PERFORMANCE-DRIVEN BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED-ENTERPRISES

Based on the analysis of the common limitations of business processmanagement (BPM) methodologies and the requirements of small and medium sized-enterprises (SMEs),the importance of a 'performance construct' of BPM methodologies is identified, a six-phaseperformance-driven BPM methodology for the production and operation processes of Chinese SMEs isdeveloped. A case study on the process management of a medium-sized enterprise shows a successfulexample of running the methodology.

Process Discovery and Refinement of an Enterprise Management System

The need for the analysis of modern businesses is rapidly increasing as the supporting enterprise systems generate more and more data.This data can be extremely valuable for executing organizations because the data allows constant monitoring,analyzing,and improving the underlying processes,which leads to the reduction of cost and the improvement of the quality.Process mining is a useful technique for analyzing enterprise systems by using an event log that contains behaviours.This research focuses on the process discovery and refinement using real-life event log data collected from a large multinational organization that deals with coatings and paints.By investigating and analyzing their order handling pro-cesses,this study aims at learning a model that gives insight inspection of the processes and performance analysis.Furthermore,the animation is also performed for the better inspection,diagnostics,and compliance-related questions to specify the system.The configuration of the system and the conformance checking for further enhancement is also addressed in this research.To achieve the objectives,this research uses process mining techniques,i.e.process discovery in the form of formal Petri nets models with the help of process maps,and process refinement through conformance checking and enhancement.Initially,the identified executed process is reconstructed by using the process discovery techniques.Following the reconstruction,we perform a deep analysis for the underlying process to ensure the process improvement and redesigning.Finally,some recommendations are made to improve the enterprise management system processes.

Research on Quality Management Measures of Green Building Construction

Urbanization has led to the rapid development of the construction industry.However,this has also led to higher requirements for the construction engineering management.Other than the quality monitoring of engineering construction,the energy-saving properties of the building should also be considered.Therefore,a scientific management approach should be adopted to improve green building management.This paper primarily examines the importance of quality management in green building construction,along with the factors influencing it.It also identifies the quality issues present in current green building construction.Finally,it proposes measures for quality management in the green building construction process to facilitate the industry’s healthy development.

Establishment of Person and Enterprise Process Model in Product Data Management System

Before the implementation of product data management (PDM) system, person model and enterprise process model (EPM) must be firstly established. For the convenience of project management, all the related users must be allocated to the “Person User Role Group” net. Based on the person model and the direction of information flow, the EPM is established subsequently. The EPM consists of several release levels, in which the access controls are defined. The EPM procedure shows the blueprint of the workflow process structure. The establishment of person model and EPM in an enterprise has been instanced at the end of this paper.

Analysis on Intellectual Property Management of Construction Enterprises

As the main force of construction enterprises,construction enterprises shoulder the important task of national pillar industries.However,at present,construction enterprises are still labor-intensive enterprises,with low profitability,low overall scientific and technological level,insufficient innovation ability and weak application and protection of intellectual property rights.Based on the current situation of construction enterprises,combined with the author's enterprise,this paper considers the problems existing in the intellectual property management of construction enterprises,and puts forward some countermeasures for the intellectual property management.

Application and Exploration of Overall Risk Management in Construction Enterprises

This paper mainly starts from the perspectives of management and economics,combined with the characteristics of the construction industry,conducts qualitative and quantitative analysis of the risks involved,studies various factors that cause construction enterprise risks from multiple angles,and uses scientific and effective methods to identify and evaluate risks,as well as determine the risk level.Through the overall risk management response strategies and empirical research of construction enterprises,this paper analyzes the general theory and main avoidance strategies of risk response of construction enterprises,and lays the foundation for follow-up risk management response in the form of cases through the implementation of technical route and innovation points.

Project Management and Coordination of Distributed Cooperative Product Design in a Virtual Enterprise

The architecture of project management of distributed concurrent product design in a virtual enterprise is put forward. T he process of project management and its functions are presented. Product design process coordination is also discussed. First, based on the analysis of traditi onal project management, project management and coordination of distributed coop erative product design in the virtual enterprise is put forward. Then, aiming at the characteristics of a distributed concurrent product design process, the inh erent rules and complex interrelations in product development are studied. Accor dingly, the architecture of project management of distributed cooperative produc t design in a virtual enterprise is presented to adapt to distributed concurrent development of complex products. The main advantages of the architecture are al so discussed. Finally, the emphasis is placed on the project management process. Its main functions are set forth, such as project definition, task decompositio n and distribution, resource constraints and dynamic resource scheduling, proces s fusion, task scheduling and monitoring, project plan, cost and quality evaluat ion, etc.

Performance Evaluation Method of Discipline Construction Members in Colleges and Universities from the Perspective of Value Management

The theory of enterprise value management was applied to the performance evaluation of the discipline construction members in colleges and universities,and a value evaluation model of performance was established.Then,using the analytic hierarchy process(AHP)and quantitative research method,it evaluated the cost of the discipline construction members and the functions realized.Finally,it determined the performance value level and came up with the value optimization recommendations.

Comparison between Chinese Supervision Enterprise and International Project Management Enterprise

With the entrance into WTO, the Chinese supervision enterprises face the serious challenge never existed before. Comparing with other type enterprises Chinese supervision enterprises nature of China are the same as project management companies in connotation and service scope in nature. They have much superiority in development of the project management work. Through comparing and analyzing the special feature between Chinese supervision enterprise and international project management enterprise, this paper points out the gap between them, and table the proposal of they transforming to the project management enterprises.

Research on Welding Quality Traceability Model of Offshore Platform Block Construction Process

Quality traceability plays an essential role in assembling and welding offshore platform blocks.The improvement of the welding quality traceability system is conducive to improving the durability of the offshore platform and the process level of the offshore industry.Currently,qualitymanagement remains in the era of primary information,and there is a lack of effective tracking and recording of welding quality data.When welding defects are encountered,it is difficult to rapidly and accurately determine the root cause of the problem from various complexities and scattered quality data.In this paper,a composite welding quality traceability model for offshore platform block construction process is proposed,it contains the quality early-warning method based on long short-term memory and quality data backtracking query optimization algorithm.By fulfilling the training of the early-warning model and the implementation of the query optimization algorithm,the quality traceability model has the ability to assist enterprises in realizing the rapid identification and positioning of quality problems.Furthermore,the model and the quality traceability algorithm are checked by cases in actual working conditions.Verification analyses suggest that the proposed early-warningmodel for welding quality and the algorithmfor optimizing backtracking requests are effective and can be applied to the actual construction process.

A Comparative Analysis of Visualization Methods in Architecture:Employing Virtual Reality to Support the Decision-Making Process in the Architecture,Engineering,and Construction Industry

The design process of the built environment relies on the collaborative effort of all parties involved in the project.During the design phase,owners,end users,and their representatives are expected to make the most critical design and budgetary decisions-shaping the essential traits of the project,hence emerge the need and necessity to create and integrate mechanisms to support the decision-making process.Design decisions should not be based on assumptions,past experiences,or imagination.An example of the numerous problems that are a result of uninformed design decisions is“change orders”,known as the deviation from the original scope of work,which leads to an increase of the overall cost,and changes to the construction schedule of the project.The long-term aim of this inquiry is to understand the user’s behavior,and establish evidence-based control measures,which are actions and processes that can be implemented in practice to decrease the volume and frequency of the occurrence of change orders.The current study developed a foundation for further examination by proposing potential control measures,and testing their efficiency,such as integrating Virtual Reality(VR).The specific aim was to examine the effect of different visualization methods(i.e.,VR vs.construction drawings)on,(1)how well the subjects understand the information presented about the future/planned environment;(2)the subjects’perceived confidence in what the future environment will look like;(3)the likelihood of changing the built environment;(4)design review time;and(5)accuracy in reviewing and understanding the design.

Intra-firm Horizontal Knowledge Transfer Management

Knowledge transfer is widely emphasized as a strategic issue for firm competition. A model for intra-firm horizontal knowledge transfer is proposed to model horizontal knowledge transfer to solve some demerits in current knowledge transfer researches. The concept model of intra-firm horizontal knowledge transfer was described and a framework was provided to define the main components of the transfer process. Horizontal knowledge transfer is that knowledge is transferred from the source to the same hierarchical level recipients as the target. Horizontal knowledge transfer constitutes a strategic area of knowledge management research. However, little is known about the circumstances under which one particular mechanism is the most appropriate. To address these issues, some significant conclusions are drawn concerning knowledge transfer mechanisms in a real-world setting.

Using analytic network process to analyze problems for implementing turn-key construction projects in Taiwan

The turn-key construction project is implemented in Taiwan not by a single company but by a make-shift group of several companies. Hence,problems to coordinate the professional construction management (PCM) and the supervising architectural company often occur for the lack of long-term experience to work together. The various factors that affect the implementation of turn-key projects currently practiced in Taiwan are analyzed using the analytic network process (ANP). The objective is to study how the twelve key factors in the four layers of "Role assignment","Signing contract","Operational procedures" and "Losing capital investment" affect the progress of implementing the turn-key project in Taiwan. The results reveal that "Delay in payment" has the most negative influence with 15.62% weighing factor; "Latent risk" comes next with 11.14% weighing factor,and "Responsibility of construction company for project quality" is the third with 10.79% weighing factor.

Causes,Effects,and Control Measures of Construction Change Orders in the U.S.

Change orders have a significant impact on many aspects of construction projects.They are known to be the primary cause of litigation in the construction industry.Change orders are almost inevitable due to the uniqueness of each project from many perspectives,such as the type of building,complexity of the design,human factors,and the available resources.Change orders are the formal mechanism to implement design changes during the execution phase.These changes are usually the outcome of lack of visualization by the owner,misunderstanding,miscommunication between different parties involved in the project,shortage in resources,and other factors.This research aims to investigate and rank causes,effects,and control measures of change orders in the construction industry in the U.S.This research presents the results of a questionnaire surveying owners,contractors,and consultants.A total of 123 industry professionals in the Architecture,Engineering,and Construction(AEC)field,with either significant or final decision-making authority on reviewing,issuing,and approving change orders responded to the survey.Results indicated that owners are the primary source followed by consultants and contractors,respectively.Some of the more important control measures identified in this research are collaboration and visualization technologies.

Key Technology and Complete-set Equipment for Intelligent Construction of HSR Simply-supported Girder Reinforcement Framework

In view of the problems such as backward production mode,poor quality stability,high safety risk and incomplete control system during erection of the reinforcement framework of simply-supported box girders for high-speed railway(HSR),and in combination with the key points and main challenges in the reinforcement framework construction of Guangzhou-Zhanjiang HSR,the overall technical route for the intelligent manufacturing of reinforcement framework of simply-supported box girders is put forward.The component design of reinforcement framework of simply supported box girder is carried out based on BIM,and the feasibility of the scheme is verified through segment assembly test.The assembly techniques are studied in combination with the mesh design scheme to achieve rapid forming of the reinforcement framework.R&D of automatic processing equipment for components,material transshipment equipment,automatic hoisting equipment and technological equipment for assembly clamping fixture are carried out to realize the overall design of equipment production line.An intelligent control system is developed for the whole-process intelligent construction of reinforcement framework to realize the full life-cycle applications for the workshop production and visual management including intelligent layout and quality traceability.The research results systematically optimize and innovate the assembly and forming technologies of reinforcement framework in the prefabrication beam yard of high-speed railway,realize the component processing,automatic assembly and information technology management,improve the construction quality,efficiency and information technology level of intelligent manufacturing of reinforcement framework of railway prefabricated beam as a whole,and reduce the construction cost of the project.The research has realized a major breakthrough in the construction technology of railway prefabricated box girders,which has the extensive technical and market promotion values.

船舶建造物资逆向物流流程优化

随着人们环保意识的增强和政府环境立法速度加快,逆向物流被社会各界越来越多人士所重视,而目前船舶建造物资逆向物流存在安全隐患、时间和储存成本较高、物资再利用度有待提高等问题,为实现船舶建造业降本增效,需对其逆向物流流程进行剖析和优化。将降低流程时间、减少流程中问题环节作为优化目标,应用Petri网络与六西格玛管理法建立DMAIC-Petri模型,随后基于ESIA等原则进行优化并提出改进建议。以高技术远洋客船建造危险废弃物为例,结果显示,优化后流程问题环节个数减少且流程完成时间降低了18.6%。研究表明该优化方法达到了优化目标,并为船舶建造物资逆向物流管理提供实际参考。

《工业企业生态文明建设管理体系规范》研究与探索

本文论述了研究与制定《工业企业生态文明建设管理体系规范》标准的背景和意义、工业企业生态文明建设的内涵及管理体系的构建思路,以及《工业企业生态文明建设管理体系规范》的核心技术内容。重点关注针对工业企业生态文明建设目标责任体系、生态制度体系、生态安全体系、生态经济体系、生态文化体系等核心主题及其相关实质性议题的策划、运行控制、绩效评价和持续改进。

基于产教融合的生物与制药企业工程管理课程建设与实践

天津大学化工学院生物工程专业在2023版本科教学培养方案修订过程中,拟增设1门结合现代企业管理理念和专业企业特色的专业限选课程——生物与制药企业工程管理。该课程的设立旨在将现代企业管理理念与生物工程领域的专业知识相结合,为学生提供必要的企业工程知识。课程将教授学生如何培养相应的道德与价值观、工程素养和科学素养,以及如何将工程管理学原理应用于生物工程实践,课程内容将涵盖项目管理、风险评估、质量控制和成本分析等关键领域,并通过案例分析、模拟演练和实地考察等教学方法,使学生能够将理论知识与实践相结合。该课程有助于学生培养出解决实际工程管理问题的能力,为将来在生物与制药行业的工程管理岗位上工作做好准备。

建筑施工企业应急管理能力驱动因素及影响机理研究

施工事故的不确定性、突发性和复杂性决定了建筑施工企业应急管理的重要性。基于企业能力理论和任务型组织理论,识别出建筑施工企业应急管理能力的驱动因素,利用结构方程模型实证分析建筑施工企业应急管理组织驱动因素→应急管理能力→应急管理效果的影响路径。结果表明,应急管理组织制度、组织资源、组织领导、组织结构、组织运行机制、组织文化对应急管理能力均起到驱动作用;应急协同能力和应急保障能力显著影响建筑施工企业应急管理效果;组织领导和组织文化、组织运行机制之间有互为因果的关联路径。研究结论对于构建“组织驱动、技术赋能”的应急管理能力提升图景提供了新的启发。

论产品品牌建设的信用制度根基

在产品品牌面临的多种风险因素中,人为失信违规因素是首要的风险因素,而控制这类风险恰恰是质量管理制度的弱项。即使企业建立了质量管理制度,并获得了ISO9001质量认证,仍无法避免因产品质量问题造成产品品牌受损。为弥补质量管理制度的不足,企业可在产品品牌建设和运维中发挥信用管理制度和诚信自律制度的作用,从根本上改进质量管理制度的诚信制度环境,并积极应对政府监管的质量信用制度措施和利用相关国家政策增强产品品牌传播力。基于此,给出了四项制度融合应用的逻辑和基本方法。