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Publish Central The Sales Revolution
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Publish Central The Power of Care
£19.79
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Tecnomatix Plant Simulation: Modeling and
Book Synopsis This book systematically introduces readers to the development of simulation models as well as the implementation and evaluation of simulation experiments with Tecnomatix Plant Simulation. Intended for all Plant Simulation users whose work involves complex tasks, it also offers an easy start for newcomers. Particular attention has been paid to introducing the simulation flow language SimTalk and its use in various aspects of simulation. In over 200 examples, the author demonstrates how to combine the blocks for simulation models and how to employ SimTalk in complex control and analysis tasks. The content ranges from a description of the basic functions of the material flow blocks to more advanced topics such as the implementation of database-supported warehouse control by using the SQLite interface, and the exchange of data using XML, ActiveX, COM or DDE. Table of ContentsBasics.- SimTalk and Dialogs.- Modeling of Production Processes.- Information Flow, Controls.- Working with random values.- Simulation of transport processes.- Simulation of Robots and Handling Equipment.- Warehousing and Procurement.- Simulation of Workers.- The Fluids Library.- 2D and 3D Visualization.- Integrate Energy Consumption and Costs.- Statistics.- Data Exchange and Interfaces.
£208.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Modern Industrial Services: A Cookbook for Design, Delivery, and Management
Book SynopsisThis open access book is an outcome of several years of research, practice, and teaching experience of the authors on the challenges that underpin the successful switch to services for manufacturing firms. Ideal for a student as well as a practitioner, the book describes the industrial services ecosystem, the barriers and challenges, and a roadmap for building service excellence. Curated cases are used to describe the current approaches in practice to overcome the barriers. The book also provides several tools, each with a short introduction, that the authors have used successfully in projects to help overcome the servitization barriers. Many of these tools are from management, design thinking, or service design. The service excellence roadmap is based on the development methodology and helps current and future business leaders to create their own individual roadmaps.Table of Contents1. Understanding the Barriers That Slow Firms Shifting from Products to Services.- 2. Overcoming the Barriers to Service Excellence.- 3. Methods and Tools for Overcoming the Barriers to Servitization and Service Excellence.
£34.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Demand Prediction in Retail: A Practical Guide to
Book SynopsisFrom data collection to evaluation and visualization of prediction results, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the process of predicting demand for retailers. Each step is illustrated with the relevant code and implementation details to demystify how historical data can be leveraged to predict future demand. The tools and methods presented can be applied to most retail settings, both online and brick-and-mortar, such as fashion, electronics, groceries, and furniture. This book is intended to help students in business analytics and data scientists better master how to leverage data for predicting demand in retail applications. It can also be used as a guide for supply chain practitioners who are interested in predicting demand. It enables readers to understand how to leverage data to predict future demand, how to clean and pre-process the data to make it suitable for predictive analytics, what the common caveats are in terms of implementation and how to assess prediction accuracy.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Data Pre-Processing and Modeling Factors.- 3. Common Demand Prediction Methods.- 4. Tree-Based Methods.- 5. Clustering Techniques.- 6. Evaluation and Visualization.- 7. More Advanced Methods.- 8. Conclusion and Advanced Topics.
£54.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Global Logistics and Supply Chain Strategies for
Book SynopsisLogistics and supply chain management is facing disruptive economic, technological and climate change developments that require new strategies. New technologies such as the Internet-of-Things, digital manufacturing or blockchain are emerging quickly and could provide competitive advantage to those companies that leverage the technologies smartly while managers that do not adopt and embrace change could be left behind. Last but perhaps most important for mankind, sustainability aspects such as low-carbon transportation, closed loop supply chains or socially-responsible supply chain setups will become essential to operate successfully in the future. All these aspects will affect logistics and supply chains as a whole as well as different functional areas such as air cargo, maritime logistics or sourcing/procurement. This book aims to dive into several of these functional topics to highlight the key developments in the next decade predicted by leading global experts in the field. It features contributions and key insights of globally leading scholars and senior industry experts. Their forward-looking perspectives on the anticipated trends are aimed at informing the reader about how logistics and supply chain management will evolve in the next decade and which academic qualities and skills will be required to succeed in the "new normal" environment that will be characterized by volatile and increasingly disrupted business eco-systems. Future scenarios are envisaged to provide both practitioners and students with insights that will help them to adapt and succeed in a fast changing world.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Future of Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Changing Skill Sets and Smart Career Choices.- Chapter 2. The Impact on Supply Chain Networks of Shifting Demand and Supply Dynamics.- Chapter 3. AI in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.- Chapter 4. How to Design Human-machine Interaction in Next-generation Supply Chain Planning.- Chapter 5. The Circular Economy and Green Supply Chains.- Chapter 6. Preparing Logistics for the Low Carbon Economy.- Chapter 7. The Future of 3PLs.- Chapter 8. Air Cargo Logistics – The Dawning of a Golden Decade?.- Chapter 9. Maritime Logistics for the Next Decade - Challenges, Opportunities and Required Skills.- Chapter 10. Future Directions in City Logistics.- Chapter 11. Recent Advances of Service Supply Chain Management.- Chapter 12. Competence Development, Learning and Change in Supply Chain Management.- Chapter 13. Startups in the Logistics Sector: Value Propositions and Potential Impact.- Chapter 14. Warehousing 2030.- Chapter 15. Future of Procurement - Insights from a Global Survey.- Chapter 16. Agility in Supply Chain Planning and Execution.- Chapter 17. Risk Driven Supply Chain Design - Options and Trade-offs in Complex Environments.- Chapter 18. Supply Chain Transparency Using Blockchain: Benefits, Challenges, and Examples.- Chapter 19. The Potential of Blockchain in SCM - PI Meets Blockchain.- Chapter 20. Collaboration in Humanitarian Operations in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 21. Logistics Challenges and Opportunities in Africa in the 2020s.
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Springer A Quest for Projects with Scarce Resources
Book SynopsisDo We Have Enough Project Data? (Part 1).- Do the Projects Exist in Reality?.- Do We Have Good Schedules for the Projects?.- Can We Solve Every Project Instance?.- Why Is the RCPSP So Difficult? (Part 1).- Can We Make the Projects Easier? (Part 1).- Why Is the RCPSP So Difficult? (Part 2).- Can We Make the Projects Easier? (Part 2).- How to Make the Project Data Practically Relevant?.- Do We Have Enough Project Data? (Part 2).
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Springer Machine Learning Technologies on Energy Economics and Finance
Book SynopsisAnalyzing Global Energy Patterns: Clustering Countries and Predicting Trends Towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals.- Access to Energy Finance: Development of Renewable Energy in Bangladesh.- Explainable AI in Energy Forecasting: Understanding Natural Gas Consumption through Interpretable Machine Learning Models.- An Extensive Statistical Analysis of Time Series Modelling and Forecasting of Crude Oil Prices.- Comparative analysis of selected emerging economies energy transition scenario: A transition pathway for the continental neighbours.- Forecasting Energy Prices using Machine Learning Algorithms: A Comparative Analysis.- An Evidence-based Explainable AI Approach for Analyzing the Influence of CO2 Emissions on Sustainable Economic Growth.- BLDAR: A Blending Ensemble Learning Approach for Primary Energy Consumption Analysis.- Analyzing Biogas Production in Livestock Farms Using Explainable Machine Learning.- Application of Machine Learning Techniques in the Analysis of Sustainable Energy Finance.- Machine Learning and Deep Learning Strategies for Sustainable Renewable Energy: A Comprehensive Review.- Efficient Gasoline Spot Price Prediction using Hyperparameter Optimization and Ensemble Machine Learning Approach.- The Implications of Energy Transition and Development of Renewable Energy on Sustainable Development Goals of Two Asian Tigers.
£151.99
Springer UniversityIndustry Collaboration
Book SynopsisAlignment, Rewards and Public Benefit.- The Evolution of University Industry Relationships for Driving Innovation.- Organization and Strategy for University-Industry Relationships.- Connecting, Exploring, Uncovering and Building Relationships.- Metrics, Incentives, Rewards and Culture for Impact.- University-Industry Alliances and Consortia.- Innovation Centers and Economic Development.- University-based Startups and Entrepreneurship: A Practical Guide for Industry Collaboration.- Innovating for Curricular Complexity: Executive Education for Transdisciplinary Challenges.- The Academic Health System’s Unique Role in Facilitating Innovative UI Partnerships.- Clinical Trials and Evaluations.- Gaining Support Within Companies for Collaboration.- Gaining Support Within Universities for Collaboration.- Ethical Relationships and Legal Frameworks.- Untangling the IP Web: Ownership, Rights and Strategies in University-Industry Collaboration.- Data Access, Generation, Use.- International Research Collaborations.
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Springer Machine Learning Technologies on Energy Economics and Finance
Book SynopsisGreen Driving: Harnessing Machine Learning to Predict Vehicle Carbon Footprints and Interpreting Results with Explainable AI.- A Comparative Evaluation of Deep Neural Networks for Electricity Price Forecasting.- Energy Forecasting Utilizing CNN-LSTM Attention Mechanism: Empirical Evidence from the Spanish Electricity Market.- Feature Selection and Explainable AI For Transparent Windmill Power Forecasting.- Improving the Analysis of CO2 Emissions with a Filter and Imputation-Based Processing Method.- A Study on the Efficacy of Machine Learning and Ensemble Learning in Wind Power Generation Analysis.- Predicting Solar Radiation: A Fusion Approach with CatBoost and Random Forest Ensemble Enhanced by Explainable AI.- Modeling Nuclear Fusion Reaction Occurrence with Advanced Deep Learning Techniques: Insights from LIME and SMOTE.- A Critical Study on LSTM AND TRANSFORMER Models for Financial Analysis and Forecasting.- Exploring Feature Selection Techniques in Predicting Indian Household Electricity Consumption.- Constructing Women Empowerment Indices-based on Kernel PCA and Evaluating Its Determinants: Evidence from BDHS.- An Ensemble Machine Learning Approach to Predicting CO2 Emission Rates: Evidence from Denmark's Energy Data Service.- Smart Grid Stability Analysis with Interpretable Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models.- Weather as a Critical Component in Investment Strategies: Insights for Stakeholders.
£151.99
Springer Outsourcing
Book SynopsisOutsourcing and Domestic Cleaning Services: Insights from Clients and Domestic Workers in South Africa.- Outsourcing and Time-related Dimensions of Job Quality: Evidence from the Facility Management Business.- Ensuring Circularity through Outsourcing Decisions in Solar Photovoltaic Supply Chains.- Embracing Blockchain Technologies in Outsourcing Practices: Cases and Studies in Operations Research and Management Science.- The effect of Consolidation, Agile, DevOps and Cloud on outsourcing decisions in the financial sector: A morphogenetic change case study.- Outsourcing and precarity: the case of road freight transport.- Does fiscal condition affect outsourcing in Italian municipalities?.- Outsourcing War and Security: Rational and Justifications.- The role of management accounting in outsourcing projects: An illustrative case study.- Modelling the quality of inspections by maintenance service providers based on an opportunistic inspection and replacement policy.- Building a Profitable Trading Strategy with an Intelligent Price Action Bot.
£59.99
Springer Global Supply Chain and Operations Management
Book SynopsisBasics of Supply Chain and Operations Management.- Examples from Different Industries, Services, and Continents.- Processes, Systems, and Models.- Operations and Supply Chain Strategy.- Sourcing Strategy.- Production Strategy.- Facility Location Planning and Network Design.- Distribution and Transportation Network Design.- Factory Planning and Process Design.- Layout Planning.- Demand Forecasting.- Production and Material Requirements Planning.- Inventory Management.- Routing and Scheduling.- Supply Chain Risk Management and Resilience.- Digital Supply Chain, Smart Operations and Industry 4.0.- Pricing and Revenue-Oriented Capacity Allocation.- Yield Management.
£87.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Pedagogical Case Studies in Purchasing and Supply Management
£85.49
Springer International Publishing AG Sustainable Fashion Supply Chain Management: From Sourcing to Retailing
Book SynopsisThis handbook is a compilation of comprehensive reference sources that provide state-of-the-art findings on both theoretical and applied research on sustainable fashion supply chain management. It contains three parts, organized under the headings of “Reviews and Discussions,” “Analytical Research,” and “Empirical Research,” featuring peer-reviewed papers contributed by researchers from Asia, Europe, and the US. This book is the first to focus on sustainable supply chain management in the fashion industry and is therefore a pioneering text on this topic.In the fashion industry, disposable fashion under the fast fashion concept has become a trend. In this trend, fashion supply chains must be highly responsive to market changes and able to produce fashion products in very small quantities to satisfy changing consumer needs. As a result, new styles will appear in the market within a very short time and fashion brands such as Zara can reduce the whole process cycle from conceptual design to a final ready-to-sell “well-produced and packaged” product on the retail sales floor within a few weeks. From the supply chain’s perspective, the fast fashion concept helps to match supply and demand and lowers inventory. Moreover, since many fast fashion companies, e.g., Zara, H&M, and Topshop, adopt a local sourcing approach and obtain supply from local manufacturers (to cut lead time), the corresponding carbon footprint is much reduced. Thus, this local sourcing scheme under fast fashion would enhance the level of environmental friendliness compared with the more traditional offshore sourcing. Furthermore, since the fashion supply chain is notorious for generating high volumes of pollutants, involving hazardous materials in the production processes, and producing products by companies with low social responsibility, new management principles and theories, especially those that take into account consumer behaviours and preferences, need to be developed to address many of these issues in order to achieve the goal of sustainable fashion supply chain management. The topics covered include Reverse Logistics of US Carpet Recycling; Green Brand Strategies in the Fashion Industry; Impacts of Social Media on Consumers’ Disposals of Apparel; Fashion Supply Chain Network Competition with Eco-labelling; Reverse Logistics as a Sustainable Supply Chain Practice for the Fashion Industry; Apparel Manufacturers’ Path to World-class Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Slow-Fashion Industry; Mass Market Second-hand Clothing Retail Operations in Hong Kong; Constraints and Drivers of Growth in the Ethical Fashion Sector: The case of France; and Effects of Used Garment Collection Programmes in Fast Fashion Brands.Table of ContentsPart I: Reviews and Discussions.- Reverse Logistics of US Carpet Recycling.- Green Brand Strategies in the Fashion Industry: Leveraging Connections of the Consumer, Brand, and Environmental Sustainability.- Impacts of Social Media Mediated Electronic Words of Mouth on Young Consumers’ Disposals of Fashion Apparel: A Review and Proposed Model.- Part II: Analytical Modeling Studies.- Fashion Supply Chain Network Competition with Ecolabelling.- Reverse Logistics as a Sustainable Supply Chain Practice for the Fashion Industry: An Analysis of Drivers and the Brazilian Case.- Part III: Empirical Studies.- Apparel Manufacturers' Path to World Class Corporate Social Responsibility.- Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Slow-Fashion Industry.- Mass Market Second-Hand Clothing Retail Operations in Hong Kong: A Case Study.- Constraints and Drivers of Growth in the Ethical Fashion Sector: The Case of France.- Effects of Used Garment Collection Programs in Fast Fashion Brands.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Supply Chain Management and Reverse Logistics
Book SynopsisThe world of logistics has considerably changed due to globalization, modern information technology, and especially increasing ecological awareness. Large Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems are developing to global logistic networks. This book reflects major trends of the recent decade in SCM and, additionally, presents ideas and visions for logistic networks of the 21st century. Among the various aspects of SCM, emphasis is placed on reverse logistics: closing the loop of a supply chain by integrating waste materials into logistic management decisions. Table of ContentsThe Expansion of Supply Chains to Closed Loop Systems: A Conceptual Framework and the Automotive Industry’s Point of View.- Integrating Spent Products’ Material into Supply Chains: The Recycling of End-Of-Life Vehicles as an Example.- Recovery Planning in Closed Loop Supply Chains: An Activity Analysis Based Approach.- Product Recovery Behaviour in a Closed Loop Supply Chain.- Inventory Management in Closed Loop Supply Chains.- Production-Inventory Control in an EOQ-Type Reverse Logistics System.- Networks in Reverse Logistics.- Environmental-Oriented Coordination of Supply Networks.- Architectures of Transportation Networks and their Effects on Economic Efficiency.- Cash Flow- and Inventory-Oriented Coordination of the Supply Chain.- The Bullwhip Effect and its Suppression in Supply Chain Management.- Aggregation of Mixed Integer Production Models by Shadow Prices in Supply Chain Management.- Customer Orientation in Advanced Planning Systems.- Order Picking: A Survey of Planning Problems and Methods.- Advanced Purchasing and Order Optimization.- Optimal Maintenance in the Supply Chain.- Hybrid Flow Shop Scheduling with Batching Requirements.- Information System for Supporting Supply Chain Management.
£142.49
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Betriebswirtschaftstheorie: Band 1 Grundlagen,
Book Synopsis1. Kapitel: Grundlagen.- 1 Einordnung der Betriebswirtschaftstheorie in das System der Wissenschaften.- 2 Begriff und Hauptfunktionsbereiche des Betriebes.- 3 Der betriebliche Entscheidungsprozeß.- 4 Begriff, Bestandteile und Typen von Modellen der Betriebswirtschaftstheorie.- 2. Kapitel: Produktionstheorie.- 5 Ökonomische Güter.- 6 Ausgangsbedingungen und Strukturelemente von Produktionsmodellen.- 7 Besondere Eigenschaften von Produktionsfunktionen und ihre ökonomische Bedeutung.- 8 Limitationale Produktionsmodelle.- 9 Substitutionale Produktionsmodelle.- 10 Produktionsmodelle mit mittelbaren Faktor-Produkt-Beziehungen.- 11 Produktionsmodelle für mehrere Produktarten und Produktionsstufen.- 3. Kapitel: Kostentheorie.- 12 Grundlegende Begriffe.- 13 Kurzfristige Kostenmodelle bei unmittelbaren Faktor-Produkt-Beziehungen.- 14 Kurzfristige Kostenmodelle bei mittelbaren Faktor-Produkt-Beziehungen.- 15 Langfristige Kostenmodelle.- 16 Kostenmodelle bei Variation der Losgröße und der Sortenfolge.Table of Contents1. Kapitel: Grundlagen.- § 1 Einordnung der Betriebswirtschaftstheorie in das System der Wissenschaften.- A. Gegenstand der Betriebswirtschaftslehre.- 1. Die Betriebswirtschaftslehre als Teil der Sozialwissenschaft.- 2. Die Beziehungen zwischen Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Volkswirtschaftslehre.- B. Zusammenhänge zwischen der Betriebswirtschaftslehre und ihren Nachbardisziplinen.- 1. Rechtswissenschaft.- 2. Psychologie.- 3. Soziologie.- 4. Ingenieur- und Arbeitswissenschaft.- 5. Informatile.- 6. Unternehmensforschung.- C. Inhalt und Abgrenzung der Betriebswirtschaftstheorie.- D. Einige Daten aus der Geschichte der Betriebswirtschaftslehre als akademischer Disziplin.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 2 Begriff und Hauptfunktionsbereiche des Betriebes.- A. Die Begriffe Betrieb und Unternehmung.- B. Hauptfunktionen der Unternehmung.- C. Die funktionelle und institutionelle Gliederung der Betriebswirtschaftslehre.- 1. Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre (Funktionslehren).- 2. Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehren.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 3 Der betriebliche Entscheidungsprozeß.- A. Entscheidungsprämissen.- B. Ziel- und Mittelentscheidungen.- C. Ökonomisches Prinzip und Dominanzprinzip.- D. Entscheidung als unternehmerische Führungsaufgabe.- E. Erwartungsstrukturen und Entscheidungsbaum.- 1. Erwartungsstrukturen.- 2. Der Entscheidungsbaum.- 3. Bewertung der Konsequenzen.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 4 Begriff, Bestandteile und Typen von Modellen der Betriebswirtschaftstheorie.- A. Zur Begriffsbildung.- B. Strukturen, Systeme, Modelle, Theorien.- 1. Definitionen.- 2. Konstruktion von Modellen.- 3. Aufgaben von Modellen.- 4. Falsifizierbarkeit und Verifizierbarkeit von Theorien.- C. Modellbestandteile.- 1. Zielsystem.- 2. Restriktionen.- 3. Variablen.- a) Meßgenauigkeit.- b) Inhaltliche Klassifikation der Variablen.- 4. Gleichungen und Ungleichungen.- a) Technologische Relationen.- b) Verhaltensrelationen.- c) Definitorische Gleichungen.- d) Identitäten (Identische Gleichungen).- 5. Funktionen und Relationen.- a) Definitionen.- b) Konvexe und nicht-konvexe Mengen und Funktionen.- c) Lineare und nicht-lineare Funktionen und Modelle.- D. Modelltypen.- 1. Entscheidungs- und Erklärungsmodelle.- 2. Statische und dynamische Modelle.- 3. Deterministische und stochastische Modelle.- 4. Analytische und Simulationsmodelle.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- 2. Kapitel: Produktionstheorie.- § 5 Ökonomische Güter.- A. Kennzeichnung und Klassifikation von Gütern.- 1. Begriff.- 2. Klassifikationsmerkmale.- a) Technologischer und funktioneller Aspekt.- b) Materielle Form.- c) Verwendungsdauer.- d) Stellung im Produktionsablauf.- B. Produktionsfaktoren.- 1. Dispositiver Faktor.- 2. Elementarfaktoren.- a) Verbrauchsfaktoren.- b) Potentialfaktoren.- 3. Zusatzfaktoren.- 4. Zusammenfassendes Klassifikationsschema für Produktionsfaktoren.- Produkte.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 6 Ausgangsbedingungen und Strukturelemente von Produktionsmodellen.- A. Produktionsvorgange als Abbildungsobjekte für Produktionsmodelle.- B. Statische Produktionsfunktionen und Produktionsmodelle.- C. Teilbarkeit von Faktoren und Produkten.- D. Variierbarkeit der Faktoreinsatzmengen in Abhangigkeit von der Planungsperiode.- E. Technische Minimierungsbedingung.- F. Kombination von Produktionsfaktoren.- 1. Limitationalität.- a) Lineare Limitationalität.- b) Nichtlineare Limitationalität.- 2. Substitutionalität.- a) Totale Substitution.- b) Partielle Substitution.- 3. Verbindung von Limitationalität und Substitutionalität in Produktionsmodellen.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 7 Besondere Eigenschaften von Produktionsfunktionen und ihre ökonomische Bedeutung.- A. Partielle Faktorvariation.- 1. Partielle Grenzproduktivität.- 2. Partielles Grenzprodukt.- 3. Totales Grenzprodukt.- 4. Produktionselastizitäten.- B. Niveauvariation unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Homogenität.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- §8 Limitationale Produktionsmodelle.- A. Modelle mit einer konstanten und einer variablen Faktorart.- 1. Kontinuierliche Variation eines Faktors und der Produktmenge.- 2. Diskrete Variation eines Faktors und der Produktmenge.- B. Modelle mit mehreren variablen Faktorarten.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 9 Substitutionale Produktionsmodelle.- A. Substitution zwischen endlich vielen limitationalen Prozessen.- B. Substitution zwischen unendlich vielen limitationalen Prozessen.- C. Das klassische Ertragsgesetz.- D. Die Faktoreinsatzfunktion als Umkehrfunktion der Produktionsfunktion.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 10 Produktionsmodelle mit mittelbaren Faktor-Produkt-Beziehungen.- A. Bestimmungsfaktoren des Produktionsfaktoreinsatzes.- 1. Verbrauchsfaktoren.- 2. Potentialfaktoren.- B. Verbrauchsfunktionen bei mittelbaren Faktor-Produkt-Beziehungen.- C. Produktionsfunktionen bei mittelbaren Produkt-Faktor-Beziehungen.- D. Zeitliche und intensitätsmäßige Anpassung an Beschäftigungsschwankungen.- E. Verbrauchsfunktionen bei schwankenden Nutzungsintensitäten.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 11 Produktionsmodelle für mehrere Produktarten und Produktionsstufen.- A. Problemstellung und Begriffe.- 1. Einführung.- 2. Produktionsprogramm.- 3. Unverbundene Produktion.- 4. Verbundene Produktion.- 5. Stufenproduktion.- B. Bedarfsermittlung für Erzeugniseinsatzstoffe bei Stufenproduktion.- C. Bedarfsermittlung für Erzeugniseinsatzstoffe, Betriebsstoffe und Potentialfaktorzeiten bei Mehrprodukt-Stufenproduktion.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- 3. Kapitel: Kostentheorie.- § 12 Grundlegende Begriffe.- A. Einige Grundbegriffe aus dem Rechnungswesen.- 1. Auszahlung — Einzahlung.- 2. Ausgabe — Einnahme.- 3. Aufwand — Ertrag — Erfolg.- 4. Monetare Bestandsgrößen.- 5. Kosten — Erlöse.- a) Wertmäßiger Kostenbegriff.- b) Pagatorischer Kostenbegriff.- c) Erlöse.- 6. Zusammenhänge zwischen Aufwand und Kosten sowie zwischen Ertrag und Erlösen.- B. Kosteneinflußgrößen.- 1. Aktionsvariablen im Produktionsbereich.- a) Betriebsgröße.- b) Produktionsprogramm.- c) Beschäftigung.- d) Gestaltung des Produktionsablaufs.- e) Faktorqualitäten.- f) Faktorpreise.- 2. Daten.- 3. Begrenzungen des Entscheidungsfeldes.- a) Beschränkungen infolge zeitlicher Teilung des Entscheidungsfeldes.- b) Beschränkungen infolge personeller Teilung des Entscheidungsfeldes.- 4. Aktionsvariablen außerhalb des Produktionsbereichs.- a) Absatzpolitik.- b) Finanzierung.- c) Forschung und Entwicklung.- d) Information.- C. Produktivitat und Wirtschaftlichkeit.- 1. Produktivität.- 2. Wirtschaftlichkeit.- D. Gesamt-, Stück- und Grenzkosten.- 1. Gesamtkosten.- 2. Stückkosten.- 3. Grenzkosten.- E. Kostenisoquanten.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 13 Kurzfristige Kostenmodelle bei unmittelbaren Faktor-Produkt-Beziehungen.- A. Minimalkostenkombination und Gesamtkostenfunktion bei Limitationalität.- B. Minimalkostenkombination und Expansionslinie bei substituierbaren Prozessen.- 1. Kostenmodell mit endlich vielen linear-limitationalen Prozessen.- 2. Kostenmodell mit einem linear-limitationalen und einem nichtlinear-limitationalen Prozeß.- 3. Kostenmodell mit unendlich vielen limitationalen Prozessen (substitutionalen Produktionsfaktoren).- C. Variation der Faktorpreise.- 1. Bei einem limitationalen Prozeß.- 2. Bei endlich vielen limitationalen Prozessen.- 3. Bei Substitutionalität.- D. Ableitung von Kostenfunktionen aus partiellen Ertragsfunktionen für einen linear-limitationalen Prozeß.- 1. Eine kontinuierlich variierbare und eine konstante Faktorart.- 2. Mehrere variable und mehrere konstante Faktorarten.- E. Einfluß von Restriktionen auf den Kostenverlauf.- 1. Arten von Restriktionen.- a) Beschaffungsrestriktionen.- b) Produktionsrestriktionen.- c) Finanzrestriktionen.- d) Absatzrestriktionen.- 2. Kostenmodell bei einem limitationalen Produktionsprozeß bei Beachtung von Restriktionen.- 3. Kostenmodell bei mehreren Produktionsprozessen und bei Beachtung von Restriktionen.- 4. Kostenmodell bei kontinuierlicher Substitutionalität und bei Beachtung von Restriktionen.- F. Aussagegrenze der unmittelbaren Kostenmodelle.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 14 Kurzfristige Kostenmodelle bei mittelbaren Faktor-Produkt-Beziehungen.- A. Kostenmodell eines Aggregats bei intensitätsmäßiger Anpassung.- B. Kostenmodell eines Aggregats bei zeitlicher Anpassung.- C. Kostenmodell bei zeitlicher und intensitätsmäßiger Anpassung.- 1. Allgemeines Grundmodell.- 2. Kostenmodelle bei Arbeitszeitverkürzung.- a) Kostenverlauf bei Arbeitszeitverkürzung ohne Lohnausgleich.- b) Kostenverlauf bei Arbeitszeitverkürzung mit vollem Lohnausgleich.- D. Kostenmodell eines Betriebes bei quantitativer Anpassung.- E. Kostenmodell eines Betriebes mit mehreren Produktionsstationen.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 15 Langfristige Kostenmodelle.- A. Praktische Bedeutung langfristiger Anpassungsprozesse für den Verlauf von Kostenfunktionen.- B. Langfristige Kostenmodelle bei multipler Anpassung.- C. Langfristige Kostenmodelle bei mutativer Anpassung.- 1. Qualitätsänderung der Faktoren durch Verwendung anderer Fertigungsverfahren.- 2. Anderung der Faktorgröße und der Faktorproportion.- 3. Kostenverläufe bei mutativer Anpassung.- a) Degression der variablen Kosten.- b) Degression der fixen Kosten.- c) Berücksichtigung von Änderungen des Preisniveaus und des Preisverhältnisses.- D. Empirische Untersuchungen über den Verlauf langfristiger Kostenfunktionen.- E. Erfahrungskurven.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 16 Kostenmodelle bei Variation der Losgröße und der Sortenfolge.- A. Lager- und losgrößenabhängige Kostenarten.- B. Modelle zur Ermittlung der kostenminimalen Losgröße.- 1. Losgrößenermittlung ohne Fehlmengen.- a) Momentanproduktion.- b) Zeitbeanspruchende Produktion.- 2. Losgrößenermittlung mit Fehlmengen.- C. Modell zur Ermittlung der kostenminimalen Sortenfolge.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- Ausblick auf Erweiterungen der behandelten Produktions- und Kostenmodelle.- Anhang Lösungsanleitungen zu den EDV-orientierten Aufgaben.- Stichwortverzeichnis.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Produktion und Absatz
Book SynopsisDieses Lehrbuch ist insbesondere für das Grundstudium der Betriebswirtschaftslehre gedacht. Es umfasst die Grundlagen der betrieblichen Entscheidungsfindung, die Produktions- und Kostentheorie sowie die wesentlichen Teilgebiete der Produktion und des Absatzes. Dabei ist auch die Abstimmung zwischen den betrieblichen Bereichen Produktion und Absatz berücksichtigt. Das Buch enthält zu allen Teilgebieten ausführliche Darstellungen. Zahlreiche Abbildungen und Rechenbeispiele veranschaulichen den Stoff. Die Leser können ihren Wissensstand durch Übungsaufgaben abfragen und die erarbeiteten Ergebnisse anhand von Kurzlösungen selbst kontrollieren.Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen zur 2. Auflage: "… Den Autoren gelingt … die für ein Lehrbuch ungewöhnliche Vernetzung von Produktion und Absatz. Da diese beiden betriebswirtschaftlichen Teilgebiete üblicherweise getrennt behandelt werden, bietet das Lehrbuch einen hochinteressanten neuen Ansatz. Viele Übungsaufgaben mit ausführlichen Lösungen sorgen dafür, dass der Anfänger damit nicht überfordert wird." (in: Studium - Das Buchmagazin für Studenten, 2007, S. 16)Table of ContentsProduktion und Absatz im Rahmen der Betriebswirtschaftslehre.- Produktions- und Kostentheorie.- Produktion.- Absatz.- Abstimmung von Produktion und Absatz.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Product Customization
Book SynopsisFor the majority of industrial companies, customizing products and services is among the most critical means to deliver true customer value and achieve superior competitive advantage. This book presents an operational procedure for the design of product configuration systems in industrial companies. It is based on the experience gained from more than forty product configuration projects in companies providing customers with tailored products and services.Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen: "‘Product Customization’ zeigt auf sehr anschauliche Art und Weise, wie eine Strategie der kundenindividuellen Massenproduktion ... durch die Modularisierung von Produkten ... umgesetzt werden kann. ... Hvam, Mortensen und Riis verbinden sehr geschickt in ihrem Buch Theorie und Praxis und zeigen ... umfassend Vorgehensweisen auf, wie Konfigurationssysteme schrittweise aufgebaut werden können. … Die Darstellungen werden flankiert von abgewandelten Praxisbeispielen. … Die Autoren selbst haben in mehr als 40 Fallen ... Konfigurationslösungen entwickelt, was der Praxisorientierung des Buchs zugute kommt. Für Unternehmen ... ist das Buch äußerst empfehlenswert." (Dr. Heiner Depner, in: RKW Bücherdienst, 2008, Issue 4, S. 7 f.)Table of ContentsSpecification Processes and Product Configuration.- The Procedure.- Development of Specification Processes.- Analysis of the Product Range.- Object-Oriented Modelling.- Knowledge Representation and Forms of Reasoning for Expert Systems.- Choosing Configuration Software.- Product Configuration at F.L. Smidth.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Practical
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the need to develop sustainable supply chains - economically, environmentally and socially. This book is not about a wish list of impractical choices, but the reality of decisions faced by all those involved in supply chain management today. Our definition of sustainable supply chains is not restricted to so-called "green" supply chains, but recognises that in order to be truly sustainable, supply chains must operate within a realistic financial structure, as well as contribute value to our society. Supply chains are not sustainable unless they are realistically funded and valued. Thus, a real definition of sustainable supply chain management must take account of all relevant economic, social and environmental issues. This book contains examples from a wide range of real-life case studies, and synthesizes the learnings from these many different situations to provide the fundamental building blocks at the centre of successful logistics and supply chain management.Table of ContentsSection A 11 A.1 The need for sustainable supply chain management 12 A.1.1. Sustainable Supply Chains 13 A.1.2. Best practice in Supply Chain management 13 A.1.3. The need for sustainable Supply Chains 14 A.1.4. The implications of modern Supply Chain management 17 A.1.5. Moving towards sustainable Supply Chains 20 A.1.6. The structure of this book 22 Section B 25 Section Overview 25 B. 27 B.1 Developing a Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy 27 B.1.1. Introduction – The starting point 27 B.1.2. The Supply Chain Strategy – a critical success factor for sustainability 29 B.1.3. Ingredients of a Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy 38 B.1.4. An iterative approach to developing your Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy 46 B.1.5. Principles into practice 71 B.2 Managing Performance 73 B.2.1. Introduction 74 B.2.2. Measuring and monitoring sustainable Supply Chain 75 B.2.3. Evaluating impact of your SC activities on sustainability 76 B.2.4. Benefits of performance measurement 80 B.2.5. Problems with measuring performance 81 B.2.6. Stages of Supply Chain performance measurement 83 B.2.7. Visible Supply Chain - Process, Product and Performance 85 B.2.8. Product oriented monitoring 87 B.2.9. Supply Chain performance measurement – methods and approaches 88 B.2.10. Creating Supply Chain performance measurement system 89 B.2.11. Conclusions 92 B.3 Managing within your Organisation 95 B.3.1. Under your managerial control 96 B.3.2. Managing Processes 98 B.3.3. Managing Products 104 B.3.4. Managing Knowledge 106 B.3.5. Managing Infrastructure 112 B.3.6. Managing People & Teams 117 B.3.7. Managerial Challenge: Find and Prioritize your Internal Sustainability Gap 121 B.3.8. Summary and Conclusions 126 B.4 Managing Outside your Organisation 133 B.4.1. Introduction and structure of the chapter 134 B.4.2. Supply Chain Stakeholders – Who has which impact on your supply chain? 135 B.4.3. Action Fields for Supply Chain Stakeholder Management 143 B.4.4. Determining the “right” Supply Chain Stakeholders 147 B.4.5. Managing Supply Chain Stakeholders 156 B.4.6. Conclusion 169 B.5 Outside your control and influence - managing the unexpected 174 B.5.1. What’s this all about? 175 B.5.2. The Challenge – What is risk and why deal with it? 177 B.5.3. Dealing with Risk - Principles 181 B.5.4. Dealing with Risk – Getting Organised in Your Business 184 B.5.5. Dealing with Risk from outside your business 190 B.5.6. Uncontrollable Risks and how to handle them 194 B.5.7. Solutions - What makes the best practice in risk avoidance? 197 B.5.8. Managing Risk – the Principal Lessons from the bestLog Project 199 B.5.9. Summary 201 B.5.10. Definitions 203 B.5.11. Questions for Teachers 206 Section C 207 Section Overview 207 C. 208 C.1 Future sustainable supply chains 208 C.1.1. Understanding the future 208 C.1.2. The central question for sustainable supply chains 209 C.1.3. The driving forces that will influence sustainable supply chains 209 C.1.4. Considering the critical uncertainties in supply chain management 211 Section D 214 Section Overview 214 D. 215 D.1 Section Structure 215 D.2 Markets & Strategies Cases 216 D.2.1. Strategic Environmental Plan 216 D.3 Structure & Planning Cases 222 D.3.1. Consolidation and consignment 222 D.3.2. Supply network redesigning 227 D.3.3. Full speed Supply Chain 233 D.3.4. Collaborative Intermodal Transport with Supplier 238 D.3.5. Pooling 243 D.4 Processes & Operations Cases 248 D.4.1. Increased transport efficiency 248 D.4.2. Transportation of healthcare products by inland navigation 254 D.4.3. Intermodal transport in Retail 259 D.4.4. Intermodal less than truckload 264 D.4.5. Collaborative Intermodal Transport with LSP 269 D.4.6. e-Integration and Supplier Evaluation 273 D.4.7. Optimization of goods collection 278 D.4.8. Railway Transport 282 D.4.9. Consolidation by DC 287 D.4.10. Transport Marketplace 291 D.4.11. Transport Exchange 297 D.4.12. Influence of product design on warehousing and transport efficiency 301 D.5 Enablers & Support Cases 306 D.5.1. Telematics 306 D.5.2. IT Integration 311 D.5.3. Intermodal Terminal 316 D.5.4. Cargo Securing 320
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Lean Innovation: A Fast Path from Knowledge to
Book SynopsisWithin manufacturing, Lean has lead to significant results throughout the world. But what happens when Lean meets Innovation? Is the needed creativity destroyed, or can Lean make the results of the organization even better? In Lean Innovation, Claus Sehested and Henrik Sonnenberg reveal how a managed iteration between creativity and effectiveness can ensure that the visions of top management are realized through the innovation processes. Lean can elevate the innovation processes to a new level where they become a true strategic differentiator. The authors address the key challenges facing leaders of knowledge organizations, and present a number of principles which they can use to bring more leadership into the innovation work. They also discuss methods which can increase result focus and continuous learning in the core innovation processes. The book contains specific and practical examples from five companies who started on a Lean Innovation journey. Innovation Insights from Apple, Google, Toyota, IDEO and others are also included.Table of ContentsPart I Understanding the Background.- Introduction.- Chapter 1 The Potential of Lean Innovation.- Part II Understanding the Fundamentals.- Chapter 2 Understanding Innovation.- Chapter 3 Understanding Lean Innovation.- Part III Achieving Success with Lean Innovation.- Chapter 4 Releasing the Potential for Innovation.- Chapter 5 Active and Visible Management.- Chapter 6 Realizing Your Strategy through Portfolio Management.- Chapter 7 Projects Create Customer Value - Chapter 8 The Role of Project Support in Innovation.- Part IV Starting the Development Process.- Chapter 9 Fast from Knowledge to Value.- Postscript Fueled by a Dream.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Strategic Management of Global Manufacturing
Book SynopsisThe preceding process of globalization and the continuously rising competitive pressure on manufacturing companies in more developed economies unveiled the limits of classical site-focused optimization approaches. The focus of network optimization shifts ever more towards an integrative view of manufacturing networks, striving for a harmonization of the strategy-, configuration- and coordination levels. This book presents such an integrative approach to the strategic management of manufacturing networks. Besides strategic network requirements, this book discusses the derivation of an optimal global footprint and the optimization of network coordination activities. Special attention is paid to the site roles concept, especially to the concept of 'lead factory'. A large number of up-to-date cases from the producing industry enrich the book and provide the reader with vivid examples for the application of the presented concepts. Hence, this book is a must-read for both practitioners and academic researchers.Trade ReviewFrom the book reviews:“The authors’ aim is to explore strategic management challenges around global manufacturing networks. … In terms of content and structure, the book follows a logical progression from theory to application, with plenty of examples thrown in. … it all comes together nicely, making the book both a pleasant and informative read. … an excellent source for key concepts and their application and the numerous and detailed industry examples are both illustrative and enjoyable to read.” (Jannis Angelis, Production Planning & Control, October, 2014)Table of ContentsDevelopment of Production Management- from Site to Network Optimisation.- A Model for Network Design.- Clarification of the Initial Strategic Situation.- The Network Configuration.- Network Coordination.- Analysis and Design of Networks in Practice.- Outlook and Summary.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Six Sigma+Lean Toolset: Mindset for Successful Implementation of Improvement Projects
Book SynopsisThe current, second edition of this book reflects the 15 years of practical experience with the Six Sigma+Lean toolbox. It is a comprehensive collection of all the tools necessary for project work and running workshops when improving processes. All tools have been illustrated in a clear and comprehensible structure with examples and tips for applying the tools included. The chronology corresponds to the procedure of an improvement project comprising the steps D(efine), M(easure), A(nalyze), I(mprove) and C(ontrol).The most important innovation of this edition is the fact that it guides the user to select the appropriate tool using questions. The paradigm change from a Toolset to a Mindset has proven worthwhile in project work and ensures that corporate problems are addressed with the goal of achieving efficient solutions rather than having a large quantity of perfect tools to choose from. The efficiency factor of work in projects and workshops will therefore improve significantly. Through this paradigm change, connected with its unique structure, this book provides an effective tool not only for project and workshop leaders but also for the executives/sponsors involved who will be guided to solve the given task formulation quickly and in a sustainable way.Trade Review“The Six Sigma + Lean Toolset brings together the principles of Lean and Six Sigma in one single volume in a clear understandable format. This title has everything you need to know as a practitioner in one book. The book is both a practical and theoretical. … this book will suit those wishing to learn about Six Sigma and Lean as a beginner or a seasoned expert, this book will assist you in your Six Sigma and Lean efforts.” (Inside Business, Vol. 3 (5), June, 2015)“This book is a very good tool for the student interested in the contents of Six Sigma model. … If you are interested in Six Sigma or interested in implementing these techniques in your project this is the right book for you it is very well written with several supporting examples which makes the reading very pleasant. I really recommend this book for your bookshelf.” (Inspire and Action Blog, inspireandaction.wordpress.com, January, 2014)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- DEFINE - What is the Problem?.- MEASURE - How Big is the Problem?.- ANALYZE - What are the Root Causes of the Problem?.- IMPROVE - What are the Solutions for Eliminating the Causes?.-CONTROL - How can the Improvement's Sustainability be Ensured?
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Innovation and Product Management: A Holistic and
Book SynopsisMarketplace complexity and dynamics create an environment that increases the uncertainty of innovation activities. In this context systematic management of innovation and product management are increasingly important for company success. This book presents the fundamentals of innovation and product management and introduces the reader to a holistic process model with particular focus on innovation and uncertainty. This integrated consideration of innovation management and product innovation within an interdisciplinary approach represents a unique characteristic of this book. The book is designed to address the needs of managers who want a practical but well-researched guide to innovation and product management. Graduate and advanced undergraduate students would also find the chapters in this book particularly useful.Table of ContentsPart I: Fundamentals of Innovation and Product Management.- Part II: Process of Innovation and Product Management.- Part III: Innovation and Product Management.- Broadening the Topic.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Category Supply Management: Entwicklung einer
Book SynopsisMit der Konzeption des Category Supply Managements entwickelt Karl J. Grajczyk einen umfassenden Managementansatz zur Entwicklung, Steuerung und Umsetzung von Einkaufsstrategien für differenzierte Warengruppen. Aus einer Befragung internationaler produzierender Unternehmen leitet der Autor umfassende Handlungsempfehlungen für die funktionsübergreifende Umsetzung des warengruppenorientieren Supply Managements durch industrielle Einkaufsmanager ab. Da die Segmentierung des Einkaufsvolumens in Waren- bzw. Materialgruppen einen weiten Verbreitungsgrad in Unternehmen aufweist, werden in dieser Arbeit strategische Ansätze der Einkaufspraxis und der betriebswirtschaftlichen Warengruppenforschung miteinander verbunden.Table of ContentsWarengruppenmanagement im Einkauf von Industrieunternehmen.- Einkaufskompetenzansatz.- Strategien und Praktiken des Warengruppenmanagements.- Steuerung- und Koordination von Warengruppen des Einkaufs.- Leistung und Erfolg des Warengruppenmanagements.
£71.24
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Einführung in das Logistik-Management: Prozesse -
Book SynopsisDieses Buch bietet einen umfassenden Einblick in die Grundlagen, Prozesse, Strukturen und Anwendungen der Logistik. Mit übertragbaren Lösungen dient es als Leitfaden für die Organisation und Steuerung von Logistikaufgaben. Table of ContentsLogistik als Managementaufgabe.- Prozesse.- Strukturen.- Anwendungen: Logistikstrategien – Distributionslogistik – Outsourcing – Logistikkosten – Logistik-Kennzahlen – Risikomanagement – Logistik 4.0 – Grüne Logistik – Nachhaltigkeit.
£29.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Fahrgastrechte und -pflichten der
Book SynopsisDas vorliegende Werk richtet sich an alle, die sich beruflich oder privat eingehend mit den in Deutschland geltenden Fahrgastrechten und -pflichten bei Bussen und Bahnen befassen wollen. Schwarzfahrten, Verspätungen, Fahrzeug- und Haltestelleninformationen sowie Videoüberwachung – das ist nur eine kleine Auswahl der hier behandelten Themenkomplexe. Die differenzierte Gliederung und praxisorientierte Darstellung bieten dem Leser die Möglichkeit, sich gezielt in Einzelthemen einzuarbeiten. Das Werk liefert Antworten auf bislang in diesem Bereich von Rechtswissenschaft und Rechtsprechung nicht gelöste Probleme, bietet die Gelegenheit zur inhaltlichen Auseinandersetzung und gibt Anregungen für neue Diskussionen. Ganz besonders richtet sich das Buch deshalb an Wissenschaft, Verbände, Schlichtungsstellen und Politik sowie zu guter Letzt an die Unternehmen des ÖPNV und die Justiz.Table of Contents1. Untersuchungsgegenstand.- 2. Wesentliche Rechtsgrundlagen.- 3. Reichweite des Beförderungsvertrags.- 4. Gesetzliche Schuldverhältnisse.- 5. Fahrgastrechte und -pflichten.- 6. Ausblick.- Literaturverzeichnis.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Stochastisches Bestandsmanagement: Grundmodelle
Book SynopsisDieses Buch erklärt grundlegend das betriebliche Gestaltungsfeld Bestandsmanagement und führt die relevanten Begriffe und Formeln ein. Es beschäftigt sich mit Antworten auf die Fragen, wann Produktbestellungen aufgegeben werden und wie viel auf einmal bestellt werden soll. Dabei werden die Unsicherheiten des zu versorgenden, konsumierenden Prozesses und des Nachschub-Prozesses berücksichtigt. Diese Aufgaben können mithilfe von Modellen optimal gelöst werden. Die wichtigsten Modelle zur Beantwortung der Fragen nach dem Wann und dem Wieviel werden einsteigerfreundlich erklärt und ihre Anwendung an einfachen Beispielen gezeigt. Nacheinander werden das klassische Bestellmengenmodel, das Newsvendor-Modell, das kontinuierliche und das periodische Bestandsmodell erläutert. Weiterführend werden die Anwendungsfälle Zentralisierung und Risikomanagement aus Sicht der Bestandsführung vertieft.Table of Contents
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Qualitätsmanagement im Gesundheitswesen:
Book SynopsisMit dem Lehrbuch wird ein grundlegendes Verständnis für die Inhalte und Methoden des (umfassenden) Qualitätsmanagements und ihren Anwendungsbezug im Gesundheitswesen vermittelt. Ausgehend von der Vielschichtigkeit des Qualitätsbegriffs im Gesundheitswesen werden grundsätzliche Fragen wertorientierter Unternehmensführung, methodische Ansätze der einrichtungsinternen Qualitätsbestimmung und Qualitätsgestaltung sowie Konzepte professionsbezogener Qualitätsentwicklung und einrichtungsübergreifender Qualitätsvergleiche adressiert. Für Studierende ist es wichtig, die Prinzipien dieses Themenbereichs zu verstehen und sich mit den unterschiedlichen Konzepten, Standpunkten und Methoden auseinanderzusetzen. Das Lehrbuch legt seinen Schwerpunkt daher gezielt auf die theoretische Fundierung und die Methodenvielfalt dieses Fachs. Der vorlesungsorientierte Aufbau ermöglicht den Leserinnen und Lesern, sich schrittweise die grundlegenden Kenntnisse und das dazugehörige Verständnis zu erarbeiten. Die dritte Auflage wurde umfassend aktualisiert, in einigen Abschnitten überarbeitet und inhaltlich vertieft. Als Einstiegshilfe und als Nachschlagewerk richtet sich dieses Buch gleichermaßen an Studierende und praktisch Tätige, insbesondere an Angehörige der Gesundheitsberufe und der kaufmännischen Berufe im Gesundheitswesen.Table of ContentsQualitätsbegriff im Gesundheitswesen.- Qualitätsmanagement und Qualitätssicherung.- Qualitätsentwicklung, Qualitätsverbesserung.- Qualitätsorganisation, Qualitätsmanagementsystem.- Qualitätsanforderungen, Qualitätsmodelle.- Qualitätsdokumentation.- Qualitätsmessung, Qualitätsbewertung.- Methoden und Instrumente.- Prozessorientierung im Qualitätsmanagement.-Kundenorientierung im Qualitätsmanagement.- Mitarbeiterorientierung im Qualitätsmanagement.- Zertifizierung, Akkreditierung und Qualitätsbewertung.- Qualitätsentwicklung und Versorgungsqualität.- Qualitätsberichterstattung und öffentliche Qualitätsvergleiche.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG The Modern Lean Enterprise: From Mass
Book SynopsisThe book addresses a modern reorientation of Lean, abandoning the classical waste dogma that brings direct efficiency gains and substituting by a way to achieving indirect efficiency in a continuous and sustainable manner. Waste is the output of a process that cannot be of further use, while value is a matter of valuation, a process whose output we conceive to be of further use. Value and waste are not antithetical, they are just not comparable issues. We achieve added value to the modern Lean Enterprise through synergies that bring sustainable economic benefits to the company. Such synergies use the complementarity theory developed by Milgrom and Roberts in 1990 on the principle that we can achieve maximal gains via the joint investment on complement activities and not investing. Complementarity is not something specific to Lean Enterprises; however, Lean Enterprises can benefit the most from such a concept. The reason is that Lean uses the principle of achieving more with less effort. Less effort does not mean the use of fewer resources, but the use of resources in a complementary way in order to achieve more, rather than using them. Complementarity is a feature by design. Complementarity by design will help modern Lean companies have an easier transition in the digital era and the new world of Industry 4.0. In this second edition, we have preserved the method of how to achieve Lean and have enhanced it to show how to move towards modern Lean within Industry 4.0 paradigm. However, if a company has not yet made the Lean step, there is no need to make that step first before yielding the benefits. Technology is the key. Modern Lean Enterprise strengthens out of the old paradigm into the new one of Industry 4.0. Because of evolution, such an enterprise achieves optimal technological complementarity necessary for synergies that sustain increasing profits.Table of Contents1. The Modern Lean Enterprise.- Part I: Rising of the Digital Economy.- 2. The Displacement of the Economy.- 3. The Post Industrial Factory.- Part II: Lean in Theory.- 4. Principles of Lean Production.- 5. Lean Flow: A Method.- 6. Successful Implementation.- 7. Modern Lean Thinking.- Part III: Lean in Practice.- 8. Lean Factory.- 9. Lean for Industry 4.0.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Customer Loyalty in Third Party Logistics
Book SynopsisTo manage an effective customer loyalty program, third party logistics service providers (3PLs) must understand the determining factors, as well as cultural background on loyalty. This book develops a model of customer loyalty, which is then validated using empirical data from nearly 800 logistics managers in Germany and the USA. The author reviews the effects of different relational factors on the model, and explores relevant German-US cultural differences.Table of ContentsBasic concepts.- Theoretical framework.- Research model.- Methodology and sample characteristics.- Operationalization and measurement.- Structural models.- Conclusion.
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Gabler Supply Management Research: Aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse 2010
Book SynopsisDas Buch ist der dritte Band der Buchreihe „Advanced Studies in Supply Management“, die jährlich die wissenschaftlichen Fortschritte in diesem Forschungsfeld darlegt. Die mittlerweile unbestritten sehr hohe Bedeutung der Bereiche Beschaffung, Einkauf, Materialwirtschaft, Logistik und Supply Chain Management spiegelt sich auch intensiv in den Forschungsanstrengungen wider. Die hochaktuelle deutschsprachige Publikation schließt eine Lücke.Table of ContentsAsymmetrische Informationsverteilung in Lieferanten-Abnehmer-Beziehungen Kritische Analyse der Eignung des Fuzzy-AHP zur Lieferantenauswahl Design of voluntary sustainability initiatives for supply chains Koordination von Zuliefernetzwerken Logistische Lieferantenentwicklung in der Automobilindustrie Der Einfluss der Beschaffungskomplexität auf den Logistikerfolg Logistikmanagement als Management von Kontraktlogistikbeziehungen Global Sourcing Footprint SMA--The Supply Market Analysis-Framework Unternehmensübergreifende Bestandsallokation Composite Solutions
£44.99
Deutscher Universitatsverlag Entwicklung prozesstechnologischer Systeme in Unternehmungen
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Springer, India, Private Ltd Materials Management: An Integrated Systems Approach
Book SynopsisThis book examines the problem of managing the flow of materials into, through, and out of a system in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of materials management. The subject is crucial for global competitive advantage, as materials constitute the largest single cost factor in manufacturing and service, and their effective management enhances value for money. In this context, inventory is a barometer of materials management effectiveness, along with wastage of materials.The book adopts a comprehensive, integrated systems approach and covers almost all aspects of materials, considering the specification, procurement, storage, handling, issue, use and accounting of materials to get the most out of every dollar invested. Combining conceptual clarity and quantitative rigor, it will be a highly useful guide for practicing managers, academics and researchers in this vital functional area.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to Integrated Systems Approach to Materials Management.- Chapter 2. Basic Concepts in Inventory Management.- Chapter 3. Selective Inventory Management.- Chapter 4. Static Inventory Models – Single Purchase Decisions.- Chapter 5. Dynamic Inventory Models: Aggregate Analysis.- Chapter 6. Deterministic Inventory Models.- Chapter 7. Dynamic Inventory Models with Quantity Discounts.- Chapter 8. Probabilistic Inventory Models.- Chapter 9. Just-In-Time, MRP and Lean Supply Chains.- Chapter 10. Inventory Management of Slow Moving Materials.- Chapter 11. Multi-Echelon Inventory Models.- Chapter 12. Material Specification, Codification and Standardization.- Chapter 13. Management of Material Waste.- Chapter 14. Storage & Warehousing.- Chapter 15. Purchasing: Policies and Processes.- Chapter 16. Incoming Material’s Quality Assurance.- Chapter 17. Make or Buy Decisions: Outsourcing Strategy.- Chapter 18. Source Selection, Performance Rating and Development.- Chapter 19. Value Analysis for Material Cost Reduction.- Chapter 20. Systems Approach and Supply Chain Management.- Chapter 21. Evaluation of Materials Management Effectiveness.
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Springer Verlag Lean Organization: from the Tools of the Toyota Production System to Lean Office
Book SynopsisLean Organization for Excellence describes the right way to implement lean thinking inside both manufacturing and service industries. After explaining the origins of the concept and discussing 'wastes' and value added, the book aims to set out a precise path of action. To this end, the so-called Hoshin Kanri method of defining business objectives and targets is explained, and a Value Stream Mapping tool that serves to identify all wastes is described. Subsequent chapters cover each of the TPS (Toyota Production System) tools, from 5S to SMED, and special attention is devoted to the Ducati case study, in which tools such as 5S and Kanban are applied. Lean metrics and the innovative Value Stream Accounting are discussed, and the closing chapter focuses on Lean Office for the service industry. Each chapter includes illustrations and tables relating to practical cases concerning the subject under consideration, based on real consultancy experiences.
£104.49
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp GuíaBurros
£15.58
Pearson Education (US) Unlocking Agility
Book SynopsisJorgen Hesselberg is cofounder of Comparative Agility, a leading agile assessment and continuous improvement platform. A proven thought leader of numerous successful enterprise transformation efforts since 2009, Jorgen provides strategic guidance, executive counsel, and coaching to some of the world's most respected companies both as an internal change agent and an external consultant. He has trained thousands of people on agile and Scrum, disruptive innovation, and enterprise transformation strategy. Passionate about making the world a better place to work, Jorgen is the former director and an active member of Supporting Agile Adoption, an Agile Alliance program dedicated to supporting those who apply agile principles and practices for agile transformation. Jorgen is a frequent speaker at international industry conferences. He earned his bachelor degree in journalism at the University of Missouri, his MBA at Iowa State University, and an MS in information technology aTable of ContentsForewords by Bjarte Bogsnes and Rich Sheridan xix Preface xxv Acknowledgments xxxi About the Author xxxiii PART I: THE CASE FOR AGILITY 1Chapter 1 The Agile Imperative 3 Athens Beats Microsoft 4 Origins of Modern Management 6 Scientific Management: Building More Efficient Machines 7 The Rise of the Knowledge Worker: Unlocking the Creative Potential 8 Software Eats the World: Embracing Uncertainty and Becoming Agile 10 VUCA and Cynefin: Orienting Businesses in a Brave New World 16 The Cynefin Framework 18 Leadership in a Complex World 21 Business Agility: Accelerating Organizational Learning 22 Summary 24 Q&A 24 Further Resources 26 Footnotes 27 Chapter 2 Enterprise Agility 29 Defining Enterprise Agility 29 Designing Business Agility: Balancing Three Critical Levers 32 Building the Right Thing (Value) 33 Building the Thing Right (Quality) 40 Building at the Right Speed (Optimizing for Flow) 43 Unlocking Agility in the Enterprise 50 Performance Multipliers: Five Critical Dimensions of Agility 51 Summary 53 Q&A 54 Further Resources 56 Footnotes 57 PART II: FIVE DIMENSIONS OF AGILITY 59Chapter 3 Technology 61 Building the Right Thing: Creating Products Customers Love 62 Business Model Canvas: An Interactive Tool for Instant Alignment 62 Lean Startup: A Method for Validating That You’re Building a Product Worth Building 65 Cost of Delay: Understanding the Impact of Time to Life Cycle Profits 68 Building the Thing Right 74 Scrum: Building Value Incrementally and Iteratively 74 Kanban: Taming Chaotic Environments Through Visualization 79 Building at the Right Speed: Optimizing for Flow 81 XP 82 Value Stream Mapping 86 Summary 89 Q&A 90 Further Resources 93 Footnotes 95 Chapter 4 Organizational Design 97 Physical Workplace Design 97 Designing for Great Teams 98 The Science Behind High-Performing Teams 99 Case Study: More Effective Collaboration Spaces at NAVTEQ 100 Organizational Structure 107 Functional Structure 108 Divisional Structure 110 Matrix Structure 111 Emergent Organizational Structures: Sociocracy and Holacracy 113 An Agile Organizational Structure? 116 Heuristics of Agile Organizational Designs 120 Summary 121 Q&A 122 Further Resources 124 Footnotes 125 Chapter 5 People 127 Never Underestimate the Importance of People 130 Characteristics of People in Agile Organizations 132 Fostering a Growth Mind-Set 132 Developing an Enterprise Growth Mind-Set 134 Embracing Diversity 135 Strategies for Building an Environment Supportive of Agile People 137 Implications for HR in an Agile Organization 138 Partner with Teams to Improve Recruiting 138 Design Meaningful Compensation, Rewards, and Recognition Plans 140 Create More Relevant Roles and Define a More Flexible Career Path 141 Empower People by Moving Authority Closer to the Team 142 HR: From Controlling Function to Unlocking Enterprise Agility 143 Summary 144 Q&A 144 Further Resources 146 Footnotes 147 Chapter 6 Leadership 149 Impact of Leadership 150 Level 5 Leadership 152 Level 5 Leadership = Agile Leadership? 153 Teal Leadership 154 Red: Lead Through Force 156 Amber: Lead Through Fiat 157 Orange: Lead Through Efficiency 157 Green: Lead Through Responsibility 158 The Organization: An Organic Ecosystem of Interrelated Parts 158 Teal: The Organization as a Living Entity 159 The Teal Organization: A Blueprint for the Organization of the Future? 160 Beyond Budgeting: An Agile Management Model 161 Origins of Beyond Budgeting 162 Beyond Budgeting: Less Top-Down Control, More Trust and Empowerment 162 The Death of the Traditional CEO? 165 Three Essential Themes of Agile Leadership 167 Summary 168 Q&A 169 Further Resources 171 Footnotes 172 Chapter 7 Culture 173 The Profound Impact of Culture 175 How We Experience Culture 176 The Schneider Culture Model 177 Collaboration—“We Succeed by Working Together” 178 Control—“We Succeed by Getting and Keeping Control” 179 Competence—“We Succeed by Being the Best” 181 Cultivation—“We Succeed by Growing People Who Fulfill Our Vision” 182 Culture’s Impact to Sustaining Change 183 Changing Organizational Culture 185 Characteristics of Business Agility Metrics 191 Actionable 191 Accessible 191 Auditable 192 Additional Heuristics 192 Examples of Meaningful Business Agility Metrics 194 Metrics That Help Support Building the Right Thing 195 Metrics That Help Support Building the Thing Right 197 Metrics That Help Support Building at the Right Speed (Flow) 199 Performance System Changes -> Behavior Changes -> Culture Changes 202 Summary 202 Q&A 203 Further Resources 205 Footnotes 206 PART III: UNLOCKING AGILITY 209Chapter 8 Building Your Organization’s Agile Working Group 211 The AWG: Mission and Purpose 211 Characteristics of the AWG 216 Complementary 216 Dedicated 217 Knowledgeable 218 Credible 219 Humble 219 Champion 220 Role of External Consultants 221 Organizational Structure and the AWG 222 Whole System View 222 Temporary Lifespan 223 Dual-Boot Operating System 224 Recruiting for the AWG 225 Resistance from Managers 225 Hesitation from Potential Candidates 226 The AWG: What’s in It for You? 228 Summary 228 Q&A 229 Further Resources 230 Footnotes 231 Chapter 9 An Operating Model for Business Agility 233 Unlocking Agility: Embrace Change, Execute with Purpose 235 Exploration: An Engine for Embracing Change 237 1. Establish Partnerships with External Innovation Hubs 241 2. Take Ownership Interest in Potential Disruptors 242 3. Acquire Disruptive Competitors—and Let Their Culture and People Flourish 243 4. Create an Internal Culture of Disruptive Innovation 244 Exploitation: Executing Proven Strategies with Purpose 246 Lost in Translation: How Product Strategy Turns from Vision to Hallucination 247 Executing with Purpose Through Progressive Refinement 249 Executing with Purpose Through Fast Organizational Feedback Loops 263 Creating a Balance: Embracing Change and Executing with Purpose in the Right Proportions 266 On Scaling Frameworks 267 Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 267 Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) 267 Disciplined Agile Framework 268 Benefits of Scaling Frameworks 268 Drawbacks of Leveraging Scaling Frameworks 269 Summary 270 Q&A 271 Further Resources 273 Footnotes 274 Chapter 10 Unlocking Agility: A Strategic Roadmap 277 Unlocking Enterprise Agility: A High-Level Strategic Roadmap 278 Partnered Transition (Wave 1) 279 Self-Guided (Wave 2) 280 Innate (Wave 3) 281 What Agility Looks Like in Action: Applying the Five Dimensions of Organizational Agility 283 Technology 284 Organizational Design 285 People 285 Leadership 287 Culture 288 Identifying and Driving Change Through an Organizational Improvement Backlog 289 Unlocking Agility in an Agile Manner 289 Step 1: Define and Communicate a Clear Purpose for the Transformation 290 Step 2: Identify Key Impediments Preventing Us from Reaching the Goal 290 Step 3: Build and Execute the Transformation Backlog 294 Step 4: Maintain Momentum: Continuously Monitor Progress, Communicate Results, Seek Feedback, and Celebrate Failures 300 Top 10 Items Leading to Transformation Failure 303 Seven Signs You’re on Your Way to Unlocking Agility 308 The Road Ahead: Now What? 311 Summary 312 Q&A 313 Further Resources 314 Footnotes 315 Index 317
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Supply Chain Management An Introduction to Logistics
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Senior Executive Reward
Book SynopsisExecutive pay remains a contentious topic for many organizations. Unfortunately for company executives, much of the writing about it is either sensationalist or highly academic; none of it much help to the reader looking for a balanced and informed view of the subject. Sandy Pepper provides company executives, investors, and advisers with a summary of the main theories (from economics, game theory and the behavioural sciences) and best practices (in corporate governance, tax, accounting, compliance and so on) that relate to the compensation of senior executives. He also reviews the current state of corporate governance as it affects executive reward in Europe and the US. And he backs the text up with case study examples. Senior Executive Reward is an intelligent, practical and balanced explanation of the basis on which modern executives are compensated - and why. It is must-have reading for anyone who is interested in the complex and often controversial topic of executive pay, particTrade Review'This book is one of the most intelligent and well-written books on executive remuneration that I have ever come across. Resisting the hyperbole which so often surrounds this issue, it looks at executive remuneration not only from a financial perspective, but also factors in the human element...[this book] starts by looking at all the basic elements which go towards making a 'total pay' package, base salary, an annual bonus typically tied to financial performance, an equity plan or some other form of long-term incentive arrangement and a retirement scheme, as well as other potential special benefits which might accrue including the often hotly debated severance package. Then separate chapters look at the four basic factors determining senior executive reward: economic models; psychology, sociology and organisational behaviour; corporate governance; and tax and accounting. Finally, the themes throughout the book are drawn together into a really practical framework for designing senior executive reward strategies. This really is a book that no-one on the remuneration committee should be without.' The Non-Executive Director 'Only very few books on senior executive reward are able to combine both a practical view and a theoretical perspective. Sandy Pepper presents every important aspect of this highly controversial topic in a comprehensive and unbiased manner. This is a very useful book, not only for compensation specialists, but for anybody who wants to obtain a broader perspective on this highly emotive issue.' Olaf Lang, Global Head Compensation Management Private Banking, Credit Suisse '...it is hard to find literature that acknowledges the differences in practice between countries while pulling out the common threads. Another difficulty is treading a path between academic research and practical application. This is why Senior Executive Reward is such a find. ...There can be no doubt that senior executive reward is a tricky area and Sandy Pepper does not dTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Compensation, Benefits and Incentives; Chapter 3 Economic Models; Chapter 4 Psychology, Sociology and Organisational Behaviour; Chapter 5 Corporate Governance; Chapter 6 Tax and Accounting; Chapter 7 Turning Theory Into Practice;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Human Performance in Planning and Scheduling
Book SynopsisUnderstanding how to make the best of human skills and knowledge is essential in the design of technology and jobs, particularly where these involve decision-making and uncertainty. Recent developments have been made in naturalistic decision-making, distributed cognition and situational awareness, particularly with respect to aviation, transport and strategic planning, the nuclear industry and other high-risk industries.Despite the integration of computer-based support systems in production scheduling in recent years, the reality is that most enterprises consist of reactive re-scheduling, involving a high degree of human involvement. It is often with the insight, knowledge and skills of people that scheduling skills can function with any degree of success.Human Performance in Planning and Scheduling covers many industries, including clothing, steel, machine tools, paper/board, and the automobile industry. Using international case studies from various manufacturing industriesTable of ContentsPART ONE: THE RE-EMERGENCE OF THE DOMAIN 1. Introduction and Context 2. From Anecdotes to Theory Part Two: Field Studies of Planners, Schedulers and Industrial Practice 3. The Scheduler-Supervisor Relationship: Linking Schedule Generation and Schedule Execution 4. Investigating the Planning and Scheduling System of a Company: A Case Study of a Clothing Manufacturer 5. Accounting for the Human in Scheduling Systems: A Sociotechnical View 6. Capturing and Understanding the Job of a Scheduler in Manufacturing: A Detailed Case Study 7. Human Factors in the Planning and Scheduling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems 8. A Case Study of Scheduling Practice at a Machine Tool Manufacturer Part Three: 9. Design of a Knowledge Based Scheduling System for a Paper/Board Manufacturer 10. Design and Implementation of an Effective Decision Support System: A Case Study in the Steel Industry 11. A Field Test of a Prototype Scheduling System in a Machine Tool Manufacturer 12. Architecture and Interface Aspects of Scheduling Decision Support 13. Designing and Using an Integrated Production Planning System Based on Task Division Between Human and Computer Part Four: Context and Environment for Planning and Scheduling 14. Assessing the Effectiveness of Information for Manufacturing Control 15. Handling Increased Complexity and Product Variety in Automotive Manufacture 16. A Systematic and Sociotechnical Approach for the Design of a Planning and Scheduling System: Towards Controllable Manufacturing Cells 17. A Systems Approach to Human Scheduling 18. The Meaning of Time: A View of Human Planning and Scheduling 19. Ten Years On - A Reflective View of Research on Human Factors in Planning and Scheduling PART FIVE: DEFINING THE FUTURE RESEARCH DOMAIN 20. A Research Agenda 21 Conclusions Context 2. From Anecdotes to Theory Part Two: Field Studies of Planners, Schedulers and Industrial Practice 3. The Scheduler-Supervisor Relationship: Linking Schedule Generation and Schedule Execution 4. Investigating the Planning and Scheduling System of a Company: A Case Study of a Clothing Manufacturer 5. Accounting for the Human in Scheduling Systems: A Sociotechnical View 6. Capturing and Understanding the Job of a Scheduler in Manufacturing: A Detailed Case Study 7. Human Factors in the Planning and Scheduling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems 8. A Case Study of Scheduling Practice at a Machine Tool Manufacturer Part Three: 9. Design of a Knowledge Based Scheduling System for a Paper Board Manufacturer 10. Design and Implementation of an Effective Decision Support System: A Case Study in the Steel Industry 11. A Field Test of a Prototype Scheduling System in a Machine Tool Manufacturer 12. Architecture and Interface Aspects of Scheduling Decision Support 13. Designing and Using an Integrated Production Planning System Based on Task Division Between Human and Computer Part Four: Context and Environment for Planning and Scheduling 14. Assessing the Effectiveness of Information for Manufacturing Control 15. Handling Increased Complexity and Product Variety in Automotive Manufacture 16.A Systematic and Sociotechnical Approach for the Design of a Planning and Scheduling System: Towards Controllable Manufacturing Cells 17. A Systems Approach to Human Scheduling 18. The Meaning of Time: A View of Human Planning and Scheduling 19. Ten Years On - A Reflective View of Research on Human Factors in Planning and Scheduling Part Five: Defining the Future Research Domain 20. A Research Agenda 21 Conclusions
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Intercultural Management
Book SynopsisChristoph Barmeyer is Professor of Intercultural Communication at the University of Passau, Germany.Peter Franklin is Professor of Intercultural Business and Management Communication at HTWG Konstanz University of Applied Sciences, Germany.Trade Review'Rather than experiencing cultural differences as threats to be overcome, Barmeyer and Franklin challenge the reader to experience and enjoy the richness of cultural diversity with in-depth case studies that go beyond stereotypical representations of cultural differences. This book is not only a valuable resource for cross-cultural management scholars and educators, but also a useful addition to any executive's library.' - Gunter Stahl, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria 'Intercultural Management addresses one of the most important issues of the 21st century: how people from around the world can work well together. It is not a question of merely recognizing differences, but rather leveraging and appreciating global diversity. Franklin and Barmeyer guide readers through the complexities of human dynamics and offer much needed analysis and advice.' - Nancy J. Adler, McGill University, Canada 'For the first time, a book that brings together theory, practice and reflective application homogeneously. The succinct approach and clarity of thought makes for an ideal resource for both students and academics alike.' - Meena Chavan, Macquarie University, Australia 'For too long the treatment of culture in management research and education has remained detached from work place settings. At last we have a well-conceived, ground-breaking book that is replete with solution-oriented, up-to-date cases for students and practitioners.' - Nigel Holden, Leeds University Business School, UK 'This is the perfect text for students and researchers who require case studies which treat culture as a complex and contextual influence. They present entertaining and engaging scenarios which get to the heart of the role of culture in today's transnational business environment and encourage the reader to explore and question a wide variety of managerial dilemmas.' - Fiona Moore, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK 'Finally, a management book on culture that doesn't reduce this important concept to simplistic, wholistic, nomothetic, value-based dimensions that do more harm than good in guiding intercultural interactions! Taking a dynamic, non-North American perspective, this book goes far in offering authentic, reflective, and practical guidance for practitioners as well as academics who want an up-close and genuine understanding of the culture in today's complex global business context.' - Mary Yoko Brannen, University of Victoria, Canada 'This book is a very valuable resource on culture in management - the texts, cases and examples are highly insightful not only for students, but also for executives. The book helps readers on their journey towards improving intercultural competencies.' - Stefan Schmid, ESCP Europe Business School, GermanyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Introduction: An Alternative Approach to Intercultural Management – From Otherness to Synergy PART 1: Understanding Otherness and Discord 1 Understanding Otherness and Discord: A Necessary but Insufficient First Step towards Generating Complementarity and Synergy from Cultural Diversity 2 Harmonizing Expectations: NSF International's Experience in Shanghai 3 Planning a Sino-British Collaborative Workshop: Negotiating Preferences and Achieving Synergy 4 Intercultural Challenges in International Mergers and Acquisitions: A German-Bulgarian-Romanian Case Study 5 How to Implement Change in a Post-acquisition Multicultural Context: The Lafarge Experience in Britain 6 The Intercultural Challenge of Building the European eSports League for Video Gaming 7 Leading Change in Mergers and Acquisitions in Asia-Pacific 8 Smart Spacing: The Impact of Locations on Intercultural Trust-building and Decision-making 9 IKEA's Ethical Dilemmas in Saudi Arabia PART 2: Applying Competencies and Resources 10 Applying Competencies and Resources: Handling Cultural Otherness as the Second Step towards Generating Complementarity and Synergy from Cultural Diversity 11 Adidas and Reebok: What Expatriate Managers Need to Manage M & A's across Cultures 12 Virtual Chaos at WORLDWIDE Rx: How Cultural Intelligence Can Turn Problems into Solutions 13 Cultural Intelligence at Work – A Case Study from Thailand 14 Cultural Aspects of Offshoring to India PART 3: Achieving Complementarity and Synergy 15 Achieving Complementarity and Synergy: The Third Step to Leveraging Diversity in Intercultural Management 16 Future+: Intercultural Challenges and Success Factors in an International Virtual Project Team 17 A Tough Day for a French Expatriate in Vietnam: The Management of a Large International Infrastructure Project 18 Japan Tobacco International: Managing and Leveraging Cultural Diversity 19 Leveraging the Benefits of Diversity and Biculturalism through Organizational Design 20 Going Global versus Staying Local: The Performance Management Dilemma in the International Context 21 A Parcel to Spain: Reconciling Cultural and Managerial Dilemmas Caused by the Implementation of Corporate Culture Instruments 22 Managing Glocally: Resolving Intercultural Challenges in the Management of Local Multicultural Teams in a Multinational Venture 23 Strategic Alliances and Intercultural Organizational Change: The Renault-Nissan case List of Contributors.
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Taylor & Francis Inc PerformanceBased Medicine
Book SynopsisWith healthcare making the transition from volume-based reimbursement programs to value-based approaches, understanding performance measurement is vital to optimize payment and quality outcomes. Performance-Based Medicine: Creating the High Performance Network to Optimize Managed Care Relationships guides readers through the maze of definitions and discussions related to value-based purchasing, healthcare delivery, and pricing. It tackles the question of how hospitals, HMOs, physician groups, and employers can arrive at an optimized reimbursement cost and coverage access decision that is attractive to consumers yet fulfills the need for a working margin.The book begins by looking at HMOs and the three key factorsreimbursement, coordination, and performancethat have led toward performance-based contracting. Laying the foundation for clearer communication between physician hospitals and purchasers, the author defines important concepts in the discussion,Trade ReviewBill De Marco draws upon his extensive experience to provide a comprehensive and detailed discussion of performance-driven improvement in healthcare. There is much here of value to policy makers, healthcare system leaders and anyone who wishes to have an in-depth and practical understanding of how to improve healthcare performance and how to align payment to drive better performance. Healthcare continues to be in crisis and in need of further reform, and Bill helps leaders understand the steps they need to take to get that done.—George J. Isham, MD, Chief Health Officer, HealthPartnersReal health reform must solve deep systemic problems in the delivery of medical services, not just the way we pay for care. This latest book by Bill De Marco presents a realistic and practical blueprint for fixing the system at its base. Performance-Based Medicine: Creating the High Performance Network to Optimize Managed Care, not the Affordable Care Act, should be required reading for all who really want to build a new and better health system. —Jeff Bauer, PhD, author of Paradox and Imperatives in Health Care and Statistical Analysis for Decision-Makers in Health CareI feel fortunate to have been given the opportunity to review and endorse Mr. De Marco’s amazing new book, Performance-Based Medicine: Creating the High Performance Network to Optimize Managed Care. This book is particularly remarkable in that it focuses not just on pay-for-performance and performance-based medicine, but truly on the provider side of innovating managed care and embracing pay-for-performance. This provider focus emphasizes physician organizations, and transitioning the delivery of actual healthcare to one that rewards clinical excellence, benchmarked performance attainment, and improving purchaser value. This focus of the managed care enterprise from the physician’s perspective, especially in the contexts of performance benchmarking and Lean engineering, is truly unique just by itself. But Bill De Marco, goes a few steps further. As we’re now seeing with the rise of state healthcare exchanges, accountable care organizations, and attempts by purchasers to narrow their provider markets according to their own metrics, Mr. De Marco has hit a "home run" with his book: He has shown how to re-engineer clinical pathways and disease processes – even with free, public-domain tools – to add value in ways that most emerging ACOs and healthcare exchanges have not yet realized how limited their value will be without moving toward value-based care and performance-based contracting. I was particularly impressed with the findings shared by Bill De Marco in describing Episode Treatment Groups® (ETGs®) and their syntheses of complex and statistically-valid disease management datasets in ways that the healthcare market is just beginning to realize. For example, I can easily see Bill’s descriptions of ETGs as transforming pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) away from micro-managing consumption to setting clinical pathways, specific to disease states and their co-morbidities, and therein rewarding benchmark attainments and disease adaptations of specific people. This model is truly the ultimate goal of Paying-for-Performance and transitioning to Performance-Based Metrics, designed to improve clinical care, adherence to healthier lifestyles, optimal disease adaptation, morbidity and mortality prevention, as well as assurance of improved clinical outcomes – all of which purchasers (including CMS) have always wanted to buy from health plans and managed care organizations but have never been able to do so. With Mr. De Marco’s new book, Performance-Based Medicine, these market transformations can finally occur and at the broadest levels within a newly re-emerging U.S. healthcare delivery system. Great job, Bill!—David I. Samuels, author of Managed Health Care in the New Millennium Bill De Marco draws upon his extensive experience to provide a comprehensive and detailed discussion of performance-driven improvement in healthcare. There is much here of value to policy makers, healthcare system leaders and anyone who wishes to have an in-depth and practical understanding of how to improve healthcare performance and how to align payment to drive better performance. Healthcare continues to be in crisis and in need of further reform, and Bill helps leaders understand the steps they need to take to get that done.—George J. Isham, MD, Chief Health Officer, HealthPartnersReal health reform must solve deep systemic problems in the delivery of medical services, not just the way we pay for care. This latest book by Bill De Marco presents a realistic and practical blueprint for fixing the system at its base. Performance-Based Medicine: Creating the High Performance Network to Optimize Managed Care, not the Affordable Care Act, should be required reading for all who really want to build a new and better health system.—Jeff Bauer, PhD, author of Paradox and Imperatives in Health Care and Statistical Analysis for Decision-Makers in Health CareI feel fortunate to have been given the opportunity to review and endorse Mr. De Marco’s amazing new book, Performance-Based Medicine: Creating the High Performance Network to Optimize Managed Care. This book is particularly remarkable in that it focuses not just on pay-for-performance and performance-based medicine, but truly on the provider side of innovating managed care and embracing pay-for-performance. This provider focus emphasizes physician organizations, and transitioning the delivery of actual healthcare to one that rewards clinical excellence, benchmarked performance attainment, and improving purchaser value. This focus of the managed care enterprise from the physician’s perspective, especially in the contexts of performance benchmarking and Lean engineering, is truly unique just by itself. But Bill De Marco, goes a few steps further. As we’re now seeing with the rise of state healthcare exchanges, accountable care organizations, and attempts by purchasers to narrow their provider markets according to their own metrics, Mr. De Marco has hit a "home run" with his book: He has shown how to re-engineer clinical pathways and disease processes – even with free, public-domain tools – to add value in ways that most emerging ACOs and healthcare exchanges have not yet realized how limited their value will be without moving toward value-based care and performance-based contracting. I was particularly impressed with the findings shared by Bill De Marco in describing Episode Treatment Groups® (ETGs®) and their syntheses of complex and statistically-valid disease management datasets in ways that the healthcare market is just beginning to realize. For example, I can easily see Bill’s descriptions of ETGs as transforming pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) away from micro-managing consumption to setting clinical pathways, specific to disease states and their co-morbidities, and therein rewarding benchmark attainments and disease adaptations of specific people. This model is truly the ultimate goal of Paying-for-Performance and transitioning to Performance-Based Metrics, designed to improve clinical care, adherence to healthier lifestyles, optimal disease adaptation, morbidity and mortality prevention, as well as assurance of improved clinical outcomes – all of which purchasers (including CMS) have always wanted to buy from health plans and managed care organizations but have never been able to do so. With Mr. De Marco’s new book, Performance-Based Medicine, these market transformations can finally occur and at the broadest levels within a newly re-emerging U.S. healthcare delivery system. Great job, Bill!—David I. Samuels, author of Managed Health Care in the New Millennium Table of ContentsIntroduction. Integration and HMOs: How Did We Get This So Wrong? Performance Measurement: A Science with No Followers. Reimbursement: From Fee for Service to Risk Adjusters. Early Pay-for-Performance. Performance Language and Practice. Reengineering. Challenges. International Reform. Getting Started. The Future of Performance-Based Medicine. Appendices.
£58.89
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC How to be an Outstanding Nursery Leader
Book SynopsisNursery leaders play a crucial role in the overall smooth running of their nursery, as they are ultimately in charge of the recruitment of staff, child protection and development, and health and safety. They are responsible for writing and implementing policies and procedures that require current, up-to-date knowledge and for ensuring that legislation is being followed at all times. Most importantly, nursery leaders are key to achieving an ''outstanding'' grade from Ofsted in all areas of nursery life.How to be an Outstanding Nursery Leader covers common everyday situations, such as staffing and potential problems, and is a useful tool for anyone enrolled on the CACHE Level 4 Certificate for the Early Years Advanced Practitioner. Allison Lee uses her wealth of experience to explore important aspects of management, including effective staff meetings, appraisals and supervisions, to help a nursery leader get the best from their team and earn that all-important ''outstanding'' gradTrade ReviewA credible must-read for all those involved in providing care, learning and play for children in their earliest years. There is no formula to achieve an 'outstanding' Ofsted rating; however, Allison Lee provides insight into what must be in place to maximise potential. * Cathleen Howarth, Former Ofsted Early Years Inspector *This handy, accessible book would be a very useful addition to any aspiring or experienced nursery leader's bookshelf. Detailed sections describing new responsibilities for health and wellbeing and the continuing support for children with additional needs are particularly helpful. * Sally Featherstone, Early Years Consultant and Author *
£15.29
Rethink Press Limited Help Wanted
£16.19
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Aircraft Maintenance Programs
Book SynopsisThis book provides the first comprehensive comparison of the Aircraft Maintenance Program (AMP) requirements of the two most widely known aviation regulators: the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It offers an in-depth examination of the elements of an AMP, explaining the aircraft accident investigations and events that have originated and modelled the current rules. By introducing the Triangle of Airworthiness model (Reliability, Quality and Safety), the book enables easier understanding of the processes by which an aircraft and its components are deemed to be in a safe condition for operation from a cost-effective and optimization perspective. The book compares the best practices used by top airlines and compiles a series of tools and techniques to improve the standards of the AMP. Aircraft maintenance engineers, students in the field of aerospace engineering, and airlines staff, as well as researchers more widely interested in safety, quality, and reliability will benefit from reading this bookTable of ContentsIntroduction.- Part I: Regulatory Environment.- ICAO and the Aviation Authorities.- The Story of Airworthiness Approvals and Certifications.- Continuing Airworthiness Management – Organization and AMP Requirements.- Instructions for Continuing Airworthiness (ICA).- Part II: Aircraft Maintenance Programs: Content and Management.- AMP Content & Maintenance Planning Document (MPD).- AMP Primary Sources.- AMP Secondary Sources: Ageing Aircraft.- AMP Secondary Sources: MCAI. Modifications, Repairs and Non-Mandatory Recommendations.- AMP Secondary Sources: Operational Requirements and Changes to the Operation Type.- Components Maintenance Program.- AMP Task Interval Management.- AMP Evolution/Optimization.- Maintenance Checks and Bridge Programs.- Aircraft Induction.- Critical Maintenance Tasks/Required Inspection Items.- Part III: The Reliability Program.- Reliability Program Regulatory Requirements.- Reliability Program Process.- AMP Task Effectiveness.- Reliability Analysis Results.- Part IV: The AMP in the Engineering & Maintenance Organization Context.- The Engineering & Maintenance Organization.- Interface of the Maintenance Program with Other Functions.- Impact of the AMP Revision on the Organization.- Part V: Safety Management: Hazards and Safety Risks.- Human Factors.- Organizational Factors.- Safety Programs.- Part V: Quality Improvement Tools and Methods.- Audits.- Problem Solving.- Continuous Improvement Methodologies and Tools.- Decision Making.- Innovation.
£94.99
Springer Sustainable Performance in the Digital Age
Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2. General definition & Terminology.- 3. A Little Bit of History.- 4. Impact on business of current context and constraints as well as future trends.- 5. Individual key concepts and perspectives.- 6. Combined concepts' and perspectives.- 7. Key Steps and roadmap for efficient combination.- 8. Business cases and perspectives.- 9. Conclusion.- 10. Glossary.- 11. Full bibliography.
£71.24
Gabler Produktionstheorie
Book SynopsisDas didaktisch gut aufbereitete Lehrbuch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die verschiedenen Entwicklungslinien der Produktionstheorie von ihren Ursprüngen in der Mikroökonomie bis hin zum aktuellen Stand der Forschung. Dabei werden Umweltbeziehungen der Produktion sowie die Verknüpfung der Produktionstheorie mit der anwendungsorientierten Produktionsplanung einbezogen.Trade Review"Ein interessantes, informatives und lesenswertes Buch [...]" zfbf - Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung, Ausgabe 9/2000Table of Contents1. Einführung.- 1.1 Grundbegriffe.- 1.1.1 Produktion und Produktionsfaktoren.- 1.1.2 Produktionsfunktionen und Produktionskorrespondenzen.- 1.1.3 Messen und Bewerten.- 1.1.4 Effizienz und Produktivität.- 1.2 Systematisierung von Produktionsmodellen.- 1.2.1 Anzahl der Produktionsfaktoren und Produkte.- 1.2.2 Komplexität des Produktionsprozesses.- 1.2.3 Substitutionalität und Limitationalität.- 1.2.4 Erfassung des Zeitablaufs der Produktion.- 1.3 Entwicklung der Produktionstheorie.- 2. Ertragsgesetzliche Produktionsfunktionen.- 2.1 Die klassische Produktionsfunktion.- 2.1.1 Ausgangspunkt.- 2.1.2 Die Produktionsfunktion.- 2.1.3 Die Kostenfunktion.- 2.1.4 Beurteilung der klassischen Produktionsfunktion.- 2.2 Die neoklassische Produktionsfunktion.- 2.2.1 Eigenschaften der neoklassischen Produktionsfunktion.- 2.2.1.1 Totale Faktorvariation.- 2.2.1.2 Partielle Faktorvariation.- 2.2.1.3 Isoquante.- 2.2.1.4 Typen neoklassischer Produktionsfunktionen.- 2.2.2 Produktionsplanung im Rahmen der neoklassischen Produktionstheorie.- 2.2.2.1 Kostenminimierung.- 2.2.2.2 Gewinnmaximierung.- 2.2.3 Geltungsbereich der neoklassischen Produktionsfunktion.- 2.3 Die lineare Aktivitätsanalyse.- 2.3.1 Grundbegriffe.- 2.3.1.1 Proportionalität.- 2.3.1.2 Additivität.- 2.3.1.3 Möglichkeit der Verschwendung.- 2.3.1.4 Lineare Technologien.- 2.3.1.5 Exkurs: Grundbegriffe der parametrischen linearen Programmierung.- 2.3.2 Analyse der Produktionsfunktion.- 2.3.2.1 Totale Faktorvariation.- 2.3.2.2 Einproduktfall.- 2.3.2.2.1 Produktionsfunktion bei partieller Faktorvariation.- 2.3.2.2.2 Faktoreinsatzfunktion.- 2.3.2.2.3 Isoquante.- 2.3.2.3 Mehrproduktfall.- 2.3.2.4 Berücksichtigung von Umweltgütern.- 2.3.2.4.1 Problemstellung.- 2.3.2.4.2 Lineare Technologie mit Umweltgütern.- 2.3.2.4.3 Darstellung verschiedener Prozeßtypen.- 2.3.2.4.4 Analyse einer linearen Technologie mit Umweltgütern.- 2.3.2.4.5 Bedeutung von Umweltgütern.- 2.3.3 Produktionsplanung im Rahmen der linearen Aktivitätsanalyse.- 2.3.3.1 Kostenminimierung.- 2.3.3.2 Gewinnmaximierung.- 2.3.3.3 Verallgemeinerung.- 2.3.4 Beurteilung der linearen Aktivitätsanalyse.- 3. Betriebswirtschaftliche Produktionsfunktionen.- 3.1 Die GUTENBERG-Produktionsfunktion.- 3.1.1 Grundbegriffe.- 3.1.1.1 Ausgangspunkt.- 3.1.1.2 Anpassungsformen.- 3.1.1.3 Verbrauchsfunktion und Faktoreinsatzfunktion.- 3.1.1.4 Technologiemenge der GUTENBERG-Produktionsfunktion.- 3.1.2 Kostenverläufe bei den einzelnen Anpassungsformen.- 3.1.2.1 Zeitliche Anpassung.- 3.1.2.2 Quantitative Anpassung.- 3.1.2.3 Intensitätsmäßige Anpassung.- 3.1.3 Wahl der Anpassungsformen.- 3.1.3.1 Quantitative Anpassung oder Überstunden.- 3.1.3.2 Zeitliche oder intensitätsmäßige Anpassung.- 3.1.3.3 Intensitätssplitting.- 3.1.3.4 Kostenminimaler Anpassungspfad.- 3.1.4 Berücksichtigung von Umweltschutzrestriktionen.- 3.1.4.1 Abgabensteuerung.- 3.1.4.2 Auflagensteuerung.- 3.1.4.3 Recycling.- 3.1.4.4 Ergebnisse.- 3.1.5 Beurteilung der GUTENBERG-Produktionsfunktion.- 3.2 Die HEINEN-Produktionsfunktion.- 3.2.1 Das Konzept der Elementarkombination.- 3.2.1.1 Begriffsbestimmungen.- 3.2.1.2 Typen von Elementarkombinationen.- 3.2.2 Die Erklärung des Faktorverbrauchs einer Elementarkombination.- 3.2.2.1 Verbrauch an Repetierfaktoren.- 3.2.2.2 Verbrauch an Potentialfaktoren.- 3.2.3 Die Wiederholungsfunktion.- 3.2.3.1 Primäre Elementarkombinationen.- 3.2.3.2 Sekundäre Elementarkombinationen.- 3.2.3.3 Tertiäre Elementarkombinationen.- 3.2.4 Aufstellung der Produktions- und Kostenfunktion.- 3.2.5 Beurteilung der HEINEN-Produktionsfunktion.- 3.3 Die betriebswirtschaftliche Input/Output-Analyse.- 3.3.1 Ausgangspunkt.- 3.3.2 Darstellungsformen der Input/Output-Analyse.- 3.3.2.1 Input/Output-Graphen und-Matrizen.- 3.3.2.2 Gleichungssystem.- 3.3.2.3 Transformationsfunktionen.- 3.3.3 Anwendung der Input/Output-Analyse.- 3.3.3.1 Produktionsmodell.- 3.3.3.2 Kostenmodell.- 3.3.4 Beurteilung der betriebswirtschaftlichen Input/Output-Analyse.- 4. Dynamische Produktionsfunktionen.- 4.1 Kurzfristige dynamische Produktionsfunktionen.- 4.1.1 Die Produktionsfunktion von KÜPPER.- 4.1.1.1 Ausgangspunkt.- 4.1.1.2 Grundmodell.- 4.1.1.3 Beispiel zur dynamischen Produktionsfunktion.- 4.1.1.4 Erweiterungen.- 4.1.1.5 Beurteilung der Produktionsfunktion von KÜPPER.- 4.1.2 Die Produktionsfunktion von MATTHES.- 4.1.2.1 Ausgangspunkt.- 4.1.2.2 Aufbau des Modells.- 4.1.2.3 Beurteilung der Produktionsfunktion von MATTHES.- 4.2 Langfristige dynamische Produktionsfunktionen.- 4.2.1 Das Putty-Clay-Modell.- 4.2.2 Entwicklung der Produktionsmöglichkeiten im Zeitablauf.- 4.2.2.1 Ausgangspunkt.- 4.2.2.2 Technologiewahl ohne technischen Fortschritt.- 4.2.2.3 Technologiewahl mit technischem Fortschritt bei allen Einsatzfaktoren.- 4.2.2.4 Technologiewahl mit technischem Fortschritt bei einem Einsatzfaktor.- 4.2.2.5 Technologiewahl bei Faktoreinsatzmengenbeschränkungen.- 4.2.2.6 Entwicklung der Technologiemenge im Zeitablauf.- 4.3 Weitere Ansätze der dynamischen Produktionstheorie.- 5. Neuere Entwicklungen der Produktionstheorie.- 5.1 Die strukturalistische Produktionstheorie.- 5.1.1 Die Formalsprache der strukturalistischen Produktionstheorie.- 5.1.2 Beurteilung der strukturalistischen Produktionstheorie.- 5.2 Die Theorie unscharfer Produktionsfunktionen.- 5.2.1 Unsicherheit in der Produktionstheorie.- 5.2.2 Hilfsmittel der unscharfen Produktionstheorie.- 5.2.3 Unscharfe Input/Output-Analyse.- 5.2.4 Beurteilung der unscharfen Produktionstheorie.- 5.3 Die Theorie der Dienstleistungsproduktion.- 5.3.1 Besonderheiten der Produktion von Dienstleistungen.- 5.3.2 Sichtweisen der Dienstleistungsproduktion.- 5.3.3 Phasen der Dienstleistungsproduktion.- 5.3.3.1 Die Einsatzfaktoren der Dienstleistungsproduktion.- 5.3.3.2 Der Transformationsprozeß der Dienstleistungsproduktion.- 5.3.3.3 Das Produkt der Dienstleistungsproduktion.- 5.3.4 Beurteilung der Theorie der Dienstleistungsproduktion.- 6. Zusammenfassung und Ausblick.- Stichwortverzeichnis.
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