Traditionally, computational needs of organizations were alleviated by purchasing, updating and maintaining required equipments. Beside expensive devices, physical space to hold them, technical staffs to maintain them and many other side costs were essential prerequisites of this matter....

This insert describes a new command mlanguage that facilitates the creation and maintenance of “comprehensive” multilingual datasets. These are datasets with many variables, many of which are value labeled, with labels in different languages, all contained within the dataset. The tools make...

I describe two utilities dealing with value labels. labeldup reports and optionally removes duplicate value labels. labelrename renames a value label. Both utilities, of course, preserve the links between variables and value labels and support multilingual datasets. Copyright 2005 by StataCorp LP.

A recent study found that supply-chain problems cost companies between 9 and 20 percent of their value over a six-month period (T.J. Becker, 2000). The problems range from part shortages to poorly utilized plant capacity. When you place this in the context of the overall business-to-business...

Few single issues present a more formidable impediment to effective innovation and rapid product development than the problem of effectively communicating and exchanging digital engineering data. Studies undertaken over the past decade, as CAD has become widespread, have repeatedly highlighted...

This paper identifies potential data problems when using accounting databases. To examine data errors, two commonly used accounting databases, Value Line and Compustat, are compared in their qualitative and quantitative features. Data are examined using seven variables over a period of 11 years....

Examines certain issues related to application of total quality management to the information systems setting, in particular to the measurement of output quality. Data produced by a system are often transformed for decision making by end users. Although ensuring the quality of the data can be...

This article explores the impact that XBRL, the new business reporting language, will have on reporting in financial services companies. The author explains how XBRL works and how it should mean that companies and users of corporate information will be able to use financial services, which is...