The relationship between supply chain management and competitiveness

The globalization of the markets and the new business environmental are forcing organizations, mainly the small and medium-sized enterprises, to improve their competitiveness significantly since to remain in the current market it is necessary to modify the managerial strategies to adapt them to the changes and the clients’ requirements. In this sense, supply chain management appears in the literature like one of the managerial strategies that are implementing in important number of firms to be able increase competitiveness.Therefore, the essential objective of this paper is to analyze the relationship between supply chain management and the competitiveness of small and mediumsized enterprises, using for it a sample of 305 firms of the Aguascalientes State. The obtained results show that supply chain management has a positive influence in competitiveness level, as well as in the financial performance, cost reduction and the use of technology of the small and medium-sized enterprises

Impacto del capital intelectual en la innovación en empresas: una perspectiva de México

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are key enablers of a country's economy. In recent investigations, innovation has shown major levels of competitiveness for this type of organizations and intellectual capital has been recognized as a significant factor for its performance improvement. Intellectual capital is classified into human, structural and relational. In particular, this research has the aim to explain if there is a relationship between intellectual capital and SMEs' innovation. In this research methodology, the sample used was a total of 149 companies operating in Aguascalientes, México, with a size between 5 and 150 workers. The results indicate a positive relationship between the human, structural and relational capital and SMEs' innovation. In this way, it has been identified the need to promote a strategy that enhance a systematic development of SMEs intellectual capital, mainly because of its impact and benefits provided for higher performance these organizations.Las pequeñas y medianas empresas (Pymes) son el motor principal de la economía de un país. La innovación ofrece a las organizaciones mayores niveles de competitividad. A su vez, el capital intelectual se ha reconocido en recientes investigaciones como un factor significativo para el desempeño de las organizaciones. El capital intelectual se puede clasificar en capital humano, capital estructural y capital relacional. En particular, esta investigación tiene el objetivo de explicar si existe una relación positiva del capital intelectual con la innovación en pequeñas y medianas empresas (Pymes). Para esta investigación se ha utilizado una muestra de 149 encuestas a Pymes del estado de Aguascalientes, México, las cuales tienen de 5 a 150 trabajadores. Los resultados indican una relación positiva del capital humano, capital estructural y capital relacional con la innovación de las organizaciones. De esta manera, se reconoce la necesidad de promover en las empresas una estrategia de soporte para impulsar un desarrollo sistemático del capital intelectual, principalmente por el demostrado impacto y beneficios al alto desempeño de las organizaciones

The Relationship of Social Responsibility with the Socially Responsible Behaviours and the Values of Entrepreneur in the Laja—Bajio Zone, México

Social responsibility has had, through the history of mankind manifestations through different theories that have given the configuration of what is currently understood as social responsibility. Although it is a subject that has always cohabited with the human being, it is also true that from the last decade of the last century and the first of this century has recovered momentum. This paper aims to understand how social values base behaviours and how these in turn can be measured through indicators of social responsibility and finally how they can be translated into business performance

Calidad en el servicio del instituto mexicano del seguro

We want to identify the perception about of the quality in service in the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), for the citizen in Aguascalientes city. The analysis has done in two dimensions: Attention and value in the service. The random survey has done to 348 people is organized so that there are two sets of questions with 5 variables for each analysis: The first section analyzes the attitude of the people who work for the realization of the service and second set qualifying the tangible features of it. The result indicates that the average perception of the population of the service, shows a great potential for improvement and two dimensionsSe pretende identificar la percepción que tienen los ciudadanos, respecto a la calidad en el servicio del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) en la Ciudad de Aguascalientes. El análisis se hace en dos dimensiones: La atención y el valor del servicio recibido. La realización de una encuesta de manera aleatoria realizada a 348 personas, se organiza de tal manera que se tienen dos bloques de preguntas con 5 variables de análisis para cada uno. El primer bloque analiza la actitud de las personas que atienden durante la realización del servicio y el segundo califica las características tangibles del mismo. El resultado indica que la percepción promedio de la población sobre del servicio, manifiesta una gran posibilidad de mejora e ambas dimensiones

Taxonomic variations in the gut microbiome of gout patients with and without tophi might have a functional impact on urate metabolism

[Objective] To evaluate the taxonomic composition of the gut microbiome in gout patients with and without tophi formation, and predict bacterial functions that might have an impact on urate metabolism.[Methods] Hypervariable V3–V4 regions of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene from fecal samples of gout patients with and without tophi (n = 33 and n = 25, respectively) were sequenced and compared to fecal samples from 53 healthy controls. We explored predictive functional profiles using bioinformatics in order to identify differences in taxonomy and metabolic pathways. [Results] We identified a microbiome characterized by the lowest richness and a higher abundance of Phascolarctobacterium, Bacteroides, Akkermansia, and Ruminococcus_gnavus_group genera in patients with gout without tophi when compared to controls. The Proteobacteria phylum and the Escherichia-Shigella genus were more abundant in patients with tophaceous gout than in controls. Fold change analysis detected nine genera enriched in healthy controls compared to gout groups (Bifidobacterium, Butyricicoccus, Oscillobacter, Ruminococcaceae_UCG_010, Lachnospiraceae_ND2007_group, Haemophilus, Ruminococcus_1, Clostridium_sensu_stricto_1, and Ruminococcaceae_UGC_013). We found that the core microbiota of both gout groups shared Bacteroides caccae, Bacteroides stercoris ATCC 43183, and Bacteroides coprocola DSM 17136. These bacteria might perform functions linked to one-carbon metabolism, nucleotide binding, amino acid biosynthesis, and purine biosynthesis. Finally, we observed differences in key bacterial enzymes involved in urate synthesis, degradation, and elimination. [Conclusion] Our findings revealed that taxonomic variations in the gut microbiome of gout patients with and without tophi might have a functional impact on urate metabolism.This study was supported by the Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra” and the Grant INF-2016-01-269675 from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)

K-best for supply chain knowledge a system for knowledge management in supply chains

A supply chain is as an important strategic framework because it provides a powerful infrastructure to enable the coordination of practices to meet customers' requirements. Best practices knowledge in supply chains needs contextualisation to reveal favourable and unfavourable consequences. In order to provide contextualisation, a more formalised and systematic approach to understand practices is required but no suitable existing scheme was identified to represent Supply Chain Knowledge (SCK). This research is focused on the creation of a knowledge management approach to address the structure, contextualisation and control of SCK. The approach adopted combined theoretical knowledge management concepts and supply chain practitioner valuation using three iterative research cycles. The first was focused on research into the structure of SCK. The second was to research into contextualisation of SCK. The third cycle to research into knowledge control processes and evaluated the feasibility of the proposed scheme. Findings were incorporated into a demonstrator tool, which is a web-based software application. This research confirmed the feasibility of the scheme components and suggested further benefits such as self-learning of SCK and that it is both feasible and important to practitioners that an approach, similar to the one proposed, is adopted

Impacto del capital intelectual en la innovación en empresas: una perspectiva de México

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are key enablers of a country´s economy. In recent investigations, innovation has shown major levels of competitiveness for this type of organizations and intellectual capital has been recognized as a significant factor for its performance improvement. Intellectual capital is classified into human, structural and relational. In particular, this research has the aim to explain if there is a relationship between intellectual capital and SME's innovation. In this research methodology, the sample used was a total of 149 companies operating in Aguascalientes, México, with a size between 5 and 150 workers. The results indicate a positive relationship between the human, structural and relational capital and SME's innovation. In this way, it has been identified the need to promote a strategy that enhance a systematic development of SMEs intellectual capital, mainly because of its impact and benefits provided for higher performance these organizations.Las pequeñas y medianas empresas (Pymes) son el motor principal de la economía de un país. La innovación ofrece a las organizaciones mayores niveles de competitividad. A su vez, el capital intelectual se ha reconocido en recientes investigaciones como un factor significativo para el desempeño de las organizaciones. El capital intelectual se puede clasificar en capital humano, capital estructural y capital relacional. En particular, esta investigación tiene el objetivo de explicar si existe una relación positiva del capital intelectual con la innovación en pequeñas y medianas empresas (Pymes). Para esta investigación se ha utilizado una muestra de 149 encuestas a Pymes del estado de Aguascalientes, México, las cuales tienen de 5 a 150 trabajadores. Los resultados indican una relación positiva del capital humano, capital estructural y capital relacional con la innovación de las organizaciones. De esta manera, se reconoce la necesidad de promover en las empresas una estrategia de soporte para impulsar un desarrollo sistemático del capital intelectual, principalmente por el demostrado impacto y beneficios al alto desempeño de las organizaciones

Calidad en redes sociales en el ámbito educativo.

Es innegable el impacto que las Redes Sociales en línea han tenido en el mundo entero ya sea de manera positiva como negativa.  La oportunidad que tienen las personas en algunas redes sociales de publicar cualquier tipo de información sin casi ninguna censura ha generado una avalancha de difusión de información que resulta difícil establecer el grado de credibilidad de la misma.  Por otro lado, también se ha manifestado un mecanismo de comunicación de amplio alcance que bajo ciertas circunstancias pueden resultar muy productivas especialmente en el ámbito académico de educación superior.  Este estudio se enfocó en descubrir las variables relativas a tres dimensiones que son la información, el servicio y el software que impactan directamente en la medición de la calidad de una Red Social para la Gestión del Conocimiento (RSGC) de acuerdo a la opinión del usuario final del que se obtuvieron 13 variables tomadas de modelos de calidad de cada una de las dimensiones consideradas. Además se realizó un estudio entre estudiantes de educación superior para conocer sus preferencias de los medios sociales en línea para compartir y transmitir información

Calidad en el servicio del instituto mexicano del seguro

We want to identify the perception about of the quality in service in the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), for the citizen in Aguascalientes city. The analysis has done in two dimensions: Attention and value in the service. The random survey has done to 348 people is organized so that there are two sets of questions with 5 variables for each analysis: The first section analyzes the attitude of the people who work for the realization of the service and second set qualifying the tangible features of it. The result indicates that the average perception of the population of the service, shows a great potential for improvement and two dimensionsSe pretende identificar la percepción que tienen los ciudadanos, respecto a la calidad en el servicio del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) en la Ciudad de Aguascalientes. El análisis se hace en dos dimensiones: La atención y el valor del servicio recibido. La realización de una encuesta de manera aleatoria realizada a 348 personas, se organiza de tal manera que se tienen dos bloques de preguntas con 5 variables de análisis para cada uno. El primer bloque analiza la actitud de las personas que atienden durante la realización del servicio y el segundo califica las características tangibles del mismo. El resultado indica que la percepción promedio de la población sobre del servicio, manifiesta una gran posibilidad de mejora e ambas dimensiones

The relationship between supply chain management and competitiveness

The globalization of the markets and the new business environmental are forcing organizations, mainly the small and medium-sized enterprises, to improve their competitiveness significantly since to remain in the current market it is necessary to modify the managerial strategies to adapt them to the changes and the clients’ requirements. In this sense, supply chain management appears in the literature like one of the managerial strategies that are implementing in important number of firms to be able increase competitiveness.Therefore, the essential objective of this paper is to analyze the relationship between supply chain management and the competitiveness of small and mediumsized enterprises, using for it a sample of 305 firms of the Aguascalientes State. The obtained results show that supply chain management has a positive influence in competitiveness level, as well as in the financial performance, cost reduction and the use of technology of the small and medium-sized enterprises