Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-01T19:11:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 122703.pdf: 2436085 bytes, checksum: 2d0b7934770fd02db88671666032c2bc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-02 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / M-commerce trata-se do serviço móvel de comércio eletrônico. Desde seu surgimento, têm-se pesquisado a influência de conceitos para compreender o uso do serviço. Entretanto, observou-se que boa parte dos estudos analisam as mesmas variáveis, o que limita o entendimento sobre o campo. Considerando isso, esta dissertação tem como objetivo a identificação dos fatores críticos relacionados ao uso do mcommerce. Para tal, criou-se uma taxonomia dos fatores críticos, transferência de conceitos do e-commerce para o mcommerce e gerou-se um modelo de influências ao uso do mcommerce. A base teórica utiliza o Modelo de Aceitação da Tecnologia (TAM) e a Teoria do Comportamento Planejado (TPB). Quanto à abordagem metodológica, trata-se de um estudo qualitativo, que utilizou como estratégia a pesquisa documental. Realizou-se revisão de literatura sobre os temas ecommerce e m-commerce, buscando identificar fatores que influenciam o uso de ambos os serviços. Na análise dos dados criou-se uma taxonomia dos fatores críticos identificados na revisão da literatura, transferiu-se conceitos do e-commerce para o m-commerce, considerando as características específicas do serviço móvel, e gerou-se um modelo de influências ao uso do m-commerce. Os resultados encontrados indicam que existem diversas lacunas de pesquisa no m-commerce e que grande parte dos conceitos pesquisados no e-commerce ainda não foram analisados no caso do serviço móvel. Identificou-se também que a maioria dos conceitos pesquisados no ecommerce é compatível às características do m-commerce, o que permitiu sua transferência. No entanto, em alguns casos, fez-se necessária a adaptação da nomenclatura para adequação do termo ao serviço móvel. Verificou-se ainda que, em alguns aspectos, as pesquisas sobre o serviço móvel avançaram mais do que as pesquisas sobre o comércio eletrônico tradicional.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:53:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MarceloHNP.pdf: 399705 bytes, checksum: f533206b771423a65df425800c7b7982 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08-29 / The present objective study to inside identify the critical factors of success of the local family companies of a competitive boarding. For in such a way the same it understands the culture and the management of the family companies of success, identifies the essential areas of performance, it establishes the restrictive factors of the success, and analyzes the level of influence of the critical factors of success in the competitiveness of this type of company. In function of the subject little to be explored, and of this study to provide a general vision concerning the factors that take the family companies to get success, this research is explorer. On the other hand, for describing characteristic of the familiar companies in prominence in the local scene and for being worried about the practical performance, the same one also is descriptive. The sample in turn is the not-probabilist one of the intentional type, for accessibility. For operacionalization of the collection of data, the direct contact was used, being the composed instrument of research for variable as management, culture, critical factors of success and competitiveness. The study it evidences that in regards to the management and the culture of the family companies of success, some variable are turned aside from the standard of the conventional family companies cited by literature. Of general form in the familiar companies of success it has a bigger level of professionalization of the management. As for the value given to the knowledge, the study sample that the conventional family companies give little importance to it, in contrast of the family companies in prominence, who value of significant form the search for the knowledge. He is demonstrated despite the family companies of success, even so total are not professionalized, possess a bigger level of professionalization of the management, ratifying of certain forms the reason for which the majority develops the Strategical Planning formal periodically. In short, the results point 17 critical factors of success with respect to the family companies, in special factors as the product quality and services, and the use of the technology / O presente estudo objetiva identificar os fatores cr?ticos de sucesso das empresas familiares locais dentro de uma abordagem competitiva. Para tanto o mesmo compreende a cultura e a gest?o das empresas familiares de sucesso, identifica as ?reas de performance essenciais, estabelece os fatores restritivos do sucesso, e analisa o n?vel de influ?ncia dos fatores cr?ticos de sucesso na competitividade deste tipo de empresa. Em fun??o do tema ser pouco explorado, e desse estudo proporcionar uma vis?o geral acerca dos fatores que levam as empresas familiares a obterem sucesso, esta pesquisa ? explorat?ria. Por outro lado, por descrever caracter?sticas das empresas familiares em destaque no cen?rio local e por estar preocupada com a atua??o pr?tica, a mesma tamb?m ? descritiva. A amostra por sua vez ? a n?o-probabil?stica do tipo intencional, por acessibilidade. Para operacionaliza??o da coleta de dados, foi utilizado o contato direto, sendo o instrumento de pesquisa composto por vari?veis como gest?o, cultura, fatores cr?ticos de sucesso e competitividade. O estudo constata que no tocante ? gest?o e a cultura das empresas familiares de sucesso, algumas vari?veis desviam-se do padr?o das empresas familiares convencionais citadas pela literatura. De forma geral nas empresas familiares de sucesso h? um maior n?vel de profissionaliza??o da gest?o. No que se refere ao valor dado ao conhecimento, o estudo mostra que as empresas familiares convencionais o d?o pouca import?ncia, ao contr?rio das empresas familiares em destaque, que valorizam de forma significativa a busca pelo conhecimento. Fica demonstrado ainda que as empresas familiares de sucesso, embora n?o sejam totalmente profissionalizadas, possuem um n?vel maior de profissionaliza??o da gest?o, ratificando de certa forma a raz?o pela qual a maioria desenvolva formalmente o Planejamento Estrat?gico periodicamente. Em suma, os resultados apontam 17 fatores cr?ticos de sucesso para as empresas familiares, em especial fatores como a qualidade dos produtos e servi?os, e o uso da tecnologia

The main target of this dissertation is logistic resource analysis in relation to expendable property with majority directing on reduction of total costs in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice by optimalization means of resource quotient fixed in inventories. Sub-target is availability detection of contemporary information system, eventually regulation or substitution by the new system, exact detection of real needs of faculty particular workplace in term of ordering system, supplies speed and assortment width {--} suggestion of system changes leading to the achievement of optimal supply version and spreading of offered assortment or offer cavity of particular lines of products. The result of this dissertation is suggestion of material flow assurance in the Faculty of Agriculture by the complex outsourcing system. On the basis of quotations confrontation and business conditions of potential providers was as the main provider suggested company Büroprofi, s.r.o.

A localização de fábricas, fornecedores e/ou CDs é um problema de grande complexidade, principalmente em empresas com operações internacionais. Na literatura mundial são poucos os modelos desenvolvidos que tratam da localização de instalações em escala global. Este trabalho propõe um modelo de Programação Linear Inteira Mista que soluciona o problema minimizando os custos logísticos (custos fixos, custos de transferência, custos de distribuição, impostos não recuperáveis, estoques, take-or-pay, matéria-prima e custos de agregação de valor e transbordo) levando em consideração vários elos da cadeia de suprimentos. Como principais contribuições do modelo citam-se a inclusão de benefícios fiscais em transações internacionais, tais como o drawback, o cálculo pioneiro para custo no carregamento dos estoques e o tratamento dado aos custos tipo take-or-pay. São sugeridas adaptações do modelo para utilização em quaisquer segmentos de indústria. O modelo foi aplicado com sucesso em um caso real de uma indústria do segmento químico. / The location of factories, suppliers and distribution centers has always been a problem of great complexity, mainly for companies with global operations. In the literature, there are a few models developed for facilities location in a global scale. This work proposes a Mixed Integer Linear Programming model that solves the problem minimizing the total logistic cost (fixed, transfer and distribution costs, non recoverable duties, carrying, take-or-pay, raw material, added value and handling costs) taking into consideration several echelons in the supply chain network. The main contributions of the proposed model are the considerations regarding fiscal benefits in international trade such as drawback, the pioneer carrying cost calculation and the treatment given to the take-or-pay costs. Some adaptations of the model have been suggested for use in any type of industry. The model was successfully applied in a real case of a chemical industry.

Os resultados de projetos de melhoria contínua nas empresas dependem de fatores que compõem o ambiente em que os trabalhos são realizados. Conhecer estes fatores e trabalhá-los de forma preventiva aumenta o potencial de obtenção de melhores resultados e sucesso de conclusão de projetos de melhoria. Nesse sentido, O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar fatores para a implantação de projetos de melhoria no ambiente operário industrial. Este estudo levanta os fatores por meio de entrevistas realizadas com líderes de projetos de melhoria em três empresas de um mesmo grupo, e os avalia em uma empresa de consultoria de projetos de melhoria contínua, com ampla experiência em manufatura enxuta. Destacaram-se entre os resultados o comprometimento da alta direção, a liderança, os projetos alinhados com as metas do negócio, a cultura de melhoria contínua, as metas, o exemplo do líder como Fatores Críticos de Sucesso. / The results of continuous improvement projects in companies depend on factors that compose the environment in which jobs are performed. Knowing these factors and work them preventively increases the potential for obtaining better results and successful completion of improvement projects. In this sense, the objective is to examine the critical factors for the deployment of improvement projects on the environment industrial worker. This study raises the factors through interviews with leaders of improvement projects in three companies in the same group, and assesses them in a consulting firm in continuous improvement projects, with extensive experience in lean manufacturing. Stood out as important factors in the top management commitment, leadership, projects align with business targets, a culture of continuous improvement, the targets and the leaders example as Critical Success Factors.

Enterprise content management (ECM) is an emerging research area that is beginning to find attention in academia. While the private sector has a growing industry and community for ECM, academia is starting to address this with direct links to the better-established areas of information systems and enterprise resource planning systems. ECM has been viewed as a higher-level concept of methods and strategies pertaining to content management in the context of the enterprise. Like many other organizational wide systems, ECM systems are complex, difficult to implement and risk failing to meet expected success measures. Definitions for what exactly constitutes an ECM system are still evolving. The major issues with ECM systems are that they are increasingly being implemented by organizations in an attempt to address the unmanageable amount of unstructured content over its lifecycle, compliance pressures, collaboration needs, content integrity and continuity, and controlling costs. However, the implementation problems are many and diverse, such as determining content and business processes to be included, determining technologies to fit the organizational needs, how to integrate with existing systems, and managing organizational culture and change for acceptance. There is currently little academic research in the area of ECM, and research determining the key factors that contribute to successful implementations of these systems is absent. This research addressed the existing gap in ECM research and investigated the key success factors for the implementations of ECM systems with the objectives of identifying a set of success factors. Guided by research in related areas and through developing a theoretical framework and the resulting research model, the study used a qualitative case study method to identify ECM implementation factors and their relationship to organizational culture and people, business processes, technology and organizational content. The results of this research were twofold, first by contributing needed research in the ECM area and second to aid organizations in the implementation of ECM systems by identifying key factors.

This dissertation thesis identifies critical factors of implementation and operation service of Human Resource Information Systems with all its specifics. In detail, the lifecycle of the system is described, system elements and types of organizations that might use it. The thesis aimes at four hypotheses that try to confirm or reject the importance of usage of Human Resource Information Systems in companies of various sizes on Czech and Slovak market. The thesis also describes detailed feedback of company representatives in areas of benefits and usage of these systems and presents a list of critical factors that were discovered and confirmed during the preparation of the thesis and related research.

Production system development is challenging for manufacturing companies, and development of HMLV production cells entails additional challenges. Thus, the aim of this study is to support the development of a HMLV production cell, and the following research questions were asked: RQ1: What are the challenges of developing a HMLV production cell? RQ2: What are the critical factors to consider when developing a HMLV production cell? RQ3: How can the development of a HMLV production cell be supported? A literature review in combination with a case study were performed to fulfill the aim and answer the research questions. The literature review was conducted to gain knowledge from previous studies, whilst the case study was performed to complement the theoretical findings. The selected case is the development of a HMLV production cell in the department of engine machining at Scania, which is planned to perform production activities for various departments of Scania. The primary data was collected through observations and interviews. The identified challenges of developing a HMLV production cell were production planning, utilization of equipment, product quality and material flow. The identified critical factors to consider when developing a HMLV production cell were production flexibility, production competence, production technology, pilot production, manufacturing strategy, order management system and standardization. The identified challenges of developing a HMLV production cell and the critical factors to consider when developing a HMLV production cell can support manufacturing companies by informing what challenges to expect prior to developing a HMLV production cell, and what critical factors can mitigate these challenges. Two ways of supporting the development of a HMLV production cell are recommended to Scania: creating a structured order management system and performing a pilot production for the milling operation of the core box reparation process. During this study, it was discovered that different HMLV production cells have different capabilities, challenges, and therefore also different critical factors. As such, recommendation for further research is to investigate how the development of different types of HMLV production cells can be supported by using a multiple case study research design, and to compare the challenges and critical factors for the development for the different types of HMLV production cells.

The purpose of this thesis is to comprehend the concept of warehousing 4.0 and to examine the critical factors influencing its adoption in developing countries. while at the same time exploring how manufacturing companies can address these factors prior to adopting warehousing 4.0. This master’s thesis employs a multiple case study approach, conducting semi-structured interviews and engaging focus group discussions with respondents from three manufacturing companies operating in 2 developing countries (Sri Lanka and Cameroon). The finding reveals critical factors like cost, technological readiness, availability of skilled workers, IT infrastructure, etc. With a higher level of criticality amongst some critical factors when compared to others. The findings also revealed strategies identified to effectively address the critical factors. These strategies include employee training programs, building partnerships, infrastructure upgrades, data security systems, etc. These proposed strategies across the companies exhibit similarities, indicating a shared understanding of critical factors and a similar approach to addressing them. This research contributes to the existing knowledge on warehousing 4.0 adoption and provides practical insights for manufacturing companies in developing countries. By carefully identifying and addressing the specified critical factors, manufacturing companies in developing countries can navigate challenges and leverage the opportunities presented by warehousing 4.0 technologies in their raw material warehouses.

Not every project deserving of success achieves it. Conversely, not every project heading for the scrap heap arrives. The journey to project success is long and hard and does not happen overnight. To understand the journey to project success we need to understand what makes a project successful. A successful project can be classified as a Project of which the costs did not exceed 25% of the agreed capital approved with a less than 25% schedule slip and with all the operational problems being sorted out in less than a year. Project success potential, can be increased by focusing on the critical factors listed in this study, namely: Project Front End Loading (FEL), high calibre project teams, and people skills/soft skills of project management. The success of a project can be increased when the project has high calibre project teams starting the project with very effective Front End Loading (FEL) and keep project team members continuity based on the fact that the project is managed by a project manager understanding people who have the soft skill to lead and influence the project team, rather than managing the team. The research was conducted by means of a literature and empirical study. The literature study documents the critical factors for project success. Knowledge gained from the literature study formed the basis for the empirical study to test critical factors for project success in practice and the recommendations can be read in chapter four. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2009.