STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT MODEL BETWEEN BUSINESS PROCESSES AND ICT’S THROUGH ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURES FOR SME’S

Small and Medium manufacturing companies, as a result of globalization, have serious difficulties to compete in international markets, studies show that has been difficult for these businesses to adopt new methods of work organization, that does become more competitive and productive. In Mexico, SME’s have successfully integrated the administrative processes into information and communication technology; moreover the processes of quality and production have less support by ICT’s. This research project proposes a model of strategic alignment between the key business processes of SME’s and the ICT’s, using enterprise architectures. The proposal was applied to a firm of a pilot sample, finding a complete support of management processes by ICT’s. Partial support for production and quality processes, resulting an improvement proposal for the integration of the essential processes of manufacturing SME’s into ICT’s

STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT MODEL BETWEEN BUSINESS PROCESSES AND ICT’S THROUGH ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURES FOR SME’S

Small and Medium manufacturing companies, as a result of globalization, have serious difficulties to compete in international markets, studies show that has been difficult for these businesses to adopt new methods of work organization, that does become more competitive and productive. In Mexico, SME’s have successfully integrated the administrative processes into information and communication technology; moreover the processes of quality and production have less support by ICT’s. This research project proposes a model of strategic alignment between the key business processes of SME’s and the ICT’s, using enterprise architectures. The proposal was applied to a firm of a pilot sample, finding a complete support of management processes by ICT’s. Partial support for production and quality processes, resulting an improvement proposal for the integration of the essential processes of manufacturing SME’s into ICT’s

MODEL FOR STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES: A PROPOSAL

Small and medium manufacturing companies have continued with the basic use of administrative management technologies in its core business processes. Recent studies on adoption of processes for the integration of information and communication technologies, have shown that these companies have problems with the innovation, production, and the generation of knowledge. It also had problems with its practical application in products, processes, and services. The aim of this study is to develop a model for strategic management of technological innovation as the basis for the development of a computational tool that integrates the different phases of the model. However, it can be applied to manufacturing companies, which will help to increase the competitiveness, productivity, and innovation of these companies. In addition, a proposal for the model was developed and the analysis of the software for managing the model was conducted

Sistema de Informacion que Utiliza Datos del Proceso de Fabricacion de un Controlador Logico Programable

En la actualidad, las empresas requieren de la obtención de datos precisos, análisis que apoye en la toma de decisiones y en la mejora continua; estos procesos han llegado a formar parte de la visión de negocios de la gerencia empresarial sobre la cual están orientados los objetivos de negocios para poder ser y permanecer competitivos. Las empresas de manufactura tienen la necesidad de obtener y analizar datos relacionados a los procesos de producción para determinar el nivel de eficiencia de estos y en base a la información obtenida tomar decisiones que ayuden a la empresa a mejorar o corregir situaciones que puedan ser de carácter humano, operativo, procedural o de equipo. En este proyecto de desarrollo de software se ha diseñado e implementado un sistema de información, con el método de cascada, para una empresa de manufactura localizada en la frontera norte de México con Estados Unidos en el sector del cuidado de la salud; el sistema utiliza datos desde un controlador lógico programable, en el cual se obtienen datos para su monitoreo como: alarmas de la máquina, conteo de eventos, duración de cada alarma y velocidad de producción. Dando como resultado información de los códigos de producción, turno, día y hora; además de medir de forma precisa la eficiencia de la máquina, así como la detección de tendencias y la creación de alertas oportunas hacia personas técnicas para la solución de problemas. El sistema consta de un análisis de velocidad y carga de trabajo del procesador del PLC, desarrollo de la conexión entre el procesador y el sistema, preparación del sistema para el traspaso de información, programación de la base de datos en Access y el diseño de la interfaz gráfica en Visual Basic. Net. Entre los logros más importantes obtenidos de la implementación del sistema de información se encuentran: Disponibilidad de la información en tiempo real y obtención de datos históricos de las variables de producción del equipo, mejoramiento de las tareas de supervisión y control de procesos, así como el envío de alertas a usuarios específicos para reacción adecuada a eventos de fallas.   Currently, companies require obtaining accurate data, analysis that supports decision-making and continuous improvement; these processes have become part of the business management vision on which business objectives are oriented to be and remain competitive. Manufacturing companies have the need to obtain and analyze data related to production processes to determine their level of efficiency and based on the information obtained, make decisions that help the company improve or correct situations that may be of human, operational, procedural or equipment. In this software development project, with the cascade method, an information system has been designed and implemented, for a manufacturing company located on the northern border of Mexico with the United States in the health care sector; the system uses data from a programmable logic controller, in which data such as: machine alarms, event count, duration of each alarm, and production speed were obtained for monitoring. Resulting in information on the production codes, shift, day and hour; in addition to accurately measuring the efficiency of the machine, as well as the detection of trends and the creation of timely alerts to technical personnel for troubleshooting. The system consists of an analysis of the speed and workload of the PLC processor, development of the connection between the processor and the system, preparation of the system for the transfer of information, programming of the database and the design of a graphical interface in Visual Basic.Net . Among the most important achievements obtained from the implementation of the information system are: Availability of information in real time and obtaining historical data from production variables, improvement of supervision tasks and process control, as well such as sending alerts to specific users for adequate reaction to failure events

Randomized controlled trial of a book-sharing intervention in a deprived South African community: effects on carer-infant interactions, and their relation to infant cognitive and socio-emotional outcome

Background: Consistent with evidence from high income countries, we previously showed that, in an informal peri-urban settlement in a low-middle income country, training parents in book-sharing with their infants benefitted infant language and attention (Vally et al., 2015). Here, we investigated whether these benefits were explained by improvements in carer-infant interactions in both book-sharing and non-book-sharing contexts. We also explored whether infant socio-emotional development benefitted from book-sharing. Methods: We conducted a randomized controlled trial in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Carers of 14-16 month-old infants were randomized to 8 weeks’ training in book-sharing (n = 49) or a wait list control group (n = 42). In addition to the cognitive measures reported previously, independent assessments were made at base line and follow-up of carer-infant interactions during book-sharing and toy play. Assessments were also made, at follow-up only, of infant pro-social behaviour in a ‘help task’, and of infant imitation of doll characters’ non-social actions and an interpersonal interaction. Eighty-two carer-infant pairs (90%) were assessed at follow-up. (Trial registration ISRCTN39953901). Results: Carers who received the training showed significant improvements in book-sharing interactions (sensitivity, elaborations, reciprocity), and, to a smaller extent, in toy-play interactions (sensitivity). Infants in the intervention group showed a significantly higher rate of pro-social behaviour, and tended to show more frequent imitation of the interpersonal interaction. Improvements in carer behaviour during book-sharing, but not during toy play, mediated intervention effects on all infant cognitive outcomes, and tended to mediate intervention effects on infant interpersonal imitation. Conclusions: Training in book sharing, a simple, inexpensive intervention that has been shown to benefit infant cognitive development in a low-middle income country, also shows promise for improving infant socio-emotional outcomes in this context. Benefits are mediated by improvements in carer-infant interactions, particularly in book-sharing contexts

The impact of dialogic book-sharing training on infant language and attention: a randomized controlled trial in a deprived South African community

Background Dialogic book-sharing is an interactive form of shared reading. It has been shown in high income countries (HICs) to be of significant benefit to child cognitive development. Evidence for such benefit in low and middle income countries (LMICs) is scarce, although a feasibility study of our own produced encouraging findings. Accordingly, we aimed to establish the impact on child language and attention of providing training in dialogic booksharing to carers of infants in an impoverished South African community. Methods We conducted a randomized controlled trial in Khayelitsha, an informal settlement in South Africa. Mothers of infants aged between 14 and 16 months were recruited and randomized to either eight weeks of manualized training in dialogic book-sharing or a no-intervention control group. Independent assessments were made of infant language and attention at baseline and following training. The trial was registered (ISRCTN39953901). Results Ninety one carer-infant dyads were recruited and randomized to the intervention group (n = 49) or the control group (n = 42), 82 (90%) of whom were available for follow-up assessments. On a standardized carer report of infant vocabulary, compared to those in the control group, carers who received the intervention reported a significantly greater increase in the number of words understood by their infants as well as a larger increase in the number of words that their infant understood and could vocalize. Intervention group children also showed substantially greater gains on a measure of sustained attention. Conclusions In line with evidence from HICs, a dialogic book-sharing programme delivered to an impoverished South African sample was shown to be of considerable benefit to the development of child language and focussed attention. The training programme, which is simple and inexpensive to deliver, has the potential to benefit child cognitive development in LMIC contexts where such development is commonly compromised

Impacto de la sesión de educación física en los hábitos de actividad física y alimentación en escolares de 3er ciclo de nivel primaria con obesidad y sobrepeso.

La sesión de Educación física en el nivel primaria es un espacio donde se materializan los objetivos y programas de la asignatura. Uno de los ámbitos de intervención de la educación física es a través de la promoción del cuidado de la salud, esto se ha dado en diversos programas desde diferentes perspectivas

IMPLEMENTACION DE UNA METODOLOGIA BASADA EN TECNOLOGIAS DE INFORMACION PARA LA SOLUCION DE FALLAS EN LA OPERACIÓN DE REDES EMPRESARIALES BASADAS EN TCP/IP

La creciente necesidad de disponer oportunamente de información relevante, obliga a las empresas a reevaluar constantemente su infraestructura tecnológica y la forma de administrarla. Dentro de este ambiente, un lugar preponderante es ocupado por la red de comunicaciones. En México no estamos acostumbrados a medir lo que nos cuesta tener fuera de operación una red de comunicaciones sea esta pública ó privada, y como no existe una cultura al respecto este trabajo pretende fomentar el desarrollo de esta cultura. Este trabajo de investigación se basa en el análisis de la problemática de fallas en la operación que presentan las Redes de Cobertura Amplia basadas en TCP/IP, en éste estudio analizaremos el caso especifico de una empresa del Sector Productivo que servirá para aportar sugerencias de mejora en la prevención, detección y/o corrección de fallas en cualquier red de cobertura amplia basada en TCP/IP. Para desarrollar este proyecto fue necesario analizar la administración del monitoreo y operación de la red, en una empresa del sector productivo de México; la selección se realizó principalmente por las facilidades para la investigación de campo y el antecedente de la problemática manifestada en ésta empresa, dicha problemática de fallas en la operación de la red, no solo impactaba en el decremento de la disponibilidad de operación, aumento en la incidencia de fallas LAN y WAN, sino que dañaba los equipos de cómputo y comunicaciones, por lo cual se decidió evaluar la problemática en dos periodos de estudio uno antes y otro después de aplicar las medidas preventivas, y procedimientos de atención y corrección de fallas en la operación de la red. Se tomaron como muestra los concentrados de reportes de fallas correspondientes a cada mes, los cuales se procesaron en hojas de cálculo para obtener los reportes de clasificación de fallas por tipo, disponibilidad y gráficas de eficiencias relativas a la operación de la red en cada uno de los meses de estudio. Como resultado se obtuvo que una vez que se trabaja organizadamente aplicando medidas preventivas para evitar fallas y se aplican procedimientos adecuados para la atención y corrección de las mismas, aumenta considerablemente la disponibilidad en la operación de la red y disminuye el número de incidentes ó fallas tanto LAN como WAN de la red

Comparación estadística de la relación de dependencia de uso del UML dentro del sector empresarial y educativo

The use of tools for software development, is an important part for the analysis of software project requirements, both for companies and in the curricula of the educational sector at the undergraduate level; one of the tools is the Unified Modeling Language. A study was conducted to evaluate, to what extent, both companies and universities use these tools; by using the statistical method x² (chi-square), which will help identify dependency relationships between qualitative variables, whose calculation will allow us to confirm with a certain level of statistical security whether the levels of the variables (use, utility, advantages, cases of usage, sequence diagrams, components and collaboration) of the companies and the education sector show cases of similar use, which will serve as a support in the decision making of the curricula content of the computer and computer systems majors.El uso de herramientas para el desarrollo de software, forman parte importante para el análisis de requerimientos de proyectos de software, tanto en las empresas, así como en la currícula del sector educativo a nivel licenciatura; una de las herramientas es el UML (Lenguaje Unificado de Modelado). Se realizó un estudio para evaluar, en qué medida, tanto las empresas como las universidades utilizan estas herramientas; mediante el método estadístico x² (ji-cuadrada), lo que ayudara a identificar relaciones de dependencia entre variables cualitativas, cuyo cálculo nos permitirá afirmar con un nivel de confianza estadístico determinado si los niveles de las variables (uso, utilidad, ventajas, casos de uso, diagramas de secuencia, componentes y colaboración) de las empresas y el sector educativo muestran casos de uso similares, los cuales servirán de apoyo en la toma de decisiones de contenido de la currícula de las carreras de informática y sistemas computacionales.