{"title":"Reducing the risk of heat stress using artificial neural networks based job-combination approach","authors":"S. Srivastava, Y. Anand, V. Soamidas","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674503","url":null,"abstract":"We design and implement a system to reduce the risk of heat stress, a recognized occupational health hazard (OHH), in two labor intensive industries using a job-combination approach. A novel feature of the system is employing artificial neural networks (ANNs) as model free estimators to evaluate perceived discomforts (PDs) of workers for different job combinations proposed in the work.","PeriodicalId":285694,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117079178","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}
N. Nayak, Prasanna K., S. Datta, S. Mahapatra, S. Sahu
{"title":"A novel swarm optimization technique for partner selection in virtual enterprise","authors":"N. Nayak, Prasanna K., S. Datta, S. Mahapatra, S. Sahu","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674316","url":null,"abstract":"Partner selection is a critical issue in formation of virtual enterprises and increasing its operational effectiveness. Such a problem belongs to combinatorial optimization category and known as NP-hard problem. Usually, evolutionary methods are being adopted to obtain near-optimal solutions. In this paper, a variant of swarm optimization is proposed to handle combinatorial problems efficiently compared to its continuous counterpart. The method substantially reduces the number of tuning parameters in the algorithm. The algorithm presented include main crucial factors for partner selection such as the running cost, reaction time and running risk and select the partners for various processes that minimizes total cost. The working of the algorithm is demonstrated with the help of a typical example. Exhaustive simulation illustrates the effectiveness of algorithm.","PeriodicalId":285694,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"243-249 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129747371","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":"Impact of bilateral contracts on the price volatility in the electricity market","authors":"Guanli Wang, Hui-Chih Hung","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674290","url":null,"abstract":"One of the evident consequences of the deregulation in electricity industry is the volatility of market clearing prices (MCP). In this paper, we use variance to measure this price volatility and propose supply function equilibria and Cournot models to characterize the impact of bilateral contracts on the variance of MCP. As the result, we show that bilateral contracts reduce the variance of MCP. Finally, a numerical study based on Singapore electricity market to support our models is presented.","PeriodicalId":285694,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128389615","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":"Project scheduling with alternative technologies: Incorporating varying activity duration variability","authors":"S. Creemers, R. Leus, B. D. Reyck","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674523","url":null,"abstract":"We look into project scheduling with expected-NPV objective and stochastic activity durations. Individual activities carry a risk of failure, and an activity's failure can cause the overall project to fail. More than one alternative may exist for reaching intermediate project deliverables, and these alternatives can be implemented either in parallel or sequentially. In this paper, optimal solutions to the scheduling problem are found by means of stochastic dynamic programming. We examine the impact of the variability of activity durations on the project's value. We also illustrate that higher operational variability does not always lead to lower project values, meaning that (sometimes costly) variance-reduction strategies are not always advisable.","PeriodicalId":285694,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128460908","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":"Performance evaluation of adaptive cellular manufacturing system using simulation","authors":"Jibi Job, V. Pillai","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674278","url":null,"abstract":"In mid-volume, mid-variety production cellular manufacturing systems have many advantages compared to systems using process layout. But their performance superiority is found to diminish when the demand becomes unstable. Adaptive cellular systems are designed, especially for dynamic demands. Here, the performance of an adaptive cellular system is compared to that of a system using process layout, using simulation, when they execute production in a multi-period dynamic demand environment. It is found that the adaptive design perform comparatively better than process layout in terms of reduced work-in-process inventory and manufacturing lead time. The managing of semi-finished parts at the end of a period, and the effort of relocation of machines after every period are the disadvantages of adaptive cellular systems.","PeriodicalId":285694,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128637527","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}
M. Frey, C. Artigues, Rainer Kolisch, Pierre Lopez
{"title":"Scheduling and planning the outbound baggage process at international airports","authors":"M. Frey, C. Artigues, Rainer Kolisch, Pierre Lopez","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2010.5675613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2010.5675613","url":null,"abstract":"The scheduling of outbound baggage at international airports is a challenging tasks in the airport industry. The issue is to control the incoming baggage flow in order to balance the workload over the system. The resource consumption of the different activities, which have to be scheduled, are depending on the arrival process of the baggage. Because of high complexity we suggest a decomposition heuristic to tackle this problem.","PeriodicalId":285694,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129156431","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":"Elucidating the supplier integration spectrum on strategic supplier selection problem using an integrated fuzzy approach","authors":"C. Y. Shen, K. Yu, C. Chiou","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674157","url":null,"abstract":"The majority of the existing supplier selection (VS) approaches obtained their optimal solutions based on the operational metrics. This study considers the supplier integration spectrum (SIS) to secure the efficacy of VS. This work adopts supplier's process capability indices and process yields as operational (hygiene) criteria to estimate their quality capabilities. The business process-oriented criteria are employed as the strategic (motivation) criteria. A fuzzy approach with SIS consideration is employed to select supplier. An empirical case study is then performed to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed system. The case study provides interesting managerial implications.","PeriodicalId":285694,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129258909","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}
P. Punnakitikashem, P. Intarakumnerd, T. Laosirihongthong
{"title":"Performance assessment of technology transfer project: An application of DEA technique","authors":"P. Punnakitikashem, P. Intarakumnerd, T. Laosirihongthong","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674233","url":null,"abstract":"Technology transfer is a mechanism to acquire technology and helps company to enhance their technology capabilities. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate how Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) can be used to assess performance of technology transfer project at firm level. Data collected from transferring the robotics operating technology project of 12 automotive parts/components manufacturing companies are examined by using the DEA model. The results of this study show that six companies carried out efficient technology transferring. The average efficiency score of technology transfer project is 93.3%. This finding confirms that absorptive capacity of recipient firms is a critical success factor underlying differences between efficient and inefficient firms. DEA method provides Chief Technology Officers (CTO) or project leaders a framework to determine appropriate transferring mechanisms and necessary internal and external resources.","PeriodicalId":285694,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129699479","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":"Market reactions to financial restatements - evidence from Chinese stock market","authors":"Zhaohui Zhu, C. Hu","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674247","url":null,"abstract":"The financial statements of a listed firm disclose the company's financial position, operating results and cash flow information, which is an important means for investors to analyze the firm. But in recent years, financial restatements are becoming frequent.","PeriodicalId":285694,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130518556","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":"Examining transactive memory system in R&D teams","authors":"C.C. Huang, P. Jiang","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674208","url":null,"abstract":"Teamwork has become a preferred method used by organizations to conduct R&D. As the importance of teamwork in R&D increases, additional research is needed to gain insight into what constitutes successful R&D teams. The transactive memory system (TMS) postulates that team members have a shared understanding of which team member knows what. R&D is knowledge-intensive. Thus, R&D members need to develop TMS such that knowledge are effectively communicated and integrated when tasks are performed. This study examines the role of TMS in R&D teams. Our research model utilizes data drawn from a sample of 168 members of 32 R&D teams in Taiwan and is analyzed using the partial least squares (PLS) method. The results of this study indicate: (1) network ties positively affect TMS, (2) TMS positively affects team performance and (3) knowledge integration mediates the relationship between TMS and team performance. This study discusses implications for R&D team management.","PeriodicalId":285694,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129225013","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}