Purpose The paper examines academic historians' information interactions with material from digital historical-newspaper collections as the research process unfolds. Design/methodology/approach The study employed qualitative analysis from in-depth interviews with Finnish history scholars who use...

A traditional lean transformation process does not validate the future state before implementation, relying instead on a series of iterations to modify the system until performance is satisfactory. An enhanced lean process that includes future state validation before implementation is presented....

This slide presentation describes the origin, approach and deliverables of course Org. Dynm.633, on “Leadership from the Middle” (LftM). Course participants were middle managers taking responsibility without authority for producing results in uncertain organizational environments, under high...

The application of mass customization in the food industry requires an appropriate system design to meet the customers' needs and wants. One of the systems is the modularization concept for product design. The application of the modularization concept will impact manufacturing systems. Modular...

Der Beitrag befasst sich mit dem Prozess der Integration von Lern- und Assistenzsystemen (LAS) in Arbeitssysteme in der Produktion. Ziel eines solchen Prozesses ist es, die Potenziale eines akzeptierten, lernförderlichen und wirtschaftlichen Nutzen generierenden LAS für spezifische...

The application of mass customization in the food industry requires an appropriate system design to meet the customers' needs and wants. One of the systems is the modularization concept for product design. The application of the modularization concept will impact manufacturing systems. Modular...

Demand forecasting and capacity management are complicated tasks for emergency healthcare services due to the uncertainty, complex relationships, and high public exposure involved. Published research does not show integrated solutions to these tasks. Thus, the objective of this paper is to...

A traditional lean transformation process does not validate the future state before implementation, relying instead on a series of iterations to modify the system until performance is satisfactory. An enhanced lean process that includes future state validation before implementation is presented....

Under the influence of the economic conditions and the pressure to withstand market competition, companies nowadays should become more and more interested in differentiating their products relative to other businesses in the industry. In this context the concept of positive variation is one of...

Biorefineries, especially if based on woody biomass, may cause significant changes to the forest and wood-based industry. The resulting changes may, in turn, affect the economic feasibility of lignocellulosic biofuels production. In this article, we introduce a spatial partial equilibrium model...