ICA Working Paper 2/2008 Making Strategy Work: A Literature Review on the Factors influencing Strategy Implementation Yang Li1‚ Sun Guohui1‚ Martin J. Eppler2 1 2 Business School‚ Central University of Finance and Economics‚ Beijing‚ China Institute of Corporate Communication‚ University of Lugano (USI)‚ Lugano‚ Switzerland Yang li: Email: yangbaihe07@hotmail.com Tel: +86-010-62289680 Address: Business School‚ Central University of Finance and Economics‚ No.39 Xueyuan Nanlu‚ Haidian
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6. What are the key success factors in the European airline industry? ---When addressing this question we find it worthwhile to remind students that a KSF is what any firm in the industry must do to be successful. Based on this definition‚ the following KSF’s apply to the European airline industry: (1) A reputation for safety – This is a fundamental KSF for any segment of the airline industry. If a firm is not viewed as safe by potential passengers‚ they will not use the carrier. (2) Offering
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CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS: GUIDE TO IMPLEMENTATION Foundation Successful CDS implementation requires a strong foundation. The first steps in implementing CDS into a health care organization should include: • assessing the organization’s readiness to adopt CDS interventions in their EMR Stepsessential for a Strong •Key Identify CDSFoundation stakeholders and have “starter” conversations. • Within the starter conversation begin by brainstorming goals for using CDS. staff’s interest in
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organization PB Leiner wants to see areas of cost reduction. Goals are set by the management team to make the demand happen. Research determined that the strongest area to reduce cost is within the maintenance department and how purchasing handles inventory and buying requests. Procedures set in place within the parts room is not as effective as the organization would like to see. High dollar items sit in the parts room that everyone has access too. At times there are tags with missing parts or
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IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Overview The Implementation Plan describes how the information system will be deployed‚ installed and transitioned into an operational system. The plan contains an overview of the system‚ a brief description of the major tasks involved in the implementation‚ the overall resources needed to support the implementation effort (such as hardware‚ software. facilities‚ materials‚ and personnel)‚ and any site-specific implementation requirements. The plan is developed during the
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Web based ERP systems for SMEs Skander- Alexander Gaied Table of Contents Abstract i 1. Introduction 1.1 Research questions 2. SME 2.1 Definition 2.2 ERP adoption in SMEs 2.2.1 Factors influencing ERP adoption 3. On premises ERP 3.1 Advantages 3.2 Disadvantages 4. Web based ERP 4.1 Basics 4.1.1 SOA 4.1.2 ERP 2 4.2 SaaS 4.2.1 Application service providing 4.2.2 Differences ASP/SaaS 4.2.3 Advantages 4.2.4 Disadvantages 4.2.5 Parameters to consider 4.2.6 Pricing Patterns
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LEAN OPERATIONS & JIT Lean Operations – moving towards the elimination of all waste in order to develop an operation that is faster more dependable‚ produces higher quality products and services and operates at a low cost. In general‚ Lean can be viewed as a philosophy of operations management‚ i.e. it gives a clear view which can be used to uide the way operations are managed in many different contexts. Several techniques are used to support this philosophy. (JIT techniques) The Lean approach
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PROJECT REPORT KANBAN SYSTEM LEAR CORPORATION ANIKET BORA 4TH YEAR B.TECH MECHANICAL ENGINEERING NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY‚ NAGPUR. DEFINITION KANBAN is a lean ordering or manufacturing strategy in which parts are ordered or produced only as needed. ( Encyclopaedia ) Toyota Motors has been credited to develop this system in 1950. KANBAN has been derived from two Japanese words. “KAN” meaning visual and “BAN” meaning card/board. It is a visual signal
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Fifth Edition‚ last update October 18‚ 2006 2 Lessons In Electric Circuits‚ Volume I – DC By Tony R. Kuphaldt Fifth Edition‚ last update October 18‚ 2006 i c 2000-2008‚ Tony R. Kuphaldt This book is published under the terms and conditions of the Design Science License. These terms and conditions allow for free copying‚ distribution‚ and/or modification of this document by the general public. The full Design Science License text is included in the last chapter. As an open and collaboratively
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2010 This document is authorized for use only by Haiying Yang at university of Texas at Dallas. Please do not copy or redistribute. Contact permissions@dardenbusinesspublishing.com for questions or additional permissions. WAUSAU EQUIPMENT COMPANY: A LEAN JOURNEY (A) History and Business Background Ashford Elevator Company was founded in 1946 in a small midwestern town. Its first products were grain elevators‚ sold to local co-ops and farms. Started as a small shop with five workers‚ the company‚ which
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