Perancangan Instrumen Kematangan Integrasi Sistem Manufaktur (Studi Kasus Perusahaan Flow Line Production)

The purpose of this research is to design maturity instrument for manufacturing systems integration usingself assessment questionnaire. The model design has 10 criteria based on six key performance indicators and15 combined indicators from CIM Wheel and Critical Success Factor Framework of CIM. Indicators havedesigned by reasoning process in component model combination. The model was applied into PT CharoenPokphand Poultry Feed Krian and PT. Petrokimia Gresik Plant I.Results of this assessment showed that PT Charoen Pokphand Krian was at VI maturity level with 86.15%showing the highest achievement of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) criteria, whole information wasdeployed, improvement and innovation as a primary key, effective integration and automation has almostreached the enterprise level. PT. Petrokimia Gresik was at V maturity level with 79.03% which shows agood achievement for the KPI criteria, well information deployed, improvement has been made, integrationand automation in plant level

Delivering sustainable transport infrastructure projects (railway) in Nigeria: Frameworks, indicators, method and tools

This study presented the issue of railway transportation infrastructure sustainability which involves multi-dimensional view of sustainability criteria such as economy, environment and society with the problem of non-systematic method of assessment in Nigeria. The aim of this study is to ascertain the extent of practice of sustainability in railway transportation infrastructure projects through the frame work, methods, tools and identify infrastructure sustainability priority indicators amongst stakeholders. In this research, weighted sum model technique in multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), was used. This section formulates the mathematical model for computing the sustainability index (SI) using the Weighted Sum Model (WSM) which is structured in three steps. Also employed in the assessment is cognitive/reasoning map decision aid for infrastructure sustainability appraisal. This study also discussed the issue of key performance project indicators for transport infrastructure using sustainability appraisal in infrastructure projects (SUSAIP). Sustainability indicators are discoursed base on regional level(s), for example All-region represents cumulative results from the four regions. The result of the questionnaire based indicators validation by the stakeholders indicates that some indicators can easily be influence due to unexpected changes or regional priorities. Because of non-availability of systematic method of appraisal of sustainability criteria and priority indicators in practice level. This paper proposed gradual exploitation and collaborating decision frameworks for evaluation and mathematical foundation models. This method employed computational analysis in quantitative based decision-making crisp value and sustainability index for railway transport infrastructure projects assessment in Nigeria. Keywords: Cognitive/reasoning map, key performance indicators, Sustainability criteria, sustainability assessment tools, transport infrastructure projects, and weighted sum model

Ontology-Driven Approach for KPI Meta-modelling, Selection and Reasoning

A key challenge in current Business Analytics (BA) is the selection of suitable indicators for business objectives. This requires the exploration of business data through data-driven approaches, while modelling business strategies together with domain experts in order to represent domain knowledge. In particular, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) allow human experts to properly model ambiguous enterprise goals by means of quantitative variables with numeric ranges and clear thresholds. Besides business-related domains, the usefulness of KPIs has been shown in multiple domains, such as: Education, Healthcare and Agriculture. However, finding accurate KPIs for a given strategic goal still remains a complex task, specially due to the discrepancy between domain assumptions and data facts. In this regard, the semantic web emerges as a powerful technology for knowledge representation and data modeling through explicit representation formats and standards such as RDF(S) and OWL. By using this technology, the semantic annotation of indicators of business objectives would enrich the strategic model obtained. With this motivation, an ontology-driven approach is proposed to formally conceptualize essential elements of indicators, covering: performance, results, measures, goals and relationships of a given business strategy. In this way, all the data involved in the selection and analysis of KPIs are then integrated and stored in common repositories, hence enabling sophisticated querying and reasoning for semantic validation. The proposed semantic model is evaluated on a real-world case study on water management. A series of data analysis and reasoning tasks are conducted to show how the ontological model is able to detect semantic conflicts in actual correlations of selected indicators.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Perancangan Instrumen Kematangan Integrasi Sistem Manufaktur (Studi Kasus Perusahaan Flow Line Production)

The purpose of this research is to design maturity instrument for manufacturing systems integration using self assessment questionnaire. The model design has 10 criteria based on six key performance indicators and 15 combined indicators from CIM Wheel and Critical Success Factor Framework of CIM. Indicators have designed by reasoning process in component model combination. The model was applied into PT Charoen Pokphand Poultry Feed Krian and PT. Petrokimia Gresik Plant I.         Results of this assessment showed that PT Charoen Pokphand Krian was at VI maturity level with 86.15% showing the highest achievement of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) criteria, whole information was deployed, improvement and innovation as a primary key, effective integration and automation has almost reached the enterprise level. PT. Petrokimia Gresik was at V maturity level  with 79.03% which shows a good achievement for the KPI criteria, well information deployed, improvement has been made, integration and automation in plant level

Development of Expert System by using Logical Comparative Conclusion in the Function of Organizational Performance Improvement

The paper is created as the tendency of a group of authors, that with an integrative approach in the application of intelligent systems, by using analogy with some function in human body, to develop a model to improve organizational performance. The paper is based on two unique bases, of a representative number of data that reflect real business conditions and including a significant number of organizations. In order to achieve the set goals, several approaches were adopted, tools and methods, such as analytic hierarchy process (AHP) methodology, case base reasoning, artificial intelligence tools– expert systems, verification in real condition and other. As the key outcomes of the paper are obtained the fields that are critical to achieve the best organizational performance, and indicators for the development of expert systems whose functions, efficiency and effectiveness are verified in real conditions

Clinical reasoning for acute dyspnoea: comparison between final-year medical students from discipline- and competency-based undergraduate programmes

Abstract: Clinical reasoning for acute dyspnoea: Comparison of final-year medical students from discipline- andcompetency-based undergraduate programmes. Background: The global shift to competency-based medical education aims to improve the performance of itstrainees, including in the key competency domain of clinical reasoning. However, research on whether such educationactually improves clinical reasoning is sparse. The purpose of this study is to compare assessed clinical reasoningperformance in digitally presented cases of acute dyspnoea between final-year medical students from a traditional,discipline-based and those from an integrated, competency-based undergraduate programme. Methods: A total of 60 medical students in their final-year clerkships participated in the study; 30 were from adiscipline-based programme, and 30 were from a competency-based programme of the same faculty. The studentscompleted a knowledge test consisting of 22 single choice items and a computer-based test of clinical reasoning withsix video-based case scenarios with different underlying diseases leading to dyspnoea. The operationalized measures ofclinical reasoning were the number and relevance of the diagnostic tests chosen, time to diagnosis and diagnosticaccuracy. Results: The two groups did not differ in their knowledge of the acute dyspnoea content domain. With regard toclinical reasoning, the selection of relevant tests, time required to make a diagnosis and accuracy of the diagnosisvaried across the six case scenarios in both groups. However, the results from the measures of the clinical reasoningprocess did not differ between the students from the two types of undergraduate medical programmes. No significantdifferences were found with regard to the selection of relevant diagnostic tests (M = 63.8% vs. M = 62.8%), the time toa diagnosis (M = 128.7 s vs. M = 136.4 s) or the accuracy of diagnosis (M = 82.2% vs. M = 77.0%). Conclusions: Key indicators of the clinical reasoning process, when assessed with objectively measured parameters,did not differ between final-year medical students from a traditional, discipline-based and those from an integrated,competency-based undergraduate programme in the domain of acute dyspnoea. The results substantiate and expandthose of previous studies based on subjective assessor ratings that showed limited change in the clinical reasoningperformance of medical students with competency-based undergraduate education

Hershey’s Entry to the Australian Market with a New Brand: An Accounting and Marketing Perspective

This paper discusses the entry of Hershey’s Chocolates Company tothe Australian market with a new brand. For this purpose, background information and key performance indicators about the firm are presented. Also target customers and market summary, market demographics and target customer profile of the firm are mentioned in the context of situational analysis. Then,Hershey’s entry to the Australian market with a new product is proposed by providing and commenting on SWOT analysis, competition environment, accounting-finance indicators, marketing strategy and marketing mix (4P) factors. Thus, a deeper focus on the organization is realized and shared. As aresult, firm’s entry to the Australian market is discussed with a new product by suggesting recent and altered target customer base, customer profile,marketing strategy and marketing mix. Our study evaluates the potential disadvantages and advantages in detail and argues that there is a need for Hershey’s to enter the Australian market with a new product. In general, this article discusses and defends the entry of Hershey’s to Australian market witha new product by logical reasoning and draws a strategic roadmad to reach this goal

Evaluation of Corporate Sustainability

As a consequence of an increasing demand in sustainable development for business organizations, the evaluation of corporate sustainability has become a topic intensively focused by academic researchers and business practitioners. Several techniques in the context of multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) have been suggested to facilitate the evaluation and the analysis of sustainability performance. However, due to the complexity of evaluation, such as a compilation of quantitative and qualitative measures, interrelationships among various sustainability criteria, the assessor’s hesitation in scoring, or incomplete information, simple techniques may not be able to generate reliable results which can reflect the overall sustainability performance of a company. This paper proposes a series of mathematical formulations based upon the evidential reasoning (ER) approach which can be used to aggregate results from qualitative judgments with quantitative measurements under various types of complex and uncertain situations. The evaluation of corporate sustainability through the ER model is demonstrated using actual data generated from three sugar manufacturing companies in Thailand. The proposed model facilitates managers in analysing the performance and identifying improvement plans and goals. It also simplifies decision making related to sustainable development initiatives. The model can be generalized to a wider area of performance assessment, as well as to any cases of multiple criteria analysis