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Enhancing Decision Analysis Models With Web Agents, Jeffrey M. Keisler, Wei Zhang

Jeffrey Keisler

No abstract provided.

Public Healthcare: Changes Introduced When Implementing E-Procurement, Tommaso Federici

Federici Tommaso

The large and growing size of the healthcare public spending for goods and services worries the institutions of many European countries, including Italy, and asks for rationalization initiatives. In parallel, e-procurement solutions spread into Public Administrations (PA's) and introduce innovative processes, primarily in the purchasing phase.

In this scenario, e-procurement has the potential to enable significant efficiency improvements in the public healthcare sector, with the reduction of purchasing and administrative costs. However, most e-procurement initiatives met difficulties and did not fully delivered the expected benefits so far. This is mainly due to the healthcare procurement complexity, specific characteristics and peculiar …

Development Of Genetic Algorithm For Solving Scheduling Tasks In Fms With Coloured Petri Nets, Liana Napalkova, Galina Merkuryeva, Miquel Angel Piera

Liana Napalkova

The paper describes the algorithm, which is developed to solve scheduling tasks in Flexible Manufacturing Systems. The algorithm is a combination of Genetic Algorithm and Coloured Petri Nets. It is proposed to use Coloured Petri Nets to tackle the encoding problem in Genetic Algorithm. The objective is to minimize the total make-span subject to different constraints obtained in Flexible Manufacturing Systems.

Serviceorientierte Architekturen: Vom Konzept Zum Einsatz In Der Praxis, Roger Heutschi, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

Serviceorientierte Architekturen (SOA) werden gegenwärtig als Ansatz für eine einfachere und flexiblere inner- und zwischenbetriebliche Integration heterogener Anwendungssysteme diskutiert. Dieser Beitrag entwickelt ein SOA-Architekturmodell und untersucht seine Ausprägung in vier Praxisbeispielen. Er identifiziert aus den Fallstudien ausserdem typische Architekturtreiber, Einsatzziele, Nutzenpotenziale und Architekturmassnahmen einer SOA-Umsetzung in der Praxis.

Case Study Röhm Gmbh & Co. Kg - Consignment Depot Between Degussa Business Unit “Röhm“ And Basf Coatings Ag, Enrico Senger, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

Röhm produces special plastics, for, among others, the paint industry. In collaboration with BSAF Coatings, Röhm developed an extended Vendor Managed Inventory system that operates a consignment depot, takes on the actual and exact filling of tanks at the customer locations via telemetrics as well as advance forecasts, and passes on quality-related information to designated recipients, and includes the electronic billing of deliveries. The early access to data relevant to the planning process and process simplifications compensated for the additional operating costs. The closer relationship with the customer and their processes, as in the case of L’Oréal, is considered to …

Economics Of Information Security Investment In The Case Of Simultaneous Attacks, C. Derrick Huang, Qing Hu, Ravi S. Behara

Qing Hu

With billions of dollars being spent on information security related products and services each year, the economics of information security investment has become an important area of research, with significant implications for management practices. Drawing on recent studies that examine optimal security investment levels under various attack scenarios, we propose an economic model that considers simultaneous attacks from multiple external agents with distinct characteristics, and derive optimal investments based on the principle of benefit maximization. The relationships among the major variables, such as systems vulnerability, security breach probability, potential loss of security breach, and security investment levels, are investigated via …

Global Data Synchronization – Hype Oder Lösung Für Das Überbetriebliche Produktstammdatenmanagement Zwischen Konsumgüterindustrie Und Handel?, Jan Schemm, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

Abgestimmte Produktstammdaten bilden die Grundlage elektronischer Geschäftsbeziehungen zwischen Handels- und Industrieunternehmen. Sie sind damit ein Erfolgsfaktor für die Realisierung innovativer Geschäftsmodelle, die zu Umsatzsteigerungen und Kostenreduzierung entlang der Wertschöpfungskette führen. Obwohl Handel und Industrie sich schon vergleichsweise lange mit dem elektronischen Austausch von Produktdaten beschäftigen, konnten sich weder der EDI-basierte, bilaterale Stammdatenaustausch noch der multilaterale Ansatz über Datenpools durchsetzen. Seit Mitte 2004 verfolgt das Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) einen neuen Lösungsansatz, mit dem Ziel, einen m:n-fähigen elektronischen Produktstammdatenaustausch zu etablieren. Die Ankündigungen von führenden Handelsunternehmen wie Wal-Mart, Ahold oder Tesco sowie Konsumgüterherstellern wie Nestlé, Procter Gamble oder Kraft Foods …

Geschäftsmodelle & Stammdaten, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.

Transformation Des Unternehmens Zu Intelligenteren Geschäftskonzepten, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.

Business Engineering – Value Chain Redesign, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

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Business Engineering – Innovation Und Individualisierung Statt Commoditisierung, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.

Enabling Agile Adoption Practices Through Network Organizations, Dirk S. Hovorka, Kai R. Larsen

Dirk Hovorka

As distributed organizations increasingly rely on technological innovations to enhance organizational efficiency and competitiveness, interest in agile practices that enable adoption of information technology (IT) based innovations has grown. This study examines the influence of a network organization environment on the ability to develop agile adoption practices. An exploratory case study design was used to investigate the interactions between network structure, social information processing, organizational similarity (homophily), and absorptive capacity during the adoption of a large-scale IT system in two network organization environments within New York State. The data suggest that network organization characteristics and communication processes that reinforced social …

Geschäftmodelle 2010 - Wie Ceos Unternehmen Transformieren, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.

Geschäftsmodelle Der Fertigungsindustrie Für Das Jahr 2010, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

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Soa Als Enabler In Der B2b-Kooperation: Erfahrungen Aus Der Automobilindustrie, Hubert Oesterle, Rainer Schaaf

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.

Unternehmenserfolg Durch Service-Innovation Und Individualisierung - Barrieren Und It-Enabler, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

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Knowledge Creation: Revisiting The 'Ba' Humbug: People And 'Latent' Knowledge In Organizational Learning, Donald Nordberg

Donald Nordberg

This paper is a draft of an article that appeared in the Icfai Journal of Knowledge Management in 2007. Knowledge management theory has struggled with the concept of knowledge creation. Since the seminal article of Nonaka in 1991, an industry has grown up seeking to capture the knowledge in the heads and hearts of individuals so as to leverage them for organizational learning and growth. But the SECI process of socialization, externalization, combination and internalization outlined by Nonaka and his colleagues has dealt essentially with knowledge transfer rather than creation. This paper looks at attempts to fill the gap in …

Geschäftsmodelle 2010 – Servicebasierte Vernetzung, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.

Geschäftsmodelle 2010 - Erfolgsfaktor Management, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

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Geschäftsmodelle 2010 – Datenqualität Als Erfolgsfaktor Des Vernetzten Unternehmens, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

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Development Of A Design Environment For End Users To Build The Target-Relevant Decision Support Tools In Rural Industry, Shah Jahan Miah

Dr Shah Jahan Miah

Decision support systems (DSS) developed by end users have had limited success in rural operations. This paper will discuss the development stages of a new tool for improving the DSS development process in the rural industries. The object of this project is to develop an end user enabled design environment (EUEDE) which will allow a non-technical computer user to build target-relevant decision support tools. The resultant design environment aims to allow the end user to re-use and share their knowledge within a specific business context. This approach will facilitate flexibility to build relevant DSS’s for an end user’s specific decision …

Die It Richtet Sich Am Geschäft Aus, Alexander Schmidt, Oliver Wilke, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.

E-Contracting: Towards It-Enabled Collaboration Processes In Contract Management, Jan Schemm, Christine Legner, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

E-contracting implies pre-order electronic interaction between customers and suppliers engaging in business transactions. This paper examines electronic contracting from an interorganizational perspective. It derives a collaboration process architecture for contracting in retail and industrial companies and outlines key design decisions concerning a process-supporting system architecture. A case from the retail industry illustrates major problems with paper-based contracting processes currently practiced by most companies and emphasizes the usefulness and applicability of the developed framework in industrial practice. Finally, we present a research agenda towards a holistic framework providing support for retail and industry companies in deploying e-contracting solutions.

Trading In The Australian Stockmarket Using Artificial Neural Networks, Bruce Vanstone

Bruce Vanstone

This thesis focuses on training and testing neural networks for use within stockmarket trading systems. It creates and follows a well defined methodology for developing and benchmarking trading systems which contain neural networks.

Four neural networks and consequently four trading systems are presented within this thesis. The neural networks are trained using all fundamental or all technical variables, and are trained on different segments of the Australian stockmarket, namely all ordinary shares, and the S&P/ASX200 constituents.

Three of the four trading systems containing neural networks significantly outperform the respective buy-and-hold returns for their segments of the market, demonstrating that neural …

End-User Training: What We Know, What We Need To Know?, Saurabh Gupta, Robert Bostrom

Saurabh Gupta

End-User Training (EUT) has enjoyed a rich tradition of research in Information Systems. However, with the growing pace of change in technology and the dynamic nature of business, organizations are spending an increasing amount of money on end-user training. Training methods are also changing with little research to support new approaches. Thus, extensive research is required in the future. To be credible, end-user training research should preserve and build upon the significant literature that exists, both in IS and Education. This paper provides a review of EUT literature focusing on training methods. It summarizes the findings, while pointing out key …

Using Peer-To-Peer Technology For Collaborative Knowledge Management: Applications And Research Issues, Saurabh Gupta, Robert Bostrom

Saurabh Gupta

As organizations struggle with how to develop and use their inherent expertise, the importance of knowledge management and collaboration has grown in both academic and practitioner communities. This paper outlines a new concept of collaborative knowledge management (CKM), which bridges the two fields. Drawing from literature, we present a conceptual framework for understanding the concepts underlying CKM. Next, this paper explores how a new technology, peer-to-peer (P2P), fits in the CKM paradigm. A discussion on P2P tools and a comparison of these tools with client server tools for enabling the CKM process is presented. P2P has great appeal for CKM …

Ast As A Meta-Theory: Discussion, Extensions And Guidelines, Robert Bostrom, Saurabh Gupta, Dominic Thomas

Saurabh Gupta

No abstract provided.

Economics Of Information Security Investment In The Case Of Simultaneous Attacks, C. Derrick Huang, Qing Hu, Ravi S. Behara

Qing Hu

With billions of dollars being spent on information security related products and services each year, the economics of information security investment has become an important area of research, with significant implications for management practices. Drawing on recent studies that examine optimal security investment levels under various attack scenarios, we propose an economic model that considers simultaneous attacks from multiple external agents with distinct characteristics, and derive optimal investments based on the principle of benefit maximization. The relationships among the major variables, such as systems vulnerability, security breach probability, potential loss of security breach, and security investment levels, are investigated via …

Current Status Of Technology Adoption: Micro, Small And Medium Manufacturing Firms In Boston, Pratyush Bharati, Abhijit Chaudhury

Pratyush Bharati

No abstract provided.

Understanding The Future Of Global Software Production: Investigating The Network In India, Pratyush Bharati

Pratyush Bharati

No abstract provided.