对大中型钢结构企业生产管理体系的研究分析

以某大型钢结构制造企业为例,通过对产量分布、质量控制、劳动效率等基本数据的分析,研判外协生产管理体系方面存在的问题,从组织形态、管理模式、职能管理等多个维度提出了可行性建议,可为同类型钢结构制造企业提供经验借鉴。     

Effects of risks on the performance of business process outsourcing projects: The moderating roles of knowledge management capabilities

Although business process outsourcing (BPO) can reduce cost and enhance the competitiveness of firms, the implementation of BPO projects is unsatisfactory. By integrating knowledge management capability theory and risk-based view, we develop a model of how different types of BPO risks affect project satisfaction and how knowledge management capability changes the influences of BPO risks. A survey of 121 BPO projects was conducted among BPO client department manager and project manager through a pairwise design. Empirical evidence reveals that social system, technical system, and project management risks negatively affect BPO project satisfaction. However, cultural, technological, and structural levels of knowledge management capabilities weaken the negative risk effects of social system, technical system, and project management, respectively. Different types of risks and knowledge management capabilities should be matched to achieve effective risk management.     

新形势下煤矿企业外包工程安全管控模式研究

针对煤矿企业外包工程安全生产问题严重、事故多发的特点，通过对新的煤矿企业外包工程的安全管控模式研究，分析煤矿安全监管、技术和装备水平、安全培训等存在的问题，提出了实施煤矿外包工程队准入制度，创新外包安全管控模式，找到对外包工程安全状况进行管理的行之有效的办法。     

煤矿专业化生产服务外包及其应用探讨

本文首先在介绍目前煤炭行业煤炭生产运营模式变化的背景、意义的基础上,对煤矿生产服务外包模式进行了理论应用分析;其次,依据国家及地方政府的政策规定,从煤矿托管主体资格、托管形式、托管流程、托管标准、托管安全责任、监督管理等进行了总结分析,重点剖析了生产服务外包托管煤矿的地质技术条件和生产服务承托主体的准入条件与建设要求,为煤矿生产服务外包的准入、安全生产管理、规避风险等提供了指导性建议;最后,以神华神东公司和天地华泰公司为例,介绍了神华神东公司专业化生产服务的内容及天地华泰生产运营服务模式及其示范工程。     

隐私保护的可验证多元多项式外包计算方案

随着云计算的发展和大数据时代的到来,如何对隐私数据进行外包计算且有效验证计算结果具有重要的现实意义。基于多线性映射和同态加密方案,提出了可验证的多元多项式外包计算方案,用户可准确验证外包计算结果的正确性。方案在标准模型中可证安全,且多项式函数和用户输入对于服务器都是保密的。分析表明,用户计算量远小于服务器的计算代价以及直接计算多项式函数。     

To outsource or not: The impact of information leakage risk on information security strategy

Emerging studies advocate that firms shall completely outsource their information security for cost and technical advantages. However, the risk of information leakage in outsourcing to managed security service providers (MSSPs) is overlooked and poses a confidentiality threat. We develop analytical models to describe several strategies for firms to consider when they decide to outsource to MSSPs. Based on our results, we suggest partial outsourcing as an alternative strategy when the firm faces information leakage risk. Besides, we suggest that in-house information security strategy is the optimal solution when the risk of being attacked is low regardless of the risk of information leakage. We then extend scenarios to the competitive environment where firms that are in the same market are highly likely to choose the same strategy.     

Evaluation of reverse referral partnership in a tiered hospital system – A queuing-based approach

Reverse referral implies referring patients from a comprehensive hospital to a community healthcare centre. In recent years, it has become popular for post-acute care in the tiered Chinese hospital system as it helps achieve more balanced utilisation between facilities at different levels. Nevertheless, it remains unclear how to implement the reverse referral partnership given the likely conflicting interests between the involved hospitals. In this paper, we evaluate a reversal referral partnership involving one hospital of each type, for which we develop queuing models for the two hospitals to capture multiple patient waits, services and transitions, with reverse referral in place. We use queuing-based performance outcomes to evaluate the profitability of each hospital and its willingness to join the partnership. We combine the above evaluations to further assess the partnership effectiveness. Through this work, we expect to provide policy insights to the government for forming hospital partnerships effectively.     

Minimising total cost with regular and emergency outsourcing sources: a neuro-dynamic programming approach

This study models and explains the business situation of an organisation which has regular and emergency outsourcing sources and where decisions have to be made at the beginning of every period regarding how much to order from these sources, so as to balance between different cost components of current and future periods. Previous works in this area have tried to attack this problem with dynamic programming. In this project, neuro-dynamic programming has been applied, and the reasons for doing so have been clearly stated. This model not only derives policies in order to minimise the expected total discounted cost over a period of time, but also enables the system to learn to make such decisions, and to improve its actions by using reinforcement learning. The performance of the present work has been measured quantitatively and has been compared with the models stated in literature. This study will be very useful for the organisations where such business problems exist or are likely to exist. This study will also be of great use to researchers, who are keen to understand and model the given business situation with distribution independent demand based models.     

Outsourcing practices in automotive supply networks: an exploratory study of full service vehicle suppliers

Most automotive companies outsource the design, manufacturing and assembly of some complete cars to independent suppliers or full service vehicle companies (FSVs). FSVs represent a relatively unexplored form of outsourcing which combines joint efforts in developing a modular product with the externalisation of specific niche manufacturing processes. On the basis of comparative cases and of qualitative information collected within three FSVs and three OEMs, this study aims to investigate the associated advantages and risks for FSVs, commonalities/differences from the practices of outsourcing to component/module specialists that can be found in other industries and why and for what kind of products FSVs can be appropriate in automotive supply networks. The study contributes to the debate on outsourcing in the automotive industry by providing an original interpretation on why FSVs have recently seen a shakeout with some growing whilst others have faltered.