Satellite phone development through an off-shore, outsourcing partnership: Client and vendor experiences

2020 ◽  
pp. 204388692095119
Author(s):  
V Sridhar ◽  
Selvaraj Vadivelu
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Satellite Communications ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Technical Solution ◽  
Product Management ◽  
Partner Organization ◽  
Tactical Decisions ◽  
Off Shoring

Product development outsourcing and off-shoring, especially in a high-technology industry such as Satellite Communications, is done by carefully considering the choice of the partner and the operating business model. From the satellite communications company’s (Client’s) perspective, outsourcing and off-shoring work is a strategic decision that involves considering whether to have a captive off-shore center for resource augmentation or outsource to a third-party partner organization. Furthermore, there are decisions regarding choosing a suitable trustworthy partner organization, pricing models, and the viability of a long-term relationship that involves in-life product management and protection of Intellectual Property ownership. From the partner’s (Vendor’s) viewpoint, there are several strategic and tactical decisions involving technical solution and engineering development strategy, selecting a mutually acceptable pricing model, and analyzing the risks involved in developing the high-tech product away from customer location. This case analyzes the outsourcing and off-shoring engagement between a leading provider of satellite communications and a product engineering services company in India. This case brings out the strategic perspectives of the client–vendor engagement in building a satellite communications product.

Product Resynthesis as a Reverse Logistics Strategy for an Optimal Closed-Loop Supply Chain

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinmay Sane ◽  
Conrad S. Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Third Party ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Closed Loop Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Strategy ◽  
Logistics Strategy ◽  
Original Product

With continued emphasis on sustainability-driven design, reverse logistics is emerging as a vital competitive supply chain strategy for many of the global high-tech manufacturing firms. Various original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and multi-product manufacturing firms are enhancing their reverse logistics strategies in order to establish an optimal closed-loop supply chain through which they can introduce refurbished variants of their products back into the market. While a refurbished product strategy helps to mitigate environmental impact challenges as well as provide additional economic benefits, it is limited to an existing product market, possibly a subset of the existing market, and fails to commercialize/target new markets. In addition to refurbishing, the alternatives available for utilizing End-Of-Life (EOL) products are currently restricted to recycling and permanent disposal. In this work, the authors propose employing a new EOL option called “resynthesis” that utilizes existing waste from EOL products in a novel way. This is achieved through the synthesis of assemblies/subassemblies across multiple domains. The “newly” synthesized product can then be incorporated into the dynamics of a closed-loop supply chain. The proposed methodology enables OEMs to not only offer refurbished products as part of their reverse logistics strategy, but also provide them with resynthesized product concepts that can be used to expand to new/emerging markets. The proposed methodology provides a general framework that includes OEMs (manufacturers of the original product), retailers (distributors of the original product and collectors of the EOL products) and third-party firms (managers of the EOL products) as part of a closed-loop supply chain strategy. The proposed methodology is compared with the existing methodologies in the literature wherein a third-party supplies the OEM only with refurbished products and supplies products unsuitable for refurbishing to another firm(s) for recycling/disposal. A case study involving a multi-product electronics manufacturer is presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed methodology.

scholarly journals MODEL OF THE STRATEGY OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES OF A SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 81-85
Author(s):  
Larisa Shirshova ◽  
Mikhail Glukhov
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Scientific Enterprise ◽  
Strategy Of Development ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Strategy Model ◽  
Knowledge Intensive

The article presents a model of a strategy for the development of human resources in a knowledge-intensive enterprise, based on the use of qualitative and quantitative parameters, taking into account individual and collective characteristics. For a quantitative assessment of the organizational level of labor, the authors propose the use of a coefficient, with the help of which, within the framework of the strategy model, the criteria for the development of personality in labor activity are determined. To implement the proposed development strategy, a model for developing the skills of employees and managers of a high-tech enterprise and a model for developing professional competencies of personnel are presented.

scholarly journals Cost–benefit model for multi-generational high-technology products to compare sequential innovation strategy with quality strategy

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. e0249124
Author(s):  
Hyoung Jun Kim ◽  
Su Jung Jee ◽  
So Young Sohn
Keyword(s):  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Sequential Innovation ◽  
Technology Products ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
New Generation

In the rapidly changing high-tech industry, firms that produce multi-generational products struggle to consistently introduce new products that are superior in innovativeness. However, developing innovative products in a short time sequence period is likely to cause quality problems. Therefore, considering time and resource constraints, two kinds of strategies are commonly employed: sequential innovation strategy, sequentially introducing a new generation of technology product at every launch interval, ensuring timely innovativeness but with relatively uncertain quality, or quality strategy, intermittently introducing a new generation of products, together with a derivative model between generations to enhance the quality. In this study, we propose a framework for a cost–benefit analysis that compares these two strategies by considering competition between firms within a generation as well as that within a firm across multiple generations (i.e., cannibalization) throughout the launch cycle of high-tech products. We apply our proposed framework to the smartphone market and conduct a sensitivity analysis. The results are expected to contribute to strategic decision-making related to the introduction of multi-generational technology products.

A Critical Assessment of Environmental Degeneration and Climate Change

2013 ◽  
pp. 212-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Ploberger
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Growth Strategy ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Environmental Challenges ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The Impact

China and its population are confronted with fundamental environmental challenges, as both, environmental degeneration and the impact of climate change, exhibit critical social, economic and political implications for their future development. Among the various environmental challenges China faces, pollution issues, soil erosion, acid rain, and sea-level rise are identified. This variety of environmental issues increases the underling complexity of how best to address these challenges, especially as China’s growth strategy has the potential to exacerbate the negative impact on the environment further. The strategic decision which development strategy China will follow – a ‘growth first and clean up later’ or ‘cleaning up while growing’ – carries serious implications not only for the environmental situation in China itself, but for the global community as well.

scholarly journals The Greater Bay Area (GBA) Development Strategy and Its Relevance to Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 209653112096446
Author(s):  
Ailei Xie ◽  
Gerard A. Postiglione ◽  
Qian Huang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Professional Autonomy ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Funding Opportunities ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

Purpose: This article provides a policy review of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) development strategies and their relevance to higher education. Design/Approach/Methods: This article reviews key GBA policies adopted by the central government of China and interprets higher education cooperation policies at provincial and national levels before discussing the opportunities and challenges for higher education. Findings: The GBA Development Strategy aims to build an integrated, innovative, and internationalized economy. It presents an opportunity for universities to attract new funding opportunities as well as to prepare graduates to play a key role in the GBA. The shift toward a high-tech service-led economy would hinge upon creating an effective partnerships platform between industry and higher education institutions. To do so would require greater institutional and professional autonomy for the academic research enterprises. There is also a need for evidence-based policies by the Central and GBA regional governments. Originality/Value: The article examines the state of the relationship between GBA strategies and higher education cooperation. It can be used to guide policies to promote higher education cooperation in the GBA in a more integrated, innovative, and internationalized way.

A Real Options-Based Framework for Strategic Decision-Making in Hostile, Turbulent and Ultra-Volatile Environments

2016 ◽  
Vol 841 ◽  
pp. 323-329
Author(s):  
Mircea Boscoianu ◽  
Laura Bacali ◽  
Elena Corina Boscoianu ◽  
Dragos Popa ◽  
Aura Codreanu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Real Options ◽  
Net Present Value ◽  
Force Balance ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Strategic Decision Making ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Discounted Cash Flow ◽  
Resource Dynamics ◽  
Tactical Decisions

The resources required by modern military action are essential in establishing a favorable force balance and thus become a critical landmark in strategic decision making. The imbalance in resources is of utmost importance and needs to be analyzed in full relation with the current dynamic and volatile environment. Decisions made based on such resource dynamics are rapid, intuitive and can be easily transferred into practical approaches provided that the complexity of the processes characteristic of combat environments is fully taken into account. Moreover, the dynamic management of portfolios needs to also include options. Additionally, strategic decisions must be harmonized with operational and tactical decisions while integrating all available means by which to employ resources and meeting the deadline set by the features of real time situations. Traditional approaches like discounted cash flow/ net present value (DCF/ NPV) cannot provide the flexibility required by the changes in combat environment. Unlike the financial options focused on bonds, stocks, financial rates, military real options (MRO) evaluate military resources and bonds and are thus advantageous under uncertain and ultra-volatile conditions. Thus, strategic decision makers need to not only deter against losses, but to also understand how to preserve the opportunity to act in turbulent times.

scholarly journals Development strategy formation of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence in the Scientific and Educational Center "Engineering of the Future"

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-293
Author(s):  
I.I. Barinov ◽  
◽  
N.M. Borgest ◽  
S.Y. Borovik ◽  
O.N. Granichin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Enterprise Management ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Digital Twins ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
The Future ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
A Chain

The Scientific and Educational Center "Engineering of the Future", created on the basis of the Institute of Regional Development of the Samara Region, has formed a number of important sectoral and subject committees, in which it is planned to develop breakthrough technologies in high-tech industries. The Committee on Artificial Intelligence, organized within the framework of the SEC "Engineering of the Future", forms its development strategy. The article outlines the vision for the prospects of such a strategy of the project team, consisting of specialists from universities, academia, design organizations, commercial companies and startups. The key in the proposed strategy is emergent artificial intelligence - it is a spontaneously arising, under the influence of external events or from internal causes or motives, a chain of coordinated state changes by agents who find a solution to a new problem or increase the value of an existing solution. The authors believe that the construction of emergent artificial intelligence is based on multi-agent technologies and ontologies of subject areas. The article formulates the main tasks of the Committee for the coming years and presents a technological project. The project includes the creation of mass production of intelligent resource management systems, personalized by creating digital twins of enterprise management processes, knowledge bases and multi-agent technologies. The essence of the proposed project, reflecting the important priorities of industrial partners, is to create a line of intelligent products and services for all stages of the life cycle of complex high-tech products and build a "factory" of such systems in the form of an open instrumental platform that will allow these enterprises to reduce dependence on the solution provider and on their own develop and modernize such systems. The principles of the Committee's work were proposed, its first potential projects and planned cooperation on these projects to achieve the first practical results were considered.

scholarly journals Rice phenology and growth simulation using CERES-Rice model under the agro-climate of upper Brahmaputra valley of Assam

MAUSAM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-598
Author(s):  
R. L. DEKA ◽  
R. HUSSAIN ◽  
K. K. SINGH ◽  
A. K. BAXLA ◽  
V. U. M. RAO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Rice Cultivar ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Growth Simulation ◽  
Brahmaputra Valley ◽  
Agricultural Planning ◽  
Tactical Decisions

Crop growth simulation models, properly validated against experimental data have the potential for facilitating strategic decision making in agriculture. Such validated models can also make use of the information generated for site specific experiments and trials to other sites and for different time durations. For proper calibration and evaluation of crop simulation models, there is a need for collection of a comprehensive minimum set of data on soil, weather and crop management in all agronomic experiments. Keeping this in view, data from seven field experiments conducted at Jorhat (26° 47' N, 94°12' E; 87 m amsl) during 1998-2005 for long duration rice cultivar Ranjit grown under rainfed conditions were collected. Genetic coefficients required for running the CERES-Rice v4.5 model were derived and the performance of the model under the climate of upper Brahmaputra valley was evaluated. These results indicate that the CERES Rice v4.5 model is capable of estimating growth stages and grain yield of rice cultivar Ranjit in the climatic conditions of upper Brahmaputra valley with reasonable accuracy. Hence, the model have the potential for its use as a tool in making various strategic and tactical decisions related to agricultural planning in the state.

scholarly journals Third party logistics companies’ activities and selection methods

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandrs Kotlars ◽  
Valerijs Skribans
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Selection Methods ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Operational Activities ◽  
Integration Levels ◽  
Selection Of

The purpose of a study is to compare and assess 3PL companies’ selection methods by researching evaluation criteria of 3PL companies and approaches of these criteria’s classification used by companies who outsource logistics and transportation services to third parties. Objective of a study is, foremost, to investigate 3PL companies’ selection methods proposed by leading specialists in field of logistics. Additionally, investigate operational activities, integration levels and core services provided by logistics companies in Europe with an emphasis on 3PL companies. The key finding of a study is that Multiple-criteria decision-making analyses are widely used in order to support strategic decision making in selection of 3PL companies.

scholarly journals INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN THE ECONOMIC SPHERE

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Andrii Holovach ◽  
Dmytro Pryputen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
National Economy ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
Modern World ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Economic Sphere ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Innovative Approaches

The purpose of the article is to analyse the current state of the economy, to consider the positive and negative tendencies that stand in the way of further economic growth, and to determine on this basis an effective strategy of economic development in the innovation sphere. The subject of scientific research is innovative approaches in the economic sphere. Methodology. Based on the scientific literature analysis of the current economic situation, strategic priorities and goals of economic development were determined, as well as the dialectical method, method of scientific abstraction, methods of system analysis were used. The results of the research showed that there are a number of key economic problems that slow down the development of the national economy for the implementation of international experience in the development of the national economy. At the same time, Ukraine is trying to overcome the negative trends of the economic crisis by carrying out reforms and adopting appropriate strategies for joining the EU. It has now been found that a complex structural transformation of the economy is needed in order to increase the specific gravity of the high-tech and innovative sectors. Practical implications. The complex analyses of the state and the determinant tendencies of economic development according to the threats and risks including the crisis processes in the modern world were carried out. Determination of the basic principles for formulating and implementing economic development strategy based on coordination of strategic priorities and strategic goals of the EU and the necessity to reform the economic sector in order to develop longterm economic spheres. Value/originality. The realized research revealed the state of development of the economic system, as well as further development of identifying perspective trends of the economy, was received.

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