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An automated model for materials management and control

Navon, R.; Berkovich, O. - In: Construction Management and Economics 24 (2006) 6, pp. 635-646

Current, manual, materials management and control procedures are unsatisfactory: they are labour intensive, inaccurate and error prone. The result is waste and surplus of materials, delays, decrease in productivity and lack of up-to-date, real-time information regarding the status of purchase...

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Automation, employment and the Third World : the case of the electronics industry

ERNST, D. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1985

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Reliability analysis of the Federal Reserve automated payments systems

Burnetas, Apostolos; Reynolds, Gregory; Thomson, James B. - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland - 1997

This paper proposes an analytic framework for the reliability assessment of the automated payments systems used by the Federal Reserve Banks. The failure/recovery behavior of the system currently in operation is modeled as a continuous-time Markov process with varying levels of detail, and the...

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The Effects of Automation on Liquidity, Volatility, Stock Returns and Efficiency: Evidence from the Tunisian Stock Market

Sioud, Olfa Benouda; Hmaied, Dorra Mezzez - In: Review of Middle East Economics and Finance 1 (2003) 2, pp. 1008-1008

This paper examines the effects of automation on the liquidity, volatility, returns and efficiency of shares traded on … infrequently traded securities. While our results show an improvement in the liquidity of shares following the automation, returns …

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Automation and the design of work : Stress problems and research needs

Carayon, P. - Tilburg University, Work and Organization Research Centre - 1993

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Automatization, contents of a job and operator's well-being

Leonova, A.B. - Tilburg University, Work and Organization Research Centre - 1993

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Demands, control and social support and the use of computer equipment among European employees : A comparison of sectors of industry

Kompier, M.; Smulders, P. - Tilburg University, Work and Organization Research Centre - 1993

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Does Automation Improve Stock Market Efficiency? Evidence from Ghana

Mensah, Justice T.; Pomaa-Berko, Maame; Adom, Philip Kofi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

As a burgeoning capital market in an emerging economy, automation of the stock market is regarded as a major step … towards integrating the financial market as a conduit for economic growth. The automation of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) in … of the automation on the efficiency of the GSE within the framework of the weak-form Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH …

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An analysis of the U.S. budget and job market with proposed solutions

Zambrano, Joshua David - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

of automation on overall employment, and CEOs firing U.S. workers to increase their own compensation. …

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The baggage system at Denver: prospects and lessons

de Neufville, Richard - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 1 (1994) 4, pp. 229-236

This article discusses the fundamental design difficulties of the fully automated baggage system originally planned for the New Denver Airport, and their implications for airport and airline management. Theory, industrial experience, and the reality at Denver emphasize the difficulty of...

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