ERP systems have originally been developed for large enterprises (LEs). However, market saturation, integration of supply chains and improvements in technology have led to more and more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) adopting ERP systems. Though there is a focus shift from LEs to SMEs in the ERP market, most academic literature on ERP systems is based on findings from LEs. In additio...

In this paper, we will give a detailed introduction the the topology of the SCGrid – a computational grid established by the Supercomputing Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (SCCAS). The SCGrid collects computing capabilities of SCCAS and the Shanghai Supercomputing Center(SSC). The SCGrid interconnection between the two supercomputing centers enables SCGrid users with convenient use of...

the purpose of this paper is to improve supply chain relationships in iranian small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) in automotive parts industry. for this reason, an importance-performance analysis (ipa) has been employed to categorized supply chain relationships metrics. also, the questionnaire method is used for gathering information. the paper identified thirteen supply chain relationshi...

Lina Yang1,2, Shujuan Guo1,2, Yang Li1,2, Shumin Zhou1,2, and Shengce Tao1,2* Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China *Correspondence address. Room 126, 800 Dongchuan Rd. S...

over the past two decades, shanghai, the largest megacity in china, has been coping with unprecedented growth of its economy and population while overcoming previous underinvestment in the health system by the central and local governments. we study the evolution of shanghai’s healthcare system by analyzing “avoidable mortality” (am) – deaths amenable to public health and healthcare interventio...

Zhong-liang Liu, Wei-rong Zhu, Wen-chao Zhou, Hai-feng Ying, Lan Zheng, Yuan-biao Guo, Jing-xian Chen, Xiao-heng Shen 1. Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China 2. Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 210000, China 3. Department of Science and Technology, Putuo Dist...

State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Shanghai 201203, China National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Guo Shou Jing Road, Shanghai 201303, China *Corr...

1Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials & Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China 2National Center for Drug Screening, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 189 Guo Shoujing Rd., Shanghai 201203, PR China 3Nat...

SMEs can now afford enterprise-class services by adopting cloud computing. The four cases reported in the full article show that SMEs are getting great economic and business value from cloud services, including cost avoidance, cost savings, rapid deployment and scalability, management simplicity, and better security and resiliency compared to in-house IT provision. Cloud services have the poten...

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are normally required to attain dynamic success targets by improvement of their processes, products and services. One way to achieve this could be through quality initiatives and innovation in processes, products and services. In a knowledge based economy, use of quality measures alone may not bring competitive advantage due to severe resource constraints. Th...