Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 730 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Contents |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Analysis and Location of Vaccination Centers in the Municipality of the State of Puebla, México Using the P-Median Problem -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Problem Description -- 4 Results and Discussion of Results -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Smart Cities and the Digitization of Government Services: Benefits and Challenges -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Advantages/Benefits of the e-Gov -- 3.2 Challenges in an e-Gov Implementation -- 4 Conclusions -- References |
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What is Karakuri Kaizen and How Does It Work? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Case Study -- 2.1 Problem Statement -- 2.2 Karakuri Kaizen -- 3 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Applying the Ecological-ICMS Tax to Maintain a Public University: A Case Study at Clevelândia - Paraná, Brazil -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer to Ecological Fiscal Transfer -- 2 Development of the Research -- 2.1 Study Area -- 2.2 The Weight (Reverence Value) and Its Influence on Money Transfer -- 2.3 Faculdade Municipal de Educação e Meio Ambiente - FAMA -- 3 Conclusion -- References |
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A Decision-Aiding Procedure for the Selection of Manufacturing Technologies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Multi-criteria Decision-Aiding Procedure -- 4.1 Results from the Design and Refinement Process -- 4.2 Multi-criteria Decision-Aiding Procedure Proposal -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Multi-criteria Analysis of Maintenance Management Performance Indicators -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Development of the Research -- 2.1 Literature Review -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Application -- 4 Conclusions -- References |
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E-Commerce Customer Satisfaction Scores: Prediction with Automatic Machine Learning -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Review of the Literature -- 2.1 Classification Algorithms -- 2.2 SMOTE Oversampling ch7ref:smote -- 2.3 AutoML -- 2.4 Performance Metrics -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Pre-processing -- 3.2 Feature Generation -- 3.3 Normalization -- 3.4 Feature Selection -- 3.5 AutoML -- 3.6 Results Evaluation -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Exploring the Use of Lean Manufacturing Practices on SMEs' Strategy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Operations Strategy -- 2.2 Lean Manufacturing |
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3 Research Design -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Most Used Technics and Implementation Techniques -- 4.2 Suggested Frameworks -- 4.3 Strategic Benefits -- 4.4 Barriers -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Integer and Constraint Programming Formulations for the Open Shop Scheduling Problem with Sequence-Dependent Processing Times -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problem Statement and Exact Approaches -- 3 Constructive Heuristics -- 4 Computational Experiments -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Exploiting Genetic and Memetic Algorithms to Solve the Traveling Salesman Problem with Draft Limits -- 1 Introduction |
Summary |
This book presents the proceedings of the conference and provides valuable insights into the issues facing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), particularly in the areas of sustainable operations and digitalization. It comprises a series of papers presented at the conference, covering topics such as: challenges faced by SMEs in a post-pandemic era; digitalization and its impact on SMEs; sustainable operations in SMEs; international market performance improvement in SMEs; SMEs infrastructure and integration with research, development, and innovation institutions; and SMEs participation in business networks. The papers offer a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing SMEs and provides practical solutions for those looking to help their organizations thrive in a rapidly changing business environment |
Notes |
Includes author index |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Small business -- Congresses
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Production management -- Congresses
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Economic aspects -- Congresses
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Production management.
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Small business.
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Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Deschamps, Fernando, editor
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Pinheiro de Lima, Edson, editor
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Costa, S. E. Gouvêa da, editor.
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Trentin, Marcelo G. editor
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ISBN |
9783031361210 |
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3031361210 |
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