Implementation of just-in-time methodology in a small company

This paper describes the implementation of JIT in a small manufacturing company and the benefits that resulted for the company's operations. Preliminary analysis identified various problems in the existing manufacturing operations. The pre-implementation and post-implementation conditions of the company arc detailed. The achievements of the JIT implementation included a reduction in material traversing, reduced lead limes and inventories leading to an overall reduction in the cost of manufacturing. A smooth flow of material from the raw material stage to the finished product stage was established. Three separate product lines were combined into a flexible manufacturing assembly line. With the adoption of a holistic approach to JIT implementation, it was found that even a small company can make significant strides towards world class manufacturing status. The experience gained by the company can encourage and benefit other small companies to embrace the JIT approach.     

Effective eProcurement implementation process

As eProcurement is gaining popularity in business practice, researchers as well as practitioners have addressed the need of defining a proper eProcurement implementation strategy. This article aims to build an eProcurement implementation framework, which considers the main variables that have an impact on the eProcurement success and the links among them. The goal is to identify the main decisions that companies should take during the three principal phases of the eProcurement adoption (pre-implementation; implementation and post-implementation). Six case studies at different levels of eProcurement adoption have been used to identify the peculiarities of each phase of the process and to provide contingent guidelines.     

协调：一种应对公共政策执行阻滞现象的理念——基于公共政策执行中中央与地方的博弈分析

现有研究所提出的消解公共政策执行阻滞现象的对策多为事后性对策，且偏于刚性方式。以博弈论为理论依据，通过建构传统策略下中央与地方的策略互动、“协调”作为中央策略下的策略互动、协调引入博弈最始端下的策略互动三个博弈模型，比较得出将协调引入公共政策的制定和执行中，将有助于公共政策执行阻滞现象的减少和消除，并在此基础上提出以协调为理念构建的对策。     

辽宁资源枯竭型城市的持续发展路径。

走出资源枯竭型城市发展的现实困惑是辽宁经济社会全面发展的关键。从经济角度分析辽宁资源枯竭型城市困境之因，指出经济、社会和环境可持续发展路径是辽宁资源枯竭型城市脱困并发展的必然选择，且具有示范意义。     

由表及里:地方服务型政府建构向度研究

服务型政府效能化与人本化建构是公共管理发展的基本向度,也是我国政府体制改革的目标.多年来,我国地方政府体制改革林林总总,风生水起.但是,由于受转型背景的复杂性、体制体系的惯性以及传统社会结构的粘性等因素制约,总体仍处于表象层面.为此,需要相应支点结构性的循序移位,由表及里,实现地方政府体制改革的路径创新,从而把技术性、手段性改革转变为真正为人民服务的体制性改革.     

增强青海经济活力问题研究

本文首先运用数量分析法对西北五省区经济活力进行排位,其结果是:青海经济活力综合指数低于陕西和新疆,高于宁夏和甘肃,位居西北五省区第三。在此基础上,梳理和分析了制约青海经济活力的主要因素,最后提出了进一步增强青海经济活力的主要措施与路径。     

权威重构:司法公开机制的新视角

从新意识形态研究范式论证司法公开正当性成为人们的惯常路径,其最大问题是忽视司法公开及其保障机制背后的非法律因素、资源配置或司法体制方面的问题.实际上,司法公开成为一种司法技艺.通过赋予程序选择权、参与权,司法公开机制勾连当事人和社会公众力量互动,最终激活了司法机关权威的“重生”.     

生态文明建设视角下创新大学生党建工作的路径研究——以宿州学院为例

大学生党员是生态文明观念的传播者,更是推进生态文明建设的先锋队和主力军.当前,在校大学生党员在生态文明方面存在一些意识淡薄与行为失范的问题.高校学生党建工作应以这些问题为导向,分析其在学校生态教育、基层党组织、生态道德修养等方面的成因,找到解决问题的对策.在此基础上,围绕生态文明建设来探索大学生党建工作的路径,如创新党支部设置方式和党建工作模式、丰富宣传教育形式、提升党员服务能力、开展实践活动、构建党员评价体系等,以提升大学生党员的生态文明意识与实践能力.     

中国工业行业碳强度的因素分析——基于超越对数生产函数

为探究工业行业碳强度变化的成因,基于Kaya恒等式的碳强度分解,以碳强度表示产出,以经济增长、能源消费量、能源消费结构和技术进步为投入要素构建超越对数生产函数,通过各要素的碳强度产出弹性反映各要素对碳强度的贡献;并运用通径分析法进一步揭示各要素间的相互关系及其与碳强度的直接和间接关系。结果表明:能源消费结构的优化和技术进步抑制了工业行业碳强度的增长,能源消费量的增长和工业增加值的增长拉动了碳强度的增长,其中能源消费结构和能源消费量对工业行业碳强度的影响显著,因此降低工业行业碳强度的关键在于减少能源消费结构和能源消费量的碳强度产出弹性;能源消费量、工业增加值和能源消费结构对能源消费量的碳强度产出弹性起直接推动作用,技术进步起直接抑制作用;工业增加值和能源消费量对能源消费结构的碳强度产出弹性起直接推动作用,技术进步和能源消费结构起直接抑制作用。可见,工业行业对能源消费的依赖性较强,降低工业行业碳强度应主要依靠技术进步转变能源利用方式,提高能源效率,优化能源消费结构。     

A combinatorial study of two-periodic random walks

Two-periodic random walks have up-steps and down-steps of one unit as usual, but the probability of an up-step is α after an even number of steps and β = 1 ? α after an odd number of steps, and reversed for down-steps. This concept was studied by Böhm and Hornik^{[2 Böhm, W.; Hornik, K. On two-periodic random walks with boundaries. Stoch. Models 2010, 26, 165–194.[Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]]}. We complement this analysis by using methods from (analytic) combinatorics. By using two steps at once, we can reduce the analysis to the study of Motzkin paths, with up-steps, down-steps, and level-steps. Using a proper substitution, we get the generating functions of interest in an explicit and neat form. The parameters that are discussed here are the (one-sided) maximum (already studied by Böhm and Hornik^{[2 Böhm, W.; Hornik, K. On two-periodic random walks with boundaries. Stoch. Models 2010, 26, 165–194.[Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]]}) and the two-sided maximum. For the asymptotic evaluation of the average value of the two-sided maximum after n random steps, more sophisticated methods from complex analysis (Mellin transform, singularity analysis) are required. The approach to transfer the analysis to Motzkin paths is, of course, not restricted to the two parameters under consideration.