Business process simulation marks an essential technique for analyzing business processes and for reasoning about process improvement. With first contributions dating back to the mid-1990s, computerized business process simulation has been a continuing research focus and is widely acknowledged...

Variations of dedicated process conditions (such as workpiece and tool properties) yield different process state evolutions, which are reflected by different time series of the observable quantities (process curves). A novel method is presented, which firstly allows to extract the statistical...

Although the operative benefits of Six Sigma methodology in the business world are well accepted, the long-term benefits of the initiative are currently under discussion. This paper aims to analyze how Six Sigma methodology is related to the knowledge transfer process, a source of competitive...

Purpose: This study seeks to explain the outcomes and role of dynamic capabilities (DCs). To explain the outcomes, we study the relationship between new product development (NPD) (an example of DCs) and metaflexibility. To explain the role of DCs, we study how human resources and operating...

Operations management entails the design and control of business operations with the goal of providing goods and services as efficiently as possible. Usually various resources are required to conduct operations and the required resources are usually limited in numbers and availability. Business...

This paper presents an optimal planning procedure and operational scheduling of micro energy grids (MEGs). The optimization objectives are to minimize cost, carbon dioxide emissions, and energy deficiency. The energy sources and conversion technologies included in this study are renewable based...

This paper shows how strategic planning may function as a conflict-mediating routine. We conducted a five-year case study in a large financial services joint venture firm co-owned by a Latin American state bank and a European multinational financial company. The controlling companies have...