scholarly journals Modelling Key Performance Indicators in a Gamified Waste Management Tool

Modelling ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-53
Author(s):  
Georgios Pappas ◽  
Iliana Papamichael ◽  
Antonis Zorpas ◽  
Joshua E. Siegel ◽  
Jacob Rutkowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Simulation Tools ◽  
Interactive Tools ◽  
Climate Crisis

Broader understanding of waste management has the potential to bring about broad societal change impacting the climate crisis and public health. We present existing waste management tools and commercially-available games involving waste management, highlighting the strengths and opportunities left unaddressed by these tools in educational contexts and planning use cases. A survey motivates the need for enhanced interactive tools providing clear feedback through quick-visibility performance indicators. After identifying an opportunity to build upon highly-detailed multi-criteria simulation tools, we explore the need for easy-to-read performance metrics that will bring to the field of waste management easily identifiable and measurable key performance indicators (KPIs) that vary alongside factors affecting waste management policies. Such metrics are introduced and detailed as part of a unified waste management model. We then develop a representative gamified educational tool based upon this model to be used by students, decision makers planning real-world policies, and the public. This simulator is built upon the Unity Game Engine and emulates waste management techniques and resulting KPIs within the context of a virtual city.

scholarly journals Lean Information Management: Criteria For Selecting Key Performance Indicators At Shop Floor

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Virginia Iuga ◽  
Claudiu Vasile Kifor ◽  
Liviu-Ion Rosca
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Floor Level ◽  
The Right

AbstractMost successful organizations worldwide use key performance indicators as an important part of their corporate strategy in order to forecast, measure and plan their businesses. Performance metrics vary in their purpose, definition and content. Therefore, the way organizations select what they think are the optimal indicators for their businesses varies from company to company, sometimes even from department to department. This study aims to answer the question of what is the most suitable way to define and select key performance indicators. More than that, it identifies the right criteria to select key performance indicators at shop floor level. This paper contributes to prior research by analysing and comparing previously researched selection criteria and proposes an original six-criteria-model, which caters towards choosing the most adequate KPIs. Furthermore, the authors take the research a step further by further steps to closed research gaps within this field of study.

scholarly journals Demolished building waste management: a review

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjali Sanil Kumar ◽  
Sethulakshmi Sanitha Shajan
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Construction And Demolition Waste ◽  
Demolition Waste ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Management Hierarchy ◽  
Waste Management Practices ◽  
Treatment And Disposal

Construction and demolition waste are the major issue as a direct consequence of increased global urbanization. It impacts the environmental efficiency of the construction industry, contributing to 35% of the global landfill. This research considers the two main fundamental factors affecting the demolished building waste management, which are the management hierarchy including the 3R strategies and the project life cycle and management tools. The inappropriate treatment and disposal of Construction and demolition waste give rise to the environmental pollution, land price, and natural resource consumption. This paper scrutinizes the concept of Construction and demolition waste management and review the extant studies in the managerial areas of Construction and demolition waste. These findings are aimed at clarifying the current and future practices of Construction and demolition waste management practices with an understanding for the sustainable governance. Keywords: Construction and demolition waste, management, review.

scholarly journals Beamforming Evaluation of 5G User Equipment through Novel Key Performance Indicators

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1319
Author(s):  
Miguel Á. García-Fernández ◽  
David A. Sánchez-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
User Equipment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Single Input Single Output ◽  
Single Output ◽  
Multiple Input ◽  
Input Multiple Output

Several standards exist for testing the radiated “over the air” (OTA) performance of 5G User Equipment (UE) devices. All these standards are limited to a Single-Input Single-Output (SISO) evaluation of the 5G device. With 5G networks and devices already deployed and in operation, it becomes necessary to develop realistic Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) and beamforming performance metrics for 5G UEs. Since the most important feature of 5G is beamforming, this paper reviews the main challenges to realistically evaluate 5G device performance and proposes several novel key performance indicators (KPIs). The results obtained by some measurements show that it is possible to derive figures of merit that address the complexity of beamforming and MIMO-based 5G performance of devices in a much better way compared with the existing SISO KPIs, and that academia should provide advanced future research on these more realistic KPIs for the industry to face the challenges ahead with a better analysis of the problem in hand.

scholarly journals Distributed Project Team Key Performance Indicators

2020 ◽  
pp. 111-117
Author(s):  
Natalia Krasnokutska ◽  
Tetiana Podoprykhina
Keyword(s):  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Significant Challenge ◽  
Specific Focus

Distributed projects provide major benefits in terms of tapping team members' competencies around a globe, but still they represent a significant challenge for coordinating and monitoring teams' performance. This paper investigates distributed projects with a specific focus on performance metrics. As the result of the research, the list of suggested Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are given to manage distributed project team as well as described the process to define project KPIs and maintain them.

scholarly journals Adoption of Contract Farming and Precautionary Savings to Manage the Catastrophic Risk of Maize Farming: Evidence from Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Adnan ◽  
Liu Ying ◽  
Swati Sarker ◽  
Muhammad Hafeez ◽  
Amar Razzaq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Precautionary Savings ◽  
Multinomial Probit ◽  
Contract Farming ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Crop Type ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Sampling Procedures

Agricultural production faces several types of risk, and risk management tools vary by place, season, and crop type. Most farmers use multiple risk-minimizing tools to reduce the effects of various hazards. However, previous research has overlooked the potential connections between different risk management tool utilization decisions. This study examines farmers’ decisions of adopting risk management tools (contract farming and precautionary savings) and investigates the impacts of various factors on farmers’ risk management decisions by using bivariate and multinomial probit models. The study was carried out in four different agro-ecological regions of Bangladesh with 350 farmers chosen through multistage stratified random sampling procedures. The findings revealed that the farmers’ decisions towards adopting risk management tools are correlated, and the adoption of one risk management tool may induce farmers to adopt other risk management tools at that time. Moreover, the results revealed that age, education, income, and land ownership are the major factors affecting the adoption of risk management tools, and most farmers are risk-averse in nature. Both models provide interpretation and information for the development of a better understanding of the current situation of rural farm households, which may serve as a platform for policymakers who are anticipating appropriate risk management tools for the farmers.

scholarly journals Indicadores de desempenho como ferramenta de gestão no terceiro setor: um caso prático aplicado a um sindicato patronal

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 733-756
Author(s):  
Leonardo Fabris Lugoboni ◽  
Camilla Sampaio Custódio Cabral ◽  
Amanda Russo Chirotto ◽  
Marcus Vinicius Moreira Zittei
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third Sector

Resumo: A utilização de ferramentas de monitoramento, controle e análise de desempenho estão cada vez mais evidentes e necessárias, principalmente ao analisar a situação do cenário econômico e competitivo em que as organizações estão se deparando. No terceiro setor o cenário não é diferente, ao mesmo passo que as organizações crescem, a competitividade e a necessidade de evolução são latentes. Nesse contexto, unindo a necessidade de criar ferramentas de controle e a complexidade do terceiro setor, nesta pesquisa teve-se como objetivo compreender quais indicadores de desempenho são utilizados por uma entidade sindical, e de que forma eles auxiliam na gestão dessas entidades. Para isso, foi realizada uma pesquisa exploratória, utilizando como procedimento entrevista com quatro gestores da entidade sindical. Os resultados evidenciaram que a avaliação de desempenho faz parte da cultura organizacional do sindicato, utilizando ferramentas como: planejamento estratégico, participação em programas de qualidade do segmento e indicadores de desempenho. Todos os departamentos pesquisados utilizam indicadores de desempenho, com medições distribuídas entre: semestrais e anuais, com divulgações que são realizadas por meio de relatórios e reuniões. A opinião dos entrevistados é uniforme ao considerar a relevância da utilização dos indicadores, assim como a aderência ao conceito de ferramenta de gestão para o terceiro setor.Palavras-chave: Indicadores de desempenho. Sindicatos. Terceiro setor. Indicadores. Key performance indicators as a management tool in the third sector: a practical case applied to a trade union Abstract: The use of monitoring, control and performance analysis tools are becoming more evident and necessary, especially when analyzing the economic and competitive scenario that companies are facing. This scenario is no different in the third sector: while organizations grow, competitiveness and the need for evolution become latent. In this context, bringing together the need to create control tools and the complexity of the third sector, this research aims to understand which key performance indicators are used by a union, and how they assist in the management of these entities. To this end, exploratory research was carried out using interviews with four trade union managers. The results revealed that performance evaluation is part of the union’s organizational culture, by using tools such as strategic planning, participation in the sector’s quality programs, and key performance indicators. All the departments surveyed use key performance indicators, with semiannual and annual measurements, and disclosures that occur by means of reports and meetings. The opinion of the interviewees is always equal concerning the relevance of the use of indicators, as well as adherence to the concept of management tools for the third sector.Keywords: Key performance indicators. Trade unions. Third sector. Indicators.

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