Analysis of existing decision support systems to provide current baseline applications, implementation methodologies, problem areas, hardware and communication complexities

Issued as Monthly report and Final report, Project no. G-36-66

GMIS : an experimental system for data management and analysis

Prepared in association with the Sloan School of Managemen

Decision Support Systems: Issues and Challenges; Proceedings of an International Task Force Meeting, June 23-25, 1980

This book reports on a three-day meeting on Decision Support Systems held at IIASA. IIASA's interest in sponsoring the meeting was spurred by several factors. First, the term DSS clearly is used in a wide range of contexts; we hoped to develop a deeper understanding of the term and the new field to which it refers. Second, we felt that ongoing work in the DSS field would be enhanced by interaction between professionals who had been working on such systems and people from fields that function as "resource disciplines" for DSS. Finally we wished to bring professionals from several nations together, from the east as well as the west, to share experiences and to assess the viability of the DSS concept in different cultures. The broad objectives set for this meeting were realized in a number of ways. Virtually all the participants testified that they had gained a deeper understanding of DSS, the role it can play in asssisting managers in organizations, and the need for further development in key areas

Kick-starting innovation: a fast-track version of innovation scoring for start-ups

JEL Classification: M13; O32This study seeks to build a diagnostic tool for start-up innovation. It does that by adapting the framework of the Innovation Scoring, which is an instrument developed by COTEC Portugal – the country’s leading business association for the promotion of innovation. To the author’s knowledge there are no academic works to be found that have followed this approach. The relevance of this work is further enhanced by the present context of change in the business panorama, as well as the growing importance of knowledge economy. A basic question that prompts this investigation is as follows: how can an innovation assessment tool be made useful to the specific characteristics of start-up companies? This project proposes the initial steps and clues for further investigation on how to extend the approach of Innovation Scoring to start-ups. A new instrument – a Fast-track Approach for Start-ups (IS FASt) – is advanced with the purpose of diagnosing innovation capabilities in an objective and measurable manner in order to support start-ups’ innovative performance.Este estudo procura construir uma ferramenta de diagnóstico de inovação para start-ups. Isto é feito a partir da adaptação enquadramento do Innovation Scoring, que é um instrumento desenvolvido pela COTEC Portugal – Associação Empresarial líder na promoção da inovação no país. Não existindo, no que diz respeito ao conhecimento dos autores, ainda trabalhos académicos que tenham realizado esta abordagem. A pertinência da presente dissertação é reforçada pelo presente contexto de mudança no panorama do tecido empresarial, bem como da crescente importância da economia do conhecimento. Uma pergunta-base que anima a presente investigação é a seguinte: de que forma é que um instrumento de avaliação da inovação pode ser tornado útil às características específicas das empresas start-ups? Este projeto propõe os primeiros passos e pistas para investigação futura sobre como estender a abordagem do Innovation Scoring às start-ups. Um novo instrumento – a Fast-track Approach for Start-ups (IS FASt), é avançado com a finalidade de diagnosticar as capacidades de inovação de forma objetiva e mensurável, afim de apoiar o desempenho inovador das start-ups

Processes and Tools for Decision Support

The change in description of Decision Support Systems (DSS) from "concept" through "movement" to "bandwagon" clearly illustrates the growing interest in the managerial as well as in the research field for decision support systems in their different manifestations. One may expect that a conference on processes and tools for decision support brings together people from practice and research, whose experiences give insight in the direction the bandwagon is likely to go. This brings us to the question how expertise on processes and tools for decision support can be stored in such a way that one can get advice when developing future DSS. This asks for the definition and construction of a knowledge base, into which the expertise can be brought. In section 2 of this book, the authors address possible frameworks for such a knowledge base. In section 3 they place the papers presented into the chosen framework. Finally an attempt to make inferences from the contributed papers is made

Engineering and Scientific Data Management

The application of data management systems to engineering and scientific data is described

Analysis of performance evaluation model through the balanced scorecard in a footwear industry

In recent decades, significant changes have been noted in the business world, due to the increasing demand of customers, political and economic moments that create a dynamic nonmarket increasingly unstable, contributing to increasing challenges in understanding the demands. The objective was to evaluate the model operations management method BSC, in order to reduce costs and increase productivity and competitiveness. A study was conducted through a semi-open process, with 180 employees at a midsize company in the footwear industry Jaú, collecting information and data from the managers of each area. We conclude that the requirements for improved performance within organizations have made approaches for the management of operations evolve, becoming a broad and network management in the business, contributing to improvements in the condition of growth and sustainability of organizational activity. It is noteworthy, then, the need to use all available resources, minimizing problems and maximizing opportunities

A proposed framework for managing environmental causes and consequences of ocean traffic and ports

Paper presented at European Decision Sciences Institute (ED2016), 7th Annual Conference, 24th to 27th May 2016, Helsinki. Abstract The cumulative and in-combination effects of ocean shipping and port operations need addressing via a detailed, rigorous and holistic framework of risk assessment and risk management. This aims to protect the natural system while at the same time obtaining societal benefits from the seas. This paper proposes a conceptual framework that integrates both an ISO industry standard risk assessment and management framework (Bow-tie analysis) and the DAPSI(W)R(M) analysis supported by the ten-tenets criteria to provide guidance for all stakeholders, including industry and government, to address these issues. Water pollution stemming from maritime logistics and SCM are used to illustrate this framework