Collaborative Copy Exactly Automated Databased and Application Web Audit Tool

Global IT supports team setup to support business continuity in INTEL Manufacturing environment, Copy Exactly (CE!) is very important to make ease of operation and support to achieve system up time agreed in Services Level Agreement(SLA). CE! means duplicate over the IT configuration items from one site to all of the sites. It covers Chengdu, Costa Rica, Kulim, Penang and Arizona site which doing chips and CPU manufacturing. This article is about what has to be done to achieve a specific and measurable Database and Application CE! quality standard: it isn't about using any estimated costly project management tool. Instead, it is an own development with CE! automated web capability tool that able to scan over all supported servers and provide a CE! audit reports in all of the sites at Intel Organization. With implementing the CE! Automated report will lead the global configuration management implementation and continuous improvement participates in designing Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Configuration Management Implementation process. It also drive continues improvement within the area of responsibility to ensure cost efficient, timely and effective services. The CE! will ensure all Configuration Items (CIs) setup with following IT standard define in INTEL manufacturing. Configuration Items (CIs) are referring to the fundamental structural unit of a configuration management system. Examples of CIS include individual requirements documents, software, model, plan and people

Customer Feedback Information System for Quality Improvement

This research addressed the basic needs for an effective customer feedback information system and the database technology to develop the system. It discussed the system concept and configuration of a typical customer feedback information system, database management technology, programming flow charts, program functions and capabilities. A proposed customer feedback information system consists of customer data inputs, database management system and outputs to various departments in an organization. With a user-friendly interface, database management system serves as an information management tool. It can process the feedback from customers and use the information in decision making. Thus, customer feedback can be promptly and effectively used to make corrective actions by manufacturing and service departments. The idea of continuous improvement can be effectively carried out to meet and exceed customers\u27 satisfactions and expectations

Customer Feedback Information System for Quality Improvement

This research addressed the basic needs for an effective customer feedback information system and the database technology to develop the system. It discussed the system concept and configuration of a typical customer feedback information system, database management technology, programming flow charts, program functions and capabilities. A proposed customer feedback information system consists of customer data inputs, database management system and outputs to various departments in an organization. With a user-friendly interface, database management system serves as an information management tool. It can process the feedback from customers and use the information in decision making. Thus, customer feedback can be promptly and effectively used to make corrective actions by manufacturing and service departments. The idea of continuous improvement can be effectively carried out to meet and exceed customers\u27 satisfactions and expectations

Cooperatives Quality: evidence from Greece

The study of the role and contribution of ISO 9000 QMS to the corporate strategic development and organisational change and performance improvement of the Greek Agrocoops, as well as the identification and analysis of the drivers and constraints of this system’s effective implementation and efficient use has and/or should have been the subject of increased attention in recent times, as the majority of these organisations face increasing financial and business operating problems over the last three decades, as it was identified in a collective work of Papageorgiou et al, published in “Syneteristiki Poreia” (volumes of years 2000-2003) and the re-configuration of their organisational practices and activities, referring to any management system adapted and applied – e.g. the ISO 9000 QMS, is considered a must for their business survival in the words of Arvanitoyiannis (2001). As a result of the aforementioned facts and due to his current professional status, the researcher decided to focus his DBA research on issues relating to the role and contribution of the quality management systems - and more particularly of the ISO 9000 Quality Management Systems - to the achievement of Greek Agricultural Cooperatives’ corporate strategic goals and organisational performance improvement through the improvement of their business processes. The critical examination of the ISO 9000 – QualityManagement Systems’ implementation process and use purpose by the Agricultural Cooperatives sector in Greece is the broad and general Topic of my Doctorate Research. It is mainly connected with the following two current issues: - on one hand, with the reanimation of the ongoing dialogue and debate concerning the perspectives of the Agricultural Cooperatives in Greece and the future status of the 15% of the country’s active population, which is occupied in the broader agricultural sector (Bank of Greece, 2002), and - on the other hand, with the ever increasing public concern, interest and demand for safer, healthier and quality enhanced food products and services all over the world (ICAP, 2002 and Arvanitoyiannis, 2000)

Consideration of interdependencies in the relational database system, and, A proposal and evaluation of an expert system for the relational database structure

This thesis addresses the issue of interdependencies in Distributed and non-Distributed Relational Database Management Systems and proposes a design and development of an Expert System to manage and enhance the current available Database Structures; In the first part, we study, compare and evaluate the interdependencies found in the operating environment relevant to the Distributed Relational structure. Hardware and software configurations are grouped and compared in an attempt to understand the interdependencies of the system so that an optimal configuration may be obtained; In the second part, we designed and developed an Expert System configuration with ease of use and functionality as foremost concerns. The system reuses the transient tables used to service queries to achieve a performance improvement without explicit user knowledge. Basic fragmentation principles are also used to aid in performance by implicitly restructuring the tables within a database to balance access time. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.)

PEMBUATAN APLIKASI DESKTOP “OPEN SYSTEM APPLICATION GENERATOR”

The need of software configuration management, and software improvement or adaptation to organization change has become more important. Software developers should be able to deliver rapid software change according to the customer need to maintain the customer satisfaction, to reduce the time required for change and configuration management, and eventually will reduce the resources required. A programming technique should be applied to software developer, to create a software capable to be scripted even after compile time. The scripting capability, usually for ORM (object relational model) forms and reports, can produce the software that can become an open system, modifiable after the software produced or delivered to the customer. The technique is called open system application generator, to generate scriptable master forms, master-detail forms, reports, language translators and customizable menus. After the codes are generated, the programmer can modify the raw result to meet the customer need using scripting (interpretable) language, and later can be also modified after the software is delivered to the use

Optimal energy management for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

There is a great potential for significant improvement to be made in energy efficiency and reduction in emissions, fuel use, weight and cost of vehicles through implementing innovative technologies. Many automakers have been making great efforts to develop an alternative vehicle that can offer the best solution in reducing the effects of global warming and oil depletion. Such a vehicle will win quick acceptance in the marketplace because of the current high fuel cost. Recently, the plugin hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) has been identified as one of the most viable technologies to achieve these goals by implementing an optimal energy management system. This paper presents our recent research work on the energy management system for a specific PHEV. The system configuration, analysis, model, control strategy, and simulation results are presented in detail. Recommendations on the directions and areas in which the further research in hybrid vehicle should be aligned are also be included

Hardware Loads and Power Consumption in Cloud Computing Environments

This paper describes an optimised and novel approach to an Autonomous Virtual Server Management System in a ‘Cloud Computing’ environment and it presents a set of preliminary test results. One key advantage of this system is its ability to improve hardware power consumption through autonomously moving virtual servers around a network to balance out hardware loads. This has a potentially important impact on issues of sustainability with respect to both energy efficiency and economic viability. Another key advantage is the improvement of the overall end-user experience for services within the Cloud. This has been investigated through the configuration of a cloud-computing test-bed rig. The key features of this rig and some predictions of what may be achieved with it are described and evaluated

Hybrid Power System Topology and Energy Management Scheme Design for Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft

The electrification of the aviation industry is a major challenge to realizing net-zero in the global energy sector. Fuel cell (FC) hybrid electric aircraft (FCHEV) demonstrate remarkable competitiveness in terms of cruise range and total economy. However, the process of simply hybridizing different power supplies together does not lead to an improvement in the aircraft economy, since a carefully designed power system topology and energy management scheme are also necessary to realize the full benefit of FCHEV. This paper provides a new approach towards the configuration of the optimal power system and proposes a novel energy management scheme for FCHEA. Firstly, four different topologies of aircraft power systems are designed to facilitate flexible power flow control and energy management. Then, an equivalent model of aircraft hydrogen consumption is formulated by analyzing the FC efficiency, FC aging, and BESS aging. Using the newly established model, the performance of aircraft can be quantitatively evaluated in detail to guide FCHEA design. The optimal aircraft energy management is realized by establishing a mathematical optimization model with the reduction of hydrogen consumption and aging costs as objectives. An experimental aircraft, NASA X-57 Maxwell, is used to provide a detailed performance evaluation of different power system topologies and validate the effectiveness of the energy management scheme. The new approach represents a guide for future power system design and energy management of electric aircraft.</p