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A Quick Primer on BPM: Business Process Management
Posted: Apr 2011
The concept of business process management (BPM for short) has been around for a number of years now, but just what does it entail? What are the major activities and decisions surrounding BPM? And where can an interested reader go to get more information on related topics? The purpose of this article is to provide readers with a quick introduction…
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Key Sustainability Issues in the Electronics Industry: Sustainability Industry Report
Posted: Jun 2012
Executive Summary In general we learned sustainability is not as simple as recycling or ‘being green’. To be sustainable is to look after the environment, the people living and working in it and how one’s business decisions, products and suppliers affect those around them. As our team completed our research we came across many key issues in the electronics industry.…
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Practice Summaries: American Airlines Uses Should-Cost Modeling to Assess the Uncertainty of Bids fo
Posted: Aug 2011
We used decision analysis to develop a probabilistic model to help American Airlines assess the uncertainty of bid quotes for its full-truckload (FTL) point-to-point freight shipments of maintenance equipment and in-flight service items in the United States. The model reduced the airline’s risk of overpaying an FTL supplier. Authors Poole College of Management: Michael J. Bailey, John Snapp, Subramani Yetur,…
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Featured Research
Introduction: Current Trends in Production Labor Sourcing
Posted: Jun 2006
Introduction Outsourcing has become a common business practice to decrease manufacturing costs. Almost every element within a manufacturing company has been analyzed for suitability and impact. Leading edge manufacturers have outsourced vital key services and core departments in an effort to convert fixed overhead to variable costs. Just-in-time inventory, supply chain compression and sub-contracting key processes are sourcing success stories.…
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