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Innovative Product Development by Additive Manufacturing 2021
by Roland Lachmayer Stefan Kaierle Behrend BodeThe book consists of a collection of papers from a corresponding conference regarding additive manufacturing. The yearly conference used to be held in German under the title: “Konstruktion für die Additive Fertigung.” The topics are: • Design and optimization • Simulation, validation and quality assurance • Specifications, potentials and solutions
Innovative Product Development by Additive Manufacturing 2022
by Roland Lachmayer Stefan Kaierle Behrend BodeThe book consists of a collection of papers from a corresponding conference regarding additive manufacturing. The yearly conference used to be held in German under the title "Konstruktion für die Additive Fertigung" and is held in English since last year. The topics are Specifications, potentials, and solutions Contributions to specifications on components and processes and methods for assessing the suitability of components and the application of additive manufacturing and finding solutions for concepts and design Design and optimization Contributions to the development and design of components, their design to ensure functional requirements and manufacturability, and methods and tools for optimization components Simulation, validation, and quality assurance Contributions to approaches for the computer-aided and physical validation of components, the testing of components and material, and measures to ensure quality aspects Process chain and business modelsContributions to their integration of additive manufacturing processes into existing processes and measures to increase value creation and the creation of new business models.
Innovative Quality Improvements in Operations
by Tomas Backström Anders Fundin Peter E. JohanssonThis book examines current and emerging challenges in manufacturing related to the ideal of developing production processes with variability and agility on one level of the system, combined with structures ensuring stability and robustness on another level; close to what by other scholars has been discussed in terms of continuous innovation. However, this ideal has proven to be difficult to achieve in practice, and there is a need for enhanced and more sophisticated theoretical models dealing with the complexity surrounding organizational conditions to foster incremental as well as radical change in production systems, and, at the same time to ensure stability over time. As a theoretical frame of reference, a perspective on change where conflicting demands and conflicting activities, e. g. , exploration and exploitation, are seen as intertwined and interdependent, is used throughout the book. The ideal from this perspective is to make use of such conflicting forces and to develop the change dynamics by keeping them in the same social system, not to structurally separate them in different departments or different initiatives. The main purpose of the book is to address an increased need for quality improvement through innovation and disruptive change in production. Traditional theories and managerial models of production systems are developed with a focus on stability and improvement. There is a need for enhanced models to reach an ability to develop new future production systems. The goal of the book is to provide nuances and new perspectives giving more realistic models of the production system to be able to increase the change potentiality of the organization and thus the long-term competiveness. Learning and organizational perspectives are in focus as enablers to increase the understanding of a production system as such. Long-term competitiveness through adaptability and the potential for radical improvement is of importance throughout the book. The use of dualities and the concept of ambidextrous organizations as a frame of understanding is the innovative strength for this area.
Innovative Quick Response Programs in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
by T. C. Cheng Tsan-Ming ChoiQuick Response (QR) policy is a market-driven business strategy in which supply chain members work together to react quickly to volatile market demand. Nowadays, with advances in information technologies (such as RFID and ERP systems), new challenges and opportunities arise for the application of QR. This handbook explores QR extensively with a view to discovering innovative QR measures that can help tackle the observed and emerging challenges. The book is organized into four parts, which include chapters on analytical modeling and analyses, information technologies, cases, reviews, and applications. This handbook provides new analytical and empirical results with valuable insights, which will not only help supply chain agents to better understand the latest applications of QR in business, but also help practitioners and researchers to know how to improve the effectiveness of QR using innovative methods.
Innovative Renewable Waste Conversion Technologies
by Gheorghe Lazaroiu Lucian MihaescuThis book investigates innovative solutions to increase the share of renewable engery in the global power mix, with a particular focus on improved and sustainable biomass conversion technologies. To this end, the book deals with an analysis of the generation mix of renewable energies (including biofuels, renewable waste and biogas) in the overall power balance of several countries. In addition, the possibilities of using bioenergy resources in the context of power generation are thoroughly analyzed. As one of the most important ways of converting biomass into energy, the combustion process is analyzed in detail, highlighting the vast potential for the use of innovative biofuels. In this context, a detailed classification of existing biofuels is established, reflecting the relationship between their energy properties and their potential use in industrial facilities. Additionally, the most efficient combustion technologies for the respective applications are discussed. Furthermore, the authors emphasize that the management of renewable waste, both from industry (tannery waste and oils from transport) and agriculture, requires an economic and environmental friendly approach. The challenges of burning various renewable waste fuels and upgrading industrial facilities are discussed, and the ideas and technologies presented in this book contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for "Affordable and Clean Energy". The book is a useful resource for professionals dealing with current and upcoming activities related to renewable energy combustion, and a good starting point for young researchers.
Innovative Research Methodologies in Management: Volume I: Philosophy, Measurement and Modelling
by Luiz Moutinho Mladen SokeleA seminal collection of research methodology themes, this two-volume work provides a set of key scholarly developments related to robustness, allowing scholars to advance their knowledge of research methods used outside of their own immediate fields. With a focus on emerging methodologies within management, key areas of importance are dissected with chapters covering statistical modelling, new measurements, digital research, biometrics and neuroscience, the philosophy of research, computer modelling approaches and new mathematical theories, among others. A genuinely pioneering contribution to the advancement of research methods in business studies, Innovative Research Methodologies in Management presents an analytical and engaging discussion on each topic. By introducing new research agendas it aims to pave the way for increased application of innovative techniques, allowing the exploration of future research perspectives. Volume I covers a range of research methodologies within the realms of philosophy, measurement and modelling, and focusses on meta-modern mixed methods such as neurophilosophy, diagnostic measurement, and emotivity and ephemera research.
Innovative Research Methodologies in Management: Volume II: Futures, Biometrics and Neuroscience Research
by Luiz Moutinho Mladen SokeleA seminal collection of research methodology themes, this two-volume work provides a set of key scholarly developments related to robustness, allowing scholars to advance their knowledge of research methods used outside of their own immediate fields. With a focus on emerging methodologies within management, key areas of importance are dissected with chapters covering statistical modelling, new measurements, digital research, biometrics and neuroscience, the philosophy of research, computer modelling approaches and new mathematical theories, among others. A genuinely pioneering contribution to the advancement of research methods in business studies, Innovative Research Methodologies in Management presents an analytical and engaging discussion on each topic. By introducing new research agendas it aims to pave the way for increased application of innovative techniques, allowing the exploration of future research perspectives. Volume II explores a range of research methodologies including the Spatial Delphi and Spatial Shang, Virtual Reality, the Futures Polygon and Neuroscience research.
Innovative Research in Transportation Infrastructure: Proceedings of ICIIF 2018 (Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure)
by Rajeeb Dey Valentina E. Balas Dipankar Deb Jiten ShahThis book presents innovative research and its applications in the development of transportation infrastructure, and discusses the latest trends, challenges and unsolved problems in the field of transport technology. The book also presents a range of solutions to problems faced by the rapidly growing economies of the developing world. Core challenges confronting policymakers in the field of transport technology include traffic congestion, air pollution, traffic fatalities and injuries, and petroleum dependence. At the same time, the increased use of hybrid and electric vehicles is changing consumer needs and behaviors. The solutions discussed in this book will encourage and inspire researchers, industry professionals and policymakers alike to put these methods into practice.
Innovative Services und Prozesse für Kommunen: Wie mit innovativer Prozessmodellierung die öffentliche Verwaltung bürgernäher und digitaler werden kann (essentials)
by Claudia Schneider Birgit SchenkDieses essential zeigt praxisnah, wie Innovation durch neue Geschäftsprozesse gelingen kann. Dabei dient die vorgestellte Methodik als Leitfaden, um ganzheitlich die notwendigen Aspekte der Digitalisierung, des Change-Managements wie auch der Personalentwicklung in die Geschäftsprozessmodellierung zu integrieren. Anhand von Beispielen aus ausgewählten Kommunalverwaltungen stellen die Autorinnen die Methodik vor und zeigen auf, wie es gelingt innovative Geschäftsprozesse zu gestalten.
Innovative Social Sciences Teaching and Learning: Facilitating Students' Personal Growth and Career Success
by Katharina RietigThis book offers novel insights into how students can develop a personal growth mindset during their degree programs that allows them to view new challenges as opportunity to grow personally, reflect on the new knowledge and experience, and subsequently improve their skills to critically examine and evaluate information in a journey of personal growth. Based on learning theories drawn from cognitive and social psychology and over 12 years of integrating the ‘personal growth mindset’ into course design, it offers a novel framework that allows higher education teachers to constructively align learning objectives and assessments with crucial transferable skill development, and fostering a mindset for personal growth among students that focuses on continuously improving and reflecting on feedback. The objective is to empower academics to build courses and degree programs that are ‘fit for purpose’ by equipping social science students with the skills and mindsets that will benefit them throughout their careers in ever changing and newly emerging jobs. The book will appeal to those who are interested in how individuals learn in educational settings and in the wider workplace.
Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Supply Chains (Understanding Complex Systems)
by Hassan Qudrat-UllahThis book presents the latest tools, techniques, and solutions that decision makers use to overcome the challenges faced by their sustainable supply chains. Given the ever increasing significance of socio-economic and environmental factors, the management of sustainable supply chains has become a complex and dynamic task. Multiple and conflicting objectives of stakeholders including suppliers, manufacturers, service providers, and retailers add to the complexity of decisions that modern day managers of supply chains face. With the unprecedented technological developments and innovations at hand, sustainability can be maximized for all the activities of a supply chain including: service concept and product design, material sourcing and procurement, manufacturing processes, delivery of the final product, and end-of-life management of the product. Consequently, the sustainable supply chains' problems require a systematic and integrated approach. Modeling and simulation, in general, as well as system dynamics and agent-based modeling, in particular, have the capabilities to deal with the complexity of sustainable supply chain related problems. This book will appeal to professionals and researchers in the field.
Innovative Stadt-Logistik: Bewertung nachhaltiger Konzepte zur Entlastung des Wirtschaftsverkehrs
by Alexander Goudz Raoul PieszekDieses Buch beurteilt ausgewählte City-Logistik Konzepte hinsichtlich ihrer Eignung, eine nachhaltige Entwicklung von Städten zu fördern. Die Evaluation erfolgt entsprechend den Kriterien nachhaltiger Entwicklung und anhand qualitativer und quantitativer Kriterien. Es zeigt sich, dass ein Urban Consolidation Center (UCC) aus ökologischer, ökonomischer sowie sozialer Nachhaltigkeitsperspektive die beste Eignung aufweist. Das Konzept kann zudem in der Praxis kostendeckend betrieben werden, wenn die richtigen Bedingungen dafür geschaffen werden. Erfolgsfaktoren sind die Unterstützung der relevanten Stakeholder, ein Plan zur Sicherung der langfristigen Wirtschaftlichkeit, ein Anreiz zur Inanspruchnahme und Verwendung der Services sowie die Neutralität des Betreibers.
Innovative Start-Ups and the Distribution of Human Capital
by Ronney AamouckeThis book contributes to our understanding of the reasons for the uneven geographic emergence and distribution of innovative start-ups and human capital, analyzing the role of the regional knowledge base and specifically academic knowledge. Using extensive datasets from West German regions and advanced econometric tools, it confirms a strong relationship between the presence of higher education institutions and the emergence of innovative start-ups. It also shows that the influence increases in direct relation with the innovativeness of the respective start-up, and that certain fields of knowledge are more influential than others in fostering innovative start-ups. In a second step, the multidimensional concept of quality of life is used to explain the geography of human capital across West German regions. Based on these empirical findings, the book shares valuable insights for higher education and regional development policy.
Innovative Supplier Management: Value Creation in Global Supply Chains
by Marc HelmoldGlobalization, digitization, global supply chains and the Corona pandemic have led companies to take a closer look at value chains. Shifting services to partially competing supplier networks is giving rise to new guiding principles, strategies and processes. The focus in the future has therefore long since shifted from leveraging internal cost advantages to information exchange, stable supply chains and the exploitation of global cross-company potential.This book uses innovative, digital and strategic examples to show how successful supplier management must function and act.
Innovative Supply Chain Management via Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #424)
by Chiranji Lal Chowdhary Kumaresan Perumal Logan ChellaThis book focuses on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models on supply chain operations in industry 4.0. The chapters illustrate the AI and ML models for all functional areas of operations in SCM. The book also includes examples using ML models like handling supply-to-demand imbalances, triggering automated responses, and reinforcing customer relationships. It describes the evolution of blockchain technology coupled with the ability to automate business logic for the transparency of goods, infrastructure, products, and licenses in software. The book also includes case studies that provide a problem statement and industry overcome by applying ML and AI technologies. This book is suitable for undergraduates, postgraduates, industrial professionals, business executives, entrepreneurs, and freelancers to encourage practical learning on AI and ML algorithms in SCM 4.0. Additionally, this book will provide computer science and information system professionals with the latest technologies embedded in the corporate world.
Innovative Systems Approach for Designing Smarter World
by Hajime Kita Shingo Takahashi Toshiya KaiharaThis book presents an innovative systems approach towards the idea of a smarter world, with advanced and sustainable social infrastructures, facilities and services. It develops a novel systems approach for society-wide systems where interdependent systems encompassing transportation, energy, communication, water, sewerage, logistics, education, disaster prevention, medical care and welfare are integrated to form a ‘System of Systems’ (SoS). Written by leading system scientists and technology creators, it introduces state-of-the-art concepts of and methodologies for systems approaches towards SoS as well as their practical applications, discussing the planning, design and management challenges in their implementation and the potential impact on societies and the environment. The volume will be of interest to systems engineers, system integrators, and researchers in related engineering fields, as well as government policymakers.
Innovative Tableau: 100 More Tips, Tutorials, and Strategies
by Ryan SleeperLevel up with Tableau to build eye-catching, easy-to-interpret data visualizations. In this follow-up guide to Practical Tableau, author Ryan Sleeper takes you through a collection of unique tips and tutorials for using this popular software. Beginning to advanced Tableau users will learn how to go beyond Show Me to make better charts and learn dozens of tricks to improve both the author and user experience.Featuring many approaches he developed himself, Ryan shows you how to create charts that empower Tableau users to explore, understand, and derive value from their data. He also shares many of his favorite tricks that enabled him to become a Tableau Zen Master, Tableau Public Visualization of the Year author, and Tableau Global Iron Viz Champion.Learn what’s new in Tableau since Practical Tableau was releasedExamine unique new charts—timelines, custom gauges, and leapfrog charts—plus innovations to traditional charts such as highlight tables, scatter plots, and mapsGet tips that can help make a Tableau developer’s life easierUnderstand what developers can do to make users’ lives easier
Innovative Team Selling: How to Leverage Your Resources and Make Team Selling Work
by Eric BaronSales teams have the potential to do great work. Most sales teams do not devote enough energy to meeting dynamics and process awareness. The skills related to this are critical components of effective teamwork, collaboration and innovation, both internally and externally. Innovative Team Selling places the focus squarely on what will actually make team selling work within organizations large and small. It outlines how to help your teams master new skills in five specific categories: interpersonal, communication, presentation, problem solving, and facilitation. Author Eric Baron also explores the challenging issue of leveraging resources to develop innovative solutions for clients in order to compete effectively in a globalized economy. Offers actionable strategies and techniques to improve collaboration, innovation and team processes Demonstrates how to put the right members on the sales call, and how to leverage their expertise before, during and after the call Explores in depth how teams can work effectively on a day-day-day basis to outperform their competition Author Eric Baron is founder of The Baron Group and is a highly acclaimed public speaker and has spoken to hundreds of organizations, trade associations and industry groups throughout his career; he is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School where he teaches his very popular course, Entrepreneurial Selling Skills to second year MBAs Innovative Team Selling shows you how to lead and participate in teams that work together effectively; strategize prior to the client meetings; make successful team sales calls; and debrief honestly to determine how to learn and grow from the experience.
Innovative Teams (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
by Harvard Business ReviewDon't leave creativity up to the "creatives" in your organization. Fostering creativity within your team can help your organization solve problems, create innovative products, break out into a new market, and even communicate and collaborate more effectively. Innovative Teams shows you how to: Create the right environment for inventive thinking Build a diverse team Generate a wide array of new ideas Manage disagreements Make sure your ideas actually get implementedAbout HBR's 20-Minute Manager Series:Don't have much time? Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with HBR's 20-Minute Manager series. Whether you need a crash course or a brief refresher, each book in the series is a concise, practical primer that will help you brush up on a key management topic.Advice you can quickly read and apply, for ambitious professionals and aspiring executives-from the most trusted source in business. Also available as an ebook.
Innovative Technologies for Market Leadership: Investing in the Future (Future of Business and Finance)
by Philipp Plugmann Patrick GlaunerThis book introduces the reader to the latest innovations in fields such as artificial intelligence, systems biology or surgery, and gives advice on what new technologies to consider for becoming a market leader of tomorrow. Companies generally acquire information on these fields from various sources such as market reports, scientific literature or conference events, but find it difficult to distinguish between mere hype and truly valuable innovations. This book offers essential guidance in the form of structured and authoritative contributions by experts in innovative technologies spanning from biology and medicine to augmented reality and smart power grids. The authors identify high-potential fields and demonstrate the impact of their technologies to create economic value in real-world applications. They also offer business leaders advice on whether and how to implement these new technologies and innovations in their companies or businesses.
Innovative Technology at the Interface of Finance and Operations: Volume I
by John R. Birge Volodymyr Babich Gilles HilaryThis book examines the challenges and opportunities arising from an assortment of technologies as they relate to Operations Management and Finance. The book contains primers on operations, finance, and their interface. After that, each section contains chapters in the categories of theory, applications, case studies, and teaching resources. These technologies and business models include Big Data and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, 3D printing, sharing platforms, crowdfunding, and crowdsourcing.The balance between theory, applications, and teaching materials make this book an interesting read for academics and practitioners in operations and finance who are curious about the role of new technologies. The book is an attractive choice for PhD-level courses and for self-study.
Innovative Technology at the Interface of Finance and Operations: Volume II (Springer Series in Supply Chain Management #13)
by John R. Birge Volodymyr Babich Gilles HilaryThis book examines the challenges and opportunities arising from an assortment of technologies as they relate to Operations Management and Finance. It contains primers on operations, finance, and their interface. Innovative technologies and new business models enabled by those technologies are changing the practice and the theory of Operations Management and Finance, as well as their interface. These technologies and business models include Big Data and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, 3D printing, sharing platforms, crowdfunding, and crowdsourcing. The book will be an attractive choice for PhD-level courses and for self-study.
Innovative Tools for Business Coalitions in B2B Applications
by Paolo Renna Pierluigi ArgonetoThe manufacturing industry is facing the challenges of shifting its operations from the traditional factory integration philosophy to a supply chain based e-factory philosophy, and of transforming the focus of companies from the local factory to global enterprise and business. Innovative Tools for Business Coalitions in B2B Applications presents a set of innovative methodologies that can be used to face all the issues that stem from the interaction of customers and suppliers in an e-marketplace environment. The first methodology discussed is multi-agent architecture and this forms the basis of a simulation environment developed in order to test the proposed models. The second concerns a bargaining model based on the negotiation mechanism and the third centers on production planning to support agents during the bargaining phase. The fourth is the possibility of a coalition between the suppliers and the authors offer a choice of two different approaches. One is the application of Nash equilibrium to select the members of a potential coalition of sellers, while the other is a centralized approach with a profit sharing mechanism based on the Shapley value. All the innovative approaches reported in Innovative Tools for Business Coalitions in B2B Applications have been statistically tested in different market conditions. The methodologies, approaches and results presented in Innovative Tools for Business Coalitions in B2B Applications will be of interest to PhD students, operations managers and supply chain management researchers who develop value-added services for an e-marketplace in a business-to-business environment.
Innovative Trend Methodologies in Science and Engineering
by Zekâi ŞenThis book covers all types of literature on existing trend analysis approaches, but more than 60% of the methodologies are developed here and some of them are reflected to scientific literature and others are also innovative versions, modifications or improvements. The suggested methodologies help to design, develop, manage and deliver scientific applications and training to meet the needs of interested staff in companies, industries and universities including students.Technical content and expertise are also provided from different theoretical and especially active roles in the design, development and delivery of science in particular and economics and business in general. It is also ensured that, wherever possible and technically appropriate, priority is given to the inclusion and integration of real life data, examples and processes within the book content.The time seems right, because available books just focus on special sectors (fashion, social, business). This book reviews all the available trend approaches in the present literature on rational and logical bases.
Innovative Trends in International Business and Sustainable Management (Approaches to Global Sustainability, Markets, and Governance)
by Victoria N. Ostrovskaya Elena I. Lazareva Anton D. Murzin Baiba A. RivzaThis book describes the current innovative tendencies characteristic of multifaceted scientific research and practical developments in the field of international business development and sustainable management. This book shows how companies are forced to change development strategies and business models, which actualizes new priorities for scientific research in the field of international business and sustainable management. Therefore, completely new subject areas of research are being formed; management guidelines are being transformed; new business development tools are being developed; the very system of academic research is changing. This book “Innovative Trends in International Business and Sustainable Management” is devoted to the discussion of these and other issues related to all major areas of international business development and sustainable management. This book systematically describes multidimensional trends, challenges, and opportunities for the development of international business and sustainable management in the context of a global pandemic. In this sense, it is unique and relevant for both scientific researchers and modern business practitioners. This book uniquely highlights new priorities of scientific and practical research in the field of international business and sustainable management that require a systematic knowledge of the ongoing transformations of trends, challenges, and opportunities for the development. Aimed at scholars and practitioners, the book provides illustrations of international best practice for conducting business beyond borders. The main goals of the book are firstly to provide opinions on current innovative approaches and technologies for solving modern problems of international business, as well as on the formation of a multi-level system of sustainable management of the socioeconomic systems’ development, secondly, to integrate research from academia, as well as practitioners in order to form priorities, approaches and models of company management in the context of globalization, strategies for the development of management systems in the context of the “new reality”, thirdly, to find the most relevant new areas of research, the results of which can be useful to companies for making management decisions, and concludes to analyze new tools for the development of international business, their capabilities, and areas of application