Abstract. The weather information value chain provides a framework for characterising the production, communication, and use of by all stakeholders in an end-to-end warning system covering hazard monitoring, modelling forecasting, risk assessment, communication preparedness activities. Warning services are typically developed provided through multitude complex malleable chains (networks), often...

The purpose of the current research is to provide a performance appraisal system capable of considering the value chain network structure of research and development (R&D) projects for Complex products and systems (CoPS) under uncertainty of data. Therefore, in order to achieve this goal, a network data envelopment analysis (NDEA) approach and the possibilistic programming to provide a new fuzz...

Mass Customization is a new mode of production and service delivery that has become an integral part of the Global Management Paradigm (GMP) [1]. The term itself was first coined by S. Davis back in 1987 (his book Future Perfect). In recent articles, J. Gilmore emphasized the customer-unique value chain [2], relating to the effort of overcome the "mass-oriented" thinking and behavior which appe...

The paper will discuss the application of the value chain principles used in education and learning and this will be exemplified in a model. Based on that model the paper focuses on the differences in value-added activities depending on whether the aim is individual life-long learning (i.e. Diploma or MBA programmes) or strategic competence development in organisations. During interviews with i...

In operation of a large LNG processing plant there will be uncertainties related to planning and realization of an optimal operation strategy. Results show the importance of including the whole production chain in the optimization. For a test scenario where we look at the event of delayed ship arrival, this gives lower losses than a normal approach where the upstream part of the system and the ...