Suitable Enterprise Research Articles

A Decision-Making Model With Intuitionistic Fuzzy Information for Selection of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

Involvement of small and medium-scale enterprises is important for developing countries like India. Henceforth, enhancing their competency with the adoption of a suitable enterprise resource planning system (ERPS) is a vital way to enhance their competitiveness. The choice of an appropriate ERPS can be considered as a complex multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) problem where several alternatives (ERPS packages) are assessed based on certain types of characteristics, namely domain knowledge of the supplier, system reliability, service and support, functionality, compatibility, information security, cross-module integration, etc. One critical issue associated with the evaluation of ERPSs is the handling of uncertain information. In this article, we first develop a new methodology to resolve the issue of MCDM problems. In this methodology, the weights of decision experts are systematically calculated with the extended variance approach on intuitionistic fuzzy sets. For calculating the criteria weights, an optimization model based on cross-entropy is proposed, and for the aggregation of the criteria values, a new model called intuitionistic fuzzy improved measurement alternatives and ranking based on the compromise solution is developed, which allows both the vector and linear normalizations and having the advantages of comprising two kinds of aggregation models. Next, an ERPS cloud vendor assessment problem is deliberated with three alternatives (A1: Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP), A2: Oracle Corporation, A3: Microsoft Corporation) and 16 criteria to interpret the reasonableness of the introduced framework. According to the outcomes, SAP is the most suitable alternative. Next, a sensitivity analysis is exhibited with diverse parameter values to inspect the permanence of the presented approach. The advantage of the presented approach is discussed with the comparative investigation.

Cooperative, Women and Economic Shocks

The cooperative can be considered as a means of independence for Moroccan women. It is the most suitable enterprise to fight against marginalization, reduce unemployment and eradicate poverty.The recent global context characterized by a health pandemic, price increases and the collapse of vital sectors, has significantly impacted the cooperative sector. The objective of this paper is to explore the factors affecting the evolution of the women's cooperative sector and to analyze its degree of resilience to unforeseen shocks. To do so, we opted for a qualitative methodology (interviews and focus groups) that follows an inductive path of exploration.From this study, it emerges that the economic shocks recently experienced have had adverse effects on the social and solidarity economy sector, starting with the cessation of activities and the return to unemployment and ending with resistance or disappearance from the market. In addition, women's cooperatives in the region of Tangier Tetouan Al Hoceima (TTA) have shown an unconditional willingness to undertake and achieve emancipation despite the many factors contributing to hinder their advancement.

A sustentabilidade como perspectiva para repotenciação de pequenas centrais hidrelétricas no Brasil: método para estimativas

Abstract Repowering is a sustainable option for relatively old hydroelectric plants. However, it is still in the process of developing its technical, socio-environmental and regulatory aspects in Brazil. Moreover, there are few papers available in the literature on the subject. A gap in the area is the lack of methodologies that direct the measurement of benefits in suitable enterprises, to prioritize the most opportune ones, reduce risks, and encourage this practice nationally, regionally, and among agents. This paper presents a theoretical discussion of the practices currently employed and proposes an accessible method (simple, fast and low cost) to support decision-making regarding the applicability of repowering in small hydroelectric plants. The results show the environmental sustainability of the practice given the limitations and challenges that currently involve the construction of large hydroelectric plants.

Picture Fuzzy Maclaurin Symmetric Mean Operators and Their Applications in Solving Multiattribute Decision-Making Problems

To evaluate objects under uncertainty, many fuzzy frameworks have been designed and investigated so far. Among them, the frame of picture fuzzy set (PFS) is of considerable significance which can describe the four possible aspects of expert’s opinion using a degree of membership (DM), degree of nonmembership (DNM), degree of abstinence (DA), and degree of refusal (DR) in a certain range. Aggregation of information is always challenging especially when the input arguments are interrelated. To deal with such cases, the goal of this study is to develop the notion of the Maclaurin symmetric mean (MSM) operator as it aggregates information under uncertain environments and considers the relationship of the input arguments, which make it unique. In this paper, we studied the theory of MSM operators in the layout of PFSs and discussed their applications in the selection of the most suitable enterprise resource management (ERP) scheme for engineering purposes. We developed picture fuzzy MSM (PFMSM) operators and investigated their validity. We developed the multiattribute decision-making (MADM) algorithm based on the PFMSM operators to examine the performance of the ERP systems using picture fuzzy information. A numerical example to evaluate the performance of ERP systems is studied, and the effects of the associated parameters are discussed. The proposed aggregated results using PFMSM operators are found to be reliable as it takes into account the interrelationship of the input information, unlike traditional aggregation operators. A comparative study of the proposed PFMSM operators is also studied.

Integrated farming system for sustainable livelihood, family food and nutritional security of Uttarakhand farmers-A case study

In the present investigation, integrated farming system (IFS) adopted by a progressive farmer in 1.0 ha area, in village Chalthi, situated in Champawat district of Uttarakhand was analyzed as a model for its economics, benefit to cost ratio and extent to overcome food and nutritional security. The main components of IFS were fish, dairy, poultry, vegetables, orchard, bee keeping and mushroom production. A total of Rs. 6,94,000.00 was earned with B:C ratio of 3.08 from this IFS model. The composite fish farming of common carp, silver carp and grass carp was undertaken in a fish pond and 40 kg of fish was harvested over a period of 6-8 months realizing net income of Rs.5800.00. The pond dyke and adjacent fields were used for cultivation of aerial vegetables, fruit trees (mango, litchi, lemon, plum, guava and mulberry) and fodder crops (maize and oats). Two cows (breed Gir) and 200 No. poultry birds (breed Kadaknath, RIR, Guinea fowl, Uttra fowl) were included in the IFS. Pink oyster mushroom (Pleurotus djamor) was also promoted as a component of IFS for income generation. The mushroom yield was 2.28 quintals accounting gross income of Rs.1,82,400.00. Bee keeping (Indian honey bee Apis cerana indica) also made contribution of Rs. 2,00,000.00 over a period of 6 months from 80 boxes. Poultry (Rs 1,20,000.00), fruit crops (Rs 1,00,000.00) and vegetables production (Rs 18,000) also contributed significantly to the gross income in present IFS. The farmer reported that he did not buy any food commodity from outside for 8 months in a year except rice and wheat flour. As a result, it can be argued that IFS has been found to be most profitable and suitable enterprise for hill farmers to achieve sustainable livelihood, family food and nutritional security. Key words Integrated farming system; Food security; Nutrition security; Fish; Mushroom; Poultry

A decision-making framework for evaluating appropriate business blockchain platforms using multiple preference formats and VIKOR

• Blockchain platform selection problem is evaluated with a hybrid approach. • Group decision making with multiple preference relations is used. • VIKOR method is combined in the evaluation process. • A business application is provided to validate the proposed approach. • It is novel in the blockchain research area with its criteria and method combination. The blockchain is a shared, reliable, public transaction ledger that can be programmed for virtually anything valuable. Blockchains in terms of permissions and transactions with private ledgers are relatively new. The goal of this study is to present a decision-making process to guide organizations in the evaluation of blockchains as an enterprise platform service. Enterprise platforms can be selected by decision makers who voice their opinions in diverse forms by considering a range of criteria. Multiple preference formats offer suitable methods for evaluating such criteria. In this study, the VIKOR (Vlsekriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje) technique is employed for evaluating the alternatives and solving the selection problem. It contributes to the blockchain literature by combining multiple preference formats with VIKOR for the first time for the blockchain platform selection problem. The findings suggest that the proposed evaluation framework is powerful for selecting the most suitable enterprise blockchain platform among alternatives.

A Cloud-Based Enterprise Resource Planning Architecture for Women’s Education in Remote Areas

This research provides an approach to exploring a suitable enterprise resource planning system using cloud management architecture for the educational environment. It enables enterprises to get into the competition. Enterprise resource planning for educational firms provides an approach to address the targeted female population. To achieve this goal, a system has been established that has an infrastructure basis on governments, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), universities, and other social service providers. This paper helps to present the architecture of cloud computing for the overall educational environment concerns around the world. This research aims to contribute to women’s education with respect to modern technology. It ensures that technology is cost-efficiently available for women’s education in view of the availability and consistency of the system and in accordance with goals. An architecture is proposed to solve and take over the limitations that have been faced and are the reasons for the failure of the available systems. After designing the architecture, a survey questionnaire was designed and conducted with students and professionals of Air University, Bahria University, and Preston University.

BULANIK MANTIK YAKLAŞIMIYLA UZUN DÖNEMLİ STAJYERLERİN FİRMA YERLERİNİN BELİRLENMESİ: UYGULAMALI EĞİTİM MODELİNDE UYGULANMASI

It is a very long and difficult process to make the most suitable matching in the work force demand matching problems with more than one variable. The balanced distribution of labor supply and labor demand has an important position not only in business life but also in education life. In this study, it is aimed to assign the students in the Applied Engineering Experience Education (UMDE) program applied in Sakarya University Industrial Engineering Department to the most suitable enterprise. For this purpose, both student knowledge and experience and company demands were taken into consideration. The Fuzzy Logic approach is used because the problem is a multivariate problem and these variables do not have crisp values. Evaluations made with MATLAB software were processed in MS Excel program and assignment process was completed.

Government Subsidies and Enterprise Innovation: Moderation Effect of Absorbed Slack

It is worth studying whether enterprises receiving government subsidies can transform them into innovative achievements under the constraints of enterprise resources. The data from the three industries of electronics, pharmaceuticals, and information technology during 2013-2016 were empirical tested to verify the moderating effect of the absorbed slack on the relationship between government subsidies and enterprise innovation. The results show that government subsidies can promote enterprise innovation; absorbed slack promotes enterprise innovation; the absorbed slack of enterprises plays a positive moderation role in the relationship between government subsidy and enterprise innovation. In other words, the enterprises with high absorbed slack can promote the innovation of enterprises by government subsidies. The conclusions provide theoretical guidance for government departments to select the most suitable enterprises which accept innovative subsidies.

SCORE framework: a layered approach for enterprise architecture

Continuous and rapid changing business environment is a driving force for agile enterprise system because several new services and solutions are emerging from the multiple exchanges over time. A suitable enterprise architecture framework (EAF) must be established for established for effective delivery of enterprise level technologies by adopting service-oriented architecture (SOA). However, existing non-SOA-based EAFs are lacking of adopting such agility. On the other hand, existing SOA-based EAFs though can resolve the issues of flexibility and scalability, but they are less efficient to handle context sensitivity and agility of enterprise system. To address these challenges, this paper proposes a novel SOA-based EAF, called SCORE framework that is comprised of five loosely coupled layers. Besides formal description, the proposed SCORE framework is illustrated with detailed case study on care management system. Moreover, a detailed comparative analysis is performed to express the strength of the proposed framework over the existing approaches.

ВЫБОР И ОБОСНОВАНИЕ АРХИТЕКТУРЫ ВИРТУАЛЬНОЙ ПРОИЗВОДСТВЕННОЙ СИСТЕМЫ ДЛЯ ПЛАНИРУЕМОГО ПОРТФЕЛЯ ЗАКАЗОВ

The task to form and research the virtual production system (VPS) operation for the planned portfolio of orders (PPO) has been stated and solved. Due to the complexity of the proposed task, the solution is implemented in several stages. At the first stage the research of the main indicators of the formed VPS has been made. First of all, this concerns the composition of the VPS that according to its characteristics should meet the basic requirements of the PPO. For this purpose a set of potential enterprises – VPS candidates – have been formed using a precedent base (PB). A qualitative scale in the form of Latin alphabet was used to evaluate each enterprise in terms of key indicators and requirements of PPO. By lexicographic ordering of options in the PB, the most suitable enterprises are selected to make the VPS. To adapt the enterprises (equipment, technologies) to the specific requirements of PPO, the choice of activities for the modernization of production is made. The adaptation costs have been selected as an objective function to evaluate the set of activities. The time to make the activities and the acceptable risks are taken as limitations for the task. In order to study the VPS operation an agent simulation model has been constructed. The analysis of the VPS "supply-production-marketing" logistics chain has been carried out on the basis of this model. The results of the simulation make it possible to estimate the time of PPO implementation, the impact of the risks and, if necessary, to make the further restructuring of the VPS architecture. The proposed approach is expedient to be used at the initial stage of VPS architecture development taking into account the basic requirements associated with the planned portfolio of orders

HOW PROLONGED DROUGHTS AND FARM SUBSIDIES INFLUENCE ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES BY FARMERS

A conceptual model of entrepreneurial uptake by water-scarce farmers explores how farmers accumulate social and human capitals while managing multiple risks in current and future livelihood choices. Social networking and human capital accumulation differentially impact on successes in agriculture and entrepreneurial ventures. The risk of farm subsidy removal and the uncertainties associated with finding and succeeding in a suitable enterprise, present the farmer with difficult trade-offs in terms of which type of capital to accumulate. Results suggest that in the presence of multiple risks, farmers may act to increase their investments in human capital even when chances of finding a suitable business opportunity are low; whereas in some cases, they may accumulate higher social capital to enhance their farm subsidy support even under better chances of finding suitable business opportunities. Further, an increase in risk of agricultural unviability, by itself, does not automatically lead to farmers shifting to enterprise.

PRESENTING ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE STRATEGIES USING BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS (CASE STUDY OF E-COMMERCE PT XYZ)

Information Technology (IT) is known as enabler of business. One of the study that align business and IT is enterprise architecture. In this era, one of the business that become a trend the world is electronic commerce (e-commerce). With the suitable enterprise architecture strategies, e-commerce can be improved according to the business and IT condition. This paper represents about study case of an Indonesian e-commerce website which is still unknown by internet users and the SWOT strategy analysis using Business Model Canvas. Finally, there is a creation of enterprise architecture strategies that will support e-commerce business for give a better business to Indonesian society.

Knowledge Sharing Partner Selection of Cluster Enterprise Based on BP Neural Network

In the era of knowledge economy, knowledge has become the most critical enterprise resources; however, because of the accelerating speed of knowledge innovation, knowledge sharing between organizations becomes the inevitable choice for enterprises. Moreover, selection of the appropriate sharing partners has an important impact on the efficiency of knowledge sharing. In this paper, the authors analyze the factors of knowledge sharing among the cluster enterprises, build a cluster enterprise knowledge-sharing partner selection index system, and use the BP neural network model to select suitable enterprise knowledge sharing partners. Finally, the authors demonstrate the feasibility of the method with an example.

Analysis of a Large Company’s Global Activity Sustained by the Organizational Culture

Organization's strategic position has to be understood in relation to the external environment, its internal resources, the employees’ skills, desires, and influences endogenous and exogenous. But, above all, the competition and the programs applied have to be different from that activities or services of the competitors. Market research provides the firm with information regarding the markets or market segments with the best prospects, the price levels accepted by the market, the ways of distributing the products on the market, promotional actions, etc. Equally important for grounding the strategy are the macroeconomic forecasts, the field projections, and the policies of the bodies regulating and supervising insurances. This provides the guidance of the organization’s development in accordance with the main macroeconomic developments foreshadowed for the following period. The quality of the global activity is given by the nature of the organizational culture, a powerful instrument for performing the management and getting the appropriate results. I think that Petrom is the most suitable enterprise (firm) for the analyze, being the largest company in Southeast Europe, whose market penetration force and market sustainability are largely due to the European management implemented by OMV, as Petrom is part of the OMV structure. At the same, in this period, it is capable to get down the prices, in order to keep the clients, but maintaining the efficiency of the main activity.

Research on Management Model of Chinese Family-Holding Business under Market Economy

In China, the family business usually implement paternalistic management model at the startup. When the enterprise scale enlarged, along with the change of the outside environment, the risk and uncertainty of the enterprise management will be increased and the distortions of family management model will become increasingly clear. Therefore, it is an irresistible trend to carry out reforms on the family business governance model. This paper analyzed the current status of Chinese family management model, pointed out the opportunity under the market economy for family business accelerating its development, and summarized the four models of Chinese family business governance. Currently, under the market economy, the biggest problem faced by Chinese family business is not how to transform into modern enterprise, but how to realize their sustainable development. To build a modern enterprise system is just an important destination for family business development, but can’t be the only choose at the present stage. A precisely suitable enterprise system is established according to the time, place, different industry, scale, development stage and background, while there is no standard model of universal application.

Comprehensive Measurement Framework for Enterprise Architectures

Enterprise Architecture defines the overall form and function of systems across an enterprise involving the stakeholders and providing a framework, standards and guidelines for project-specific architectures. Project-specific Architecture defines the form and function of the systems in a project or program, within the context of the enterprise as a whole with broad scope and business alignments. Application-specific Architecture defines the form and function of the applications that will be developed to realize functionality of the system with narrow scope and technical alignments. Because of the magnitude and complexity of any enterprise integration project, a major engineering and operations planning effort must be accomplished prior to any actual integration work. As the needs and the requirements vary depending on their volume, the entire enterprise problem can be broken into chunks of manageable pieces. These pieces can be implemented and tested individually with high integration effort. Therefore it becomes essential to analyze the economic and technical feasibility of realizable enterprise solution. It is difficult to migrate from one technological and business aspect to other as the enterprise evolves. The existing process models in system engineering emphasize on life-cycle management and low-level activity coordination with milestone verification. Many organizations are developing enterprise architecture to provide a clear vision of how systems will support and enable their business. The paper proposes an approach for selection of suitable enterprise architecture depending on the measurement framework. The framework consists of unique combination of higher order goals, non-functional requirement support and inputs-outcomes pair evaluation. The earlier efforts in this regard were concerned about only custom scales indicating the availability of a parameter in a range.

Organizing a virtual manufacturing enterprise: an analytic network process based approach for enterprise flexibility

Virtual manufacturing is a dynamic enterprise structure that will enable future competitiveness in the fast changing business environment. This is made possible through quick IT based integration of flexible and core competent business entities capable of providing value-added product and services. Flexibility elements represent change capabilities of enterprise wide processes and resources in time and cost dimensions. Value chain considerations require synergy among the participating flexible resources. Also decision information synchronization delays need to be managed so that other entity flow processes in the enterprise remain well synchronized. This may require a capability of dynamic changes in flexible structures leading to effective virtual enterprises. There is a need to develop suitable enterprise architectures for virtual enterprises that offer an increasing focus on agility. Infrastructure support for integration of flexible capability to attain synergy among resources is necessary for enterprise agility. We conceptualize virtual manufacturing (VM) as an integrating infrastructure of flexible resources made possible through alliance of enterprises that are individually core competent in specific business function. Such a VM can attain the required cost, flexibility and responsiveness characteristics in its operations to provide solution to the demanding customer in a global dynamic market. Modelling frameworks depicting these composite flexibility states have complex and tacit interrelationship with plural business goals. Analytical network process (ANP) has been used to model the interrelationship of different decision domains with a view to prioritize enterprise wide flexibility dimensions. The ANP modelling framework takes into consideration the interdependency among sub-strategies. We demonstrate through sensitivity analysis that strategic shift is required to accommodate changes due to dynamic condition in the business environment.

An integrated decision support system dealing with qualitative and quantitative objectives for enterprise software selection

Previous methods for enterprise software selection generally take into account the attributes that are restricted to some financial factors, such as costs and benefits. However, the literature lacks studies on considering the evaluation of both functional and non-functional suitability of software alternatives versus various requirements. This study presents a new decision support system for combining these two kinds of evaluation to select suitable enterprise software. A hierarchical objective structure that contains both qualitative and quantitative objectives is proposed to evaluate software products systematically. This approach uses a heuristic algorithm, a fuzzy multi-criteria decision making procedure and a multiobjective programming model to make final selection decision. All the phases of presented method are applied in an electronic company’s ERP software selection project to validate it with a real application. The satisfactory results are obtained during this project. The company can select the right software to fit its business processes instead of adapting its business processes to fit the software.

Extension Strategies for Poverty Alleviation: Lessons from China and India

This paper discusses the transition from a national focus on food security during the last half of the 20th century to an emerging strategy on helping small-scale farm households increase farm income to reduce rural poverty. The basic proposition is that if extension is going to help increase farm incomes and rural employment, then it must shift from being a ‘supply-driven’ to a more ‘market-driven’ extension system. This shift requires at least three major institutional changes. First, extension must give higher priority to high-value, labor-intensive crops/products where there is real demand in domestic and/or export markets. Second, small-scale producers must get organized into groups to achieve economies of scale and to become linked with the ‘value chains’ that supply these markets. Third, extension planning and decision-making must become decentralized to determine the most suitable crops and/or enterprises vis-à-vis the interests and resources of different farmer groups, in light of agro-ecological conditions and available markets for different products.