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Showing 1 to 20 of 148 for “"Operational Performance"”.
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Evaluating and Forecasting the Operational Performance of Road Intersections
… therefore of vital importance to improve their operational performance, as that can significantly contribute towards the efficiency of the whole transport network. Traditional approaches to improve the efficiency of intersections are based on analysis of static data or expert opinions. However, …
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Capacity and Operational Performance Optimization under External Constraints with Uncertainty
… emissions regulations on firms' profitability, operational performance, and decision-making processes. The models relax common simplifying assumptions (i.e., deterministic lead-times, exogenous emissions permit price) to better represent real market characteristics and applications. …
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Evaluating the Operational Performance of St. Augustine U-turn Interchange (SUTI)
This study evaluates the operational performance of a novel median U-turn interchange—St. Augustine U-turn interchange (SUTI)—as an alternative to a conventional median U-turn on arterial interchange (MUTAI) and four other existing service interchanges. The research integrates two analytical …
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The Impact of Airport Size on Service Continuity and Operational Performance
… medium, large) and air service continuity and operational performance. It consists of three studies, each written in journal format. The first study analyzes the markets served pre- and post-recession while focusing on the operational strategies adopted by the top Major Carriers and Low-Cost …
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Aircraft emissions reductions through improved operational performance : challenges, opportunities and policy implications
… as the aviation industry continues to grow. Operational improvements are an attractive alternative for emissions reductions, because in addition to the environmental benefits, they can reduce airspace congestion, delays and unnecessary fuel consumption. Furthermore, most stakeholders and …
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Freight Distribution During Disasters: Measuring and Improving Operational Performance of Critical Systems
… increases during disasters, the physical and operational constraints decrease the capacity of the freight distribution systems. Accordingly, public and private-sector stakeholders seek disaster preparedness and response interventions to ensure timely and economic distribution of vital freight …
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Supporting the operational performance management of public service systems during slow-onset disasters
… can be successfully managed to maintain the operational performance goals of public organizations during slow-onset disasters. The first study focuses on the volatility in the service needs of citizens from a public system during a long-term disaster. The study proposes a time series approach …
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Safety Culture, Training, Understanding, Aviation Passion: The Impact on Manual Flight and Operational Performance
… factor over pilot training and resultant operational performance. Pilot understanding is a direct result of pilot training, and current training practices are negatively influencing the decision for manual flight. Therefore, a solution to the industry problem—operational confusion …
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Improving Performance in a Global Logistics Company: Operational Performance Before and After Process Improvement
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an intervention designed to eliminate damage notification failures in a customer-specific standard operating procedure used by a global logistics company. Process maps identified locations in the process where damage notification …
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The improvement of operational performance of public transport : the case for Gauteng Province, South Africa
… problems. The service is characterised by poor performance, most evident in late arrivals, over crowdedness, and non-availability outside peak hours, among other. Most often, old and unsafe vehicles are used in operations, which compromise the safety of passengers. The 1997 Gauteng White Paper …
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An approach to predict operational performance of airline schedules using aircraft assignment key performance indicators
This thesis presents an approach for predicting operational performance of airlines on the basis of flight schedules and aircraft assignments. The methodology uses aggregate measures of properties of aircraft assignments, called Aircraft Assignment Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and aims to …
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Factors influencing operational performance for SMMEs in the textile and clothing manufacturing sector in the eThekwini district
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Management Sciences: Business Administration, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2016.
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The Impact of Employee Motivation on Employees Operational Performance in the Ghanaian Large-scale Textile Manufacturing Industry
… the impact of employee motivation on employees’ operational performance in the large-scale textile manufacturing industry in Ghana. It focuses on contributing to the revival of the textile industry in Ghana, a major contributor to the country’s GDP. This study also seeks to explore in detail the …
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Influence of organizational culture in the relationship between information system and operational performance on manufacturing sector in UAE
… countries including UAE. One of the important performance criteria in manufacturing is organizational performance (OP), which relates to the utilization of all resources (people/assets/time) to deliver lower cost and higher quality products, services to the customers in the shortest time …
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Efficiency Analysis of Operational Performance of Container Terminals of Sea Port, the Case of Dar es salaam Port
… faces several challenges on efficiency and operational performance at its container terminals. Some of the challenges are; queing of ships at outer aunchorage waiting for berthing, congestions at yard storage area, causing delays on ship and slow yard delivering processes. The solution to …
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Increasing operational performance of a Human Resources Department through improving the managing of the relationships and interactions : a systems approach
Operational efficiency requires, inter-alia, efficient interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration within a system. This, however, demands a proper management of interrelationships and interactions between the different functions ofthe system. However, the emergence of interpersonal and …
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