Along with the day-to-day growing importance that Taiwan’s mobile phone industry has in the world, the establishment of a global logistics system not only forms the basis for the internationalization of an enterprise, but it also becomes a useful weapon, when facing the threat of globalization. Nevertheless, current research studies in the academic field regarding the planning and methodology f...

Numerous prognostic gene expression signatures for breast cancer were generated previously with few overlap and limited insight into the biology of the disease. Here we introduce a novel algorithm named SCoR (Survival analysis using Cox proportional hazard regression and Random resampling) to apply random resampling and clustering methods in identifying gene features correlated with time to eve...

Combining with the collaborations between business customers and suppliers, traditional purchasing and logistics functions have evolved into a broader concept of materials and distribution management, namely, supply chain management (SCM) (Tan, 2001). This chapter reviews the literature of SCM from several paths that can be the basis of a proposed framework for SCM within academic and manageria...

OBJECTIVE Adverse events occur in up to 10% of obstetric cases, and up to one half of these could be prevented. Case reviews and root cause analysis using a structured tool may help health care providers to learn from adverse events and to identify trends and recurring systems issues. We sought to establish the reliability of a root cause analysis computer application called Standardized Clinic...

SCOR, the Structural Classification of RNA (http://scor.lbl.gov), is a database designed to provide a comprehensive perspective and understanding of RNA motif three-dimensional structure, function, tertiary interactions and their relationships. SCOR 2.0 represents a major expansion and introduces a new classification organization. The new version represents the classification as a Directed Acyc...

This research was conducted in the chicken egg distributor industry, which has problems management of supply chain, especially flow materials, information, and finance, is related to decline company's performance, aspects consumer satisfaction congestion financial flow. study aims look at flexibility chain from upstream downstream, concerning distribution get consumers, looking for improved sol...

This work is a unique integration of three different areas, including smart eye status monitoring, supply chain operations reference (SCOR), and system dynamics, to explore the dynamics network eye/vision monitoring systems. Chronic diseases such as glaucoma affect millions individuals worldwide and, if left untreated, can lead irreversible vision loss. Nearly half affected population unaware c...

RFId systems show great potentials enhancing supply chain performances. Some of the major retailers in the World (Wall Mart, Metro Group, Tesco) made sounding campaigns promoting the benefits they were able to attain. Despite the increase in the number of researches on RFId benefits, a study investigating their measurement in the supply chain context is still lacking. This paper aims at identif...

Nowadays, where most of the leading economies are service oriented and e-business is being widely used for their management, supply chain management has become one of the most studied and practiced fields. Quality has an important role on today’s business processes, so it is important to understand the impact of IT service quality on the performance of supply chains. This paper will start by an...

In recent years, significant attention has been given to understanding and implementing extended enterprise management solutions – efforts that integrate product, process, and information flows within and across organizational boundaries. The global competitive business environment, complex and rapidly changing customer demands, and advances in information technology forced enterprises to look ...