Pub Date : 1995-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.1995.524594
M.L. Rego, L. C. de Sá Carvalho
The present work deals with R&D engineering project management. Classical mechanisms and tools for project management are presented and a systemic model is proposed emphasizing the study of qualitative multidimensional relationships between systems and subsystems. The proposed model defines five main systems (or "environments"): the organization, the project, the customer, the "project management tools and techniques", and "other associated projects". Such a model provides a qualitative framework for analysis and observations of complex situations usually found in R&D projects. The relationships are not restricted to the mechanisms and techniques generally applied, but a holistic and systemic approach is considered regarding other factors like inter-personnel conflicts and exchanges. In order to optimize and to establish better definitions for the system's and relationships of the proposed model, a qualitative and exploratory field-research was carried out among some Brazilian organizations developing R&D projects.
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Pub Date : 1995-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.1995.523926
Diao Shuo, Zhang Xue
In this paper, the authors describe a technology using client/server computing for use in a dynamic scheduling system solving a continual manufacture management problem.
在本文中，作者描述了一种使用客户机/服务器计算的技术用于解决连续生产管理问题的动态调度系统。
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Pub Date : 1995-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.1995.523907
D. Methe
This paper examines the role played by the Korean government in developing an innovation community through the initiation of a national research project. Called the highly advanced nation (HAN) project, its goal is to increase the capabilities of the innovation community to conduct forward engineering. The organizational structure of the HAN project is examined to determine which agencies play the key roles in managing and conducting the research. The results show a shift rewards business organizations as the key conductors of the research, and also highlights changes in the management role played by government.
{"title":"Moving into the technological fast lane: from reverse to forward engineering through the establishment of innovation communities in Korea","authors":"D. Methe","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1995.523907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1995.523907","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the role played by the Korean government in developing an innovation community through the initiation of a national research project. Called the highly advanced nation (HAN) project, its goal is to increase the capabilities of the innovation community to conduct forward engineering. The organizational structure of the HAN project is examined to determine which agencies play the key roles in managing and conducting the research. The results show a shift rewards business organizations as the key conductors of the research, and also highlights changes in the management role played by government.","PeriodicalId":231067,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings for Operating Research and the Management Sciences","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131787566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1995-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.1995.524596
J. Boarder
System engineering is part of the whole engineering process; a managed process, laying down concepts, processes, organisations and management structures which other parts of engineering support. System engineering is distinguished from systems engineering so that engineering management is clear over what system engineering is for (why system engineering?), what it does, how it does it and what it uses. In addressing these issues, a framework is established aiding both system engineering and engineering management. Overall, system engineering is shown to be a goal directed process set in a business opportunity environment, driven by market requirements and addressing issues of customer and end-user need. This process has implications for educating system engineers and engineering managers. System engineering is particularly relevant to the Asia-Pacific region as an emerging trend influencing global engineering management.
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Pub Date : 1995-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.1995.524586
W. K. Hoehn
This paper describes the approach Hughes Aircraft Company is using to integrate six sigma and robust design approaches on major quality management programs. Six sigma and robust design techniques must be tightly coupled to ensure that a design is both manufacturable and also serves the needs of the customer. Because of the need to ensure customer satisfaction early in the design life cycle, Hughes Aircraft Company has made the development and deployment of six sigma and robust design a top priority. This paper describes how Hughes is linking six sigma and robust design to ensure customer satisfaction.
{"title":"Robust designs through design to six sigma manufacturability","authors":"W. K. Hoehn","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1995.524586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1995.524586","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the approach Hughes Aircraft Company is using to integrate six sigma and robust design approaches on major quality management programs. Six sigma and robust design techniques must be tightly coupled to ensure that a design is both manufacturable and also serves the needs of the customer. Because of the need to ensure customer satisfaction early in the design life cycle, Hughes Aircraft Company has made the development and deployment of six sigma and robust design a top priority. This paper describes how Hughes is linking six sigma and robust design to ensure customer satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":231067,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings for Operating Research and the Management Sciences","volume":"259 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133124018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1995-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.1995.524585
L. Doukas, W. Parkins, C. Jeyaratnam
This paper addresses a quality function deployment (QFD) methodology for understanding and integrating user quality factor requirements into system design. A modified analytic hierarchy process is used to determine the relative importance of each requirement. The main objective of this methodology is to convert each user quality factor requirement into design specifications expressed in producers language. This paper establishes the process and uses a simple well understood problem to test the functionality of the process. A kitchen is used as a hypothetical system to illustrate key steps involved in the QFD process for translating user quality factor requirements into final design specifications.
{"title":"Integrating quality factors into system design","authors":"L. Doukas, W. Parkins, C. Jeyaratnam","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1995.524585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1995.524585","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses a quality function deployment (QFD) methodology for understanding and integrating user quality factor requirements into system design. A modified analytic hierarchy process is used to determine the relative importance of each requirement. The main objective of this methodology is to convert each user quality factor requirement into design specifications expressed in producers language. This paper establishes the process and uses a simple well understood problem to test the functionality of the process. A kitchen is used as a hypothetical system to illustrate key steps involved in the QFD process for translating user quality factor requirements into final design specifications.","PeriodicalId":231067,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings for Operating Research and the Management Sciences","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132527764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1995-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.1995.523904
S. Sankaran
This paper introduces the concept of action learning, its benefits and its introduction, in a local company in Singapore, to develop management skills of engineering managers. The purpose of this paper is to generate interest in a unique management development method to engineering managers and to provide information on how to get started with it.
{"title":"Introducing action learning to develop engineering managers in a business enterprise in Singapore","authors":"S. Sankaran","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1995.523904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1995.523904","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces the concept of action learning, its benefits and its introduction, in a local company in Singapore, to develop management skills of engineering managers. The purpose of this paper is to generate interest in a unique management development method to engineering managers and to provide information on how to get started with it.","PeriodicalId":231067,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings for Operating Research and the Management Sciences","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127435304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1995-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.1995.523921
H. A. Quazi
This paper makes an attempt to illustrate the application of the total quality management (TQM) philosophy in the international technology transfer (ITT) process. It focuses only on the transfer of technology for industrial production plants. Disaggregated analysis of the 'technology transformation' process is used to highlight the use of TQM. AT&T's 'customer-supplier' model of quality is introduced to understand the interactive roles of the parties involved. It is argued that the existing literature does not deal with the issues discussed in this paper. Finally, an integrative ITT-TQM model is suggested to ensure proper assimilation of the imported technology and continuous improvement of the process leading to the satisfaction of the ultimate customers. It is suggested that the success of the model depends on the 'win-win-win' strategies of the suppliers, the process owners and the customers. Empirical research is necessary to validate the applicability of the model.
{"title":"Application of TQM principles in international technology transfer process: an integrative framework","authors":"H. A. Quazi","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1995.523921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1995.523921","url":null,"abstract":"This paper makes an attempt to illustrate the application of the total quality management (TQM) philosophy in the international technology transfer (ITT) process. It focuses only on the transfer of technology for industrial production plants. Disaggregated analysis of the 'technology transformation' process is used to highlight the use of TQM. AT&T's 'customer-supplier' model of quality is introduced to understand the interactive roles of the parties involved. It is argued that the existing literature does not deal with the issues discussed in this paper. Finally, an integrative ITT-TQM model is suggested to ensure proper assimilation of the imported technology and continuous improvement of the process leading to the satisfaction of the ultimate customers. It is suggested that the success of the model depends on the 'win-win-win' strategies of the suppliers, the process owners and the customers. Empirical research is necessary to validate the applicability of the model.","PeriodicalId":231067,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings for Operating Research and the Management Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130107844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1995-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.1995.524605
K. Lee
This paper looks at the variation of research objectives, concurrent engineering processes, research outputs and their industrial applicability of Japan's national collaborative basic research projects. It is observed that various objectives are considered important, projects are important to participating companies but may not be suitable for their industrial strategy; downstream interaction with basic research is insignificant; research outputs consist of more basic knowledge than that for industrial applications, but knowledge transfer to companies consists mainly of knowledge for specific industrial applications; and knowledge for specific applications is considered relatively more applicable in the near, intermediate as well as the distant future.
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Pub Date : 1995-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.1995.524621
S. Ladany
The optimal level to which the mean of a critical variable should be set-up, when the revenue per unit of oversized and undersized items are unequal, has been determined for the case where the variable is distributed normally. It has been proven analytically that the optimal set-up level should not be in the middle, in-between the specification limits, but at a certain distance from it in the direction of the type of nonconforming item which generates a higher economic value per unit. That optimal distance was determined to depend on the spread of the specification limits, and on the relationship between the unit revenues obtained from oversized and undersized items. The use of the optimal set-up level is facilitated by the derivation of a simple closed form formula. The increase in profit-with optimal setup-was found to reach up to about ten percent when the spread of the specification limits is narrow. Sensitivity of the profit to the use of nonoptimal set-up levels was also investigated.
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