Työvuorosuunnittelu myynnin kehittämisen työvälineenä McDonald´s-ketjussa

Tämä opinnäytetyö on McDonald´s Oy:n tilaama tutkimuksellinen kehittämistyö. Kehittämistyössä tutkittiin McDonald´s-ketjun esimiesten työvuorosuunnittelun osaamistasoa sekä työvuorosuunnittelun vaikutusta myynnin kasvattamiseen. Kehittämishankkeen tavoitteena oli luoda kehitysehdotuksia, joilla saadaan kasvatettua yksikkökohtaista myyntiä työvuorosuun-nittelun avulla. Aihetta on lähestytty tapaustutkimuksen keinoin. Opinnäytetyö koostuu tietoperustasta, ravintolapäälliköille tehdystä kyselytutkimuksesta ja kolmesta teemahaastattelusta. Tietoperustassa käsitellään henkilöstökulujen merkitystä ravintola-alalla sekä alan työvuorosuunnittelua. Tutkimusmenetelminä on käytetty puolistrukturoituja teemahaastatteluja sekä kyselytutkimusta. Tutkimuksen tulosten perusteella on tehty kehitysehdotuksia McDonald´s-ketjulle työvuorosuunnittelun prosessiin. Kyselytutkimuksen ja teemahaastatteluiden tulokset, sekä yritykselle tehdyt kehitysehdotukset on jätetty julkaistusta versiosta pois, koska ne kuuluvat yrityksen liikesalaisuuden piiriin

COCrIP: Compliant OmniCrawler In-pipeline Robot

This paper presents a modular in-pipeline climbing robot with a novel compliant foldable OmniCrawler mechanism. The circular cross-section of the OmniCrawler module enables a holonomic motion to facilitate the alignment of the robot in the direction of bends. Additionally, the crawler mechanism provides a fair amount of traction, even on slippery surfaces. These advantages of crawler modules have been further supplemented by incorporating active compliance in the module itself which helps to negotiate sharp bends in small diameter pipes. The robot has a series of 3 such compliant foldable modules interconnected by the links via passive joints. For the desirable pipe diameter and curvature of the bends, the spring stiffness value for each passive joint is determined by formulating a constrained optimization problem using the quasi-static model of the robot. Moreover, a minimum friction coefficient value between the module-pipe surface which can be vertically climbed by the robot without slipping is estimated. The numerical simulation results have further been validated by experiments on real robot prototype

Simulasi dan Analisa Perancangan Penguat Operasional OTA Dua Stage pada ADC Pipeline l-bit/stage dengan Mentor Graphics 0,35

Pada peuelitian ini merupakan kinerja lebih laujur setelah desain op-amp OTA yang merupakan komponeu ADC tersebur secara perhirungan manual sudah didapatkan. maka selanjutnya pada penelitian iui meusimulasikau clan meuganalisa desain op-amp 01A tersebut dengan simulator Mento

Design and optimal springs stiffness estimation of a Modular OmniCrawler in-pipe climbing Robot

This paper discusses the design of a novel compliant in-pipe climbing modular robot for small diameter pipes. The robot consists of a kinematic chain of 3 OmniCrawler modules with a link connected in between 2 adjacent modules via compliant joints. While the tank-like crawler mechanism provides good traction on low friction surfaces, its circular cross-section makes it holonomic. The holonomic motion assists it to re-align in a direction to avoid obstacles during motion as well as overcome turns with a minimal energy posture. Additionally, the modularity enables it to negotiate T-junction without motion singularity. The compliance is realized using 4 torsion springs incorporated in joints joining 3 modules with 2 links. For a desirable pipe diameter (\text{\O} 75mm), the springs' stiffness values are obtained by formulating a constraint optimization problem which has been simulated in ADAMS MSC and further validated on a real robot prototype. In order to negotiate smooth vertical bends and friction coefficient variations in pipes, the design was later modified by replacing springs with series elastic actuators (SEA) at 2 of the 4 joints.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1704.0681

Architectural Education 2012 : Prospects and Keepings

The crucial challenges of the architecture and planning designs today: the climatic changes, the fast growing urbanisation of the environments, the financial crisis, the impact of design by computer, the need of knowledge basic designs etc, all these challenges can be the starting point for an architectural education renewal. Our proposal can be, then, optimistic, in the middle of a very complex and difficult scenario. Sometimes, the worst scenarios can be the seed for radical innovation, and we will try to describe this possibility of positive changes in architectural education, if, and only if, some conditions are accomplished. The work has three parts: first, a pedagogic meditation taking into account the last ideas about how our body and our mind behave in order to know challenges of a general architectural education to day. The second part, it is the consideration of design as a responsive «creative chronotope», using the definitions of the late Russian thinker Mikhail Bakhtin, in order to take advantage of our professional circumstances today. And, finally, the third part, will deal with the institutional aspect of architectural education and with the need for new «scenarios» for more effective schools of architecture in our universities.Peer Reviewe