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Prioritisation of performance indicators in air cargo demand management: an insight from industry
May, Alexander; Anslow, Adrian; Wu, Yue; Ojiako, Udechukwu - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 19 (2014) 1, pp. 108-113
Purpose – Real operational data are used to optimise the performance measurement of air cargo capacity demand … overview of the development of performance measures useful for air cargo capacity demand management.  …
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Trade liberalization effects on commodity imports in Cameroon
Emmanuel Tambi, N. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 25 (1998) 3, pp. 193-202
Cameroon economy are investigated using cointegration and error‐correction modelling. Disaggregation of total imports into raw … materials, consumer, intermediate and capital goods shows that long‐run relative price elasticities of import demand are greater …
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Using simulation to evaluate a blood supply network in the Canadian maritime provinces
Blake, John; Hardy, Matthew - In: Journal of Enterprise Information Management 26 (2013) 1/2, pp. 119-134
satellite distribution facility. Design/methodology/approach – Simulation models of the existing distribution network and the … case study describing a unique application of simulation methods to an important area of application. It will be of … interest to readers interested in the management of blood supply chains and to researchers applying simulation methods.  …
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On complex adaptive systems and agent‐based modelling for improving decision‐making in manufacturing and logistics settings
Nilsson, Fredrik; Darley, Vince - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 26 (2006) 12, pp. 1351-1373
operations by providing novel insights into modelling and simulation, based on complex adaptive systems (CAS). Design …/methodology/approach – The research approach is theoretically based on CAS with agent‐based modelling (ABM) as the implementation method. A case …
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An evolutionary complex systems decision‐support tool for the management of operations
Baldwin, James S.; Allen, Peter M.; Ridgway, Keith - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 30 (2010) 7, pp. 700-720
trajectories that a firm can take. Originality/value – With the inclusion of “micro‐diversity”, ECS modelling moves beyond the self …‐organisational models that populate the literature but has not as yet produced a great many practical simulation results. This work is a …
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Simulation for TQM ‐ the unused tool?
Aghaie, Abdollah; Popplewell, Keith - In: The TQM Magazine 9 (1997) 2, pp. 111-116
Simulation is a widely used tool in the design of factory systems of almost all kinds and yet seems to be used rarely … in the design and analysis of quality management systems. Explores the reported applications of simulation in this and … other fields relating to quality and concludes that the benefits of simulation could make a significant contribution to the …
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The impact of revenue management on hotel key account relationship development
Lorna Wang, Xuan - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 24 (2012) 3, pp. 358-380
behaviour such as unexpected contract rate increases and/or blocked room availabilities during high‐demand days; imposed …
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A metadata practice of the IFLA FRBR model
Chen, Ya‐ning; Chen, Shu‐jiun - In: Journal of Documentation 60 (2004) 2, pp. 128-143
In 1998, the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model which is composed of four entities (work, expression, manifestation and item) and their associative relationships (primary, responsibility and subject), was proposed by the International Federation of Library...
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Modeling and analysis of mobile business processes
Gruhn, V.; Köhler, A.; Klawes, R. - In: Journal of Enterprise Information Management 20 (2007) 6, pp. 657-676
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present results from an analysis of service processes regarding their optimization potential through mobile technologies. The analysis was performed with a company of the housing industry. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis was conducted with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014859697
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Multimodal transport: the case of Laotian garment exporters
Banomyong, Ruth; Beresford, Anthony K.C. - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 31 (2001) 9, pp. 663-685
This paper explores the various alternative routes and methods available to garment exporters in Lao PDR, a land‐locked country in South East Asia, when exporting to the European Union. Lao exporters are dependent on the transport systems in place in neighbouring countries (i.e. Vietnam,...
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