Innovative Technology Is a Key to Facility Management Survival

The business environment is rapidly changing. Automation and information systems are eliminating stakeholders out of the supply chain at a dizzying speed. Facility managers (FM) must change to prevent extinction. The path to extinction is clear; outsourcing, followed by loss of benefits, followed by commoditization and abusive work hours and demands. Often a major method of survival is cutting costs which results in poor performance. FM accountability and performance decrease under these conditions. FMs must identify and utilize cutting-edge information system practices that simplify and minimize FMs’ workload and cost, while increasing value and impact. Technology developed at Arizona State University (ASU) over the last 25 years, and now in testing by government and private organizations, allows FMs to become information workers, expand their influence and responsibilities, and cut their costs by 90%. This new FM approach increases capability to lead and deliver all building systems with minimal experience.

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Implementation and Validation of Sandia Outdoor Photovoltaic Test Method and Performance Model at Arizona State University

2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conference ◽

10.1109/wcpec.2006.279947 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bo Li ◽

David King ◽

William Boyson ◽

Govindasamy TamizhMani

Keyword(s):

Performance Model ◽

Test Method ◽

State University ◽

Arizona State University ◽

And Performance

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The Influence of an Information Environment on Construction Organization's Culture: A Case Study

Advances in Civil Engineering ◽

10.1155/2009/387608 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2009 ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Kenneth T. Sullivan ◽

Dean T. Kashiwagi ◽

Nathan Chong

Keyword(s):

United States Army ◽

Poor Performance ◽

The United States ◽

Information Environment ◽

State University ◽

Arizona State University ◽

Change Orders ◽

Procurement Contract ◽

Procurement System ◽

Owner Satisfaction

Construction professionals have identified public contract law and bureaucratic procurement/contract offices as a source of problems in the construction industry. The culture within the United State's Federal Government Acquisitions is based on the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs) and its interpretation, often placing organizations/agencies in the price-based environment and continuously resulting in poor performance. The United States Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) (approximately $100 M in construction renovation awards per year) attempted to overcome this obstacle through a partnership with the Performance-Based Studies Research Group (PBSRG) at Arizona State University. The MEDCOM implemented the information environment portion of the Performance Information Procurement System (PIPS) into Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts through the specifications. Without controlling the various contract/procurement processes, the developed information environment stimulated an atmosphere of accountability to all parties involved, while reducing the client's internal bureaucratic resistance. The concept has met with preliminary success, minimizing construction management issues by over 50%, raising owner satisfaction by 9%, resulting in 99% of projects ending with no contractor-generated change orders, and assisting MEDCOM leadership in measuring the performance of their infrastructure revitalization program.

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Special Issue on PHM for Human Health and Performance II

International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management ◽

10.36001/ijphm.2021.v12i4.3089 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Thurmon Lockhart ◽

Rahul Soangra ◽

Ijphmeditor

Keyword(s):

Human Health ◽

Large Scale ◽

Health Management ◽

Sensor Data ◽

Annual Conference ◽

State University ◽

Arizona State University ◽

Special Issue ◽

And Performance ◽

The University

This special issue was conceived during the 11th Annual Conference of Prognostic and Health Management Society’s Panel session on the September 25th at Scottsdale, AZ, USA. We would like to thank the panel members and their colleagues in their participation in this special issue focusing on engineered technologies for older adults. This work was partially funded by the NSF ERC seed grant from an interdisciplinary group of researchers from Iowa State University, Arizona State University, Georgia Tech, Florida State University, Chapman University and the University of California Irvine who are engaged in developing a large-scale grant proposal that will be focused on integrated technologies to promote resilient aging and reducing healthcare costs.The manuscripts exemplify our research focus and illustrates contributions in the fields of wearable smart sensors, sensor-data-fusion, machine learning and data mining, prediction and diagnosis, and electronic health records and databases - all in the context of prognostics and health management for human health and performance.We would like to thank the PHM Society for providing an opportunity to publish in their premier journal, and importantly, we are grateful for help of the Editor-in-Chief – Marcos Orchard, Ph.D. for his countless hours to edit and make it best possible of this special issue. Finally, we would like to express sincere appreciation to all the reviewers who have contributed their time and thoughtful feedback to making this special issue publication a success.

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Minimize Project Risk and Costs: A New Approach to Project Management

Journal for the Advancement of Performance Information and Value ◽

10.37265/japiv.v9i2.29 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 49-62

Author(s):

Alfredo Rivera ◽

Dean Kashiwagi

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

State University ◽

Arizona State University ◽

New Approach ◽

The Past ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Deductive Logic ◽

And Performance ◽

Definition Of ◽

And Control

Traditional project management (PM) results have been poor. The practices of direction and control have been identified by deductive logic as problematic. Deductive logic identifies that, if a manager directs and controls, their risk goes up and performance will go down. A new approach to PM is the replacement of technical expertise with the identification and utilization of expertise. New components of this approach are the minimization of the need to think and make decisions, the use of the language of metrics, a new definition of risk, and the use of preplanning that includes the utilization of expertise and focusing on the mitigation of risk that the expert does not control. This approach has been tested by the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction Working Commission (CIB W117, formerly known as the Performance Based Studies Research Group at Arizona State University) for the past 25 years increasing customer satisfaction to 98% and minimizing cost by 5 to 30%. These practices are a part of the “PM of the Future.”

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Transfer optics for high spatial resolution electron spectroscopy

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100105394 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 46 ◽

pp. 666-667

Author(s):

G. G. Hembree ◽

Luo Chuan Hong ◽

P.A. Bennett ◽

J.A. Venables

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Field ◽

Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope ◽

Low Energy ◽

Objective Lens ◽

State University ◽

Arizona State University ◽

Initial Field ◽

Resolution Electron ◽

Scanning Transmission ◽

Low Energy Electrons

A new field emission scanning transmission electron microscope has been constructed for the NSF HREM facility at Arizona State University. The microscope is to be used for studies of surfaces, and incorporates several surface-related features, including provision for analysis of secondary and Auger electrons; these electrons are collected through the objective lens from either side of the sample, using the parallelizing action of the magnetic field. This collimates all the low energy electrons, which spiral in the high magnetic field. Given an initial field Bi∼1T, and a final (parallelizing) field Bf∼0.01T, all electrons emerge into a cone of semi-angle θf≤6°. The main practical problem in the way of using this well collimated beam of low energy (0-2keV) electrons is that it is travelling along the path of the (100keV) probing electron beam. To collect and analyze them, they must be deflected off the beam path with minimal effect on the probe position.

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Readjustment of the Standard ASUDAS to Encompass Dental Morphological Variations in Plio-Pleistocene Hominins

Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d anthropologie de Paris ◽

10.3166/bmsap-2018-0002 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 30 (1-2) ◽

pp. 32-48

Author(s):

M. Louail ◽

S. Prat

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Homo Sapiens ◽

Initial Study ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

State University ◽

Arizona State University ◽

Dental Anthropology ◽

Morphological Variations ◽

Fossil Hominins ◽

Fossil Hominin

The standard ASUDAS scoring system (Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System) is used to assess dental morphological variations in modern humans. It is also frequently used to study, score, and compare morphological variations in fossil hominin taxa and to examine their phylogenetic relationships. However, using ASUDAS in studies of this type is under debate because it is based on modern Homo sapiens populations and does not appear to cover all variations observed in fossil Plio-Pleistocene homi- nins. Our observations and coding of 178 dentals casts of Plio-Pleistocene specimens based on ASUDAS and from the literature have confirmed the need to adapt the standard system to fossil hominins. In this initial study, we propose that the scoring procedures for some morphological characters need to be readjusted, while others could be standardized following the ASUDAS system.

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Corporate Growth Strategies and Performance of Selected Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies in Nairobi City County, Kenya

International Journal of Business Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation ◽

10.35942/jbmed.v2i2.112 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 19-30

Author(s):

Hamida Mwilu ◽

Reuben Njuguna

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Business Environment ◽

Primary Data ◽

Growth Strategies ◽

Inferential Statistics ◽

Market Expansion ◽

Acquisition Strategies ◽

Corporate Growth ◽

Diversification Strategies ◽

And Performance

The dynamic nature of business operating environment has called on business leaders to be strategic in their leadership roles if they are to sustain their competitiveness into the unforeseen future. Growth is important in Sacco’s because it is future oriented establishing ways in which the organizational operations can be aligned to future changes in the business environment to ensure that competitiveness is sustained. The SACCOs in Kenya have experienced problems in the past; some even shutting down therefore there is need for customer growth to be enhanced so as to increase their incomes so as to sustain the business. These SACCOs have to look for leaders and managers who can develop future targets, direct and lead other staffs towards meeting the firm’s objective and gaining a competitive edge. The aim of this study was an assessment of corporate growth strategies and performance in savings and cooperative societies in Kenya, Nairobi County. The study sought to determine the influence of market expansion, diversification strategies and acquisition strategies. The study target population was 41 licensed SACCOs in Nairobi County. The study used primary data to collect information, and the data collection instrument was a questionnaire which was given to the 41 operations managers in the 41 selected SACCOs. The data collection procedure was done by the researcher and drop-and-pick strategy will be applied. The data was coded and keyed in Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS Version 23.0), and was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. For descriptive statistics was through mean scores, standard deviations, frequencies and percentages, while the inferential statistics was through regression analysis to establish the relationship between strategic leadership and customer growth. The findings were presented in tables and charts for easy understanding, interpreting, and describing the data. The study established that market expansion, diversification strategies and acquisition strategies as corporate growth strategies had a positive and significant effect on the performance of SACCOs in Nairobi City County. The study concluded that the SACCOs significantly employed market expansion strategies through improved branch network, customer base enhancement, new distribution channels and technological innovation. The study concluded that the SACCOs embraced a hybrid of the main diversification strategies, diverse products and services significantly. It was concluded that to a little extent the selected SACCOs in Nairobi City County have employed acquisition as a corporate growth strategy. The study recommends that the SACCOs should embrace integrate technology in the implementation of corporate growth strategies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. Further studies should be undertaken to establish the effect of corporate growth strategies on the performance of other SACCOs in other regions to establish the disparities or similarities among the financial sector players.

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Decálogos e inventarios

Educación Química ◽

10.22201/fq.18708404e.2005.4e.66075 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 16 (4e) ◽

pp. 122

Author(s):

Andoni Garritz ◽

Andrés Raviolo

Keyword(s):

State University ◽

Arizona State University

<span>La investigación en torno a las concepciones alternativas (Wandersee, Mintzes, y Novak, 1994; Arizona State University, 2001; Flores, 2002) constituye una de las principales y fecundas líneas de investigación en Didáctica de las Ciencias que ha contribuido, en buena medida, a su surgimiento y consolidación como disciplina o campo de conocimiento (Gil, 1994; Adúriz-Bravo e Izquierdo, 2002). La Didáctica de la Química forma parte de esta ciencia.</span>

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The Importance of Oversight and Agency Capacity in Enhancing Performance in Public Service Delivery

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory ◽

10.1093/jopart/muaa055 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Cody A Drolc ◽

Lael R Keiser

Keyword(s):

Service Delivery ◽

Performance Management ◽

Fixed Effects ◽

Poor Performance ◽

Central Component ◽

State Agencies ◽

Public Programs ◽

And Performance ◽

Fixed Effects Regression ◽

Social Security Disability

Abstract Government agencies often encounter problems in service delivery when implementing public programs. This undermines effectiveness and raise questions about accountability. A central component of responsiveness and performance management is that agencies correct course when problems are identified. However, public agencies have an uneven record in responding to problems. In this paper we investigate whether, and to what extent, capacity both within the agency and within institutions performing oversight, improves agency responsiveness to poor performance indicators. Using panel data on eligibility determinations in the Social Security Disability program from U.S. state agencies from 1991-2015 and fixed effects regression, we find that indicators of agency and oversight capacity moderate the relationship between poor performance and improvement. Our results suggest that investments in building capacity not only within agencies, but also within elected institutions, are important for successful policy implementation. However, we find evidence that while agency capacity alone can improve responsiveness to poor performance, the effect of oversight capacity on improving performance requires high agency capacity.

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