The Role Of Science In Support Of Operational Decision-making Dijring Oil Spills

Purpose – This paper addresses horizontal supply chain collaboration among autonomous freight carriers in the less-than-truckload industry. The main purpose of the paper is to identify and explain the challenges with joint operational decision-making in this context and investigate the precise role of information technology (IT) therein. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical evidence is gathered by means of exploratory and explanatory case research, with multiple cases at the planning departments of European freight carriers operating in collaborative transportation networks. Findings – Collaborating carriers face fundamental challenges in joint operational planning and control of collaborative transportation, despite the broad availability of state-of-the-art IT. These operational supply chain challenges can be explained by technological differences of the available IT applications, which hinder integration. Research limitations/implications – Any expectations with regard to state-of-the-art XML or EDI-based IT integration for improved joint operational decision-making in collaborative transportation networks should be considered with care. In particular, the authors' research findings may encourage practitioners to consider new planning and control procedures and develop dedicated IT applications for collaborating freight carriers. Originality/value – The paper highlights the importance of horizontal supply chain collaboration for small and medium-sized freight carriers in the less-than-truckload industry and conceptualises how collaborative transportation networks are organised. Furthermore, an IT typology is introduced to explain the challenges with joint operational decision-making.

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Optimization of the Automated System in Production

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i4.38.27801 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (4.38) ◽

pp. 1263

Author(s):

Svetlana Valentinovna Yudina ◽

Svetlana Anatolievna Ashirova ◽

Olga Petrovna Mikhailova ◽

Rustam Salavatovich Shamsutdinov ◽

Ivan Ivanovich Timofeev ◽

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Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Business Processes ◽

Collection Efficiency ◽

System Optimization ◽

Automated System ◽

Optimal Organization ◽

Convenient Tool ◽

Operational Decision Making ◽

Standard Solutions

The article considers practical aspects of automated system optimization in production. Optimal organization of all business processes and monitoring aiming at greater efficiency and profitability of the enterprise is often the main problem of management. For operational decision-making, information about the operation of all company divisions is needed. Obtaining, processing, and presenting such information in the form applicable for further actions, needs a simple convenient tool. A system of enterprise operation automation is designed to perform the role of such a useful auxiliary.The purpose of the present study is to develop and test new modules automating accounting characteristic of the organization and extending beyond the standard solutions, as well as to prove that increasing the collection efficiency of information about the enterprise operation entails a reduction in the complexity of work associated with the accounting and payroll.

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Elaborating the role of reflection and individual differences in the study of folk-economic beliefs

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x18000274 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 41 ◽

Author(s):

Kevin Arceneaux

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Individual Differences ◽

Cognitive Processes ◽

Evolutionary History ◽

Behavioral Responses ◽

History Of ◽

Economic Beliefs

AbstractIntuitions guide decision-making, and looking to the evolutionary history of humans illuminates why some behavioral responses are more intuitive than others. Yet a place remains for cognitive processes to second-guess intuitive responses – that is, to be reflective – and individual differences abound in automatic, intuitive processing as well.

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The Role of Shared Decision-Making in Audiologic Rehabilitation

Perspectives on Aural Rehabilitation and Its Instrumentation ◽

10.1044/arri21.1.15 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 15-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Helen Pryce ◽

Amanda Hall

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Shared Decision Making ◽

Behavior Changes ◽

Shared Decision ◽

Patient Centered ◽

Treatment Information ◽

Centered Care ◽

Potential Risks ◽

Audiologic Rehabilitation

Shared decision-making (SDM), a component of patient-centered care, is the process in which the clinician and patient both participate in decision-making about treatment; information is shared between the parties and both agree with the decision. Shared decision-making is appropriate for health care conditions in which there is more than one evidence-based treatment or management option that have different benefits and risks. The patient's involvement ensures that the decisions regarding treatment are sensitive to the patient's values and preferences. Audiologic rehabilitation requires substantial behavior changes on the part of patients and includes benefits to their communication as well as compromises and potential risks. This article identifies the importance of shared decision-making in audiologic rehabilitation and the changes required to implement it effectively.

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