Improved Run Time Error Analysis Using Formal Methods for Automotive Software - Improvement of Quality, Cost Effectiveness and Efforts to Proactive Defects Check

An organizations flexibility, effectiveness and competitiveness can be improved through TQM. We can find a number of organization who have utilized TQM in order to achieve growth and cost effectiveness, we can also find some business that have not been so successful in realizing the benefit of TQM. There has been ample research done on the reason of the failure of TQM implementation in organizations and some of the reason for failure are quoted as: low employee involvement; no support from senior management and scarcity of resources. Whereas there are a number of other factors that have been covered by very few researchers, like lack of proper communication and handling of the transformation brought in the organization, improper training and awareness methods; that lead to failure of TQM in any organization. There were a number of studies done for evaluating the process of successful implementation of TQM in SMB manufacturing companies and this paper would cover such an exercise performed in three small companies. The areas where the implementation bought improvement were Administrative Procedures, Product Quality, Cost effectiveness and employee motivation, and the aspects that were still found to be weak were team building, continual improvement in quality and technical training.

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Model-based resource analysis and synthesis of service-oriented automotive software architectures

Software & Systems Modeling ◽

10.1007/s10270-021-00896-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Stefan Kugele ◽

Philipp Obergfell ◽

Eric Sax

Keyword(s):

Design Space Exploration ◽

Service Oriented Architecture ◽

Implementation Process ◽

Development Stage ◽

Software Architectures ◽

Service Oriented Architectures ◽

Automotive Software ◽

Analysis And Synthesis ◽

Service Oriented ◽

Run Time

Abstract Context Automotive software architectures describe distributed functionality by an interaction of software components. One drawback of today’s architectures is their strong integration into the onboard communication network based on predefined dependencies at design time. The idea is to reduce this rigid integration and technological dependencies. To this end, service-oriented architecture offers a suitable methodology since network communication is dynamically established at run-time. Aim We target to provide a methodology for analysing hardware resources and synthesising automotive service-oriented architectures based on platform-independent service models. Subsequently, we focus on transforming these models into a platform-specific architecture realisation process following AUTOSAR Adaptive. Approach For the platform-independent part, we apply the concepts of design space exploration and simulation to analyse and synthesise deployment configurations, i. e., mapping services to hardware resources at an early development stage. We refine these configurations to AUTOSAR Adaptive software architecture models representing the necessary input for a subsequent implementation process for the platform-specific part. Result We present deployment configurations that are optimal for the usage of a given set of computing resources currently under consideration for our next generation of E/E architecture. We also provide simulation results that demonstrate the ability of these configurations to meet the run time requirements. Both results helped us to decide whether a particular configuration can be implemented. As a possible software toolchain for this purpose, we finally provide a prototype. Conclusion The use of models and their analysis are proper means to get there, but the quality and speed of development must also be considered.

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The Role of Benchmarking in Managerial Performance

International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy ◽

10.4018/ijide.2018100104 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 37-47

Author(s):

Alina Stanciu ◽

Ana-Maria Ifrim

Keyword(s):

Cost Effectiveness ◽

Customer Satisfaction ◽

The Other ◽

Management Theory ◽

Financial Resources ◽

Quality Cost ◽

Managerial Performance ◽

The One

Benchmarking is one of the methods of widespread use in practice and in management theory, benefiting from continuous development. This article intends to identify and analyze the perspective of benchmarking in romanian smes from the perspective of quality, cost, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction. The results show that for many romanian organizations, benchmarking is still a little overlooked, on the one hand because of the lack of necessary financial resources, on the other hand, of a poor awareness of the importance of these investments in the medium and long term.

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Benchmarking

Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage - Improving Business Performance Through Innovation in the Digital Economy ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-1005-6.ch012 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 177-189

Author(s):

Ana Maria Ifrim ◽

Alina Stanciu ◽

Monika Brigitte Sürgün ◽

Hrisanta Cristina Ungureanu

Keyword(s):

Cost Effectiveness ◽

Customer Satisfaction ◽

The Other ◽

Financial Resources ◽

Quality Cost ◽

Other Hand ◽

The One

Benchmarking is the process of comparing your own organization, operations, or processes with other organizations in the same industry or a wider market. This chapter intends to analyze the perspective of benchmarking in Romanian SMEs from the perspective of quality, cost, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction. The results show that for many Romanian organizations, benchmarking is still a little overlooked, on the one hand because of the lack of necessary financial resources, on the other hand, of a poor awareness of the importance of these investments in the medium and long term.

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