基于Flexsim的国际物流流程模型仿真

以国际物流流程为例,详细研究了应用Flexsim仿真平台进行国际物流流程建模和仿真的流程和步骤,为了更加真实地反映国际物流的运营,引入了第三方3D-max软件,通过在Flexsim中的建模、参数设置、过程模拟等功能对国际物流流程进行了综合仿真,并对第三方软件建立的3D模型导入Flexsim仿真模型进行了研究,从而为引入第三方软件的Flexsim仿真模型的建立提供参考。     

Flexsim在安全气囊装配生产线中的仿真应用研究

应用Flexsim仿真软件对装配生产线进行研究,以一条实际的DAB装配生产线为例,对其进行建模仿真,并分析仿真输出结果。针对所存在的问题提出解决方案,再用Flexsim建模,验证方案的可行性,为生产线的仿真研究提供一条可行之路。     

现代生产物流管理中的计算机仿真应用与研究

在企业生产物流管理中,提高生产线的设备利用率和物流效率是企业节本增效的关键。文中以某节能灯厂的生产线为例,应用计算机仿真软件Flexsim对特定生产线进行建模,通过观察仿真模型的运行状态、分析仿真输出数据,有效地呈现了设备的利用率和生产效率,发现生产过程中存在的瓶颈问题,通过优化模型解决瓶颈问题,为企业节约了生产成本。     

第三讲:Flexsim系统仿真软件的功能特点

从第三讲开始依次介绍物流仿真领域应用最广的一款软件Flexsim的功能特点,建模方法,以及应用案例. 一、Flexsim系统仿真软件简介 Flexsim是一款通用离散仿真软件,被用来对若干不同行业不同系统进行建模和仿真.据粗略估计,世界500强企业中的一半为Flexsim的客户,包括通用磨坊食品公司、戴姆勒克莱斯勒、可口可乐、波音公司、通用汽车、佳能、IBM、三星、富士康等一些著名企业.物流行业包括FedEx、DHL、LSI物流、德马泰克、AE等一些著名物流或物流设备企业.     

基于Flexsim的仓储作业系统仿真及优化

首先对系统仿真及Flexsim物流仿真软件进行了简要的论述;其次采用Flexsim仿真软件对某物流中心的仓储作业系统进行了建模和深入的分析;最后,从补货策略、设备配置及利用率等方面对模型进行了优化,提出了改进意见和建议.     

基于Flexsim的仓储作业系统仿真及优化

首先对系统仿真及Flexsim物流仿真软件进行了简要的论述;其次采用Flexsim仿真软件对某物流中心的仓储作业系统进行了建模和深入的分析;最后,从补货策略、设备配置及利用率等方面对模型进行了优化,提出了改进意见和建议。     

基于Flexsim物流仿真的仓储作业系统优化设计

在对Flexsim系统仿真软件分析的基础上构建某仓储物流作业系统,然后对出入库作业进行仿真模拟,并且进行仿真实验和数据分析,对系统优化提出改进策略。     

基于Flexsim物流仿真的仓储作业系统优化设计

在对Flexsim系统仿真软件分析的基础上构建某仓储物流作业系统,然后对出入库作业进行仿真模拟,并且进行仿真实验和数据分析,对系统优化提出改进策略。     

基于Flexsim仿真软件的配送中心系统优化设计

借助计算机技术对物流系统进行真实模仿,通过仿真实验得到各种动态活动及过程瞬间仿效记录,进而验证物流工程项目建设的有效性、合理性和优化效果.基于Flexsim系统仿真软件,对配送中心系统优化没计进行仿真软件的应用过程与仿真效果分析的介绍.     

基于Flexsim的自动分拣包装及码垛系统仿真与优化研究

计算机仿真技术是研究复杂系统的有效方法,应用仿真软件可以很容易地建立物流系统的仿真模型,较解析方法能更全面地描述实际系统的特征。在分析物流系统仿真方法的基础上,结合某化纤厂的自动分拣包装及码垛系统,利用物流仿真软件Flexsim,对该系统进行了建模仿真,并根据对仿真结果的分析,找出了该物流系统存在的问题,提出优化改进的方法。     

Development in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Statistics at the Australian Bureau of Statistics

This paper outlines the ICT statistical developments that the ABS has undertaken over recent years. These developments have been on both the supply side (ICT industry) and the demand side (use of IT by sector). The content of ABS ICT surveys has changed significantly over the last few years and are expected to develop further in line with industry changes and emerging policy needs.
Recent developments in household collections have been the inclusion of IT use questions in the 2001 Census of Population and Housing and in various ABS social surveys such as Children's Participation in Culture and Leisure Activities. Annual business IT use surveys are now conducted and include topics such as Internet commerce and IT security. Biennial ICT industry surveys are conducted to provide data on ICT production, imports and exports, ICT industry employment, performance and structure information. An Internet activity survey is run every six months and provides regional Internet access details and infrastructure details on Internet service providers.
A major development for 2002–03 will be the compilation of an ICT satellite account. ABS intends to produce an ICT Information Development Plan to guide its future statistical development work in the ICT field.     

Incumplimiento del salario mínimo en Europa central y oriental

En este estudio se analiza el incumplimiento del salario mínimo durante el periodo 2003–2012 en diez países de Europa central y oriental con salario mínimo obligatorio nacional. A partir de los datos de EU‐SILC y la metodología propuesta por Bhorat, Kanbur y Mayet (2013), se cuantifica la incidencia y magnitud del incumplimiento. Se realizan análisis de regresión sobre determinantes individuales, laborales y macroeconómicos. Aunque la incidencia permanece relativamente baja, los trabajadores a los que se dirigen las políticas de salario mínimo parecen los más expuestos a su incumplimiento. Con el tiempo, una mayor incidencia se asocia a una razón más alta entre salario mínimo y salario medio.     

Value at Risk in the Suburbs: Eminent Domain and the Geographical Politics of the US Foreclosure Crisis

Several US counties and local governments have recently considered a novel solution to the foreclosure crisis. They plan to use eminent domain to compel the owners of mortgage debt—and specifically of private‐label mortgage‐backed securities—to sell the debt to the government at a price reflecting the loan's market value. The government would then restructure the debt and resell it to new investors. The plans are striking because—in contrast to both development‐driven eminent domain and the federal subprime bank bailout—they would force investors to assume asset devaluation and increased long‐term risk. Notably, the plans have emerged as an instance of financialization‐focused politics in suburbs and suburban cities of color, specifically majority‐black and ‐Latino/a suburbs. Local support for the plans, we argue, is rooted in the long‐term disinvestment of these ‘suburbs of exception', which became targets of subprime lending and eventually sites where the ‘financial exception' has been localized. But these demographic shifts, fragmentation and fiscal pressures have at the same time created a suburban political terrain in which the plans have gained their strongest political support.     

Towards a Theory of Serendipity: A Systematic Review and Conceptualization

Serendipity – the notion of making surprising and valuable discoveries – plays a major role in the success of individuals and organizations alike. Previous research has established the importance of serendipity and identified important individual- and organizational-level antecedents. However, the literature has been dispersed and the boundaries of the concept have been blurry, leading to a lack of conceptual clarity and structure, and thus limiting validity and managerial actionability. Based on a systematic literature review, I synthesize existing management-related research on serendipity and explicate the emergence and composition of serendipity in the organizational context. I first identify three necessary conditions that differentiate serendipity from related concepts such as luck or targeted innovation: agency, surprise, and value. Then, I draw from the literature on sensemaking, event-based theorizing, and quantum-based approaches to management to conceptualize the process of cultivating serendipity in the organizational context as a process of enabling potentiality and materialization, and develop a multi-level theory of (cultivating) serendipity. This conceptualization contributes to our collective understanding of how, why, and when (i.e., under what conditions) organizations can leverage the value in the unexpected, which opens up fruitful avenues for further research.     

Accountability of NGOs in Bangladesh A critical overview

NGOs in Bangladesh have been recognized as effective change agents in the socio-economic arena throughout the world. Their contributions in micro credit, non-formal education and primary health care are widely known. NGOs play a significant role in society. NGO accountability, as a result, has become a critical issue. NGO accountability in Bangladesh has been examined here in relation to patrons, clients and themselves. Of the three relationships only accountability to patrons is in a near satisfactory state. Accountability to clients is handicapped by lack of opportunities of beneficiaries to participate meaningfully in NGO policy making. Accountability to themselves is adversely affected due to the adherence to a strictly hierarchical system and the influence of founding and charismatic NGO leaders.     

Cultural Economy Planning in Creative Cities: Discourse and Practice

While a growing body of research analyses the functional mechanisms of the cultural or creative economy, there has been little attention devoted to understanding how local governments translate this work into policy. Moreover, research in this vein focuses predominately on Richard Florida's creative class thesis rather than considering the wider body of work that may influence policy. This article seeks to develop a deeper understanding of how municipalities conceptualize and plan for the cultural economy through the lens of two cities held up as model ‘creative cities’ — Austin, Texas and Toronto, Ontario. The work pays particular attention to how the cities adopt and adapt leading theories, strategies and discourses of the cultural economy. While policy documents indicate that the cities embrace the creative city model, in practice agencies tend to adapt conventional economic development strategies for cultural economy activity and appropriate the language of the creative city for multiple purposes.     

Input/output ranges and performance: an examination of US machine tool producers

Despite the establishment of high-tech multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Ireland since the late 1950s, the country did not succeed in closing the technological gap with most of its EU counterparts. The weak National System of Innovation (NSI), and in particular low business and government R&D levels, combined with a lack of research and technology linkages between MNEs and indigenous firms, explain these poor results. However, the Shannon region in the West of the country presents some specific institutional characteristics that could theoretically make the region a strong technological enclave. The various actors in the region - i.e. the administrative, financial, political and research institutions, as well as the business organizations - have indeed infused a new type of economic development. After a brief review of the available concepts and models articulated around these actors and their interrelationships, the paper analyses whether the Shannon region, taken as an illustrative example, mirrors a specific economic and technological localized setting. The study is based on a survey of indigenous and foreign firms.     

Sixty years of discrimination and diversity research in human resource management: A review with suggestions for future research directions

This article reviews discrimination and diversity research published in Human Resource Management (HRM) over the past 60 years. While discrimination and diversity are very different constructs, it is often informative to study them together, because when people recognize each other's diversity, this can result in bias, stereotyping, and discrimination. We conducted bibliographic searches for terms related to discrimination and diversity as well as a manual search through every title and abstract published in HRM over the last 60 years to assess article relevance. The search resulted in 135 research articles with 136 unique studies (i.e., samples) which are reviewed in this article. Sex and race are the demographics that have been examined the most in HRM, while religion has been examined the least. Moreover, the number of studies examining lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) employees in the workplace in HRM has grown quickly within the past 10 years, culminating in a recent meta‐analysis. Our review looks at some of the earliest research published, the most recent research published, and the overall trends we identified in the research over the years for both discrimination and diversity articles. We then make future research suggestions and recommendations to advance the study of discrimination and diversity in the coming years.     

Towards an Asian model of human resource management? A comparative analysis of China,Japan and South Korea

There has been much discussion regarding the possible decline and weakening of national systems of human resource management (HRM). Yet, culture and institutions are often cited as the major stumbling blocks to this outcome. Such constraints may dissipate in the analysis, particularly if ‘regional clusters’ are considered where geographic and cultural closeness and ‘openness’ to similar economic pressures exist. In such cases, it might be postulated that convergence in HRM will occur. We argue that China, Japan and South Korea represent such a cluster. This article examines these countries, to see if a degree of convergence is taking place and if it is towards an identifiable ‘Asian’ model of HRM. A model of change is presented that distinguishes between levels of occurrence and acceptance. Details of the development and practice of HRM in each country are then set out. The article ends with a discussion and implications section and a brief conclusion.     

The Early History of the Cumulants and the Gram-Charlier Series

The early history of the Gram-Charlier series is discussed from three points of view: (1) a generalization of Laplace's central limit theorem, (2) a least squares approximation to a continuous function by means of Chebyshev-Hermite polynomials, (3) a generalization of Gauss's normal distribution to a system of skew distributions. Thiele defined the cumulants in terms of the moments, first by a recursion formula and later by an expansion of the logarithm of the moment generating function. He devised a differential operator which adjusts any cumulant to a desired value. His little known 1899 paper in Danish on the properties of the cumulants is translated into English in the Appendix.