{"title":"CSF in product innovation process: A comparative study of three Malaysian manufacturing SMEs","authors":"N. Abu, B. Deros, M. F. Mansor","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058622","url":null,"abstract":"Continues development of new product innovative is an important driver for manufacture to sustain in market place. Success or failures of new product in market place depend very much on how organization implementing pre-development process. However large-scale organizations have received full attention from many researchers with respect to efficient pre-development implementation and practices compared to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). SMEs having different characteristic, strength and weaknesses compared than large organization. In view of that SMEs can't simplified followed and adapted large scale organization practice in development of new product. Specific studies about pre-development process which are concentrating in SMEs are required. Therefore, this study was performed with the main objective to identify critical success factors (CSF) that support successful pre-development process implementation in Malaysian SMEs. To achieve the objective, a qualitative method through interview was conducted with three successful Malaysian food and beverages manufacturing SMEs. The results of the study indicated five critical factors for successful pre-development process implementation in SMEs. There are: clear product strategy, commitment of top management, knowledgeable and skillful project team leader, involvement project team members and involvement of external organization.","PeriodicalId":318405,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"189 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133297665","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":"Influence of human factors over idea generation: A qualitative and quantitative analysis of an enterprise of the graphic sector in Medellin","authors":"M. Escobar, Luz-Dinora Vera","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058682","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058682","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this article is to analyze the influence of human factors on generation of ideas in an enterprise of the graphic sector; the research strategy is the case study; data was recollected through creative techniques, cognitive styles test, quality criteria, participant observation, multimedia resources and interviews; mixed factor design and grounded theory were used for the analysis. This study revealed the importance of creative techniques to stimulate creative thought and human factors (cognition, personality and motivation defined by emotions) in the generation of quality ideas for innovation.","PeriodicalId":318405,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133336186","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 optimal ordering quantity with uncertain food's safety environment","authors":"S. Hsu, Tyrone T. Lin","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058589","url":null,"abstract":"Under the deterioration of food safety environment of food suppliers and the uncertainty of food safety of the purchased food by individual manufacturer, this study aims to establish a mathematical model standard basis as a reference for decision evaluation on the optimal order quantity of food raw materials to satisfy the maximum expected returns, according to the food safety situations and market acceptance (optimistic/normal/pessimistic), thus affecting procurement costs and selling prices.","PeriodicalId":318405,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"30 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113935541","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":"Effect of inspirational and motivational leadership on creativity and innovation in SMEs","authors":"R. Maladzhi, B. Yan","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058875","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of inspirational and motivational leadership on creativity and innovation in South African Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) within the manufacturing engineering sector. The leadership issues have been of major concern since the inception of democracy in 1994. Recent years, the spirit of creativity and innovation is suppressed and innovation culture is greatly affected among SMEs. It is critical for leaders to inspire and motivate employees to contribute new ideas and become more productive. A survey research was conducted from a group of employees (n1=366) and leaders (n2=57) within 50 SMEs in the Western Cape. A hypothetical model with the emphasis on inspirational and motivational leadership characteristics is developed. The findings indicated that the leaders did not fully show their inspirational and motivational capabilities and they disagreed with employees on empowerment, rewards for creativity, and support mechanism.","PeriodicalId":318405,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124085956","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":"Priority investment components of emotional intelligence effective on marketing with AHP method","authors":"Parissa Tavakoli-Targhi, Y. Gholipour-Kanani","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058620","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the priority components of emotional intelligence effective on marketing. It uses the approach of paired comparison. The data for this research was obtained through the use of a questionnaire eliciting information on the priority components of emotional intelligence that are effective on marketing. The research area was small and medium enterprises in industrial zones in Iran and they were assessed via the approach of paired comparison. Results indicate that the empathy component is the most important factor.","PeriodicalId":318405,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124551434","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":"Adapting the ISO31000:2009 enterprise risk management framework using the six sigma approach","authors":"Bennie Seck-Yong Choo, J. Goh","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058596","url":null,"abstract":"Enterprise risk management has never been more important in today's organizations. The rapid changes brought forth by the technological advancements and globalization, and the complexity in managing these changes has made it challenging for an organization to manage its risks effectively. The ISO31000:2009 enterprise risk management (ERM) framework was developed in an attempt to help organizations address this challenge. Unfortunately, the framework is highly abstract and consists of confusing terms and definitions, which make it difficult to be adapted according to an organization's risk management requirements. Using the Six Sigma approach, this paper presents a pragmatic roadmap on the process of adapting the ISO31000:2009 ERM framework in a business unit of a large organization operating globally. In so doing, this study helps to provide invaluable insights and a viable method to adapt the ISO31000:2009 framework into a number of effective risk management practices in an organization.","PeriodicalId":318405,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128947940","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":"Do we miscount patent citations? An empirical study on the impact of overlooking the citations to a patent's pre-grant publication","authors":"C. Kuan, Hsiang-Jui Cheng","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058795","url":null,"abstract":"Utility patent applications are usually published 18 months after they are filed and before patents are actually issued. These so-called pre-grant publications and their corresponding issued patents are both cited individually and concurrently by the applicants or examiners of subsequent patent applications as relevant prior art. Most patent analysts however overlook the citations to the pre-grant publications and consider only those to the issued patents. This study assesses the impact of such omission by comparing the citations to about 140,000 US utility patents and their pre-grant publications. The statistics shows that 70% of the patents are underestimated by various degrees if the citations to their pre-grant publications are ignored, suggesting that analyst should combine the citations to the pre-grant publications and to the patents together when evaluating patents or conducting patent citation analysis.","PeriodicalId":318405,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116121344","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":"What innovation managers really do — An empirical study about tasks, skills and traits of innovation managers in Germany","authors":"M. Maier","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058812","url":null,"abstract":"Managing innovation leads to a kind of contradiction. On the one hand, innovation needs informal structures and communication, free flow of information and room for creativity. On the other hand, companies strive for efficiency and lean processes. Therefore, companies structure and formalize the innovation management process. As part of this process the profession of an innovation manager emerged. Like in many other roles in management, the innovation manager has designated tasks, as well as certain skills to perform these tasks. Additionally, an innovation manager may have a typical personality. This study answers the questions about the typical tasks, skills and personality traits of innovation managers especially in Germany. I found that the picture of a multi-talented generalist, managing the whole innovation process is only partly right. Finally, more findings and ideas for further research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":318405,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"214 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115509738","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":"Weibull component reliability evaluation with masked data","authors":"J. Miao, Xiaogang Li, Renxi Luo","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058698","url":null,"abstract":"Under the condition that the exact component causing system failure is masked in life testing, a new method is proposed to evaluate the reliability of Weibull component in a series system. Considering relaxing the symmetry assumption of masking probability, we obtained the likelihood function of the Weibull components on the basis of the masking probability does not depend on the distribution parameters. A latent variable is introduced to rewrite the form of the likelihood function, and we obtain the estimators of the unknown parameters. The confidence intervals of Weibull component life-distribution parameter are also inferred with likelihood ratio method. The approach is illustrated with a simple numerical example.","PeriodicalId":318405,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114255321","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":"Multi-project flexible resource profiles project scheduling with Ant Colony Optimization","authors":"E. Rokou, Manos Dermitzakis, K. Kirytopoulos","doi":"10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058717","url":null,"abstract":"In today's rapidly evolving management world, the scheduling of multiple projects where each one's execution depends on another's successful completion, is of great importance. This paper presents a hybrid meta-heuristic algorithm composed of an external Genetic Algorithm (GA) and an encapsulated Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm for the flexible resource constrained multi-project scheduling problem (MPFRCPSP). The proposed idea is grounded on the concept of prioritizing the sub-projects' scheduling based on: a) the number of external (to other sub-projects) relations and b) the resource requirements as compared to the resource shortage for each resource type and each sub-project. The implementation uses the Genetic Algorithm to deal with the classification and prioritization of the projects to be scheduled and the inner ACO algorithm, to perform the activity list optimization for each project. The proposed method was validated using a consistent number of PSP Lib[l] data sets.","PeriodicalId":318405,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114518605","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}