Many manufacturing companies are facing problems related to the initiation and management of collaborative manufacturing projects. Collaboration between small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) enables business partners to share... more
Many manufacturing companies are facing problems related to the initiation and management of collaborative manufacturing projects. Collaboration between small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) enables business partners to share equipment, labour, and skill-sets to fulfil larger projects in Partner Network (PN). We define PN as a group of companies that work together to enhance the capabilities of each other. The start of a new project triggers the establishment of a Virtual Organisation (VO). In this research paper, we present the framework for Collaborative Project Management in VO that includes the following collaboration-process steps: project initiation, project-plan preparation, searching for a subcontractor, preparation of quotations, evaluation of PN proposals, project-proposal formations, PN-agreement elaboration, and project management. In the current paper, the authors suggest using the novel five level modeling approach for Collaborative Business Process (CBP) modeling. Authors are using the Value-Added Chain (VAC) and Event Process Chain (EPC) notations to design the CBP in the ARIS architect software that enables to visualize the inputs, outputs and relationships between high level and low-level business processes. Project management in a VO is more sustainable then in conventional supply chains due to the common tools that enable the measurement of project success in a unified way with the possibility of responding quickly to changed conditions.
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Cooperation between independent Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is crucial to be competitive in growing global business environment. Thus, it is vital for enterprise success to consider both IT and business aspects during the... more
Cooperation between independent Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is crucial to be competitive in growing global business environment. Thus, it is vital for enterprise success to consider both IT and business aspects during the development of enterprise as well as considering cooperation with the Partner Network members. Collaboration enables companies to gain new competitive advantages and to excel the individual capabilities by focusing on their core-competencies. Hence the purpose of this study is to better address the research issues in alignment area and bring insight and deep understanding into the relation of EM to improve BITA in organizations.
Research Interests: Business, Enterprise Architecture, Knowledge Management, Networking, Small and Medium scale Enterprises, and 13 moreSocial Enterprise, Mechanics of Materials, Competitive advantage, Enterprise Modeling, Business Networking, IT and Business strategy alignment, Enterprise Information Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, IT and business alignment, business and IT alignment, Core Competency, and Strategy and Management
The paper examines technological and organizational complexity related to cross-border data exchange and communication among public entities, private sector and seniors on the platform called Silver Hub. We need to look at challenges... more
The paper examines technological and organizational complexity related to cross-border data exchange and communication among public entities, private sector and seniors on the platform called Silver Hub. We need to look at challenges raised while designing architecture and business cases supporting service provision within the silver economy domain. In this project we have identified the main obstacles related to creation of the sustainable business strategy for the collaborative platform during its development. It is relatively easy to create a sustainable software architecture for the platform. However, creating a sustainable business model is much more complex. In addition to the business plan, it also requires a well-thought-out architectural vision which responds to stakeholders’ requirements. In order to be competitive, transparent and compliant, it makes sense to pursue ISO 9001, which in turn leads to the need for risk-based process management and continuous improvement. To ...
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A nation-level situation awareness (SA) system will facilitate the making of right decisions by serving the decision-makers with the information they need. In this paper, we show how the mapping of information flows between governmental... more
A nation-level situation awareness (SA) system will facilitate the making of right decisions by serving the decision-makers with the information they need. In this paper, we show how the mapping of information flows between governmental institutions allows us to develop such a SA system and continuously improve it by optimizing the movements of information. To this end, we propose a systematization method for the various kinds of information flows, and explain how it helps to reduce their perceived heterogeneity.
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This paper discusses some issues confronted in the design process of a system creating comprehensive situation awareness for a small country. We strive to merge the experience obtained in modelling and analyzing cyber-physical-social... more
This paper discusses some issues confronted in the design process of a system creating comprehensive situation awareness for a small country. We strive to merge the experience obtained in modelling and analyzing cyber-physical-social systems and the results published on situation awareness. For that, we develop a reasonably simple and efficient monitoring framework that enables to capture and analyze heterogeneous dynamic phenomena in a country. The final goal is to build a model for comprehensive situation awareness, which merges information from a feasible set of interoperable models, describing operation of country’s major institutions; and provides situational information for decision-makers at all required levels.
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To be agile and adaptive, the production systems need to be able to meet the changing market requirements regarding product characteristics, quantities, on-time delivery, and cost. Most of the production companies in Europe have or have... more
To be agile and adaptive, the production systems need to be able to meet the changing market requirements regarding product characteristics, quantities, on-time delivery, and cost. Most of the production companies in Europe have or have pretended to be certified for management systems ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management), ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management) and OHSAS 18001 (occupational health and safety management system specification) as well. On top of that, asset-intensive companies are implementing ISO 55000:2014 (Standards for Asset Management), that enables them to assure that they use corporation assets correctly. All these management systems are complementary and are the base for business process management. When a company has documented processes, it becomes the valuable asset for analyses and optimisation. The current article arguments that the business process management, including risks, qualifications, objectives, opportunities, etc. are not enough for smooth enter...
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For businesses performance improvement it is mandatory for companies to increase customers and other stakeholder’s satisfaction through establishing of rational goals, minimizing expenses, extending productivity and improving business... more
For businesses performance improvement it is mandatory for companies to increase customers and other stakeholder’s satisfaction through establishing of rational goals, minimizing expenses, extending productivity and improving business processes. It is obvious today that quality, which can be defined as fulfilment of customer needs is one of the most important assets for enterprises in market competition. Along with quality, risk assessment and its identification play a vital role to maintain and execute secure business processes. Total Quality Management (TQM) and related topics like risk management are the primary management tools nowadays. The approach for assessing risk is to identify potential severe failures that could occur and have an impact on product quality and business processes. The TQM meaning is much wider than the creation of product or service quality, or it is a management philosophy, which companies use for improvement in internal and external organizational aspect...
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Business processes define how the organizations operate, deliver products or services and interact with customers; how they support their corporate strategies and enable companies to react to changes more rapidly. Business process... more
Business processes define how the organizations operate, deliver products or services and interact with customers; how they support their corporate strategies and enable companies to react to changes more rapidly. Business process management empowers the business analysts to define, manage, analyse and optimize their processes. The current article specifies the principles to describe the processes in a Partner Network to ensure efficient information exchange. As fluent cooperation is based on processes and depends on process maturity, the maturity estimation model is proposed in this article.
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... SPIDER [4], IVO SCADA system [5], and Siemens SCADA product SINAUT-SPECTRUM [6]). However ... based on GMDH [], neural network models ['], and models based on singular-value decomposition ... In the formation of the hidden layer,... more
... SPIDER [4], IVO SCADA system [5], and Siemens SCADA product SINAUT-SPECTRUM [6]). However ... based on GMDH [], neural network models ['], and models based on singular-value decomposition ... In the formation of the hidden layer, we used the linear combination of input ...
Purpose Various networked organizational forms already exist in the market today, however, all of them share the same problem – lack of fast and objective procedures for partners’ selection when addressing a particular project. The... more
Purpose Various networked organizational forms already exist in the market today, however, all of them share the same problem – lack of fast and objective procedures for partners’ selection when addressing a particular project. The purpose of this paper is to solve such problems by offering an alternative to the existing global market layout, dominated by large corporations. Design/methodology/approach This research belongs to the category “fuzzy decision making and multi-attributive decision making,” since it is using methodologies such as the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), the fuzzy-AHP approach, and the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution. Findings The authors defend that appropriate partner selection is a vital success factor in any collaboration. Research limitations/implications The authors have designed a sustainable partner network solution for the field of machinery. Nevertheless, the proposed approach is adaptable to other fields also, wh...
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The article gives the principles how to build up software for handling power network management, using the concept of enterprise resource management (ERM). The problem is analyzed in context of Eesti Energia AS. located in the Republic of... more
The article gives the principles how to build up software for handling power network management, using the concept of enterprise resource management (ERM). The problem is analyzed in context of Eesti Energia AS. located in the Republic of Estonia.
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In engineering business environment, where SMEs are tending to compete with each other and sometime with industries, the Virtual Organization (VO) is increasingly indispensable. The current article analyses the aspects that should be... more
In engineering business environment, where SMEs are tending to compete with each other and sometime with industries, the Virtual Organization (VO) is increasingly indispensable. The current article analyses the aspects that should be taken into account by a company entering into the VO Partner Network.
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Page 1. Virtual Organization for Power Network Management Taivo Kangilaski Department of Computer Control. Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, Tallinn, Estonia e-mail: Taivo.Kangilaski@dcc.nu.ee Ahvtrucl ...
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Abstract Effective Business/IT (BIT) alignment enables business organization to use information technology to achieve business objective more easily. In case of Partner Networks (PN), it appears through improved marketplace... more
Abstract Effective Business/IT (BIT) alignment enables business organization to use information technology to achieve business objective more easily. In case of Partner Networks (PN), it appears through improved marketplace competitiveness, for certain organization through improved financial performance. In real world, there is always a gap between IT, business people and different companies belonging into PN, as the employees in the companies have differences in objectives, culture, mutual ignorance of others' knowledge etc. The result is a situation where cooperation in some extent is not so effective in PN as it was initially planned and which will influence the improvements in business value. The current article contributes to the BIT alignment in PN, analyzing if PN maturities influence the BIT alignment.
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ABSTRACT A manufacturing process is not carried out by a single enterprise anymore. Companies realize the necessity to focus on their core competencies and become involved with others in order to fulfill the requirements of market. This... more
ABSTRACT A manufacturing process is not carried out by a single enterprise anymore. Companies realize the necessity to focus on their core competencies and become involved with others in order to fulfill the requirements of market. This trend involves the renewal of enterprise organization to integrate partnership between several enterprises, which stress the importance of information and communication technology. The current work focuses on the organizational information technology aspects taking account of the interoperability issues in virtual organization.
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Supply chain management is the practice of coordinating the flow of goods, services, information and finances as they move from raw materials to parts supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer. Thus it is important... more
Supply chain management is the practice of coordinating the flow of goods, services, information and finances as they move from raw materials to parts supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer. Thus it is important for organisations to build up their partner networks supporting their long-term demand forecasts for capacity requirements. Constructing such an ecosystem, the companies need some supporting framework. The current article proposes maturity model based approach that could assist companies in their decisions.
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ABSTRACT Communication is a crucial element in business environment. It ties companies together to work on a common business goal, as well as destroys existing business connection. Thus it is important to understand dynamics of partner... more
ABSTRACT Communication is a crucial element in business environment. It ties companies together to work on a common business goal, as well as destroys existing business connection. Thus it is important to understand dynamics of partner networks. The current article analyses Partner Network lifecycle and it maturity aspects.
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The concept of virtual organization (VO) challenges the way industrial production systems are planned and managed. Basically, a VO is temporary alliance of enterprises that come together to share skills and resources in order to better... more
The concept of virtual organization (VO) challenges the way industrial production systems are planned and managed. Basically, a VO is temporary alliance of enterprises that come together to share skills and resources in order to better respond to business opportunities and are enterprises whose cooperation is supported by computer network. At the same time, the importance of information and communication technology (ICT) has been growing and has caused the situation where ICT functional area profoundly affects the organizational performance. The current article focuses on the topic, how to align business goals and ICT activities in VO.
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Concept of Virtual Organization (VO) is one enabling factor for today's Small and Mid sized Enterprises (SME) to rebuild their position in new market condition. As the businesses are highly supported by Information and Communication... more
Concept of Virtual Organization (VO) is one enabling factor for today's Small and Mid sized Enterprises (SME) to rebuild their position in new market condition. As the businesses are highly supported by Information and Communication Technology (ICT), nowadays it is highly important to manage it in a way that will minimize the possibility that ICT will be the bottleneck which makes constraints for new cooperation. In current article, the approach of Enterprise Architecture management is analyzed in context of VO-s.
Research Interests: Computer Science, Computer Architecture, Information Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Technology Management, and 7 moreInformation and Communication technology, Business Communication, Communication Technology, Enterprise Architecture Management, Virtual Organization, Supply Chains, and Communications Technology
The silver economy presents a vast realm of potential that has emerged as a consequence of pronounced demographic change specifically in the developed countries. There has been immense research and deliberation especially by the European... more
The silver economy presents a vast realm of potential that has emerged as a consequence of pronounced demographic change specifically in the developed countries. There has been immense research and deliberation especially by the European Union (EU) and the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), to meet the challenges posed by the ageing population. The OSIRIS project is one such initiative to develop a collaborative digital platform which we call as the Digital Silver Hub (DSH) that aims to incorporate the quadruple helix actors (public sector, private sector, academic sector and the end-user) to facilitate the development of technological solutions for the silver economy. In this paper, an initial set of requirements is identified and, based on that, a consolidated concept of the platform is elaborated. In service of this, a total of 22 interviews have been conducted and analyzed using tool-based thematic analysis. Interviews were taken from the quadruple helix actors already involved in the project to help set a general scope and direction of the platform. Based on the results, the initial functionalities were identified which were then validated with the project partners and, therefore, led to groundwork to generate a plausible vision and mission statement for the platform.
According to European Union Directive 96/92 EU, on the liberalization of the electricity market, the EU members have separated their power generation, transmission, distribution and supply between several companies. Opening the national... more
According to European Union Directive 96/92 EU, on the liberalization of the electricity market, the EU members have separated their power generation, transmission, distribution and supply between several companies. Opening the national electricity market to competition has lead to the situation where several EU members have launched projects for updating their asset management software solutions. The current case study focuses