scholarly journals Model-Based Enterprise Continuous Improvement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Vallespir ◽  
Anne Zouggar-Amrani
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
Lean Management ◽  
Enterprise Modelling ◽  
Enterprise Models ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
System Migration ◽  
Enterprise Reengineering ◽  
Modelling Methods ◽  
Opening Up

The enterprise reengineering based on enterprise modelling is usually carried out within the framework of conventional projects. This leads to relatively long projects that are not compatible with a highly variable economic environment. The objective of the evolution management presented here is to use enterprise modelling and all the benefits it brings in a framework that allows for more continuous improvement than is generally observed. The proposed architecture is made up of three levels: a strategic level based on performance measurement, a tactical level that manages system migration and is based on enterprise models, and an operational level consisting of managing a portfolio of evolution projects. Together, these allow a shorter set of projects to be carried out, while remaining coherent and aligned with the company’s strategy. This approach puts enterprise modelling methods and continuous improvement/Lean management approaches into perspective, allowing complementarities and opening up interesting perspectives concerning enterprise re-engineering methods.

Disease in fisheries and aquaculture

2020 ◽  
pp. 183-210
Author(s):  
Donald C. Behringer ◽  
Chelsea L. Wood ◽  
Martin Krkošek ◽  
David Bushek
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Wild Species ◽  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Nutrient Quality ◽  
Species Management ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Opening Up

Infectious marine diseases have profound impacts on fisheries and aquaculture through their effects on growth, fecundity, mortality, and marketability. Economic losses have motivated research to minimize the negative impacts of disease on these industries. However, this relationship is reciprocal, as fishing and aquaculture can shape disease transmission. The effects of fisheries and aquaculture on disease are scale dependent, with different outcomes at the population, metapopulation, community, and ecosystem levels. Management approaches are limited in fisheries, and intense in aquaculture, sometimes with undesirable impacts on wild species. Management needs can be particularly intense in hatcheries, where stocks are sensitive and kept at high densities. Increased interest in microbiome–disease interactions are opening up new opportunities to manage marine diseases in aquaculture. Solutions for marine diseases in fisheries and aquaculture may ultimately improve human health by reducing exposure to pathogens and increasing nutrient quality, but could negatively impact human health through exposure to antibiotics and other chemicals used to treat parasites.

Assessing the health impact of using lean management approaches to boost performance

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Team Performance ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Team Learning ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Lean Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Learning Dynamic ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This research paper concentrates on understanding the interrelationships of lean management, occupational health, team learning, and team performance. The results evidence that creating a team learning dynamic – at a team level – does directly impact the success of LM and consequently impacts workers’ health. HR practitioners are therefore advised to seriously consider the benefits, for example, of reducing production targets as a way of unlocking improvements in employee health. HR-led efforts to create a team learning dynamic should supply a perception of improvement, which should be sustained by HR communicating evidence of the very continuous improvements that employees have generated. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

scholarly journals FLR: an open-source framework for the evaluation and development of management strategies

2007 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 640-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. T. Kell ◽  
I. Mosqueira ◽  
P. Grosjean ◽  
J-M. Fromentin ◽  
D. Garcia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Development Effort ◽  
Mathematical Economic ◽  
Software Packages ◽  
Open Source Framework ◽  
Common Framework ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Modelling Methods

Abstract Kell, L. T., Mosqueira, I., Grosjean, P., Fromentin, J-M., Garcia, D., Hillary, R., Jardim, E., Mardle, S., Pastoors, M. A., Poos, J. J., Scott, F., and Scott, R. D. 2007. FLR: an open-source framework for the evaluation and development of management strategies. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64: 640–646. The FLR framework (Fisheries Library for R) is a development effort directed towards the evaluation of fisheries management strategies. The overall goal is to develop a common framework to facilitate collaboration within and across disciplines (e.g. biological, ecological, statistical, mathematical, economic, and social) and, in particular, to ensure that new modelling methods and software are more easily validated and evaluated, as well as becoming widely available once developed. Specifically, the framework details how to implement and link a variety of fishery, biological, and economic software packages so that alternative management strategies and procedures can be evaluated for their robustness to uncertainty before implementation. The design of the framework, including the adoption of object-orientated programming, its feasibility to be extended to new processes, and its application to new management approaches (e.g. ecosystem affects of fishing), is discussed. The importance of open source for promoting transparency and allowing technology transfer between disciplines and researchers is stressed.

scholarly journals The Problems of Road Transport and the Strategy of Governance

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhendong Gao ◽  
Yuefang Tang ◽  
Weixin Li
Keyword(s):  
Market Economy ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Social Mechanism ◽  
Development Status ◽  
Great Progress ◽  
Reform And Opening Up ◽  
Opening Up

ABSTRACT Road transport is the lifeblood of the national economy and plays a link in the whole social mechanism. With the accelerated pace of reform and opening up and the continuous improvement of the market economy, China's road transport market has made great progress, but there are still many problems. Analysis of China's road transport market development status and problems. And put forward a better strategy for the governance and rectification of China's road transport market.

scholarly journals The effect of sea surface temperature on the structure and connectivity of species landings interaction networks in a multispecies recreational fishery.

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kayla Mackenzie Blincow ◽  
Brice X Semmens
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Dynamic Modelling ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Interaction Networks ◽  
Multispecies Fisheries ◽  
Recreational Fishery ◽  
Species Management ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Modelling Methods

Multispecies fisheries, particularly those that routinely adapt the timing, location, and methods of fishing to prioritize fishery targets, present a challenge to traditional single-species management approaches. Efforts to develop robust management for multispecies fisheries require an understanding of how priorities drive the network of interactions between catch of different species, especially given the added challenges presented by climate change. Using 35 years of landings data from a southern California recreational fishery, we leveraged empirical dynamic modelling methods to construct causal interaction networks among the main species targeted by the fishery. We found strong evidence for dependencies among species landings time series driven by apparent hierarchical catch preference within the fishery. In addition, by parsing the landings time series into anomalously cool, normal, and anomalously warm regimes (the last reflecting ocean temperatures anticipated by 2040), we found that network complexity was highest during warm periods. Our findings suggest that as ocean temperatures continue to rise, so too will the risk of unintended consequences from single species management in this multispecies fishery.

Lean management and innovation performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayman Bahjat Abdallah ◽  
Samer Eid Dahiyat ◽  
Yoshiki Matsui
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Incremental Innovation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Lean Management ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of innovation orientation (IO) on both the implementation levels of soft and hard lean management (LM), as well as innovation performance. It also aims at exploring the effects of soft and hard LM on innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach The study analyzes survey data collected as a part of a high-performance manufacturing (HPM) project from 238 international manufacturing companies in eight countries and three industries. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were applied to assess construct validity. The study hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling. Findings The results demonstrated that innovation-oriented companies tend to adopt aspects of both soft and hard LM. However, the results revealed an insignificant effect of soft and hard LM on innovation performance. The study also showed that innovation performance is positively influenced by an IO. These results indicate that having an IO is vital for enhancing both LM as well as innovation performance. They also evidently suggest that LM is more related to continuous improvement (incremental innovation) rather than (radical) innovation and, as such, is not important for firm’s intent on enhancing their innovation performance. Practical implications The current study demonstrates that IO and LM are complementary and not contradicting strategies. The two strategies share many cultural aspects, similarities and commonalities. However, LM is not sufficient to predict innovation performance. Managers of the surveyed manufacturing firms are advised to focus on IO, as it has beneficial impacts on both LM (continuous improvement initiatives) as well as innovation performance. This clearly indicates that placing the emphasis upon radical (innovative) improvement rather than incremental improvement (LM practices) is believed to support continuous and innovative improvement alike. Originality/value The relationship between LM and innovation is debated in the existing literature, but the debate is characterized by a lack of empirical evidence. This is one of the first studies that empirically investigates the relationships between IO, LM and innovation performance. It identifies some new insights to direct future research, particularly regarding different innovation types as well as in service organizations.

scholarly journals Operational Excellence: The Healthcare Management Imperative

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-30
Author(s):  
Sindhu Shantha Nair ◽  
Smritika S P
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Lean Management ◽  
Technology Advancement ◽  
Leadership Support ◽  
Management Leadership ◽  
Operational Excellence ◽  
Innovative Approaches

Purpose: Operational excellence as a response to quality crises emerged in the 1980s with growing recognition. The concept that predominantly existed in manufacturing industries slowly shifted to other industries. This review addresses the concept of operational excellence for quality beyond industry specificity.Recent findings: The strive for operational excellence is on but lags in metrics and indicators. Innovative approaches are still underway. The positive development is that operational excellence is gaining more leadership attention for quality gaps.Summary: Operational excellence is not a destination but a culture of an organisation for continuous improvement, lean management, leadership support, exponential technology advancement, training and developing employees, teamwork, and collaboration with patientcenteredness as the main focus

Enterprise Modelling in the Digital Age

2020 ◽  
pp. 46-67
Author(s):  
Henderik A. Proper ◽  
Wided Guedria ◽  
Jean-Sebastien Sottet
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Dominant Logic ◽  
The Third ◽  
Enterprise Modelling ◽  
Industrial Age ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Enterprise Models ◽  
Enterprise Transformation

Our society is transitioning from the industrial age to the digital age, thus also revolutionising the enterprise landscape. In addition, one can observe how the notion of economic exchange is shifting from goods-dominant logic to service-dominant logic, putting the focus on continuous value co-creation between providers and consumers. Combined, these trends drive enterprises to transform continuously. During enterprise transformations, coordination among the stakeholders involved is key. Enterprise models are traditionally regarded as an effective way to enable informed coordination. At the same time, the digital age also provides ample challenges and opportunities for enterprise modelling. The objective of this chapter is therefore threefold. The first aim is to reflect on the role of enterprise modelling for coordinated enterprise transformation. The second aim is to explore the challenges posed by digital transformations to enterprise modelling. The third aim is to reflect on how enterprise modelling itself may benefit from the new digital technologies.

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