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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Operational management"”.
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Deep Learning Methods for Built Environment Operational Management
… deep learning (DL) frameworks toward enhancing operational management in the built environment, with case studies on (i) reliable infrastructure anomaly detection (AD) and (ii) scalable energy forecasting. An unsupervised, univariate probabilistic anomaly detection framework—DEGAN: Density …
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Online simulation for the operational management of inpatient beds
… models which can help hospitals with short-term (operational) decision making. This is where Online Discrete Event Simulation (ODES) can help. An ODES (also known as symbiotic simulation) takes all the components of a DES model, and adds the ability to load the state of the real system at run-time …
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A systems perspective of the operational management of a mobile communications platform
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-82).
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The development of an operational management procedure for the South African west coast rock lobster fishery
This thesis considers the development of an operational management procedure (OMP) to provide scientific recommendations for commercial TAC for the South African west coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) fishery. This fishery has been under considerable stress in recent years as a result of …
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Nurse Manager and Staff Nurse Perceptions of Selected Competencies Related to the Nurse Manager Role
… nurse perceptions of nurse manager patient care management competencies. There were no significant differences between nurse manager and staff nurse perceptions regarding all competencies, human resource management competencies, or operational management competencies. Significant differences were …
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Maximising Board governance effectiveness in small and medium-sized Australian independent schools
… boards can move towards governance by delegating operational management of the school to the principal. These involve boards understanding, first, the nature of governance and developing the intention to govern effectively, second, when and how to make the difficult transition from operational …
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Management procedures for the South African hake resource in the 2000s
… M. capensis) has been managed using Operational Management Procedures (OMPs) since 1990. This thesis summarises the development of two OMPs: OMP-2007, which was the basis for the 2007 to 2010 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) recommendations, and OMP-2011, which was first used for the 2011 …
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The assessment of and management procedure development for the Namibian Monkfish resource
… and to use this as the basis to develop an Operational Management Procedure (OMP) for the resource. First, the biology, history of the fishery, and the history of monkfish stock assessment and management are reviewed briefly. Then the reasons for using an Age-Structured Production Model …
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Modelling dominance shifts of anchovy and sardine with a frame-based approach : sensitivity to the underlying sardine population dynamics
… assessment model from the joint sardine/anchovy Operational Management Procedure, OMP-02. Methods for incorporating biological processes - such as the hypothesised school trap phenomena - that were present in the existing frame based model into the OMP-02 equations are developed, critically …
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Lean service model implementation in convenience stores: a case study in inventory and product quality management
… they face significant challenges in product management and inventories, especially in quality and stock control, which affects customer satisfaction and company profitability. This research proposed a service model based on Lean Service tools, such as 5S, Kanban, Standardized Work, and …
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Reducing transportation costs and inventory shrinkage in the Washington State tree fruit industry
… to reduce these losses. Next, I develop an operational management tool in the form of a mixed-integer optimization model which can be used to make optimal sourcing decisions during stock-out events. I find that the potential savings from improved sourcing decisions are between $0.01 and 0.02 …
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Can traditional Japanese companies reinvigorate middle managers to improve their competitive advantages in a world of uncertainty?
… when middle managers bridge the gap between top management's ideal and frontline staff's reality. This is what Nonaka and Takeuchi call “middle up-down management” in The Knowledge-Creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation. Unfortunately, many middle managers, who …
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Application of lean and TPM tools to improve OEE: a case study in peruvian metalworking SMES
… percent. This study is relevant to the field of operational management as it provides a functional model that improves the reliability of outputs and the efficiency of inputs. The results point to the need of sustaining improvement and involving employees. Future research should seek to assess …
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Planning for the strategic management of South Africa's West Coast rock lobster fishery : an integrated approach to group decision support
… key stakeholders, in planning for the future management of the West Coast Rock Lobster fishery. The primary objective of the study was to consider an integrated approach to group decision support, incorporating a particular soft-OR approach, SODA, together with multi-criteria decision analysis …
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Investigating the effects of maintenance and environmental conditions on the operational efficiency of ships by analysis on the real operational data
… Maritime Organisation (IMO) regarding operational management and design limitations enter force in following years. Besides that, fuel consumption cost represents a major of total ship operation cost. Due to these, environmental performance and energy efficiency are top issues for ship …
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Multi Agent Systems for the Active Management of Electrical Distribution Networks
… operated and towards a higher degree of network operational management. The employment of a distributed management and control approach for an SSEZ, realised through the Multi Agent Systems (MAS) technology, is proposed due to the advantages that can potentially be realised in the areas of: (i) …
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Logística de distribuição em uma empresa de materiais de construção de João Pessoa - PB: uma visão etnometológica
… process in order to reach the effectiveness of operational management, emphasizing its main aspects, especially regarding the coordination of supply, to improve logistics activities that must be performed jointly, accentuating the function and use of the transmission and distribution to the …
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Impact of inventory storage and retrieval schemes on productivity
The operational management of high volume, multi-line distribution warehouses is a monumental undertaking, which only a handful of companies in the world have chosen to tackle. Amazon.com is amongst the few, and has further differentiated itself because of its direct to customer method of …
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Personalization of future urban mobility
… smartphones and other GPS-enabled devices, the operational management strategies for future urban mobility can be personalized and serve for various system objectives. This thesis focuses on the personalization of future urban mobility through the personalized menu optimization model. The model …
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Investigating new accident causation, risk assessment, and mitigation strategy selection tools in the petroleum industry
… and these agencies and societies work to improve operational management, to ensure safe working conditions, and to minimize risk of all kinds, so that if failures occur, damage is contained within tolerable limits (Health and Safety Executives, 2013).</p><p>The currently used of both qualitative …
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