Submitted by Jéssica dos Santos Leite Gonella null (jessica_gonella@hotmail.com) on 2018-02-26T15:31:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 JéssicaGonella_PGAD_TUPA.02-2018.pdf.pdf: 3615336 bytes, checksum: 842536524c4c21f89b7a3fbf45ad85aa (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Eliana Katia Pupim (katiapupim@tupa.unesp.br) on 2018-03-02T17:51:10Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 gonella_jsl_me_tupa.pdf: 3615336 bytes, checksum: 842536524c4c21f89b7a3fbf45ad85aa (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-02T17:51:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 gonella_jsl_me_tupa.pdf: 3615336 bytes, checksum: 842536524c4c21f89b7a3fbf45ad85aa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-08 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / A complexidade atrelada à cadeia de suprimentos, assim como a importância econômica e social que a agricultura familiar representa para o país, são fatores que impulsionam a investigação científica. É notável o caráter dinâmico atrelado ao mundo dos negócios, sendo indissociável a implementação de estratégias necessárias a ultrapassar as adversidades impostas pelo ambiente. Nesse contexto, a presente pesquisa apresenta como objetivo geral, analisar quais são os gargalos para os processos de negócios da cadeia de suprimentos do setor de polpa de frutas, partir da relação entre agroindústria processadora e produtor rural familiar. O arcabouço teórico foi amparado pela Revisão Bibliográfica Sistemática (RBS), a qual proporcionou a identificação do estado da arte sobre Supply Chain Management (SCM) e processos de negócios, bem como serviu de base conceitual para a construção dos questionários de pesquisa. Para tanto, adotou-se como método o estudo de caso, o qual permitiu compreender a relação dial entre produtores rurais familiares e agroindústrias processadoras de polpa de frutas. Os dados foram colhidos por meio de questionários aplicados a quatro agroindústrias processadoras de polpa de frutas e 30 produtores rurais da região Oeste Paulista/SP. A análise dos dados foi amparada pela estatística descritiva e pelo método Grey Relational Analysis (GRA). Os resultados revelaram oito processos de negócios gargalos para os produtores rurais familiares e dois para as agroindústrias processadoras. Para os produtores rurais, encontrou-se os seguintes processos gargalos: Desenvolvimento de Produto e Comercialização II (0,555), Gestão de Retornos II (0,544), Gestão da Demanda I (0,524), Gestão do Relacionamento com o Ciente I (0,486), Gestão do Relacionamento com o Fornecedor II (0,478), Gestão do Fluxo de Manufatura I (0,447), Gestão de Retornos III (0,380) e Gestão da Demanda II (0,339). Já para as agroindústrias os processos de negócios gargalos foram Gestão de Retornos I (0,577) e Gestão de Retornos II (0,577). O estudo contribuiu para o entendimento da relação dial, bem como para o reconhecimento dos mercados institucionais no sentido de fortalecer o elo mais fraco da cadeia de suprimentos. Diante dos resultados aqui apresentados observa-se que a cadeia de suprimentos do setor de polpa de frutas enfrenta uma série de desafios. Tais desafios ultrapassam as fronteiras das propriedades rurais, incluindo fatores estruturais, históricos, sociais, culturais e organizacionais. No que tange os aspectos operacionais, é perceptível que a maioria dos agentes não estão dispostos a atuar com base nas vertentes de gestão propostas pela SCM. Para que isso ocorra, é fundamental que exista relações de interdependência e principalmente interesse mútuo na delimitação de parcerias e princípios cooperativos. Portanto, conclui-se que para alcançar a sinergia é necessário mais do que investimentos e amparo governamental, mas principalmente credibilidade, confiança e interesse em compartilhar informações estratégicas. A identificação dos processos de negócios gargalos se mostra importante a medida que permitiu traçar propostas que visam a superação dos gargalos e o alcance de melhor eficiência da cadeia de suprimentos. Como proposição para futuras pesquisas, sugere-se o desenvolvimento de um modelo de avaliação de cadeia de suprimentos do setor agroindustrial, que trate os problemas de acordo com suas especificidades particulares e encontre melhores soluções integradoras. / The complexity linked to the supply chain, as well as the economic and social importance that family agriculture represents for the country, are factors that drive scientific research. The dynamic nature of the business world is remarkable, and the strategies necessary to overcome the adversities imposed by the environment are inseparable. In this context, the present research aims to analyze the bottlenecks for the business processes of the supply chain of the fruit pulp sector, starting from the relationship between processing agroindustries and family farmer. The theoretical framework was supported by the Systematic Bibliographic Rreview (RBS), which provided the identification of the state of the art on Supply Chain Management (SCM) and business processes, as well as served as a conceptual basis for the construction of the research questionnaires. For this purpose, the case study was adopted as a method, which allowed the understanding of the dialectal relationship between family farmers and fruit pulp processing agro-industries. Data were collected through questionnaires applied to four pulp processing agroindustries and 30 rural producers from the West of São Paulo State. Data analysis was supported by descriptive statistics and the Gray Relational Analysis (GRA) method. The results revealed eight bottleneck business processes for the family farmers and two for the processing agroindustries. For rural producers, the following bottlenecks were found Product Development and commercialization II (0,555), Returns Management II Demand Management I (0.524), Customer Relationship Management I (0.486), Supplier Relationship Management II (0.478), Manufacturing Flow Management I (0,447), Returns Management III (0,380) and Demand Management II (0,339). For agribusiness, the bottleneck processes were: Customer Relationship Management I (0.786), Product Development and Commercialization I (0.760), Product Development and Commercialization II (0.718), Demand Management I (0.708), Returns Management I (0.577) and Returns Management II (0.577). The study contributed to the understanding of the dialect relationship, as well as to the recognition of the institutional markets in order to strengthen the weakest link in the supply chain. In view of the results presented here, it is observed that the supply chain of the fruit pulp sector faces a series of challenges. Such challenges extend beyond rural property boundaries, including structural, historical, social, cultural, and organizational factors. Regarding the operational aspects, it is noticeable that most agents are not willing to act based on the management aspects proposed by SCM. For this to occur, it is fundamental that there are relations of interdependence and mainly mutual interest in the delimitation of cooperative partnerships and principles. Therefore, it is concluded that achieving synergy requires more than investments and government support, but mainly credibility, trust, and interest in sharing strategic information. The identification of the bottleneck business processes is important as it allows to outline proposals that aim to overcome the bottlenecks and achieve better supply chain efficiency. As a proposal for future research, it is suggested the development of an agroindustrial supply chain evaluation model that addresses the problems according to their particular specificities and finds better integration solutions. / FAPESP: 2016.05.285-1

Storage Class Memory (SCM) is a novel class of memory technologies that promise to revolutionize database architectures. SCM is byte-addressable and exhibits latencies similar to those of DRAM, while being non-volatile. Hence, SCM could replace both main memory and storage, enabling a novel single-level database architecture without the traditional I/O bottleneck. Fail-safe persistent SCM allocation can be considered conditio sine qua non for enabling this novel architecture paradigm for database management systems. In this paper we present PAllocator, a fail-safe persistent SCM allocator whose design emphasizes high concurrency and capacity scalability. Contrary to previous works, PAllocator thoroughly addresses the important challenge of persistent memory fragmentation by implementing an efficient defragmentation algorithm. We show that PAllocator outperforms state-of-the-art persistent allocators by up to one order of magnitude, both in operation throughput and recovery time, and enables up to 2.39x higher operation throughput on a persistent B-Tree.

The study examined the alignment of Supply Chain Management (SCM) practices with the policies and regulations in State-Owned Entities (SOEs) in South Africa. SCM plays a crucial role in the implementation of service delivery programmes and the achievement of socioeconomic imperatives in SOEs in South Africa. However, there is a substantial misalignment between SCM practices and the relevant policies and regulations, which negatively influences the performance of SOEs in South Africa. The research study was designed to employ a combination of exploratory and descriptive research, using quantitative approaches based on a survey of SCM managers in SOEs in South Africa. A structured questionnaire was administered to SCM managers who were selected using simple random sampling. Descriptive statistics using the software, SPSS version 21.0, was used for the statistical analysis and to provide the descriptive analysis results. In addition, Smart PLS 2.0 M3 was used for structural Equation Modelling to assess the alignment between the key variables. The results of the study revealed that, in general, there is an alignment between SCM practices and SCM policies and regulations. However, based on the analysis of the four constructs that were used in the study (SCM strategy, SCM policies and regulations, SCM practices, and SCM performance), the results revealed a misalignment between SCM strategy and SCM performance. The study further revealed a positive and weak relationship between Enterprise Supplier Development (ESD) and SCM performance in SOEs. The poor implementation of these two practices compromises the contribution of SCM to socioeconomic imperatives, and consequently SCM. The results of the five SCM policies and regulations that were examined indicated the poor implementation of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act (BBBEEA) across SOEs. The study suggests a conceptual framework for SCM in SOEs to enable them to enhance their performance. The study provides an understanding of how SCM could be applied efficiently in the SOEs environment and it provides new insights to the body of knowledge. / Applied Management / D. Admin. (Business Management)

Allt fler detaljhandelskoncerner möter problem med att optimera fördelning och påfyllning av produkter till butiker. Ledtiderna inom modeindustrin är långa och återförsäljarna måste planera sina inköp flera månader i förväg för de kommande säsongerna. Produkterna paketeras hos tillverkarna innan de skickas vidare till centrallagret. Beslut om packstorlekar tas i samband med inköpsordern. Genom att paketera flera lagerhållningsenheter (SKU) tillsammans ökar effektiviteten och kostnader i leveransflödet reduceras, samtidigt kan felfördelningskostnader uppstå. Detta examensarbete är utfört åt Venue Retail Group som är en ledande aktör i norden inom accessoarer, resetillbehör och skor. Syftet med examensarbetet är att finna de åtgärder inom packutformningen som skulle kunna generera ökad genomförsäljning för Venue Retail Groups egenproduktion av syntetväskor. I examensarbetet formuleras förpackningsproblemet som ett optimeringsproblem. En modell utformas för bestämning av optimal packkonfiguration som tillfredsställer varje butikskategoris prognostiserade efterfrågan med målet att minimera de totala kostnaderna. Genom kartläggning av produkternas varuflöde samt identifiering av kostnader relaterade till packkonfiguration föreslår examensarbetet en ändring av Venue Retail Groups befintliga packstrategi som kan uppnå en bättre genomförsäljning. / An increasing number of retail groups is facing problems with optimizing distribution and replenishment of products to serve stores. Lead times in the fashion industry are long and dealers often have to plan their purchases several months in advance for the coming seasons. The products are packed in production before they are sent to the central warehouse. Decisions about the pack configuration are made in connection with the purchase order. By packaging multiple stock-keeping units (SKUs) together, the efficiency increase and the costs in the supply chain can be reduced, while misallocation costs may arise. The master thesis is performed at the Venue Retail Group, which is a leading group in the Nordic region within the accessories, travel equipment and shoes. The objective of the paper is to identify the optimal pack configuration in order to generate increased turnover sales within the supply chain for own production synthetic bags. In this paper the pack problem is formulated as an optimization problem. A model is designed to determine the optimal packing order quantities that satisfy every store category's forecasted demand with the goal to minimize the total costs. By mapping product flow and identifying costs related to pack configuration the paper suggest a change of Venue Retail Groups existing pack strategy to achieve the objective.

Title: Biathletes long term physical preparedness level in preparatory period Objectives: To compare in selected control tests from prepartory period the best results of present biathlon junior representants and junior results of the best present biathlon sportsmen, who are nowadays in the world biathletes top, and to give long term development overview according to these tests. Methods: In this thesis, data collection method, data analysis method and comparison method was used. Data collection method was the first step where we summarized all available junior results from selected preparatory period tests. Furhter, the data analysis method was used to select the best achieved time for each junior competitor in selected tests and from all results. Comparison method was chosen for thesis conclusion where we compare and present all junior competitors best results in well-arranged tables and charts. Arithmetic mean was used as statistical method for work with results Results: On the grounds of performance level comparison shown in preparatory period control tests in 2001-2012 period, of present junior group and junior level performance of present top world biathlon sportsmen, we discovered that long term performance level of present juniors is worse than performance level of the then juniors....

環保投資往往造成廠商成本負擔之增加，若缺乏政府管制或經濟誘因，廠商極有可能降低環保方面的投資，導致自然環境的污染及社會外部成本之發生，故透過公共環保政策之適度介入，似乎是不得不存在之必要手段。而本文所欲探討的環保補貼政策，即是存有多元見解及爭議之一種經濟誘因工具。 本文先介紹環保補貼之範圍、定義與各國適用之情形，並採用文獻回顧之方式，整理各學者對政府獎勵企業污染防治措施之爭議，以瞭解環保補貼對環境保護或全球整體經濟的影響。 肯定環保補貼對經濟發展及環境保護有正面的效果之後，接著討論環保補貼與SCM協定中「禁止性補貼」、「可控訴補貼」及「不可控訴補貼」類型間之關係，並探討當「不可控訴補貼」類型所依據之SCM協定相關規定停止適用後目前之定位，同時提出環保補貼於SCM協定下合法規避他國控訴之方式。 本文最後檢驗與分析我國之環保補貼於SCM協定下之適法性，並對我國環保補貼政策未來之發展與方向提出建議。 / The use of subsidies as environmental policy instruments has increased in recent years since firms usually aren’t willing to pay for the expense of pollution prevention and control. Environmental subsidies involving financial support by the government, as an economical incentive approach, are deemed to be important and effective by many researchers. However, it still remains controversial because some researchers argue that government intervention would always result in resources distortion and economic inefficiency. Therefore, this thesis focuses on subsidies with a positive impact on the environment and aims to discuss their utility and compatibility with relevant WTO covered agreements, especially the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measure (the SCM Agreement). The thesis first introduces the definition, scope and practice of environmental subsidies, and, by using literature review, presents several studies on the environmental and economic impact of environmental subsidies. The thesis then discusses the relevant regulations under the SCM Agreement framework and finds that environmental subsidies may be categorized as more than one type, ie non-actionable subsidy, of subsidies under the SCM Agreement. Furthermore, the thesis also analyzes how environmental subsidies can be designed in a way that complies with the SCM Agreement, thus avoiding the risk of being challenged under the WTO by other WTO Members. Finally, the thesis examines various types of environmental subsidies provided by Taiwanese government to understand whether they are consistent with the regulations of the SCM Agreement. Suggestions based on this research are put forward at the end of the thesis.

Ces travaux de thèse sont consacrés à l’étude de l’activation des dopants implantés dans le carbure de silicium. L’objectif est de proposer des conditions d’implantation optimisées pour réaliser le dopage de type n dans le 3C-SiC et de type p dans le 4H-SiC.Nous avons tout d’abord étudié les implantations de type n dans le 3C-SiC. Pour cela, des implantations de N, de P et une co-implantation N&P avec les recuits d’activation associés ont été étudiés. L’implantation d’azote suivie d’un recuit à 1400°C-30min a permis une activation proche de 100% tout en conservant une bonne qualité cristalline. Une étude sur les propriétés électriques des défauts étendus dans le 3C-SiC a également été réalisée. A l’aide de mesures SSRM, nous avons mis en évidence l’activité électrique de ces défauts, ce qui rend difficile la réalisation de composants électroniques sur le 3C-SiC.Nous avons ensuite réalisé une étude du dopage de type p par implantation d’Al dans le 4H-SiC, en fonction de la température d’implantation et du recuit d’activation. Nous avons pu montrer qu’une implantation à 200°C suivie d’un recuit à 1850°C-30min donne les meilleures résultats en termes de propriétés physiques et électriques. / This work was dedicated to the activation of implanted dopants in 3C-SiC and 4H-SiC. The goal is to propose optimized process conditions for n-type implantation in 3C-SiC and for p-type in 4H-SiC.We have first studied the n-type implantation in 3C-SiC. To do so, N, P implantations, N&P co-implantation and the associated annealings were performed. The nitrogen implanted sample, annealed at 1400°C-30 min evidences a dopant activation rate close to 100% while maintaining a good crystal quality. Furthermore, the electrical properties of extended defects in 3C-SiC have been studied. Using the SSRM measurements, we have evidenced for the first time that these defects have a very high electrical activity and as a consequence on future devices.Then, we have realized a study on p-type doping by Al implantation in 4H-SiC with different implantation and annealing temperatures. Al implantation at 200°C followed by an annealing at 1850°C-30min lead to the best results in terms of physical and electrical properties.

Orientador: Eduardo Guilherme Satolo / Resumo: A cadeia de produção do leite é composta por diversos agentes que integram a cadeia de suprimentos desde a aquisição da matéria-prima até a distribuição do produto para o cliente final. Esta cadeia tem importância em termos de contribuição econômica e social para o país ou região. Desta forma, a obtenção de produtividade não está relacionada apenas aos benefícios para o produtor, como aumento de lucratividade, competitividade no mercado, eficiência na gestão das propriedades, mas em aspectos que geram impactos na sociedade, como por exemplo geração de novos postos de trabalho. Este trabalho tem como objetivo geral, analisar quais os principais gargalos na gestão da cadeia de suprimentos leiteira de pequenos produtores da região de Tupã/SP. Desta forma, é indispensável explorar os impactos sofridos pelos produtores, a falta de apoio e orientação para que os mesmos consigam conduzir e realizar uma gestão eficiente em sua propriedade. Tal estudo apresenta a metodologia aplicada em forma de pesquisa de campo de caráter descritiva, com abordagem qualitativa, do tipo survey com aplicação de questionário com questões predominantemente fechadas com uso da escala Likert. O resultado da coleta foi apresentado por meio da análise de correspondência. Tais resultados demostraram os gargalos na cadeia de suprimentos, baseado nos oito pilares da abordagem LSCM, sendo: Gestão da Tecnologia da Informação, Gestão de Fornecedores de Insumos, Eliminação de desperdícios, Produção, Gestão de Relac... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The milk supply chain is made up of products that integrate the supply chain from the raw material to the final distribution of the product to the end customer. This organization has an economic and social building base for the country or region. Thus, a strategy option is not only an advantage for the producer, such as the increase of profitability, market competitiveness, management performance of companies, but also the managerial impact on society, such as the generation of new jobs. This paper aims to analyze what are the main bottlenecks of the milk and milk industry of small farmers in the Tupã / SP region. Therefore, is necessary It is necessary to explore the impacts suffered by the producers, the lack of support and guidance for them to be able to conduct and efficiently manage their property. The study presents the applied method in the search fields, descriptive, with a qualitative approach, on the survey form, of general studies predominated closed to use the scale of Likert. The result of the collection was presented through the correspondence analysis. These results demonstrated bottlenecks in the supply chain, based on the eight pillars of the LSCM approach, namely: Information Technology Management, Input Supplier Management, Waste Disposal, Production, Customer Relationship Management, Logistics Management, Owners Commitment, and Continuous Improvement. Stands out the result of data collection for the need to improve quality, the implementation of technologi... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

In a complex and challenging global economy for supply chains to improve their performance, different types of technologies are deployed. The Internet of things (IoT) as one of these technologies enables devices to be connected via a network, i.e. internet. This connectivity provides a variety of possibilities, capabilities, and values to the chain. The scope of this study is to analyze the impacts of IoT on the SCM of e-commerce. By deploying a qualitative approach, the study aims to identify the capabilities enabled by IoT and find a connection between the capabilities and challenges that e-commerces faces in their supply chain management. The research is based on reviewing existing literature, followed by empirical investigation, conducting interviews, and secondary data driven from 3PL to cover focal actors in the case of e-commerce SCM.  IoT technology and the knowledge around it as a resource to SCM of these firms is studied in a resource-based view to understand what role IoT plays in gaining competitive advantage for such firms.  The empirical of this thesis is gathered by interviews with supply chain managers of medium-sized e-commerce firms and a warehouse associate. In addition, the DHL fulfillment center is used as the secondary data stream.

Storage Class Memory (SCM) is emerging as a viable alternative to traditional DRAM, alleviating its scalability limits, both in terms of capacity and energy consumption, while being non-volatile. Hence, SCM has the potential to become a universal memory, blurring well-known storage hierarchies. However, along with opportunities, SCM brings many challenges. In this tutorial we will dissect SCM challenges and provide an in-depth view of existing programming models that circumvent them, as well as novel data structures that stem from these models. We will also elaborate on fail-safety testing challenges -- an often overlooked, yet important topic. Finally, we will discuss SCM emulation techniques for end-to-end testing of SCM-based software components. In contrast to surveys investigating the use of SCM in database systems, this tutorial is designed as a programming guide for researchers and professionals interested in leveraging SCM in database systems.