Smart & Integrated Management System - Smart Cities, Epidemiological Control Tool Using Drones

E-commerce is the use of the Internet to connect businesses to their suppliers, customers, and other business partners. E-commerce can be implemented with the help of business management software called enterprise resource planning (ERP). It combines the system with key activities such as production, marketing, trading, collaboration with management, resource management, etc. Implementing it correctly and by using the ERP management software, it could make us achieve benefits to the e-commerce in the way to optimize processes required, increase in data accessibility and increased the change in data, and ultimately usage in internal understanding about e-commerce.This influences the path of implementing a business by correctly chosen ERP that similarly matches the companies activities and process. There is a wide range of different ERP systems that are presently available on the market. Except ancient business ERP systems distributed by corporations like SAP, Oracle, and Peoplesoft. These corporations provide various type of open-source variants. Before deciding to adopt an open-source ERP system, a company must consider its pros and cons. Electronic commerce is known as e-commerce, which is an essential traditional business the whole world is dependent on. We have explained in detail, on how a company uses a market strategy in order to attract the customers without its physical presence. This process of implementing e-commerce using various ERP tools is discussed in this paper.

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems integrate various functions and processes in organizations. ERP software is developed in the form of different modules, each of which helps to perform distinct functions within the company. The modules interface with the same database and are integrated so that workflows can be designed across different modules. The software helps standardize business processes and ensures organization-wide availability of transaction data. ERP software evolved from earlier manufacturing resource planning (MRP) systems, which included inventory management, procurement and production planning functions. The implementation of ERP software started in the early 1990s and during the late 1990s, the growth rate of the ERP market was between 30 to 40%. As of 2001, 30,000 companies around the world had implemented ERP and the total value of the ERP market was at $25 billion. There is not much literature relating to ERP implementation and adoption in companies in Asia and other parts of the developing world. These organizations face issues that are significantly different from those faced by organizations in the developed world, because of differences in the sophistication of IT use, and in the cultural and social contexts. In this article, we describe some experiences that companies in India have gone through in implementing ERP systems. We present a framework for analyzing the critical factors and issues that influence the ERP adoption process, and highlight the areas of opportunity and risk. The framework is sufficiently general so as to be extended to other developing countries.

KOC commenced preparation of Integrity Management (IM) System Standard & Guidelines in 2003. The IM system implementation sits under HSE umbrella at present and compliments the existing HSE management system policy and procedures. KOC operations assets include North Kuwait (NK), WK, S&EK, Gas Operations/Management and E&PD (Exploration & Petroleum Development). Major Projects are also managed by TSD (Technical Service Directorate) & Controlling Teams including Inspection & Corrosion. Initially, a set of six critical areas for IM implementation was agreed with the operating assets and KPIs (key performance indicators) were defined accordingly. These comprised of chemical management system, safety critical equipment, emergency shutdown system testing, fire & gas detection system, replacement of pipelines temporary clamps with permanent ones and procedure for control & monitoring of safety overrides equipment. Previous integrity related incidents were analysed to identify the immediate and root causes and a basket of IM KPIs was prepared accordingly. The analysis also included the minor incidents, near misses, unsafe acts & conditions and lessons learned from inside and other Oil & Gas companies. Each asset selected a number of KPIs as applicable to the nature of their operations and prepared a 3 years rolling plan accordingly. Each asset monitors implementation of their selected KPIs and quarterly performance reports are compiled in an auditable manner. Achieved KPI targets are sustained for continuous improvement cycle & new KPIs are introduced into the IM basket as/when identified. IM system has now focused on PSM (process safety management) related aspects and incident prevention. Although the HSE management system has been focused on personal safety, IM/PSM system is aiming to enhance the process safety and prevent PSM related incidents. This provides a more holistic approach to enhance personnel responsibilities, competency development, safety critical equipment identification & respective PM (preventive maintenance) plans and incorporation of Inherently Safer Design (ISD) principles in project concepts to prevent loss of containment.

In this study, we first present a framework that jointly optimizes energy harvesting and information decoding for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, which are capable of simultaneous wireless information and power reception, in a smarty city. In particular, a generalized power-splitting receiver for IoT devices is designed, where each antenna in the receiver has an independent power splitter, unlike the existing works in which only one power splitter is employed regardless of the number of antennas in the receiver. Such a receiver design can provide a great degree of freedom to improve the network performance. Based on the presented framework, for each IoT device, we formulate an optimization problem whose objective is to maximize the harvested energy of each IoT device while satisfying its data rate requirement. To solve this problem, we propose a double-deep deterministic policy gradient-based online learning algorithm which enables each IoT device to jointly determine receive beamforming and power-splitting ratio vectors in real time. Furthermore, each IoT device can implement the proposed algorithm in a distributed manner using only its local channel state information. As such, cooperation and information exchange among the base stations and IoT devices are not necessary when performing the proposed algorithm at IoT devices. The extensive simulation results show the validity of the proposed algorithm.

The scientific article reveals the problems of finding innovative approaches to solving problems related to the organization of an integrated management system in the construction industry. Promising trends of integrated management in the construction sector, which are focused on the flexibility and adaptability of management systems to modern conditions, are studied. The ability to respond quickly to changes in market conditions and customer requirements is becoming key to the success of construction projects. The urgency of the problem of finding rational solutions for the organization of the integrated management system in the construction industry is indicated. The paper highlights the problems of organization of the integrated management system in the construction hall. Construction projects often come with risks, such as changes in the project, unforeseen circumstances, and technical complications. Integrated management systems must meet the challenges of risk management and provide flexibility in solving problems. Grounded prospects and opportunities for using an integrated management system that allows construction enterprises to be flexible and adaptable to changes in the internal and external environment. This is especially important in the face of rapid technological changes and volatile market conditions. As a result of the analysis, opportunities for the introduction of innovative technologies and methods in the construction industry have been identified. The integration of advanced solutions allows us to improve construction processes at all stages. The results of our research revealed the basic principles of applying an integrated management model under risk conditions for quality control modules in construction, based on the concept of dynamic systems. Therefore, we consider it expedient to introduce an integrated model risk and quality management in construction, and this requires further scientific research. The proposed method allows to harmonize the processes of quality management and risk management, taking into account the criteria of project efficiency, contributing to the avoidance of conflicts between the requirements for the quality of the construction object and the level of acceptable risks. In addition, this approach aligns them with the efficiency requirements for the developer. It is determined that the principles of using the integrated model of quality management in the face of risks include the principle of complementarity and the principle of identity of the management process. This made it possible to identify management modules that correspond to the concept of construction quality management in the face of risks as a dynamic system.

One of the greatest surprises of the Internet economy is that far from replacing people, the use of advanced technology is confirming that talent is the most valuable asset in today’s organizations. In this context, competency management (CM) software automation practices become the most valuable business approach to define, measure, and manage talent needs, the human capital of the organization.This chapter’s position is that CM process automation in competitive, knowledge- intensive e-business oriented organizations requires that information technology (IT) address software strategy in a comprehensive human resources management (HRM) framework. Core competency management-related applications are deployed in current corporate e-business transformation processes in association with the use of innovative employee—facing relations management technology and reengineering most HR transactional domain type of applications in place.The chapter shows the CM software evolution from a previous fragmented market situation to a much more integrated scenario in which best-of-breed single-function oriented products preferences are now swiftly moving to the enterprise resource planning (ERP) type of architecture.

Linguistic performance evaluation for an ERP system with link failures

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software integrates all functional areas of an organization. It is a business process management software that provides an integrated view of core business processes using common databases. It enables real-time availability of information related to entire organization thus paving the way for faster and scientific decisions. However, ERP implementation and subsequent upgradation necessitate a significant quantum of resources which can take place only with sincere commitment from top management. Researches prove that more than 50 % ERP implementation do not succeed due to various reasons i.e. people, process and technological. In majority of such failures, people and process issues cause more failure than technological reasons.Case ‘(In) Effectiveness of ERP at Pristine Packaging’ highlights one such failed (at least partially) implementation in a medium scale manufacturing firm. Deeper analysis of case substantiates the above conclusion that predominant factors for ERP failure are people and processes. Case also raises questions as to what business and technical strategies can be adopted by the management of PPIP at this stage when new ERP i.e. Microsoft Dynamics exhibited only 20 % improvement over the previous ERP - Microsoft Navision.

When the Internet of Things (IoT) is used in a typical manufacturing system, the industrial plant can be controlled remotely through the Internet. This enables manufacturing and execution systems to obtain real-time work orders directly from the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Therefore, workflows for development, production, and manufacturing can be integrated with sales, market, and finance business processes. The possibility of implementing this integration, however, is dependent on the trust, security, and authentication of IoT devices. Many IoT devices face significant security risks such as device hijacking and data leaks due to limited resources and inadequate self-protection capabilities. Despite the fact that several studies have been conducted using the physical unclonable function to protect communication between IoT devices from the aforementioned security threats, current solutions rely on the participation of the server to distribute the key parameters, which requires high message overhead and has a significant impact on efficiency. To fill this gap, this article proposes a Consistent Round Hash optimized SRP-6a-based end-to-end mutual authentication for secure data transfer technique with single-share trusted device collaboration can detect an unauthenticated device. In addition, our proposed technique ensures the overall system's integrity and stability during a scaling-out phenomenon, which is becoming increasingly common in complex industrial environments. Furthermore, we present a formal and informal security analysis of the proposed protocol. According to the results of the performance analysis, our proposed technique has the lowest communication overhead, computational cost, and round-trip time when compared to other state-of-the-art schemes.

Camera systems are increasingly utilized in Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions on manned and unmanned aircraft. For manned missions, the automatic control of the camera field of view and orientation through pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) commands frees the pilot to perform higher cognitive functions. For unmanned missions, automatic PTZ commands enable higher degrees of autonomy. This paper addresses the problem of controlling the field of view and orientation of cameras mounted on air vehicles so that the resulting images of commanded areas of interest (AOIs) have specified ground sampling distances (GSDs). The problem is complicated by several factors: First, while the instantaneous positions of the vehicles are assumed to be known, their routes, including their altitude profiles, are not known in advance, which precludes preplanning. Second, the sizes of the AOIs are arbitrary, implying that a single look of the camera may not be sufficient to cover them. Third, the slew times of the cameras may be too slow, and the cameras may not operate while PTZ parameters are changing. Finally, given an AOI, the time intervals when the desired GSDs are achievable varies for different cameras. In the paper, we first show that successful collection of an AOI image (i.e. collection with a prescribed GSD) is only possible if the aircraft lies inside a spherical cap depending on the position of the AOI, and the desired GSD. Given a stream of requested AOIs, with corresponding GSDs and values characterizing their importance to a user, we then develop algorithms to service the most valuable ensemble of requests, while satisfying the requested GSDs. Three algorithms are developed: (1) a scheduling algorithm, for deciding which request to service at a given instant of time, (2) an admission control algorithm, enabling a graceful degradation in case of system overload (more requests than available timeline) and (3) an algorithm for deciding which of the platforms (air vehicle and camera) services a given request. We examine each of the three algorithms in turn. The scheduling algorithm is centered on the earliest deadline first (EDF) scheme from the real-time systems literature. Deadlines for servicing AOI requests are determined by computing the intersection between the extrapolated aircraft trajectory and the spherical caps defined earlier. The admission control algorithm is developed based on schedulability tests for EDF. Finally, the algorithm for routing the requests among platforms are based on machine shop scheduling problems, which essentially promote load balancing among the platforms. We introduce a heuristic called min-max utilization, inspired on the makespan minimization procedures developed for machine shop scheduling problems. Extensive simulation results are presented, illustrating the superior performance of the algorithms in contrast to other alternatives.

Energy and maintenance management systems in the context of industry 4.0. Implementation in a real case

The previous research on integrated management systems has varied. Most of them used a structural equation model (SEM) or consisted of a literature review. These studies have not yet presented a relationship between integration management systems at the practical level in order to improve organisational performance. These studies have not included knowledge management in their implementation. Research on knowledge management is needed in order to minimise the inefficiency of an organisation. The level of maturity of knowledge management in construction companies is only about 50% (at the practiced level). The biggest obstacle to the realisation of an integrated management system is a lack of knowledge management. Knowledge management is a key standard in integrated management and sustainability reporting. This study aims to identify the most important variables needed in the context of the development of knowledge management and integrated management systems through RII analysis, including developing a job description through RAM RACI R (Responsible), A (Accountable), C (Consult), and I (Inform).

 Abstract—In last couples of year, the usage of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has been applied by the organizations to support an integrated and real time business process. Basically it can be applied not only in a company but also in education institution such as school. This paper will try to provide an ERP's conceptual model to support business process at school. It is pictured using Unified Modeling Language (UML) notation with architecture model 4+1 View approach. Hopefully this architecture model can help analysis and design for business process at school whole fully. ERP's conceptual model could help ERP School application developer to understand a clearer ERP's system and to develop it easily. Adopt the ERP school model can gain more effective ERP system.

This chapter analyses the case of bcs Data, an emerging company in the field of customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, operating under the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. It details the digital marketing strategies implemented by the company, including search engine optimisation (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM) and social media campaigns, to attract and convert leads. An examination is made of whether digital footprint and user experience (UX) analysis are moderating factors in conversion. It also analyses CRM and ERP management tactics that optimise customer retention. With its strategy, bcs Data achieved in its launch year of 2022 some 2,231 leads, 212 clients and revenue of 300,000 euros. Challenges such as competition and resistance to change are addressed, and innovative solutions are proposed to address these challenges; the importance of technological integration and data analytics is underlined for maintaining a competitive edge

With the rapid development of economic globalization, more and more complex products have to be designed by the cooperation of the designers in different geographic locations. The effective sharing and deployment of collaborative design software are of great significance to enhance the capability of cooperative research and development of products. To solve the problem of software integration for collaborative design in the distributed and heterogeneous environment, a distributed software integration framework for collaborative product design based on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) was proposed. Based on Web Service technology, a collaborative design platform was built, which encapsulates the functions of Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), Product Data Management (PDM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to integrate distributed collaborative design software in heterogeneous environment.