Flexibility in energy supply and demand becomes more and more important with increasing Renewable Energy Sources (RES) production and the emergence of the Smart Grid. Socalled prosumers, i.e., entities that produce and/or consume energy, can offer their inherent flexibilities through so-called demand response and thus help stabilize the energy markets. Thus, prosumer flexibility becomes valuabl...

The Influence of Interpersonal Flexibility on Work Team Conflict over Time. (August 2004) Frank Godard Baugh, B.S., William Carey College; M.S., University of Southern Mississippi Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Daniel Brossart Today a majority of business organizations utilize work team designs in an effort to gain a competitive edge. A multitude of factors exert varying levels of influence o...

In many companies, a majority of business processes take place via email communication. Large enterprises have the possibility to operate enterprise systems for a successful business process management. However, these systems are not appropriate for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which are the most common enterprise type in Europe. Thus, the European research project Commius address...

The OR environment of a hospital demands high standards of both qualitative and economic management. Since the basic perioperative processes are rather well defined, the use of WfMS to support the planning and coordination of surgical treatment can be beneficial. The analysis of the perioperative work showed the need of flexibility at certain points in the processes. Within the project PERIKLES...

This paper presents part of the results from a research project aimed at increasing flexibility and reusability of cell-control software. First to be discussed are the concept of flexibility and the advantages and disadvantages of various types of modular controllers. Then guidelines and generic models to support system developers are given. The generic models describe the behavior of manufactu...

This paper describes how knowledge-based techniques can be used to overcome problems of workflow management in engineering applications. Using explicit process and product models as a basis for a workflow interpreter allows to alternate planning and execution steps, resulting in an increased flexibility of project coordination and enactment. To gain the full advantages of this flexibility, chan...

Due to the combination of flexibility and realization efficiency, reconfigurable hardware has become a promising implementation alternative. In the context of the IST-AMDREL project, a mixed granularity reconfigurable SoC platform targeting wireless communication systems has been developed. The platform’s main building blocks are presented, including coarse grain reconfigurable unit, embedded F...

Virtual teams are predicted by many to be the form that is much more flexible than traditional teams. In this paper we execute empirical analysis of the theoretical framework presented earlier. Data was collected through an online survey of the Information Systems specific interest group of Project Management Institute, and executive students at IIM Bangalore. Arguing flexibility to be a format...