2014 IEEE International Technology Management Conference最新文献

{"title":"Effective asset management for hospitals with RFID","authors":"C. K. M. Lee, S. Palaniappan","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918596","url":null,"abstract":"The healthcare sector has been confronted with a growing necessity to reduce operational cost. Many hospitals have been focusing their efforts in optimizing their inventory management procedures through the incorporation of technological solutions such as tracking devices and data mining to come up with an ideal inventory model. Demand forecasting is an integral part of inventory management and hospitals are no exception. Time series forecasting methods are widely used in traditional approaches. Limited studies integrated asset tracking technology and neural network analysis to facilitate demand forecast. This paper proves that neural network forecasting has a key edge over traditional time series forecasting methods. It also evaluates the improvements in the efficiency of the inventory management of infusion pumps at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) due to the integration of radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging and neural network forecasting to the current work flow process to allow it to capture and manipulate the data relating to the movement and usage of the infusion pumps. Projected ward and the total in-patient usage data were compared using error analysis algorithms such as mean squared error (MSE), mean absolute deviation (MAD) and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE). The potential benefits of the proposed system, contribution of current study and recommendations for future research are also mentioned at the end of this paper.","PeriodicalId":263088,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Technology Management Conference","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128795871","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 iterative involvement of internal Experts into the technology scouting process","authors":"Andreas Oertl, M. Heiss, Christian Homma","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918600","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes technology scouting from the Scout's perspective: He or she needs to rapidly develop a working understanding of the search field, start leading a meaningful search for cooperation partners and be able to identify hitherto unknown and relevant research avenues - all while maintaining a delicate balance between providing value to, and taking time from the assigned Experts in the field. The time of the Experts is usually the most limited resource. The methodology and selection of tools that have evolved to satisfy these needs are modular and highly situational. At their center lies a solid core procedure which is used to establish a framework for Expert/Scout understanding, which we call Solution Space. The paper presents the methodology and a selection of tools that have evolved as a best practice approach in several scouting processes.","PeriodicalId":263088,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Technology Management Conference","volume":"127 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124403542","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":"Quality assurance strategy for distributed software development using managed test lab model","authors":"A. Mathrani","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918609","url":null,"abstract":"Distributed software development is becoming the norm as it is considered a more cost effective way of building software. Organizations seek to reduce development time with concurrent teams spread across geographical spaces as they jointly collaborate in designing, building, and testing the evolving software artefacts. However, the software evolution process is not an easy task, and requires many iterations of testing for ongoing verification and validation with some pre-determined design quality criteria. This is further complicated in distributed teams which interact over lean virtual platforms. This study investigates a distributed environment spread across Japan, India, and New Zealand to inform on how managed test lab model (MTLM) is used to facilitate quality assurance practices for testing of the evolving artefacts within the overall software development lifecycle process. The paper describes the operational aspects of using MTLM as an online framework in which responsibilities are assigned, test scripts are executed, and validation processes are formalized with appropriate use of toolkits to coordinate allocated task breakdowns across the three countries.","PeriodicalId":263088,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Technology Management Conference","volume":"48 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125206447","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":"Production technology screening for innovative products","authors":"K. Reisen, J. Greitemann, N. Rester, G. Reinhart","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918599","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918599","url":null,"abstract":"The development of innovative products implicates the use of new components or materials. In many cases, this is linked to the application of newly developed production technologies. However, the technology might not be capable to fulfill its specific manufacturing task. In order to evaluate risks concerning the production a systematic technology screening is necessary. The screening methodology presented in this paper is exemplified for the production of an electric vehicle.","PeriodicalId":263088,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Technology Management Conference","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128651135","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":"Internet financing in China: Challenges and ways forward","authors":"Bo Jia, Xiaofeng Ma, B. Katzy","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918595","url":null,"abstract":"Internet financing is a new financial instrument in China, especially play a critical role in supporting SMEs and entrepreneurial development in China. Since 2013, China government enacted new regulation and policy to actively support private capital to enter into financial sector. Internet companies take an active role in this new field combining their competence in e-commerce and social network domain. However, there is unpredicted challenges for internet financing as it is still not supervised and regulated by central government. This paper will introduce the latest development of internet financing in China and its diversified formats. Institutional impact to internet financing is as well analyzed in order to interpret challenges and future development trends.","PeriodicalId":263088,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Technology Management Conference","volume":"183 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123949704","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 new optimization model for closed-loop supply chain networks","authors":"B. Elahi, M. Franchetti","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918604","url":null,"abstract":"Increasing environmental concerns require businesses to become more responsive to products that either have been returned or that are at the end of their useful lives. Organization's responsiveness and their reactions toward life cycles of products are critical to achieve sustained success once fluctuations are recurrent and the business environments are turbulent. Life cycles are getting shorter, and efficient handling can save large amounts of cash since many materials can be extracted, reused, and redistributed. Reverse Logistics (RL) and Closed Loop Supply Chains (CLSC) have garnered growing interest as a way to manage this reverse flow of products in a cost effective way. It is discernible that the degree of complexity in closed loop networks is usually higher than open networks. In a closed loop supply chain network, the attempt is to ensure a smooth flow of materials as well as extracting the maximum value from returning and end-of-life goods. Reduction of waste and generating profit for enterprises are two paramount achievements through integrating forward and reverse logistics. By considering various proposed conceptual models for CLSC, in this study at first we present a comprehensive applicable conceptual model. Then, we specifically focus on a CLSC network, which includes multiple plants, collection centers, demand markets, and products. To this aim, a generalized proposed mixed-integer linear programming model is presented that minimizes the total cost. The objective is to know how many, which production plants and Return Processors (Collection sites) should be open, which products, and in which quantities should have stuck. The goal of this model is to minimize the supply chain waste and reduce supply chain costs. In such a way, the supply chain system can be agile, integrated, robust, and lean. The proposed model can be extended to consider more environmental factors. Moreover, the efficacy and efficiency of that have been validated by case study and numerical example.","PeriodicalId":263088,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Technology Management Conference","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126186380","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 model and system for applying Lean Six sigma to agile software development using hybrid simulation","authors":"K. Ghane","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918594","url":null,"abstract":"Software quality control and quality assurance have close ties with predictability, speed/time, and cost of software development. Process improvement has essential impact on these factors that drive the quality of software project outcomes. While stochastic design and process improvement methodologies based on the Lean Six Sigma can greatly help with process design and improvement, software development processes are substantially different from the processes in the other disciplines such as manufacturing or service operations that produce same/similar product/services. It's not feasible to quantify software processes in a discrete manner that is required by the Six Sigma methodologies. The discrete simulation that is used in operations such as car manufacturing relies on the fact that system activities change state at discrete time points. However this cannot be applied to software development as the activities are not repetitive and they have time estimates at best. The continuous simulation approach lacks the discrete simulation advantage of identifying inefficiencies and improving the processes along the line. Then the discrete simulation has the shortcoming of detecting consequences of improvements late in the process. The model and system introduced in this paper applies Six Sigma methodologies to software processes using hybrid simulation. It uses the relatively detailed empirical data - which the lean software development and agile methodologies produce - to simulate future activities. Such predictions are used as the baseline measurement data to assess the actual results of the continuous improvement activities. The Monte Carlo simulation is used to eliminate dependency on assumption of a specific distribution function for software development activities. The System also includes a framework for collecting process data and creating the empirical knowledge base that optimizes simulation, analytics and data mining. The System collects empirical data on process actors and uses them in simulation to provide estimations that incorporate the human factor that has substantial role in software processes. Over time the System effectively uses machine learning to improve estimation and in some cases to recommend actions to improve performance. The resulted data can be used not only for process improvement but also for evaluating impacts of factors such as outsourcing, geographical base cost, and time zone difference on the process quality.","PeriodicalId":263088,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Technology Management Conference","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130809872","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":"GUI system for elders/patients in intensive care","authors":"J. Raheja, Dhiraj, D. Gopinath, Ankit Chaudhary","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918605","url":null,"abstract":"In the old age, few people need intensive care if they are suffering from specific diseases as they can get stroke while they are in normal life. Also patients of any age, who are not able to walk, need to be taken care of personally. For this they have to be in hospital or someone like nurse should be with them for better care. This is costly in terms of money and man power. A person is needed for 24×7 care of these people. To help in this aspect we purposes an intensive care system which will take input from the patient and will provide information to the specified person, who is currently may not in the patient room. This will reduce the need of man power, also a continuous monitoring would not be needed. The system is using MS Kinect for better accuracy and can be installed at home or hospital easily. The system provides GUI for simple usage and gives visual and audio feedback to user. This system work on natural hand interaction and also no need to wear any sensor, glove or color strip.","PeriodicalId":263088,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Technology Management Conference","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114791476","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":"Quantitative analysis of graduate-level engineering management programs","authors":"I. Bozkurt","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918590","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to analyze the curricula of Engineering Management programs awarding a graduate-level EM degree (Master's and Doctoral). The analysis is conducted using text analysis software, which brings the necessary rigor and objectivity required when dealing with qualitative data. Preliminary research using multiple sources (American Society for Engineering Management and American Society of Engineering Education) result in a list of over one-hundred universities that offer a graduate-level degree in EM. To conduct the analysis, a curriculum database will be formed that includes course names and descriptions. This data will provide the input to the conceptual and semantic analysis using a computer tool. The results of this analysis will provide an insight into different threads, commonalities and differences between EM programs.","PeriodicalId":263088,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Technology Management Conference","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122012838","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":"Technology management: A comprehensive bibliometric analysis","authors":"A. Pilkington","doi":"10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2014.6918601","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports a bibliometric analysis (co-citation network analysis) of 10 journals in the management of technology (MOT) field. As well as introducing various bibliometric ideas, network analysis tools identify and explore the concepts covered by the field and their inter-relationships. Specific results from different levels of analysis show the different dimensions of technology management: · Co-word terms identify themes · Journal co-citation network: linking to other disciplines · Co-citation network show concentrations of themes. The analysis shows that MOT has a bridging role in integrating ideas from several distinct disciplines. This suggests that management and strategy are central to MOT which essentially relates to the firm rather than policy. Similarly we have a dual focus on capabilities, but can see subtle differences in how we view these ideas, either through an inwards looking lens to see how organisations function, or more outward to understand context and change in landscapes.","PeriodicalId":263088,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Technology Management Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127601415","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}