A Semi-automated Method for Capturing Consumer Preferences for System Requirements

The article illustrates the functional features of the automated system of operation of signalling, centralization and blocking devices, shows the interface of the automated system of accounting and control of railway automation and telemechanics devices, presents the system requirements and testing of the automated method. The process manages, and metering devices of automatics and telemechanics in the use of QR-coding method should be used for automated identification of devices of signalling, centralization and blocking with the aim of collecting data about installed devices, checking the correct replacement devices, data input on the implementation of the repair and acceptance, automated input of data on new devices submitted for repair and process areas.

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Capturing Consumer Preference in System Requirements Through Business Strategy

International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design ◽

10.4018/ijismd.2013100101 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 1-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Constantinos Giannoulis ◽

Eric-Oluf Svee ◽

Jelena Zdravkovic

Keyword(s):

Business Strategy ◽

Customer Value ◽

Consumer Preferences ◽

Consumer Preference ◽

Meta Model ◽

It Alignment ◽

The Core ◽

Consumer Orientation ◽

System Requirements

A core concern within Business-IT alignment is coordinating strategic initiatives and plans with Information Systems (IS). Substantial work has been done on linking strategy to requirements for IS development, but it has usually been focused on the core value exchanges offered by the business, and thus overlooking other aspects that influence the implementation of strategy. One of these, consumer preferences, has been proven to influence the successful provisioning of the business's customer value proposition, and this study aims to establish a conceptual link between both strategy and consumer preferences to system requirements. The core contention is that reflecting consumer preferences through business strategy in system requirements allows for the development of aligned systems, and therefore systems that better support a consumer orientation. The contribution of this paper is an approach to establish such alignment, with this being accomplished through the proposal of a consumer preference meta-model mapped to a business strategy meta-model further linked to a system requirements technique. The validity of this proposal is demonstrated through a case study carried out within an institution of higher education in Sweden.

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Halal Retailing: Closing the Last Mile in an End-to-end Halal Supply Chain

ICR Journal ◽

10.52282/icr.v11i1.28 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 147-152

Author(s):

Marco Tieman ◽

Barbara Ruiz-Bejarano

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Management System ◽

Consumer Preferences ◽

Last Mile ◽

Islamic Thought ◽

Retail Outlets ◽

System Requirements ◽

End To End

In 2010, the Department of Standards Malaysia introduced the world’s first halal retailing standard: the “MS 2400-3:2010: management system requirements for retailing”. This halal retailing standard intends to provide assurance of the halal integrity of products, goods and/or cargo at the retail stage. It specifies the framework a retailer should establish to meet regulatory halal requirements. In the implementation of the standard, the retailer should address the handling and managing of halal products and/or goods whenever there exist interfacing activities during receiving, loading and delivery. However, this management system is not prescriptive (read: silent) as to how purchasing needs be organised, what categories of halal retailers are possible, the layout of retail outlets, and whether there should be segregation at retail outlets and in logistics. It also leaves out considerations of consumer preferences and how this halal retailing standard protects halal integrity according to Islamic thought, including fatwas and the local customs of Muslim societies.

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Computer Indexing of Electron Diffraction Patterns Including the Effects of Lattice Symmetry

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s042482010007775x ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 35 ◽

pp. 22-23

Author(s):

J. S. Lally ◽

R. J. Lee

Keyword(s):

Electron Diffraction ◽

Zone Axis ◽

Crystal Thickness ◽

Double Diffraction ◽

Automated Method ◽

Lattice Symmetry ◽

Intensity Calculations ◽

Unknown Structure ◽

Diffraction Patterns ◽

Orientation Parameters

In the 50 year period since the discovery of electron diffraction from crystals there has been much theoretical effort devoted to the calculation of diffracted intensities as a function of crystal thickness, orientation, and structure. However, in many applications of electron diffraction what is required is a simple identification of an unknown structure when some of the shape and orientation parameters required for intensity calculations are not known. In these circumstances an automated method is needed to solve diffraction patterns obtained near crystal zone axis directions that includes the effects of systematic absences of reflections due to lattice symmetry effects and additional reflections due to double diffraction processes.Two programs have been developed to enable relatively inexperienced microscopists to identify unknown crystals from diffraction patterns. Before indexing any given electron diffraction pattern, a set of possible crystal structures must be selected for comparison against the unknown.

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