IEMC 96 Proceedings. International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management. Managing Virtual Enterprises: A Convergence of Communications, Computing, and Energy Technologies最新文献
{"title":"Information security issues facing virtual enterprises","authors":"G. Steinke, R. Leamon","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1996.547893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1996.547893","url":null,"abstract":"Virtual enterprises require the communication and sharing of information. Only if each participant in the virtual enterprise is assured that the information they bring to the virtual enterprise is secure, will they share it. The authors examine some of the security issues facing virtual enterprises and refer to security measures taken by a specific organization.","PeriodicalId":138196,"journal":{"name":"IEMC 96 Proceedings. International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management. Managing Virtual Enterprises: A Convergence of Communications, Computing, and Energy Technologies","volume":"139 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124393727","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":"Multimedia as value enabler for decision making in virtual enterprises","authors":"S. Arunkumar, S. K. Jain","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1996.547786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1996.547786","url":null,"abstract":"Decision making in organizations, as contrasted with virtual enterprises, is based on physical, communicating, functional departments. The twin technologies of computing and communication, and the need for management problem-solving expertise have made it necessary to have a virtual enabler for effective decision making in enterprise processes. This paper brings out value-added aspects of multimedia technology in decision making and describes the Multimedia Architecture for Decision Processes (MADP), which can be used at the strategic, tactical and operational levels of enterprises. The study was applied to the financial analysis of mergers and acquisition decisions, and to equipment diagnosis.","PeriodicalId":138196,"journal":{"name":"IEMC 96 Proceedings. International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management. Managing Virtual Enterprises: A Convergence of Communications, Computing, and Energy Technologies","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127116264","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}
I. Alatiqi, S. Diab, S. Mansour, F. Rasoul, H. Shalabi
{"title":"Tentative guidelines for publications rights","authors":"I. Alatiqi, S. Diab, S. Mansour, F. Rasoul, H. Shalabi","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1996.547781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1996.547781","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an empirical formula for the calculation of contribution weights of individuals participating in a group research. The objective is to identify the most elements that lead to documented results of the investigation. It was found that these elements are: initiation of the research idea; execution of the research idea; services of the research idea; data analysis; and writeup. These steps of the research process are identified and discussed in the light of their importance for the production of a contribution measure. The difficult problem of giving credit to participants in the investigation is then addressed. A linear mathematical function is adopted to allow the quantification of individual contribution in every step of the investigation. We then defined a function called the degree of involvement and used a limit of this function that may be used to judge issues like publication rights, patents rights and the like. The paper presents an example for the calculation of this function.","PeriodicalId":138196,"journal":{"name":"IEMC 96 Proceedings. International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management. Managing Virtual Enterprises: A Convergence of Communications, Computing, and Energy Technologies","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115446519","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":"If technology is such an important strategic issue, why do the top executives play a minor role in its decision process?","authors":"G.H. Rosenfelder, G. Gessner","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1996.547879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1996.547879","url":null,"abstract":"This research examines the roles of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) regarding new product technology in US multi-product organizations. This exploratory research study examines data collected from Fortune \"500\" companies which listed their annual R&D spending in the firm's annual report and SEC's 10 K. Two related, but different questionnaires were used, one addressed to the CEO, the other to the CTO. The research examines the following questions. (1) if new technology development is one of the key sustainable competitive advantages, is it best acquired internally, or externally, and who plays the major role in those decisions. A number of firms are using CTOs to provide leadership in this decision process. (2) Do firms make use of a Science Advisory Committee (SAC) to assist in this most difficult task and is there a pattern of use of a SAC that differs depending on the educational background of the CEO? These findings of insight into new strategic approaches to technology decisions.","PeriodicalId":138196,"journal":{"name":"IEMC 96 Proceedings. International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management. Managing Virtual Enterprises: A Convergence of Communications, Computing, and Energy Technologies","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123943802","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":"Fuzzy multiobjective linear-programming-based justification of advanced manufacturing systems","authors":"C. Kahraman, Z. Ulukan, E. Tolga","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1996.547820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1996.547820","url":null,"abstract":"Many of the objectives of advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) lie in strategic areas such as better quality, flexibility, and shorter lead times. The authors propose fuzzy multiobjective linear programming which considers intangible benefits in AMTs and expands the constraints by adding tolerances. The transition from vagueness to quantification is performed by applying fuzzy set theory. The approach also considers vagueness of the objective functions by using membership functions. The main advantage of fuzzy LP, compared to the unfuzzy problem formulation, is the fact that the decision maker is not forced into a precise formulation because of mathematical reasons. A case example is given in the paper.","PeriodicalId":138196,"journal":{"name":"IEMC 96 Proceedings. International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management. Managing Virtual Enterprises: A Convergence of Communications, Computing, and Energy Technologies","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128571572","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":"Best manufacturing practices...a uniquely successful approach to teaming and partnering","authors":"R. Purcell","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1996.547864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1996.547864","url":null,"abstract":"There is nothing quite like Best Manufacturing Practices (BMP) in either government or the private sector. BMP is a cooperative effort involving government, industry and universities. For most of its ten-year existence, BMP operated as a \"virtual\" entity without formal recognition or significant financial support yet was able to effectively harness increasingly greater amounts of people, resources and funding to achieve remarkable success helping to improve the competitiveness of US Industry. This paper highlights how BMP developed and implemented successful strategies for teaming and partnering with government agencies, industries, trade associations and academic institutions. The BMP approach is unique in leveraging resources within government to add value and maximize results. It provides a model for how public and private organizations can work together effectively. The BMP approach produced successful strategies for attracting people and resources from a broad range of agencies, institutions and private sector organizations. These are documented along with techniques for leveraging customer focus and delivering products that add value and meet needs. Traps and pitfalls in teaming and partnering and how to avoid them are also addressed.","PeriodicalId":138196,"journal":{"name":"IEMC 96 Proceedings. International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management. Managing Virtual Enterprises: A Convergence of Communications, Computing, and Energy Technologies","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126217154","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":"Information management for knowledge amplification in virtual enterprise","authors":"J. Numata, Bangyu Lei, Y. Iwashita","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1996.547829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1996.547829","url":null,"abstract":"Based on an analysis of Sony's practice, the core of innovation in product development is viewed in the paper as knowledge amplification, which depends on an iterative exploration cycle and information emergence through the cycle by capturing both articulable and tacit knowledge. An information system for knowledge amplification in the virtual enterprise is proposed, which includes a symbiotic network for information capturing and sharing through the WWW and multimedia email; an integrated product data manager for creation, evaluation, decision and archiving; an activity scheduler for workflow coordination, and an object-oriented database as shared information server for product, process and organization data.","PeriodicalId":138196,"journal":{"name":"IEMC 96 Proceedings. International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management. Managing Virtual Enterprises: A Convergence of Communications, Computing, and Energy Technologies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127578414","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":"Managing with technology: a predictive information system for remote supplier development","authors":"W. Taylor, W. Doherty","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1996.547898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1996.547898","url":null,"abstract":"In technology-based enterprises, the achievement of networked and virtual organisations relies heavily upon the capability to develop suppliers and sub-contractors. While in many cases, suppliers are compliant and will embrace most initiatives in order to maintain contractual relationships, they often do so at additional cost to themselves. Traditional interventions such as second or third party audit, or other criteria-based assessments tend not to achieve genuine and sustained supplier improvement. Moreover, the more recent self-assessment movement is difficult to resource in many supplier organisations because of their (small) size and their remoteness of location. To this end, the paper details the use of software systems to act in quasi-consultancy mode, by predicting the likely organizational outcome of current management practices. Since the target users are senior managers in these small organisations, it is intended that the reflective style of the system will stimulate genuine learning. The paper discusses the process of developing the predictive system and the validation of predictions to-date in around 100 companies, predominantly employing less than 500 people. The current predictive accuracy of the system is over 80%. If companies were to heed these predictions there would be a marked change in their management practices and in the resultant competitiveness of the majority.","PeriodicalId":138196,"journal":{"name":"IEMC 96 Proceedings. International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management. Managing Virtual Enterprises: A Convergence of Communications, Computing, and Energy Technologies","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114898016","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":"Managing contracted services in a large corporate environment","authors":"M. E. Richerson","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1996.547876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1996.547876","url":null,"abstract":"Contracting service functions is increasingly considered in today's business environment. Contracted services have the potential to decrease costs and increase flexibility. However, contracting brings management challenges different from using company employees to perform those services. In order to achieve company objectives, contracted services must be managed not just purchased and \"hope for the best\". The paper describes service contracting challenges, management responses and references real life examples from contracting software development, computer installation and computer maintenance.","PeriodicalId":138196,"journal":{"name":"IEMC 96 Proceedings. International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management. Managing Virtual Enterprises: A Convergence of Communications, Computing, and Energy Technologies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116922782","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 impact of information and communication technologies on the strategic decision making process","authors":"R. Donnelly, R. S. Lightfoot","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1996.547834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1996.547834","url":null,"abstract":"The study examines the relationship between an organization's decision making process and its use of information and communication technologies. The research question addressed in this paper is, \"given that information and communication technologies impact the use and communication of information, and given that effective strategy formulation depends upon the manner in which information is shared and communicated, then does an organization's use of information and communication technologies have an impact on its process of strategy formulation, and if so how?\" Comparative case studies were utilized to address this question. A series of R&D-dependent, high growth companies were reviewed to determine their detailed strategic decision making processes and their processes were compared among firms utilizing networked desk-top computers to either a high or low degree. The findings from the case study are that networked desk-top computers were utilized in a noteworthy manner in strategy formulation and implementation process in only one of the same base companies. In other sample base firms, networked desk-top computers were not utilized to a noteworthy degree in the strategic management process.","PeriodicalId":138196,"journal":{"name":"IEMC 96 Proceedings. International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management. Managing Virtual Enterprises: A Convergence of Communications, Computing, and Energy Technologies","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127898652","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}