodicalId":117603,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology. Proceedings Vol.1: Book of Summaries (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37199)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129784783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introducing lean manufacturing at ESI","authors":"D. Mottershead","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2001.952361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2001.952361","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. Lean production is a collection of techniques to identify and reduce waste in the manufacturing process. By reducing waste, enormous gains in throughput and reductions in WIP inventory and cycle time can be achieved with no increase in resources. It was the promise of these advantages that caused ESI to begin the move to lean manufacturing in mid 2000. The move to lean manufacturing began with a series of meetings to define implementation methods, and included a demonstration of lean benefits using a simple hands-on simulation. A visit was also arranged to a manufacturer of capital equipment that had implemented lean manufacturing several years previously and was willing to share experiences. One of the major changes in philosophy that lean manufacturing brings is the \"pull system\". The \"pull system\" has build operations set up such that the time to complete each operation is defined by the rate of customer demand. We decided to implement a pull system for the assembly line of one of the product lines.","PeriodicalId":117603,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology. Proceedings Vol.1: Book of Summaries (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37199)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128694416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Real options approach for optimal investment decision timing","authors":"Jae-Han Lee, Dong-Joo Lee, Jae-Hyeon Ahn","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2001.951828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2001.951828","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. In this paper, we developed a model deciding the optimal investment decision time: invest now or wait more? Using the real options approach and considering the opportunity costs due to delay, the model derived the optimal deferring time until a decision is made. The model decides how long the decision has to be deferred when it is not desirable to invest now. The model would be very useful for overcoming the problem of the net present value (NPV) rule. With this approach, contingent decisions can be made based on the observation of uncertainty resolutions. Also, it minimizes the number of re-evaluations for the investment cost and the value of the opportunity, which enables us to save much time and cost. Moreover, it is applicable to the development of a new product or service case where there are no current market transactions. We believe that this model would be very useful in overcoming the problem of NPV decision criterion. With this approach, we can make contingent decisions based on the observation of uncertainty resolutions, and improve business performance.","PeriodicalId":117603,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology. Proceedings Vol.1: Book of Summaries (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37199)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128258253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"e-agile enterprising : the manufacturing and marketing strategies to enhance global competitiveness for Hong kong manufacturing industry","authors":"Richard C. M. Yam, W. Lo, P. Tang","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2001.951726","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2001.951726","url":null,"abstract":"In order to sustain its global competitiveness, soft technology advancement in product design and development, international marketing, global supply chain management, manufacturing and quality are recommended. Whilst pursuing hard technology advancement as its long term manufacturing strategy, Hong Kong should also upgrade its middleman role via soft technology advancement in the short and medium terms. Hong Kong should migrate from mainly original equipment manufacturing (OEM) to original design manufacturing (ODM) and finally to develop its own brand manufacturing (OBM) by enhancing its marketing and new product design and development strategies and practices. e-agile enterprising is proposed in this paper as the new form of manufacturing and marketing strategies and organizational structure for fulfilling this purpose.","PeriodicalId":117603,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology. Proceedings Vol.1: Book of Summaries (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37199)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128617798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using of an e-learning tool at the University of Klagenfurt","authors":"J. Wickl","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2001.952214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2001.952214","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. To benefit from the advantages of online learning, the Department of Business Administration and Informatics, University of Klagenfurt, decided to support existing courses by the development of a web-based pilot course. Thus, the course administration process could be winded up more efficiently and experiences with online learning could be gained. Therefore a number of collaborative and interactive learning tools were compared and the Lotus Notes LearningSpace program was decided to be best for the target set. Lotus LearningSpace was the means by which the course was managed by the instructor and teaching assistant. This paper gives an overview of the compared tools, the established criteria and the decision process.","PeriodicalId":117603,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology. Proceedings Vol.1: Book of Summaries (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37199)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130324007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A strategy for agribusiness demands prospective analysis in agricultural R&D in Brazil","authors":"A.M.G. de Castro, S.M. Valle Lima, B. Johnson","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2001.952394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2001.952394","url":null,"abstract":"This paper has the objective of introducing a conceptual and methodological framework, as well as a strategy for setting agricultural R&D priorities based on client demands to Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation) a large public agricultural research organization. It is the result of a five year project aiming at developing a strategy, conceptual framework and methodology for determining R&D client demands, using a technological demands prospective analysis of agricultural production chains. Besides strategy, conceptual framework and methodology development, the project also included results validation, training of key personnel and application of technological demands analysis in determining R&D demands in several Embrapa R&D centers. This paper also discusses results of some studies carried out on R&D demands determination and further applications of prospective analysis of production chains, in agricultural research environment as well as in planning of development organizations.","PeriodicalId":117603,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology. Proceedings Vol.1: Book of Summaries (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37199)","volume":"343 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124238186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}