Business processes are not only variable they are as well dynamic. A key benefit of Business Process Management (BPM) is the ability to adjust business processes accordingly in response to changing market requirements. In parallel to BPM, enterprise cloud computing technology has emerged to provide a more cost effective solution to businesses and services while making use of inexpensive computi...

I n 1996, the Supply-Chain Council (SCC) developed the supply-chain operations reference (SCOR) model as the cross-industry standard for redefining and advancing supply chain management systems and practices. The SCOR model is a process reference model that integrates business process reengi-neering, benchmarking, and best practices. The SCOR model framework contains standard descriptions of ma...

The State Government in California has recognized the value of Electronic Commerce (EC) and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) technologies in reducing the cost and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of purchasing and contracting transactions, as well as furthering its other social and economic goals [5]. The State was also encouraged by the successful implementations of EC by the State ...

Finally, the retailer can send the order to the supplier at the press of a button, with the order first being automatically converted and then transmitted to the supplier. All messages are sent in accordance with the UN/EDIFACT standard. The messages received by the distribution centre from all retailers are automatically checked for availability (ability to deliver) and, if the result is posit...

The State of Wisconsin Department of Administration supports the diverse needs of state agencies for Information Technology services. The rapid growth of new programs such as the nationally recognized Wisconsin Works (W2) has put added demands on the resources of the department. The cost of these services must be recovered in an equitable fashion from client agencies. The department evaluated s...

The most common way to identify success or failure of a job running in a batch-processing mode is by examining a completion code sent by the job to the host operating system. Yet, for a variety of reasons the completion code may inaccurately indicate a successful termination of the job. This article describes a different approach to monitoring the quality of batch processing jobs while in opera...

GlaxoSmithKline’s China operation has been fined ¥3bn (£299m; €379m; $488m) after being found guilty of bribery by the Changsha Intermediate People’s Court in Hunan province. In the closed door trial, which concluded on 19 September, five executives of GSKChina Investment Company were also given suspended jail sentences of between two and four years. The former manager, Mark Reilly, was given a...

Cholesteryl butanoate has a complex crystal structure that differs from those of the three main structure types for cholesteryl esters. It contains four molecules (C3LH5202) unrelated by crystal symmetry. The molecules are packed in almost planar sheets and have molecular long axes nearly parallel. However, the molecules have different orientations about their long axes and furthermore, in a gi...

Many organizations are adopting an integrated approach to implementing and managing important elements of their revenue stream activities, particularly as applied to conducting business on the Internet. Integrated information systems are an important part of this effort to improve service to customers. Describes what management can expect from recent advances in integrated revenue software appl...

This paper explores the early years of nonprofit collaboration between BioOne and SPIE that developed a shared publication hosting platform. BioOne's full-text aggregation, Complete, celebrated its third anniversary on SPIE-powered platform in January 2022. inaugural term has presented host successes, challenges, opportunities for learning. As was key tenet founding partnership established 2017...