El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado. / This article describes how using logistics management models in collaboration with a process traceability system improves storage management processes in the coffee supply chain by reducing losses and high storage-related logistics costs, with support from a digital transformation process. For the purposes of this study, data on times and costs incurred as per the corresponding criteria and purchasing power, errors in order specifications, and delivery delays that result in losses were used, as these cause coffee to lose market value within an organization in a cooperative setting (business associations).

Aogu Farm was built on reclaimed land. Because of its rich ecological resources, Aogu was defined as a "Major Wildlife Habitat" in Chiayi County by the Forest Service and is also expected to reduce carbon in the plan for the flatland forest. Power pumps are currently used to irrigate and cultivate the area. However, after becoming the Forest Recreation Area in the future, Aogu Farm has to reduce the influence of human beings. However, if the Taisugar Company doesn¡¦t support the plan of Forest Service or abandons farming and stops the pumping power, the Aogu Wetlands will suffer the crisis of coastal inundation. Hydrological models have their own characteristics. For example, inundation models for regional drainage using one-dimensional channel flow, two-dimensional overland flow, and runoff in the mountains all can be assessed to solve the inundation problems in the coastal lowlands. Nevertheless, the Aogu Wetlands, the Case Study area, has both a dry season and a wet season even in the lowland. When rainstorms occur, the area is unable to discharge the water by gravity but can depend only on pumps to discharge the water into the sea. Therefore, based on the need to manage water, hydrological surveys must be conducted to assess the hydrological impact of continuous rainfall on the Aogu Wetlands and to provide reference information to assist in the management. In the thesis, I use both the Geographic Information System (GIS) and the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) as analysis tools. Moreover, the different regions are further divided into watershed and the route of drainage, establishing two kinds of models of watershed hydrology for precipitation simulations. Finally, to compare these two methods, the Arc Hydro and SWMM models are used in watershed analysis.

O Governo, nacional e estadual, tem avançado nas leis que regem o gasto público. A Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal é um marco na busca do equilíbrio das contas públicas. Entre outras atribuições, esta lei também deu origem, juntamente com a reforma constitucional de 1993, às bases para a avaliação por desempenho, à criação de sistemas de custos e ao uso de indicadores de desempenho na máquina pública. Apesar dos potenciais avanços que vêm ocorrendo com o uso destas ferramentas nos últimos anos, ainda existem dificuldades conceituais em sua operacionalização a fim de melhorar a eficiência da Administração Pública e, conseqüentemente, os resultados à população. Ainda se observa que, ao lado de um grande volume de trabalho e das demandas atendidas, há um conjunto de demandas reprimidas, paralelo a desperdícios ocorridos. Esta situação pode ser minimizada através da contínua avaliação dos gastos públicos, proporcionada pela utilização de sistemas de custos gerenciais pelos servidores públicos. Com os indicadores gerados por estes sistemas, torna-se possível melhorar o processo decisório de alocação de recursos. Este trabalho propõe uma sistemática de avaliação de desempenho dos gastos públicos que, usando sistemas de informática e bases de dados já existentes, portanto com baixo custo operacional, desenvolve um conjunto de indicadores de desempenho para acompanhar a gestão da coisa pública. A comparação destes indicadores cria um instrumento para comparação de custos na realização das atividades. Por fim, este instrumento pode ser vinculado à remuneração variável e políticas públicas, melhorando a gestão do Estado. No caso do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, os indicadores podem ser construídos vinculandose informações do SCE (Sistema de Custos do Estado) com os resultados desejados. Em outros entes, o sistema pode ser construído com recursos amplamente disponíveis, como planilhas de cálculo. A partir destes indicadores se torna possível acompanhar a melhoria do indicador e seu custo, assim como estabelecer critérios claros vinculados à remuneração por desempenho para os diversos setores da máquina pública estatal. Para fins de validação, o trabalho apresenta também casos de sucesso ocorridos com a aplicação de etapas do método proposto em outras organizações públicas, o que demonstra sua viabilidade prática. A Secretaria da Fazenda possui um sistema de remuneração variável de sucesso. O Orçamento Matricial de Despesas e o da Receita validam novamente a qualidade das informações do Estado. Para uma cidade no interior, construíram-se os indicadores a partir de informações espalhadas, mesmo não havendo um sistema de informações como o Estadual. As diferenças e mudanças necessárias para sua aplicação ao caso prático gaúcho, assim como a sistemática, foram discutidas com representantes de diversos setores da sociedade e de todos os poderes, os quais endossaram a proposta. / The national and state government has advanced in the governing public spending controlling laws. The Law of Fiscal Responsibility is a milestone in the quest to balance the public accounts. Among other tasks, this law also led, together with the constitutional reform of 1993, to the basis for the evaluation of performance, to the creation of costs systems and to the use of performance indicators in the public engine. Despite potential progress that has occurred with the use of these tools in recent years, there are still conceptual difficulties in its operation to improve the efficiency of public administration and, therefore, the results to the population. It is still observed that, next to a large volume of met works and demands, there is a set of suppressed demands, parallel to occurring waste. This can be minimized by continuous evaluation of public expenditure, provided by the use of costs management systems by public officials. With the indicators generated by these systems, it is possible to improve the decision making process for allocating resources. This paper proposes a systematic evaluation of public spending performance through already existing computer systems and databases, therefore with low operational cost, developing a set of performance indicators to monitor the management of public affairs. The analysis of these indicators creates a tool for comparing costs in carrying out activities. Finally, this tool can be linked to variable remuneration and public policies, improving the management of the state. In the case of Rio Grande do Sul (most southern Brazilian state) the indicators can be built linking up information from SCE (State Costs System) with the desired results. In other entities, the system can be built with resources widely available, such as spreadsheets. From these indicators it is possible to monitor the improvement of the indicator and its cost, as well as establish clear criteria tied to the performance payment for the various sectors of the public state machine. For purposes of validation, the work also presents cases of success experienced with steps of the method proposed in other public organizations, which shows its practical feasibility. The Finance Department has a successful variable remuneration system. The Expenditure and Revenue Matrix Budget validates again the quality of the State information. For the countryside cities, the indicators were built up from scattered information, even with no information system as that of the State. The necessary differences and changes for their to practical application in Rio Grande do Sul, as well as the systematic, were discussed with representatives of various sectors of society and all powers, which endorsed the proposal.

Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the challenges faced by Pakistan Textiles industry as an emerging market from MNCs of Bangladesh, China and India and to find out the appropriate strategies which should adopted by the managers of this industry to counter these challenges. Method: In this research qualitative data is used that is gathered through unstructured interview and questioners have been used to have desirable results. Results & Conclusion: It is reflected from results that internal problems of Pakistan textiles industry such as energy crisis, high input cost, political instability, low return on investment are the main problems of this industry. To counter these challenges, their strategic approach should be Collaboration in product development and strategic alliance with attacking firms. Suggestion for Future Research: This research is focused on the Problems and challenges faced by Pakistan Textiles Industry. For the future studies research could be done to find out the strategies for the firms from Pakistan Textiles industry to do the business in international market and how these companies can compete in International Market with presence of other MNCs of the world. Contribution of the Thesis: This study provides action plans for the managers of Pakistan textiles industry to design and implement the strategies that build core competencies such as high quality products for their firms. It can also be helpful for researchers and students those are interested to develop the strategies for the firms from emerging markets.

Down the ages, business management has been intensely discussed, but to implement is not always correct. The organization is like a building. A great building needs a great plan which is usually called a blueprint. Blueprint describes the relationship among components of the building. And the workers must follow the plan to finish the building. A decision-maker is an architect of the enterprise; he must have an enterprise-blueprint inside his mind first, then to govern the enterprise effectively later. This study focuses on constructing an Architecture-Oriented Petroleum Business Management Model (AOPBMM) which uses structure-behavior coalescence (SBC) architecture to model the organization of petroleum business. By integrating the organizational structure and organizational, AOPBMM is able to achieve a desirable blueprint of an enterprise. Overall, since SBC architecture is good at describing complicated business and makes the petroleum business easy to understand AOPBMM helps an enterprise communicate better and execute faster.

There are many approaches in testing software. To effectively test a complicated software product, it is not merely assessing the software development process, but grasping the quality in all manners. Managing software test is an extremely important topic in testing software. Nowaday, V Model is mostly used as the Software Testing Management Model. Therefore, this thesis targets V Model as the one, which should be improved. This research suggests that testing software needs a simple and clear management model to follow. If it does not know "what to do" or "how to go", then the testing results often violate the requirement. Thereafter, it also produces very serious problems as to the quality of the software. Through collecting: academic documents, system and architecture definitions, software test management theory, software testing standard norms, software testing management model, etc., this thesis channels into a software test management with the concept of architecture, proposes the Architecture-Oriented Software Testing Management Model (AOSTMM). AOSTMM is capable of describing "what to do" or "how to go" in software testing. This is the contribution of this research.

In Taiwan increasing importance has recently been attached to non-point source pollution(NPS), primarily because of the deteriorated water quality and eutrophication of reservoir watershed that it can result in non-point source pollution. This study aims to understand the non-point source pollution load resulting from a large rain storm event in the Mu-dan Reservoir watershed. Most of the upper catchment of the Mu-dan Reservoir watershed is used for agricultural activities. This study established a database for the Mu-dan Reservoir watershed by using IWMM (Integrated Watershed Management Model), delineated for sub-watershed, and investigate the serious NPS pollution in the Mu-dan Reservoir watershed. Mu-dan Creek watershed and Ru-Reng Creek watershed, two the major sub-watersheds of the Mu-dan Reservoir watershed. A Geographic Information System (GIS) that was established in the watershed to (monitor OR gather) geographic parameter data was used IWMM to simulate the impact of NPS pollution on river water quality in the Mu-dan Creek and Ru-Reng Creek watersheds in 2003 and 2006. The simulation results by IWMM were applied to examine the potential of NPS pollution management plans in the Mu-dan Reservoir watershed. The simulation results for the Mu-dan Reservoir watershed during 2003 were as follows: the total pollutant load of ammonia-nitrogen (NH3-N) nearly 65699.4 kg/year, and the total pollutant load of nitrate ¡Vnitrogen (NO3-N) nearly 91100.5 kg/year. Meanwhile, the results for 2006 were as follows: the total pollutant load of ammonia-nitrogen (NH3-N) nearly 48168.1 kg/year, and the total pollutant load of nitrate ¡Vnitrogen (NO3-N) nearly43962.7kg/year. The simulation results addressed remedial strategies adopted to reduce the impact of NPS pollution on water quality, apply natural treatment systems for stormwater runoff treatment, and apply best management practice to control NPS pollutants. Finally, this study hopes make progress towards effective management of watersheds. KEYWORDS: Integrated watershed management model; non-point source pollution; BMPs

To improve the value of enterprise, besides continuously utilizing vivacious creativities on new technology research a company also needs to quickly and constantly release new products and uplift added-values for all products. In the trend of globalization, corporations in Taiwan must meliorate their capability of product development project management to deal with the changing and dynamic environment thus create higher business profits and maintain some competitive advantages. For the optical micro-structure product development to succeed, business need to consider the external environment, internal resources and the characteristics of product development project in according with its initial resource and technical limitation then through systematic project management to accomplish it. This research adopts an architecture-oriented approach to strength the task of optical micro-structure product development project management. This research uses logic principle as a foundation, goes through (1) architecture-oriented construction approach, (2) non-architecture-oriented construction approach, and (3) comparison between architecture-oriented and non-architecture-oriented to confirm advantages of architecture-oriented optical micro-structure project management. With ¡§architecture hierarchy diagram", "structure element diagram", "structure element service diagram", "structure element connection diagram", "structure behavior coalescence diagram", and "interactive flow diagram", this thesis builds up an architecture-oriented optical micro-structure project management model, abbreviated as AOOMSPMM. Through AOOMSPMM, we are able to provide an effective construction approach hence reduce the failure risk and time cost when working on the optical micro-structure product development project management. Keywords: Optical Micro-Structure Product Development, Project Management Model, Architecture-Oriented

Enterprise resources include organization departments and information systems Enterprise resource management examines resources owned by an enterprise and develops competitive advantages for an enterprise. This research comes out with architecture-oriented enterprise resource management model, abbreviated as AOERMM, to describe all enterprise value chains occurring from the organization departments and information systems within an enterprise. In a value chain, there are ¡§primary activities¡¨ and ¡§supportive activities.¡¨ AOERMM is an integrated model which is able to present all business views. Most importantly, an enterprise¡¦s profit depends on its performing these activities efficiently. AOERMM must meet customer requirement and firm-strategy to build up all business activities. AOERMM uses six golden rules such as architecture hierarchy diagram, structure element diagram, structure element service diagram, structure element connection diagram, structure behavior coalescence diagram, and interaction flow diagram to build up the enterprise resource management architecture. With AOERMM, we can easily and quickly conquer any challenge forthcoming from the market. Therefore, process-oriented is out of date. Architecture-oriented is on the rise for tomorrow¡¦s enterprise resource management.

Change is inevitable for any organisation to ensure effectiveness and to stay competitive in today's business environment. Change should be managed proficiently to ensure that the required outcomes are achieved. Conversations with employees of ABSA Bank in the Northern Cape region revealed that the perception of the management of change is that it is less than effective due to general dissatisfaction regarding elements such as training, communication and support during change efforts. The purpose of this study is to measure the effectiveness of change management in ABSA Bank. The importance of this being that negativity and wrong perceptions regarding change can lead to resistance that can destroy any potential change effort in ABSA Bank. The literature study revealed that in order to manage change effectively, proven change management models are to be used and the elements within the model need to be managed convincingly. A questionnaire was utilised as the measuring instrument in the empirical study to obtain information that underscored the questioning of the effectiveness of the change management model as well as the management of the elements in the model of ABSA Bank. Recommendations are made to the management of ABSA Bank, based on the results of the study, on how to improve the level of effectiveness of the change management exercise in ABSA Bank. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.