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Hensler, Douglas A.; Edgeman, Rick L. - In: Measuring Business Excellence 6 (2002) 2, pp. 49-54

discourse to develop an optimization model for the concept of BEST business excellence. The models presented herein are … optimization and provides direction for technological development resulting in simultaneous optimization of bio/physical, economic …

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The value added of hedge fund styles in multi‐asset portfolios

Heidorn, Thomas; Kaiser, Dieter; Lucke, Daniel - In: Review of Accounting and Finance 12 (2013) 1, pp. 44-59

aim of the paper is to try to close this gap by proposing a portfolio optimization approach based upon the traditional …

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An optimization approach to determining the number of vendors to employ

Weber, Charles A.; Current, John; Desai, Anand - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 5 (2000) 2, pp. 90-98

Presents an approach for evaluating the number of vendors to employ in a procurement situation using multi‐objective programming (MOP) and data envelopment analysis (DEA). The approach advocates developing vendor‐order quantity solutions (referred to as supervendors) using MOP and then...

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Managing the unmanageable: integrating the supply chain with new developments in software

Green, Forrest B. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 6 (2001) 5, pp. 208-211

. Emerging trends, which include third party software systems, collaborative technology, increased optimization, and use of …

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The strategic states model: optimum strategies to reach high performance

Pehrsson, Anders - In: Management Decision 39 (2001) 6, pp. 441-447

Argues that there exists no universal business strategy such as the constant building of larger volumes. Instead the article advocates that any business strategy needs to rely on a deeper understanding of the freedom of action.Thus, the article presents the strategic states model and proposes...

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An applied organizational rewards distribution system

Datta, Pratim - In: Management Decision 50 (2012) 3, pp. 479-501

issue. Design/methodology/approach – Using an optimization model based on a financial rubric, the portfolio approach allows … and feasible optimization mechanism from financial portfolio theory. …

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A method for designing strategy maps using DEMATEL and linear programming

López-Ospina, Héctor; Quezada, Luis E.; … - In: Management Decision 55 (2017) 8, pp. 1802-1823

laboratory (DEMATEL) and an optimization model. DEMATEL is used to establish the importance of the strategic relations between … strategic objectives, and the optimization model is used to find the relations that are more “important” and should be included …, importance, and parameters of the optimization model. Originality/value DEMATEL has been used to design strategy maps. The …

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Developing a model for process improvement using multiple regression technique

Sarkar, Ashok; Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Arup; Kumar Ghosh, … - In: The TQM Journal 26 (2014) 6, pp. 625-638

and output variables and their optimization and control. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate, with the help of a …-stage flash evaporator efficiency, and the associated input process variables and their optimization using appropriate statistical … application of quality and optimization tools in a real world situation. …

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An application of experimental design for process optimisation

Rowlands, Hefin; Antony, Jiju; Knowles, Graeme - In: The TQM Magazine 12 (2000) 2, pp. 78-84

Dr Taguchi is a Japanese engineer and an international quality consultant who has made breakthrough improvements in product and process quality through the use of statistical design of experiments (SDOE). The Taguchi method became popular in the West in the 1980s as a means to design robust...

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