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On The Design Of Sparse But Efficient Structures In Operations, Zhenzhen Yan, Sarah Yini Gao, Chung Piaw Teo

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

It is widely believed that a little flexibility added at the right place can reap significant benefits for operations. Unfortunately, despite the extensive literature on this topic, we are not aware of any general methodology that can be used to guide managers in designing sparse (i.e., slightly flexible) and yet efficient operations. We address this issue using a distributionally robust approach to model the performance of a stochastic system under different process structures. We use the dual prices obtained from a related conic program to guide managers in the design process. This leads to a general solution methodology for the …

Exploring Brand Symbolism Amongst 10 Year-Old Urban Pakistani Children, Saima Hussain, Amber Gul Rashid

Business Review

This research uses consumer culture theory and thematic analysis to study the phenomenon of brand symbolism and self-image in 10 year old Pakistani boys from the high socioeconomic class. Results reveal that 10-year-old Pakistani boys want to be seen as intelligent and mature. They start benchmarking themselves against an ideal self-image and also develop an understanding of symbolic consumption. Their sense of how different brands correlate with different age groups is well developed and their own consumption is moving in favor of brands and product categories that are patronized by adults.

مدى استخدام بطاقة الأداء المتوازن في تحسين جودة المعلومات المحاسبية دراسة تطبيقية في معمل اسمن الكوفة, شيماء نهرو جبل

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف هذا البحث الى بيان امكانية استخدام بطاقة الاداء المتوازن كأداة تساعد الشركة بتوفير معلومات محاسبية ذات جودة ودقة عالية للأطراف ذات العلاقة , وتضمن البحث فرضيتين رئيسيتين, الاولى لعلاقات الارتباط والثانية لعلاقات التأثير بين متغيرات البحث, تم اختيار عينة من السادة أفراد الادارة العليا ورؤساء الاقسام والشعب في معمل اسمنت الكوفة والبالغ عددهم (150) فرد, باعتماد الاستبانة التي اشتملت (36) فقرة, وتم استخراج النتائج باستخدام البرنامج الاحصائي (SPSS), وقد أشارت النتائج الى وجود علاقة واثر ايجابي لأبعاد بطاقة الاداء المتوازن في جودة المعلومات المحاسبية , وقدمت مجموعة من التوصيات كان أهمها التركيز على بعد التعلم والنمو عن طريق تشجيع …

أثر بعض مؤشرات سوق العراق للأوراق المالية في تشجيع الاستثمار الأجنبي المباشر (رؤية تحليلية), حيدر جواد كاظم

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تهدف الدراسة إلى قياس مدى تأثيرا مؤشرات سوق العراق للأوراق المالية في الاستثمار الاجنبي المباشر , بناءً على الفرضية التي تفيد بوجود علاقة ارتباط وتأثير إيجابية ومعنوية بين مؤشرات سوق العراق للأوراق المالية والاستثمار الأجنبي المباشر, وقد بيّنت هذه الدراسة أثر العلاقة باستخدام الأسلوب الوصفي لعرض مفاهيم المتغيرات, بالإضافة إلى الأسلوب القياسي باستخدام معادلة الانحدار الخطي حيث تم تقديرها بطريقة المربعات الصغرى العادية, وتوصلت نتائج الاختبار القياسي إلى وجود علاقة طردية معنوية بين الاستثمار الاجنبي وبعض مؤشرات سوق العراق الأوراق المالية وهي مؤشرات (عدد الأسهم المتداولة، حجم التداول، القيمة السوقية ,مؤشر الأسعار، عدد الشركات المتداولة)، مقابل عدم معنوية النماذج المتبقية.

توظيف مؤشرات تمويل النمو المستدام في الحد من الهشاشة المالية دراسة مقارنة بين شركات التامين العراقية والاماراتية, مهند حميد ياسر العطوي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث الى التعرف على دور مؤشرات تمويل النمو المستدام (معدل النمو الفعلي ومعدل النمو المستدام) في التقليل من الهشاشة المالية في شركات التامين العراقية والاماراتية, حددت مشكلة البحث في عدد من التساؤلات تمحورت حول التعرف على مدى تأثير معدل النمو الفعلي والمستدام في الهشاشة المالية, وتم وضع مخطط فرضي يوضح علاقات التأثير بين مؤشرات البحث وعبر عنها بفرضيتين تأثير وثلاث فرضيات تبحث عن الفروق بين الشركات المبحوثة, وتم جمع المعلومات من خلال المواقع الإلكترونية الرسمية لسوق العراق ودبي للأوراق المالية, وتم استخدام اسلوب الانحدار البسيط في ايجاد علاقة التأثير بين متغيرات البحث والتحليل التميزي للتعرف على معنوية الفروق, باستخدام …

الموجودات غير العاملة ودورها في عدم الاستقرار المصرفي دراسة تحليلية لعينة من المصارف العراقية الخاصة, حيدر جاسم عبيد الجبوري

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تعاملت الدراسة مع الموجودات غير العاملة كمتغير تفسيري , ومع الاستقرار المصرفي كمتغير استجابي من خلال مؤشرين هما (العائد على الموجودات , تغطية السيولة) . وقد هدفت الدراسة اختبار علاقات التأثير بين الموجودات غير العاملة والاستقرار المصرفي, وتكون مجتمع الدراسة من القطاع المصرفي التجاري الخاص في العراق, إما عينة الدراسة فقد كانت عينة عمديه , إذ تم اختيار عينة من ( 8 ) مصارف, لسلسلة زمنية امتدت ما بين(2007- 2015) وتضمنت الدراسة فرضيتين للاختبار علاقات التأثير بين متغيراتها. تم تحليل بيانات الدراسة باستخدام المعادلات المالية وبعض الأساليب الإحصائية بالاعتماد على مجموعة من البرامجيات الجاهزة كبرنامج (SPSS.V.20) وقد أظهرت النتائج تطابق …

العلاقة بين قنوات رأس المال الاجتماعي وفاعلية جماعات العمل : الدور الوسيط للصراع دراسة تحليلية لآراء عينة من اعضاء الهيئة التدريسية في كليات جامعه القادسية, عامر علي حسين العطوي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث إلى اختبار العلاقة بين قنوات رأس المال الاجتماعي وفاعلية جماعات العمل من خلال الدور الوسيط للصراع لعينة من أعضاء الهيئة التدريسية في كليات جامعة القادسية البالغ عددهم (642)فرد موزعين على (75) قسم علمي . يضم متغير قنوات رأس المال الاجتماعي للجماعات نوعين من القنوات هما قنوات الاغلاق وقنوات التجسير اما متغير فاعلية جماعات العمل فقد تناول بعدين هما أداء الجماعة واستمرار الجماعة وبالنسبة للصراع فقد تبوء مكانته كمتغير وسيط من خلال نوعيه: صراع العلاقات وصراع المهمة. وتدور ابرز فرضيات الدراسة حول فكرة أساسية مفادها ان الجماعة التي تمتلك تشكيله متوازنة من قنوات رأس المال الاجتماعي (التجسير والاغلاق) سينخفض …

دراسة تحليلية للميزانية المالية للمصرف الزراعي التعاوني في العراق للفترة من 2003-2016, رزاق ذياب شعيبث

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تهدف الدراسة الى بيان تحليل الميزانية المالية العامة للمصرف الزراعي ومعرفة مدى إمكانية تأثير المصروفات الكلية والإيرادات الكلية على الميزانية للمدة من 2010 الى 2016 بالاعتماد على الميزانية المالية العامة وقد حدّدت هذه المتغيرات بيان الأهمية النسبية من وجهة النظر المصرفية ، وتم استخدام البرنامج الاحصائي spss لبيان علاقة أثر المصروفات الكلية والإيرادات الكلية على الميزانية المالية لغرض تقدير أنموذج الانحدار المتعدد ، ومن خلال ما أظهره التحليل تبين وجود اثر معنوي من خلال النتائج ، وتوصي الدراسة ضرورة التأكيد على ان تكون هناك نسبة فوائد معينة على القروض الممنوحة لتغطية جزء من الإيرادات الخاصة بالميزانية المالية العامة ، ومتابعة …

فحص وتقويم نظام الرقابة الداخلية على وفق اطار(Coso ) في التعليم الجامعي الاهلي بحث تطبيقي في كلية شط العرب الجامعة الاهلية, اشرف عبد ربة احمد

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تهدف هذه الدراسة الى مدى امكانية فحص وتقييم نظام الرقابة الداخلية على وفق اطارcoso في التعليم الجامعي الاهلي / كلية شط العرب الجامعة الاهلية , الذي هو جزء لا يتجزأ من كل نظام تستخدمه الكلية لتنظيم وتوجيه عملياتها , وليس نظاماً مستقلاً بحد ذاته، وهو مجموعة من الأعمال والأنشطة التي تحدث بشكل مستمر داخلها، بحيث يضع أساسه وينفذه ويراقبه ويطوره الأفراد على كافة المستويات بالكلية، كما يجب أن يراعى في تصميمة عنصري العائد والتكلفة . لا يشمل نظام الرقابة الداخلية على الأمور والإجراءات المتعلقة بوظائف النظام المحاسبي والتقارير المالية فقط ، بل يمتد ليشمل الجوانب الإدارية والتنظيمية ، بداية من …

نظم المعلومات المحاسبية الالكترونية ودورها في تحسين النجاح المنضمي دراسة تطبيقية في معمل سمنت الكوفة, فرج غني عبود

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يتركز موضوع البحث في دراسة دور نظم المعلومات المحاسبية الالكترونية بأبعاده (الملائمة , الموثوقية , القابلية للمقارنة, الثبات) في تحسين النجاح المنضمي بأبعادها( الرؤية، الاستراتيجية, النشاط العملياتي, اختيار الافراد, ثقافة الشركة, القيادة والادارة, التطوير الشخصي, تطوير الشركة, التقييم والمراجعة), في معمل سمنت الكوفة, وتضمن البحث فرضيتين رئيسيتين, الاولى لعلاقات الارتباط والثانية لعلاقات التأثير بين متغيرات البحث, تم اختيار عينة من السادة العاملين في الشركة عينة البحث والبالغ عددهم (175) فرداً, باعتماد الاستبانة التي اشتملت (59) فقرة, وتم استخراج النتائج باستخدام البرنامج الاحصائي (SPSS), تم التوصل الى النتائج التي كان أهمها وجود علاقة بين نظم المعلومات المحاسبية الالكترونية و النجاح المنضمي, …

Drone Implementation: Regulatory Barrier, Mitchell Mayes

Honors College Theses

This paper discusses the relationship of the regulatory barriers and the level of innovation with regards to drones in the logistics industry. This relationship is shown in a cohesive and understandable two-by-two matrix that combines both industry and academic articles using a context analysis. This entire matrix not only shows where we are currently with drone technology but also where we are headed within logistics. This matrix can also be used to show how industries can move from different portions of the industry to one that works better for the business model they are pursuing. Also, the matrix can help …

International Energy Geopolitics, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Overview of international energy geopolitical trends. Emphasizes the importance of the Persian Gulf, South China Sea, East China Sea, Russia, and the Arctic to U.S. and international economic and strategic developments. Stresses the continuing importance of fossil fuels in domestic and international energy consumption, the variety of energy sources being used by various global regions, the potential for military conflict over access to natural resources, and how emerging energy leaders will determine global energy, environmental, and international security developments.

The Curious Case Of Capri Facewash, Nida Aslam Khan, Jami Moiz

Business Review

This case focuses on the factors that lead to the failure of new products in the marketplace. It discusses the case of Capri facewash in the beauty and personal care category in Pakistan. Capri was unable to sustain its facewash in the market mainly because of a disorganized and unsystematic marketing plan. The case highlights managerial implications and recommendations pertaining to the facewash category. It adds to product literature and will generate more lines of inquiry particularly in the South Asian region.

Humanitarian Supply Chain/Logistics: Roadmap To Effective Relief Effort, Ik-Whan Kwon, Sung-Ho Kim

Journal of International & Interdisciplinary Business Research (2014-2019)

Between the years of 2000 and 2012, natural disasters caused 1.7 trillion dollars in damage and affected 2.9 billion people (dosomething.org). In Americas (ranked second globally in terms of natural disasters) between 2007 and 2016, disasters caused 255,033 deaths, 898,816 injuries and damages worth $470 billion (Disasters, 2017). In 2016 alone, natural disasters caused $175 billion in damage with 8,700 lives (Munich RE, 2017). The above numbers reflect the amount of physical destruction only but do not include indirect losses such as unemployment, environmental consequences, and business disruptions. Therefore, the full impact of these catastrophic events is much greater than …

Isscm Alumni Newsletter, Summer 2018, Raj Soin College Of Business, Wright State University

ISSCM Newsletters

A nine page alumni newsletter from the Department of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management in the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University.

Uncaging New Zealand's Sows: Scrutinizing Farrowing Crates, Andrew Knight

Housing and Confinement of Farm Animals Collection

This 13,000 word report was published by SAFE (a leading NZ animal advocacy organisation). It documents the welfare problems experienced by around 15,000 New Zealand sows annually, who are confined within metal cages barely larger than their own bodies, in a practice claimed to decrease piglet mortality. It was delivered to NZ’s Primary Production Select Committee along with SAFE’s own submission in June 2018. The Committee was reviewing a 112,844 signature petition to Parliament (the largest in 5 years), which requested a ban on sow farrowing crates.

Delegation Application, Erik Matthew Phillips

Computer Science and Software Engineering

Delegation is a cross-platform application to provide smart task distribution to users. In a team environment, the assignment of tasks can be tedious and difficult for management or for users needing to discover a starting place for where to begin with accomplishing tasks. Within a specific team, members possess individual skills within different areas of the team’s responsibilities and specialties, and certain members will be better suited to tackle specific tasks. This project provides a solution, consisting of a smart cross-platform application that allows for teams and individuals to quickly coordinate and delegate tasks assigned to them.

Supply Market Analysis: The Moderating Effect Of Social Networking On Cost Reduction, Adam Cockrell

College of Business Theses and Dissertations

As organizations look for more efficient ways to grow and optimize their supplier network to meet demands, the sourcing process must be streamlined through social networking. Kraljic’s (1983) purchasing portfolio approach argues that different types of purchases need different sourcing strategies. This study extends beyond this strategy by introducing a novel approach of social networking as a mechanism to amplify cost reduction. Through the theoretical underpinning of Transaction Cost Theory, this study builds upon the use of social networking to establish the foundation for future research in this area. In this study, existing and former Purchasing Managers (Sourcing Managers, Procurement …

Optimal Stackelberg Strategies For Financing A Supply Chain Through Online Peer-To-Peer Lending, Guang-Xin Gao, Zhi-Ping Fan, Xin Fang, Yun Fong Lim

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In recent years, supply chain finance (SCF) through online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms has gained its popularity. We study an SCF system with a manufacturer selling a product to a retailer that faces uncertain demand over a single period. We assume that either the retailer or the manufacturer faces a capital constraint and must borrow capital through an online P2P lending platform. The platform determines a service rate for the loan, the manufacturer sets a wholesale price for the product, and the retailer chooses its order quantity for the product. We identify optimal Stackelberg strategies of the participants in the …

Optimization Of A Cyclic Express Subway Service, Hai Wang, Jiangang Jin, Jingfeng Yang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

With rapid population growth and increasing demand for urban mobility, metropolitan areas such as Singapore, Tokyo, and Shanghai are increasingly dependent on public transport systems. Various strategies are proposed to improve the service quality and capacity of bus and subway systems. Express trains-i.e., trains that skip certain stations-are commonly used, because they can travel at higher speeds, potentially reduce travel time, and serve more passengers. In this paper, we study cyclic express subway service (CESS), in which express trains provide routine transport service with cyclic (periodic) station-skip patterns that can be used in daily service. We propose an exact Mixed …

Reserved Optimisation: Handling Incident Priorities In Emergency Response Systems, Muralidhar Konda, Supriyo Ghosh, Pradeep Varakantham

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Emergency (medical, fire or criminal) Management Systems(EMSs) are crucial for ensuring public safety and security. Typically in many cities, less than 20% of the cases received by EMSs belong to the extremely serious category and require immediate help. Rest of the incidents typically are less serious and thereby allow more flexibility in response time. Therefore, for efficient management of EMS requests, several EMSs now categorise an incoming emergency request into apriority level based on well studied “triaging” methods. Leading research on optimising emergency response has either focussed on data-driven models for settings with homogenous incidents or on generic heuristics (that …

Re-Evaluating Performance Measurement: New Mathematical Methods To Address Common Performance Measurement Challenges, Jordan David Benis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Performance Measurement is an essential discipline for any business. Robust and reliable performance metrics for people, processes, and technologies enable a business to identify and address deficiencies to improve performance and profitability. The complexity of modern operating environments presents real challenges to developing equitable and accurate performance metrics. This thesis explores and develops two new methods to address common challenges encountered in businesses across the world. The first method addresses the challenge of estimating the relative complexity of various tasks by utilizing the Pearson Correlation Coefficient to identify potentially over weighted and under weighted tasks. The second method addresses the …

Innovation In A Complex, Uncertain World: Clarifying The Questions, Seeking The Answers, Michael Haughton

Business Faculty Publications

Innovation has at least 40 definitions, many of which can lay claim to being reliable and valid guidelines for organizations to make improvements by doing something new and different. Towards the goal of providing insights to facilitate fruitful pursuit of supply chain, the Third Annual World Class Supply Chain Summit focused on the theme of Innovation in a Complex, Uncertain World. At this invitation-only summit on May 9th, 2018 in Milton, Ontario, executives, scholars, and students discussed a range of innovation topics. The core of those discussions sought clarity on the following:

1. The complexities, uncertainties, and challenges that …

Isscm Newsletter, Vol. 25, May 3, 2018, Raj Soin College Of Business, Wright State University

ISSCM Newsletters

A thirteen page newsletter from the Department of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management in the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University.

"Good Vibrations", Shannon Kolasinski, Lucy Moyes

Senior Honors Projects

Through the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) process, our goal was to show VIBCO, a local manufacturing company, that its business could be improved with the help of various six sigma tools. Currently, its daily production includes a large variety of products, such as industrial vibrators, vibratory equipment, and mounting brackets and hardware. The particular production area that we chose to focus on, however, was the large turbine cell.

More specifically, the purpose of our project was to create a process improvement, through the use of a kanban system, to better manage the company’s production of large turbines. …

Exploring Churn And Alignment Between Retention And Occupational Culture As Perceived By Professional Truck Drivers, Catherine M. Cole

Dissertations

Despite advances in logistics software and increased driver pay, the trucking industry continues a historic wave of human capital risks in the form of driver turnover and driver shortages. Previous efforts to understand the phenomenon of driver turnover rely heavily on supply chain, transportation, and logistics based disciplines. The current study provides a human capital ontology towards understanding professional truck driver perceptions. Within the interpretive framework of pragmatism, the study applied a simultaneous ethnographic and phenomenological research design to explore the phenomenon of churn and professional truck driver perceptions of environmental alignment between trucking industry retention strategies and the occupational …

The Contagion Of Lean Inventory Management In The Supply Chain, Kennedy Green

Supply Chain Management Undergraduate Honors Theses

This study examines the impact of buyer-supplier relationship age and industry similarity on the effect of buyer inventory leanness on supplier inventory leanness. While previous literature has studied the relationship between buyer inventory leanness and supplier inventory leanness, there has not been a large focus on the external relationship characteristics that influence this relationship. This study hypothesizes that buyer-supplier relationship age and similarity increase the effect of buyer inventory leanness on supplier inventory leanness. With data from buyer-supplier observations in different U.S. industries from 2008 to 2015, regression was used to measure the inventory leanness of each supplier and year. …

Strategic Analysis Of Lifeloop, Llc: Current Positioning And Recommendations For Future Growth, Erin Dabbs

Theses/Capstones/Creative Projects

LifeLoop is a senior living software company that has the potential to gain market share in a new and growing industry. By making changes to current processes, business level strategy, and corporate level strategy, the company can grow organically, faster. LifeLoop must make these strategic changes to areas of marketing and sales processes now as the industry is changing life cycle stages; the company’s movement in this window of opportunity is critical to their future success. These findings outline where LifeLoop is currently positioned and the first steps needed to grow and develop into a reputation of excellence that will …

Corporate Social Responsibility: Examining The Effects Of A Lean And Green Supply Chain On Bottom Line Costs And Market Valuation, Sharon Maskin

Senior Theses

This paper examines the link between a firm’s adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices and the resulting monetary benefits. Specifically, it addresses four major areas of business operations that present great opportunities for supply chain cost reduction and a simultaneous decrease in environmental impact. These four areas include traditional/open-loop supply chains, product packaging waste, pollution at the manufacturing site, and logistics inefficiencies. The paper then identifies several business cases in which companies have addressed several environmental issues and driven down bottom-line costs in each of the four areas through innovation and increased resource productivity. Along with cost benefits, it …

Feasibility Of Warehouse Drone Adoption And Implementation, Edward Companik, Michael J. Gravier, M. Theodore Farris Ii

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

While aerial delivery drones capture headlines, the pace of adoption of drones in warehouses has shown the greatest acceleration. Warehousing constitutes 30% of the cost of logistics in the US. The rise of e-commerce, greater customer service demands of retail stores, and a shortage of skilled labor have intensified competition for efficient warehouse operations. This takes place during an era of shortening technology life cycles. This paper integrates several theoretical perspectives on technology diffusion and adoption to propose a framework to inform supply chain decision-makers on when to invest in new robotics technology.