This paper is an analysis of the value chains of the Russian fuel and power sector enterprises products. In forming schemes of the value chains of the Russian fuel and power sector, the analysis has revealed the structure of the different participants, their share in the value-added distribution...

Creating outstanding products is vital for a company's endurance in competitive markets. A mix of functionality, ergonomics, aesthetics, symbols and price aspects all play a role in making a product desirable.Some products carry a personal meaning for its user. Others communicate its user's...

Biomass is a key source of energy to power the world's growing hunger for energy, whilst replacing fossil fuels as the fight against greenhouse gas emissions intensifies. This has led to a significant focus on not only using biomass as a source of energy, but also on the need to use it...

This article maintains that a strong sense of ethics and ethical awareness is essential to help promote and cultivate adequate and appropriate (human sensitive) approaches during the development, implementation and execution of business processes. Businesses and their corresponding processes,...

Actively involving participants in business process modeling enables integration between elicitation and modeling steps of the BPM lifecycle. Such integration may lead to a more efficient design procedure and ultimately to a more accurate representation of the business process. However, active...

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...

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...