{"title":"Managing supply chain at high technology companies","authors":"S. Soin, L. Al-Hakim","doi":"10.1109/COINFO.2009.83","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COINFO.2009.83","url":null,"abstract":"There is an expectation that high technology companies use unique and leading edge technology, and invest heavily in supply chain management. This research uses multiple case study methodology to determine factors affecting the supply chain management at high technology companies. The research benchmarks the supply chain performance of these high technology companies with supply chain of other supply chains at both strategic at tactical levels. The results indicate that at the strategic level the high technology companies and benchmark companies have a similar approach to supply chain management. However at the tactical, or critical, supply chain factor level, the analysis suggests that the benchmark companies (which happen to be companies dealing in commodity-type products) have a different approach to supply chain management.","PeriodicalId":412957,"journal":{"name":"2004 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37574)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128822587","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":"System dynamics application to supply chain management: a review","authors":"U. Bhushi, C. Javalagi","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2004.1408893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2004.1408893","url":null,"abstract":"The paper is a review of system dynamics (SD) as applied to supply chain management (SCM). It provides valuable insight and understanding of the characteristics in supply chain (SC). Paper discusses SD applied to SC from the conceptual model proposed by Forrester in 1958, industrial dynamics study and applications of SD to various facets of SCM such as inventory management, international supply chain management (ISCM), virtuous and vicious cycles in ISCM, demand amplification, supply chain design, participative business modeling, information visibility in SCM etc. The review should also be able to enhance the use of SD in the field of social sciences that are far more complex than the technological systems. Moreover, social behaviors lose reality if simplified to less than fifth order non-linear dynamic systems. Review brings to fore quantitative justifications for validation of various social models proposed and overcome the deficiency in mental models and thus establish a two-way communication between mental and simulation models.","PeriodicalId":412957,"journal":{"name":"2004 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37574)","volume":"106 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115683384","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":"Factors influencing the design of build-to-order supply chains","authors":"A. Lyons, A. E. Coronado-Mondragon, D. Kehoe","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2004.1408898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2004.1408898","url":null,"abstract":"The authors have been involved in an applied research project at a mid-volume manufacturer of passenger vehicles, at one of its key module suppliers and several second-tier component suppliers. The purpose of the study was to identify the necessary pre-conditions for applying build-to-order concepts to supply chains. A prototype Internet-enabled supply chain was also developed in order to assess the feasibility of providing final assembly schedules to first and second-tier module and component suppliers. In this paper, the authors suggest an operational design for the Internet-enablement of an automotive supply chain and explore the consequences of final assembly schedule stability on build-to-order capability and on plant and supply chain performance.","PeriodicalId":412957,"journal":{"name":"2004 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37574)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115730170","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":"On the measurement of labor flexibility","authors":"A. Y. Chang","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2004.1407097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2004.1407097","url":null,"abstract":"Researchers agree that a flexible system should be supported by its flexible elements, such as facilities and labor. Advanced technology is not enough to ensure that a manufacturing system is flexible. Flexible labor is the major factor that makes a system really flexible. Therefore, labor flexibility is a vitally important contribution to system flexibility. Unlike other flexibility types, such as machine flexibility, volume flexibility, routing flexibility, product flexibility, production flexibility, and process flexibility, researchers seem to have paid little attention on labor flexibility, although it has been concluded that labor flexibility has a significant impact on shop performance. Moreover, so far little work has been done on proposing models for measuring labor flexibility. This paper is intended to fill that gap.","PeriodicalId":412957,"journal":{"name":"2004 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37574)","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117354694","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 fuzzy MCDM to evaluate index and benefit preference on communities of practice","authors":"Mei-Tai Chu, J. Z. Shyu","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2004.1407182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2004.1407182","url":null,"abstract":"Benefit preference and index evaluation on communities of practice (CoP) will profoundly impact on the competitive advantage of knowledge management (KM) total solutions and specific problems. As enterprises grow in size, scope, and complexity, implementation of CoP on members who regularly engage in sharing and learning based on common interests, can improve organizational performance. The purpose of this research is to use the fuzzy multicriteria decision making (MCDM) method to identify index priority and to measure the four-benefit preference of CoP. In survey case were given fifty-seven questionnaires about their priorities towards sixteen different pairs of criteria. Additionally, they were also asked to estimate their four highest achievable benefit utility preferences. These evaluation criteria include satisfying multidimensions to capable operators. Under each of the four first-tier dimensions, four second-tier criteria are used to assess and echo their first-tier dimensions. The survey results have three parts. First, the four dimensions are weighted, dimension of member interaction is heavily weighted, incentive mechanism is the next, and locus of leadership is the least. Second, the sixteen criteria are prioritized, emphasize cross-field sharing is highest prioritized, achievement appraisal basis is next, and bottom-up teaming and independent IT platform are the lowest. Third, the four benefit alternatives are scored; increase core competency has the highest utility score in satisfying the multiple-dimensions while promoting responsiveness is the last. The findings of this paper can promote performance value of implementing knowledge management and references of competitive strategies for CoP","PeriodicalId":412957,"journal":{"name":"2004 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37574)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124784357","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":"Global submarine cable systems-sustainable growth or stagnation","authors":"R. Fong","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2004.1407491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2004.1407491","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of the information superhighway was based on a global undersea optical fibre cable backbone. Successive technological breakthroughs in the area of optical fibres, optical amplification and switching, wavelength-division multiplexing and photonics has brought us to present day mind boggling telecommunications system capacities. What is important to note is that with the advent of photonics switching, telecos can now configure telecommunications networks in the sea in the same way as terrestrial systems. The submarine cable originated as a link between 2 points on land across water. In the days of the submarine telegraph cable, management of the system was by an enterprise of a specific country that owned and operated it, thereby receiving most of the traffic revenue generated. With the construction of international submarine cable systems, however, the management structure has seen a change from a multinational consortium to an international cable company. This work traces the various international project management structures developed for global submarine cable systems and is a help to those looking forward for new directions in submarine cable network development.","PeriodicalId":412957,"journal":{"name":"2004 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37574)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124987293","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 integrated process of project risk management based on influence diagrams","authors":"Y. Liu, Y. Shen, Y.W. Chen, F. Gao","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2004.1407479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2004.1407479","url":null,"abstract":"We show how to apply influence diagrams theory to the whole process of the project risk management, which including risk identification, risk assessment, risk control and risk documentation. First, we propose a frame to construct a graphical risk influence diagram and two ways to construct the functional and numerical risk influence diagram efficiently. Next, we summarize two ways to calculate the risk probability and the project expectation value. Thirdly, we argue to utilize the value of perfect control and value of perfect information to control the project risk. Last, the project risk influence diagram is used as a framework to document the project risk.","PeriodicalId":412957,"journal":{"name":"2004 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37574)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125011478","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":"Improving design quality and value in the built environment through knowledge of intangibles","authors":"Z. Abdul-Samad, S. Macmillan","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2004.1408821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2004.1408821","url":null,"abstract":"Raising design quality and value in the built environment requires continuous improvement, drawing on feedback from clients or occupiers and other industry players. The challenging task for architectural and engineering designers has always been to use their intellectual knowledge to deliver both forms of benefits, tangibles and intangibles, in the built environment. Increasingly as clients demand best value for money, there is a greater need to understand the potential from intangibles, to see projects not as ends in themselves but as means to improved quality of life and wealth creation. As we begin to understand more about how - through the design of the built environment - to deliver these improvements in outcomes, clients are better placed to expect their successful delivery from designers, and designers themselves are better placed to provide them. This paper discusses cross-disciplinary issues about intangibles and is aimed at designers, clients, investors and entrepreneurs within the built environment. It presents some findings from a minuscule study that investigated intangible benefits in a new primary school.","PeriodicalId":412957,"journal":{"name":"2004 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37574)","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115220449","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}
T. Fan, N. Jones, A. Kumaraswamy, D. Narasimhalu, P. Phan, T. Tschang
{"title":"Dynamic capabilities: new sources of industrial competitiveness?","authors":"T. Fan, N. Jones, A. Kumaraswamy, D. Narasimhalu, P. Phan, T. Tschang","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2004.1407462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2004.1407462","url":null,"abstract":"This work summarizes a panel discussion on various aspects of dynamic capabilities, defined as competencies that allow a firm to quickly reconfigure its organizational structure and routines in response to new opportunities. Dynamic capabilities that have to do with cost reduction, outsourcing, knowledge networking and knowledge management, amongst others, are discussed.","PeriodicalId":412957,"journal":{"name":"2004 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37574)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116228959","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":"Coordinate metrics and process model to manage software project risk","authors":"G.P. Jiang, Yingwu Chen","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2004.1407505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2004.1407505","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose of this paper is to analyze and evaluate risks in software development process quantitatively; evaluate risks influence upon project's object, and assist management decision based on risks. The primary content of this paper is to discuss the software metrics space which support software process modeling and risk quantitative analysis, research modeling method for software process and discuss risk management method under the risk management framework of coordinating software metrics and process model. The authors bring forward software project risk management framework coordinating software metrics and process model, present a new software metrics hypercube space, construct software process two level hybrid model based on general stochastic Petri net, and suggest risk management technique coordinating software metrics and software process model","PeriodicalId":412957,"journal":{"name":"2004 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37574)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122500693","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}