Order fulfillment is the most expensive and critical operation for companies engaged in e-commerce. E-commerce distribution centers must rapidly organize the picking and sorting processes during and after the transaction has taken place, with the ongoing need to create greater responsiveness to customers. Sorting brings a relatively large setup time, which cannot be well admitted by existing po...

Speed alone is insufficient for real-time performance. We define real-time performance in terms of speed, responsiveness, timeliness, and graceful adaptation. We claim that all four aspects are essential if a system is to support real-time problem-solving. We also present a distributed knowledge processing architecture based on the lackboard paradigm that addresses all aspects of real-time perf...

OBJECTIVES this study aimed to investigate the construct validity and responsiveness of performance-based and self-reported measures of strength, mobility and balance after hip fracture. DESIGN secondary analysis of clinical trial data. SUBJECTS a total of 148 older people undergoing hip fracture rehabilitation. METHODS correlation coefficients assessed construct validity. Internal respon...

This paper attempts to examine the impact of service quality on customer satisfaction and firm performance in Nepalese life insurance companies. Data are collected through structured self-administered questionnaire from 350 respondents 19 companies which based SERVQAL model. Descriptive causal-comparative research design have used achieve objectives descriptive statistics, correlation, as well ...

Purpose This study aims to identify critical capabilities address unforeseen and novel disruptions, such as those instigated by COVID-19, explore their role essential enablers of supply chain resilience responsiveness, leading improved performance. Design/methodology/approach The structural equation modeling technique was employed for analyzing the proposed associations using survey data from 2...

nowadays all organizations are somehow involved with information technology revolutions and the applicable aspects of information technology are evident in any field of supply chain, from the relationship with suppliers and producers to the relationship with the customers. in other words, the application of information technology is influential in the improvement of the supply chain. in this st...

BACKGROUND Health system responsiveness measures (HSR) the non-health aspect of care relating to the environment and the way healthcare is provided to clients. The study measured the HSR performance and correlates of HIV/AIDS treatment and care services in the Wolaita Zone of Ethiopia. METHODS A cross-sectional survey across seven responsiveness domains (attention, autonomy, amenities of care...

Background & aim: Health system responsiveness (HSR) addresses patient`s non-medical and logical expectations. Various working conditions lead to different levels of responsiveness. No research has been conducted on the responsiveness in the obstetrics and gynecology departments. Therefore, this study was carried out to measure health system responsiveness in obstetric...

The World Health Report 2000 proposed three fundamental goals for health systems encompassing population health, health care finance and health systems responsiveness. The goals incorporate both an efficiency and equity dimension. While inequalities in population health and health care finance have motivated two important strands of research, inequalities in responsiveness have received less at...

The World Health Report 2000 proposed three fundamental goals for health systems encompassing population health, health care finance and health systems responsiveness. The goals incorporate both an efficiency and equity dimension. While inequalities in population health and health care finance have motivated two important strands of research, inequalities in responsiveness have received less at...