A5079243556- Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Firm Innovation and Growth
- Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
- Digital Transformation in Industry
- Quality and Supply Management
- Innovation and Knowledge Management
- Economic Growth and Productivity
- Capital Investment and Risk Analysis
- Construction Project Management and Performance
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Economic and Technological Systems Analysis
- Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy
- Impact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society
- Economic Development and Digital Transformation
- Simulation Techniques and Applications
- Cognitive Science and Mapping
- Innovations in Educational Methods
- Working Capital and Financial Performance
- Statistics Education and Methodologies
- Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Product Development and Customization
- Financial Distress and Bankruptcy Prediction
Kettering University
2021-2024
Texas Tech University
2019-2022
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2019
Cardiff University
2019
Over time, all industries have adapted to the ever-increasing demand for higher product quality and throughput by embracing automation industrial robots. The impact of purchasing decision equipment such as robots on an organization's profitability needs be better understood, given paucity published empirical data topic. One alternative approach deal with scarcity is simulation, among available simulation methods redressing this issue, System Dynamics (SD) has proved a reliable alternative....
Six Sigma (SS) is now a well-entrenched methodology for performance improvement and comprises highly sophisticated tools targeted at quality or cost reduction initiatives. However, the application of such often not predicated on foreknowledge an informed supposition potential effects but instead autotelic. One approach that has helped managers cope with uncertainty associated implementation SS project simulation, which helps estimate critical system variables subjected to diverse what-if...
System Dynamics (SD)-based simulation has gained traction in recent times as a technique to study system's behavior. It been employed model diverse complexes, from reactive chemical assemblages socio-economic systems. However, SD-based models, like models derived competing techniques, typically suffer the problem of replicability. There are several sources variation that could afflict any replication attempt such software idiosyncrasies, floating point errors, and missing data. Adapting...
Over the past decade, leasing, as opposed to purchasing, has gained prominence regarding acquiring capital-intensive industrial robots. Investments in plant automation have seen significant growth over this time given increasing need for higher productivity and quality. To offset concomitant rise equipment costs, organizations are increasingly relying on leasing such equipment. The approach allows companies reduce both risks associated with costs of new acquisition. Initial efforts typically...
Over the past forty years, leasing has gained ground as a competitive alternative to test and possibly absorb new technology, especially in light of increasing costs technology capital. Additionally, allowed companies mitigate financial risk associated with equipment acquisition. Given these benefits leasing, its popularity acquisition can be expected grow further. Unfortunately, despite existence large body extant literature on technical aspects automation, little is known about economic...
This study compares two productivity metrics, Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and (TP), for their associations with one another types of profits. Several attributes the direct productivity-profit relationship, not mediated by any other firm characteristic, are evaluated, such as existence bi-directionality in predictive association between profit. The influence on profit is reaffirmed; crucially, impact found to exist well. unique contribution this that it demonstrates TFP outperforms TP...
Project Management (PM) provides a framework to employ, track, and control the organizational resources required undertake project manage all its associated attributes like risks costs. However, oftentimes, practitioners head into projects without clear foresight cost overruns schedule delays that are caused by various inherent risks. System Dynamics (SD) is powerful tool model complex system interdependencies of parts can help identify such intrinsic their time-delayed impacts especially on...
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organizations often encounter a series of barriers when attempting to obtain certification. Then, having comprehensive view the guidelines helps overcome those challenges on time while increasing probability become certified organization. This study focuses U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Safer Choice standard, certification program that validates specific cleaning products. All products can carry its label, which means product is safe for human use and environmentally friendly...
Leveled-Data Envelopment Analysis (L-DEA) is an adaptation of traditional Data (DEA) in that it affords a limited comparison heterogeneous Decision-Making Units (DMUs). In other words, while DEA intended for and benchmarking homogeneous DMUs (e.g. comparing hospitals only against hospitals), LDEA allows rather narrow-in-scope across industries (hospitals banks). theory, L-DEA technology managers the ability to build external context which evaluate internal efficiencies. The method as...
This study explores the various attributes of direct relationship between firm-level productivity, measured by total factor and liquidity, determined cash conversion cycle, without intermediating effect firm profits. For this objective, panel data is employed to understand existence, linearity, directionality, type, seasonality (or its absence) such a for firms all sizes across several sampled industries. The results demonstrate that exists considerable extent, bi-directional, predominantly...