Information requirements for e-maintenance strategic planning: A benchmark study in complex production systems

2006 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 581-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Macchi ◽  
Marco Garetti
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Information Requirements ◽  
Benchmark Study

scholarly journals Destination management organisations as meta-designers

Tourism ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-307
Author(s):  
Monika Bachinger ◽  
Ana Tripković Marković
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Wicked Problems ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Technological Systems ◽  
Practical Recommendations

DMOs increasingly find themselves managing complex socio-technological systems. They face ‘wicked problems’ at the point where humans and technological systems intersect. Such problems require the remit of DMOs to grow from its current status of meta-management into the new concept of meta-design. Whereas meta-management relies on strategic planning and a predictable future, meta-design takes into account unpredictable dynamics of destinations as experience production systems. The term meta-design implies designing design; it targets those structures and processes in destinations that facilitate the co-production of tourism experiences. Based on a survey in Germany and Montenegro this paper investigates whether, and to what degree, DMOs practice meta-design, what factors characterise their meta-design and what circumstances drive them to take on the task of meta-design. Results show that only a small number of DMOs in both countries practice meta-design. The DMOs who adhere most closely to such a role operate at a superordinate geographical level. Digitalisation and user-centeredness are important features of meta-design; however, DMOs realise both of these features to different degrees. Contact with service providers along with available networking resources influence DMOs to practice meta-design. Differences exist between Montenegro and Germany due to their markets and normative settings. In discussing these results, some practical recommendations and further fields of research have been formulated.

The Right Information

2017 ◽  
pp. 38-52
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Information Requirements ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Critical Thought ◽  
Form Part ◽  
The Right

Organisations are becoming increasingly information driven and are rapidly shifting focus to requiring better information for long-term strategic planning. There is a lot of data required to provide this information and a lot of critical thought needed to change the data into useful information. Organisations need to improve the search for the right information that can be used immediately—to take action or make a decision—and this chapter examines the reality of this definition. The availability of effective management information is essential when coping with today's increasing organisation complexity. For the information system to be designed correctly in order to collect the requisite data and to be able to provide the necessary information, it is essential for the information system developers to know what information is required for managers and staff to run the organisation at all three levels of management: operational, tactical, and strategic. The information of course is not useful unless it is being communicated and it particularly needs to be communicated to the person that needs it. The information requirements for management planning should form part of the essential strategic plan documentation.

Benchmark Study: I. Introduction, Weed Population, and Management Trends from the Benchmark Survey 2010

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 525-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joby M. Prince ◽  
David R. Shaw ◽  
Wade A. Givens ◽  
Micheal D. K. Owen ◽  
Stephen C. Weller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
The South ◽  
Weed Species ◽  
Weed Population ◽  
Benchmark Study ◽  
East And West

Almost 1,650 corn, cotton, and soybean growers in 22 states participated in a 2010 telephone survey to determine their attitudes with regard to which weed species were most problematic in glyphosate-resistant (GR) crop production systems for corn, cotton, and soybean. The survey is a follow-up to a previous 2005 to 2006 survey that utilized a smaller set of growers from fewer states. In general, growers continued to estimate weed populations as low and few challenges have been created following adoption of GR cropping systems. Pigweed and foxtail species were dominant overall, whereas other species were more commodity and state specific. Corn, cotton, and soybean growers cited velvetleaf, annual morningglory, and waterhemp, respectively, as predominant weeds. Growers in the South region were more likely to report pigweed and waterhemp (Amaranthus spp.), whereas growers in the East and West reported horseweed. When growers were asked with which GR weeds they had experienced personally, horseweed was reported in all regions, but growers in the South more frequently reported pigweed, whereas growers in the East and West regions more frequently reported waterhemp. Comparisons with the previous 2005 survey indicated that more growers believed they were experiencing GR weeds and were more aware of specific examples in their state. In particular, the Amaranthus complex was of greatest concern in continuously cropped soybean and cotton.

Division 1 Strategic Planning Document

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Division 1

The good and bad of strategic planning in research organizations

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara J. Perry ◽  
Steven C. Currall ◽  
Karla K. Stuebing ◽  
Emily M. Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Research Organizations
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