scholarly journals Incorporating Risk in Field Services Operational Planning Process

2018 ◽  
pp. 293-307
Author(s):  
Chenlu Ji ◽  
Rupal Mandania ◽  
Jiyin Liu ◽  
Anne Liret ◽  
Mathias Kern
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Operational Planning

scholarly journals Directly Observed Treatment: planning perspectives, improvisation and transfer of policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 1940-1948
Author(s):  
Rarianne Carvalho Peruhype ◽  
Simone Gomes Costa ◽  
Juliana Feliciati Hoffmann ◽  
Karen Bissell ◽  
Fernando Mitano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Operational Planning ◽  
Tuberculosis Control ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Political Will ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
Directly Observed Treatment ◽  
Contextual Change

ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the possibilities of positive and negative association of improvisation and the understanding of what will be the planning by managers and coordinators of tuberculosis control programs, in a context of transference of the Directly Observed Treatment policy. Method: this is a qualitative study, developed through semi-structured interviews analyzed in the light of French Discourse Analysis. Results: there was a weakening of the constructive and operational planning process, which is at the mercy of political will and the need of putting out fires. This, in turn, along with achômetro (Brazilian popular expression used on unsubstantiated point of view or opinion that is based solely and exclusively on the intuition of the person who says it), composed the metaphor of improvisation in its negative perspective, understood by automatism and unsystematization process. Improvisation, however, emerged as a representation of innovation, creativity, and contextual change. Final considerations: both the planning and the transfer of public policies constitute processes that need to be strengthened and qualified in the field of public health.

Investigation of solution techniques of unit commitment problems: A review

2021 ◽  
pp. 0309524X2199244
Author(s):  
Vineet Kumar ◽  
Ram Naresh ◽  
Amita Singh
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Unit Commitment ◽  
Operational Planning ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Subsequent Step ◽  
Commitment Problems ◽  
Published Research

The Unit Commitment (UC) is a significant act of optimization in day-to-day operational planning of modern power systems. After load forecasting, UC is the subsequent step in the planning process. The electric utilities decide in advance which units are to start-up, when to connect them to the network, the sequence in which the generating units should be shut down and for how long. In view of the above, this paper attempts on presenting a thorough and precise review of the recent approaches applied in optimizing UC problems, incorporating both stochastic and deterministic loads, based on various peer reviewed published research papers of reputed journals. It emphasizes on non-conventional energy and distributed power generating systems along with deregulated and regulated environment. Along with an overview, a comprehensive analysis of the UC algorithms reported in the recent past since 2015 has been discussed for the assistance of new researchers concerned with this domain.

scholarly journals Healthcare Quality Management System in Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-77
Author(s):  
Wajahat Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
International Health ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Operational Planning ◽  
Quality Health

The competitive healthcare system and healthcare environment, modern hospitals with substantial investment, healthcare reforms, availability of specialized persons in hospital management, health services management, the success of quality management programs in developed nations and high interest of international health organizations like WHO has led the developing countries like Pakistan to pay due attention to quality in national healthcare system.  Since the time of independence healthcare system in Pakistan is striving for improvements. Despite of the physical infrastructure and availability of qualified workforce for service delivery there are gaps in strategic and operational planning which resulted in poor quality health services. The leaders in healthcare has little awareness that the quality management is an organized specialty to improve the quality of healthcare. It is need of the hour that healthcare leaders in Pakistan must integrate quality improvement activities in strategic and operational planning process of healthcare system. This the only way to maximize the benefits of healthcare system and restore the rapidly deteriorating public trust.

Operational Planning Using Mixed Integer Programming

1988 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 485-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Douglas Walker ◽  
Stephen W. Preiss
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Mathematical Structure ◽  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
Operational Planning ◽  
Mixed Integer ◽  
Forest Planning ◽  
Planning Problem ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Planning Problems

A mathematical model was constructed and used to help plan five-year timber harvesting and delivery activities from an industrially managed public forest in Ontario. Harvest systems, harvest levels, and wood flows from compartments within the forest to various mills and delivery points were scheduled to minimize costs. The mathematical structure of the model may suggest applications to related forest planning problems. The model was useful in addressing the planning problem, and model results were used within the company's planning process. Data accuracy problems precluded assessing definitively the expected cost savings resulting from model use.

War Studies University Attempt to Design Thinking

2019 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-87
Author(s):  
Piotr HARĘŻLAK, LTC, PhD ◽  
Robert ROSA Maj. M.Sc
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Model ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Operational Planning ◽  
Operational Environment ◽  
Testing Model ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Senior Officers ◽  
Experimental Group

This article describes the process of recognising and acquiring new capabilities in the frame of operational planning process. It refers to the changes in the operational environment which can be observed nowadays. Educating senior officers is a process which requires proper tools, techniques, methods and approach. War Studies University tries to respond to these appearing needs in the field of operational planning process, especially in understanding the operational environment. The article looks at the elements of this process. Implementing the design thinking may possibly be an offer that has to be tested. A general overview of the testing model is the aim of the second part of this article. A description of the experimental model includes control and experimental group, dependent and independent variables. Additionally, selected tools are presented. The conduct of the pilot research to verify methods and the way of conducting the experiment is also predicted. The article also refers to the problems of cultural adaptation of the scenario. First of all, the scenario has to be of complex context. This is the consequence of used typology of the operational environment. In the Cynefin framework, environment is divided into four types: simple, complicated, complex and chaotic. The article underlines the meaning of the research concerning the design thinking, as a divergent approach, in the process of implementing this into operational planning.

Comparison of the CF doctrinal and applied operational planning process

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lora Bruyn Martin ◽  
Lisa Rehak ◽  
Tab Lamoureux ◽  
Bob Vokac ◽  
David Bryant
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Operational Planning

scholarly journals Decision Support Tool for Operational Planning of Field Operations

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 229 ◽  
Author(s):  
René Søndergaard Nilsson ◽  
Kun Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Operational Planning ◽  
Crop Season ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Crop Cycle ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Vehicle Capacity ◽  
Alternative Solutions

Precision Farming (PF) and Controlled Traffic Farming (CTF) are well known concepts within agriculture, but the adoption rate of these practices by farmers is still very low, because farmers lack the needed skills or fail to see the benefits of using these practices. If farmers want to reap the full benefits, operational planning must be carried out in advance for the entire crop cycle, before the crop season begins. However, operational planning across the entire crop cycle is a non-trivial task, since the efficiency of each operation is determined by a range of selected operational features (e.g., wayline direction, operational speed, vehicle capacity, wayline sequence, and turn type). To that end, we present, in this paper, an application that can support farmers with operational planning of field operations with CTF, by automating the process. It provides the farmer with an overview of all his field operations, and acts as a decision support tool during the operational planning process. The application allows farmers to store and manage field and equipment information, which is used as input, when setting up CTF and generating way lines and route plans for the individual fields. One of the key benefits of the application is the provided comparison feature, where farmers can compare alternative solutions, based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Results from an example field, for operations with different machine setups, are presented to illustrate how KPIs and visualisations can support farmers during the decision process.

Development and Evaluation of an Intuitive Operations Planning Process for the Canadian Forces

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-401
Author(s):  
L. Bruyn Martin ◽  
L. Rehak ◽  
T. Lamoureux ◽  
David Bryant ◽  
B. Vokac
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evaluation ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Operational Planning ◽  
Canadian Forces ◽  
Operational Effectiveness ◽  
Operations Planning ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Planning Procedure ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness

This paper describes the development and evaluation of an intuitive planning process as an alternative to the Canadian Forces Operational Planning Process (CFOPP), a formal planning procedure based on analytical decision theory. The Intuitive Operations Planning Process (IOPP) is an iterative planning procedure, developed for this project, in which a single course of action is continually evaluated and refined. An experimental evaluation of the IOPP was conducted in which two planning teams performed two simulated planning tasks, once with the CFOPP and once with the IOPP. Results show that the IOPP outperformed the CFOPP in terms of efficiency, quality of planning products, usability, operational effectiveness, and workload, but was rated inferior in terms of trust and reliability, and the potential to lead to errors. It appears that the IOPP may be able to provide benefits to operational planning in terms of both efficiency and effectiveness and its use should therefore be further examined.

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