Owing to the fast growth of global market,textile and apparel industries which are a typical seasonal business are facing crucial challenges from both competitors and consumers.In order to get survived,forming supply ...Owing to the fast growth of global market,textile and apparel industries which are a typical seasonal business are facing crucial challenges from both competitors and consumers.In order to get survived,forming supply chain and utilizing the emerged technology to establish a quick response system become an important common practice for enterprises in terms of cost reduction and efficiency improvement.This paper presents a multi-agent-based integrated framework for quick response in textile and apparel supply chain.By sharing information and collaborating among chain partner,the multi-agent system provides a promising computing paradigm for quick response business processes.A prototype based on the proposed framework is implemented using ZEUS toolkit.It presents how the proposed architecture is being designed to establish collaborative business environment by providing dynamic quick response processes.展开更多
Today management agility as an inter-corporate competitive advantage cannot be realized unless given all of the following quickness： （a） quick recognition of changes in the management environment, （b） quick decis...Today management agility as an inter-corporate competitive advantage cannot be realized unless given all of the following quickness： （a） quick recognition of changes in the management environment, （b） quick decision-making on countermeasures against these changes, and （c） quick implementation of the countermeasures chosen. With a focus on （c） and assuming flexibility as a core property that an MIS （Management Information System） should have to make management agile, this study aims to clarify how MIS flexibility could be enhanced. With this aim in mind, the authors will first survey the sources and types of change demands on an MIS and consider in a structured way the flexibility characteristics of an MIS, enhancement of which will conduce to its efficiency in dealing with these change demands. With this groundwork laid, the authors will go on to discuss practical methods to enhance MIS flexibility, and wind up their discussion by presenting the evaluation procedure for this property.展开更多
Profitability has always been considered as a primary indicator of dividend payout by a company. There are factors other than profitability namely cash flows, debt equity ratio, retained earnings, sales growth, share ...Profitability has always been considered as a primary indicator of dividend payout by a company. There are factors other than profitability namely cash flows, debt equity ratio, retained earnings, sales growth, share prices of a company, capital expenditure and beta etc. that also affect dividend decisions of an organization. Existing literature suggests that dividend payout is positively related to profits, cash flows while CAPEX （capital expenditure） retained earnings, sales growth, share prices, beta, interest paid and debt equity ratio have inverse relationship. A set of 21 key variables have been identified that affect the dividend payout of a firm. Researchers in the past have used several proxies to represent these determinants. Authors have tried to find out which proxy variable is most relevant in the present scenario. The paper attempts to give a focused overview of the important dividend theories and empirically analyze the determinants of dividend behavior of Indian FMCG （Fast moving consumer goods） sector. The relationship between key variables has been explored with the aid of statistical techniques of factor analysis. Thus, the main theme of this study is to examine the various factors that influence the dividend policy decisions of FMCG firms in India.展开更多
With the rapid development of China＇ s economy and the accelerating pace of economic globalization, the rapid expansion of trade appears in goods, materials; space to move also will expand in breadth and depth, and t...With the rapid development of China＇ s economy and the accelerating pace of economic globalization, the rapid expansion of trade appears in goods, materials; space to move also will expand in breadth and depth, and thus the efficiency of the logistics activities, rapid response capabilities and the level of information logistics put forward higher requirements. Meanwhile, the logistics needs of personalization, diversification and sophistication, require that logistics service companies must constantly improve and optimize enterprise business model, and target to develop new logistics services to adapt to changes in the logistics market, and improve the competitiveness of enterprises.Modem logistics enterprises refer to the concept of modem logistics as a guide, and the use of modem logistics and organization of modem logistics technology, it is to provide customers help and reduce logistics costs and improve the level of integrated logistics services to rationalize logistics enterprises. Modem logistics enterprises are in terms of philosophy, mode of operation, services, information technology degree, logistics technology, enterprise systems and others have higher requirements to react quickly, service serialization, standardization of operations, the target of systematic, modem means are the features of the organization which are different from the traditional network of logistics enterprises.展开更多
A new-generation TMCP(NG-TMCP) with ultra fast cooling(UFC) as core technique was suggested instead of the conventional TMCP in which some problems are to be solved.And the ultra fast cooling technology has been succe...A new-generation TMCP(NG-TMCP) with ultra fast cooling(UFC) as core technique was suggested instead of the conventional TMCP in which some problems are to be solved.And the ultra fast cooling technology has been successfully applied to the plate rolling production in Shouqin Metal Materials Co.Ltd.Industrial trials are reported for the production of X70 pipeline steels(about 70000 t) under UFC conditions.Pipeline steels with reasonably good properties have been produced on an industrial scale.UFC can improve the temperature uniformity,the mechanical properties and the plate profile of X70 pipeline steel.The performance features of the trial plates can meet the standard of X70 pipeline steel.Spot test results have shown that the qualification rate of shape control,the performance and charpy impact properties for the trial plates are 95%,97% and 98%,respectively.The impact values of X70 pipeline steel at UFC mode exceed the standard requirements of X80 pipeline steel.The productivity is enhanced because cutting quantity of head and tail of the plate is reduced.The enhancement of control accuracy of the red back temperatures is favorable for industrial production of X70 pipeline steel.The reduced production of the steel-making has been industrially achieved,since a new composition was designed by reducing the vanadium content to less than 0.045 wt.%.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.70772073)Shanghai Social Science Foundation(No.2007BZH001)Shanghai Natural Science Foundation(No.07ZR14003)
文摘Owing to the fast growth of global market,textile and apparel industries which are a typical seasonal business are facing crucial challenges from both competitors and consumers.In order to get survived,forming supply chain and utilizing the emerged technology to establish a quick response system become an important common practice for enterprises in terms of cost reduction and efficiency improvement.This paper presents a multi-agent-based integrated framework for quick response in textile and apparel supply chain.By sharing information and collaborating among chain partner,the multi-agent system provides a promising computing paradigm for quick response business processes.A prototype based on the proposed framework is implemented using ZEUS toolkit.It presents how the proposed architecture is being designed to establish collaborative business environment by providing dynamic quick response processes.
文摘Today management agility as an inter-corporate competitive advantage cannot be realized unless given all of the following quickness： （a） quick recognition of changes in the management environment, （b） quick decision-making on countermeasures against these changes, and （c） quick implementation of the countermeasures chosen. With a focus on （c） and assuming flexibility as a core property that an MIS （Management Information System） should have to make management agile, this study aims to clarify how MIS flexibility could be enhanced. With this aim in mind, the authors will first survey the sources and types of change demands on an MIS and consider in a structured way the flexibility characteristics of an MIS, enhancement of which will conduce to its efficiency in dealing with these change demands. With this groundwork laid, the authors will go on to discuss practical methods to enhance MIS flexibility, and wind up their discussion by presenting the evaluation procedure for this property.
文摘Profitability has always been considered as a primary indicator of dividend payout by a company. There are factors other than profitability namely cash flows, debt equity ratio, retained earnings, sales growth, share prices of a company, capital expenditure and beta etc. that also affect dividend decisions of an organization. Existing literature suggests that dividend payout is positively related to profits, cash flows while CAPEX （capital expenditure） retained earnings, sales growth, share prices, beta, interest paid and debt equity ratio have inverse relationship. A set of 21 key variables have been identified that affect the dividend payout of a firm. Researchers in the past have used several proxies to represent these determinants. Authors have tried to find out which proxy variable is most relevant in the present scenario. The paper attempts to give a focused overview of the important dividend theories and empirically analyze the determinants of dividend behavior of Indian FMCG （Fast moving consumer goods） sector. The relationship between key variables has been explored with the aid of statistical techniques of factor analysis. Thus, the main theme of this study is to examine the various factors that influence the dividend policy decisions of FMCG firms in India.
文摘With the rapid development of China＇ s economy and the accelerating pace of economic globalization, the rapid expansion of trade appears in goods, materials; space to move also will expand in breadth and depth, and thus the efficiency of the logistics activities, rapid response capabilities and the level of information logistics put forward higher requirements. Meanwhile, the logistics needs of personalization, diversification and sophistication, require that logistics service companies must constantly improve and optimize enterprise business model, and target to develop new logistics services to adapt to changes in the logistics market, and improve the competitiveness of enterprises.Modem logistics enterprises refer to the concept of modem logistics as a guide, and the use of modem logistics and organization of modem logistics technology, it is to provide customers help and reduce logistics costs and improve the level of integrated logistics services to rationalize logistics enterprises. Modem logistics enterprises are in terms of philosophy, mode of operation, services, information technology degree, logistics technology, enterprise systems and others have higher requirements to react quickly, service serialization, standardization of operations, the target of systematic, modem means are the features of the organization which are different from the traditional network of logistics enterprises.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China ("973" Program) (Grant No. 2010CB630801)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51104046)
文摘A new-generation TMCP(NG-TMCP) with ultra fast cooling(UFC) as core technique was suggested instead of the conventional TMCP in which some problems are to be solved.And the ultra fast cooling technology has been successfully applied to the plate rolling production in Shouqin Metal Materials Co.Ltd.Industrial trials are reported for the production of X70 pipeline steels(about 70000 t) under UFC conditions.Pipeline steels with reasonably good properties have been produced on an industrial scale.UFC can improve the temperature uniformity,the mechanical properties and the plate profile of X70 pipeline steel.The performance features of the trial plates can meet the standard of X70 pipeline steel.Spot test results have shown that the qualification rate of shape control,the performance and charpy impact properties for the trial plates are 95%,97% and 98%,respectively.The impact values of X70 pipeline steel at UFC mode exceed the standard requirements of X80 pipeline steel.The productivity is enhanced because cutting quantity of head and tail of the plate is reduced.The enhancement of control accuracy of the red back temperatures is favorable for industrial production of X70 pipeline steel.The reduced production of the steel-making has been industrially achieved,since a new composition was designed by reducing the vanadium content to less than 0.045 wt.%.
