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Designing an Agent-Based B2B Market Place
for Third-Party Logistics Service Providers (3PLs)
-- Ashwin Kumar and Sandeep Dulluri
Logistics is the primary building block of any manufacturing or service supply chain and is a key factor for improving the performance and productivity of manufacturing and service organization. A B2B market place for the logistics service providers basically provides the infrastructure for matching the requirements of the buyer with a right logistics service provider. In the current paper, a Double Auction model is implemented for winner determination. © 2011 IUP. All Rights Reserved.
Reengineering Treatment in Block Replacement Decisions
Using Higher Order Markov Chains
-- Naveen Kilari, C Nadhamuni Reddy and B Balu Naik
This paper attempts to evaluate the reengineering option against replacement of a block of computers. For this purpose, a block replacement model for block of items using high-order Markov chains is developed and employed (Kilari et al., 2011). To make the model more realistic, two intermediate repairable states, i.e., minor repair state and major repair state, are introduced between the working and failure states of the system. Transition probabilities for future periods are estimated by spectral decomposition in First Order Markov Chain (FOMC) and by moving weighted transition model for Second Order Markov Chain (SOMC). With these probabilities, the number of systems in each state and the corresponding maintenance cost are computed accordingly. The predicted inflation for computer and computer-based system in India and the real value of money using Fisherman’s relation are employed to study and develop the real-time mathematical model for group replacement decision making, which is useful for large IT companies and any other block of items as well. In continuation to this, an attempt is made to evaluate the option of reengineering the computer networking process to reduce the cost of hardware, maintenance and support. For this thin-client technology is used in lieu of replacement option. For this, the developed block replacement model using SOMC is extended to accommodate the reengineering cost. © 2011 IUP. All Rights Reserved.
Efficiency Study of Indian Automobile Companies
Using DEA Technique: A Case Study of Select Companies
-- Debaprosanna Nandy
A developed transportation system plays a pivotal role in the development of an economy. With the advancement of transportation system, the automobile industry of India is also growing at a high speed, occupying an important place in the Indian economy. Indian auto industry is now growing at a pace of around 18% per annum and has gradually emerged as a desirable destination for global auto players like Volvo, General Motors and Ford. During this period of global recession, Indian automobile companies should operate more efficiently to grab not only the indigenous market, but also the global market. An attempt has been made in this paper to evaluate the efficiency of the automobile companies using the popular nonparametric data envelopment analysis technique. This empirical study not only throws light on the technical efficiencies of the automobile companies, but also offers a few suggestions as to how an inefficient company may become efficient by overcoming its shortcomings. © 2011 IUP. All Rights Reserved.
Technology Adoption in Sericulture Management in India: A Study
-- R V Praveena Gowda, A N N Murthy and E Muniraju
Silk is one of the oldest trades on earth providing a turnover of 2,000 cr for India. Sericulture provides gainful employment, and facilitates economic development and improvement in the quality of life of the people in rural areas. It, therefore, plays a vital role in antipoverty program and prevents migration of rural people to urban area in search of employment. In India, 60 lakh people are involved in this occupation. Sericulturists practice indigenous managerial skill to cultivate silk; because of this India is unable to produce enough quantity of silk to meet the growing demand. A survey shows that sericulturists merely adopt the available technology in their sericulture management, but the critical areas also need to adopt the technology in order to meet the demand. There is an urgent need to adopt specific modern and mechanized systems at all levels of sericulture activities. Some of the low-cost tools discussed in this paper and other tools developed by Japan and CSRI, India, are recommended at various levels of sericulture activities. Sericulturists by making best use of the modern low-cost tools in silk rearing, mulberry harvesting and pruning can enjoy a huge market not only domestically, but also globally.
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