The define–measure–analyze–improve–control (DMAIC) approach is a five-strata approach, namely DMAIC. This approach is the scientific approach for reducing the deviations and improving the capability levels of the manufacturing processes. The present work elaborates on DMAIC approach applied in reducing the process variations of the stub-end-hole boring operation of the manufacture of cra...

Organizations are increasingly in search of ways to derive more business values from IT investments and the need for capabilities (ITC) is surging. ITC critical significant build enterprise agility promote organizational performance. However, capability always treated as causal factor already existing there few studies on how created evaluated. Appropriate evaluation necessary an organization m...

To support the difficult process of SOA adoption, SOA maturity models are published. In this thesis a literature analysis introduces the area of SOA maturity models and highlights benefits and criticism. As a result, the combined SOA maturity model (CSOAMM), a model to facilitate the interpretation and comparison of SOA maturity models, is proposed. CSOAMM is a model with 10 levels that describ...

As business analytics (BA) evolves from a narrow decision support application to an enterprise capability with strategic importance today, a well-developed BA maturity model would help organizations assess their BA competency and guide them forward to achieve greater effectiveness in their BA efforts and closer alignment between business and IT. This study synthesizes and operationalizes the ex...

Let M be a closed manifold, ρ a representation of π1(M) on an A-Hilbert model W of finite type (A a finite von Neumann algebra) and μ a Hermitian structure on the flat bundle E → M associated to ρ. The relative torsion, first introduced by Carey, Mathai and Mishchenko, [CMM], associates to any pair (g, τ), consisting of a Riemannian metric g on M and a generalized triangulation τ = (h, g), a nu...