Symphonic Poem "New Life" for Orchestra and Yang-Chin

Symphonic Poem New Life is a composition in one movement for orchestra and yang-chin. The work is divided into six continuous sections. It is written in resultant form which is a cumulative process by which all major musical elements return at the end of the work. The tritone is the prominent interval used throughout the piece. Some graphic notation is also employed. The work has a performance time of approximately 13-15 minutes. The yang-chin is a Chinese string instrument similar to the Hungarian cymbalon, which is played with a pair of small beaters. These instruments have similar ranges, and either instrument can be used in this work

A Design Theory for Supply Chain Visibility in the age of Big Data

Existing literature has extensively discussed that supply chain visibility (SCV) can help to improve supply chain performance. Yet there is no sound approach available to effectively operationalize SCV. We posit that information sharing alone is not decisive for SCV, as SCV is context sensitive. On one side, there is the generator role that shares information. However, we posit that there is also the utilizer role, which aims to solve specific management problems. This study documents three knowledge moments in the search for SCV in the age of big data. The first knowledge moment is of a nomothetic science, where we define SCV from a utilizer and generator perspective. The second knowledge moment is of a nomothetic design, where we developed an ISDT and proposed five design principles. Finally, the third knowledge moment is of an ideographic design, where we described an actual implementation in an actual garment supply chain

Dynamic Isomorphism: IT Adaptation of the Bandwagon Followers

Firms often mindlessly adopt IT due to institutional pressure, which often leads to hastened and irrational decisions. Institutional pressure is therefore often considered as a negative effect on IT adoption. That is because little literature investigates into the adaptation effect after IT adoption due to institutional pressure. We advocate that institutional pressure indeed has a catalyzing effect on IT adoption in general, but firms can still mindfully correct the hastened decisions into a competitive advantage over time. We call this phenomenon dynamic isomorphism, which describes the IT adaptation process after institutional pressure. We propose to investigate in dynamic isomorphism by the use of a cross-case analysis, as it can provide an in-depth explanation of the proposed phenomenon

Towards a Framework for Aligning RFID Applications With Supply Chain Strategies

Supply chain management has two streams of strategies, namely lean and agile. However, current RFID applications tend to overlook supply chain strategies and are designed for obvious RFID applications, like simply replacing barcodes. However, the full potential of RFID might not be achieved when RFID applications are not aligned with the supply chain strategies. Therefore, this study analyzes the current literature to investigate whether RFID applications are indeed misaligned with their strategies. Results shows that RFID is still at its infancy and most RFID applications focus on cost reduction, a lean practice, and less attention has been paid on how RFID can satisfy customer demands, an agile practice. It is therefore suggested that management should ensure that RFID applications are aligned with their supply chain strategy, in order to gain the most benefits out of RFID

On IoT Impact Of Supply Chain Visibility

Supply chain visibility (SCV) is much sought after in supply chain management, yet SCV remains an intangible topic with no tangible artifacts. The on-demand visibility view required of one decision maker, the seeing role, in a supply chain is quite different to any others – context specific, and managerial varied. Data available for the view must be collected and captured by the being seen role with on-target provenance. IoT technology becomes an integrative glue in supply chain integration fabrics, facilitating on-target design with manageable end-to-end visibility. In this paper, we propose a duality SCV framework to operationalize visibility. Contributions of the paper are firstly to bring current SCV discussions into focus to how IoT technology deployment can be formulated with on-target precision by the being seen, and secondly to extend to how on demand supply chain visibility to the seeing is enabled anywhere anytime

Towards A Reference Framework For RFID-Enabled Garment SC Visibility

In the current environment organizations can no longer compete on price alone. Supply chains are becoming important, where efficiency and effectiveness play the pivotal role. RFID is a highly heralded technology in the supply chain field, which can synchronize the information flow with the material flow. However, organizations are still not widely adopting it, as the industry is missing compelling business cases to illustrate how to implement the technology and how it actually can bring benefits to the business. In this study we develop and demonstrate an innovative information infrastructure to facilitate a smooth supply chain operation. The infrastructure is designed based on an in-depth case study of a typical complete garment supply chain. SCOR model is used to ensure that the design is applicable in various supply chain set ups

Visibility Cloud: A Supply Chain Perspective

Visibility in a supply chain brings benefits across all partners, leading to positive effect on overall supply chain performance. IoT-based approach has been shown to be effective in enhancing end-to-end visibility. An IT artifact can be designed to deliver supply chain visibility to individual users. Yet, factors like ownership, costs, and know-how often deter the adoption by supply chains. In this paper, we present the design of a cloud-based IT artifact for supply chain visibility services. With IT services and a service-oriented approach to visibility, a concept of visibility cloud (VC) is proposed. The design objectives of VC are articulated, leading to two key services formulated as Visibility-as-a-Service and App-as-a-Service. The two services are described and followed by an illustrative instantiation. VC servicetizes SCV with affordability and expandability according to the pace of each individual party. With metered SCV services via mobile devices, supply chain management is effective definite (definite effective?) anytime anywhere

Smart elderly care robot 智能長者護理機械人

...This project aims to design a companion robot to take care of elderly people’s social and mental needs. A movable robot, named the ‘Intelligent Elderly Care Robot’, is built to serve this purpose. The robot uses currently available technologies, including simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM), face recognition, voice dialog with machine learning AI, and an Android application for direct, easy user control... ...鑒於未來的長者服務需求殷切，這個項目旨在設計一款名為「智能長者護理機械人」的機械夥伴，以滿足長者的社交及精神需要。機械人配備多項現有科技，包括同步定位與地圖構建（SLAM）、臉部辨識、配備人工學習智能的語音對話、方便使用者直接操作的安卓應用程式等... Award: Silver奬項: 銀