Organelle Structures: Bridging Strategy and Technological Processes

The shifting requirements as imposed on operations ma nagement require adjusting and tailoring the organisational structure to meet ma rket demands. However, translating these requirements directly into hierarchical structure will not ensure the integration of processes across organisational un its and guarantee desirable performance. Therefore, management and management li terature wonders: · How should we connect processes to the external environment within a strategi c framework · Which organisational structures do meet performance requirements · Which choices and freedom do we have within organisational structures · How and when do we implement organisational structures That the hierarchical structure does not meet as such the performance requiremen ts nor did it relate to these became already clear during case studies performed in the ’70s. The conclusion was drawn that organisational changes should affect working processes before they proof to be viable. This required the development of new approach through empirical studies and base d on literature. This led to the development of the organelle structure. The org anelle structure should connect to the strategy and the product flow. Thereto, a decision model has been developed for revealing these relations and the practic al implication. During a number of case studies this methodology has been refined and includes t he strategic choice between variants for the organelle structure with their own performance capabilities; we distinguish about 20 variants ranging between the f unctional organisation and the product flow organisation. These ranges of choice s however can be connected to different order entry points, stemming from logist ic concepts. This extends the performance to improved lead-times and improved c ontrol. Strategic choices relate the organelle structure to external performance criteria dictated by product/market-combinations: · lead-time · quality · costs and internal choices for performance criteria: · flexibility · productivity · resource utilisation · innovative performance. Case studies reveal the drastic improvements of the performance of operations an d manufacturing. The paper will discuss a few of these implementations to demons trate the impact. They also show how one derives the hierarchical structure from the choice for the organelle structure. Organelle structures do bridge the link of an industrial company to its environm ent and the internal possibilities, dictated by characteristics of product flow and process execution. The link to the environment results in a strategic framew ork for assessment of alternatives and possibilities. Choices for organelle stru ctures depend strongly on choices on the order entry points of the hardware flow and the specification flow. The evaluation of the characteristics takes place a gainst the strategic framework ensuring competitive advantage as well as a high probability of factual implementation and performance improvement.

On the organizational slack and the choice of the technological innovation strategy in Chinese enterprises

This paper analyzed the relationship between organizational slack and technological innovation strategy in Chinese enterprises through building mathematic model and real options approach. The results show the organizational slack that explored and employed reached to a critical point and can promote enterprises to choose the independent innovation strategy based on R & D (Research and Development); And it is important to identify,explore and employ organizational slack correctly for strengthening the organizational independent innovation capability and raising its performance when the technological innovation strategy based on technological introduction is more and more difficult.

Technology Development and Deployment Strategy of Carrier Ethernet

Carrier Ethernet(CE) is gradually stepping away from standardization and testing to deployment and application in live networks.Although great improvement has been made in the reliability of various CE technologies,there is need for improvement in their Quality of Service(QoS),Operation,Administration and Maintenance(OAM),especially the multi-vendor interoperability.The deployment of CE should be service-oriented,and the factors,such as maturity of related technologies and standards,deployment costs,and the complexity of network reconstruction as well as the interoperability with other vendors,should be taken into full consideration to flexibly select appropriate networking technology for different application scenarios according to technical features.

Strategy of Science and Technology

The Chinese government promulgated the Decision of Accelerating Science and Technology progress in May 1995, aiming at accelerating economic construction through science and technology progress, labour quality improvement and more investment in science and technology. Ms. Zhu Lilan, the Standing Vice Minister of the State Science and Technology Commission, provided a detailed introduction on this.

China Academy of Strategy on Aerospace Engineering Science and Technology Inaugurated

China Academy of Strategy on Aerospace Engineering Science and Technology (CAEST) was formally established on December 31,2011.The academy was jointly established by Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE),China Aerospace Science

Progress and Development Strategy of Biomass Energy Utilization Technologies in China

I. Preface Biomass includes the residues of agriculture, forest and stock breeding, as well as straw, algae and energy crops. In its broad meaning, biomass is a kind of organic matter produced by the photosynthesis of plants, which is not only renewable, but also contains plentiful energy.

Product Innovation in High-tech SMEs:A Case Study of Weili Electronics Co.,Ltd

Product innovation is an important strategy for high-tech firms, especially for small and medium enterprises. This paper proposes that the technological strategies for SMEs are dynamic and during different phase, there is different innovation strategy which leads to various market performances. In particular, through the case study of Weili Electronics Co., Ltd, we fred that organizational learning abilities play a fundamental role in strategic decision. In addition, the frameworks for the determinants of technological strategies in three stages are established to illustrate the evolutionary processes of product innovation in Weili Electronics Co., Ltd.

Analysis on the Management of Suppliers＇ Purchasing Partnership

This paper is about the study of purchasing cooperation with the supplier. It is through expanding some courses including demand analysis, choosing supplier, founding cooperation relationship formally and strengthening the cooperation, as well as several key questions, such as sourcing strategy, to estimate and select the supplier, authentication management, and purchase of technology.

COMPLEXITY AND INTRANSITIVITY IN TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

This paper investigates the existence of a fundamental link between two disciplines that emerged during last few decades： complexity science and advanced engineering. During this time many industries, especially those related to the high-tech end of technological development, have faced the problem of increasing complexity of design, production and operation. Industrial projects have grown to become multidisciplinary, tightly interconnected, costly and difficult to control and predict. Two trends can be identified in this respect： one is the consistent effort of systems engineering in reducing the uncertainties of complex industrial operations and the other is the effort undertaken in complexity studies to account for uncertainties present in the real world. In this work, we provide a brief overview of recent developments in advanced engineering and give a consistent interpretation of technological evolution from the perspective of complexity science in general and complex competitive systems （CCS） in particular. CCS is a general framework that was recently developed for analysis of complex systems involving competition. Transitivity of the decision-making process and the cyclic nature of technological progress are considered. Correctness of intransitive decisions is inherently relativistic： the same decisions can be seen as correct or incorrect when considered from different perspectives. When treated simplistically, intransitivity may seem to be illogical but, nevertheless, it is common in nature and needs to be studied. CCS provides a formalised scientific framework for analysis of intransitivity and establishes the existence of an important connection linking complexity and uncertainty with intransitivity. Implications of intransitivity for engineering decision-making and strategic planning are considered in the context of CCS. A working example of intransitivity in competition between major car mantifacturers is presented.

GREEN RATING INTEGRATION PLATFORM–A DECISION MAKING TOOL FOR MULTI-MODAL FACILITIES:CREDIT HARMONIZATION AND A SUSTAINABLE WATER&MATERIAL PRACTICES CASE STUDY

There are multitudes of sustainability rating systems and guidelines,and it is difficult to decide which ones to use and how to use them.In addition,multi-modal projects have different focal areas and associated rating systems related to each mode or other aspect of the project.Five green ratings systems representative of aspects of a multi-modal ferry facility had previously been selected and were used in a four step methodology to synthesize into a strategic decision making platform.This current research focuses on how to make more detailed decision making harmonization amongst the credits in the rating systems.Using an analytical hierarchy process(AHP)of the credits in the rating systems,it was determined that the two main groups of information that could be used for harmonization were key intents or goals(KI)and key strategies or practices(KS).A short cursory case study example of how these KIs and KSs might be further cross-coded in an open database with the credit subcategories and corresponding rating systems is also presented.The database can filter the credit subcategories across the rating system for a specific key intent or key strategy.The harmonized lists and database may facilitate decision makers and construction managers in correlating intents and methodologies for a project across multiple rating systems.

Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infertility in Advanced Age Women(Revised Edition)

As more and more couples postpone their childbearing plan,and Chinese two-child policy is fully liberalized,the proportion of advanced-age parents gradually increases.However,ovarian function gradually descends with age,and the incidences of uterine fibroids,scarred uterus,and pelvic inflammation disease significantly increase,which increases the risk of infertility.Even though the advanced-age women successfully get pregnant through assisted reproductive technology(ART),the risks of pregnancy complications and medical and surgical complications(such as miscarriage,gestational diabetes,gestational hypertension,intrauterine fetal death,low birth weight of newborn,or premature birth)will increase with age.Currently,the consistency of diagnosis and treatment strategies on elderly patients with infertility is still lacking,and the efficacy of the diagnosis and treatment is even worse.In light of the above situations,the specialized committee organized experts of reproductive endocrinology and ART to compose this guideline,aiming for standardizing the process of diagnosis and treatment on advanced-age infertile women.This guideline interprets reproductive status and related fertility evaluation on advanced-age infertile women,and discusses prepregnancy preparation of body and nutrition and consultation,as well as related risk assessment of pregnancy.It also analyzes the current clinical and laboratory hot issues:the genetic characteristics of advanced-age women,evaluation,counseling,and corresponding laboratory screening,diagnostic methods,and operational norms.In addition,for the advanced-age women with high incidence of medical and surgical complications,this guideline gives us norms of diagnosis and treatment on different complications.Finally,strategies of ART are made for the advanced-age infertile women,which can provide basis and guidance for their diagnosis and treatment.