The thesis project describes  the analysis, process and major factors in development of a simple component oriented Web Shop in ASP.NET. It addresses to the concepts used in  the application as  well  as  derivation  of  technical  design  and  development  from  the  concepts  acquired  by studying existing approaches. The report  describes  a  brief  summary of  existing  approaches  and related  technologies.  It also lays  the foundation  of  goal  oriented  approach  by  providing  an  overview  of  component  based  software engineering. The  basic  concepts for modularization  were  barrowed from  entities  identification,  object models and component models pplication’s architecture is set to be a layered app roach combining the software layered  architecture  approach  with  multi  tier  architecture  of  web  applications. Class models explaining the inner structure of each component have been provided and an overview of user interface pages is given to explain the application outer flow. The application sets out to prove the significance of component oriented approach as well as  the  support  provided for it by ASP.Net. The resulting package proves  to  have  scalable  components  that could be scaled for  or  reused in another  application or  in  a later version of the same application. / First and Final Version of our Thesis Report / SoftIn - Introducing methods and tools for software development in small and medium-sized enterprises

<p>This paper focuses on four interrelated strategies: postponement, mass customization, modularization and customer order decoupling point. The goal of the postponement is to delay the customization as late as possible in the supply chain. It is also known as delayed differentiation. Mass customization is a relatively new term, which began to gain attention in the industry a decade ago. It was an obligatory invention as a response to the global market which becomes more turbulent day by day for the last two decades. Its goal is to produce customized products at low costs. Modularization is a common term that is used in many areas. In this study, we will focus on product architecture modularity and process modularity. Customer order decoupling point, which is also known as order penetration point, is used to distinguish the point in the supply chain where a particular product is associated to a specific order.</p><p>Our target is building a model that explains how these four concepts are related. In order to achieve this, we will, first, research every concept individually; we will state the definitions, levels, benefits, enablers, success factors, drivers, etc. of the concepts. Then we will study the pair-wise relationships of these strategies. We will build our model according to the findings we have found in the literature. After building our model, we will explore it in Autoliv Electronics to see how it works in practice.</p><p>Briefly, our model states the following:</p><p>Modularization is an enabler of customization and it is necessary for the success of mass customization where set-up costs are critical. Product architecture modularity provides rapid assembly and cost efficiency that is required for postponement and mass customization. In addition, it is used to measure the mass customization degree according to some others.</p><p>Postponement requires process modularity, and it moves the customer order decoupling point downstream in the value added material flow. It contributes the mass customization by increasing both the leanness and agility.</p><p>Customer order decoupling point uses the customer requirements and existing capabilities of the mass customization for optimizing the flexibility-productivity balance.</p>

Through the exporting of a portion of site-based work to fabrication shops, modularization (MOD) can enhance efficiency in the construction industry. The industry, however, applies modularization at only a low level. To reach higher levels of modularization, the EPC industry needs new approaches. Previous studies have identified the current trends in and barriers to the industry's application of modularization. Moreover, in 2013, the Construction Industry Institute's (CII) Research Team 283 identified 21 critical success factors (CSFs) that create an optimum environment for a broader and more effective use of modularization. However, the researcher has identified a need to better understand the relative significance of MOD CSFs and their associations with project performance. Thus, the research was conducted to provide recommendations for better project performance by identifying correlations between the accomplishment of MOD CSFs and project performance and examining actual modular projects' MOD CSF accomplishment. This study identified four statistically significant positive correlations. Those are between the accomplishment of MOD CSFs and: 1) cost performance; 2) schedule performance; 3) Construction performance; and 4) Startup performance. In addition to the correlation analysis, the study also identified the CSFs that appear to contribute the most to 1) "Modular Project Success", 2) Construction success, 3) Startup success, 4) Cost performance, and 5) Schedule performance. To collect information on the actual industrial modular projects, the study surveyed industry experts. By using this study, many industrial project stakeholders from owners to fabricators, designers and EPC contractors, will be able to understand the relationships between MOD CSFs and project performance. Such an understanding should motivate them to achieve better project performance through implementing modularization CSFs. / text

Knowledge-driven problem solving demands 'complete' knowledge about the domain and its interpretation under different contexts. Knowledge Morphing aims at a context-driven integration of heterogeneous knowledge sources--in order to provide a comprehensive and networked view of all knowledge about a domain-specific problem, pertaining to the context at hand. In this PhD thesis, we have proposed a Semantic Web based framework, K-MORPH, for Knowledge Morphing via Reconciliation of Contextualized Sub-ontologies. In order to realize our K-MORPH framework, we have developed: (i) a sub-ontology extraction method for generating contextualized sub-ontologies from the source ontologies pertinent to the problem-context at hand; (ii) two ontology matching approaches: triple-based ontology matching (TOM) and proof-based ontology matching (POM) for finding both atomic and complex correspondences between two extracted contextualized sub-ontologies; and (iii) our approach for resolving inconsistencies in ontologies by generating minimal inconsistent resolve candidates (MIRCs), where removing any of the MIRCs from the inconsistent ontology results in a maximal consistent sub-ontology. Thus, K-MORPH performs knowledge morphing among ontology-modelled knowledge sources and generates a context-sensitive and comprehensive knowledge-base pertinent to the problem at hand by (a) extracting problem-specific knowledge components from ontology-modelled knowledge sources using our sub-ontology extraction method; (b) aligning and merging the extracted knowledge components using our matching approaches; and (c) repairing inconsistencies in the morphed knowledge by applying our approach for detecting and resolving inconsistencies. We demonstrated the application of our K-MORPH framework in the healthcare domain, where K-MORPH generated a merged ontology for providing a comprehensive therapeutic knowledge-base for Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) by first (i) extracting 20 contextualized sub-ontologies from various UTI ontologies of different healthcare institutions, (ii) aligning and merging the extracted UTI sub-ontologies, and (iii) detecting and resolving inconsistencies in the merged UTI ontology.

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Orientador: José Alcides Gobbo Junior / Banca: Rodolfo Florence Teixeira Júnior / Banca: Luiz Carlos Di Serio / Resumo: Em decorrência do aumento da competitividade do setor automobilístico, montadoras vêm adotando novas configurações produtivas, visando a uma maior integração na cadeia produtiva e ganhos para os participantes. A configuração produtiva escolhida pela montadora é um fator crucial e determinante para sua competitividade e que está diretamente associado à capacidade da montadora de entender e atender às expectativas dos clientes. Com a emergência dessas novas configurações organizacionais na indústria automobilística, houve uma perspectiva de que os mesmos se tornassem dominantes no futuro da indústria. Porém, o que se tem visto é que a adoção dessas novas configurações não tem ocorrido na velocidade prevista. Isso levanta questões relacionadas à condição de adoção dessas configurações e dos ganhos esperados pela implantação da estratégia de modularização se comparados aos tradicionais esquemas produtivos. Portanto, considerando essas premissas, o objetivo desta pesquisa é o de estudar como as configurações de Consórcio Modular (CM) e Condomínio Industrial (CI) refletem as prioridades competitivas na indústria automobilística brasileira. Pretende-se, dessa forma, contribuir para o entendimento da dinâmica... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In result of the increase of the competitiveness of the automobile sector, assembly plants have been adopting new productive configurations, aiming at a bigger integration in the productive chain and profits for the participants. The productive configuration chosen by the assembly plants is a crucial and determinative factor for its competitiveness and this is directly associated with the capacity of the assembly plant to understand and to take care of the expectation of the customers. With the emergency of these new organizational confirations in the automobile industry, there was a perspective that they could become dominant in the future of the industry. However, it has been observed that the adoption of these new configurations has not occured in the foreseen speed. This raises questions related to the condition of adoption of these configurations and the profits hoped with the implantation of the strategy of modularization compared with the traditional productive projects. Therefore, considering these premises, the objective of this research is to study how the configurations of Modular Consortium (CM) and Industrial Condominium (CI) reflect the competitive priorities in the Brazilian automobile industry. It is intended, by this way, to contribute for the agreement of the dynamics of adoption of these configurations in the Brazilian automobile industry. These productive configurations are present are present in two plants studied in this research: General Motors - (RS) - CI and Volkswagen (RJ) - CM. The suppliers of the CI are installed in the land of the assembly plant and its surroundings and are responsible for the supply just-in-time of the systems. In the other hand, the modules of the companies partners of the CM are installed inside of the assembly plant, and are responsible for the production of the modules in the final assembly line... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Detta examensarbete har varit inriktat på att studera nyttan av att omstrukturera ett mjukvarusystem till ett moderniserat system. Frågan som skulle besvaras av detta projekt var: vad är fördelarna med komponentiseringen av ett legacysystem, med avseende på utvecklingstid som krävs för vidareutveckling av systemet? Denna fråga besvarades med hjälp av en analys av forskningsfronten över ämnet samt att en fallstudie genomfördes. Det som framkom under analysen av forskningsfronten tydde väldigt mycket på att detta var lönsamt att göra. Trots att fallet var för en specifik aktör var det väldigt relevant att genomföra det för detta projekt för att på sätt få ett praktiskt exempel som hjälpte till att besvara forskningsfrågan. Genom att genomföra dessa undersökningar besvarade vi forskningsfrågan. Många slutsatser kunde dras och det blev ett tydligt resultat. Efter våra estimeringar skulle en aktör vinna på en modernisering av sitt legacysystem i de flesta fallen, om kompetensen för att genomföra detta finns. Fallstudien som genomfördes visade på tydliga vinster med att genomföra en moderniseringsprocess för ett legacysystem. / This thesis work has been focused on studying the benefits of restructuring a legacy system to a modernized software system. The question that was to be answered was: What are the benefits of componentization of a legacy system with respect to the software development time required for further system development? This question was answered by doing a state of the art on the subject and also by performing a case study. What was discovered during the state of the art implicated that this kind of work is very profitable to undergo. Even though the case was aimed at a certain system it was relevant to this study because it helped to get a practical example which in turn helped with answering the question for this thesis. By doing these studies the question for this report got answered. Many conclusions could be drawn and the result was clear. By our estimations an actor would benefit greatly by modernizing their legacy system in most cases, if they have the right knowledge for doing this. The case study that was performed showed obvious benefits of the process of modernizing a legacy system.

Aus der Einleitung: "Die Produktmodularität beeinflusst den finanziellen Erfolg eines Unternehmens (Eitelwein & Weber 2008). Das wirtschaftliche Einsparpotenzial der Produktmodularisierung wird dabei im Wesentlichen durch die Wiederverwendung von Produktkomponenten und der damit verbundenen Skalen- und Lernkurveneffekte erzielt (Göpfert 1998, Schölling 1997, Kersten & Koppenhagen 2002). Modularität ist von firmenspezifischen Faktoren abhängig (Hohnen 2010). Die Kenntnis dieser Faktoren und deren quantitative Ausprägung sind Voraussetzung für eine Determinierung der Produktmodularität hinsichtlich eines Kostenoptimums. Da diese Einflüsse nicht nur firmenspezifisch sind, sondern insbesondere von Produktsparte zu Produktsparte variieren (siehe Eitelwein & Weber 2008), ist es zweckmäßig, die jeweilige Modularität zu ermitteln und diese in Form einer Anforderung als Eingangsgröße an die Produktentwicklung weiter zu geben. Daraus leitet sich die Notwendigkeit einer Vorgehensweise ab, die es ermöglicht, die Modularität eines Produktes analysieren zu können und eine eindeutig quantifizierbare Aussage über die Modularität auszugeben."