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Customer segmentation based on commitment and ICT use
Tập 109 Số 2 - Trang 206-223
– The purpose of this paper is to determine and characterize groups of retail
customers, based on their perception of commitment to the retailer and the
degree of use of its technological equipment., – A CHAID algorithm is performed
and differences between the resulting segments are tested through the analysis
of variance., – Four segments are obtained that differ significantly in
commitment to th...
Understanding broadband adoption in rural Australia
Tập 111 Số 7 - Trang 1087-1104
– The purpose of this paper is to propose and test a model concerning broadband
adoption in a rural setting., – A computer‐aided telephone survey was conducted
to collect data to validate the proposed model in rural Australia., – It was
found that relative advantage, utility outcomes, and facilitating conditions
play a crucial role in explaining broadband adoption behavior amongst rural
Australian...
The development and empirical validation of an e‐based supply chain strategy optimization model
Tập 103 Số 5 - Trang 347-360
Examines the formulation of supply chain strategies in complex environments.
Argues that current state‐of‐the‐art e‐business and supply chain management,
combined into the concept of e‐SCM, as well as the use of transaction cost
theory, network theory and resource‐based theory, altogether can be used to form
a model for analyzing supply chains with the purpose of reducing the uncertainty
of formul...
APS for tactical planning in a steel processing company
Tập 111 Số 4 - Trang 608-628
– The main purpose is to describe and analyse the impact that the implementation
of an advanced planning system (APS) has on the tactical planning level at a
steel processing company. This is done in terms of analysing changes in the
tactical planning processes, effects on company performance, and how the APS is
used in a practical planning context., – This research is based on a
longitudinal case...
Mapping supply chains on risk and customer sensitivity dimensions
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– With the emergence of the concepts of lean, agile and leagile paradigms for
supply chains, organizations have little idea as to which model suits them based
on the their supply chain's ability to counter risks and take on the challenges
of the fast changing customer preferences. This paper aims to map supply chains
on these two dimensions., – A model is proposed by which suitable supply chain
st...
A counterfeit network analyzer based on RFID and EPC
Tập 110 Số 7 - Trang 1018-1037
– The purpose of this paper is to focus on the design of a counterfeit network
analyzer (CNA) for aggregating all the problematic product flows in order to
discover any counterfeit distribution source, and to control the spread of
counterfeit goods. The analyzer leverages radio frequency identification (RFID)
information stored within the electronic product code (EPC) network., – The
system archit...
Strategic partnering when the supply base is limited: a case study
Tập 101 Số 1 - Trang 47-52
This study considers a supply‐demand situation where a product has only a
handful of supply firms and a large number of purchasing firms and compares the
attitudes toward partnering of firms which are already in partnering
relationships with those that are not. Noting that only 27 per cent of the
buyers are currently in any alliance relationships, and most are not planning to
be in one, the study ...
HOW TO INTEGRATE NEW MEMBERS INTO A WORK TEAM EFFECTIVELY
Tập 88 Số 3/4 - Trang 20-22
Practical means are provided of integrating a new team member into an effective
team. To be effective, teams must manage goals, roles, processes and
relationships. Goals need to be held in common and be quantifiable. Roles of
members need to be clearly stated for the process to be managed. The leader
needs to be accepted, the decision‐making responsibilities need to be clear and
communications nee...
Integration of marketing domain and R&D domain in NPD design process
Tập 107 Số 6 - Trang 780-801
– To solve the trade‐offs between marketing and R&D domains and to minimize
information loss in new product development (NPD), this study proposes an
integrated design process as a new solution to the interface system between the
two domains., – House of Quality integrated with multivariate statistical
analysis is used for determining important design features. These design
features are used as pa...
Computer viruses: how companies can protect their systems
Tập 98 Số 1 - Trang 12-16
A computer virus is a program that can infect other programs by modifying them
to include a copy of itself. When the infected programs are executed, the virus
spreads itself to still other programs. Today’s society has seen a dramatic
increase in the use of computers; as a result, businesses must take even more
precautions to guard against the introduction of computer viruses into their
systems.