El presente trabajo de investigación se basa en una propuesta de mejora en la fabricación de pallets de madera en una planta de producción de la ciudad de Lima, cuyo objetivo es incrementar la eficiencia en su proceso de fabricación. En el capítulo 1, se desarrolla el marco teórico del trabajo de investigación donde se fundamentan las metodologías y herramientas a utilizar en la propuesta de solución del problema. Asimismo, se establece el estado del arte del trabajo de investigación dónde se presentan los casos de estudio de problemas similares al presente trabajo. En el capítulo 2, se describen los procesos de la empresa y se identifica el problema. Es donde mediante herramientas de análisis se identifica las causas de los problemas por productos no conformes y devoluciones. Como causas se identifica que las dimensiones erróneas y la acumulación de desperdicios ocasionan los productos no conformes. Finalmente, llegando a las causas raíces las cuales son la mala medición, el apuro del personal y la falta de limpieza (desperdicios). Con el desarrollo de estas herramientas se busca reducir el número de productos no conformes (PNC), optimizar los métodos de trabajo, incremento de la productividad de la empresa. En el capítulo 4, se realiza la evaluación y validación de la propuesta de mejora mediante la simulación, donde se muestran los resultados. Además, se realiza una evaluación económica y financiera de la propuesta. Finalmente, en el capítulo 5 se establecen las conclusiones y recomendaciones del trabajo de investigación. / This research work is based on a proposal to improve the manufacture of wooden pallets in a production plant in the city of Lima, whose objective is to increase efficiency in its manufacturing process. In Chapter 1, the theoretical framework of the research work is developed where the methodologies and tools to be used in the proposal to solve the problem are based. Likewise, the state of the art of the research work is established where the cases of study of problems similar to the present work are presented. In chapter 2, the company's processes are described and the problem is identified. It is where, through analysis tools, the causes of problems due to non-conforming products and returns are identified. As causes it is identified that the wrong dimensions and the accumulation of waste cause non-conforming products. Finally, reaching the root causes which are the bad measurement, the trouble of the staff and the lack of cleanliness (waste). The development of these tools seeks to reduce the number of non-conforming products (PNC), optimize working methods, increase the productivity of the company. In Chapter 4, the evaluation and validation of the improvement proposal is carried out through simulation, where the results are shown. In addition, an economic and financial evaluation of the proposal is made. Finally, chapter 5 establishes the conclusions and recommendations of the research work. / Tesis

Architects are increasingly sought after for their abilities to be creative, knowledgeable, and strategic. Excessive concentration on "product" rather than "process" of architecture is challenging the architect's status as a professional. 20th century Information Technology has brought growing competition, shorter timeframes, and an increasingly knowledgeable client, which present challenges to the profession. Can IT be used effectively to manage all stakeholder relationships and how has it impacted the process of "service delivery"? An inability to effectively serve clients may result in potential loss of repeat business, paucity of new clients by referrals, and lack of projects, which directly impacts finances and an overall loss for the firm?s practice. The object of this thesis has been to study the effect of strategic IT deployment on client-architect relationship, in meeting client expectations and the identification of means by which architects can gain competitive advantage in today?s highly demanding market. IT and CRM are envisioned as enablers of a firm's sustainable competitive advantage.

No / Purpose ¿ To explore alliance managers' perceptions of the most significant determinants of strategic alliance success in the software sector. Design/methodology/approach ¿ The study is based on 30 key informant interviews and a survey of 143 alliance managers. Findings ¿ While both structural and process factors are important, the most significant factors affecting alliance success are the adaptability and openness of the alliance partners, human resource practices and partners' learning capability during implementation. Alliance partners should pay more attention to operational implementation issues as an alliance evolves, in order to achieve successful cooperative relationships. Research limitations/implications ¿ This research has responded to the call for more empirical study of the underlying causes of successful alliances. It contributes to the ongoing debate about which factors have most impact on strategic alliance outcomes, and complements prior research on several dimensions. First, using selected interview quotations to illuminate the quantitative analysis, it contributes to a deeper understanding of the alliance process, and reduced the ambiguity about which factors are most influential. In particular, the study provides support for those authors who have argued for the relative importance of the alliance implementation process. Second, support has also been found for the prominence of learning capability and the inter-partner learning process as a major component of effective alliance implementation. Third, the results are based on the views of practicing alliance managers, which addresses a recognized gap in the literature. Practical implications ¿ The results send a signal to senior managers contemplating strategic alliances that they should not underestimate the importance of alliance process factors and the role that alliance managers play in achieving successful alliance relationships. This is particularly important, given the high levels of alliance failure reported in the extant literature. Originality/value ¿ While past research on strategic alliances has placed more emphasis on the importance of alliance formation than on implementation, there is an ongoing debate about whether structural, formation factors have more influence on alliance success than implementation or process factors. There has been only limited empirical work examining this interplay between structure and process, particularly from an operations perspective, and very few studies have examined strategic alliances in the software industry.

A promoção do business process managment (BPM) tem o potencial de trazer diversos benefícios para organizações de diferentes tamanhos, setores de atuação, regiões geográficas ou níveis de maturidade em gerenciamento de processos. Um dos fatores críticos de sucesso para a promoção de BPM é o seu alinhamento com o planejamento estratégico da organização. Este trabalho procura explorar o potencial de facilitação da promoção de BPM em uma unidade de pesquisa clínica (UPC) por meio do alinhamento com o planejamento estratégico. A pergunta de pesquisa que se pretende responder é: quais são os benefícios de um diagnóstico e planejamento estratégico prévios à promoção de um programa de BPM em uma unidade de pesquisa clínica (UPC)? Assim, o objetivo é definir as etapas e auxiliar na condução de um planejamento estratégico em uma unidade de pesquisa clínica, identificando posteriormente os benefícios decorrentes desta prática para a promoção de um programa de BPM. O método utilizado no trabalho foi a pesquisa-ação. Concluiu-se que a análise e estruturação inicial do processo de planejamento estratégico foi adequado como preparação para um primeiro ciclo de promoção de BPM na organização focal. Com base nas lições aprendidas durante o desenvolvimento foi proposto um modelo de planejamento estratégico orientado à promoção de BPM. / Business process management (BPM) has the potential to enhance performance for organizations of different sizes, industries, geographical locations or maturity levels of process management. One critical success factor for the promotion of BPM is its alignment with strategic planning. This research aims to explore the potential benefits of aligning the strategic planning process with a BPM program. Thus, the research question is defined as: what are the benefits of executing a diagnosis and strategic planning before a BPM program in a clinical research center (CRC)? The objective of the research is to define and execute steps of a strategic planning process in a clinical research center, identifying the benefits of these activities for a subsequent BPM program. Action-research was the method applied. The main findings were that the initial diagnosis of the organization in focus\' management practices and structuring of the strategic planning process ware adequate to prepare for the first cycle of a BPM program. Based on lessons learned along the research, a model was proposed for the strategic planning process oriented towards the promotion of BPM.

Web services are autonomic software applications that provide specific services on the Web and are accessible through standards-based protocols and interfaces in order to ensure interoperability. Web services have gained immense popularity due to the potential of dynamically composing multiple Web services over the Internet into complex multi-organizational Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer processes. The management of such composite processes, however, poses a non-trivial problem in terms of cost and complexity due to technology growth, increasing consumer demands for service quality, and the varying Internet workload. Based on a study of the state-of-the-art and a critical assessment of the limitations of the existing solutions, we present the Comprehensive Service Management Middleware (CSMM) framework to facilitate execution of the four major tasks of client-side process management namely, service selection, negotiation of Service Level Agreement (SLA), composition and execution of the process, and monitoring and validation of SLAs. We also propose the Negotiation Broker (NB) framework for automated intelligent agent-based negotiation of Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and the Performance Monitor (PM) framework for distributed client-side monitoring and verification of SLAs. The NB expedites bilateral bargaining of SLAs in a trusted broker framework with enhanced decision algorithms to enable consumer feedback during negotiation. The PM presents a flexible and extensible trusted monitoring solution, which enables faster error detection and recovery and automatic creation of a reputation knowledge base. We explain a scenario of autonomic process management using the CSMM. We describe experiments using agent simulations on a prototype of the NB to validate our proposed policy model for business level specification of negotiation preferences, the mathematical policy mapping model, and the decision algorithms for different consumer preferences. The optimality of the negotiation results are illustrated by combined utility value of the negotiation outcomes for both parties. The experiments conducted on the proof of concept prototype of the PM show its viability, efficiency, and accuracy in distributed SLA monitoring and verification because it does not include network performance. The CSMM enables partial or complete automation of all the client-side management tasks to leverage use of Web services in business processes. / Thesis (Ph.D, Computing) -- Queen's University, 2009-04-20 02:01:50.8

The aim of the diploma thesis was to describe and analyze the selected processes and threads that take place in the selected SME, to propose changes that would improve their condition and to eliminate any shortcomings.

A promoção do business process managment (BPM) tem o potencial de trazer diversos benefícios para organizações de diferentes tamanhos, setores de atuação, regiões geográficas ou níveis de maturidade em gerenciamento de processos. Um dos fatores críticos de sucesso para a promoção de BPM é o seu alinhamento com o planejamento estratégico da organização. Este trabalho procura explorar o potencial de facilitação da promoção de BPM em uma unidade de pesquisa clínica (UPC) por meio do alinhamento com o planejamento estratégico. A pergunta de pesquisa que se pretende responder é: quais são os benefícios de um diagnóstico e planejamento estratégico prévios à promoção de um programa de BPM em uma unidade de pesquisa clínica (UPC)? Assim, o objetivo é definir as etapas e auxiliar na condução de um planejamento estratégico em uma unidade de pesquisa clínica, identificando posteriormente os benefícios decorrentes desta prática para a promoção de um programa de BPM. O método utilizado no trabalho foi a pesquisa-ação. Concluiu-se que a análise e estruturação inicial do processo de planejamento estratégico foi adequado como preparação para um primeiro ciclo de promoção de BPM na organização focal. Com base nas lições aprendidas durante o desenvolvimento foi proposto um modelo de planejamento estratégico orientado à promoção de BPM. / Business process management (BPM) has the potential to enhance performance for organizations of different sizes, industries, geographical locations or maturity levels of process management. One critical success factor for the promotion of BPM is its alignment with strategic planning. This research aims to explore the potential benefits of aligning the strategic planning process with a BPM program. Thus, the research question is defined as: what are the benefits of executing a diagnosis and strategic planning before a BPM program in a clinical research center (CRC)? The objective of the research is to define and execute steps of a strategic planning process in a clinical research center, identifying the benefits of these activities for a subsequent BPM program. Action-research was the method applied. The main findings were that the initial diagnosis of the organization in focus\' management practices and structuring of the strategic planning process ware adequate to prepare for the first cycle of a BPM program. Based on lessons learned along the research, a model was proposed for the strategic planning process oriented towards the promotion of BPM.

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企業的規模隨著業務成長而日益龐雜，企業所服務的功能與流程間關係也因而複雜化。而壽險業近年來經營上面臨金融環境的變化、金控競爭的壓力，積極尋求突破，除致力於開發特色商品以鞏固既有市場外，更積極開發多元化的行銷通路、提供多元化的創新服務。 然壽險業IT系統多僅以提高效率的自動化為考量，而非重視企業流程的優劣；再加上壽險業近年發展趨勢為保險與投資理財結合、金控或異業合作之跨通路的銷售，形成在商品、通路、服務等的新商業模式與企業流程，對於壽險業IT造成更多的影響。 另外，壽險系統為因應業務快速的改變，開發無數不同平台的系統，擁有許多不同平台的結果就是造成許多獨立的系統。導致IT系統維護上的困難與整合程度的不完整，而系統使用者操作上也因整合的限制，造成作業與流程的不便或效率不彰，最後影響企業的績效。 綜合以上，壽險業IT資訊系統正面臨一個重新思考與設計的迫切時刻，如何運用IT的能力，來創造新的差異化優勢，協助壽險業邁入商品、通路、服務多元化的時代？如何整合不同平台的系統，思考以流程為導向的系統運作模式？本研究期望能從「企業流程管理」(BPM)理論面與技術面的探討，瞭解BPM對壽險業IT發展的影響與幫助，並從實際個案的探討，提出個案公司系統再造的BPM系統架構藍圖與導入步驟之規劃。 / Enterprise model is more complicated as business expanded, so between the service functions and business processes are more complexity. Meanwhile, the insurance companies face the changes and competitions of outside financial environment. They try to make the break through to provide the diversified services and multiple channel strategy; they also try to maintain the position in existing market place. The old IT systems of insurance company consider the systematic automation only and do not emphasis the business processes. Recently the insurance company tendency is to develop products of combined investment and new distribution channels of cross industry. To form, include the products, the channels, the services, a new business model and business process, and to bring of IT systems more impacts. The IT systems of insurance company develop many different platforms in the way of business fast grow. This is the reason why that it is difficult to maintain and integrate the systems. The result causes the ineffectiveness of business process and performance. To make a summary, the IT systems of insurance company are facing a re-thinking critical point. Perform the IT abilities to bring up the difference superiority and to create the new ideal systems to help the insurance company for creating the products, approach and services. This research aims at implementing Business Process Management (BPM), from theory and practices, to understand the impacts and supports of IT development. Finally, try to by the actual cases to search and provide the architecture of system reengineering via implementation of BPM.

Orientador: José de Souza Rodrigues / Resumo: A partir da percepção da necessidade de mudanças na gestão do IFRR, esta dissertação tem como objetivo verificar como os conhecimentos de gestão por processos de negócios, por meio de técnicas de mineração, modelagem e mapeamento de processos podem contribuir para melhoria dos processos institucionais. O BPM é considerado como um dos temas mais atuais na era da informação, de um lado, ele aborda a interação de pessoas e organizações e, de outro, softwares de reconhecimento, técnicas de modelagem e simulação e mineração de processos. Acredita-se, portanto, que a presente pesquisa é capaz de incentivar uma cultura voltada para melhoria contínua por meio do gerenciamento dos processos internos, proporcionando melhores resultados para a instituição. Por tanto, a pesquisa foi desenvolvida, primeiramente, por meio do procedimento de mineração de processos no sistema de informações institucional, posteriormente com as modelagens “as is” e “to be” de um processo institucional, onde foi adaptado e aplicado o ciclo de vida de gerenciamento de processos desenvolvendo as etapas de planejamento, análise e modelagem do processo. Como resultados da aplicação do ciclo de vida de BPM foi selecionado o processo de aquisição de bens e serviços e foram desenvolvidas as modelagens as is e to be do referido processo. / Abstract: Based on the perception of the need for changes in IFRR management, this paper aims to verify how BPM knowledge, through mining, modeling and mapping technics can contribute to the improvement of institutional processes. BPM is considered to be one of the most current issues in the information age. On the one hand, it addresses the interaction of people and organizations and, on the other hand, recognition software, modeling and simulation techniques, and process mining. It is believed, therefore, that the present research is able to encourage a culture focused on continuous improvement through the management of internal processes, providing better results for the institution. Therefore, the research was developed, first, through the procedure of mining process in the institutional information system, later with the "as is" and "to be" modeling of an institutional process, where the life of process management was adapted and applied by developing the process planning, analysis and modeling steps. As a result of the application of the BPM lifecycle, the process of acquiring goods and services was selected and the modeling of the process was developed. / Mestre